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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 101-200)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 1976 | Midway | $43,220,000 | $23,200,000 | $66,420,000 |
| 102 | 2019 | Harriet | $43,082,155 | $953,432 | $44,035,587 |
| 103 | 2017 | The Big Sick | $42,872,467 | $13,996,210 | $56,868,677 |
| 104 | 2006 | Glory Road | $42,647,449 | $151,611 | $42,799,060 |
| 105 | 1985 | Mask | $42,417,782 | $42,417,782 | |
| 106 | 1997 | Donnie Brasco | $41,954,997 | $23,348,055 | $65,303,052 |
| 107 | 1997 | Private Parts | $41,198,146 | $41,198,146 | |
| 108 | 1998 | Mysteries of Egypt | $40,593,286 | $49,406,714 | $90,000,000 |
| 109 | 1975 | Funny Lady | $40,055,897 | $40,055,897 | |
| 110 | 2023 | 80 for Brady | $39,448,525 | $935,502 | $40,384,027 |
| 111 | 1995 | Dead Man Walking | $39,387,284 | $43,701,011 | $83,088,295 |
| 112 | 1962 | The Longest Day | $39,100,000 | $11,000,000 | $50,100,000 |
| 113 | 1996 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $38,564,422 | $38,564,422 | |
| 114 | 2006 | Gridiron Gang | $38,432,823 | $3,025,011 | $41,457,834 |
| 115 | 2000 | The Original Kings of Comedy | $38,168,022 | $68,316 | $38,236,338 |
| 116 | 1997 | Seven Years in Tibet | $37,945,884 | $93,500,000 | $131,445,884 |
| 117 | 2009 | Under the Sea 3D | $37,420,395 | $10,638,746 | $48,059,141 |
| 118 | 2011 | J. Edgar | $37,306,030 | $47,300,000 | $84,606,030 |
| 119 | 2011 | Born to be Wild 3D | $36,951,135 | $10,340,482 | $47,291,617 |
| 120 | 2009 | Notorious | $36,843,682 | $8,128,501 | $44,972,183 |
| 121 | 1997 | Selena | $35,868,790 | $35,868,790 | |
| 122 | 1996 | Shine | $35,811,509 | $864,423 | $36,675,932 |
| 123 | 2023 | The Iron Claw | $35,611,828 | $10,528,994 | $46,140,822 |
| 124 | 2011 | 50/50 | $35,016,118 | $6,318,617 | $41,334,735 |
| 125 | 1982 | Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip | $34,970,309 | $34,970,309 | |
| 126 | 2006 | Take the Lead | $34,742,066 | $30,648,427 | $65,390,493 |
| 127 | 1988 | Mississippi Burning | $34,603,000 | $34,603,000 | |
| 128 | 1999 | Man on the Moon | $34,580,635 | $12,827,000 | $47,407,635 |
| 129 | 2000 | Thirteen Days | $34,566,746 | $31,987,801 | $66,554,547 |
| 130 | 1970 | Woodstock | $34,505,110 | $194,156 | $34,699,266 |
| 131 | 2003 | Monster | $34,469,210 | $29,731,111 | $64,200,321 |
| 132 | 1991 | The Doors | $34,416,893 | $67,776 | $34,484,669 |
| 133 | 2018 | The Favourite | $34,366,783 | $61,462,676 | $95,829,459 |
| 134 | 2004 | Alexander | $34,297,191 | $133,000,000 | $167,297,191 |
| 135 | 2005 | Magnificent Desolation | $34,126,126 | $5,720,770 | $39,846,896 |
| 136 | 2025 | Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a … | $34,062,774 | $16,000,000 | $50,062,774 |
| 137 | 2023 | RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ | $33,889,684 | $10,482,497 | $44,372,181 |
| 138 | 2005 | Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story | $33,022,286 | $6,476,074 | $39,498,360 |
| 139 | 2007 | Breach | $33,000,880 | $1,457,899 | $34,458,779 |
| 140 | 1999 | October Sky | $32,683,932 | $425,933 | $33,109,865 |
| 141 | 2013 | Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain | $32,244,051 | $83,204 | $32,327,255 |
| 142 | 2016 | Patriots Day | $31,886,361 | $20,951,628 | $52,837,989 |
| 143 | 2009 | The Soloist | $31,853,584 | $6,668,866 | $38,522,450 |
| 144 | 2008 | Milk | $31,841,299 | $25,452,072 | $57,293,371 |
| 145 | 2019 | Bombshell | $31,762,808 | $29,641,586 | $61,404,394 |
| 146 | 2007 | August Rush | $31,664,162 | $32,941,600 | $64,605,762 |
| 147 | 2006 | United 93 | $31,567,134 | $46,067,901 | $77,635,035 |
| 148 | 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | $31,501,218 | $25,085,683 | $56,586,901 |
| 149 | 2018 | Adrift | $31,445,011 | $26,452,180 | $57,897,191 |
| 150 | 1995 | Rob Roy | $31,390,587 | $31,390,587 | |
| 151 | 2003 | Calendar Girls | $31,011,616 | $62,063,000 | $93,074,616 |
| 152 | 2014 | Get on Up | $30,569,935 | $2,769,933 | $33,339,868 |
| 153 | 2004 | Open Water | $30,500,882 | $25,017,759 | $55,518,641 |
| 154 | 2007 | The Great Debaters | $30,226,144 | $35,149 | $30,261,293 |
| 155 | 1998 | Elizabeth | $30,082,699 | $52,067,943 | $82,150,642 |
| 156 | 2008 | The Bank Job | $30,060,660 | $36,082,345 | $66,143,005 |
| 157 | 2017 | I, Tonya | $30,014,534 | $23,782,875 | $53,797,409 |
| 158 | 2012 | The Iron Lady | $29,959,436 | $85,632,668 | $115,592,104 |
| 159 | 1989 | Lean on Me | $29,823,140 | $29,823,140 | |
| 160 | 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys | $29,781,453 | $29,781,453 | |
| 161 | 2012 | Chimpanzee | $28,965,459 | $7,869,364 | $36,834,823 |
| 162 | 2013 | One Direction: This is Us | $28,873,374 | $39,280,988 | $68,154,362 |
| 163 | 1999 | Girl, Interrupted | $28,871,190 | $19,437,559 | $48,308,749 |
| 164 | 2005 | Capote | $28,750,530 | $21,173,549 | $49,924,079 |
| 165 | 2016 | The Finest Hours | $27,569,558 | $21,683,203 | $49,252,761 |
| 166 | 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | $27,383,770 | $28,616,569 | $56,000,339 |
| 167 | 2013 | Dallas Buyers Club | $27,298,285 | $33,313,560 | $60,611,845 |
| 168 | 2013 | Rush | $26,947,624 | $71,211,580 | $98,159,204 |
| 169 | 2021 | American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story | $26,514,814 | $26,514,814 | |
| 170 | 2009 | The Fourth Kind | $26,218,170 | $23,268,704 | $49,486,874 |
| 171 | 1974 | Erinnerungen an die Zukunft | $25,900,000 | $25,900,000 | |
| 172 | 2002 | Frida | $25,885,000 | $30,246,239 | $56,131,239 |
| 173 | 2025 | Warfare | $25,782,474 | $7,435,591 | $33,218,065 |
| 174 | 2008 | W. | $25,534,493 | $3,041,285 | $28,575,778 |
| 175 | 2012 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | $25,326,071 | $7,374,368 | $32,700,439 |
| 176 | 1996 | Fly Away Home | $25,143,818 | $11,325,504 | $36,469,322 |
| 177 | 1993 | In the Name of the Father | $25,096,862 | $25,096,862 | |
| 178 | 2018 | Winchester | $25,091,816 | $20,868,439 | $45,960,255 |
| 179 | 1994 | Wyatt Earp | $25,052,000 | $25,052,000 | |
| 180 | 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | $25,020,758 | $69,300,000 | $94,320,758 |
| 181 | 2018 | On the Basis of Sex | $24,704,837 | $14,076,051 | $38,780,888 |
| 182 | 1995 | Operation Dumbo Drop | $24,670,346 | $24,670,346 | |
| 183 | 2006 | Huo Yuan Jia | $24,633,730 | $42,000,000 | $66,633,730 |
| 184 | 2007 | Sicko | $24,538,513 | $11,997,324 | $36,535,837 |
| 185 | 2018 | The Strangers: Prey at Night | $24,431,472 | $7,712,790 | $32,144,262 |
| 186 | 2019 | Judy | $24,319,961 | $21,175,039 | $45,495,000 |
| 187 | 2021 | Respect | $24,278,399 | $11,474,452 | $35,752,851 |
| 188 | 2006 | An Inconvenient Truth | $24,146,161 | $29,219,764 | $53,365,925 |
| 189 | 2018 | White Boy Rick | $24,004,833 | $1,943,150 | $25,947,983 |
| 190 | 2007 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $23,746,066 | $26,982,097 | $50,728,163 |
| 191 | 2022 | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody | $23,708,080 | $35,677,104 | $59,385,184 |
| 192 | 2016 | Kevin Hart: What Now? | $23,591,043 | $23,591,043 | |
| 193 | 2004 | Hotel Rwanda | $23,519,128 | $13,001,323 | $36,520,451 |
| 194 | 1980 | Caligula | $23,400,000 | $15,490 | $23,415,490 |
| 195 | 1980 | Raging Bull | $23,380,203 | $37,446 | $23,417,649 |
| 196 | 1992 | Hoffa | $23,365,858 | $5,025,615 | $28,391,473 |
| 197 | 2011 | Sanctum | $23,209,310 | $85,747,788 | $108,957,098 |
| 198 | 2019 | Fighting With My Family | $22,958,583 | $18,544,505 | $41,503,088 |
| 199 | 2018 | Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | $22,835,787 | $11,872 | $22,847,659 |
| 200 | 1993 | Rudy | $22,750,363 | $22,750,363 |
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.