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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000)
See also: Top Based on Real Life Events International - Top Based on Real Life Events Worldwide - Top Based on Real Life Events Weekend Domestic - Top Based on Real Life Events Day Domestic
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | 2002 | Biggie and Tupac | $54,834 | $54,834 | |
| 1,902 | 2006 | 10th & Wolf | $54,702 | $89,080 | $143,782 |
| 1,903 | 2010 | The Nature of Existence | $54,645 | $54,645 | |
| 1,904 | 2010 | The Lottery | $54,543 | $54,543 | |
| 1,905 | 2003 | Girlhood | $54,389 | $86,797 | $141,186 |
| 1,906 | 2024 | Music for Mushrooms | $54,178 | $54,178 | |
| 1,907 | 2021 | Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation | $54,149 | $54,149 | |
| 1,908 | 2012 | Surviving Progress | $53,953 | $53,953 | |
| 1,909 | 2011 | The Other F Word | $53,714 | $53,714 | |
| 1,910 | 2013 | Leonie | $53,692 | $53,692 | |
| 1,911 | 2011 | Farmageddon | $53,256 | $53,256 | |
| 1,912 | 2019 | Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound | $53,144 | $10,864 | $64,008 |
| 1,913 | 2016 | Mifune: The Last Samurai | $52,969 | $52,969 | |
| 1,914 | 2024 | Seeking Mavis Beacon | $52,897 | $2,497 | $55,394 |
| 1,915 | 2012 | Occupy Unmasked | $52,768 | $52,768 | |
| 1,916 | 2012 | An Inconsistent Truth | $52,756 | $52,756 | |
| 1,917 | 2011 | !Women, Art, Revolution | $52,681 | $52,681 | |
| 1,918 | 1982 | AC/DC: Let There Be Rock | $52,590 | $52,590 | |
| 1,919 | 2016 | The Last Man on the Moon | $52,482 | $1,479 | $53,961 |
| 1,920 | 2014 | Low Down | $52,337 | $52,337 | |
| 1,921 | 2024 | Flipside | $52,247 | $52,247 | |
| 1,922 | 2008 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $52,166 | $52,166 | |
| 1,923 | 2017 | Voyage à Travers le Cinéma Français | $52,058 | $21,295 | $73,353 |
| 1,924 | 2006 | Screamers | $52,034 | $52,034 | |
| 1,925 | 2015 | The Quay Brothers in 35MM | $51,858 | $51,858 | |
| 1,926 | 2016 | King Georges | $51,663 | $51,663 | |
| 1,927 | 2014 | To Be Takei | $51,481 | $51,481 | |
| 1,928 | 2008 | Shoot Down | $51,408 | $51,408 | |
| 1,929 | 2014 | L'image manquante | $51,337 | $1,097 | $52,434 |
| 1,930 | 1999 | Meeting People is Easy | $51,282 | $51,282 | |
| 1,931 | 2013 | Venus and Serena | $51,271 | $51,271 | |
| 1,932 | 2013 | God Loves Uganda | $51,229 | $51,229 | |
| 1,933 | 2018 | Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable | $51,194 | $51,194 | |
| 1,934 | 2004 | Hiding and Seeking | $51,091 | $51,091 | |
| 1,935 | 2025 | Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted | $51,047 | $51,047 | |
| 1,936 | 2015 | We Come as Friends | $50,921 | $50,921 | |
| 1,937 | 2008 | Gunnin' for that #1 Spot | $50,804 | $50,804 | |
| 1,938 | 2014 | The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swar… | $50,735 | $2,379 | $53,114 |
| 1,939 | 2005 | Juarez: Stages of Fear | $50,707 | $50,707 | |
| 1,940 | 2017 | Keep Quiet | $50,454 | $50,454 | |
| 1,941 | 1957 | Le mystère Picasso | $50,253 | $50,253 | |
| 1,942 | 2025 | Rosemead | $50,243 | $50,243 | |
| 1,943 | 2014 | The Yes Men Are Revolting | $50,190 | $50,190 | |
| 1,944 | 2019 | Love, Antosha | $50,168 | $12,732 | $62,900 |
| 1,945 | 2016 | Fatima | $50,105 | $138,578 | $188,683 |
| 1,946 | 1982 | Love Child | $50,091 | $50,091 | |
| 1,947 | 2022 | Free Chol Soo Lee (프리 철수 리) | $50,083 | $24,633 | $74,716 |
| 1,948 | 2016 | Pele: Birth of a Legend | $49,979 | $7,809,018 | $7,858,997 |
| 1,949 | 2011 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $49,976 | $49,976 | |
| 1,950 | 2007 | Transformation: The Life & Legacy of Werner Erhard | $49,919 | $49,919 | |
| 1,951 | 2011 | Pianomania | $49,852 | $49,852 | |
| 1,952 | 2015 | Difret | $49,667 | $42,174 | $91,841 |
| 1,953 | 2014 | NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage | $49,591 | $49,591 | |
| 1,954 | 2008 | The Dhamma Brothers | $49,568 | $49,568 | |
| 1,955 | 2013 | Let the Fire Burn | $49,128 | $49,128 | |
| 1,956 | 2023 | The Disappearance of Shere Hite | $49,124 | $4,063 | $53,187 |
| 1,957 | 2013 | The Pervert's Guide to Ideology | $49,072 | $49,072 | |
| 1,958 | 2011 | Orgasm Inc. | $49,001 | $49,001 | |
| 1,959 | 2025 | Sovereign | $48,899 | $48,899 | |
| 1,960 | 1998 | Madadayo | $48,856 | $596 | $49,452 |
| 1,961 | 2007 | Ghosts of Cité Soleil | $48,752 | $48,752 | |
| 1,962 | 2018 | The China Hustle | $48,650 | $48,650 | |
| 1,963 | 2025 | We Are Guardians | $48,417 | $48,417 | |
| 1,964 | 2014 | American Mustang | $48,218 | $48,218 | |
| 1,965 | 2022 | Framing Agnes | $48,147 | $48,147 | |
| 1,966 | 2017 | Saving Banksy | $47,965 | $47,965 | |
| 1,967 | 2024 | Union | $47,883 | $47,883 | |
| 1,968 | 1968 | The Queen | $47,818 | $47,818 | |
| 1,969 | 2012 | Runaway Slave | $47,813 | $47,813 | |
| 1,970 | 2017 | Quest | $47,807 | $2,211 | $50,018 |
| 1,971 | 2025 | Janis Ian: Breaking Silence | $47,749 | $47,749 | |
| 1,972 | 2007 | L'avocat de la terreur | $47,724 | $1,200,000 | $1,247,724 |
| 1,973 | 2012 | Sing Your Song | $47,718 | $39,956 | $87,674 |
| 1,974 | 2023 | Black Ice | $47,362 | $47,362 | |
| 1,975 | 2006 | Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy | $47,243 | $47,243 | |
| 1,976 | 2005 | Das Goebbels-Experiment | $47,211 | $47,211 | |
| 1,977 | 2025 | DIG! XX | $47,086 | $5,876 | $52,962 |
| 1,978 | 1998 | Arguing the World | $47,044 | $47,044 | |
| 1,979 | 2025 | Ka Whawhai Tonu | $46,815 | $581,402 | $628,217 |
| 1,980 | 2011 | Connected: An Autobiography about Love, Death &… | $46,782 | $46,782 | |
| 1,981 | 2009 | American Casino | $46,710 | $46,710 | |
| 1,982 | 2011 | The Woodmans | $46,623 | $46,623 | |
| 1,983 | 2018 | Bigger | $46,382 | $3,811 | $50,193 |
| 1,984 | 2010 | William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | $46,380 | $46,380 | |
| 1,985 | 2005 | The Tunnel | $46,296 | $46,296 | |
| 1,986 | 2012 | La guerre est déclarée | $46,225 | $46,225 | |
| 1,987 | 2007 | The Hip Hop Project | $46,208 | $46,208 | |
| 1,988 | 2014 | Monk With a Camera | $45,938 | $45,938 | |
| 1,989 | 2018 | Hal | $45,889 | $1,360 | $47,249 |
| 1,990 | 2018 | Summer in the Forest | $45,542 | $22,652 | $68,194 |
| 1,991 | 2013 | Flores Raras | $45,502 | $40,253 | $85,755 |
| 1,992 | 2016 | We are X | $45,270 | $3,087,216 | $3,132,486 |
| 1,993 | 2014 | There’s No Place Like Utopia | $45,254 | $45,254 | |
| 1,994 | 2021 | MLK/FBI | $45,200 | $46,611 | $91,811 |
| 1,995 | 2004 | This So-Called Disaster | $45,195 | $45,195 | |
| 1,996 | 2013 | American Made Movie | $45,175 | $45,175 | |
| 1,997 | 2000 | Barenaked in America | $45,170 | $45,170 | |
| 1,998 | 2019 | The Proposal | $45,149 | $45,149 | |
| 1,999 | 2021 | Some Kind of Heaven | $45,068 | $9,684 | $54,752 |
| 2,000 | 2013 | Greedy Lying Bastards | $45,000 | $45,000 |
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.