"Based on an UNTRUE Story" Movies
These are movies that are purportedly based on true stories, but they are not. They are usualy horror movies, as movie studios think marketing their ghost story as based on real life events will increase box office revenue. However, there are also some mockumentaries that like to blur the line making them seem like a real documentary. Then there's Fargo, which pretends to be based on a real story.
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| Release Date | Title | Production Budget | Opening Weekend | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2025 | The Conjuring: Last Rites | $55,000,000 | $84,006,121 | $177,521,583 | $492,628,220 |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Amityville: Where the Echo … | ||||
| Aug 16, 2024 | The Deliverance | ||||
| Unknown | Amityville Shark House | ||||
| Jun 4, 2021 | The Conjuring: The Devil Ma… | $40,000,000 | $24,104,332 | $65,631,050 | $206,431,050 |
| Jun 26, 2019 | Annabelle Comes Home | $27,000,000 | $20,269,723 | $74,152,591 | $231,252,591 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Clinton Road | $38,880 | $50,400 | $50,400 | |
| Feb 8, 2019 | The Amityville Murders | $77,206 | |||
| Dec 4, 2018 | Jing Cheng 81 Hao 2 | $32,449,600 | |||
| Oct 26, 2018 | Silencio | $179,596 | |||
| Sep 7, 2018 | The Nun | $22,000,000 | $53,807,379 | $117,450,119 | $366,050,119 |
| Mar 9, 2018 | The Strangers: Prey at Night | $5,000,000 | $10,402,271 | $24,431,472 | $32,144,262 |
| Dec 8, 2017 | I, Tonya | $11,000,000 | $264,155 | $30,014,534 | $53,797,409 |
| Sep 1, 2017 | Jackals | $54,608 | |||
| Aug 4, 2017 | Brave New Jersey | $14,105 | $14,105 | $14,105 | |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Phoenix Forgotten | $2,800,000 | $1,816,499 | $3,600,146 | $3,697,729 |
| Apr 11, 2017 | Chupacabra Territory | ||||
| Mar 21, 2017 | Lemon Tree Passage | $20,773 | |||
| Jan 13, 2017 | The Bye Bye Man | $7,400,000 | $13,501,349 | $22,395,806 | $31,187,727 |
| Jan 10, 2017 | The Summoning | ||||
| Sep 30, 2016 | ClownTown | ||||
| Sep 9, 2016 | The Disappointments Room | $15,000,000 | $1,402,822 | $2,423,467 | $3,503,761 |
| Jun 10, 2016 | The Conjuring 2: The Enfiel… | $40,000,000 | $40,406,314 | $102,470,008 | $321,370,008 |
| Jun 3, 2015 | Berkshire County | ||||
| Mar 25, 2015 | L'enlèvement de Michel Houe… | $11,546 | $11,546 | ||
| Dec 31, 2014 | Jing Cheng 81 Hao | $65,220,000 | |||
| Sep 19, 2014 | Tusk | $3,000,000 | $846,831 | $1,821,983 | $1,886,880 |
| Jul 25, 2014 | Beneath | ||||
| Jul 2, 2014 | Deliver Us from Evil | $30,000,000 | $9,740,471 | $30,577,122 | $87,956,618 |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Tore tanzt | $2,853 | $4,871 | $4,871 | |
| Apr 25, 2014 | The Quiet Ones | $200,000 | $3,880,053 | $8,509,867 | $18,413,804 |
| Apr 16, 2014 | Heaven is for Real | $12,000,000 | $22,522,221 | $91,386,097 | $100,913,556 |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Alien Abduction | $10,514 | $12,087 | $12,087 | |
| Feb 21, 2014 | Almost Human | $2,722 | $5,710 | $5,710 | |
| Jan 10, 2014 | Banshee Chapter | $950,000 | $78,122 | ||
| Oct 30, 2013 | Skinwalker Ranch | ||||
| Oct 4, 2013 | Nothing Left to Fear | $7,886 | $7,886 | $1,675,381 | |
| Jul 19, 2013 | The Conjuring | $20,000,000 | $41,855,326 | $137,400,141 | $316,143,649 |
| Feb 1, 2013 | A Haunting in Connecticut 2… | $9,000,000 | |||
| Nov 2, 2012 | Amber Alert | ||||
| Nov 2, 2012 | The Bay | $19,747 | $30,668 | $1,545,308 | |
| Oct 12, 2012 | Grave Encounters 2 | $225,651 | |||
| Aug 31, 2012 | The Possession | $14,000,000 | $17,732,480 | $49,130,588 | $82,925,064 |
| Apr 24, 2012 | The Fields | ||||
| Feb 10, 2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious I… | $79,000,000 | $27,335,363 | $103,860,290 | $318,146,162 |
| Jan 27, 2012 | An Inconsistent Truth | $20,733 | $52,756 | $52,756 | |
| Jan 6, 2012 | The Devil Inside | $1,000,000 | $33,732,515 | $53,262,945 | $101,759,490 |
| Oct 28, 2011 | Anonymous | $27,500,000 | $1,021,768 | $4,463,292 | $15,815,509 |
| Oct 4, 2011 | A Haunting in Salem | ||||
| Sep 30, 2011 | Munger Road | $36,605 | $266,688 | $266,688 | |
| Sep 23, 2011 | Killer Elite | $70,000,000 | $9,352,008 | $25,124,986 | $65,409,046 |
| Sep 2, 2011 | Apollo 18 | $5,000,000 | $8,704,271 | $17,686,929 | $26,517,819 |
| Jun 10, 2011 | Trolljegeren | $3,500,000 | $5,585 | $253,444 | $5,706,638 |
| Jan 21, 2011 | The Way Back | $1,218,867 | $2,719,296 | $26,524,989 | |
| Unknown | Camp Hell | ||||
| Nov 6, 2009 | The Fourth Kind | $10,000,000 | $12,231,160 | $26,218,170 | $49,486,874 |
| May 5, 2006 | An American Haunting | $14,000,000 | $5,783,508 | $16,298,046 | $30,443,277 |
| Mar 10, 2006 | The Heart is Deceitful Abov… | $10,000 | $29,058 | $209,058 | |
| Apr 15, 2005 | The Amityville Horror | $18,500,000 | $23,507,007 | $65,233,369 | $109,175,673 |
| Jul 9, 2004 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ro… | $25,000,000 | $28,416,365 | $84,136,909 | $89,476,265 |
| Dec 31, 2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous … | $29,000,000 | $87,199 | $16,007,718 | $33,013,805 |
| Apr 5, 2002 | National Lampoon’s Van Wild… | $6,000,000 | $7,302,913 | $21,305,259 | $39,241,323 |
| Jan 25, 2002 | The Mothman Prophecies | $42,000,000 | $11,208,851 | $35,228,696 | $56,438,555 |
| Jul 13, 2001 | Bully | $2,100,000 | $47,502 | $881,824 | $1,381,824 |
| Apr 21, 2000 | U-571 | $62,000,000 | $19,553,310 | $77,086,030 | $127,630,030 |
| Mar 8, 1996 | Fargo | $7,000,000 | $730,265 | $24,567,751 | $51,201,871 |
| Feb 26, 1988 | Bloodsport | $1,500,000 | $515,721 | $11,806,119 | $11,806,119 |
| Aug 3, 1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment | $1,877,000 | $8,103,330 | $8,103,330 | |
| Aug 20, 1982 | Class of 1984 | $3,250,000 | $6,965,361 | $6,965,361 | |
| Jul 31, 1981 | Victory | $2,488,808 | $10,853,000 | $27,453,000 | |
| Dec 31, 1979 | Cannibal Holocaust | ||||
| Aug 3, 1979 | The Amityville Horror | $7,843,467 | $86,432,520 | $86,432,520 | |
| Sep 20, 1978 | Midnight Express | $35,000,000 | $35,000,134 | ||
| Feb 27, 1974 | Erinnerungen an die Zukunft | $25,900,000 | $25,900,000 | ||
| Aug 30, 1972 | The Last House on the Left | $87,000 | $3,100,000 | $3,100,135 | |
| Apr 29, 1970 | A Man Called Horse | ||||
| Feb 8, 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | $110,000 | $10,000,000 | $11,000,000 |
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