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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)
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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Real Life Events movies based on the cumulative worldwide 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 | Worldwide Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | 2013 | The Saratov Approach | $2,146,998 | $2,146,998 | |
| 1,002 | 2016 | Born to Be Blue | $2,145,764 | $755,153 | $1,390,611 |
| 1,003 | 2025 | Fuori | $2,135,639 | $2,135,639 | |
| 1,004 | 2015 | The Wolfpack | $2,133,019 | $1,301,696 | $831,323 |
| 1,005 | 2007 | Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia | $2,130,465 | $2,130,465 | |
| 1,006 | 2012 | Heleno | $2,126,384 | $2,126,384 | |
| 1,007 | 2021 | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | $2,104,733 | $2,104,733 | |
| 1,008 | 2018 | Hurricane | $2,100,189 | $2,100,189 | |
| 1,009 | 2008 | The Meerkats | $2,100,000 | $2,100,000 | |
| 1,010 | 2024 | The Ark and the Darkness | $2,097,560 | $2,097,560 | |
| 1,011 | 1982 | It Came From Hollywood | $2,091,037 | $2,091,037 | |
| 1,012 | 2014 | Awake: The Life of Yogananda | $2,083,186 | $1,511,750 | $571,436 |
| 1,013 | 2016 | I’m Not Ashamed | $2,082,980 | $2,082,980 | |
| 1,014 | 2019 | Fahim | $2,075,648 | $2,075,648 | |
| 1,015 | 2021 | Flee | $2,062,173 | $339,754 | $1,722,419 |
| 1,016 | 2019 | Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love | $2,061,876 | $1,013,820 | $1,048,056 |
| 1,017 | 2019 | Trautmann | $2,056,577 | $2,056,577 | |
| 1,018 | 2015 | Jag är Ingrid | $2,056,549 | $138,148 | $1,918,401 |
| 1,019 | 1999 | Beyond the Mat | $2,047,570 | $2,047,570 | |
| 1,020 | 1996 | Snowriders | $2,035,470 | $2,035,470 | |
| 1,021 | 2020 | All My Life | $2,024,063 | $913,935 | $1,110,128 |
| 1,022 | 2020 | Kinky Boots - The Musical | $2,014,348 | $2,014,348 | |
| 1,023 | 2020 | Misbehaviour | $2,014,253 | $2,014,253 | |
| 1,024 | 2024 | Monsieur Aznavour | $2,011,352 | $2,011,352 | |
| 1,025 | 2020 | Echo Boomers | $2,003,433 | $2,003,433 | |
| 1,026 | 2016 | Greater | $2,000,093 | $2,000,093 | |
| 1,027 | 2006 | Shut Up and Sing | $2,000,043 | $1,215,045 | $784,998 |
| 1,028 | 1969 | Che! | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 1,029 | 2016 | Masaryk | $1,999,760 | $1,999,760 | |
| 1,030 | 2024 | Escape From Germany | $1,997,845 | $1,997,845 | |
| 1,031 | 2016 | 1898. Los últimos de Filipinas | $1,995,045 | $2,848 | $1,992,197 |
| 1,032 | 1996 | Surviving Picasso | $1,993,899 | $1,993,899 | |
| 1,033 | 2020 | \'83 | $1,993,594 | $1,993,594 | |
| 1,034 | 2018 | Aïlo: Une odyssée en Laponie | $1,991,158 | $1,991,158 | |
| 1,035 | 1997 | Paradise Road | $1,990,257 | $1,990,257 | |
| 1,036 | 2014 | 20,000 Days on Earth | $1,979,773 | $279,558 | $1,700,215 |
| 1,037 | 1995 | Endless Winter | $1,966,454 | $1,966,454 | |
| 1,038 | 2016 | L'outsider | $1,966,165 | $1,966,165 | |
| 1,039 | 2010 | Lebanon | $1,964,789 | $368,088 | $1,596,701 |
| 1,040 | 2017 | Mountain | $1,961,092 | $364,429 | $1,596,663 |
| 1,041 | 2015 | Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck | $1,960,196 | $140,208 | $1,819,988 |
| 1,042 | 1999 | The Source | $1,956,822 | $362,357 | $1,594,465 |
| 1,043 | 2015 | San cheng ji | $1,950,194 | $1,950,194 | |
| 1,044 | 2019 | Mrs. Lowry And Son | $1,949,666 | $1,949,666 | |
| 1,045 | 2008 | Bezerra de Menezes: O Diário de um Espírito | $1,948,185 | $1,948,185 | |
| 1,046 | 2017 | Maria Sklodowska Curie | $1,944,253 | $127,993 | $1,816,260 |
| 1,047 | 2019 | Baesimwondeul | $1,941,342 | $1,941,342 | |
| 1,048 | 2021 | Show Me the Father | $1,918,911 | $1,803,226 | $115,685 |
| 1,049 | 2012 | First Position | $1,909,901 | $908,235 | $1,001,666 |
| 1,050 | 2017 | Professor Marston & The Wonder Women | $1,908,425 | $1,585,362 | $323,063 |
| 1,051 | 2023 | André Rieu 2023 Maastricht Concert: Love is All… | $1,904,486 | $1,904,486 | |
| 1,052 | 2018 | Roma | $1,903,062 | $1,903,062 | |
| 1,053 | 2017 | Kurtlar Vadisi: Vatan | $1,893,015 | $1,893,015 | |
| 1,054 | 2011 | The Mighty Macs | $1,891,936 | $1,891,936 | |
| 1,055 | 2019 | Lourdes | $1,891,305 | $197,702 | $1,693,603 |
| 1,056 | 2008 | Sans Arme, Ni Haine, Ni Violence | $1,891,002 | $1,891,002 | |
| 1,057 | 2006 | Why We Fight | $1,880,863 | $1,880,863 | |
| 1,058 | 2019 | 2040 | $1,876,923 | $1,876,923 | |
| 1,059 | 2024 | Andre Rieu’s 2024 Maastricht Concert: Power of … | $1,872,703 | $1,872,703 | |
| 1,060 | 2016 | La Danseuse | $1,872,314 | $1,872,314 | |
| 1,061 | 2017 | Gongbeom Jadeul | $1,870,581 | $1,870,581 | |
| 1,062 | 2023 | Louis Tomlinson: All Of Those Voices | $1,858,888 | $1,858,888 | |
| 1,063 | 2022 | Lie Tue (猎屠) | $1,850,000 | $1,850,000 | |
| 1,064 | 2006 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | $1,849,392 | $1,678,874 | $170,518 |
| 1,065 | 2011 | Gerry | $1,844,754 | $1,844,754 | |
| 1,066 | 2021 | Mijn beste vriendin Anne Frank | $1,837,162 | $1,837,162 | |
| 1,067 | 2013 | Rasputin | $1,834,763 | $1,834,763 | |
| 1,068 | 2022 | Dante | $1,831,733 | $1,831,733 | |
| 1,069 | 2020 | Kalashnikov | $1,827,799 | $1,827,799 | |
| 1,070 | 2001 | Startup.com | $1,827,627 | $1,280,975 | $546,652 |
| 1,071 | 2023 | André Rieu Live in Dublin | $1,826,384 | $1,826,384 | |
| 1,072 | 2001 | N'sync: Bigger than Live | $1,808,679 | $1,808,679 | |
| 1,073 | 2017 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White H… | $1,806,266 | $768,646 | $1,037,620 |
| 1,074 | 2018 | The Taste of Apple | $1,799,319 | $1,799,319 | |
| 1,075 | 1999 | Tumbleweeds | $1,788,168 | $1,350,248 | $437,920 |
| 1,076 | 2017 | Human Flow | $1,781,380 | $527,845 | $1,253,535 |
| 1,077 | 2006 | The Notorious Bettie Page | $1,779,570 | $1,415,082 | $364,488 |
| 1,078 | 2019 | Lev Yashin. Vratar moey mechty | $1,778,723 | $1,778,723 | |
| 1,079 | 1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | $1,773,648 | $1,773,648 | |
| 1,080 | 2005 | Murderball | $1,772,979 | $1,531,154 | $241,825 |
| 1,081 | 2019 | Chiara Ferragni - Unposted | $1,770,900 | $1,770,900 | |
| 1,082 | 2018 | El Potro, lo mejor del amor | $1,769,897 | $1,769,897 | |
| 1,083 | 2016 | Elvis & Nixon | $1,766,703 | $1,055,284 | $711,419 |
| 1,084 | 2024 | The Firing Squad | $1,757,110 | $1,757,110 | |
| 1,085 | 2024 | 2 Win | $1,752,550 | $1,752,550 | |
| 1,086 | 2016 | Weiner | $1,751,120 | $1,675,196 | $75,924 |
| 1,087 | 2024 | Komandir (Командир) | $1,744,729 | $1,744,729 | |
| 1,088 | 2024 | My Dearest Fu Bao (안녕, 할부지) | $1,743,002 | $4,413 | $1,738,589 |
| 1,089 | 2021 | Joe Bell | $1,737,406 | $1,405,488 | $331,918 |
| 1,090 | 2023 | Anselm: Das Rauschen der Zeit | $1,725,753 | $508,895 | $1,216,858 |
| 1,091 | 2014 | Tim's Vermeer | $1,724,484 | $1,670,806 | $53,678 |
| 1,092 | 2007 | Sharkwater | $1,720,833 | $850,920 | $869,913 |
| 1,093 | 2020 | The King of Staten Island | $1,709,573 | $1,709,573 | |
| 1,094 | 2000 | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | $1,703,901 | $1,703,901 | |
| 1,095 | 2022 | Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song | $1,702,600 | $1,062,603 | $639,997 |
| 1,096 | 2015 | Meet the Patels | $1,700,680 | $1,700,680 | |
| 1,097 | 2021 | Qui rido io | $1,694,059 | $1,694,059 | |
| 1,098 | 2002 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | $1,693,676 | $1,615,732 | $77,944 |
| 1,099 | 2023 | Nefes: Yer Eksi Iki | $1,687,295 | $1,687,295 | |
| 1,100 | 2022 | All The Beauty And The Bloodshed | $1,684,612 | $500,082 | $1,184,530 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.