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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 201-300)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 2004 | The Alamo | $22,406,362 | $1,505,000 | $23,911,362 |
| 202 | 1968 | The Lion in Winter | $22,295,024 | $22,295,024 | |
| 203 | 2025 | Roofman | $21,670,898 | $5,273,873 | $26,944,771 |
| 204 | 2002 | Bowling for Columbine | $21,576,018 | $36,664,469 | $58,240,487 |
| 205 | 2015 | Black or White | $21,571,189 | $399,832 | $21,971,021 |
| 206 | 2004 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $21,550,235 | $649,121 | $22,199,356 |
| 207 | 2007 | Amazing Grace | $21,214,987 | $10,968,723 | $32,183,710 |
| 208 | 2022 | Father Stu | $21,096,678 | $892,744 | $21,989,422 |
| 209 | 2002 | Antwone Fisher | $21,078,145 | $2,289,441 | $23,367,586 |
| 210 | 2016 | Free State of Jones | $20,810,036 | $2,427,216 | $23,237,252 |
| 211 | 1994 | Iron Will | $20,623,071 | $20,623,071 | |
| 212 | 1978 | F.I.S.T | $20,388,920 | $20,388,920 | |
| 213 | 2024 | Unsung Hero | $20,335,239 | $858,823 | $21,194,062 |
| 214 | 1991 | Mobsters | $20,246,790 | $20,246,790 | |
| 215 | 1996 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $20,224,840 | $20,224,840 | |
| 216 | 2012 | Big Miracle | $20,157,300 | $5,111,380 | $25,268,680 |
| 217 | 2023 | The Pope’s Exorcist | $20,009,380 | $52,904,087 | $72,913,467 |
| 218 | 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $19,657,565 | $19,657,565 | |
| 219 | 1994 | 8 Seconds | $19,582,455 | $1,759,935 | $21,342,390 |
| 220 | 2024 | Cabrini | $19,512,135 | $1,079,465 | $20,591,600 |
| 221 | 2010 | Oceans | $19,422,319 | $67,365,211 | $86,787,530 |
| 222 | 1999 | Summer of Sam | $19,288,130 | $19,288,130 | |
| 223 | 2002 | Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat | $19,184,820 | $19,184,820 | |
| 224 | 2024 | Ordinary Angels | $19,174,421 | $1,280,066 | $20,454,487 |
| 225 | 2009 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | $19,162,740 | $11,266,091 | $30,428,831 |
| 226 | 2012 | To the Arctic 3D | $19,159,071 | $4,521,674 | $23,680,745 |
| 227 | 2016 | Race | $19,115,191 | $4,630,581 | $23,745,772 |
| 228 | 2003 | Bugs! (IMAX) | $19,084,280 | $10,112,664 | $29,196,944 |
| 229 | 2012 | The Impossible | $19,019,882 | $150,570,724 | $169,590,606 |
| 230 | 1946 | The Jolson Story | $19,000,000 | $19,000,000 | |
| 231 | 1997 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $18,798,682 | $12,480,529 | $31,279,211 |
| 232 | 2007 | Becoming Jane | $18,663,911 | $20,716,920 | $39,380,831 |
| 233 | 2000 | Michael Jordan to the MAX | $18,642,318 | $633,949 | $19,276,267 |
| 234 | 2017 | Only the Brave | $18,340,051 | $6,215,126 | $24,555,177 |
| 235 | 2010 | 127 Hours | $18,335,230 | $41,881,941 | $60,217,171 |
| 236 | 2005 | North Country | $18,324,242 | $5,352,529 | $23,676,771 |
| 237 | 1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling | $18,034,150 | $18,034,150 | |
| 238 | 2018 | They Shall Not Grow Old | $17,956,913 | $3,700,000 | $21,656,913 |
| 239 | 2014 | Bears | $17,780,194 | $371,552 | $18,151,746 |
| 240 | 2019 | The Farewell | $17,700,478 | $7,765,535 | $25,466,013 |
| 241 | 2018 | Operation Finale | $17,612,099 | $17,612,099 | |
| 242 | 2018 | Free Solo | $17,541,090 | $11,064,905 | $28,605,995 |
| 243 | 2018 | Chappaquiddick | $17,395,521 | $752,570 | $18,148,091 |
| 244 | 2016 | Masterminds | $17,356,894 | $13,493,772 | $30,850,666 |
| 245 | 2022 | The Fabelmans | $17,348,945 | $25,922,510 | $43,271,455 |
| 246 | 2025 | Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere | $17,346,702 | $14,221,229 | $31,567,931 |
| 247 | 2023 | The Blind | $17,265,487 | $17,265,487 | |
| 248 | 2003 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $17,093,668 | $11,648,645 | $28,742,313 |
| 249 | 1992 | The Babe | $17,064,550 | $2,400,000 | $19,464,550 |
| 250 | 2002 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $16,933,791 | $7,036,640 | $23,970,431 |
| 251 | 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | $16,857,966 | $16,857,966 | |
| 252 | 2017 | Detroit | $16,790,139 | $9,243,424 | $26,033,563 |
| 253 | 2004 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $16,756,372 | $38,209,793 | $54,966,165 |
| 254 | 2018 | Mary Queen of Scots | $16,648,499 | $31,833,255 | $48,481,754 |
| 255 | 2005 | Wild Safari 3D | $16,621,230 | $15,825,520 | $32,446,750 |
| 256 | 2015 | Monkey Kingdom | $16,432,322 | $727,208 | $17,159,530 |
| 257 | 1941 | Sergeant York | $16,400,000 | $16,400,000 | |
| 258 | 1977 | MacArthur | $16,320,000 | $16,320,000 | |
| 259 | 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | $16,285,240 | $58,585,626 | $74,870,866 |
| 260 | 2005 | Wolf Creek | $16,186,348 | $12,818,716 | $29,005,064 |
| 261 | 1983 | Richard Pryor Here and Now | $16,156,776 | $16,156,776 | |
| 262 | 2013 | Jobs | $16,131,410 | $27,271,105 | $43,402,515 |
| 263 | 2013 | Fruitvale Station | $16,098,998 | $1,450,647 | $17,549,645 |
| 264 | 2016 | The Birth of a Nation | $15,861,566 | $1,029,445 | $16,891,011 |
| 265 | 2016 | Eddie the Eagle | $15,789,389 | $29,243,048 | $45,032,437 |
| 266 | 2016 | A Beautiful Planet | $15,650,615 | $9,856,326 | $25,506,941 |
| 267 | 2001 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $15,553,324 | $4,113,837 | $19,667,161 |
| 268 | 2011 | African Cats | $15,428,747 | $7,517,860 | $22,946,607 |
| 269 | 2007 | Alpha Dog | $15,309,602 | $17,204,717 | $32,514,319 |
| 270 | 1980 | The Long Riders | $15,198,912 | $15,198,912 | |
| 271 | 2021 | King Richard | $15,138,334 | $24,400,000 | $39,538,334 |
| 272 | 1991 | Madonna: Truth or Dare | $15,012,935 | $14,000,000 | $29,012,935 |
| 273 | 2017 | The Case for Christ | $14,678,714 | $3,288,046 | $17,966,760 |
| 274 | 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | $14,597,405 | $19,643,167 | $34,240,572 |
| 275 | 1961 | King of Kings | $14,483,352 | $14,483,352 | |
| 276 | 2014 | Big Eyes | $14,482,031 | $12,835,841 | $27,317,872 |
| 277 | 2014 | America: Imagine a World Without Her | $14,444,502 | $14,444,502 | |
| 278 | 2006 | Hollywoodland | $14,426,251 | $2,400,000 | $16,826,251 |
| 279 | 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | $14,395,874 | $14,395,874 | |
| 280 | 2015 | Woodlawn | $14,394,097 | $9,794 | $14,403,891 |
| 281 | 2009 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $14,363,397 | $4,758,134 | $19,121,531 |
| 282 | 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | $14,271,297 | $14,271,297 | |
| 283 | 2018 | RBG | $14,051,361 | $394,210 | $14,445,571 |
| 284 | 1978 | The Greek Tycoon | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | |
| 285 | 1988 | Stand and Deliver | $13,994,920 | $13,994,920 | |
| 286 | 2016 | Jackie | $13,960,394 | $22,628,118 | $36,588,512 |
| 287 | 2017 | Born in China | $13,873,211 | $11,164,532 | $25,037,743 |
| 288 | 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima | $13,756,082 | $54,111,916 | $67,867,998 |
| 289 | 1995 | Nixon | $13,668,249 | $21,000,000 | $34,668,249 |
| 290 | 1998 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $13,485,455 | $13,485,455 | |
| 291 | 2017 | Megan Leavey | $13,406,304 | $1,058,534 | $14,464,838 |
| 292 | 1997 | Rosewood | $13,104,494 | $13,104,494 | |
| 293 | 2016 | Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the De… | $13,099,931 | $13,099,931 | |
| 294 | 2006 | Flyboys | $13,090,630 | $1,725,749 | $14,816,379 |
| 295 | 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | $13,052,741 | $13,052,741 | |
| 296 | 2008 | Religulous | $13,011,160 | $870,157 | $13,881,317 |
| 297 | 2008 | U2 3D | $12,898,847 | $13,271,555 | $26,170,402 |
| 298 | 2017 | The Founder | $12,786,053 | $11,449,721 | $24,235,774 |
| 299 | 2017 | Battle of the Sexes | $12,638,526 | $5,806,853 | $18,445,379 |
| 300 | 2015 | Love & Mercy | $12,551,031 | $2,398,877 | $14,949,908 |
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.