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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,501 | 2008 | Dalai Lama Renaissance | $132,411 | $132,411 | |
| 1,502 | 2013 | Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? | $132,409 | $132,409 | |
| 1,503 | 2017 | Dawson City: Frozen Time | $132,369 | $132,369 | |
| 1,504 | 2005 | Deep Blue | $132,261 | $19,200,000 | $19,332,261 |
| 1,505 | 2015 | A Ballerina's Tale | $131,995 | $558 | $132,553 |
| 1,506 | 2012 | Kumaré | $131,909 | $131,909 | |
| 1,507 | 2023 | Little Richard: I Am Everything | $131,490 | $47,058 | $178,548 |
| 1,508 | 2009 | Until the Light Takes Us | $130,441 | $130,441 | |
| 1,509 | 2016 | Requiem for the American Dream | $130,152 | $130,152 | |
| 1,510 | 2005 | Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt | $129,424 | $8,766 | $138,190 |
| 1,511 | 2025 | Folktales | $129,358 | $129,358 | |
| 1,512 | 2013 | Free Angela & All Political Prisoners | $129,102 | $129,102 | |
| 1,513 | 2025 | The American Southwest | $128,762 | $128,762 | |
| 1,514 | 2024 | ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! | $128,531 | $128,531 | |
| 1,515 | 2025 | Clemente | $128,429 | $128,429 | |
| 1,516 | 2010 | Stonewall Uprising | $128,203 | $128,203 | |
| 1,517 | 2017 | City of Ghosts | $128,015 | $82,832 | $210,847 |
| 1,518 | 2017 | Maria Sklodowska Curie | $127,993 | $1,816,260 | $1,944,253 |
| 1,519 | 2013 | A Band Called Death | $127,257 | $127,257 | |
| 1,520 | 2004 | Dig | $127,067 | $440,635 | $567,702 |
| 1,521 | 2006 | Unknown White Male | $126,836 | $126,836 | |
| 1,522 | 2022 | Gamestop: Rise of the Players | $126,297 | $126,297 | |
| 1,523 | 2012 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healt… | $126,238 | $126,238 | |
| 1,524 | 2018 | Le Jeune Karl Marx | $125,659 | $4,449,923 | $4,575,582 |
| 1,525 | 2017 | The B-Side | $125,227 | $125,227 | |
| 1,526 | 2025 | Riefenstahl | $124,466 | $63,141 | $187,607 |
| 1,527 | 2008 | The First Saturday in May | $124,294 | $124,294 | |
| 1,528 | 2013 | The Square | $124,244 | $52,018 | $176,262 |
| 1,529 | 2012 | How to Survive a Plague | $123,814 | $9,575 | $133,389 |
| 1,530 | 2017 | Buena Vista Social Club—Adios | $123,445 | $220,038 | $343,483 |
| 1,531 | 2011 | The Last Mountain | $122,959 | $122,959 | |
| 1,532 | 2007 | Manda Bala | $122,905 | $122,905 | |
| 1,533 | 2019 | The Kingmaker | $122,587 | $229,879 | $352,466 |
| 1,534 | 2009 | Nanjing! Nanjing! | $122,558 | $20,000,000 | $20,122,558 |
| 1,535 | 2019 | A Tuba to Cuba | $121,772 | $2,832 | $124,604 |
| 1,536 | 2013 | The Punk Singer | $121,418 | $23,258 | $144,676 |
| 1,537 | 2015 | In Jackson Heights | $121,094 | $121,094 | |
| 1,538 | 2014 | Finding Fela! | $120,980 | $2,882 | $123,862 |
| 1,539 | 2016 | Fuocoammare | $120,933 | $1,023,616 | $1,144,549 |
| 1,540 | 2016 | Miss Sharon Jones | $120,880 | $120,880 | |
| 1,541 | 2019 | Free Trip to Egypt | $120,780 | $120,780 | |
| 1,542 | 2016 | Hockney | $120,745 | $110,972 | $231,717 |
| 1,543 | 2009 | Examined Life | $120,712 | $120,712 | |
| 1,544 | 2005 | It's All Gone Pete Tong | $120,620 | $2,105,983 | $2,226,603 |
| 1,545 | 2018 | Unga Astrid | $120,486 | $840,843 | $961,329 |
| 1,546 | 2013 | Spark: A Burning Man Story | $120,459 | $120,459 | |
| 1,547 | 2004 | Howard Zinn | $120,250 | $120,250 | |
| 1,548 | 2019 | Citizen K | $119,466 | $28,875 | $148,341 |
| 1,549 | 2024 | Sabbath Queen | $118,886 | $118,886 | |
| 1,550 | 2010 | Valley of the Hearts Delight | $118,666 | $118,666 | |
| 1,551 | 2018 | Bisbee ‘17 | $117,470 | $117,470 | |
| 1,552 | 2018 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda | $117,460 | $881,425 | $998,885 |
| 1,553 | 2013 | Storm Surfers 3D | $117,090 | $117,090 | |
| 1,554 | 2006 | Sir! No Sir! | $116,944 | $116,944 | |
| 1,555 | 2010 | The Big Uneasy | $116,698 | $116,698 | |
| 1,556 | 2012 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $116,476 | $116,476 | |
| 1,557 | 2011 | Blank City | $116,037 | $116,037 | |
| 1,558 | 2008 | One Day You'll Understand | $115,925 | $115,925 | |
| 1,559 | 2009 | Throw Down Your Heart | $115,778 | $115,778 | |
| 1,560 | 2019 | Be Natural: The Untold Story Of Alice Guy-Blaché | $115,705 | $77,578 | $193,283 |
| 1,561 | 1981 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches | $115,679 | $115,679 | |
| 1,562 | 2018 | ‘85 The Greatest Team in Football History | $115,463 | $115,463 | |
| 1,563 | 2005 | Loggerheads | $115,314 | $115,314 | |
| 1,564 | 2007 | War Dance | $115,210 | $718 | $115,928 |
| 1,565 | 2009 | Ballerina | $114,507 | $114,507 | |
| 1,566 | 2005 | After Innocence | $114,264 | $114,264 | |
| 1,567 | 2019 | The Woman Who Loves Giraffes | $113,858 | $113,858 | |
| 1,568 | 2023 | Day By Day | $113,848 | $113,848 | |
| 1,569 | 2008 | Bra Boys | $113,730 | $113,730 | |
| 1,570 | 2017 | Abacus: Small Enough to Jail | $113,279 | $113,279 | |
| 1,571 | 2017 | Kongens Nei | $113,231 | $566,762 | $679,993 |
| 1,572 | 2014 | Libertador | $113,067 | $1,322,639 | $1,435,706 |
| 1,573 | 2012 | Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story | $112,679 | $112,679 | |
| 1,574 | 2022 | Cat Daddies | $112,332 | $112,332 | |
| 1,575 | 2018 | Hale County This Morning, This Evening | $112,300 | $112,300 | |
| 1,576 | 2024 | Sugarcane | $112,251 | $9,317 | $121,568 |
| 1,577 | 2024 | Pigen med nålen | $112,199 | $374,260 | $486,459 |
| 1,578 | 2010 | Marwencol | $112,036 | $112,036 | |
| 1,579 | 2013 | Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm | $111,794 | $111,794 | |
| 1,580 | 2023 | Squaring the Circle | $111,589 | $151,953 | $263,542 |
| 1,581 | 2014 | The Overnighters | $110,764 | $9,846 | $120,610 |
| 1,582 | 2004 | In the Face of Evil | $110,577 | $110,577 | |
| 1,583 | 2012 | 5 Broken Cameras | $109,983 | $173,309 | $283,292 |
| 1,584 | 2010 | Best Worst Movie | $109,895 | $109,895 | |
| 1,585 | 2019 | Babylon | $109,749 | $109,749 | |
| 1,586 | 2016 | Zero Days | $109,649 | $2,255 | $111,904 |
| 1,587 | 2018 | El Angel | $109,608 | $5,495,072 | $5,604,680 |
| 1,588 | 1992 | Daddy and the Muscle Academy: The Life, Art and… | $109,513 | $109,513 | |
| 1,589 | 2014 | God the Father | $109,508 | $109,508 | |
| 1,590 | 2010 | Blood Done Sign My Name | $109,383 | $109,383 | |
| 1,591 | 2018 | Der Hauptmann | $109,226 | $316,855 | $426,081 |
| 1,592 | 2007 | Darfur Now | $109,107 | $109,107 | |
| 1,593 | 2015 | The Look of Silence | $109,089 | $228,242 | $337,331 |
| 1,594 | 2025 | Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary | $108,957 | $108,957 | |
| 1,595 | 2018 | Mary Shelley | $108,900 | $2,683,416 | $2,792,316 |
| 1,596 | 2007 | Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains | $108,807 | $17,036 | $125,843 |
| 1,597 | 2015 | Do I Sound Gay? | $108,620 | $3,209 | $111,829 |
| 1,598 | 2008 | Trumbo | $108,280 | $108,280 | |
| 1,599 | 2013 | Bettie Page Reveals All | $108,118 | $108,118 | |
| 1,600 | 2021 | The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 | $107,799 | $107,799 |
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.