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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,301 | 2005 | The Untold story of Emmett Louis Till | $204,956 | $204,956 | |
| 1,302 | 2007 | Milarepa | $204,784 | $204,784 | |
| 1,303 | 2019 | Hesburgh | $204,709 | $204,709 | |
| 1,304 | 2021 | Ailey | $204,512 | $9,813 | $214,325 |
| 1,305 | 2006 | Iraq in Fragments | $204,462 | $36,000 | $240,462 |
| 1,306 | 2023 | I Can | $203,795 | $203,795 | |
| 1,307 | 2016 | Kaptaan | $203,790 | $123,558 | $327,348 |
| 1,308 | 2005 | Darwin's Nightmare | $203,746 | $203,746 | |
| 1,309 | 2024 | Luther: Never Too Much | $202,796 | $244,746 | $447,542 |
| 1,310 | 2025 | Peter Hujar’s Day | $201,791 | $201,791 | |
| 1,311 | 2007 | A Man Named Pearl | $201,603 | $201,603 | |
| 1,312 | 2004 | Lightning in a Bottle | $201,574 | $11,517 | $213,091 |
| 1,313 | 2006 | Deliver Us From Evil | $201,275 | $201,275 | |
| 1,314 | 2016 | El Clan | $201,227 | $21,923,875 | $22,125,102 |
| 1,315 | 2022 | Benediction | $201,093 | $647,741 | $848,834 |
| 1,316 | 2004 | Imelda | $200,992 | $300,000 | $500,992 |
| 1,317 | 2025 | Every Little Thing | $200,679 | $46,871 | $247,550 |
| 1,318 | 2017 | California Typewriter | $200,379 | $200,379 | |
| 1,319 | 2013 | No Place on Earth | $200,238 | $200,238 | |
| 1,320 | 2017 | Risk | $200,219 | $87,562 | $287,781 |
| 1,321 | 2018 | Gauguin - Voyage de Tahiti | $200,140 | $2,382,815 | $2,582,955 |
| 1,322 | 2007 | What Would Jesus Buy? | $200,010 | $29,260 | $229,270 |
| 1,323 | 2013 | Cutie and the Boxer | $199,274 | $5,660 | $204,934 |
| 1,324 | 2018 | Little Pink House | $199,069 | $199,069 | |
| 1,325 | 2004 | The Yes Men | $198,975 | $75,229 | $274,204 |
| 1,326 | 2010 | South of the Border | $198,600 | $70,000 | $268,600 |
| 1,327 | 2003 | Madame Satã | $198,181 | $235,872 | $434,053 |
| 1,328 | 2021 | Lourdes | $197,702 | $1,693,603 | $1,891,305 |
| 1,329 | 2019 | Zhui Long 2: Zhui Ji Da Fu Hao | $196,634 | $45,541,827 | $45,738,461 |
| 1,330 | 2008 | The Errand of Angels | $195,184 | $195,184 | |
| 1,331 | 2009 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $195,037 | $195,037 | |
| 1,332 | 2009 | Herb & Dorothy | $194,721 | $194,721 | |
| 1,333 | 2018 | The Final Year | $191,900 | $73,172 | $265,072 |
| 1,334 | 2015 | La French | $190,980 | $11,753,086 | $11,944,066 |
| 1,335 | 2004 | Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War | $190,424 | $190,424 | |
| 1,336 | 2014 | Code Black | $190,229 | $190,229 | |
| 1,337 | 2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer | $189,416 | $189,416 | |
| 1,338 | 2007 | Lonely Hearts | $188,565 | $188,565 | |
| 1,339 | 2010 | Waste Land | $187,716 | $187,716 | |
| 1,340 | 2013 | The Anonymous People | $187,459 | $187,459 | |
| 1,341 | 2018 | Owarani hito Miyazaki: Hayao | $187,320 | $187,320 | |
| 1,342 | 2020 | The Doors: Break on Thru — A Celebration of Ray… | $186,920 | $186,920 | |
| 1,343 | 2011 | Amigo | $184,705 | $184,705 | |
| 1,344 | 2011 | JIG | $183,790 | $183,790 | |
| 1,345 | 2011 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CI… | $183,342 | $183,342 | |
| 1,346 | 2015 | Lambert & Stamp | $183,320 | $183,320 | |
| 1,347 | 2000 | Calle 54 | $183,140 | $183,140 | |
| 1,348 | 2004 | Lost Boys of Sudan | $182,839 | $182,839 | |
| 1,349 | 2017 | Whose Streets? | $182,799 | $182,799 | |
| 1,350 | 2022 | Hockeyland | $182,488 | $182,488 | |
| 1,351 | 2003 | Lilja 4-ever | $181,655 | $4,366,850 | $4,548,505 |
| 1,352 | 2005 | My Date With Drew | $181,041 | $181,041 | |
| 1,353 | 2010 | Winnebago Man | $181,039 | $181,039 | |
| 1,354 | 2015 | An Honest Liar | $180,590 | $180,590 | |
| 1,355 | 2022 | UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie | $180,000 | $180,000 | |
| 1,356 | 2001 | Chop Suey | $179,914 | $179,914 | |
| 1,357 | 2006 | The Bridge | $179,780 | $179,780 | |
| 1,358 | 2022 | Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story | $179,005 | $179,005 | |
| 1,359 | 2007 | Pete Seeger: The Power of Song | $178,968 | $39 | $179,007 |
| 1,360 | 2023 | Dicht bij Vermeer | $178,762 | $204,048 | $382,810 |
| 1,361 | 2019 | The Warrior Queen of Jhansi | $177,437 | $10,478 | $187,915 |
| 1,362 | 2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | $176,865 | $176,865 | |
| 1,363 | 2019 | India’s Most Wanted | $176,858 | $53,318 | $230,176 |
| 1,364 | 2007 | An Unreasonable Man | $176,647 | $176,647 | |
| 1,365 | 2004 | Bush's Brain | $176,610 | $176,610 | |
| 1,366 | 2008 | Chicago 10 | $176,545 | $176,545 | |
| 1,367 | 2019 | Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, The Student’s Journey | $176,387 | $176,387 | |
| 1,368 | 2017 | Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton | $176,160 | $16,247 | $192,407 |
| 1,369 | 2025 | Brothers After War | $174,932 | $174,932 | |
| 1,370 | 2011 | American: The Bill Hicks Story | $174,796 | $174,796 | |
| 1,371 | 2008 | Fuel | $174,255 | $174,255 | |
| 1,372 | 2018 | Always at the Carlyle | $174,251 | $174,251 | |
| 1,373 | 2017 | Mr. Gaga | $173,994 | $472,065 | $646,059 |
| 1,374 | 2013 | Cinco de Mayo, La Batalla | $173,472 | $173,472 | |
| 1,375 | 2014 | Anita: Speaking Truth to Power | $172,634 | $172,634 | |
| 1,376 | 2016 | Jheronimus Bosch, Touched by the Devil | $172,533 | $29,374 | $201,907 |
| 1,377 | 2009 | Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love | $172,225 | $172,225 | |
| 1,378 | 2014 | Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq | $172,120 | $172,120 | |
| 1,379 | 2007 | The Flying Scotsman | $171,817 | $1,100,000 | $1,271,817 |
| 1,380 | 2017 | David Lynch: The Art Life | $171,419 | $145,456 | $316,875 |
| 1,381 | 2021 | Beans | $171,208 | $171,208 | |
| 1,382 | 2014 | The Last of Robin Hood | $171,138 | $171,138 | |
| 1,383 | 2025 | Lilly | $170,436 | $170,436 | |
| 1,384 | 2009 | Crude | $170,295 | $16,150 | $186,445 |
| 1,385 | 2010 | Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | $167,508 | $167,508 | |
| 1,386 | 2015 | All Things Must Pass | $166,872 | $166,872 | |
| 1,387 | 2006 | Our Brand is Crisis | $166,750 | $166,750 | |
| 1,388 | 2018 | Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-M… | $166,616 | $28,563 | $195,179 |
| 1,389 | 2021 | I Carry You With Me | $166,403 | $26,372 | $192,775 |
| 1,390 | 2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks | $166,243 | $435,799 | $602,042 |
| 1,391 | 2024 | Remembering Gene Wilder | $166,233 | $166,233 | |
| 1,392 | 2016 | De Palma | $165,237 | $2,805 | $168,042 |
| 1,393 | 2022 | Virata Parvam | $165,000 | $22,618 | $187,618 |
| 1,394 | 2017 | The Journey | $164,994 | $306,348 | $471,342 |
| 1,395 | 2024 | Los Frikis | $164,748 | $164,748 | |
| 1,396 | 2014 | Nas: Time is Illmatic | $164,540 | $164,540 | |
| 1,397 | 2017 | Ex Libris: The New York Public Library | $163,364 | $45,629 | $208,993 |
| 1,398 | 2006 | Cocaine Cowboys | $163,000 | $163,000 | |
| 1,399 | 2002 | Hybrid | $162,605 | $162,605 | |
| 1,400 | 2006 | Awesome: I F%!#in' Shot That | $162,538 | $162,538 |
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.