The table below lists the top-grossing Based on Fiction Book/Short Story movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Based on Fiction Book/Short Story films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 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 | 222 | ||||
| 2029 | 2 | ||||
| 2026 | 2 | ||||
| 2025 | 8 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 78 | $190,000,000 | $726,095,711 | Dune: Part Two |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 181 | $74,540,635 | $1,960,700,044 | Wonka |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 249 | $57,646,005 | $1,262,828,037 | The Bad Guys |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 209 | $59,640,000 | $2,162,791,286 | No Time to Die |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 184 | $46,743,750 | $917,687,724 | Dolittle |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 220 | $39,885,000 | $2,013,957,064 | Dumbo |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 238 | $50,638,889 | $6,703,712,984 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 259 | $35,623,345 | $4,173,478,473 | The Boss Baby |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 250 | $54,647,222 | $5,673,229,167 | The Jungle Book |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 180 | $48,113,688 | $8,043,590,053 | Jurassic World |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 95 | $44,526,471 | $5,564,032,453 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 92 | $64,590,000 | $4,945,600,553 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 109 | $54,797,727 | $9,024,824,951 | Skyfall |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 105 | $44,188,889 | $5,994,846,725 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 73 | $47,085,135 | $6,532,403,926 | Alice in Wonderland |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 75 | $48,992,683 | $6,030,825,777 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 116 | $41,787,755 | $4,878,370,527 | Quantum of Solace |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 99 | $47,163,043 | $6,185,385,051 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 88 | $38,883,333 | $4,315,814,453 | The Da Vinci Code |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 78 | $46,152,703 | $4,167,725,645 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 81 | $55,256,250 | $5,752,326,376 | Shrek 2 |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 63 | $35,852,941 | $3,280,358,807 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 70 | $39,657,547 | $5,132,386,396 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 58 | $43,931,250 | $5,179,774,703 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 43 | $32,300,000 | $1,342,023,112 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 73 | $43,797,619 | $3,411,085,617 | Tarzan |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 68 | $36,213,871 | $1,696,304,948 | Doctor Dolittle |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 45 | $47,047,619 | $2,317,874,244 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 65 | $37,695,652 | $2,554,235,956 | Twister |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 66 | $35,392,105 | $2,835,001,487 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance |
| 1994 | 43 | $39,333,333 | $2,224,755,352 | Forrest Gump | |
| 1993 | 39 | $25,458,333 | $2,999,097,590 | Jurassic Park | |
| 1992 | 36 | $27,625,000 | $841,358,311 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | |
| 1991 | 45 | $19,750,000 | $1,847,327,022 | Beauty and the Beast | |
| 1990 | 55 | $41,714,286 | $2,039,277,923 | Dances with Wolves | |
| 1989 | 47 | $23,833,333 | $867,704,053 | The Little Mermaid | |
| 1988 | 47 | $26,688,889 | $1,165,439,714 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | |
| 1987 | 52 | $17,616,667 | $706,624,200 | The Living Daylights | |
| 1986 | 33 | $17,125,000 | $351,725,734 | The Color of Money | |
| 1985 | 54 | $21,590,000 | $1,315,606,683 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | |
| 1984 | 43 | $22,275,000 | $515,353,686 | Footloose | |
| 1983 | 49 | $13,004,583 | $1,007,819,305 | Octopussy | |
| 1982 | 46 | $13,272,727 | $793,221,026 | First Blood | |
| 1981 | 32 | $13,500,000 | $651,468,705 | For Your Eyes Only | |
| 1980 | 27 | $14,400,000 | $327,031,888 | Ordinary People | |
| 1979 | 26 | $15,283,333 | $703,597,017 | Moonraker | |
| 1978 | 24 | $12,750,000 | $400,601,840 | Jaws 2 | |
| 1977 | 25 | $30,933,333 | $824,279,426 | Saturday Night Fever | |
| 1976 | 13 | $2,400,000 | $94,583,967 | Marathon Man | |
| 1975 | 24 | $6,925,000 | $817,476,897 | Jaws | |
| 1974 | 20 | $7,933,333 | $514,514,823 | Towering Inferno | |
| 1973 | 16 | $8,575,000 | $702,836,656 | The Exorcist | |
| 1972 | 20 | $4,166,667 | $471,058,151 | The Godfather | |
| 1971 | 20 | $5,566,667 | $200,334,606 | Diamonds Are Forever | |
| 1970 | 31 | $7,416,667 | $378,387,876 | Love Story | |
| 1969 | 25 | $4,300,000 | $278,965,455 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | |
| 1968 | 23 | $4,240,400 | $259,907,939 | Bullitt | |
| 1967 | 19 | $10,750,000 | $513,569,881 | The Jungle Book | |
| 1966 | 21 | $9,250,000 | $196,160,797 | Hawaii | |
| 1965 | 19 | $10,950,000 | $350,289,858 | Thunderball | |
| 1964 | 21 | $3,200,000 | $382,291,237 | Goldfinger | |
| 1963 | 15 | $1,000,000 | $118,170,337 | Dr. No | |
| 1962 | 17 | $8,500,000 | $100,461,708 | Lawrence of Arabia | |
| 1961 | 16 | $232,388,740 | 101 Dalmatians | ||
| 1960 | 12 | $7,500,000 | $121,962,025 | Spartacus | |
| 1959 | 17 | $15,000,000 | $89,486,099 | Ben-Hur | |
| 1958 | 15 | $48,717,634 | Auntie Mame | ||
| 1957 | 9 | $3,000,000 | $59,036,260 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | |
| 1956 | 15 | $4,833,333 | $107,886,890 | Around the World in 80 Days | |
| 1955 | 16 | $805,000 | $109,614,290 | Lady and the Tramp | |
| 1954 | 15 | $5,000,000 | $83,922,194 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | |
| 1953 | 12 | $1,953,333 | $131,134,971 | Peter Pan | |
| 1952 | 8 | $14,250,239 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | ||
| 1951 | 13 | $2,650,000 | $33,441,511 | Show Boat | |
| 1950 | 13 | $3,768,785 | $28,053,728 | Father of the Bride | |
| 1949 | 11 | $520,231 | Ladri di biciclette | ||
| 1948 | 12 | $9,411,778 | The Three Musketeers | ||
| 1947 | 14 | $2,000,000 | $251,103 | Quai des Orfevres | |
| 1946 | 14 | $3,677,000 | $135,600,000 | Song of the South | |
| 1945 | 11 | $1,375,000 | $36,410,117 | Leave Her to Heaven | |
| 1944 | 5 | $12,883,108 | Meet Me in St. Louis | ||
| 1943 | 4 | $17,800,395 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | ||
| 1942 | 9 | $858,000 | $281,587,126 | Bambi | |
| 1941 | 7 | $1,250,000 | $2,101,850 | Tobacco Road | |
| 1940 | 6 | $1,788,624 | $90,302,370 | Pinocchio | |
| 1939 | 12 | $3,338,500 | $425,893,721 | Gone with the Wind | |
| 1938 | 6 | $4,979 | La femme du boulanger | ||
| 1937 | 4 | ||||
| 1936 | 6 | $37,164 | Le Crime de Monsieur Lange | ||
| 1935 | 9 | $249 | The 39 Steps | ||
| 1934 | 5 | $1,077 | The Gay Divorcee | ||
| 1933 | 5 | $439,000 | $2,281,733 | 42nd Street | |
| 1932 | 7 | $9,181 | The Old Dark House | ||
| 1931 | 4 | $12,001,435 | Frankenstein | ||
| 1930 | 2 | $82,388 | Der Blaue Engel | ||
| 1929 | 9 | ||||
| 1928 | 2 | ||||
| 1927 | 3 | $1,206,834 | Metropolis | ||
| 1926 | 2 | ||||
| 1925 | 4 | $3,900,000 | $9,000,000 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | |
| 1923 | 1 | ||||
| 1922 | 1 | ||||
| 1920 | 1 | ||||
| 1919 | 1 | ||||
| 1918 | 1 | ||||
| 1916 | 2 | $200,000 | $8,262,102 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | |
| 1915 | 1 | $110,000 | $11,000,000 | The Birth of a Nation | |
| Total | 5,213 | $39,762,542 | $151,857,115,435 | Jurassic World | |