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Original Screenplay Movie Index


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

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

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

The table below lists the top-grossing Original Screenplay movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Original Screenplay films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Original Screenplay 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    644      
2031    1      
2029    14      
2027    1      
2026    4  $5,000,000    
2025    21  $5,900,000    
2024 Annual Stats  1,212  $64,100,000  $2,448,528,818  YOLO (热辣滚烫)
2023 Annual Stats  3,645  $69,495,016  $13,491,448,176  Fast X
2022 Annual Stats  3,037  $61,008,771  $10,864,397,573  Avatar: The Way of Water
2021 Annual Stats  2,056  $53,775,277  $8,535,606,213  Ni Hao, Li Huan Ying
2020 Annual Stats  2,222  $30,470,800  $4,455,764,024  Bad Boys For Life
2019 Annual Stats  2,635  $38,017,568  $17,016,797,707  Toy Story 4
2018 Annual Stats  2,309  $25,584,731  $13,972,479,722  Incredibles 2
2017 Annual Stats  1,927  $33,641,958  $17,844,503,892  Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi
2016 Annual Stats  1,961  $24,896,804  $17,131,605,283  Finding Dory
2015 Annual Stats  1,847  $19,635,779  $17,604,327,820  Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
2014 Annual Stats  907  $18,872,822  $10,936,479,602  Big Hero 6
2013 Annual Stats  765  $24,319,592  $12,088,989,314  Despicable Me 2
2012 Annual Stats  786  $22,315,653  $13,443,145,460  Ice Age: Continental Drift
2011 Annual Stats  614  $24,089,546  $9,994,478,234  Kung Fu Panda 2
2010 Annual Stats  493  $28,584,399  $10,859,360,499  Toy Story 3
2009 Annual Stats  398  $30,641,881  $12,247,412,329  Avatar
2008 Annual Stats  558  $26,122,646  $12,147,484,421  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2007 Annual Stats  494  $25,080,195  $8,722,209,774  Ratatouille
2006 Annual Stats  357  $21,536,531  $8,216,213,804  Ice Age: The Meltdown
2005 Annual Stats  321  $27,680,794  $8,045,016,527  Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith
2004 Annual Stats  293  $29,278,368  $6,869,551,957  The Incredibles
2003 Annual Stats  277  $32,208,679  $9,946,721,651  Finding Nemo
2002 Annual Stats  208  $28,069,978  $6,866,422,298  Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones
2001 Annual Stats  224  $27,021,944  $6,495,295,916  Monsters, Inc.
2000 Annual Stats  229  $30,186,497  $8,216,877,509  Gladiator
1999 Annual Stats  227  $24,777,429  $8,066,153,001  Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace
1998 Annual Stats  197  $26,023,770  $6,580,775,215  Armageddon
1997 Annual Stats  192  $37,150,218  $7,435,693,444  Titanic
1996 Annual Stats  178  $30,159,825  $5,308,977,764  Independence Day
1995 Annual Stats  185  $30,321,622  $4,354,392,388  Toy Story
1994    148  $24,897,645  $4,486,095,345  The Lion King
1993    128  $18,919,381  $3,245,995,657  Cliffhanger
1992    137  $22,457,143  $4,610,161,017  The Bodyguard
1991    152  $18,603,842  $2,663,199,321  Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1990    139  $22,956,500  $3,833,366,685  Ghost
1989    154  $18,625,000  $3,984,427,358  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1988    152  $11,761,905  $3,250,335,433  Rain Man
1987    151  $13,134,375  $2,827,053,119  Fatal Attraction
1986    163  $11,860,526  $2,740,174,348  Top Gun
1985    134  $8,845,000  $2,164,260,810  Back to the Future
1984    138  $11,858,824  $2,816,212,654  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1983    122  $9,393,364  $1,856,223,623  Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi
1982    96  $11,742,308  $2,247,976,425  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1981    93  $8,893,421  $1,393,161,246  Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980    96  $6,546,143  $1,844,207,170  Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back
1979    86  $11,655,556  $1,333,284,127  Rocky 2
1978    58  $4,865,000  $779,987,316  National Lampoon's Animal House
1977    52  $7,814,286  $1,529,108,564  Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope
1976    57  $2,780,000  $582,527,757  Rocky
1975    51  $2,800,000  $283,675,606  Shampoo
1974    62  $2,973,333  $478,569,580  Blazing Saddles
1973    50  $2,835,400  $414,347,296  The Sting
1972    37  $1,100,000  $135,416,992  What's Up, Doc?
1971    44  $1,766,667  $229,640,009  Billy Jack
1970    50  $9,319,491  $243,417,645  The Aristocats
1969    42  $5,666,667  $229,050,788  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1968    35  $4,138,000  $192,791,872  2001: A Space Odyssey
1967    31  $1,700,000  $188,626,015  Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1966    33  $2,500,000  $72,004,027  Grand Prix
1965    31  $300,000  $152,360,907  Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying...
1964    30  $340,000  $28,318,130  The Pink Panther
1963    32  $13,200,000  $108,184,376  It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
1962    33  $1,630,000  $14,810,232  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1961    25    $55,729,906  The Absent Minded Professor
1960    32  $7,500,000  $69,685,595  Psycho
1959    18  $3,500,000  $59,240,365  Imitation of Life
1958    19    $10,289,138  Indiscreet
1957    25  $340,000  $1,013,477  The Nights of Cabiria
1956    33  $900,000  $20,975,103  The Conqueror
1955    11    $1,543,952  Land of the Pharaohs
1954    25  $910,000  $72,082,735  White Christmas
1953    21  $954,000  $46,424,930  House of Wax
1952    16  $3,270,000  $43,342,619  The Greatest Show on Earth
1951    12  $1,200,000  $9,552,696  Strangers on a Train
1950    17    $13,858,671  King Solomon's Mines
1949    17  $1,000,000  $8,028,791  Sands of Iwo Jima
1948    15  $3,700,000  $3,004,319  The Pirate
1947    18  $2,000,000  $21,069,890  The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1946    8  $2,590,000  $40,924,903  Notorious
1945    12    $24,961,746  The Bells of St. Mary's
1944    11  $2,361,000  $19,809,715  Going My Way
1943    10  $2,627,000  $5,421,808  A Guy Named Joe
1942    12  $134,000  $8,000,161  Cat People
1941    16    $5,509,204  Suspicion
1940    14  $2,000,000  $12,455,985  Boom Town
1939    16  $1,500,000  $9,313,020  Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
1938    9  $2,000,000  $4,046,553  Alexander's Ragtime Band
1937    9    $416,865  La Grande Illusion
1936    11  $1,300,000  $8,276,338  San Francisco
1935    9    $675  Design for Living
1934    9      
1933    16  $672,000  $10,001,940  King Kong
1932    11    $588  The Mummy
1931    12    $4,096,297  Ingagi
1930    2      
1929    5  $379,000  $4,361,956  The Broadway Melody
1928    8    $37,840  La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc
1927    3  $2,000,000    
1926    5      
1925    3    $51,198  Bronenosets Potyomkin
1924    3    $18,835  Der müde Tod
1923    2      
1922    3      
1921    4    $2,646,301  The Kid
1920    2      
1918    3      
1916    1      
1902    1    $45,353  Le Voyage dans la Lune
Total  34,797  $26,047,740  $351,765,937,496  Avatar

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

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
(  3    $10,050,164  (NE) Idealnyy muzhchina
0  1    $922,747  0.0MHz
1  167  $30,689,333  $1,503,532,008  1917
2  80  $27,971,067  $1,519,118,726  2012
3  68  $22,900,000  $234,338,792  30 Minutes or Less
4  40  $33,778,571  $625,142,997  The 40 Year-old Virgin
5  27  $28,125,000  $271,769,745  50 First Dates
6  22  $92,333,333  $168,607,254  The 6th Day
7  41  $5,000,000  $144,305,157  7-beon-bang-ui seon-mul
8  26  $19,433,333  $419,062,392  8 Mile
9  23    $127,846,564  Nine to Five
A  2,236  $27,671,494  $20,280,255,298  Avatar
B  2,533  $21,903,481  $24,781,623,768  Big Hero 6
C  2,277  $22,828,863  $18,658,356,811  The Croods
D  1,989  $22,100,128  $16,528,639,205  Despicable Me 3
E  910  $32,867,382  $8,729,970,115  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
F  1,305  $25,542,907  $17,400,011,817  Furious 7
G  1,356  $28,501,811  $14,668,628,514  Gravity
H  1,590  $22,993,544  $16,858,617,625  Hancock
I  1,021  $36,281,402  $17,555,040,280  Incredibles 2
J  696  $31,889,779  $10,322,997,597  Jurassic World: Dominion
K  1,007  $33,478,848  $8,089,177,680  Kung Fu Panda 2
L  1,647  $22,763,238  $12,485,785,232  The Lion King
M  2,478  $28,200,603  $22,481,499,618  Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
N  1,102  $19,152,656  $10,272,907,972  Ni Hao, Li Huan Ying
O  797  $24,858,143  $5,378,615,760  Ocean's Twelve
P  1,779  $19,928,337  $13,409,164,776  Pegasus 2 (飞驰人生2)
Q  186  $13,831,250  $1,800,543,214  A Quiet Place
R  1,341  $28,380,501  $13,125,954,312  Ratatouille
S  3,337  $25,338,693  $40,087,821,194  Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
T  1,743  $33,169,642  $23,408,723,880  Titanic
U  454  $27,085,862  $4,259,291,831  Up
V  628  $22,524,289  $3,176,628,425  Van Helsing
W  1,075  $26,404,802  $12,858,977,220  The Wandering Earth (流浪地球)
X  110  $54,000,000  $3,659,370,759  Xiāo Shī De Tā (消失的她)
Y  428  $19,253,043  $2,661,579,667  YOLO (热辣滚烫)
Z  272  $38,861,538  $3,797,442,137  Zootopia