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Adventure Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Adventure movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Adventure Movies - Top Domestic Adventure Movies - Top International Adventure Movies - Top Worldwide Adventure Movies - Top Domestic Adventure Stars - Top International Adventure Stars - Top Worldwide Adventure Stars

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

The table below lists the top-grossing Adventure movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Adventure films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Adventure 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.

YearAnnual
Stats
Total
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
TBD    93      
2029    2      
2027    2      
2026    5      
2025    17      
2024 Annual Stats  118    $65,540,125  Bremenskiye muzykanty (Бременские музыканты)
2023 Annual Stats  299  $145,252,269  $4,331,133,547  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2022 Annual Stats  267  $105,730,769  $4,027,882,534  Minions: The Rise of Gru
2021 Annual Stats  203  $73,555,556  $2,178,075,840  Encanto
2020 Annual Stats  199  $93,230,769  $2,379,114,511  Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅…
2019 Annual Stats  311  $95,675,972  $10,907,541,834  The Lion King
2018 Annual Stats  288  $95,614,286  $8,287,155,852  Incredibles 2
2017 Annual Stats  246  $98,173,913  $9,021,398,585  Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi
2016 Annual Stats  226  $95,891,176  $11,684,482,539  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2015 Annual Stats  233  $57,476,773  $9,970,133,311  Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
2014 Annual Stats  120  $79,413,636  $9,174,617,043  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2013 Annual Stats  109  $84,113,333  $8,171,267,865  Despicable Me 2
2012 Annual Stats  103  $91,125,926  $8,022,582,081  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2011 Annual Stats  84  $98,543,478  $7,813,814,039  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
2010 Annual Stats  84  $103,423,077  $8,499,989,194  Toy Story 3
2009 Annual Stats  53  $82,126,000  $6,561,981,324  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2008 Annual Stats  74  $81,315,625  $7,297,993,936  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2007 Annual Stats  55  $109,025,000  $7,974,846,393  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
2006 Annual Stats  42  $80,604,167  $5,837,879,347  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
2005 Annual Stats  36  $77,423,077  $6,344,083,687  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2004 Annual Stats  46  $74,629,630  $6,509,672,600  Shrek 2
2003 Annual Stats  34  $59,909,091  $4,793,628,511  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002 Annual Stats  38  $54,268,571  $5,655,993,378  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001 Annual Stats  22  $62,555,556  $5,251,870,497  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
2000 Annual Stats  28  $62,472,222  $2,413,808,055  Cast Away
1999 Annual Stats  20  $57,629,231  $3,072,347,863  Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace
1998 Annual Stats  25  $60,944,444  $3,112,842,757  Armageddon
1997 Annual Stats  10  $62,500,000  $462,763,150  Hercules
1996 Annual Stats  20  $51,058,889  $1,899,206,733  Independence Day
1995 Annual Stats  29  $54,500,000  $1,873,696,641  Toy Story
1994    20  $44,260,000  $1,652,371,662  The Lion King
1993    15  $30,500,000  $1,432,151,282  Jurassic Park
1992    10  $34,000,000  $648,869,346  Aladdin
1991    11  $28,357,143  $904,651,617  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1990    7  $13,500,000  $289,050,088  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1989    15  $42,000,000  $1,444,296,229  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1988    12  $7,650,000  $257,503,400  The Land Before Time
1987    7  $8,650,000  $58,814,770  The Princess Bride
1986    26  $18,500,000  $337,817,292  Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1985    23  $17,750,000  $764,034,456  Back to the Future
1984    13  $24,500,000  $678,805,976  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1983    17  $35,750,000  $668,847,599  Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi
1982    12  $11,666,667  $1,017,321,861  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1981    15  $17,787,500  $783,834,037  Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980    8  $28,333,333  $578,501,624  Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back
1979    9  $15,233,333  $253,491,138  Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1978    7  $34,500,000  $301,200,000  Superman
1977    10  $44,200,000  $902,882,196  Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope
1976    4      
1975    6    $58,764,400  The Adventures of the Wilderness Family
1974    4  $500,000  $31,559,560  Benji
1973    3    $32,141,920  Robin Hood
1972    1    $311  Avanti!
1971    2      
1970    5    $1,234  Fando y Lis
1969    8    $4,362,435  Marooned
1968    5  $9,750,000  $71,801,050  2001: A Space Odyssey
1967    5    $12,900,000  In Like Flint
1966    6    $22,579,633  Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.
1965    7    $48,222,615  Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying...
1964    4    $1,948,933  Hey There, It's Yogi Bear
1963    5  $9,400,000  $82,182,353  It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
1962    8  $15,000,000  $82,940,495  Lawrence of Arabia
1961    9    $182,223,686  101 Dalmatians
1960    2    $40,401,290  Swiss Family Robinson
1959    5  $15,000,000  $92,704,785  Ben-Hur
1958    2      
1957    2      
1956    5  $5,250,000  $61,428,571  Around the World in 80 Days
1955    4    $93,638,479  Lady and the Tramp
1954    2  $5,000,000  $28,220,765  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1953    3  $4,000,000  $87,400,000  Peter Pan
1952    2    $21,337  Ivanhoe
1951    4  $3,000,000  $10,751,747  The African Queen
1950    2    $11,172,000  King Solomon's Mines
1949    3    $4,439  Wake of the Red Witch
1948    2      
1947    5    $4,500,194  Road to Rio
1946    5    $3,000,000  The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1945    2      
1944    3      
1943    2      
1942    3  $858,000  $268,003,719  Bambi
1941    1    $18,429  Dumbo
1940    2  $2,289,247  $84,300,000  Pinocchio
1939    3      
1938    3      
1937    2      
1936    3  $1,300,000  $5,273,000  San Francisco
1935    2      
1934    2      
1933    2      
1932    4    $147  Shanghai Express
1928    1      
1927    1      
1926    1      
1925    1  $3,900,000  $9,000,000  Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1918    1      
1916    1  $200,000  $8,000,000  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1902    1    $45,353  Le Voyage dans la Lune
Total  3,948  $74,656,059  $188,011,580,492  Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens

The table below shows the highest-grossing Adventure 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 Adventure movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
1  14  $95,000,000  $809,646,045  101 Dalmatians
2  9  $5,233,333  $108,406,011  2001: A Space Odyssey
4  1      
7  1    $20,930,000  Der 7bte Zwerg
9  1  $30,000,000  $48,559,999  9
A  248  $66,030,435  $9,377,664,797  Aladdin
B  263  $51,100,884  $7,623,714,345  Big Hero 6
C  219  $73,760,256  $7,663,140,554  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
D  214  $61,239,706  $8,439,670,481  Despicable Me 3
E  92  $74,357,143  $3,853,324,374  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
F  119  $95,057,222  $5,415,114,223  Finding Dory
G  174  $60,866,667  $2,530,752,660  The Good Dinosaur
H  172  $92,281,522  $18,992,001,242  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
I  101  $84,390,323  $11,220,139,238  Incredibles 2
J  95  $92,450,000  $6,427,200,866  Jurassic Park
K  145  $77,611,111  $3,931,463,459  Kung Fu Panda 2
L  186  $75,097,390  $11,462,351,080  The Lion King
M  360  $88,618,293  $14,543,097,827  Minions
N  83  $66,300,000  $3,907,496,941  Ne Zha Zhi Mo Tong Jiang Shi
O  81  $98,375,000  $2,134,937,310  Oz the Great and Powerful
P  237  $74,060,688  $13,049,193,226  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Q  20  $40,000,000  $131,905,687  Quest for Camelot
R  127  $62,530,645  $7,429,897,612  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
S  431  $77,221,143  $32,052,716,617  Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
T  253  $72,296,250  $9,135,918,512  Toy Story 4
U  58  $113,333,333  $1,294,003,867  Up
V  44  $80,333,333  $365,332,601  Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
W  112  $79,661,765  $3,033,153,557  WALL-E
X  16    $752,467,848  Xi you xiang mo pian
Y  31  $37,750,000  $366,780,261  Yogi Bear
Z  42  $55,850,000  $1,890,319,985  Zootopia