Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Radio	Drama	PG	$51,801,566	8,590,641	$59,103,610
2	The Pianist	Drama	R	$31,518,811	5,227,000	$35,961,760
3	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,713,110	2,605,823	$17,928,062
4	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$15,283,482	2,534,574	$17,437,869
5	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$14,959,579	2,480,859	$17,068,310
6	Winged Migration	Documentary	G	$10,762,178	1,784,772	$12,279,231
7	Tupac Resurrection	Documentary	R	$7,718,961	1,280,093	$8,807,040
8	Luther	Drama	PG-13	$5,781,086	958,721	$6,596,000
9	Spellbound (2003)	Documentary	G	$5,728,581	950,013	$6,536,089
10	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$5,545,141	919,592	$6,326,793
11	Frida	Drama	R	$4,595,921	762,176	$5,243,771
12	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,374,388	725,437	$4,991,007
13	Step Into Liquid	Documentary	PG	$3,681,803	610,581	$4,200,797
14	Capturing the Friedmans	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,117,985	517,079	$3,557,504
15	Rivers and Tides	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,198,237	364,550	$2,508,104
16	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$2,105,024	349,092	$2,401,753
17	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,874,005	310,780	$2,138,166
18	Veronica Guerin	Drama	R	$1,569,918	260,351	$1,791,215
19	Sylvia	Drama	R	$1,302,242	215,961	$1,485,812
20	Wonderland	Drama	R	$1,056,102	175,141	$1,204,970
21	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$731,387	121,291	$834,482
22	Lost in La Mancha	Documentary	R	$727,733	120,685	$830,313
23	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$683,331	113,322	$779,655
24	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$620,689	102,933	$708,179
25	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$587,978	97,509	$670,862
26	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$545,153	90,407	$622,000
27	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$500,877	83,064	$571,480
28	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$482,900	80,083	$550,971
29	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$440,496	73,051	$502,591
30	Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony	Documentary	PG-13	$398,981	66,166	$455,222
31	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,051	64,851	$446,175
32	Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary	Documentary	PG	$376,886	62,502	$430,014
33	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$375,249	62,230	$428,142
34	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$366,039	60,703	$417,637
35	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$284,720	47,217	$324,853
36	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$276,427	45,842	$315,393
37	Bonhoeffer	Documentary		$271,237	44,981	$309,469
38	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$265,482	44,027	$302,906
39	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$256,477	42,533	$292,627
40	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$167,340	27,751	$190,927
41	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns	Documentary		$160,621	26,637	$183,263
42	Billabong Odyssey	Documentary	PG	$155,500	25,788	$177,421
43	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$121,923	20,219	$139,107
44	Fellini: I�m a Born Liar (Fellini: Sono un Gran Bugiardo)	Documentary		$106,080	17,592	$121,033
45	Monster	Drama	R	$103,599	17,181	$118,205
46	Stevie	Documentary	R	$97,044	16,094	$110,727
47	Only the Strong Survive	Documentary	PG-13	$57,322	9,506	$65,401
48	A Decade Under the Influence	Documentary	R	$34,514	5,724	$39,381
49	Girlhood	Documentary		$28,767	4,771	$32,824
50	7th Street	Documentary		$15,629	2,592	$17,833
51	Venus Boyz	Documentary		$15,171	2,516	$17,310
52	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$12,433	2,062	$14,187
53	Hybrid	Documentary	R	$12,035	1,996	$13,732
54	Cinemania	Documentary		$11,305	1,875	$12,900
55	The Backyard	Documentary		$3,200	531	$3,653
56	The Ballad of Bering Strait	Documentary		$1,440	239	$1,644
Total Gross of All Movies				$200,375,136
Total Tickets Sold					33,229,707
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$228,620,384

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2003. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2003. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2002 will most likely earn money in 2002 and 2003. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

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