The table below lists the top-grossing Musical movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Musical films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Musical 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 | 28 | ||||
| 2025 | 3 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 20 | $36,000,000 | $104,422,128 | Mean Girls |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 45 | $65,500,000 | $714,229,942 | Wonka |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 53 | $50,000,000 | $163,360,832 | Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 47 | $56,500,000 | $552,320,414 | Sing 2 |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 26 | $11,232,324 | Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding | |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 36 | $88,666,667 | $1,567,033,015 | Frozen II |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 30 | $102,500,000 | $772,270,234 | Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 37 | $139,666,667 | $2,790,531,817 | Beauty and the Beast |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 23 | $52,500,000 | $1,078,870,749 | Sing |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 15 | $4,875,000 | $25,723,985 | Strange Magic |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 10 | $31,150,000 | $357,712,821 | Into the Woods |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 8 | $35,720,000 | $1,312,087,281 | Frozen |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 7 | $42,875,000 | $547,878,718 | Les Misérables |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 5 | $135,000,000 | $157,960,491 | Happy Feet Two |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 15 | $39,337,500 | $120,349,383 | Burlesque |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 6 | $49,000,000 | $138,459,521 | Fame |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 15 | $17,937,500 | $888,214,224 | Mamma Mia! |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 11 | $28,990,000 | $391,649,652 | Hairspray |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 8 | $36,340,000 | $554,495,914 | Happy Feet |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 6 | $23,106,250 | $90,393,845 | The Producers: The Movie Musical |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 4 | $55,000,000 | $154,035,138 | The Phantom of the Opera |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 5 | $12,000,000 | $9,387,665 | From Justin to Kelly |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 7 | $19,000,000 | $373,064,581 | Chicago |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 4 | $29,500,000 | $183,804,318 | Moulin Rouge |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 6 | $12,500,000 | $48,124,134 | Dancer in the Dark |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 13 | $40,333,333 | $187,028,446 | Fantasia 2000 |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 4 | $7,500,000 | $27,110,168 | Little Voice |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 4 | $42,500,000 | $144,168,898 | Anastasia |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 2 | $37,500,000 | $186,547,179 | Evita |
| 1994 | 2 | $34,823,501 | Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...! | ||
| 1993 | 2 | $19,000,000 | $90,559,723 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | |
| 1992 | 3 | $18,963,844 | Rock-a-Doodle | ||
| 1991 | 1 | $20,000,000 | $438,656,843 | Beauty and the Beast | |
| 1990 | 1 | ||||
| 1989 | 1 | $5,000,000 | $540,000 | Eddie and the Cruisers II | |
| 1988 | 2 | $9,171,108 | Hairspray | ||
| 1986 | 4 | $30,000,000 | $52,313,484 | Little Shop of Horrors | |
| 1985 | 2 | $16,853,765 | A Chorus Line | ||
| 1984 | 6 | $54,126,567 | Breakin' | ||
| 1983 | 3 | $12,000,000 | $43,325,821 | Yentl | |
| 1982 | 8 | $20,500,000 | $190,690,767 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | |
| 1981 | 2 | $12,200,000 | Pennies from Heaven | ||
| 1980 | 6 | $20,000,000 | $95,788,477 | Popeye | |
| 1978 | 4 | $15,000,000 | $409,483,652 | Grease | |
| 1977 | 3 | $12,000,000 | $49,809,983 | Pete’s Dragon | |
| 1976 | 1 | $13,703 | Trollflöjten | ||
| 1975 | 3 | $1,200,000 | $77,304,588 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | |
| 1974 | 1 | ||||
| 1973 | 3 | $24,593,103 | Jesus Christ Superstar | ||
| 1972 | 4 | $4,000,000 | $41,404,206 | Cabaret | |
| 1971 | 3 | $6,000,000 | $102,437,646 | Fiddler on the Roof | |
| 1970 | 4 | $22,000,000 | $60,675,526 | The Aristocats | |
| 1969 | 4 | $21,333,333 | $72,886,877 | Hello, Dolly | |
| 1968 | 3 | $10,000,000 | $38,678,865 | Oliver! | |
| 1967 | 6 | $217,880,603 | The Jungle Book | ||
| 1966 | 3 | $2,000,000 | $2,500,000 | Paradise, Hawaiian Style | |
| 1965 | 4 | $8,200,000 | $301,379,900 | The Sound of Music | |
| 1964 | 6 | $11,500,000 | $200,682,603 | Mary Poppins | |
| 1963 | 3 | $15,380,738 | Bye Bye Birdie | ||
| 1962 | 2 | $17,553,846 | The Music Man | ||
| 1961 | 3 | $6,000,000 | $68,255,043 | West Side Story | |
| 1960 | 1 | $6,539 | Un Rayo De Luz | ||
| 1959 | 2 | ||||
| 1958 | 3 | $7,301,050 | Gigi | ||
| 1957 | 3 | ||||
| 1956 | 4 | $1,000,000 | $9,000,000 | Love Me Tender | |
| 1955 | 3 | $32,546 | Daddy Long Legs | ||
| 1954 | 5 | $35,001,343 | White Christmas | ||
| 1953 | 4 | $12,000,486 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | ||
| 1952 | 3 | $2,540,000 | $7,332,939 | Singin' in the Rain | |
| 1951 | 6 | $2,300,000 | $20,500,243 | Show Boat | |
| 1950 | 3 | $3,334,393 | $271,591,415 | Cinderella | |
| 1949 | 3 | $6,300,000 | In the Good Old Summertime | ||
| 1948 | 4 | $3,700,000 | $2,956,000 | The Pirate | |
| 1947 | 3 | ||||
| 1946 | 5 | $2,931,000 | $83,400,000 | Song of the South | |
| 1945 | 2 | $8,200,000 | Anchors Aweigh | ||
| 1944 | 5 | $2,361,000 | $16,383,108 | Meet Me in St. Louis | |
| 1943 | 2 | $23,300,000 | This is the Army | ||
| 1942 | 1 | $80 | Holiday Inn | ||
| 1941 | 3 | ||||
| 1940 | 3 | $2,280,000 | $83,320,832 | Fantasia | |
| 1939 | 2 | $2,777,000 | $35,348,551 | The Wizard of Oz | |
| 1938 | 3 | ||||
| 1937 | 6 | $1,488,000 | $187,173,437 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | |
| 1936 | 4 | $3,005,368 | The Great Ziegfeld | ||
| 1935 | 5 | ||||
| 1934 | 2 | $1,077 | The Gay Divorcee | ||
| 1933 | 3 | $439,000 | $2,281,760 | 42nd Street | |
| 1932 | 2 | $208 | Horse Feathers | ||
| 1930 | 2 | $82,388 | Der Blaue Engel | ||
| 1929 | 5 | $379,000 | $4,358,000 | The Broadway Melody | |
| Total | 708 | $32,104,645 | $17,230,279,969 | Frozen II | |