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Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2020

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2020 GrossTickets 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 Sold3,473,150

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2020. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2020. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

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

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