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All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies
See also: Top Based on Real Life Events Domestic - Top Based on Real Life Events Worldwide
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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Real Life Events movies based on the cumulative international 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 | International Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021 | The Battle at Lake Changjin | $808,074,694 | $333,214 | $808,407,908 |
| 2 | 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | $662,785,558 | $216,303,339 | $879,088,897 |
| 3 | 2022 | Water Gate Bridge (长津湖之水门桥) | $515,456,809 | $515,456,809 | |
| 4 | 2019 | My People, My Country (我和我的祖国) | $443,852,463 | $2,323,409 | $446,175,872 |
| 5 | 2020 | The Eight Hundred (八佰) | $436,779,294 | $436,779,294 | |
| 6 | 2019 | Zhongguo jizhang | $371,857,186 | $706,572 | $372,563,758 |
| 7 | 2016 | Dangal | $292,757,700 | $12,391,761 | $305,149,461 |
| 8 | 2017 | The Greatest Showman | $254,455,826 | $174,340,174 | $428,796,000 |
| 9 | 2001 | Pearl Harbor | $250,699,998 | $198,539,855 | $449,239,853 |
| 10 | 2019 | Lie huo ying xiong | $244,889,313 | $290,217 | $245,179,530 |
| 11 | 2025 | Evil Unbound (731) | $243,056,666 | $410,904 | $243,467,570 |
| 12 | 2019 | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood | $234,924,175 | $142,502,728 | $377,426,903 |
| 13 | 2018 | Green Book | $234,914,848 | $85,080,171 | $319,995,019 |
| 14 | 1993 | Schindler’s List | $225,298,312 | $96,898,818 | $322,197,130 |
| 15 | 2022 | Home Coming (万里归途) | $219,150,259 | $219,150,259 | |
| 16 | 1995 | Pocahontas | $205,520,227 | $141,579,773 | $347,100,000 |
| 17 | 2009 | Michael Jackson’s This Is It | $189,092,572 | $72,091,016 | $261,183,588 |
| 18 | 2019 | Yip Man 4 | $188,661,860 | $3,956,031 | $192,617,891 |
| 19 | 1984 | Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets | $186,200,000 | $52,800,000 | $239,000,000 |
| 20 | 2015 | Everest | $177,814,791 | $43,482,270 | $221,297,061 |
| 21 | 2019 | Pan Deng Zhe | $173,521,647 | $487,157 | $174,008,804 |
| 22 | 2016 | Operation Mekong | $173,479,240 | $800,012 | $174,279,252 |
| 23 | 2023 | Napoleon | $156,392,781 | $61,524,375 | $217,917,156 |
| 24 | 2015 | Yip Man 3 | $154,621,517 | $2,679,437 | $157,300,954 |
| 25 | 2012 | The Impossible | $150,570,724 | $19,019,882 | $169,590,606 |
| 26 | 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | $144,725,057 | $162,586,036 | $307,311,093 |
| 27 | 2004 | The Terminal | $141,600,000 | $77,073,959 | $218,673,959 |
| 28 | 2022 | Elvis | $136,700,000 | $151,416,153 | $288,116,153 |
| 29 | 1995 | Braveheart | $133,499,597 | $75,545,647 | $209,045,244 |
| 30 | 2004 | Alexander | $133,000,000 | $34,297,191 | $167,297,191 |
| 31 | 2000 | Erin Brockovich | $132,256,558 | $125,548,685 | $257,805,243 |
| 32 | 2014 | Myeong-ryang | $130,619,928 | $2,830,989 | $133,450,917 |
| 33 | 2010 | The Social Network | $127,959,441 | $96,962,694 | $224,922,135 |
| 34 | 2008 | Valkyrie | $120,824,345 | $83,107,829 | $203,932,174 |
| 35 | 2023 | Volunteer Soldiers Attack (志愿军：雄兵出击)… | $118,626,692 | $118,626,692 | |
| 36 | 2013 | Captain Phillips | $113,511,767 | $107,136,417 | $220,648,184 |
| 37 | 2013 | American Hustle | $107,760,487 | $150,098,456 | $257,858,943 |
| 38 | 2004 | The Aviator | $105,762,065 | $102,608,827 | $208,370,892 |
| 39 | 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $102,034,442 | $119,114,517 | $221,148,959 |
| 40 | 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | $101,213,634 | $67,209,615 | $168,423,249 |
| 41 | 2017 | The Post | $97,865,999 | $81,903,458 | $179,769,457 |
| 42 | 2019 | Rocketman | $94,627,033 | $96,368,160 | $190,995,193 |
| 43 | 1997 | Seven Years in Tibet | $93,500,000 | $37,945,884 | $131,445,884 |
| 44 | 2006 | World Trade Center | $93,016,761 | $70,278,893 | $163,295,654 |
| 45 | 2022 | Zui Leng De Qiang (狙击手) | $90,120,000 | $90,120,000 | |
| 46 | 2017 | Chasing the Dragon (追龍) | $87,512,183 | $456,854 | $87,969,037 |
| 47 | 1993 | Cool Runnings | $86,152,646 | $68,856,263 | $155,008,909 |
| 48 | 2011 | Sanctum | $85,747,788 | $23,209,310 | $108,957,098 |
| 49 | 2012 | The Iron Lady | $85,632,668 | $29,959,436 | $115,592,104 |
| 50 | 2017 | Taeksi Woonjunsa | $85,541,895 | $1,527,829 | $87,069,724 |
| 51 | 2017 | American Made | $84,227,212 | $51,342,000 | $135,569,212 |
| 52 | 2010 | Unstoppable | $84,157,979 | $81,562,942 | $165,720,921 |
| 53 | 2023 | TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR | $80,652,337 | $180,760,722 | $261,413,059 |
| 54 | 2024 | Bob Marley: One Love | $79,833,973 | $96,981,216 | $176,815,189 |
| 55 | 2007 | La Môme | $78,312,055 | $10,299,782 | $88,611,837 |
| 56 | 2020 | Miracle In Cell No. 7 | $76,168,428 | $76,168,428 | |
| 57 | 2021 | 1921 | $75,017,096 | $75,017,096 | |
| 58 | 1982 | Gandhi | $75,000,000 | $52,767,889 | $127,767,889 |
| 59 | 2023 | Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story | $73,433,553 | $44,428,554 | $117,862,107 |
| 60 | 2012 | The Vow | $72,604,130 | $125,014,030 | $197,618,160 |
| 61 | 2018 | Li hai le, wo de guo | $72,506,344 | $72,506,344 | |
| 62 | 2006 | The Queen | $72,444,162 | $56,441,711 | $128,885,873 |
| 63 | 2013 | Rush | $71,211,580 | $26,947,624 | $98,159,204 |
| 64 | 2019 | Midway | $69,940,558 | $56,846,802 | $126,787,360 |
| 65 | 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | $69,456,624 | $75,072,454 | $144,529,078 |
| 66 | 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | $69,300,000 | $25,020,758 | $94,320,758 |
| 67 | 2005 | Walk the Line | $68,188,093 | $119,519,402 | $187,707,495 |
| 68 | 2013 | Stalingrad | $67,693,174 | $1,013,945 | $68,707,119 |
| 69 | 2010 | Oceans | $67,365,211 | $19,422,319 | $86,787,530 |
| 70 | 1998 | Patch Adams | $67,158,032 | $135,014,968 | $202,173,000 |
| 71 | 2023 | Sound of Freedom | $66,551,632 | $184,178,046 | $250,729,678 |
| 72 | 2018 | Sanju | $65,331,676 | $7,909,317 | $73,240,993 |
| 73 | 2009 | Jiàn gúo dà yè | $62,995,096 | $62,995,096 | |
| 74 | 2003 | Calendar Girls | $62,063,000 | $31,011,616 | $93,074,616 |
| 75 | 2018 | The Favourite | $61,462,676 | $34,366,783 | $95,829,459 |
| 76 | 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | $60,899,591 | $61,433,527 | $122,333,118 |
| 77 | 2017 | The Founding of an Army | $60,600,360 | $60,600,360 | |
| 78 | 2013 | Lee Daniels’ The Butler | $60,393,403 | $116,632,095 | $177,025,498 |
| 79 | 2011 | Jiàn Dǎng Wěi Yè | $60,096,706 | $151,305 | $60,248,011 |
| 80 | 2013 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | $58,900,000 | $102,003,019 | $160,903,019 |
| 81 | 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | $58,585,626 | $16,285,240 | $74,870,866 |
| 82 | 2005 | La Marche de L’empereur | $55,839,136 | $77,437,223 | $133,276,359 |
| 83 | 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima | $54,111,916 | $13,756,082 | $67,867,998 |
| 84 | 2000 | Coyote Ugly | $53,130,205 | $60,786,269 | $113,916,474 |
| 85 | 2023 | The Pope’s Exorcist | $52,904,087 | $20,009,380 | $72,913,467 |
| 86 | 2025 | The Dumpling Queen (水饺皇后) | $52,777,038 | $52,777,038 | |
| 87 | 2017 | The Outlaws | $52,097,753 | $52,097,753 | |
| 88 | 1998 | Elizabeth | $52,067,943 | $30,082,699 | $82,150,642 |
| 89 | 2017 | 1987: When the Day Comes | $51,775,357 | $51,775,357 | |
| 90 | 2013 | Yi dai zong shi | $51,391,701 | $6,594,959 | $57,986,660 |
| 91 | 2015 | The Walk | $51,330,921 | $10,161,183 | $61,492,104 |
| 92 | 2015 | Himalaya | $51,009,970 | $696,717 | $51,706,687 |
| 93 | 2004 | Ray | $49,517,099 | $75,305,995 | $124,823,094 |
| 94 | 2011 | Ip Man: Legend of the Grand Master | $49,516,279 | $205,675 | $49,721,954 |
| 95 | 1998 | Mysteries of Egypt | $49,406,714 | $40,593,286 | $90,000,000 |
| 96 | 2007 | Hwa-ryeo-han hyuga | $49,136,551 | $49,136,551 | |
| 97 | 2011 | J. Edgar | $47,300,000 | $37,306,030 | $84,606,030 |
| 98 | 2015 | Spotlight | $46,846,662 | $45,055,776 | $91,902,438 |
| 99 | 2006 | United 93 | $46,067,901 | $31,567,134 | $77,635,035 |
| 100 | 2001 | Enemy at the Gates | $45,574,512 | $51,396,781 | $96,971,293 |
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This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.