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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 401-500)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | 2021 | Ironbark | $6,613,432 | $14,241,294 | $20,854,726 |
| 402 | 2013 | Yi dai zong shi | $6,594,959 | $51,391,701 | $57,986,660 |
| 403 | 2010 | Waiting for Superman | $6,417,135 | $28,931 | $6,446,066 |
| 404 | 2014 | Cantinflas | $6,382,924 | $31,830 | $6,414,754 |
| 405 | 2005 | The Aristocrats | $6,377,461 | $325,143 | $6,702,604 |
| 406 | 2012 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $6,376,145 | $4,866,293 | $11,242,438 |
| 407 | 2018 | Fahrenheit 11/9 | $6,352,306 | $301,409 | $6,653,715 |
| 408 | 2018 | Unbroken: Path to Redemption | $6,216,897 | $6,216,897 | |
| 409 | 2013 | Justin Bieber’s Believe | $6,206,566 | $26,020,215 | $32,226,781 |
| 410 | 1999 | Topsy Turvy | $6,201,757 | $1,595,677 | $7,797,434 |
| 411 | 1999 | The Straight Story | $6,197,866 | $32,400 | $6,230,266 |
| 412 | 2024 | Back to Black | $6,178,165 | $44,848,450 | $51,026,615 |
| 413 | 2017 | Maudie | $6,170,998 | $5,679,577 | $11,850,575 |
| 414 | 2004 | Beyond the Sea | $6,144,806 | $2,148,108 | $8,292,914 |
| 415 | 2009 | Coco avant Chanel | $6,113,834 | $44,700,000 | $50,813,834 |
| 416 | 2025 | The Alto Knights | $6,103,664 | $4,100,000 | $10,203,664 |
| 417 | 2010 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $6,096,582 | $10,418,621 | $16,515,203 |
| 418 | 2014 | Meet the Mormons | $6,047,363 | $1,808 | $6,049,171 |
| 419 | 2012 | Chasing Mavericks | $6,002,756 | $2,298,065 | $8,300,821 |
| 420 | 2019 | The Current War: Director’s Cut | $5,978,673 | $6,891,082 | $12,869,755 |
| 421 | 2018 | Death of a Nation | $5,885,881 | $5,885,881 | |
| 422 | 2004 | Against the Ropes | $5,881,504 | $548,361 | $6,429,865 |
| 423 | 2017 | All Saints | $5,802,208 | $144,572 | $5,946,780 |
| 424 | 2003 | Luther | $5,781,086 | $26,935,977 | $32,717,063 |
| 425 | 2011 | Flying Monsters 3D | $5,751,141 | $5,143,082 | $10,894,223 |
| 426 | 2003 | Spellbound | $5,728,581 | $1,729,129 | $7,457,710 |
| 427 | 2008 | Mongol | $5,705,761 | $21,441,588 | $27,147,349 |
| 428 | 1996 | Get on the Bus | $5,691,854 | $5,691,854 | |
| 429 | 2017 | The Man Who Invented Christmas | $5,676,110 | $2,882,583 | $8,558,693 |
| 430 | 2012 | For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada | $5,669,081 | $4,357,174 | $10,026,255 |
| 431 | 2022 | I Heard the Bells | $5,644,104 | $35,220 | $5,679,324 |
| 432 | 2014 | Cesar Chavez | $5,571,497 | $5,571,497 | |
| 433 | 2008 | Shine a Light | $5,505,267 | $10,668,612 | $16,173,879 |
| 434 | 1998 | Slums of Beverly Hills | $5,502,773 | $5,502,773 | |
| 435 | 2007 | Rescue Dawn | $5,490,423 | $1,547,463 | $7,037,886 |
| 436 | 2008 | Die Fälscher | $5,488,570 | $14,711,093 | $20,199,663 |
| 437 | 2021 | Judas and the Black Messiah | $5,478,009 | $2,000,000 | $7,478,009 |
| 438 | 2018 | Stan & Ollie | $5,470,235 | $23,592,439 | $29,062,674 |
| 439 | 2023 | Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the… | $5,426,772 | $539,626 | $5,966,398 |
| 440 | 1999 | Wolves | $5,361,306 | $5,361,306 | |
| 441 | 2021 | Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain | $5,354,970 | $133,761 | $5,488,731 |
| 442 | 2011 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $5,304,920 | $4,064,709 | $9,369,629 |
| 443 | 2025 | The Senior | $5,289,954 | $5,289,954 | |
| 444 | 1999 | Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible | $5,231,283 | $5,231,283 | |
| 445 | 2005 | The World's Fastest Indian | $5,128,124 | $13,863,164 | $18,991,288 |
| 446 | 2018 | Colette | $5,126,985 | $10,783,198 | $15,910,183 |
| 447 | 2010 | The Wildest Dream | $5,100,135 | $5,100,135 | |
| 448 | 2016 | Bleed for This | $5,083,906 | $2,087,414 | $7,171,320 |
| 449 | 1984 | Stop Making Sense | $5,066,072 | $2,219,683 | $7,285,755 |
| 450 | 2024 | Wicked Little Letters | $5,008,179 | $20,843,682 | $25,851,861 |
| 451 | 2025 | Chhaava | $4,981,000 | $2,160,168 | $7,141,168 |
| 452 | 2013 | 20 Feet From Stardom | $4,946,250 | $946,216 | $5,892,466 |
| 453 | 2024 | Dìdi (弟弟) | $4,839,360 | $315,613 | $5,154,973 |
| 454 | 2019 | Bring the Soul: The Movie | $4,809,800 | $8,174,908 | $12,984,708 |
| 455 | 2010 | Mao's Last Dancer | $4,806,750 | $21,134,687 | $25,941,437 |
| 456 | 2023 | Golda | $4,801,781 | $1,834,898 | $6,636,679 |
| 457 | 2016 | Hands of Stone | $4,712,792 | $319,183 | $5,031,975 |
| 458 | 2019 | Pavarotti | $4,686,402 | $3,882,663 | $8,569,065 |
| 459 | 1987 | River's Edge | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | |
| 460 | 2004 | Touching the Void | $4,593,598 | $10,802,927 | $15,396,525 |
| 461 | 2019 | Tolkien | $4,535,154 | $4,434,073 | $8,969,227 |
| 462 | 2007 | Talk to Me | $4,526,759 | $229,146 | $4,755,905 |
| 463 | 2025 | Brave the Dark | $4,525,443 | $3,890 | $4,529,333 |
| 464 | 2019 | The Last Black Man in San Francisco | $4,515,719 | $122,123 | $4,637,842 |
| 465 | 1982 | Night Crossing | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | |
| 466 | 1951 | The Great Caruso | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | |
| 467 | 2019 | Amazing Grace | $4,450,454 | $5,346,859 | $9,797,313 |
| 468 | 2009 | Bright Star | $4,444,637 | $12,775,454 | $17,220,091 |
| 469 | 2008 | Flash of Genius | $4,442,377 | $61,734 | $4,504,111 |
| 470 | 2009 | Food, Inc. | $4,417,674 | $314,270 | $4,731,944 |
| 471 | 1942 | For Me and My Gal | $4,400,000 | $4,400,000 | |
| 472 | 2007 | Zwartboek | $4,398,532 | $22,839,822 | $27,238,354 |
| 473 | 2019 | Brian Banks | $4,376,820 | $4,376,820 | |
| 474 | 2019 | The Biggest Little Farm | $4,367,816 | $2,158,561 | $6,526,377 |
| 475 | 2010 | Inside Job | $4,311,834 | $3,487,423 | $7,799,257 |
| 476 | 2006 | Catch a Fire | $4,299,773 | $1,482,425 | $5,782,198 |
| 477 | 2018 | Gotti | $4,286,367 | $2,315,625 | $6,601,992 |
| 478 | 2022 | Moonage Daydream | $4,266,717 | $9,643,774 | $13,910,491 |
| 479 | 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | $4,252,657 | $4,252,657 | |
| 480 | 1985 | That's Dancing | $4,210,938 | $4,210,938 | |
| 481 | 2003 | The Fog of War | $4,198,566 | $1,035,349 | $5,233,915 |
| 482 | 2002 | ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie | $4,197,175 | $4,197,175 | |
| 483 | 2019 | Uri: The Surgical Strike | $4,185,663 | $691,137 | $4,876,800 |
| 484 | 2009 | Good Hair | $4,157,223 | $65,719 | $4,222,942 |
| 485 | 2008 | Bottle Shock | $4,078,607 | $737,283 | $4,815,890 |
| 486 | 2011 | Buck | $4,036,175 | $487,797 | $4,523,972 |
| 487 | 2007 | I’m Not There | $4,017,609 | $8,380,004 | $12,397,613 |
| 488 | 2024 | The Apprentice | $4,001,910 | $5,158,254 | $9,160,164 |
| 489 | 2008 | Young @ Heart | $3,992,189 | $3,657,066 | $7,649,255 |
| 490 | 2012 | Searching for Sugar Man | $3,965,090 | $8,937,411 | $12,902,501 |
| 491 | 2014 | Mr. Turner | $3,958,546 | $21,142,096 | $25,100,642 |
| 492 | 2019 | Yip Man 4 | $3,956,031 | $188,661,860 | $192,617,891 |
| 493 | 2011 | Des Hommes et Des Dieux | $3,954,651 | $42,308,874 | $46,263,525 |
| 494 | 2017 | A United Kingdom | $3,902,185 | $7,193,835 | $11,096,020 |
| 495 | 2016 | Where to Invade Next | $3,827,261 | $777,426 | $4,604,687 |
| 496 | 2009 | The September Issue | $3,820,700 | $3,260,982 | $7,081,682 |
| 497 | 1980 | Guyana: Crime of the Century | $3,798,102 | $3,798,102 | |
| 498 | 1988 | Imagine: John Lennon | $3,753,977 | $3,753,977 | |
| 499 | 1966 | The Singing Nun | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 | |
| 500 | 2003 | Step Into Liquid | $3,681,803 | $293,739 | $3,975,542 |
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.