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Domestic Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2020

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2020 GrossTickets Sold
1 Bombshell Feb 7, 2020 Drama R $13,644,923 1,486,375
2 I Still Believe Mar 13, 2020 Drama PG $10,410,004 1,133,987
3 The Last Full Measure Jan 24, 2020 Drama R $2,949,212 321,265
4 Yip Man 4 Dec 25, 2019 Action Not Rated $2,087,157 227,359
5 Once Upon a Time…in Hollywo… Jul 26, 2019 Thriller/Suspense R $1,425,760 155,312
6 2 Hearts Oct 16, 2020 Drama PG-13 $1,349,284 146,981
7 All My Life Dec 4, 2020 Drama PG-13 $899,585 97,994
8 A Hidden Life Feb 7, 2020 Drama PG-13 $853,047 92,925
9 Chhapaak Jan 10, 2020 Drama Not Rated $604,334 65,832
10 Midway Nov 7, 2019 Action PG-13 $567,638 61,834
11 Harriet Nov 1, 2019 Drama PG-13 $534,455 58,219
12 Once Were Brothers: Robbie … Feb 21, 2020 Documentary R $449,561 48,972
13 Seberg Dec 13, 2019 Thriller/Suspense R $448,009 48,803
14 Les misérables Aug 30, 2019 Drama R $330,181 35,967
15 Judy Sep 27, 2019 Drama PG-13 $301,442 32,837
16 Il Traditore May 23, 2019 Drama R $296,027 32,247
17 Created Equal: Clarence Tho… Jan 31, 2020 Documentary PG-13 $282,149 30,735
18 63 Up Nov 27, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $254,405 27,713
19 Fantastic Fungi Sep 20, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $248,360 27,054
20 Cunningham Dec 13, 2019 Documentary PG $205,151 22,348
21 The Doors: Break on Thru — … Feb 12, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $186,920 20,362
22 Ammonite Nov 13, 2020 Drama R $160,930 17,531
23 A Call to Spy Oct 2, 2020 Drama PG-13 $159,014 17,322
24 Incitement Sep 26, 2019 Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $140,306 15,284
25 Burden Feb 28, 2020 Drama R $139,270 15,171
26 The Times of Bill Cunningham Feb 14, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $134,288 14,628
27 No Safe Spaces Dec 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $132,155 14,396
28 Honeyland Jul 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $102,719 11,189
29 Citizen K Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $101,762 11,085
30 The Woman Who Loves Giraffes Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $99,508 10,840
31 Tesla Aug 21, 2020 Drama PG-13 $93,147 10,147
32 On the Basis of Sex Dec 25, 2018 Drama PG-13 $82,150 8,949
33 Percy Oct 9, 2020 Drama PG-13 $76,511 8,335
34 Honey Boy Nov 8, 2019 Drama R $72,623 7,911
35 Pray: The Story of Patrick … Oct 9, 2020 Documentary PG $72,347 7,881
36 The Dissident Mar 18, 2021 Documentary PG-13 $57,000 6,209
37 Other Music Apr 17, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $37,191 4,051
38 Best of CatVideoFest Apr 3, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $34,287 3,735
39 RBG May 4, 2018 Documentary PG $34,000 3,704
40 Nick Mason’s Saucerful of S… Mar 10, 2020 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $31,739 3,457
41 After Parkland Feb 12, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $30,444 3,316
42 Tread Feb 21, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $29,136 3,174
43 Midnight Family Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $26,773 2,916
44 The Booksellers Mar 6, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $25,694 2,799
45 Recorder: The Marion Stokes… Nov 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $22,160 2,414
46 La cordillère des songes Feb 12, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $20,943 2,281
47 Les Misérables - The Staged… Dec 6, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $19,606 2,136
48 The Cave Oct 18, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $17,529 1,909
49 Advocate Jan 3, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $16,942 1,846
50 Pahokee Apr 24, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $13,250 1,443
51 The Kingmaker Nov 8, 2019 Documentary R $12,639 1,377
52 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound o… Sep 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $12,148 1,323
53 Akik maradtak Feb 14, 2020 Drama Not Rated $11,862 1,292
54 Twiceborn Oct 16, 2020 Drama PG $11,527 1,256
55 Lost in America Feb 28, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $11,301 1,231
56 Circles: The Restorative Ju… May 15, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $10,260 1,118
57 Foosballers Feb 11, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $9,966 1,086
58 Resistance Apr 17, 2020 Drama R $7,464 813
59 Afterward Jan 10, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $6,477 706
60 Grâce à dieu Feb 22, 2019 Drama Not Rated $6,172 672
61 Human Nature Mar 13, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $5,487 598
62 Storia di B. — La scomparsa… Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $5,363 584
63 Monero Means Money: Cryptoc… Apr 10, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $4,470 487
64 Stuffed Oct 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $3,849 419
65 Chinese Portrait Dec 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,988 325
66 Be Natural: The Untold Stor… Apr 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,791 195
67 Hai Tang Hong Feb 21, 2020 Drama Not Rated $1,107 121
68 Une jeunesse allemande Oct 11, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $509 55
Total Gross of All Movies$40,436,408
Total Tickets Sold4,404,838

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2020. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2020. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

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