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Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2020
Rank | Movie | Release Date |
Genre | MPAA Rating | 2020 Gross | Tickets Sold |
1 |
I Still Believe |
Mar 13, 2020 |
Drama |
PG |
$10,410,004 |
1,133,987 |
2 |
Bombshell |
Feb 7, 2020 |
Drama |
R |
$7,172,836 |
781,354 |
3 |
The Last Full Measure |
Jan 24, 2020 |
Drama |
R |
$2,949,212 |
321,264 |
4 |
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywo… |
Jul 26, 2019 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$1,406,198 |
153,180 |
5 |
2 Hearts |
Oct 16, 2020 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$1,349,284 |
146,980 |
6 |
Yip Man 4 |
Dec 25, 2019 |
Action |
Not Rated |
$1,089,355 |
118,666 |
7 |
All My Life |
Dec 4, 2020 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$899,585 |
97,994 |
8 |
Chhapaak |
Jan 10, 2020 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$604,334 |
65,831 |
9 |
Harriet |
Nov 1, 2019 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$534,455 |
58,219 |
10 |
A Hidden Life |
Feb 7, 2020 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$456,268 |
49,702 |
11 |
Once Were Brothers: Robbie … |
Feb 21, 2020 |
Documentary |
R |
$449,561 |
48,971 |
12 |
Seberg |
Dec 13, 2019 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$448,009 |
48,802 |
13 |
Les misérables |
Aug 30, 2019 |
Drama |
R |
$330,181 |
35,967 |
14 |
Midway |
Nov 7, 2019 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$299,520 |
32,627 |
15 |
Il Traditore |
May 23, 2019 |
Drama |
R |
$296,027 |
32,246 |
16 |
Judy |
Sep 27, 2019 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$292,206 |
31,830 |
17 |
Created Equal: Clarence Tho… |
Jan 31, 2020 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$282,149 |
30,735 |
18 |
The Doors: Break on Thru — … |
Feb 12, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$186,920 |
20,361 |
19 |
63 Up |
Nov 27, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$183,940 |
20,037 |
20 |
Cunningham |
Dec 13, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG |
$163,020 |
17,758 |
21 |
Ammonite |
Nov 13, 2020 |
Drama |
R |
$160,930 |
17,530 |
22 |
A Call to Spy |
Oct 2, 2020 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$159,014 |
17,321 |
23 |
Incitement |
Sep 26, 2019 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Not Rated |
$140,306 |
15,283 |
24 |
Burden |
Feb 28, 2020 |
Drama |
R |
$139,270 |
15,171 |
25 |
The Times of Bill Cunningham |
Feb 14, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$134,288 |
14,628 |
26 |
Fantastic Fungi |
Sep 20, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$129,130 |
14,066 |
27 |
Honeyland |
Jul 26, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$102,719 |
11,189 |
28 |
Citizen K |
Nov 22, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$101,762 |
11,085 |
29 |
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes |
Oct 4, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$99,508 |
10,839 |
30 |
Tesla |
Aug 21, 2020 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$93,147 |
10,146 |
31 |
On the Basis of Sex |
Dec 25, 2018 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$82,150 |
8,948 |
32 |
Percy |
Oct 9, 2020 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$76,511 |
8,334 |
33 |
Pray: The Story of Patrick … |
Oct 9, 2020 |
Documentary |
PG |
$72,347 |
7,880 |
34 |
The Dissident |
Mar 18, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$57,000 |
6,209 |
35 |
No Safe Spaces |
Dec 6, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$51,303 |
5,588 |
36 |
Other Music |
Apr 17, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$37,191 |
4,051 |
37 |
Best of CatVideoFest |
Apr 3, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$34,287 |
3,734 |
38 |
RBG |
May 4, 2018 |
Documentary |
PG |
$34,000 |
3,703 |
39 |
Honey Boy |
Nov 8, 2019 |
Drama |
R |
$32,516 |
3,542 |
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 |
3,173 |
43 |
The Booksellers |
Mar 6, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$25,694 |
2,798 |
44 |
Midnight Family |
Dec 6, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$22,327 |
2,432 |
45 |
La cordillère des songes |
Feb 12, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$20,943 |
2,281 |
46 |
Recorder: The Marion Stokes… |
Nov 15, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$19,109 |
2,081 |
47 |
The Cave |
Oct 18, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$17,529 |
1,909 |
48 |
Pahokee |
Apr 24, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$13,250 |
1,443 |
49 |
Akik maradtak |
Feb 14, 2020 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$11,862 |
1,292 |
50 |
Twiceborn |
Oct 16, 2020 |
Drama |
PG |
$11,527 |
1,255 |
51 |
Les Misérables - The Staged… |
Dec 6, 2019 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$11,394 |
1,241 |
52 |
Lost in America |
Feb 28, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,301 |
1,231 |
53 |
Circles: The Restorative Ju… |
May 15, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,260 |
1,117 |
54 |
Foosballers |
Feb 11, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$9,966 |
1,085 |
55 |
Advocate |
Jan 3, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,790 |
848 |
56 |
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound o… |
Sep 6, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$7,763 |
845 |
57 |
Resistance |
Apr 17, 2020 |
Drama |
R |
$7,464 |
813 |
58 |
The Kingmaker |
Nov 8, 2019 |
Documentary |
R |
$7,334 |
798 |
59 |
Afterward |
Jan 10, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,477 |
705 |
60 |
Grâce à dieu |
Feb 22, 2019 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$5,980 |
651 |
61 |
Human Nature |
Mar 13, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,487 |
597 |
62 |
Storia di B. — La scomparsa… |
Dec 6, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,658 |
507 |
63 |
Monero Means Money: Cryptoc… |
Apr 10, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,470 |
486 |
64 |
Stuffed |
Oct 16, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,849 |
419 |
65 |
Chinese Portrait |
Dec 13, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,894 |
315 |
66 |
Be Natural: The Untold Stor… |
Apr 19, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,467 |
159 |
67 |
Hai Tang Hong |
Feb 21, 2020 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$1,107 |
120 |
68 |
Une jeunesse allemande |
Oct 11, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$166 |
18 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $31,883,830 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 3,473,150 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2020.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2020.
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