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Based on Real Life Events Movie Index
Find below a breakdown of all Based on Real Life Events movies by year and first letter.
See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Based on Real Life Events Movies - Top Domestic Based on Real Life Events Movies - Top International Based on Real Life Events Movies - Top Worldwide Based on Real Life Events Movies - Top Domestic Based on Real Life Events Stars - Top International Based on Real Life Events Stars - Top Worldwide Based on Real Life Events Stars
The table below lists the top-grossing Based on Real Life Events movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Based on Real Life Events films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Based on Real Life Events movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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TBD | 315 | ||||
2029 | 2 | ||||
2025 | 6 | ||||
2024 | Annual Stats | 528 | $28,000,000 | $322,875,060 | Bob Marley: One Love |
2023 | Annual Stats | 1,334 | $43,225,000 | $1,717,731,444 | TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR |
2022 | Annual Stats | 1,046 | $35,043,750 | $1,612,568,546 | Chang Jin Hu Zhi Shui Men Qiao (长津湖之水门桥) |
2021 | Annual Stats | 711 | $18,331,250 | $1,381,191,971 | Chang jin hu |
2020 | Annual Stats | 767 | $13,083,333 | $647,393,619 | Ba bai |
2019 | Annual Stats | 786 | $35,180,556 | $3,025,791,964 | Wo he wo de zu guo |
2018 | Annual Stats | 679 | $19,227,826 | $2,331,899,580 | Bohemian Rhapsody |
2017 | Annual Stats | 677 | $18,593,870 | $1,696,872,485 | The Greatest Showman |
2016 | Annual Stats | 663 | $22,812,931 | $1,751,356,609 | Dangal |
2015 | Annual Stats | 517 | $13,100,854 | $1,503,198,029 | Everest |
2014 | Annual Stats | 337 | $6,318,520 | $542,526,980 | Myeong-ryang |
2013 | Annual Stats | 334 | $16,642,308 | $1,760,756,860 | American Hustle |
2012 | Annual Stats | 280 | $19,435,000 | $981,593,541 | The Vow |
2011 | Annual Stats | 244 | $14,502,727 | $915,803,582 | Sanctum |
2010 | Annual Stats | 272 | $18,896,154 | $1,039,625,133 | The Social Network |
2009 | Annual Stats | 132 | $17,668,333 | $1,015,560,828 | Michael Jackson's This Is It |
2008 | Annual Stats | 182 | $14,362,069 | $770,495,959 | Valkyrie |
2007 | Annual Stats | 156 | $13,604,545 | $726,080,917 | La Môme |
2006 | Annual Stats | 139 | $20,824,833 | $1,528,436,574 | The Pursuit of Happyness |
2005 | Annual Stats | 100 | $15,005,767 | $990,283,843 | Walk the Line |
2004 | Annual Stats | 104 | $27,814,375 | $1,377,591,052 | Fahrenheit 9/11 |
2003 | Annual Stats | 65 | $12,023,077 | $494,943,333 | Calendar Girls |
2002 | Annual Stats | 35 | $4,100,000 | $350,120,290 | Space Station |
2001 | Annual Stats | 22 | $81,100,000 | $711,753,687 | Pearl Harbor |
2000 | Annual Stats | 36 | $35,285,714 | $798,065,391 | Erin Brockovich |
1999 | Annual Stats | 41 | $19,432,250 | $412,788,890 | The Hurricane |
1998 | Annual Stats | 25 | $26,400,000 | $553,823,409 | Patch Adams |
1997 | Annual Stats | 26 | $30,816,667 | $384,119,050 | Seven Years in Tibet |
1996 | Annual Stats | 24 | $21,322,222 | $220,596,318 | The Ghost and the Darkness |
1995 | Annual Stats | 23 | $37,500,000 | $813,305,368 | Pocahontas |
1994 | 13 | $22,900,000 | $119,261,390 | Wyatt Earp | |
1993 | 10 | $19,000,000 | $600,215,350 | Schindler’s List | |
1992 | 11 | $35,000,000 | $63,336,883 | Hoffa | |
1991 | 17 | $20,017,500 | $154,996,818 | Antarctica | |
1990 | 3 | ||||
1989 | 9 | $140,000 | $102,299,289 | To the Limit | |
1988 | 11 | $84,681,639 | Mississippi Burning | ||
1987 | 5 | $4,200,000 | $60,588,429 | La Bamba | |
1986 | 8 | $20,820,797 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling | ||
1985 | 12 | $129,019,450 | The Dream is Alive | ||
1984 | 10 | $248,501,599 | Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets | ||
1983 | 8 | $21,026,166 | Richard Pryor Here and Now | ||
1982 | 10 | $22,000,000 | $169,782,167 | Gandhi | |
1981 | 13 | $19,500,000 | $112,699,801 | Chariots of Fire | |
1980 | 11 | $22,666,667 | $136,391,354 | Coal Miner’s Daughter | |
1979 | 6 | $170,000 | $16,937,413 | Dirt | |
1978 | 4 | $11,000,000 | $34,489,298 | F.I.S.T | |
1977 | 5 | $16,331,062 | MacArthur | ||
1976 | 9 | $66,456,923 | Midway | ||
1975 | 5 | $40,118,035 | Funny Lady | ||
1974 | 7 | $71,464,515 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | ||
1973 | 7 | $4,638,783 | $11,129,560 | Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | |
1972 | 2 | $587,818 | Elvis on Tour | ||
1971 | 5 | $13,082 | Le chagrin et la pitié | ||
1970 | 9 | $600,000 | $34,827,303 | Woodstock | |
1969 | 6 | $3,220,073 | Che! | ||
1968 | 4 | $22,344,705 | The Lion in Winter | ||
1967 | 6 | $2,500,000 | $50,727,286 | Bonnie and Clyde | |
1966 | 4 | $3,700,000 | The Singing Nun | ||
1965 | 5 | $10,802 | The Endless Summer | ||
1964 | 2 | ||||
1963 | 5 | $23,000,000 | $82,973,397 | Cleopatra | |
1962 | 4 | $10,000,000 | $50,100,000 | The Longest Day | |
1961 | 3 | $3,000,000 | $24,483,352 | King of Kings | |
1960 | 5 | $107,802 | Jazz on a Summer’s Day | ||
1959 | 1 | $10,203 | India: Matri Bhumi | ||
1958 | 1 | ||||
1957 | 4 | $92,055 | Le mystère Picasso | ||
1956 | 1 | $11,049 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | ||
1955 | 4 | $12,987 | The Dam Busters | ||
1954 | 1 | ||||
1953 | 5 | $11,828 | Calamity Jane | ||
1952 | 2 | $2,750,000 | Million Dollar Mermaid | ||
1951 | 1 | $4,500,000 | The Great Caruso | ||
1950 | 1 | ||||
1948 | 1 | ||||
1947 | 1 | $66,081 | Monsieur Verdoux | ||
1944 | 2 | ||||
1943 | 2 | ||||
1942 | 3 | $16,200,000 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | ||
1941 | 1 | $16,400,000 | Sergeant York | ||
1940 | 2 | $5,247 | De Mayerling à Sarajevo | ||
1939 | 3 | ||||
1938 | 1 | $2,894,758 | Alexander Nevsky | ||
1937 | 1 | ||||
1936 | 3 | $1,200,000 | |||
1934 | 2 | ||||
1932 | 1 | ||||
1931 | 2 | ||||
1930 | 1 | ||||
1929 | 1 | $2,684,952 | Napoléon | ||
1927 | 1 | $133,826 | The Epic of Everest | ||
1926 | 1 | $2,993 | Moana | ||
1922 | 1 | ||||
1919 | 2 | $46,865 | South | ||
1918 | 1 | $9,685 | Godovshchina revolyutsii | ||
Total | 10,920 | $19,404,449 | $34,978,626,399 | Chang jin hu |
The table below shows the highest-grossing Based on Real Life Events movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Based on Real Life Events movies beginning with that letter.
Index | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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( | 1 | |||
0 | 2 | $218,545 | 07:19 La Hora del Temblor | |
1 | 60 | $13,000,000 | $200,918,394 | 1921 |
2 | 45 | $1,000,000 | $29,736,368 | 28 panfilovtsev |
3 | 18 | $1,255,668 | 35 Up | |
4 | 15 | $15,950,000 | $100,698,278 | 42 |
5 | 24 | $7,270,000 | $43,978,308 | 50/50 |
6 | 4 | $800,757 | 63 Up | |
7 | 10 | $9,740,822 | 7 Days in Entebbe | |
8 | 12 | $15,250,000 | $63,942,864 | 80 for Brady |
9 | 10 | $25,682,973 | 9th Company | |
A | 674 | $32,160,714 | $1,733,272,561 | American Hustle |
B | 830 | $13,349,556 | $3,284,573,183 | Bohemian Rhapsody |
C | 687 | $18,736,842 | $3,129,321,972 | Chang jin hu |
D | 511 | $21,614,545 | $1,450,065,310 | Dangal |
E | 357 | $46,643,750 | $1,575,080,274 | Elvis |
F | 459 | $12,981,229 | $1,207,737,446 | Fahrenheit 9/11 |
G | 435 | $22,925,000 | $1,960,985,764 | The Greatest Showman |
H | 408 | $12,866,000 | $958,184,764 | Hacksaw Ridge |
I | 412 | $16,642,241 | $949,585,133 | The Impossible |
J | 267 | $19,800,000 | $1,174,817,563 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa |
K | 266 | $13,128,571 | $337,659,956 | King Richard |
L | 514 | $16,413,824 | $886,063,598 | Lie huo ying xiong |
M | 799 | $20,077,844 | $2,395,440,068 | Michael Jackson's This Is It |
N | 283 | $38,033,333 | $559,687,949 | Napoleon |
O | 281 | $26,120,000 | $1,093,905,124 | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood |
P | 507 | $24,840,439 | $2,223,448,986 | Pearl Harbor |
Q | 51 | $25,500,000 | $142,875,139 | The Queen |
R | 479 | $20,137,083 | $1,298,732,687 | Rocketman |
S | 937 | $12,457,851 | $2,643,973,987 | Schindler’s List |
T | 518 | $13,454,308 | $1,229,468,558 | TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR |
U | 223 | $20,538,889 | $378,943,231 | Unstoppable |
V | 176 | $28,757,143 | $718,810,271 | Valkyrie |
W | 458 | $20,673,077 | $1,898,576,377 | Wo he wo de zu guo |
X | 12 | $30,000,000 | $11,541,622 | Xinhai geming |
Y | 113 | $36,533,333 | $569,528,789 | Yip Man 4 |
Z | 62 | $25,166,667 | $689,373,110 | Zhongguo jizhang |