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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)
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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Real Life Events movies based on the cumulative worldwide 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 | Worldwide Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | 1980 | Gilda Live | $2,261,507 | $2,261,507 | |
| 1,002 | 2022 | Krylya nad Berlinom (1941. Крылья над Берлином)… | $2,259,123 | $2,259,123 | |
| 1,003 | 2024 | The Order | $2,257,761 | $2,010,901 | $246,860 |
| 1,004 | 2003 | DysFunkTional Family | $2,255,000 | $2,255,000 | |
| 1,005 | 2011 | Bill Cunningham New York | $2,254,254 | $1,510,026 | $744,228 |
| 1,006 | 2018 | Heoseutori | $2,251,156 | $2,251,156 | |
| 1,007 | 2023 | Rapito | $2,244,959 | $2,244,959 | |
| 1,008 | 2006 | Neil Young: Heart of Gold | $2,238,644 | $1,828,069 | $410,575 |
| 1,009 | 2017 | L'Empereur | $2,234,915 | $2,234,915 | |
| 1,010 | 2017 | Disneynature: Blue | $2,231,198 | $2,231,198 | |
| 1,011 | 2005 | It's All Gone Pete Tong | $2,226,603 | $120,620 | $2,105,983 |
| 1,012 | 2004 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $2,223,844 | $1,222,708 | $1,001,136 |
| 1,013 | 2021 | Zhou Enlai in His Childhood | $2,210,000 | $2,210,000 | |
| 1,014 | 2024 | Andre Rieu’s Christmas Concert: Gold and Silver | $2,208,875 | $2,208,875 | |
| 1,015 | 2009 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $2,204,738 | $1,755,134 | $449,604 |
| 1,016 | 2011 | The Whistleblower | $2,203,654 | $1,120,914 | $1,082,740 |
| 1,017 | 2012 | The Lady | $2,202,291 | $135,985 | $2,066,306 |
| 1,018 | 1986 | Sid & Nancy | $2,191,785 | $2,167,291 | $24,494 |
| 1,019 | 2014 | Andre Rieu's 2014 Maastricht Concert | $2,190,155 | $2,190,155 | |
| 1,020 | 2018 | Dovlatov | $2,184,870 | $2,184,870 | |
| 1,021 | 1988 | Bird | $2,181,712 | $2,181,286 | $426 |
| 1,022 | 2015 | Roger Waters the Wall | $2,179,727 | $2,179,727 | |
| 1,023 | 2019 | Metallica & San Francisco Symphony S&M2 | $2,179,640 | $907,163 | $1,272,477 |
| 1,024 | 2007 | In the Shadow of the Moon | $2,175,587 | $1,134,358 | $1,041,229 |
| 1,025 | 2015 | Boca Juniors 3D, la película | $2,171,383 | $2,171,383 | |
| 1,026 | 2018 | Peterloo | $2,153,029 | $151,971 | $2,001,058 |
| 1,027 | 2013 | The Saratov Approach | $2,146,998 | $2,146,998 | |
| 1,028 | 2016 | Born to Be Blue | $2,145,764 | $755,153 | $1,390,611 |
| 1,029 | 2025 | André Rieu’s 2025 Christmas Concert: Merry Chri… | $2,137,497 | $2,137,497 | |
| 1,030 | 2025 | Blue Moon | $2,136,646 | $1,996,627 | $140,019 |
| 1,031 | 2015 | The Wolfpack | $2,133,019 | $1,301,696 | $831,323 |
| 1,032 | 2007 | Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia | $2,130,465 | $2,130,465 | |
| 1,033 | 2012 | Heleno | $2,126,384 | $2,126,384 | |
| 1,034 | 2021 | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | $2,104,733 | $2,104,733 | |
| 1,035 | 2018 | Hurricane | $2,100,189 | $2,100,189 | |
| 1,036 | 2008 | The Meerkats | $2,100,000 | $2,100,000 | |
| 1,037 | 2019 | Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan | $2,098,630 | $2,098,630 | |
| 1,038 | 2024 | The Ark and the Darkness | $2,097,560 | $2,097,560 | |
| 1,039 | 1982 | It Came From Hollywood | $2,091,037 | $2,091,037 | |
| 1,040 | 2025 | Christy | $2,090,272 | $1,952,677 | $137,595 |
| 1,041 | 2014 | Awake: The Life of Yogananda | $2,083,186 | $1,511,750 | $571,436 |
| 1,042 | 2016 | I’m Not Ashamed | $2,082,980 | $2,082,980 | |
| 1,043 | 2024 | Monsieur Aznavour | $2,077,450 | $2,077,450 | |
| 1,044 | 2019 | Fahim | $2,075,648 | $2,075,648 | |
| 1,045 | 2021 | Flee | $2,062,173 | $339,754 | $1,722,419 |
| 1,046 | 2019 | Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love | $2,061,876 | $1,013,820 | $1,048,056 |
| 1,047 | 2019 | Trautmann | $2,056,577 | $2,056,577 | |
| 1,048 | 2015 | Jag är Ingrid | $2,056,549 | $138,148 | $1,918,401 |
| 1,049 | 1999 | Beyond the Mat | $2,047,570 | $2,047,570 | |
| 1,050 | 1996 | Snowriders | $2,035,470 | $2,035,470 | |
| 1,051 | 2020 | All My Life | $2,024,063 | $913,935 | $1,110,128 |
| 1,052 | 2020 | Misbehaviour | $2,014,253 | $2,014,253 | |
| 1,053 | 2020 | Kinky Boots - The Musical | $2,014,209 | $2,014,209 | |
| 1,054 | 2020 | Echo Boomers | $2,003,433 | $2,003,433 | |
| 1,055 | 2016 | Greater | $2,000,093 | $2,000,093 | |
| 1,056 | 2006 | Shut Up and Sing | $2,000,043 | $1,215,045 | $784,998 |
| 1,057 | 2025 | 50 Jahre Roland Kaiser — Ein Leben für die Musi… | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 1,058 | 1969 | Che! | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 1,059 | 2016 | Masaryk | $1,999,760 | $1,999,760 | |
| 1,060 | 2024 | Escape From Germany | $1,997,845 | $1,997,845 | |
| 1,061 | 2016 | 1898. Los últimos de Filipinas | $1,995,045 | $2,848 | $1,992,197 |
| 1,062 | 1996 | Surviving Picasso | $1,993,899 | $1,993,899 | |
| 1,063 | 2020 | \'83 | $1,993,594 | $1,993,594 | |
| 1,064 | 2018 | Aïlo: Une odyssée en Laponie | $1,991,158 | $1,991,158 | |
| 1,065 | 1997 | Paradise Road | $1,990,257 | $1,990,257 | |
| 1,066 | 2014 | 20,000 Days on Earth | $1,979,773 | $279,558 | $1,700,215 |
| 1,067 | 1995 | Endless Winter | $1,966,454 | $1,966,454 | |
| 1,068 | 2016 | L'outsider | $1,966,165 | $1,966,165 | |
| 1,069 | 2010 | Lebanon | $1,964,789 | $368,088 | $1,596,701 |
| 1,070 | 2017 | Mountain | $1,961,092 | $364,429 | $1,596,663 |
| 1,071 | 2015 | Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck | $1,960,196 | $140,208 | $1,819,988 |
| 1,072 | 1999 | The Source | $1,956,822 | $362,357 | $1,594,465 |
| 1,073 | 2015 | San cheng ji | $1,950,194 | $1,950,194 | |
| 1,074 | 2019 | Mrs. Lowry And Son | $1,949,666 | $1,949,666 | |
| 1,075 | 2008 | Bezerra de Menezes: O Diário de um Espírito | $1,948,185 | $1,948,185 | |
| 1,076 | 2017 | Maria Sklodowska Curie | $1,944,253 | $127,993 | $1,816,260 |
| 1,077 | 2019 | Baesimwondeul | $1,941,342 | $1,941,342 | |
| 1,078 | 2021 | Show Me the Father | $1,918,911 | $1,803,226 | $115,685 |
| 1,079 | 2012 | First Position | $1,909,901 | $908,235 | $1,001,666 |
| 1,080 | 2017 | Professor Marston & The Wonder Women | $1,908,425 | $1,585,362 | $323,063 |
| 1,081 | 2023 | André Rieu 2023 Maastricht Concert: Love is All… | $1,904,486 | $1,904,486 | |
| 1,082 | 2018 | Roma | $1,903,062 | $1,903,062 | |
| 1,083 | 2017 | Kurtlar Vadisi: Vatan | $1,893,015 | $1,893,015 | |
| 1,084 | 2011 | The Mighty Macs | $1,891,936 | $1,891,936 | |
| 1,085 | 2019 | Lourdes | $1,891,305 | $197,702 | $1,693,603 |
| 1,086 | 2008 | Sans Arme, Ni Haine, Ni Violence | $1,891,002 | $1,891,002 | |
| 1,087 | 2006 | Why We Fight | $1,880,863 | $1,880,863 | |
| 1,088 | 2019 | 2040 | $1,876,923 | $1,876,923 | |
| 1,089 | 2024 | Andre Rieu’s 2024 Maastricht Concert: Power of … | $1,872,703 | $1,872,703 | |
| 1,090 | 2016 | La Danseuse | $1,872,314 | $1,872,314 | |
| 1,091 | 2017 | Gongbeom Jadeul | $1,870,581 | $1,870,581 | |
| 1,092 | 2023 | Louis Tomlinson: All Of Those Voices | $1,858,888 | $1,858,888 | |
| 1,093 | 2022 | Lie Tue (猎屠) | $1,850,000 | $1,850,000 | |
| 1,094 | 2006 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | $1,849,392 | $1,678,874 | $170,518 |
| 1,095 | 2011 | Gerry | $1,844,754 | $1,844,754 | |
| 1,096 | 2021 | Mijn beste vriendin Anne Frank | $1,837,162 | $1,837,162 | |
| 1,097 | 2013 | Rasputin | $1,834,763 | $1,834,763 | |
| 1,098 | 2022 | Dante | $1,831,733 | $1,831,733 | |
| 1,099 | 2020 | Kalashnikov | $1,827,799 | $1,827,799 | |
| 1,100 | 2001 | Startup.com | $1,827,627 | $1,280,975 | $546,652 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.