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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 | 2012 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $44,883 | $44,883 | |
| 2,002 | 2009 | Pressure Cooker | $44,802 | $44,802 | |
| 2,003 | 1996 | Paris Was a Woman | $44,774 | $44,774 | |
| 2,004 | 2012 | Ballplayer: Pelotero | $44,689 | $44,689 | |
| 2,005 | 2014 | The Dog | $44,582 | $44,582 | |
| 2,006 | 2019 | What is Democracy | $44,502 | $44,502 | |
| 2,007 | 2005 | William Eggleston in the Real World | $44,435 | $44,435 | |
| 2,008 | 2009 | We Live in Public | $44,344 | $10,362 | $54,706 |
| 2,009 | 2019 | Carmine Street Guitars | $44,253 | $44,253 | |
| 2,010 | 2016 | Nuts! | $44,230 | $44,230 | |
| 2,011 | 2016 | Danny Says | $44,213 | $44,213 | |
| 2,012 | 2018 | Liyana | $44,045 | $44,045 | |
| 2,013 | 2008 | All Roads Lead Home | $43,905 | $43,905 | |
| 2,014 | 2018 | Hitler’s Hollywood | $43,766 | $43,766 | |
| 2,015 | 2010 | Boxing Gym | $43,710 | $43,710 | |
| 2,016 | 2017 | La Mort de Louis XIV | $43,635 | $166,067 | $209,702 |
| 2,017 | 2011 | Love Etc. | $43,593 | $43,593 | |
| 2,018 | 2012 | OC87 | $43,583 | $43,583 | |
| 2,019 | 2022 | Take Me to the River: New Orleans | $43,563 | $43,563 | |
| 2,020 | 2005 | Edvard Munch | $43,539 | $43,539 | |
| 2,021 | 1998 | The Brandon Teena Story | $43,506 | $43,506 | |
| 2,022 | 2017 | Demain | $43,471 | $8,295,068 | $8,338,539 |
| 2,023 | 2022 | All That Breathes | $43,467 | $184,665 | $228,132 |
| 2,024 | 2014 | If You Build It | $43,393 | $43,393 | |
| 2,025 | 2011 | Public Speaking | $43,184 | $43,184 | |
| 2,026 | 2022 | Punch 9 for Harold Washington | $43,170 | $43,170 | |
| 2,027 | 2018 | Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco | $43,169 | $43,169 | |
| 2,028 | 2007 | Billy the Kid | $43,129 | $43,129 | |
| 2,029 | 2014 | Next Goal Wins | $43,089 | $84,582 | $127,671 |
| 2,030 | 2019 | Immortal Hero | $43,059 | $6,137,025 | $6,180,084 |
| 2,031 | 2024 | Nurse Unseen | $42,778 | $42,778 | |
| 2,032 | 2013 | The Human Scale | $42,733 | $42,733 | |
| 2,033 | 2010 | Cropsey | $42,392 | $42,392 | |
| 2,034 | 2019 | Midnight Family | $42,310 | $35,216 | $77,526 |
| 2,035 | 2010 | The Oath | $42,273 | $42,273 | |
| 2,036 | 2011 | People v. The State of Illusion | $42,202 | $42,202 | |
| 2,037 | 2015 | El boton de nacar | $42,166 | $69,186 | $111,352 |
| 2,038 | 2022 | Loudmouth | $42,000 | $42,000 | |
| 2,039 | 1957 | On the Bowery | $41,802 | $41,802 | |
| 2,040 | 2006 | Commune | $41,714 | $41,714 | |
| 2,041 | 2005 | A State of Mind | $41,468 | $41,468 | |
| 2,042 | 2015 | The Search for General Tso | $41,455 | $41,455 | |
| 2,043 | 2015 | Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot | $41,340 | $41,340 | |
| 2,044 | 2015 | Love Thy Nature | $41,336 | $11,798 | $53,134 |
| 2,045 | 2008 | The Betrayal | $41,271 | $41,271 | |
| 2,046 | 2019 | Midnight Traveler | $41,265 | $9,084 | $50,349 |
| 2,047 | 2015 | Siakh lokhamim: ha'slilim ha'gnouzim | $41,260 | $1,243 | $42,503 |
| 2,048 | 2022 | Jane par Charlotte | $41,080 | $7,888 | $48,968 |
| 2,049 | 2022 | Riotsville, U.S.A. | $40,960 | $3,441 | $44,401 |
| 2,050 | 2022 | Remembering Heaven | $40,907 | $40,907 | |
| 2,051 | 2008 | Moving Midway | $40,864 | $40,864 | |
| 2,052 | 2007 | Beyond the Gates | $40,848 | $40,848 | |
| 2,053 | 2012 | Last Call at the Oasis | $40,846 | $40,846 | |
| 2,054 | 2010 | The Red Baron | $40,789 | $40,789 | |
| 2,055 | 2011 | Granito: How to Nail a Dictator | $40,726 | $40,726 | |
| 2,056 | 2015 | The Seven Five | $40,674 | $33,502 | $74,176 |
| 2,057 | 2011 | Hell and Back Again | $40,634 | $111,664 | $152,298 |
| 2,058 | 2015 | Het nieuwe Rijksmuseum | $40,578 | $69,511 | $110,089 |
| 2,059 | 2014 | Le dernier des injustes | $40,563 | $19,327 | $59,890 |
| 2,060 | 2011 | Louder Than A Bomb | $40,362 | $40,362 | |
| 2,061 | 2012 | Paan Singh Tomar | $40,311 | $2,274,940 | $2,315,251 |
| 2,062 | 2011 | Road to Nowhere | $40,294 | $40,294 | |
| 2,063 | 2004 | Tom Dowd and the Language of Music | $40,238 | $40,238 | |
| 2,064 | 2007 | The Life of Reilly | $40,227 | $40,227 | |
| 2,065 | 2014 | Teenage | $40,169 | $40,169 | |
| 2,066 | 2015 | What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy | $40,119 | $12,979 | $53,098 |
| 2,067 | 2011 | Addiction Incorporated | $40,106 | $40,106 | |
| 2,068 | 2017 | Unrest | $40,081 | $32,437 | $72,518 |
| 2,069 | 2006 | Rape of the Soul | $39,975 | $39,975 | |
| 2,070 | 2013 | GMO OMG | $39,901 | $1,972 | $41,873 |
| 2,071 | 2011 | Khodorkovsky | $39,522 | $39,522 | |
| 2,072 | 2008 | Refusenik | $39,456 | $39,456 | |
| 2,073 | 2015 | Prophet’s Prey | $39,347 | $39,347 | |
| 2,074 | 2013 | How to Make Money Selling Drugs | $39,192 | $39,192 | |
| 2,075 | 2024 | Leap of Faith | $39,083 | $39,083 | |
| 2,076 | 2007 | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | $39,081 | $39,081 | |
| 2,077 | 2005 | Tell Them Who You Are | $39,075 | $39,075 | |
| 2,078 | 1986 | Stripper | $39,065 | $39,065 | |
| 2,079 | 2013 | Herb & Dorothy 50X50 | $38,933 | $38,933 | |
| 2,080 | 2013 | The Short Game | $38,856 | $38,856 | |
| 2,081 | 1995 | Tsahal | $38,773 | $38,773 | |
| 2,082 | 2012 | Paul Williams Still Alive | $38,691 | $38,691 | |
| 2,083 | 2016 | Catching the Sun | $38,613 | $38,613 | |
| 2,084 | 2004 | Power Trip | $38,593 | $38,593 | |
| 2,085 | 2018 | Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes | $38,510 | $38,510 | |
| 2,086 | 1985 | Dreamchild | $38,493 | $38,493 | |
| 2,087 | 2012 | Death by China | $38,492 | $38,492 | |
| 2,088 | 2025 | Women in Christ | $38,392 | $38,392 | |
| 2,089 | 2009 | Oh My God | $38,245 | $38,245 | |
| 2,090 | 2011 | Where Soldiers Come From | $38,151 | $38,151 | |
| 2,091 | 2025 | Monk in Pieces | $38,119 | $38,119 | |
| 2,092 | 2016 | Germans and Jews | $38,100 | $38,100 | |
| 2,093 | 2010 | The Legend of Pale Male | $38,083 | $38,083 | |
| 2,094 | 2013 | Yip Man: Jung gik yat jin | $37,884 | $37,884 | |
| 2,095 | 2018 | The Heart of Nuba | $37,880 | $37,880 | |
| 2,096 | 2017 | I am the Blues | $37,849 | $37,849 | |
| 2,097 | 2005 | Monsieur N. | $37,757 | $37,757 | |
| 2,098 | 2012 | Wagner & Me | $37,745 | $16,470 | $54,215 |
| 2,099 | 2013 | Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary | $37,731 | $37,731 | |
| 2,100 | 2025 | Coexistence, My Ass | $37,729 | $37,729 |
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.