The table below lists the top-grossing Contemporary Fiction movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Contemporary Fiction films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Contemporary Fiction movies 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 | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 651 | ||||
| 2029 | 9 | ||||
| 2026 | 3 | $5,000,000 | |||
| 2025 | 39 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 1,622 | $57,850,000 | $3,301,815,780 | YOLO (热辣滚烫) |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 3,252 | $59,357,758 | $11,989,459,588 | Barbie |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 2,739 | $39,541,093 | $7,368,873,123 | Top Gun: Maverick |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 1,801 | $38,784,862 | $6,295,144,588 | No Time to Die |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 1,852 | $17,453,282 | $3,662,832,793 | Wo He Wo De Jia Xiang |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 2,116 | $22,919,348 | $11,537,428,036 | Joker |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 1,937 | $21,154,150 | $13,568,021,208 | Mission: Impossible—Fallout |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 1,766 | $22,809,802 | $13,298,242,142 | The Fate of the Furious |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 1,783 | $16,383,650 | $10,212,953,913 | La La Land |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 1,467 | $17,047,488 | $13,159,891,352 | Furious 7 |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 759 | $13,355,735 | $7,949,986,629 | Gone Girl |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 637 | $24,057,073 | $9,895,537,178 | Fast and Furious 6 |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 664 | $22,159,981 | $11,810,556,315 | Skyfall |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 554 | $21,752,038 | $9,210,340,742 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 453 | $24,008,901 | $9,081,367,660 | The Karate Kid |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 390 | $27,161,376 | $8,719,145,696 | Up |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 558 | $22,555,879 | $10,554,029,009 | Quantum of Solace |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 487 | $21,527,235 | $9,366,116,565 | The Simpsons Movie |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 353 | $22,893,222 | $9,205,268,978 | The Da Vinci Code |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 205 | $29,261,680 | $7,131,903,610 | Mr. and Mrs. Smith |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 229 | $29,423,951 | $7,477,496,006 | Meet the Fockers |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 262 | $26,982,920 | $8,040,309,131 | Bruce Almighty |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 200 | $24,508,571 | $6,864,037,463 | Die Another Day |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 208 | $26,836,491 | $7,148,815,088 | Ocean's Eleven |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 208 | $27,068,035 | $7,402,973,783 | Mission: Impossible 2 |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 229 | $26,028,019 | $7,024,320,680 | The Sixth Sense |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 201 | $26,524,778 | $5,278,074,019 | There's Something About Mary |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 198 | $37,179,159 | $6,604,121,442 | Tomorrow Never Dies |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 182 | $28,812,190 | $5,867,625,281 | Twister |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 173 | $29,396,250 | $5,368,411,240 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance |
| 1994 | 147 | $29,179,536 | $4,303,811,489 | True Lies | |
| 1993 | 120 | $26,433,333 | $4,835,137,349 | Mrs. Doubtfire | |
| 1992 | 126 | $20,372,222 | $4,326,726,895 | The Bodyguard | |
| 1991 | 138 | $15,848,650 | $3,062,607,059 | The Silence of the Lambs | |
| 1990 | 135 | $27,063,000 | $3,909,886,356 | Ghost | |
| 1989 | 146 | $15,435,000 | $2,958,104,537 | Look Who's Talking | |
| 1988 | 141 | $16,558,824 | $3,280,327,775 | Rain Man | |
| 1987 | 134 | $15,103,571 | $2,614,890,751 | Fatal Attraction | |
| 1986 | 148 | $14,076,786 | $2,253,720,574 | Top Gun | |
| 1985 | 125 | $10,180,000 | $2,229,195,291 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | |
| 1984 | 135 | $10,565,000 | $2,193,123,114 | Beverly Hills Cop | |
| 1983 | 109 | $13,875,000 | $1,912,011,801 | Flashdance | |
| 1982 | 103 | $9,590,909 | $1,582,614,166 | Rocky III | |
| 1981 | 81 | $9,665,000 | $1,245,422,238 | For Your Eyes Only | |
| 1980 | 92 | $9,796,625 | $1,376,086,763 | Nine to Five | |
| 1979 | 68 | $17,333,333 | $1,222,090,614 | Moonraker | |
| 1978 | 52 | $8,831,250 | $980,024,440 | Jaws 2 | |
| 1977 | 54 | $28,040,000 | $963,744,027 | Saturday Night Fever | |
| 1976 | 52 | $2,671,429 | $647,647,745 | Rocky | |
| 1975 | 49 | $7,133,333 | $929,674,814 | Jaws | |
| 1974 | 65 | $4,630,000 | $591,370,558 | Towering Inferno | |
| 1973 | 42 | $3,888,500 | $395,739,880 | Live and Let Die | |
| 1972 | 48 | $3,500,000 | $213,567,380 | Deliverance | |
| 1971 | 47 | $3,400,000 | $318,893,612 | Diamonds Are Forever | |
| 1970 | 56 | $983,333 | $349,095,081 | Love Story | |
| 1969 | 50 | $11,440,000 | $402,733,241 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | |
| 1968 | 35 | $1,973,500 | $196,800,529 | The Odd Couple | |
| 1967 | 28 | $6,625,000 | $393,605,119 | You Only Live Twice | |
| 1966 | 36 | $3,250,000 | $178,592,915 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? | |
| 1965 | 31 | $300,000 | $120,992,969 | That Darn Cat! | |
| 1964 | 41 | $1,496,000 | $309,493,783 | Goldfinger | |
| 1963 | 32 | $5,200,000 | $169,032,284 | It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | |
| 1962 | 33 | $3,200,000 | $46,153,857 | That Touch of Mink | |
| 1961 | 24 | $6,000,000 | $281,288,194 | 101 Dalmatians | |
| 1960 | 30 | $3,000,000 | $61,793,339 | Psycho | |
| 1959 | 21 | $3,191,924 | $70,519,196 | Some Like it Hot | |
| 1958 | 16 | $3,000,000 | $23,556,495 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | |
| 1957 | 18 | $340,000 | $26,383,458 | Peyton Place | |
| 1956 | 28 | $3,690,000 | $71,952,009 | Giant | |
| 1955 | 19 | $805,000 | $21,882,992 | To Catch a Thief | |
| 1954 | 27 | $910,000 | $78,075,859 | White Christmas | |
| 1953 | 20 | $954,000 | $45,736,188 | House of Wax | |
| 1952 | 14 | $3,270,000 | $65,060,879 | The Greatest Show on Earth | |
| 1951 | 15 | $1,500,000 | $22,132,945 | A Streetcar Named Desire | |
| 1950 | 21 | $33,908,965 | King Solomon's Mines | ||
| 1949 | 20 | $3,641,244 | On the Town | ||
| 1948 | 18 | $199,251 | The Red Shoes | ||
| 1947 | 26 | $2,000,000 | $67,652,747 | Miracle on 34th Street | |
| 1946 | 9 | $2,640,000 | $40,020,592 | The Best Years of Our Lives | |
| 1945 | 20 | $1,375,000 | $61,388,322 | The Bells of St. Mary's | |
| 1944 | 14 | $2,361,000 | $19,809,715 | Going My Way | |
| 1943 | 9 | $1,833,000 | $39,231,641 | This is the Army | |
| 1942 | 17 | $134,000 | $21,583,568 | Mrs. Miniver | |
| 1941 | 19 | $11,485,626 | Suspicion | ||
| 1940 | 18 | $1,288,000 | $12,268,247 | Rebecca | |
| 1939 | 16 | $1,500,000 | $9,069,421 | Mr. Smith Goes To Washington | |
| 1938 | 13 | $51,769 | Block-Heads | ||
| 1937 | 14 | $1,762 | Shall We Dance? | ||
| 1936 | 18 | $1,300,000 | $5,318,931 | San Francisco | |
| 1935 | 12 | $914 | Design for Living | ||
| 1934 | 14 | $25,161 | L'atalante | ||
| 1933 | 15 | $439,000 | $2,281,760 | 42nd Street | |
| 1932 | 16 | $9,708 | The Old Dark House | ||
| 1931 | 13 | $4,096,297 | Ingagi | ||
| 1930 | 5 | $82,578 | Der Blaue Engel | ||
| 1929 | 10 | $439,500 | $4,358,000 | The Broadway Melody | |
| 1928 | 9 | $11,842 | The Circus | ||
| 1927 | 6 | ||||
| 1926 | 8 | $3,000,000 | Aloma of the South Seas | ||
| 1925 | 4 | ||||
| 1924 | 1 | ||||
| 1923 | 2 | ||||
| 1922 | 3 | ||||
| 1921 | 4 | $2,646,301 | The Kid | ||
| 1920 | 2 | ||||
| 1919 | 1 | ||||
| 1918 | 2 | ||||
| 1916 | 2 | $200,000 | $8,000,000 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | |
| Total | 31,540 | $23,365,495 | $306,026,543,960 | Furious 7 | |