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Domestic Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2026
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2026 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Marty Supreme |
Dec 25, 2025 |
Drama |
R |
$56,285,892 |
4,976,648 |
| 2 |
Melania |
Jan 30, 2026 |
Documentary |
PG |
$16,272,024 |
1,438,729 |
| 3 |
I Can Only Imagine 2 |
Feb 20, 2026 |
Drama |
PG |
$13,261,000 |
1,172,502 |
| 4 |
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert |
Feb 19, 2026 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$7,825,921 |
691,947 |
| 5 |
Stray Kids: The DominATE ex… |
Feb 12, 2026 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$7,232,819 |
639,507 |
| 6 |
Is This Thing On? |
Feb 19, 2026 |
Drama |
R |
$5,489,731 |
485,387 |
| 7 |
Bendito Corazón |
Jan 22, 2026 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$2,997,500 |
265,031 |
| 8 |
The Testament of Ann Lee |
Mar 12, 2026 |
Musical |
R |
$2,347,550 |
207,564 |
| 9 |
Sawt Hind Rajab |
Nov 28, 2025 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$807,026 |
71,355 |
| 10 |
AMÉLIE ou la Métaphysique d… |
Jun 25, 2025 |
Drama |
PG |
$684,370 |
60,510 |
| 11 |
Standout: The Ben Kjar Story |
Jan 23, 2026 |
Documentary |
PG |
$571,465 |
50,527 |
| 12 |
Paul McCartney: Man on the Run |
Feb 19, 2026 |
Documentary |
R |
$501,000 |
44,297 |
| 13 |
Magalhães |
Jan 9, 2026 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$208,909 |
18,471 |
| 14 |
Rosemead |
Dec 5, 2025 |
Drama |
R |
$195,842 |
17,316 |
| 15 |
Dead Man’s Wire |
Mar 13, 2026 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$154,100 |
13,625 |
| 16 |
Blue Moon |
Jan 15, 2026 |
Drama |
R |
$129,566 |
11,456 |
| 17 |
Natchez |
Jan 30, 2026 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$121,598 |
10,751 |
| 18 |
Mr. Nobody Against Putin |
Jan 15, 2026 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$82,157 |
7,264 |
| 19 |
Holding Liat |
Sep 12, 2025 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$61,246 |
5,415 |
| 20 |
The Librarians |
Oct 3, 2025 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$33,779 |
2,987 |
| 21 |
A Road at Night |
Feb 13, 2026 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$27,351 |
2,418 |
| 22 |
Starman |
Feb 6, 2026 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$25,094 |
2,219 |
| 23 |
Billy Preston: That’s the W… |
Feb 20, 2026 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$22,707 |
2,008 |
| 24 |
Peter Hujar’s Day |
Nov 7, 2025 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$10,415 |
921 |
| 25 |
Put Your Soul on Your Hand … |
Sep 4, 2025 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,000 |
884 |
| 26 |
Ain’t No Back to a Merry Go… |
May 2, 2025 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$8,493 |
751 |
| 27 |
Mistress Dispeller |
Oct 22, 2025 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,956 |
438 |
| 28 |
Make Me Famous |
Jun 22, 2023 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,896 |
168 |
| 29 |
Boil Alert |
Dec 5, 2025 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,875 |
166 |
| 30 |
KÖLN 75 |
Mar 13, 2025 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$984 |
87 |
| 31 |
Zodiac Killer Project |
Jan 27, 2025 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$543 |
48 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $115,377,809 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 10,201,397 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2026.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2026.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
