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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,801 | 2010 | Dancing Across Borders | $66,166 | $66,166 | |
| 1,802 | 2022 | Freakscene — The Story of Dinosaur Jr. | $66,038 | $3,249 | $69,287 |
| 1,803 | 2022 | Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams | $65,970 | $85,308 | $151,278 |
| 1,804 | 2018 | 3100: Run and Become | $65,524 | $1,265 | $66,789 |
| 1,805 | 2017 | Architects of Denial | $65,424 | $65,424 | |
| 1,806 | 2018 | Beuys | $65,410 | $12,886 | $78,296 |
| 1,807 | 2007 | Redacted | $65,388 | $795,937 | $861,325 |
| 1,808 | 2024 | Taking Venice | $65,334 | $65,334 | |
| 1,809 | 2014 | Through a Lens Darkly | $65,169 | $65,169 | |
| 1,810 | 2008 | CSNY: Déjà Vu | $65,025 | $105,201 | $170,226 |
| 1,811 | 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | $64,636 | $1,445 | $66,081 |
| 1,812 | 2005 | Rock School | $64,310 | $25,088 | $89,398 |
| 1,813 | 2012 | Never Stand Still | $63,811 | $63,811 | |
| 1,814 | 2016 | Trapped | $63,240 | $63,240 | |
| 1,815 | 1970 | L'Enfant sauvage | $62,943 | $62,943 | |
| 1,816 | 2021 | Silo | $62,873 | $62,873 | |
| 1,817 | 2018 | The Gardener | $62,734 | $76,351 | $139,085 |
| 1,818 | 2010 | Cool It | $62,713 | $7,876 | $70,589 |
| 1,819 | 2015 | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead The Story of the Na… | $62,684 | $62,684 | |
| 1,820 | 2004 | Proteus | $62,673 | $62,673 | |
| 1,821 | 2013 | Traviata et nous | $62,652 | $62,652 | |
| 1,822 | 2019 | The Cave | $62,625 | $97,290 | $159,915 |
| 1,823 | 2016 | Dancer | $62,578 | $1,256,995 | $1,319,573 |
| 1,824 | 2014 | Dom over dod man | $62,506 | $62,506 | |
| 1,825 | 2021 | The First Wave | $62,376 | $4,464 | $66,840 |
| 1,826 | 2019 | Vita & Virginia | $62,350 | $777,799 | $840,149 |
| 1,827 | 2008 | Bloodline | $62,248 | $62,248 | |
| 1,828 | 2015 | Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World | $61,845 | $61,845 | |
| 1,829 | 2011 | If A Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberat… | $61,794 | $61,794 | |
| 1,830 | 2016 | The Dark Horse | $61,505 | $148,874 | $210,379 |
| 1,831 | 2019 | The Mountain | $61,035 | $61,035 | |
| 1,832 | 2023 | Der Passfälscher | $61,033 | $89,803 | $150,836 |
| 1,833 | 2021 | Lansky | $61,030 | $83,864 | $144,894 |
| 1,834 | 2013 | Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey | $61,018 | $61,018 | |
| 1,835 | 2025 | Predators | $60,970 | $282 | $61,252 |
| 1,836 | 2024 | LiVE is SMiLE ALWAYS -Lander- | $60,710 | $60,710 | |
| 1,837 | 2023 | Lynch/Oz | $60,701 | $8,286 | $68,987 |
| 1,838 | 2008 | A Plumm Summer | $60,668 | $60,668 | |
| 1,839 | 2011 | How to Live Forever | $60,630 | $60,630 | |
| 1,840 | 2021 | Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | $60,389 | $43,529 | $103,918 |
| 1,841 | 2011 | Limelight | $60,335 | $60,335 | |
| 1,842 | 2008 | Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story | $60,332 | $60,332 | |
| 1,843 | 2011 | Crime after Crime | $60,291 | $60,291 | |
| 1,844 | 2016 | Presenting Princess Shaw | $60,197 | $60,197 | |
| 1,845 | 2012 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $60,064 | $60,064 | |
| 1,846 | 2017 | Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards | $60,056 | $4,831 | $64,887 |
| 1,847 | 2024 | They Shot the Piano Player | $59,587 | $191,892 | $251,479 |
| 1,848 | 2003 | Painted Fire | $59,413 | $31,518 | $90,931 |
| 1,849 | 2013 | Sweet Dreams | $59,403 | $59,403 | |
| 1,850 | 2008 | The Order of Myths | $59,400 | $59,400 | |
| 1,851 | 2018 | Bomb City | $59,329 | $59,329 | |
| 1,852 | 2017 | Bang! The Bert Berns Story | $59,300 | $59,300 | |
| 1,853 | 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $59,192 | $59,192 | |
| 1,854 | 2013 | The Trials of Muhammad Ali | $59,081 | $59,081 | |
| 1,855 | 2023 | Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV | $59,023 | $38,090 | $97,113 |
| 1,856 | 2024 | Ernest Cole: Lost and Found | $58,867 | $47,392 | $106,259 |
| 1,857 | 2007 | Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era … | $58,829 | $58,829 | |
| 1,858 | 2012 | Side by Side | $58,825 | $8,229 | $67,054 |
| 1,859 | 2018 | Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist | $58,799 | $317,420 | $376,219 |
| 1,860 | 2008 | What We Do Is Secret | $58,776 | $58,776 | |
| 1,861 | 2014 | Sagrada: el misteri de la creacio | $58,755 | $58,755 | |
| 1,862 | 2023 | The Mission | $58,639 | $11,424 | $70,063 |
| 1,863 | 2018 | Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story | $58,597 | $58,597 | |
| 1,864 | 2025 | Been Here Stay Here | $58,530 | $58,530 | |
| 1,865 | 2025 | Sharing Aloha | $58,337 | $58,337 | |
| 1,866 | 2017 | The Force | $58,154 | $58,154 | |
| 1,867 | 2018 | In Search of Greatness | $58,090 | $58,090 | |
| 1,868 | 2023 | The Stones and Brian Jones | $57,924 | $37,660 | $95,584 |
| 1,869 | 2009 | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | $57,769 | $57,769 | |
| 1,870 | 2016 | Command and Control | $57,635 | $57,635 | |
| 1,871 | 2024 | The Cowboy & the Queen | $57,589 | $57,589 | |
| 1,872 | 2018 | Woman Walks Ahead | $57,528 | $570,010 | $627,538 |
| 1,873 | 2018 | Ramen Heads | $57,346 | $57,346 | |
| 1,874 | 2009 | The End of Poverty? | $57,324 | $57,324 | |
| 1,875 | 2014 | Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case | $57,322 | $57,322 | |
| 1,876 | 2003 | Only the Strong Survive | $57,322 | $57,322 | |
| 1,877 | 1997 | Keys to Tulsa | $57,252 | $17,525 | $74,777 |
| 1,878 | 2004 | Voices of Iraq | $57,102 | $57,102 | |
| 1,879 | 2020 | The Dissident | $57,000 | $54,698 | $111,698 |
| 1,880 | 2015 | Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times | $56,744 | $56,744 | |
| 1,881 | 2009 | Collapse | $56,436 | $56,436 | |
| 1,882 | 2008 | Beautiful Losers | $56,386 | $56,386 | |
| 1,883 | 2017 | Saving Brinton | $56,220 | $56,220 | |
| 1,884 | 2008 | Chapter 27 | $56,215 | $56,215 | |
| 1,885 | 2004 | Divan | $56,214 | $56,214 | |
| 1,886 | 2016 | DONGJU; The Portrait of A Poet | $56,184 | $7,948,099 | $8,004,283 |
| 1,887 | 2013 | Terms and Conditions May Apply | $55,824 | $33,293 | $89,117 |
| 1,888 | 2019 | Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project | $55,632 | $55,632 | |
| 1,889 | 2011 | Finding Joe | $55,518 | $55,518 | |
| 1,890 | 2009 | The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story | $55,513 | $55,513 | |
| 1,891 | 2016 | The Lovers And The Despot | $55,511 | $51,115 | $106,626 |
| 1,892 | 2017 | The Paris Opera | $55,482 | $729,991 | $785,473 |
| 1,893 | 2011 | Into Eternity | $55,366 | $55,366 | |
| 1,894 | 2009 | In a Dream | $55,270 | $55,270 | |
| 1,895 | 2023 | Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Mi… | $55,124 | $55,124 | |
| 1,896 | 2014 | Big Men | $55,032 | $55,032 | |
| 1,897 | 2025 | Mistress Dispeller | $54,869 | $54,869 | |
| 1,898 | 2002 | Biggie and Tupac | $54,834 | $54,834 | |
| 1,899 | 2006 | 10th & Wolf | $54,702 | $89,080 | $143,782 |
| 1,900 | 2010 | The Nature of Existence | $54,645 | $54,645 |
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.