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All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies
See also: Top Based on Real Life Events Domestic - Top Based on Real Life Events Worldwide
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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Real Life Events movies based on the cumulative international 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 | International Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021 | Chang jin hu | $909,263,022 | $333,214 | $909,596,236 |
| 2 | 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | $662,785,558 | $216,303,339 | $879,088,897 |
| 3 | 2022 | Chang Jin Hu Zhi Shui Men Qiao (长津湖之水门桥)… | $602,986,104 | $602,986,104 | |
| 4 | 2020 | Ba bai | $472,648,086 | $472,648,086 | |
| 5 | 2019 | Wo he wo de zu guo | $472,164,610 | $2,323,409 | $474,488,019 |
| 6 | 2019 | Zhongguo jizhang | $432,462,100 | $706,572 | $433,168,672 |
| 7 | 2016 | Dangal | $292,757,700 | $12,391,761 | $305,149,461 |
| 8 | 2017 | The Greatest Showman | $254,455,826 | $174,340,174 | $428,796,000 |
| 9 | 2001 | Pearl Harbor | $250,699,998 | $198,539,855 | $449,239,853 |
| 10 | 2019 | Lie huo ying xiong | $244,889,313 | $290,217 | $245,179,530 |
| 11 | 2019 | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood | $234,924,175 | $142,502,728 | $377,426,903 |
| 12 | 2018 | Green Book | $234,914,848 | $85,080,171 | $319,995,019 |
| 13 | 1993 | Schindler’s List | $225,298,312 | $96,898,818 | $322,197,130 |
| 14 | 2022 | Home Coming (万里归途) | $219,150,259 | $219,150,259 | |
| 15 | 1995 | Pocahontas | $205,520,227 | $141,579,773 | $347,100,000 |
| 16 | 2009 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | $189,092,572 | $72,091,016 | $261,183,588 |
| 17 | 2019 | Yip Man 4 | $188,661,860 | $3,956,031 | $192,617,891 |
| 18 | 1984 | Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets | $186,200,000 | $52,800,000 | $239,000,000 |
| 19 | 2015 | Everest | $177,814,791 | $43,482,270 | $221,297,061 |
| 20 | 2019 | Pan Deng Zhe | $173,521,647 | $487,157 | $174,008,804 |
| 21 | 2016 | Operation Mekong | $173,479,240 | $800,012 | $174,279,252 |
| 22 | 2023 | Napoleon | $156,392,781 | $61,524,375 | $217,917,156 |
| 23 | 2015 | Yip Man 3 | $154,621,517 | $2,679,437 | $157,300,954 |
| 24 | 2012 | The Impossible | $150,570,724 | $19,019,882 | $169,590,606 |
| 25 | 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | $144,725,057 | $162,586,036 | $307,311,093 |
| 26 | 2004 | The Terminal | $141,600,000 | $77,073,959 | $218,673,959 |
| 27 | 1995 | Braveheart | $133,499,597 | $75,545,647 | $209,045,244 |
| 28 | 2004 | Alexander | $133,000,000 | $34,297,191 | $167,297,191 |
| 29 | 2000 | Erin Brockovich | $132,256,558 | $125,548,685 | $257,805,243 |
| 30 | 2014 | Myeong-ryang | $130,619,928 | $2,830,989 | $133,450,917 |
| 31 | 2022 | Elvis | $128,522,481 | $151,416,153 | $279,938,634 |
| 32 | 2010 | The Social Network | $127,959,441 | $96,962,694 | $224,922,135 |
| 33 | 2023 | Volunteer Soldiers Attack (志愿军：雄兵出击)… | $121,387,714 | $121,387,714 | |
| 34 | 2008 | Valkyrie | $120,824,345 | $83,107,829 | $203,932,174 |
| 35 | 2013 | Captain Phillips | $113,511,767 | $107,136,417 | $220,648,184 |
| 36 | 2013 | American Hustle | $107,760,487 | $150,098,456 | $257,858,943 |
| 37 | 2004 | The Aviator | $105,762,065 | $102,608,827 | $208,370,892 |
| 38 | 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $102,034,442 | $119,114,517 | $221,148,959 |
| 39 | 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | $101,213,634 | $67,209,615 | $168,423,249 |
| 40 | 2017 | The Post | $97,865,999 | $81,903,458 | $179,769,457 |
| 41 | 2019 | Rocketman | $94,627,033 | $96,368,160 | $190,995,193 |
| 42 | 1997 | Seven Years in Tibet | $93,500,000 | $37,945,884 | $131,445,884 |
| 43 | 2006 | World Trade Center | $93,016,761 | $70,278,893 | $163,295,654 |
| 44 | 2022 | Zui Leng De Qiang (狙击手) | $90,120,000 | $90,120,000 | |
| 45 | 1993 | Cool Runnings | $86,152,646 | $68,856,263 | $155,008,909 |
| 46 | 2011 | Sanctum | $85,747,788 | $23,209,310 | $108,957,098 |
| 47 | 2012 | The Iron Lady | $85,632,668 | $29,959,436 | $115,592,104 |
| 48 | 2017 | Taeksi Woonjunsa | $85,541,895 | $1,527,829 | $87,069,724 |
| 49 | 2017 | American Made | $84,227,212 | $51,342,000 | $135,569,212 |
| 50 | 2010 | Unstoppable | $84,157,979 | $81,562,942 | $165,720,921 |
| 51 | 2023 | TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR | $80,652,337 | $180,760,722 | $261,413,059 |
| 52 | 2024 | Bob Marley: One Love | $79,833,973 | $96,893,170 | $176,727,143 |
| 53 | 2007 | La Môme | $78,312,055 | $10,299,782 | $88,611,837 |
| 54 | 2021 | 1921 | $75,017,096 | $75,017,096 | |
| 55 | 1982 | Gandhi | $75,000,000 | $52,767,889 | $127,767,889 |
| 56 | 2023 | Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story | $73,433,553 | $44,428,554 | $117,862,107 |
| 57 | 2012 | The Vow | $72,604,130 | $125,014,030 | $197,618,160 |
| 58 | 2018 | Li hai le, wo de guo | $72,506,344 | $72,506,344 | |
| 59 | 2006 | The Queen | $72,444,162 | $56,441,711 | $128,885,873 |
| 60 | 2013 | Rush | $71,211,580 | $26,947,624 | $98,159,204 |
| 61 | 2019 | Midway | $69,940,558 | $56,846,802 | $126,787,360 |
| 62 | 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | $69,456,624 | $75,072,454 | $144,529,078 |
| 63 | 2005 | Walk the Line | $68,188,093 | $119,519,402 | $187,707,495 |
| 64 | 2013 | Stalingrad | $67,693,174 | $1,013,945 | $68,707,119 |
| 65 | 2010 | Oceans | $67,365,211 | $19,422,319 | $86,787,530 |
| 66 | 1998 | Patch Adams | $67,158,032 | $135,014,968 | $202,173,000 |
| 67 | 2023 | Sound of Freedom | $66,551,632 | $184,178,046 | $250,729,678 |
| 68 | 2018 | Sanju | $65,616,927 | $7,909,317 | $73,526,244 |
| 69 | 2014 | Jing Cheng 81 Hao | $65,220,000 | $65,220,000 | |
| 70 | 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | $64,672,551 | $25,020,758 | $89,693,309 |
| 71 | 2009 | Jiàn gúo dà yè | $62,995,096 | $62,995,096 | |
| 72 | 2003 | Calendar Girls | $62,063,000 | $31,011,616 | $93,074,616 |
| 73 | 2018 | The Favourite | $61,462,676 | $34,366,783 | $95,829,459 |
| 74 | 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | $60,899,591 | $61,433,527 | $122,333,118 |
| 75 | 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | $60,393,403 | $116,632,095 | $177,025,498 |
| 76 | 2011 | Jiàn Dǎng Wěi Yè | $60,096,706 | $151,305 | $60,248,011 |
| 77 | 2013 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | $58,900,000 | $102,003,019 | $160,903,019 |
| 78 | 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | $58,585,626 | $16,285,240 | $74,870,866 |
| 79 | 2005 | La marche de l'empereur | $55,839,136 | $77,437,223 | $133,276,359 |
| 80 | 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima | $54,111,916 | $13,756,082 | $67,867,998 |
| 81 | 2016 | Les Visiteurs: La Révolution | $53,999,678 | $53,999,678 | |
| 82 | 2000 | Coyote Ugly | $53,130,205 | $60,786,269 | $113,916,474 |
| 83 | 2023 | The Pope’s Exorcist | $52,904,087 | $20,009,380 | $72,913,467 |
| 84 | 2024 | 749 Jú (749局) | $52,652,284 | $52,652,284 | |
| 85 | 2017 | The Outlaws | $52,097,753 | $52,097,753 | |
| 86 | 1998 | Elizabeth | $52,067,943 | $30,082,699 | $82,150,642 |
| 87 | 2017 | 1987: When the Day Comes | $51,775,357 | $51,775,357 | |
| 88 | 2013 | Yi dai zong shi | $51,391,701 | $6,594,959 | $57,986,660 |
| 89 | 2015 | The Walk | $51,330,921 | $10,161,183 | $61,492,104 |
| 90 | 2015 | Himalaya | $51,009,970 | $696,717 | $51,706,687 |
| 91 | 2004 | Ray | $49,517,099 | $75,305,995 | $124,823,094 |
| 92 | 2011 | Ip Man: Legend of the Grand Master | $49,516,279 | $205,675 | $49,721,954 |
| 93 | 1998 | Mysteries of Egypt | $49,406,714 | $40,593,286 | $90,000,000 |
| 94 | 2007 | Hwa-ryeo-han hyuga | $49,136,551 | $49,136,551 | |
| 95 | 2011 | J. Edgar | $47,300,000 | $37,306,030 | $84,606,030 |
| 96 | 2015 | Spotlight | $46,846,662 | $45,055,776 | $91,902,438 |
| 97 | 2006 | United 93 | $46,067,901 | $31,567,134 | $77,635,035 |
| 98 | 2001 | Enemy at the Gates | $45,574,512 | $51,396,781 | $96,971,293 |
| 99 | 2019 | Zhui Long 2: Zhui Ji Da Fu Hao | $45,541,827 | $196,634 | $45,738,461 |
| 100 | 2023 | Bangtansonyeondan Yet Tu Keom In Sinema (방탄소년단 … | $45,110,979 | $7,889,021 | $53,000,000 |
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