The table below lists the top-grossing Dramatization movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Dramatization films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Dramatization 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 | 240 | ||||
| 2025 | 7 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 129 | $37,500,000 | $328,998,550 | Bob Marley: One Love |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 237 | $41,360,714 | $2,306,044,984 | Oppenheimer |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 243 | $35,787,500 | $1,622,520,771 | Chang Jin Hu Zhi Shui Men Qiao (长津湖之水门桥) |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 176 | $29,854,167 | $1,556,088,143 | Chang jin hu |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 165 | $23,200,000 | $791,162,036 | Ba bai |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 223 | $34,528,571 | $2,506,834,315 | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 175 | $22,561,765 | $2,703,605,398 | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 164 | $27,993,103 | $2,634,289,298 | Dunkirk |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 162 | $25,752,778 | $2,361,426,513 | Dangal |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 103 | $27,671,875 | $2,074,985,083 | The Revenant |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 67 | $17,327,083 | $1,709,069,679 | American Sniper |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 57 | $34,505,882 | $1,892,610,243 | The Wolf of Wall Street |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 43 | $30,442,500 | $921,193,277 | Lincoln |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 57 | $25,283,333 | $938,743,514 | We Bought a Zoo |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 59 | $20,915,789 | $1,236,304,169 | The King’s Speech |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 37 | $26,469,000 | $1,269,255,348 | The Blind Side |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 45 | $25,079,545 | $904,789,224 | Marley & Me |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 64 | $25,037,037 | $1,159,400,024 | American Gangster |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 37 | $28,338,462 | $1,425,660,749 | The Pursuit of Happyness |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 34 | $27,242,105 | $1,053,124,775 | Walk the Line |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 28 | $38,125,263 | $1,676,972,730 | The Passion of the Christ |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 21 | $17,727,273 | $415,807,222 | Seabiscuit |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 16 | $38,437,500 | $771,924,572 | Catch Me if You Can |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 15 | $55,700,000 | $1,202,219,173 | Pearl Harbor |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 17 | $48,100,000 | $946,767,861 | The Perfect Storm |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 22 | $32,331,692 | $711,657,865 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 19 | $38,050,000 | $810,777,939 | Mulan |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 15 | $29,988,889 | $493,291,693 | Anastasia |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 19 | $28,850,000 | $510,360,980 | Sleepers |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 19 | $36,857,143 | $920,445,727 | Apollo 13 |
| 1994 | 18 | $28,666,667 | $165,327,629 | Wyatt Earp | |
| 1993 | 13 | $22,285,714 | $605,086,560 | Schindler’s List | |
| 1992 | 12 | $35,000,000 | $166,535,637 | Malcolm X | |
| 1991 | 10 | $40,000,000 | $287,893,068 | JFK | |
| 1990 | 8 | $27,000,000 | $159,716,743 | Awakenings | |
| 1989 | 12 | $16,000,000 | $191,455,911 | Born on the Fourth of July | |
| 1988 | 10 | $111,853,040 | Mississippi Burning | ||
| 1987 | 5 | $17,480,000 | $204,992,643 | The Untouchables | |
| 1986 | 3 | $20,500,935 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling | ||
| 1985 | 9 | $71,848,093 | Mask | ||
| 1984 | 4 | $18,000,000 | $54,860,306 | Amadeus | |
| 1983 | 7 | $27,000,000 | $64,999,377 | Silkwood | |
| 1982 | 7 | $22,000,000 | $157,133,592 | Gandhi | |
| 1981 | 10 | $11,750,000 | $142,900,652 | Chariots of Fire | |
| 1980 | 11 | $18,250,000 | $176,502,157 | Coal Miner’s Daughter | |
| 1979 | 2 | $8,000,000 | $50,500,459 | Escape from Alcatraz | |
| 1978 | 6 | $11,000,000 | $54,889,298 | F.I.S.T | |
| 1977 | 4 | $16,330,301 | MacArthur | ||
| 1976 | 3 | $8,500,000 | $117,468,857 | Midway | |
| 1975 | 4 | $121,394,853 | Dog Day Afternoon | ||
| 1974 | 2 | $43,539 | Edvard Munch | ||
| 1973 | 7 | $7,046,261 | $91,724,158 | Papillon | |
| 1972 | 2 | $36,257,068 | Lady Sings the Blues | ||
| 1971 | 4 | ||||
| 1970 | 2 | $62,943 | L'Enfant sauvage | ||
| 1969 | 5 | $9,500,000 | Alice's Restaurant | ||
| 1968 | 3 | $48,105,918 | The Lion in Winter | ||
| 1967 | 5 | $3,000,000 | $64,673,750 | Bonnie and Clyde | |
| 1966 | 6 | $3,900,000 | $66,957,107 | The Bible | |
| 1965 | 2 | $8,000,000 | The Agony and the Ecstasy | ||
| 1964 | 5 | $19,000,000 | $24,987,981 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
| 1963 | 4 | $42,000,000 | $71,001,253 | Cleopatra | |
| 1962 | 4 | $12,500,000 | $129,015,662 | Lawrence of Arabia | |
| 1961 | 1 | $3,000,000 | $10,000,000 | Judgment at Nuremberg | |
| 1960 | 5 | $12,000,000 | $60,001,849 | Spartacus | |
| 1958 | 2 | $67,972 | Montparnasse 19 | ||
| 1957 | 1 | ||||
| 1956 | 3 | $13,500,000 | $85,442,503 | The Ten Commandments | |
| 1955 | 4 | $133,293 | Lola Montès | ||
| 1954 | 2 | $7,785 | Anatahan | ||
| 1953 | 3 | ||||
| 1952 | 2 | $2,750,000 | Million Dollar Mermaid | ||
| 1951 | 1 | $4,500,000 | The Great Caruso | ||
| 1950 | 2 | $3,768,785 | $8,000,000 | Annie Get Your Gun | |
| 1948 | 1 | ||||
| 1944 | 2 | ||||
| 1943 | 3 | $12,500,000 | The Song of Bernadette | ||
| 1942 | 5 | $16,200,000 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | ||
| 1941 | 1 | $16,400,000 | Sergeant York | ||
| 1940 | 1 | ||||
| 1939 | 1 | ||||
| 1938 | 1 | $2,894,758 | Alexander Nevsky | ||
| 1937 | 1 | ||||
| 1936 | 3 | $1,200,000 | |||
| 1935 | 2 | ||||
| 1934 | 1 | ||||
| 1932 | 1 | ||||
| 1931 | 2 | ||||
| 1930 | 1 | ||||
| 1929 | 1 | $2,684,952 | Napoléon | ||
| 1925 | 1 | $245,000 | $22,000,000 | The Big Parade | |
| Total | 2,979 | $27,873,116 | $43,592,574,490 | Oppenheimer | |