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Box Office Performance for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies in 2015

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2015 GrossTickets Sold
1 American Sniper Dec 25, 2014 Drama R $347,897,084 41,268,930
2 Pitch Perfect 2 May 15, 2015 Comedy PG-13 $184,296,230 21,861,949
3 Black Mass Sep 18, 2015 Drama R $62,575,678 7,422,974
4 The Imitation Game Nov 28, 2014 Drama PG-13 $60,653,053 7,194,905
5 Unbroken Dec 25, 2014 Drama PG-13 $53,371,650 6,331,157
6 The Big Short Dec 11, 2015 Drama R $33,055,481 3,921,172
7 A Walk in the Woods Sep 2, 2015 Adventure R $29,499,394 3,499,334
8 Wild Dec 3, 2014 Drama R $18,137,709 2,151,567
9 Steve Jobs Oct 9, 2015 Drama R $17,766,658 2,107,551
10 Concussion Dec 25, 2015 Drama PG-13 $17,420,369 2,066,473
11 The 33 Nov 13, 2015 Drama PG-13 $12,049,242 1,429,328
12 The Theory of Everything Nov 7, 2014 Drama PG-13 $11,121,187 1,319,239
13 90 Minutes in Heaven Sep 11, 2015 Drama PG-13 $4,816,142 571,309
14 True Story Apr 17, 2015 Drama R $4,719,695 559,869
15 Spare Parts Jan 16, 2015 Drama PG-13 $3,618,912 429,289
16 Learning to Drive Aug 21, 2015 Drama R $3,447,633 408,971
17 Captive Sep 18, 2015 Drama PG-13 $2,583,301 306,441
18 Truth Oct 16, 2015 Thriller/Suspense R $2,517,245 298,605
19 My All-American Nov 13, 2015 Drama PG $2,246,000 266,429
20 Testament of Youth Jun 5, 2015 Drama PG-13 $1,822,250 216,162
21 Lang Tu Teng Feb 13, 2015 Adventure PG-13 $212,616 25,221
22 Merchants of Doubt Mar 6, 2015 Documentary PG-13 $192,362 22,818
23 The End of the Tour Jul 31, 2015 Drama R $83,196 9,869
24 This Changes Everything Oct 2, 2015 Documentary Not Rated $16,692 1,980
25 Concerning Violence Dec 5, 2014 Documentary Not Rated $5,439 645
Total Gross of All Movies$874,125,218
Total Tickets Sold103,692,187

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2015. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2015. 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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