The table below lists the top-grossing movie released in each calendar year. Click on the year number for a list of all the films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the film business for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.

Year	Annual Stats	Movie	Genre	Production Budget	Total Domestic Box Office	Trailer
2020		Hannibal the Conqueror	Adventure	$50,000,000	$0
2019		Shazam!	Action		$0
2018		The Flash	Action		$0
2017		Logan's Run	Thriller/Suspense		$0
2016		Against All Enemies	Drama		$0
2015	Annual Stats	Jurassic World	Action	$215,000,000	$650,439,195	Play
2014	Annual Stats	American Sniper	Drama	$58,000,000	$350,126,372	Play
2013	Annual Stats	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Adventure	$130,000,000	$424,668,047	Play
2012	Annual Stats	The Avengers	Adventure	$225,000,000	$623,279,547	Play
2011	Annual Stats	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	Adventure	$125,000,000	$381,011,219	Play
2010	Annual Stats	Toy Story 3	Adventure	$200,000,000	$415,004,880	Play
2009	Annual Stats	Avatar	Action	$425,000,000	$760,507,625	Play
2008	Annual Stats	The Dark Knight	Action	$185,000,000	$533,345,358
2007	Annual Stats	Spider-Man 3	Adventure	$258,000,000	$336,530,303
2006	Annual Stats	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Adventure	$225,000,000	$423,315,812
2005	Annual Stats	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	Adventure	$115,000,000	$380,270,577
2004	Annual Stats	Shrek 2	Adventure	$70,000,000	$436,471,036
2003	Annual Stats	Finding Nemo	Adventure	$94,000,000	$380,529,370	Play
2002	Annual Stats	Spider-Man	Adventure	$139,000,000	$403,706,375
2001	Annual Stats	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone	Adventure	$125,000,000	$317,575,550
2000	Annual Stats	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Comedy	$123,000,000	$260,044,825
1999	Annual Stats	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	Adventure	$115,000,000	$474,544,677	Play
1998	Annual Stats	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	$65,000,000	$216,119,491
1997	Annual Stats	Titanic	Thriller/Suspense	$200,000,000	$658,672,302	Play
1996	Annual Stats	Independence Day	Adventure	$75,000,000	$306,124,059
1995	Annual Stats	Toy Story	Adventure	$30,000,000	$191,652,928
1994		The Lion King	Adventure	$79,300,000	$422,780,140	Play
1993		Jurassic Park	Action	$63,000,000	$395,708,305	Play
1992		Aladdin	Comedy	$28,000,000	$208,577,270
1991		Beauty and the Beast	Musical	$20,000,000	$218,951,625	Play
1990		Home Alone	Comedy	$15,000,000	$277,504,018
1989		Batman	Action	$35,000,000	$248,972,777
1988		Rain Man	Comedy	$25,000,000	$168,106,313
1987		3 Men and a Baby	Comedy	$15,000,000	$164,016,972
1986		Top Gun	Action	$15,000,000	$179,800,601	Play
1985		Back to the Future	Adventure	$19,000,000	$200,132,594
1984		Ghostbusters	Comedy	$30,000,000	$242,212,467	Play
1983		Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	Adventure	$32,500,000	$309,125,409
1982		ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Drama	$10,500,000	$434,949,459
1981		Raiders of the Lost Ark	Adventure	$20,000,000	$248,159,971
1980		Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	Adventure	$23,000,000	$290,158,751
1979		Kramer vs. Kramer	Drama		$98,982,763
1978		Grease	Musical	$6,000,000	$181,813,770	Play
1977		Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Adventure	$11,000,000	$460,935,665
1976		Rocky	Drama	$1,000,000	$117,235,147
1975		Jaws	Horror	$12,000,000	$260,000,000
1974		Blazing Saddles	Comedy	$2,600,000	$119,500,000
1973		The Exorcist	Horror	$12,000,000	$204,868,002
1972		The Godfather	Drama	$7,000,000	$134,821,952
1971		Billy Jack			$98,000,000
1970		Love Story	Drama		$106,397,186
1969		Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Western	$6,000,000	$102,308,900
1968		Funny Girl			$58,500,000
1967		The Jungle Book	Musical		$141,843,000
1966		The Bible	Drama		$34,900,023
1965		The Sound of Music	Musical	$8,200,000	$163,214,286
1964		Mary Poppins	Musical	$6,000,000	$102,300,000
1963		Cleopatra	Drama	$42,000,000	$57,000,000
1962		The Longest Day	Action	$10,000,000	$39,100,000
1961		101 Dalmatians	Comedy		$153,000,000
1960		Swiss Family Robinson			$40,400,000
1959		Ben-Hur	Adventure	$15,000,000	$73,000,000
1958		South Pacific			$36,800,000
1957		The Bridge on the River Kwai	Drama	$3,000,000	$33,300,000
1956		The Ten Commandments	Drama	$13,500,000	$80,000,000
1955		Lady and the Tramp	Drama		$93,600,000
1954		White Christmas	Musical		$30,000,000
1953		Peter Pan	Adventure	$4,000,000	$87,400,000
1952		The Greatest Show on Earth		$4,000,000	$36,000,000
1951		Quo Vadis?	Drama	$8,250,000	$30,000,000
1950		Cinderella	Drama	$2,900,000	$85,000,000
1949		Samson and Delilah	Drama		$28,800,000
1948		The Snake Pit			$10,000,000
1947		Forever Amber			$16,000,000
1946		Song of the South	Adventure		$65,000,000
1945		The Bells of St. Mary's	Drama		$21,300,000
1944		Going My Way			$16,300,000
1943		This is the Army			$19,500,000
1942		Bambi	Drama		$102,797,000
1941		Sergeant York			$16,400,000
1940		Pinocchio	Adventure		$84,300,000
1939		Gone with the Wind	Drama	$3,900,000	$198,680,470
1938		Alexander's Ragtime Band	Drama	$2,000,000	$4,000,000
1937		Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Musical	$1,488,000	$184,925,485
1936		How to Become a Detective			$6,000,000
1935		Top Hat		$609,000	$1,782,000
1934		It Happened One Night	Romantic Comedy	$325,000	$2,500,000
1933		King Kong		$672,000	$10,000,000
1932		Red-Haired Alibi			$0
1931		Frankenstein	Horror		$12,000,000
1930		Tom Sawyer			$11,000,000
1929		The Broadway Melody	Musical	$379,000	$2,800,000
1928		The Singing Fool			$10,000,000
1927		The Jazz Singer			$3,000,000
1926		Alamo of the South Seas	Drama		$3,000,000
1925		The Big Parade	Drama	$245,000	$11,000,000
1923		The Covered Wagon			$3,800,000
1921		The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse			$9,200,000
1920		Over the Hill to the Poorhouse		$100,000	$3,000,000
1916		20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Adventure	$200,000	$8,000,000
1915		The Birth of a Nation	Drama	$110,000	$10,000,000

The table below shows the highest-grossing movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the movies beginning with that letter.

Index	Release Date	Movie	Genre	Production Budget	Total Domestic Box Office	Trailer
(	Oct 23, 2009	(Untitled)			$230,600
1	Nov 27, 1996	101 Dalmatians	Comedy		$136,182,161
2	Jun 13, 2014	22 Jump Street	Comedy	$50,000,000	$191,719,337	Play
3	Mar 9, 2007	300	Action	$60,000,000	$210,592,590
4	Aug 19, 2005	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Comedy	$26,000,000	$109,243,478
5	Feb 13, 2004	50 First Dates	Romantic Comedy	$75,000,000	$120,776,832
6	Nov 17, 2000	The 6th Day	Action	$82,000,000	$34,543,701
7	Feb 27, 2015	’71	Thriller/Suspense		$1,270,847	Play
8	Nov 8, 2002	8 Mile	Drama	$41,000,000	$116,724,075
9	Dec 19, 1980	Nine to Five	Comedy		$100,409,707
A	Dec 18, 2009	Avatar	Action	$425,000,000	$760,507,625	Play
B	Nov 20, 2009	The Blind Side	Drama	$35,000,000	$255,959,475	Play
C	Dec 9, 2005	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Adventure	$180,000,000	$291,710,957
D	Jul 18, 2008	The Dark Knight	Action	$185,000,000	$533,345,358
E	Jun 11, 1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Drama	$10,500,000	$434,949,459
F	Nov 22, 2013	Frozen	Adventure	$150,000,000	$400,738,009	Play
G	Aug 1, 2014	Guardians of the Galaxy	Adventure	$170,000,000	$333,172,112	Play
H	Nov 22, 2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Adventure	$130,000,000	$424,668,047	Play
I	May 3, 2013	Iron Man 3	Action	$200,000,000	$408,992,272	Play
J	Jun 12, 2015	Jurassic World	Action	$215,000,000	$650,439,195	Play
K	Dec 14, 2005	King Kong	Adventure	$207,000,000	$218,080,025
L	Jun 15, 1994	The Lion King	Adventure	$79,300,000	$422,780,140	Play
M	Jul 10, 2015	Minions	Comedy	$74,000,000	$333,526,830	Play
N	Dec 22, 2006	Night at the Museum	Comedy	$110,000,000	$250,863,268
O	Mar 8, 2013	Oz the Great and Powerful	Adventure	$200,000,000	$234,770,996	Play
P	Jul 7, 2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Adventure	$225,000,000	$423,315,812
Q	Nov 14, 2008	Quantum of Solace	Action	$230,000,000	$169,368,427
R	Jun 12, 1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Adventure	$20,000,000	$248,159,971
S	May 19, 1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	Adventure	$115,000,000	$474,544,677	Play
T	Dec 19, 1997	Titanic	Thriller/Suspense	$200,000,000	$658,672,302	Play
U	May 29, 2009	Up	Adventure	$175,000,000	$293,004,164
V	Feb 10, 2012	The Vow	Drama	$30,000,000	$125,014,030	Play
W	Jun 29, 2005	War of the Worlds	Action	$132,000,000	$234,280,354
X	May 26, 2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	Action	$210,000,000	$234,362,462
Y	Dec 18, 1998	You've Got Mail	Drama	$65,000,000	$115,731,542
Z	Dec 19, 2012	Zero Dark Thirty	Drama	$52,500,000	$95,720,716	Play