Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$91,742,439	14,312,393	$98,469,264
2	March of the Penguins	Documentary	G	$77,437,223	12,080,690	$83,115,147
3	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$75,072,454	11,711,771	$80,576,984
4	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$71,067,437	11,086,964	$76,278,312
5	Cinderella Man	Drama	PG-13	$61,649,911	9,617,771	$66,170,264
6	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$32,849,677	5,124,755	$35,258,314
7	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$23,577,034	3,678,164	$25,305,768
8	North Country	Drama	R	$18,262,201	2,849,017	$19,601,237
9	Munich	Drama	R	$14,270,545	2,226,294	$15,316,903
10	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$12,156,570	1,896,501	$13,047,927
11	Capote	Drama	R	$11,923,513	1,860,142	$12,797,777
12	Domino	Action	R	$10,169,202	1,586,459	$10,914,838
13	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,154,655	1,272,177	$8,752,578
14	Mad Hot Ballroom	Documentary	PG	$8,117,961	1,266,453	$8,713,197
15	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,015,995	1,250,545	$8,603,750
16	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$7,538,256	1,176,015	$8,090,983
17	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,657,557	1,038,620	$7,145,706
18	The Aristocrats	Comedy	Not Rated	$6,361,370	992,413	$6,827,801
19	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,006,150	936,997	$6,446,539
20	Downfall	Drama	R	$5,501,940	858,337	$5,905,359
21	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$5,136,777	801,369	$5,513,419
22	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$4,227,050	659,446	$4,536,988
23	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,071,700	635,211	$4,370,252
24	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$3,694,930	576,432	$3,965,852
25	Kinsey	Drama	R	$3,480,326	542,953	$3,735,517
26	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$3,375,072	526,532	$3,622,540
27	Rize	Documentary	PG-13	$3,278,611	511,484	$3,519,010
28	Grizzly Man	Documentary	R	$3,178,403	495,851	$3,411,455
29	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Documentary	G	$3,041,591	474,507	$3,264,608
30	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,757,946	430,257	$2,960,168
31	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,099,989	327,611	$2,253,964
32	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$1,991,838	310,739	$2,137,884
33	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$1,943,871	303,256	$2,086,401
34	Murderball	Documentary	PG-13	$1,531,154	238,870	$1,643,426
35	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$1,079,433	168,398	$1,158,578
36	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$1,031,472	160,916	$1,107,102
37	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$945,269	147,468	$1,014,580
38	The Rising	Drama	Not Rated	$939,363	146,546	$1,008,236
39	Therese	Drama	PG	$850,520	132,686	$912,880
40	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$849,898	132,589	$912,212
41	First Descent	Documentary	PG-13	$739,690	115,396	$793,924
42	Inside Deep Throat	Documentary	NC-17	$691,880	107,938	$742,613
43	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$653,521	101,953	$701,437
44	Dust to Glory	Documentary	PG	$639,990	99,842	$686,913
45	Gunner Palace	Documentary	PG	$607,502	94,774	$652,045
46	Madison	Drama	PG	$517,262	80,696	$555,188
47	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$487,507	76,054	$523,252
48	Ballets Russes	Documentary	Not Rated	$451,123	70,378	$484,201
49	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$343,243	53,548	$368,410
50	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$312,141	48,696	$335,028
51	Alexander	Adventure	R	$296,887	46,316	$318,654
52	Watermarks	Documentary	Not Rated	$245,845	38,353	$263,869
53	Naked Fame	Documentary	Not Rated	$213,621	33,326	$229,283
54	Mondovino	Documentary	PG-13	$209,618	32,702	$224,990
55	Modigliani	Drama	R	$208,507	32,528	$223,793
56	My Date With Drew	Documentary	PG	$181,041	28,244	$194,319
57	New York Doll	Documentary	PG-13	$176,056	27,466	$188,966
58	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$169,249	26,404	$181,660
59	Mughal-e-Azam	Drama	Not Rated	$161,434	25,185	$173,273
60	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$133,473	20,823	$143,262
61	Deep Blue	Documentary	G	$129,854	20,258	$139,375
62	Music from the Inside Out	Documentary	Not Rated	$124,693	19,453	$133,837
63	It's All Gone Pete Tong	Drama	R	$120,620	18,817	$129,461
64	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$115,236	17,978	$123,689
65	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$113,902	17,769	$122,251
66	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$113,740	17,744	$122,079
67	Darwin's Nightmare	Documentary	Not Rated	$97,614	15,228	$104,769
68	Gay Sex in the 70's	Documentary	Not Rated	$85,625	13,358	$91,903
69	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$80,956	12,630	$86,894
70	The Nomi Song	Documentary	Not Rated	$74,216	11,578	$79,657
71	The Ninth Day	Drama	Not Rated	$72,888	11,371	$78,232
72	Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire	Documentary	Not Rated	$68,249	10,647	$73,251
73	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$65,207	10,173	$69,990
74	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Documentary		$62,109	9,689	$66,660
75	Rock School	Documentary	R	$58,241	9,086	$62,512
76	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$47,542	7,417	$51,029
77	The Tunnel	Drama	Not Rated	$46,296	7,222	$49,687
78	Raging Bull	Drama		$45,250	7,059	$48,566
79	William Eggleston in the Real World	Documentary	Not Rated	$44,435	6,932	$47,692
80	A State of Mind	Documentary	Not Rated	$41,468	6,469	$44,507
81	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$40,584	6,331	$43,557
82	Tell Them Who You Are	Documentary	R	$39,075	6,096	$41,940
83	Monsieur N.	Drama	Not Rated	$37,757	5,890	$40,523
84	After Innocence	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,004	5,617	$38,645
85	The Year of Yao	Documentary	PG	$34,699	5,413	$37,241
86	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$34,514	5,384	$37,042
87	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$29,720	4,637	$31,903
88	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,506	4,447	$30,595
89	Lipstick & Dynamite	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,073	4,068	$27,988
90	39 Pounds of Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,467	3,973	$27,334
91	Emmanuel's Gift	Documentary	G	$23,578	3,678	$25,305
92	Three of Hearts	Documentary	R	$21,429	3,343	$23,000
93	Voices in Wartime	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,702	3,230	$22,222
94	Zizek!	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,117	3,138	$21,589
95	A League of Ordinary Gentlemen	Documentary	R	$18,326	2,859	$19,670
96	Genesis	Documentary	G	$16,413	2,561	$17,620
97	The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew Wasserman	Documentary	PG-13	$15,655	2,442	$16,801
98	One Bright Shining Moment	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,504	2,419	$16,643
99	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,415	2,405	$16,546
100	Up For Grabs	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,931	2,173	$14,950
101	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary		$12,087	1,886	$12,976
102	The President's Last Bang	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$9,724	1,517	$10,437
103	Sunset Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,802	1,373	$9,446
104	Writer of O	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,127	1,268	$8,724
105	Occupation: Dreamland	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,018	1,251	$8,607
106	Aristide and the Endless Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,226	971	$6,680
107	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,460	852	$5,862
108	Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,930	769	$5,291
109	Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$4,433	692	$4,761
110	Sacred Stage	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,410	688	$4,733
111	Howard Zinn	Documentary		$4,020	627	$4,314
112	Swenkas	Documentary		$3,875	605	$4,162
113	Two by Scorsese	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,845	600	$4,128
114	The Aggressives	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,769	588	$4,045
115	Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,238	505	$3,474
116	Stolen Childhoods	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,996	467	$3,213
117	The Optimists	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,377	371	$2,552
118	With God on Our Side	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,806	282	$1,940
119	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary		$1,790	279	$1,920
120	The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,058	165	$1,135
121	The Comedians of Comedy	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$354	55	$378
Total Gross of All Movies				$615,699,848
Total Tickets Sold					96,053,014
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$660,844,736

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2005. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2005. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2004 will most likely earn money in 2004 and 2005. 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.