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Domestic Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2019

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2019 GrossTickets Sold
1 Once Upon a Time…in Hollywo… Jul 26, 2019 Thriller/Suspense R $141,076,968 15,401,416
2 The Upside Jan 11, 2019 Comedy PG-13 $108,235,497 11,816,102
3 Rocketman May 31, 2019 Drama R $96,368,160 10,520,541
4 Midway Nov 7, 2019 Action PG-13 $56,279,164 6,144,014
5 Green Book Feb 22, 2019 Comedy PG-13 $52,927,165 5,778,075
6 Harriet Nov 1, 2019 Drama PG-13 $42,547,700 4,644,945
7 Vice Dec 25, 2018 Black Comedy R $28,060,115 3,063,331
8 Bohemian Rhapsody Nov 2, 2018 Drama PG-13 $26,490,206 2,891,944
9 Judy Sep 27, 2019 Drama PG-13 $24,018,519 2,622,109
10 Fighting With My Family Mar 15, 2019 Comedy PG-13 $22,958,583 2,506,396
11 On the Basis of Sex Dec 25, 2018 Drama PG-13 $22,946,065 2,505,029
12 The Favourite Nov 23, 2018 Black Comedy R $18,478,318 2,017,284
13 Bombshell Feb 7, 2020 Drama R $18,117,885 1,977,935
14 The Farewell Jul 12, 2019 Drama PG $17,700,478 1,932,367
15 They Shall Not Grow Old Nov 9, 2018 Documentary R $12,253,074 1,337,672
16 Blinded by the Light Aug 16, 2019 Drama PG-13 $11,901,145 1,299,252
17 Hotel Mumbai Mar 22, 2019 Thriller/Suspense R $9,619,500 1,050,164
18 Apollo 11 Mar 8, 2019 Documentary G $9,040,224 986,924
19 Penguins Apr 17, 2019 Documentary G $7,699,452 840,552
20 Mary Queen of Scots Dec 7, 2018 Drama R $6,742,269 736,056
21 Free Solo Sep 28, 2018 Documentary PG-13 $6,300,521 687,830
22 The Current War: Director’s… Oct 25, 2019 Drama PG-13 $5,978,673 652,694
23 Stan & Ollie Dec 28, 2018 Drama PG $5,392,131 588,661
24 Bring the Soul: The Movie Aug 7, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $4,809,800 525,087
25 Pavarotti Jun 7, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $4,686,402 511,616
26 Tolkien May 10, 2019 Drama PG-13 $4,535,154 495,104
27 The Last Black Man in San F… Jun 7, 2019 Drama R $4,515,719 492,982
28 Brian Banks Aug 9, 2019 Drama PG-13 $4,376,820 477,819
29 The Biggest Little Farm May 10, 2019 Documentary PG $4,367,816 476,836
30 Amazing Grace Apr 5, 2019 Documentary G $4,339,065 473,697
31 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound o… Sep 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $4,240,509 462,938
32 Uri: The Surgical Strike Jan 11, 2019 Action Not Rated $4,185,663 456,950
33 Mission Mangal Aug 15, 2019 Drama Not Rated $3,660,413 399,608
34 Echo in the Canyon May 24, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $3,355,266 366,295
35 Maiden Jun 28, 2019 Documentary PG $3,162,490 345,250
36 Honey Boy Nov 8, 2019 Drama R $2,939,992 320,960
37 My People, My Country (我和我的… Sep 28, 2019 Drama Not Rated $2,323,409 253,647
38 Super 30 Jul 12, 2019 Drama Not Rated $2,269,878 247,803
39 Yip Man 4 Dec 25, 2019 Action Not Rated $1,868,874 204,026
40 Pandas Apr 6, 2018 Documentary G $1,816,106 198,265
41 Western Stars Nov 29, 2019 Documentary PG $1,581,681 172,673
42 Red Joan Oct 26, 2018 Drama R $1,580,223 172,513
43 Fantastic Fungi Sep 20, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,325,374 144,691
44 Werk ohne Autor Jan 25, 2019 Thriller/Suspense R $1,303,747 142,330
45 Can You Ever Forgive Me? Oct 19, 2018 Drama R $1,259,896 137,543
46 All is True Dec 21, 2018 Drama PG-13 $1,199,066 130,902
47 No Safe Spaces Dec 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $1,159,359 126,568
48 Marianne & Leonard: Words o… Jul 5, 2019 Documentary R $1,013,820 110,679
49 Metallica & San Francisco S… Oct 9, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $907,163 99,035
50 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Jun 21, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $903,018 98,583
51 A Hidden Life Feb 7, 2020 Drama PG-13 $877,550 95,802
52 Between Me and My Mind Jul 17, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $813,844 88,848
53 JONI 75: A Birthday Celebra… Feb 7, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $752,205 82,118
54 David Crosby: Remember My Name Jul 19, 2019 Documentary R $732,515 79,969
55 Honeyland Jul 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $712,363 77,769
56 Zhongguo jizhang Sep 28, 2019 Drama Not Rated $706,572 77,137
57 Where’s My Roy Cohn? Sep 20, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $704,780 76,941
58 Depeche Mode: SPIRITS in th… Nov 21, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $704,744 76,937
59 Raise Hell: The Life and Ti… Aug 30, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $694,410 75,809
60 The Grizzlies Apr 19, 2019 Drama R $650,565 71,022
61 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Aug 23, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $614,201 67,053
62 Roger Waters Us + Them Oct 2, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $594,982 64,954
63 Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable Jul 12, 2019 Documentary PG $590,671 64,484
64 The Sky is Pink Oct 11, 2019 Drama Not Rated $555,030 60,593
65 Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles Aug 23, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $549,385 59,977
66 Everybody’s Everything Nov 12, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $547,207 59,739
67 Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Sep 28, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $546,722 59,686
68 Grateful Dead Meet-Up at th… Aug 1, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $534,611 58,364
69 The Spy Behind Home Plate May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $519,525 56,717
70 Wild Nights With Emily Apr 12, 2019 Comedy PG-13 $519,487 56,713
71 Pájaros de verano Feb 13, 2019 Drama Not Rated $507,259 55,378
72 Pan Deng Zhe Sep 30, 2019 Adventure Not Rated $487,157 53,183
73 The Great Alaskan Race Oct 25, 2019 Adventure PG $481,924 52,612
74 Panipat Dec 6, 2019 Action Not Rated $461,863 50,422
75 At Eternity’s Gate Nov 16, 2018 Drama PG-13 $441,174 48,163
76 Les Misérables - The Staged… Dec 6, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $435,938 47,591
77 Hail Satan? Apr 17, 2019 Documentary R $424,284 46,319
78 Union Aug 2, 2019 Drama Not Rated $413,656 45,159
79 Die Unsichtbaren Jan 25, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $408,397 44,585
80 The Cure: Anniversary 1978-… Jul 11, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $378,405 41,311
81 Out of Liberty Sep 13, 2019 Western PG $317,217 34,631
82 Josh Groban Bridges from Ma… Feb 12, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $315,173 34,408
83 Aquarela Aug 16, 2019 Documentary PG $301,429 32,907
84 Ask Dr. Ruth May 3, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $297,195 32,445
85 Lie huo ying xiong Aug 9, 2019 Drama PG-13 $290,217 31,683
86 Mike Wallace is Here Jul 26, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $281,245 30,704
87 One Child Nation Aug 9, 2019 Documentary R $252,734 27,591
88 Lords of Chaos Mar 29, 2019 Thriller/Suspense R $252,245 27,538
89 Meeting Gorbachev May 3, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $251,837 27,493
90 Under the Sea 3D Feb 13, 2009 Documentary G $246,137 26,871
91 63 Up Nov 27, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $229,280 25,031
92 Hesburgh Apr 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $204,709 22,348
93 Zhui Long 2: Zhui Ji Da Fu Hao Jun 7, 2019 Action Not Rated $196,634 21,467
94 The Warrior Queen of Jhansi Nov 15, 2019 Drama R $177,437 19,371
95 India’s Most Wanted May 24, 2019 Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $176,858 19,308
96 Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, The… Apr 12, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $176,387 19,256
97 The World Before Your Feet Nov 21, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $156,823 17,120
98 Halston May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $151,991 16,593
99 Peterloo Apr 5, 2019 Drama PG-13 $151,971 16,591
100 Jay Myself Jul 31, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $151,331 16,521
101 The River and the Wall May 3, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $150,816 16,465
102 Hampstead Jun 23, 2017 Drama PG-13 $148,636 16,227
103 Trial by Fire May 17, 2019 Drama R $148,504 16,212
104 Hubble 3D Mar 19, 2010 Documentary G $147,277 16,078
105 Framing John DeLorean Jun 7, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $145,626 15,898
106 The Last Resort Dec 21, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $141,074 15,401
107 Who Will Write Our History Jan 18, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $138,039 15,070
108 Palau the Movie Apr 4, 2019 Drama Not Rated $134,696 14,705
109 Born to be Wild 3D Apr 8, 2011 Documentary G $134,027 14,632
110 Paris is Burning Mar 13, 1991 Documentary R $125,677 13,720
111 A Tuba to Cuba Feb 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $121,772 13,294
112 Free Trip to Egypt Jun 12, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $120,780 13,186
113 Be Natural: The Untold Stor… Apr 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $113,914 12,436
114 The Kingmaker Nov 8, 2019 Documentary R $109,948 12,003
115 Babylon Mar 8, 2019 Drama Not Rated $109,749 11,981
116 The Brink Mar 29, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $106,059 11,578
117 Cold Case Hammarskjold Aug 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $104,965 11,459
118 The Reports on Sarah and Sa… Sep 7, 2018 Drama Not Rated $99,958 10,912
119 Walking on Water May 17, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $98,358 10,738
120 The Lumber Baron May 24, 2019 Drama PG $87,881 9,594
121 Woodstock: Three Days That … May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $84,440 9,218
122 Hale County This Morning, T… Sep 14, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $74,926 8,180
123 Jangsa-ri 9.15 Oct 4, 2019 Drama Not Rated $71,146 7,767
124 Vita & Virginia Jun 6, 2019 Drama Not Rated $62,350 6,807
125 The Mountain Jul 26, 2019 Black Comedy Not Rated $61,035 6,663
126 Grâce à dieu Feb 22, 2019 Drama Not Rated $60,887 6,647
127 Cunningham Dec 13, 2019 Documentary PG $59,951 6,545
128 Loopers: The Caddie’s Long … Jun 7, 2019 Documentary PG $58,085 6,341
129 Making Waves: The Art of Ci… Oct 25, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $53,144 5,802
130 Love, Antosha Aug 2, 2019 Documentary R $50,168 5,477
131 Unga Astrid Nov 23, 2018 Drama Not Rated $47,859 5,225
132 The Queen Jun 27, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $47,818 5,220
133 The Proposal May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $45,149 4,929
134 The Cave Oct 18, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $45,096 4,923
135 What is Democracy Jan 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $44,502 4,858
136 Carmine Street Guitars Apr 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $44,253 4,831
137 Immortal Hero Oct 18, 2019 Drama PG $43,059 4,701
138 Midnight Traveler Sep 18, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $41,265 4,505
139 The Quiet One Jun 21, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $37,012 4,041
140 Loro 1 Apr 24, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $35,613 3,888
141 Moonlight Sonata: Deafness … Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $33,841 3,694
142 Recorder: The Marion Stokes… Nov 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $33,472 3,654
143 Deep Sea 3D Mar 3, 2006 Documentary G $32,831 3,584
144 Desolation Center Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $32,016 3,495
145 Gift Oct 11, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $31,588 3,448
146 Memory: The Origins of Alien Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $31,378 3,426
147 Pasolini Sep 11, 2015 Drama Not Rated $30,757 3,358
148 Horn From the Heart: The Pa… Oct 17, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $30,179 3,295
149 Leaving Home, Coming Home: … May 29, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $27,073 2,956
150 Wrestle Feb 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $26,597 2,904
151 Chasing Einstein Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $24,117 2,633
152 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar Apr 4, 2014 Documentary G $23,187 2,531
153 Jane and Emma Oct 12, 2018 Drama PG $22,248 2,429
154 The Gospel of Eureka Feb 8, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $20,873 2,279
155 The All Americans Nov 8, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $20,322 2,219
156 Storia di B. — La scomparsa… Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $19,588 2,138
157 Scandalous: The Untold Stor… Nov 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $18,759 2,048
158 To the Arctic 3D Apr 20, 2012 Documentary G $18,010 1,966
159 Citizen K Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $17,704 1,933
160 Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of t… Mar 1, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $16,971 1,853
161 Midnight Family Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $15,537 1,696
162 Wrinkles the Clown Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,938 1,631
163 ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Ban… Aug 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,879 1,624
164 Frank and Ava Dec 7, 2018 Drama Not Rated $14,820 1,618
165 The Woman Who Loves Giraffes Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,350 1,567
166 Combat Obscura Mar 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,242 1,555
167 Screwball Mar 29, 2019 Multiple Genres Not Rated $13,967 1,525
168 Touch Me Not Sep 28, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $13,782 1,505
169 This One’s For The Ladies Jun 7, 2019 Documentary NC-17 $13,688 1,494
170 Rapid Response Sep 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $13,262 1,448
171 Zen for Nothing Mar 29, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $12,107 1,322
172 Cassandro the Exotico Jul 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $11,897 1,299
173 Stuffed Oct 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $11,683 1,275
174 If the Dancer Dances Apr 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $10,912 1,191
175 Vision Portraits Aug 9, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $10,771 1,176
176 Prescience Oct 25, 2019 Drama Not Rated $10,606 1,158
177 The Eyes of Orson Welles Aug 17, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $10,252 1,119
178 Shooting the Mafia Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,988 1,090
179 Liyana Oct 10, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $9,843 1,075
180 When Lambs Become Lions Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,337 1,019
181 Cracked Up Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,197 1,004
182 Advocate Jan 3, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $9,152 999
183 Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, W… Mar 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,025 985
184 That Pärt Feeling—The Unive… May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $8,818 963
185 Ghost Fleet Dec 8, 2022 Documentary Not Rated $7,850 857
186 To Be of Service Nov 1, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $6,173 674
187 Kinder des Kalifats Nov 16, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $6,118 668
188 Monrovia, Indiana Oct 26, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $5,738 626
189 Het Wonder van Le Petit Prince Aug 28, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $5,553 606
190 What You Gonna Do When The … Aug 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $4,672 510
191 I’m Leaving Now Sep 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $4,443 485
192 Another Day of Life Sep 13, 2019 Drama Not Rated $3,190 348
193 Filmworker May 11, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $3,016 329
194 Back to the Fatherland Jun 14, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,697 294
195 TINY: The Life of Erin Blac… Jul 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,465 269
196 Chef Flynn Nov 9, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $2,267 247
197 Serendipity Oct 18, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,213 242
198 Salafists Jan 25, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,939 212
199 Une jeunesse allemande Oct 11, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,834 200
200 Divide and Conquer: The Sto… Dec 7, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $1,813 198
201 The Killing Floor Nov 22, 2019 Drama PG $1,583 173
202 Indivisible Oct 26, 2018 Drama PG-13 $1,581 173
203 Owarani hito Miyazaki: Hayao Dec 13, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $1,449 158
204 Chinese Portrait Dec 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,152 126
205 Narcissister Organ Player Nov 7, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $1,015 111
206 Over the Limit Oct 3, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $69 8
Total Gross of All Movies$851,181,719
Total Tickets Sold92,923,777

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2019. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2019. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

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