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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    658      
2031    1      
2029    11      
2027    2      
2026    8  $5,000,000    
2025    73  $5,900,000    
2024 Annual Stats  1,954  $80,666,667  $5,383,220,059  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2023 Annual Stats  3,666  $72,691,891  $13,696,011,934  Fast X
2022 Annual Stats  3,043  $59,425,194  $10,922,028,801  Avatar: The Way of Water
2021 Annual Stats  2,064  $53,775,277  $8,513,985,682  Hi, Mom (你好)
2020 Annual Stats  2,229  $30,470,800  $4,456,172,093  Bad Boys For Life
2019 Annual Stats  2,636  $38,017,568  $17,016,743,209  Toy Story 4
2018 Annual Stats  2,310  $25,584,731  $13,606,405,523  Incredibles 2
2017 Annual Stats  1,930  $33,304,646  $17,845,922,587  Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi
2016 Annual Stats  1,962  $24,896,804  $17,016,152,451  Finding Dory
2015 Annual Stats  1,846  $20,650,064  $17,604,274,708  Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
2014 Annual Stats  911  $18,872,822  $10,936,651,789  Big Hero 6
2013 Annual Stats  766  $24,319,592  $12,089,118,959  Despicable Me 2
2012 Annual Stats  790  $22,315,653  $13,443,145,460  Ice Age: Continental Drift
2011 Annual Stats  617  $24,089,546  $9,994,156,546  Kung Fu Panda 2
2010 Annual Stats  495  $28,584,399  $10,862,778,725  Toy Story 3
2009 Annual Stats  399  $30,641,881  $12,247,412,329  Avatar
2008 Annual Stats  558  $26,122,646  $12,147,485,029  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2007 Annual Stats  494  $25,080,195  $8,722,210,254  Ratatouille
2006 Annual Stats  358  $21,536,531  $8,216,218,846  Ice Age: The Meltdown
2005 Annual Stats  321  $27,680,794  $8,046,748,888  Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith
2004 Annual Stats  296  $29,278,368  $6,869,737,472  The Incredibles
2003 Annual Stats  277  $32,208,679  $9,946,550,535  Finding Nemo
2002 Annual Stats  208  $28,069,978  $6,866,422,298  Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones
2001 Annual Stats  225  $27,021,944  $6,495,296,080  Monsters, Inc.
2000 Annual Stats  230  $29,976,213  $7,886,452,469  Gladiator
1999 Annual Stats  230  $24,508,174  $8,079,901,753  Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace
1998 Annual Stats  201  $26,023,770  $6,580,790,377  Armageddon
1997 Annual Stats  193  $37,150,218  $7,438,494,999  Titanic
1996 Annual Stats  179  $29,448,393  $4,998,120,686  Independence Day
1995 Annual Stats  186  $30,321,622  $4,354,747,053  Toy Story
1994    151  $24,897,645  $4,500,278,711  The Lion King
1993    129  $18,919,381  $3,245,995,657  Cliffhanger
1992    138  $22,457,143  $4,610,145,436  The Bodyguard
1991    153  $18,603,842  $2,663,199,810  Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1990    143  $22,956,500  $3,834,649,474  Ghost
1989    158  $18,625,000  $3,986,197,440  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1988    156  $11,761,905  $3,251,524,779  Rain Man
1987    154  $13,134,375  $2,827,072,460  Fatal Attraction
1986    164  $11,860,526  $2,740,534,663  Top Gun
1985    134  $8,845,000  $2,164,275,908  Back to the Future
1984    138  $11,858,824  $2,816,214,834  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1983    123  $9,393,364  $1,860,292,770  Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi
1982    96  $11,742,308  $2,247,985,014  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1981    93  $8,893,421  $1,393,093,559  Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980    98  $9,043,067  $1,847,691,840  Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back
1979    87  $11,655,556  $1,354,692,785  Rocky 2
1978    58  $4,865,000  $779,987,316  National Lampoon’s Animal House
1977    54  $7,814,286  $1,529,108,652  Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope
1976    58  $2,780,000  $582,527,757  Rocky
1975    52  $2,800,000  $283,675,683  Shampoo
1974    63  $2,973,333  $478,570,755  Blazing Saddles
1973    50  $2,835,400  $414,347,296  The Sting
1972    39  $1,100,000  $151,947,570  What's Up, Doc?
1971    46  $1,766,667  $201,042,946  Billy Jack
1970    50  $9,319,491  $237,417,645  The Aristocats
1969    44  $5,666,667  $229,050,788  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1968    37  $4,138,000  $192,787,880  2001: A Space Odyssey
1967    32  $1,700,000  $188,626,015  Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1966    36  $2,500,000  $72,004,043  Grand Prix
1965    33  $300,000  $152,379,834  Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying...
1964    31  $340,000  $28,318,560  The Pink Panther
1963    33  $13,200,000  $108,184,481  It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
1962    33  $1,630,000  $14,810,860  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1961    25    $55,730,321  The Absent Minded Professor
1960    33  $7,500,000  $69,689,790  Psycho
1959    18  $3,500,000  $53,440,825  Imitation of Life
1958    19    $10,289,138  Indiscreet
1957    26  $340,000  $1,013,599  The Nights of Cabiria
1956    33  $900,000  $20,976,611  The Conqueror
1955    14    $13,049,404  Galapagos
1954    25  $910,000  $72,092,648  White Christmas
1953    21  $954,000  $46,424,930  House of Wax
1952    17  $2,423,333  $51,342,683  The Greatest Show on Earth
1951    12  $1,200,000  $9,586,074  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    17  $3,700,000  $8,704,364  Sorry, Wrong Number
1947    19  $2,000,000  $21,069,890  The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1946    8  $2,590,000  $40,924,903  Notorious
1945    12    $24,962,379  The Bells of St. Mary's
1944    12  $2,361,000  $19,809,846  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    $5,556,523  Suspicion
1940    15  $2,000,000  $12,456,026  Boom Town
1939    16  $1,500,000  $9,313,020  Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
1938    10  $2,000,000  $4,046,790  Alexander's Ragtime Band
1937    10    $416,915  La Grande Illusion
1936    11  $1,300,000  $8,276,338  San Francisco
1935    9    $675  Design for Living
1934    9      
1933    17  $672,000  $10,002,046  King Kong
1932    12    $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    4  $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  35,741  $26,312,741  $353,887,734,352  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  171  $30,689,333  $1,512,473,941  1917
2  80  $27,971,067  $1,518,932,975  2012
3  71  $22,900,000  $234,340,335  30 Minutes or Less
4  41  $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  42  $5,000,000  $144,499,451  7-beon-bang-ui seon-mul
8  26  $19,433,333  $419,048,046  8 Mile
9  23    $127,846,564  9 to 5
A  2,294  $27,673,153  $20,356,322,623  Avatar
B  2,611  $22,181,404  $25,068,892,066  Big Hero 6
C  2,320  $23,097,380  $18,832,897,333  The Croods
D  2,037  $22,100,128  $16,551,125,610  Despicable Me 3
E  939  $32,867,382  $8,765,089,274  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
F  1,348  $25,374,901  $17,530,371,581  Furious 7
G  1,399  $29,430,140  $15,449,059,014  Gravity
H  1,635  $23,271,206  $17,744,840,601  Hi, Mom (你好)
I  1,045  $37,839,088  $17,791,435,338  Incredibles 2
J  714  $31,889,779  $10,135,218,990  Jurassic World: Dominion
K  1,031  $36,097,118  $8,821,880,947  Kung Fu Panda 2
L  1,692  $22,763,238  $12,779,320,661  The Lion King
M  2,548  $28,078,788  $22,184,308,317  Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
N  1,126  $19,152,656  $9,463,057,366  Ne Zha (哪吒之魔童降世)
O  819  $24,858,143  $5,384,170,730  Ocean's Twelve
P  1,822  $19,928,337  $13,479,953,041  Pegasus 2 (飞驰人生2)
Q  192  $13,831,250  $1,800,556,540  A Quiet Place
R  1,389  $28,101,175  $12,925,050,710  Ratatouille
S  3,443  $25,923,029  $40,236,504,805  Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
T  1,792  $34,043,099  $23,507,091,665  Titanic
U  463  $27,085,862  $4,259,881,831  Up
V  648  $22,524,289  $3,217,696,940  Van Helsing
W  1,098  $26,404,802  $12,827,480,919  The Wandering Earth (流浪地球)
X  107  $54,000,000  $3,279,588,140  Xiāo Shī De Tā (消失的她)
Y  439  $19,253,043  $2,663,581,944  YOLO (热辣滚烫)
Z  283  $38,861,538  $3,798,723,147  Zootopia