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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies
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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Real Life Events movies based on the cumulative domestic box office.
See our Based on Real Life Events Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Based on Real Life Events movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | $216,303,339 | $662,785,558 | $879,088,897 |
| 2 | 2001 | Pearl Harbor | $198,539,855 | $250,699,998 | $449,239,853 |
| 3 | 2023 | Sound of Freedom | $184,178,046 | $66,551,632 | $250,729,678 |
| 4 | 2023 | TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR | $180,760,722 | $80,652,337 | $261,413,059 |
| 5 | 2017 | The Greatest Showman | $174,340,174 | $254,455,826 | $428,796,000 |
| 6 | 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | $162,586,036 | $144,725,057 | $307,311,093 |
| 7 | 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | $161,197,785 | $40,985,196 | $202,182,981 |
| 8 | 2022 | Elvis | $151,416,153 | $136,700,000 | $288,116,153 |
| 9 | 2013 | American Hustle | $150,098,456 | $107,760,487 | $257,858,943 |
| 10 | 2019 | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood | $142,502,728 | $234,924,175 | $377,426,903 |
| 11 | 1995 | Pocahontas | $141,579,773 | $205,520,227 | $347,100,000 |
| 12 | 1998 | Patch Adams | $135,014,968 | $67,158,032 | $202,173,000 |
| 13 | 2000 | Erin Brockovich | $125,548,685 | $132,256,558 | $257,805,243 |
| 14 | 2012 | The Vow | $125,014,030 | $72,604,130 | $197,618,160 |
| 15 | 2005 | Walk the Line | $119,519,402 | $68,188,093 | $187,707,495 |
| 16 | 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $119,114,517 | $102,034,442 | $221,148,959 |
| 17 | 2013 | Lee Daniels’ The Butler | $116,632,095 | $60,393,403 | $177,025,498 |
| 18 | 2000 | Remember the Titans | $115,719,751 | $21,051,932 | $136,771,683 |
| 19 | 2019 | The Upside | $108,235,497 | $17,582,943 | $125,818,440 |
| 20 | 2013 | Captain Phillips | $107,136,417 | $113,511,767 | $220,648,184 |
| 21 | 2004 | The Aviator | $102,608,827 | $105,762,065 | $208,370,892 |
| 22 | 2013 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | $102,003,019 | $58,900,000 | $160,903,019 |
| 23 | 2024 | Bob Marley: One Love | $96,981,216 | $79,833,973 | $176,815,189 |
| 24 | 2010 | The Social Network | $96,962,694 | $127,959,441 | $224,922,135 |
| 25 | 1993 | Schindler’s List | $96,898,818 | $225,298,312 | $322,197,130 |
| 26 | 2019 | Rocketman | $96,368,160 | $94,627,033 | $190,995,193 |
| 27 | 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | $95,720,716 | $38,891,719 | $134,612,435 |
| 28 | 2013 | 42 | $95,020,213 | $2,450,488 | $97,470,701 |
| 29 | 2010 | The Fighter | $93,617,009 | $35,645,379 | $129,262,388 |
| 30 | 2002 | Space Station | $93,231,060 | $33,282,126 | $126,513,186 |
| 31 | 1998 | Everest | $87,178,599 | $40,811,529 | $127,990,128 |
| 32 | 2018 | Green Book | $85,080,171 | $234,914,848 | $319,995,019 |
| 33 | 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | $83,299,761 | $31,662,764 | $114,962,525 |
| 34 | 2008 | Valkyrie | $83,107,829 | $120,824,345 | $203,932,174 |
| 35 | 2017 | The Post | $81,903,458 | $97,865,999 | $179,769,457 |
| 36 | 2006 | Eight Below | $81,612,565 | $38,843,429 | $120,455,994 |
| 37 | 2010 | Unstoppable | $81,562,942 | $84,157,979 | $165,720,921 |
| 38 | 2005 | La Marche de L’empereur | $77,437,223 | $55,839,136 | $133,276,359 |
| 39 | 2004 | The Terminal | $77,073,959 | $141,600,000 | $218,673,959 |
| 40 | 1995 | Braveheart | $75,545,647 | $133,499,597 | $209,045,244 |
| 41 | 2004 | Ray | $75,305,995 | $49,517,099 | $124,823,094 |
| 42 | 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | $75,072,454 | $69,456,624 | $144,529,078 |
| 43 | 2011 | Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | $73,013,910 | $26,020,215 | $99,034,125 |
| 44 | 2011 | Dolphin Tale | $72,286,779 | $23,781,945 | $96,068,724 |
| 45 | 2009 | Michael Jackson’s This Is It | $72,091,016 | $189,092,572 | $261,183,588 |
| 46 | 2006 | World Trade Center | $70,278,893 | $93,016,761 | $163,295,654 |
| 47 | 1985 | The Dream is Alive | $70,000,000 | $70,000,000 | |
| 48 | 1993 | Cool Runnings | $68,856,263 | $86,152,646 | $155,008,909 |
| 49 | 2022 | The Woman King | $67,328,130 | $26,944,504 | $94,272,634 |
| 50 | 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | $67,209,615 | $101,213,634 | $168,423,249 |
| 51 | 1980 | Coal Miner’s Daughter | $67,182,787 | $67,182,787 | |
| 52 | 2008 | Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Wo… | $65,281,781 | $5,430,318 | $70,712,099 |
| 53 | 1991 | Antarctica | $65,000,000 | $1,070,389 | $66,070,389 |
| 54 | 1995 | The Living Sea | $64,800,000 | $64,800,000 | |
| 55 | 2023 | Cocaine Bear | $64,670,240 | $25,296,333 | $89,966,573 |
| 56 | 2004 | Miracle | $64,378,093 | $96,612 | $64,474,705 |
| 57 | 2006 | Deep Sea 3D | $64,001,579 | $41,778,182 | $105,779,761 |
| 58 | 2005 | Cinderella Man | $61,649,911 | $43,371,577 | $105,021,488 |
| 59 | 1981 | Chariots of Fire | $61,558,162 | $365,914 | $61,924,076 |
| 60 | 2023 | Napoleon | $61,524,375 | $156,392,781 | $217,917,156 |
| 61 | 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | $61,433,527 | $60,899,591 | $122,333,118 |
| 62 | 2000 | Coyote Ugly | $60,786,269 | $53,130,205 | $113,916,474 |
| 63 | 2006 | The Good Shepherd | $59,908,565 | $40,469,706 | $100,378,271 |
| 64 | 2010 | Secretariat | $59,699,513 | $676,734 | $60,376,247 |
| 65 | 2001 | Ali | $58,183,966 | $29,500,000 | $87,683,966 |
| 66 | 2006 | Invincible | $57,806,952 | $694,175 | $58,501,127 |
| 67 | 1963 | Cleopatra | $57,000,000 | $14,000,000 | $71,000,000 |
| 68 | 2019 | Midway | $56,846,802 | $69,940,558 | $126,787,360 |
| 69 | 1993 | Tombstone | $56,505,065 | $56,505,065 | |
| 70 | 2015 | Joy | $56,451,232 | $44,682,827 | $101,134,059 |
| 71 | 2006 | The Queen | $56,441,711 | $72,444,162 | $128,885,873 |
| 72 | 2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $55,389,516 | $23,369,006 | $78,758,522 |
| 73 | 1987 | La Bamba | $54,215,416 | $54,215,416 | |
| 74 | 2000 | Dolphins | $54,000,000 | $15,600,000 | $69,600,000 |
| 75 | 1989 | To the Limit | $53,000,000 | $53,000,000 | |
| 76 | 2010 | Hubble 3D | $52,840,185 | $15,695,306 | $68,535,491 |
| 77 | 1984 | Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets | $52,800,000 | $186,200,000 | $239,000,000 |
| 78 | 1982 | Gandhi | $52,767,889 | $75,000,000 | $127,767,889 |
| 79 | 2023 | AIR | $52,460,106 | $37,600,000 | $90,060,106 |
| 80 | 2003 | Radio | $52,333,738 | $959,890 | $53,293,628 |
| 81 | 2023 | Jesus Revolution | $52,102,987 | $1,277,994 | $53,380,981 |
| 82 | 2015 | Selma | $52,076,908 | $14,594,090 | $66,670,998 |
| 83 | 1997 | Amistad | $51,504,653 | $14,037,559 | $65,542,212 |
| 84 | 2001 | Enemy at the Gates | $51,396,781 | $45,574,512 | $96,971,293 |
| 85 | 2017 | American Made | $51,342,000 | $84,227,212 | $135,569,212 |
| 86 | 1967 | Bonnie and Clyde | $50,700,000 | $128 | $50,700,128 |
| 87 | 1999 | The Hurricane | $50,699,241 | $23,257,000 | $73,956,241 |
| 88 | 1981 | Reds | $50,000,000 | $130 | $50,000,130 |
| 89 | 2012 | Red Tails | $49,876,377 | $489,121 | $50,365,498 |
| 90 | 2013 | Pain & Gain | $49,875,291 | $31,400,000 | $81,275,291 |
| 91 | 2000 | Men of Honor | $48,814,909 | $33,524,574 | $82,339,483 |
| 92 | 2018 | Vice | $47,836,282 | $23,057,500 | $70,893,782 |
| 93 | 2004 | Walking Tall | $46,213,824 | $1,642,559 | $47,856,383 |
| 94 | 1974 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | $45,411,063 | $45,411,063 | |
| 95 | 2015 | Spotlight | $45,055,776 | $46,846,662 | $91,902,438 |
| 96 | 2017 | All Eyez on Me | $44,922,302 | $12,775,124 | $57,697,426 |
| 97 | 2015 | McFarland, USA | $44,480,275 | $1,227,649 | $45,707,924 |
| 98 | 2023 | Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story | $44,428,554 | $73,433,553 | $117,862,107 |
| 99 | 2006 | We Are Marshall | $43,545,364 | $43,545,364 | |
| 100 | 2015 | Everest | $43,482,270 | $177,814,791 | $221,297,061 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.