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Based on Real Life Events Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Based on Real Life Events movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Based on Real Life Events Movies - Top Domestic Based on Real Life Events Movies - Top International Based on Real Life Events Movies - Top Worldwide Based on Real Life Events Movies - Top Domestic Based on Real Life Events Stars - Top International Based on Real Life Events Stars - Top Worldwide Based on Real Life Events Stars

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

The table below lists the top-grossing Based on Real Life Events movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Based on Real Life Events films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Based on Real Life Events movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.

YearDomestic StatsTotal
Movies		Average
Production
Budget		Combined
Worldwide
Box Office		No. 1 Movie
TBD    294      
2029    1      
2028    4      
2027    2      
2026 Domestic Stats  150  $155,000,000  $272,270  Dead Man’s Wire
2025 Domestic Stats  1,279  $32,857,143  $902,621,579  Evil Unbound (731)
2024 Domestic Stats  1,303  $34,562,500  $680,695,336  Bob Marley: One Love
2023 Domestic Stats  1,369  $43,369,231  $1,798,537,843  TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR
2022 Domestic Stats  1,111  $36,535,000  $1,609,359,624  The Battle at Lake Changjin II (长津湖之水门桥)
2021 Domestic Stats  772  $19,072,222  $1,304,927,999  The Battle at Lake Changjin
2020 Domestic Stats  781  $18,562,500  $703,764,682  The Eight Hundred (八佰)
2019 Domestic Stats  792  $35,302,632  $3,084,158,668  My People, My Country (我和我的祖国)
2018 Domestic Stats  682  $19,227,826  $2,345,458,564  Bohemian Rhapsody
2017 Domestic Stats  684  $18,860,792  $1,823,428,564  The Greatest Showman
2016 Domestic Stats  669  $22,812,931  $1,730,076,374  Dangal
2015 Domestic Stats  521  $13,100,854  $1,471,975,768  Everest
2014 Domestic Stats  340  $6,318,520  $506,575,139  Myeong-ryang
2013 Domestic Stats  344  $16,642,308  $1,765,535,272  American Hustle
2012 Domestic Stats  281  $19,435,000  $1,011,899,524  The Vow
2011 Domestic Stats  250  $14,267,826  $923,577,935  Sanctum
2010 Domestic Stats  273  $19,252,000  $1,024,008,016  The Social Network
2009 Domestic Stats  137  $16,354,706  $866,471,905  Michael Jackson’s This Is It
2008 Domestic Stats  189  $14,550,000  $810,132,932  Valkyrie
2007 Domestic Stats  159  $13,604,545  $726,085,911  La Môme
2006 Domestic Stats  143  $21,443,387  $1,633,189,321  The Pursuit of Happyness
2005 Domestic Stats  101  $15,005,767  $990,209,375  Walk the Line
2004 Domestic Stats  111  $28,941,800  $1,425,477,378  Fahrenheit 9/11
2003 Domestic Stats  66  $12,023,077  $494,943,333  Calendar Girls
2002 Domestic Stats  38  $4,100,000  $350,127,449  Space Station
2001 Domestic Stats  25  $81,100,000  $711,759,810  Pearl Harbor
2000 Domestic Stats  40  $35,285,714  $798,120,161  Erin Brockovich
1999 Domestic Stats  41  $19,432,250  $412,819,936  The Hurricane
1998 Domestic Stats  30  $26,400,000  $554,898,006  Patch Adams
1997 Domestic Stats  26  $30,816,667  $391,497,073  Seven Years in Tibet
1996 Domestic Stats  25  $20,862,500  $210,886,181  The Ghost and the Darkness
1995 Domestic Stats  26  $37,500,000  $813,308,907  Pocahontas
1994    14  $22,900,000  $121,577,046  Wyatt Earp
1993    10  $19,000,000  $598,800,716  Schindler’s List
1992    14  $35,000,000  $63,336,883  Hoffa
1991    19  $20,017,500  $156,421,133  Antarctica
1990    5      
1989    11  $140,000  $102,336,845  To the Limit
1988    13    $84,681,639  Mississippi Burning
1987    6  $4,200,000  $63,699,916  La Bamba
1986    10    $20,867,888  Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling
1985    13    $129,019,450  The Dream is Alive
1984    11    $249,002,605  Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets
1983    8    $21,074,814  Richard Pryor Here and Now
1982    12  $22,000,000  $169,790,385  Gandhi
1981    14  $19,500,000  $112,713,982  Chariots of Fire
1980    13  $19,500,000  $160,605,756  Coal Miner’s Daughter
1979    8  $170,000  $16,937,413  Dirt
1978    6  $11,000,000  $46,489,298  F.I.S.T
1977    6    $16,433,288  MacArthur
1976    10    $66,459,433  Midway
1975    6    $40,118,626  Funny Lady
1974    9    $71,768,447  The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
1973    8  $4,638,783  $11,129,560  Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
1972    5    $7,084,103  Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
1971    8    $13,142  Le chagrin et la pitié
1970    9  $600,000  $34,827,303  Woodstock
1969    8    $3,387,842  Che!
1968    4    $22,344,705  The Lion in Winter
1967    6  $2,500,000  $50,727,286  Bonnie and Clyde
1966    4    $3,700,000  The Singing Nun
1965    5    $10,802  The Endless Summer
1964    2      
1963    6  $23,000,000  $82,973,397  Cleopatra
1962    4  $10,000,000  $50,100,000  The Longest Day
1961    3  $3,000,000  $24,483,352  King of Kings
1960    5    $107,802  Jazz on a Summer’s Day
1959    1    $10,203  India: Matri Bhumi
1958    2    $7,000,000  I Want To Live!
1957    4    $92,055  Le mystère Picasso
1956    1    $11,049  Somebody Up There Likes Me
1955    7    $13,129  The Dam Busters
1954    2      
1953    7    $11,828  Calamity Jane
1952    3    $2,750,000  Million Dollar Mermaid
1951    3    $4,500,000  The Great Caruso
1950    3    $2,800,000  Three Little Words
1949    1      
1948    2    $3,500,000  Words and Music
1947    1    $66,081  Monsieur Verdoux
1946    1    $19,000,000  The Jolson Story
1944    2      
1943    3      
1942    3    $16,200,000  Yankee Doodle Dandy
1941    2    $16,400,000  Sergeant York
1940    3    $5,247  De Mayerling à Sarajevo
1939    3      
1938    1    $2,894,758  Alexander Nevsky
1937    1      
1936    3  $1,200,000    
1935    1      
1934    3      
1932    1      
1931    2      
1930    1      
1929    1    $2,684,952  Napoléon
1927    1    $133,826  The Epic of Everest
1926    1    $2,993  Moana
1922    2    $85,214  The Great White Silence
1919    2    $66,676  South
1918    1    $9,685  Godovshchina revolyutsii
Total  13,429  $20,448,849  $36,558,063,388  Bohemian Rhapsody

The table below shows the highest-grossing Based on Real Life Events movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Based on Real Life Events movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies		Average
Production
Budget		Combined
Worldwide
Box Office		No. 1 Movie
(  3      
0  2    $218,545  07:19 La Hora del Temblor
1  72  $13,000,000  $201,177,818  1921
2  58  $1,000,000  $30,887,350  28 panfilovtsev
3  22    $1,267,308  35 Up
4  19  $15,950,000  $106,347,475  42
5  27  $7,270,000  $45,978,308  50/50
6  7    $1,542,916  6Days (식스데이즈)
7  14    $9,792,204  7 Days in Entebbe
8  13  $15,250,000  $63,942,864  80 for Brady
9  12    $26,280,653  9th Company
A  839  $32,338,235  $1,910,643,428  American Hustle
B  994  $16,611,277  $4,236,096,977  Bohemian Rhapsody
C  832  $19,050,000  $1,691,475,670  Captain Phillips
D  610  $21,614,545  $1,519,653,849  Dangal
E  450  $46,766,071  $2,432,785,301  The Eight Hundred (八佰)
F  560  $13,731,750  $1,323,315,214  Fahrenheit 9/11
G  524  $24,536,957  $1,995,960,919  The Greatest Showman
H  508  $12,866,000  $1,194,415,307  Home Coming (万里归途)
I  489  $16,642,241  $1,001,036,744  The Impossible
J  332  $19,800,000  $1,124,156,602  Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
K  313  $15,862,500  $354,494,799  King Richard
L  629  $16,057,500  $916,651,937  Lie huo ying xiong
M  1,002  $24,817,442  $3,032,578,676  My People, My Country (我和我的祖国)
N  358  $38,033,333  $572,191,354  Napoleon
O  340  $24,870,588  $1,118,382,101  Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
P  633  $24,324,228  $2,247,902,425  Pearl Harbor
Q  72  $25,500,000  $150,010,422  The Queen
R  587  $19,234,348  $1,242,663,156  Rocketman
S  1,181  $12,375,396  $2,834,900,783  Schindler’s List
T  658  $14,165,931  $1,299,712,915  TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR
U  282  $22,235,000  $516,310,449  Unstoppable
V  221  $28,757,143  $679,179,575  Valkyrie
W  535  $22,706,897  $1,279,671,303  Walk the Line
X  15  $30,000,000  $12,903,534  Xinhai geming
Y  139  $36,533,333  $586,179,828  Yip Man 4
Z  77  $25,166,667  $797,354,679  Zhongguo jizhang