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Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2023
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2023 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Sound of Freedom |
Jul 4, 2023 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$184,178,046 |
17,085,161 |
| 2 |
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR |
Oct 13, 2023 |
Concert/Perfor… |
PG-13 |
$180,560,779 |
16,749,608 |
| 3 |
Cocaine Bear |
Feb 24, 2023 |
Black Comedy |
R |
$64,670,240 |
5,999,095 |
| 4 |
Napoleon |
Nov 22, 2023 |
Drama |
R |
$60,534,093 |
5,615,408 |
| 5 |
AIR |
Apr 5, 2023 |
Drama |
R |
$52,460,106 |
4,866,429 |
| 6 |
Jesus Revolution |
Feb 24, 2023 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$52,102,987 |
4,833,301 |
| 7 |
Gran Turismo: Based on a Tr… |
Aug 25, 2023 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$44,428,554 |
4,121,387 |
| 8 |
80 for Brady |
Feb 3, 2023 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$39,448,525 |
3,659,418 |
| 9 |
RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYO… |
Dec 1, 2023 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$33,223,373 |
3,081,945 |
| 10 |
The Pope’s Exorcist |
Apr 14, 2023 |
Horror |
R |
$20,009,380 |
1,856,158 |
| 11 |
The Blind |
Sep 28, 2023 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$17,265,487 |
1,601,622 |
| 12 |
The Iron Claw |
Jan 24, 2024 |
Drama |
R |
$15,964,922 |
1,480,976 |
| 13 |
After Death |
Oct 27, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$11,477,621 |
1,064,714 |
| 14 |
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Da… |
Dec 23, 2022 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$10,451,167 |
969,496 |
| 15 |
The Hill |
Aug 25, 2023 |
Drama |
PG |
$7,665,865 |
711,119 |
| 16 |
Big George Foreman: The Mir… |
Apr 28, 2023 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$5,426,772 |
503,411 |
| 17 |
The Fabelmans |
Nov 23, 2022 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$5,236,585 |
485,768 |
| 18 |
Golda |
Aug 25, 2023 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$4,801,781 |
445,434 |
| 19 |
Chevalier |
Apr 21, 2023 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$3,541,159 |
328,493 |
| 20 |
Blackberry |
May 12, 2023 |
Comedy |
R |
$2,418,546 |
224,354 |
| 21 |
The Lost King |
Dec 26, 2022 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$1,188,032 |
110,207 |
| 22 |
Emily |
Feb 17, 2023 |
Drama |
R |
$1,097,067 |
101,768 |
| 23 |
The Domino Revival |
Oct 24, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$851,398 |
78,979 |
| 24 |
It Ain’t Over |
May 12, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG |
$705,355 |
65,431 |
| 25 |
Sweetwater |
Apr 14, 2023 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$541,633 |
50,244 |
| 26 |
The Zone of Interest |
Jan 19, 2024 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$463,787 |
43,022 |
| 27 |
Under the Sea 3D |
Feb 13, 2009 |
Documentary |
G |
$463,240 |
42,972 |
| 28 |
Carlos |
Sep 23, 2023 |
Documentary |
R |
$432,479 |
40,118 |
| 29 |
Elvis |
Jun 24, 2022 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$376,105 |
34,889 |
| 30 |
Turn Every Page: The Advent… |
Dec 30, 2022 |
Documentary |
PG |
$327,630 |
30,392 |
| 31 |
Wild Life |
Apr 14, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$325,936 |
30,235 |
| 32 |
The Inventor |
Jan 31, 2024 |
Adventure |
PG |
$306,385 |
28,421 |
| 33 |
Southern Gospel |
Mar 10, 2023 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$293,436 |
27,220 |
| 34 |
Every Body |
Jun 30, 2023 |
Documentary |
R |
$276,415 |
25,641 |
| 35 |
The Essential Church |
Jul 28, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$250,000 |
23,191 |
| 36 |
Common Ground |
Sep 29, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG |
$246,931 |
22,906 |
| 37 |
Saint Omer |
Nov 23, 2022 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$213,953 |
19,847 |
| 38 |
I Can |
Sep 22, 2023 |
Drama |
PG |
$203,795 |
18,904 |
| 39 |
Born to be Wild 3D |
Apr 8, 2011 |
Documentary |
G |
$199,734 |
18,528 |
| 40 |
Hubble 3D |
Mar 19, 2010 |
Documentary |
G |
$152,985 |
14,192 |
| 41 |
The Woman King |
Sep 16, 2022 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$149,862 |
13,902 |
| 42 |
Path Of The Panther |
Feb 24, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG |
$142,012 |
13,173 |
| 43 |
Lakota Nation vs. United St… |
Jul 14, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$89,101 |
8,265 |
| 44 |
Kokomo City |
Jul 28, 2023 |
Documentary |
R |
$77,278 |
7,168 |
| 45 |
The League |
Jul 14, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG |
$70,038 |
6,497 |
| 46 |
I Heard the Bells |
Dec 1, 2022 |
Drama |
PG |
$67,407 |
6,252 |
| 47 |
The Mission |
Oct 13, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$58,639 |
5,439 |
| 48 |
Fire of Love |
Jul 6, 2022 |
Documentary |
PG |
$56,332 |
5,225 |
| 49 |
Deep Sea 3D |
Mar 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
G |
$52,218 |
4,844 |
| 50 |
Black Ice |
Jul 14, 2023 |
Documentary |
R |
$47,362 |
4,393 |
| 51 |
The Disappearance of Shere … |
Nov 17, 2023 |
Documentary |
R |
$46,472 |
4,310 |
| 52 |
Stop Making Sense |
Oct 19, 1984 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$45,413 |
4,212 |
| 53 |
Make Me Famous |
Jun 22, 2023 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$37,275 |
3,457 |
| 54 |
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar |
Apr 4, 2014 |
Documentary |
G |
$34,164 |
3,169 |
| 55 |
Pandas |
Apr 6, 2018 |
Documentary |
G |
$32,774 |
3,040 |
| 56 |
Bobi Wine: The People's Pre… |
Sep 1, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$30,263 |
2,807 |
| 57 |
To the Arctic 3D |
Apr 20, 2012 |
Documentary |
G |
$28,574 |
2,651 |
| 58 |
Armageddon Time |
Oct 28, 2022 |
Drama |
R |
$12,575 |
1,167 |
| 59 |
Beyond Utopia |
Oct 27, 2023 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$11,716 |
1,086 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $825,871,759 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 76,611,461 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2023.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2023.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
