The table below lists the top-grossing G movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the G films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for G 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 | 12 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 5 | $1,578,950 | Butterfly Tale | |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 4 | $1,735,770 | Teddybjørnens jul | |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 3 | $26,000,000 | $151,403,419 | PAW Patrol: The Movie |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 12 | $1,669,873 | Barboskins at the Cottage | |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 18 | $200,000,000 | $1,180,926,287 | Toy Story 4 |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 9 | $8,313,930 | Pandas | |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 14 | $175,000,000 | $489,231,090 | Cars 3 |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 12 | $77,619,545 | A Beautiful Planet | |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 10 | $50,000,000 | $294,918,917 | The Peanuts Movie |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 16 | $65,225,000 | $636,516,863 | Rio 2 |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 17 | $200,000,000 | $759,889,746 | Monsters University |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 15 | $21,000,000 | $322,162,707 | Arrietty (借りぐらしのアリエッティ) |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 25 | $51,250,000 | $1,349,912,123 | Cars 2 |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 20 | $67,200,000 | $1,318,124,802 | Toy Story 3 |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 22 | $54,000,000 | $887,613,440 | The Princess and the Frog |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 15 | $40,431,818 | $1,487,336,799 | WALL-E |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 8 | $87,500,000 | $1,101,542,519 | Ratatouille |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 12 | $60,500,000 | $1,045,780,434 | Cars |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 12 | $44,771,429 | $946,658,305 | Chicken Little |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 9 | $107,500,000 | $470,678,654 | The Polar Express |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 10 | $47,000,000 | $1,476,679,718 | Finding Nemo |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 10 | $38,000,000 | $573,506,903 | The Santa Clause 2 |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 10 | $36,600,000 | $952,342,810 | Monsters, Inc. |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 12 | $46,571,429 | $815,014,147 | Chicken Run |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 12 | $50,125,000 | $1,300,956,591 | Toy Story 2 |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 10 | $49,666,667 | $940,095,067 | A Bug’s Life |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 5 | $51,666,667 | $426,148,109 | Hercules |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 7 | $62,500,000 | $445,070,468 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 12 | $34,750,000 | $1,398,298,006 | Toy Story |
| 1994 | 6 | $79,300,000 | $1,024,258,858 | The Lion King | |
| 1993 | 6 | $19,000,000 | $93,285,313 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | |
| 1992 | 5 | $20,000,000 | $569,912,189 | Aladdin | |
| 1991 | 5 | $20,000,000 | $480,987,651 | Beauty and the Beast | |
| 1990 | 3 | $85,050,777 | The Rescuers Down Under | ||
| 1989 | 6 | $280,386,293 | The Little Mermaid | ||
| 1988 | 2 | $12,300,000 | $131,892,882 | The Land Before Time | |
| 1987 | 3 | $17,212,539 | Benji the Hunted | ||
| 1986 | 4 | $58,761,655 | An American Tail | ||
| 1985 | 3 | $32,080,855 | Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird | ||
| 1983 | 2 | ||||
| 1982 | 1 | $78,350 | Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | ||
| 1981 | 3 | $75,105,482 | The Fox and the Hound | ||
| 1980 | 1 | ||||
| 1979 | 3 | $5,350,000 | $114,456,643 | The Muppet Movie | |
| 1977 | 2 | $104,475,599 | In Search of Noah's Ark | ||
| 1975 | 5 | $5,000,000 | $104,069,099 | The Return of the Pink Panther | |
| 1974 | 10 | $500,000 | $164,735,721 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | |
| 1973 | 6 | $1,800,000 | $92,632,940 | Robin Hood | |
| 1972 | 3 | $74,620,319 | What's Up, Doc? | ||
| 1971 | 8 | $5,250,000 | $127,115,086 | Fiddler on the Roof | |
| 1970 | 13 | $16,666,667 | $232,872,411 | Airport | |
| 1969 | 11 | $22,000,000 | $147,750,264 | The Love Bug | |
| 1968 | 21 | $8,766,667 | $319,055,702 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | |
| 1967 | 5 | $85,436,731 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | ||
| 1966 | 2 | $3,900,000 | $50,915,634 | A Man for All Seasons | |
| 1965 | 3 | $14,100,000 | $332,797,677 | The Sound of Music | |
| 1964 | 4 | $7,853,333 | $177,936,764 | Mary Poppins | |
| 1963 | 3 | $42,000,000 | $139,682,353 | Cleopatra | |
| 1962 | 5 | $10,000,000 | $73,977,739 | The Longest Day | |
| 1961 | 2 | $163,520,881 | 101 Dalmatians | ||
| 1960 | 2 | $40,401,290 | Swiss Family Robinson | ||
| 1959 | 3 | $15,000,000 | $92,691,236 | Ben-Hur | |
| 1958 | 1 | $7,300,000 | Gigi | ||
| 1957 | 1 | $2,144 | A King in New York | ||
| 1956 | 4 | $13,500,000 | $139,926,276 | The Ten Commandments | |
| 1955 | 2 | $93,638,184 | Lady and the Tramp | ||
| 1954 | 3 | $5,000,000 | $33,214,013 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | |
| 1953 | 2 | ||||
| 1952 | 1 | $2,540,000 | $7,241,009 | Singin' in the Rain | |
| 1951 | 2 | $2,100,000 | $3,700,000 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | |
| 1950 | 1 | $2,900,000 | $263,591,415 | Cinderella | |
| 1946 | 2 | $65,000,000 | Song of the South | ||
| 1945 | 1 | ||||
| 1943 | 3 | $17,800,000 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | ||
| 1942 | 3 | $858,000 | $293,300,000 | Bambi | |
| 1941 | 3 | $18,429 | Dumbo | ||
| 1940 | 2 | $2,284,624 | $167,620,832 | Pinocchio | |
| 1939 | 1 | $3,900,000 | $390,516,513 | Gone with the Wind | |
| 1937 | 1 | $1,488,000 | $187,171,725 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | |
| 1936 | 1 | $1,500,000 | $229,549 | Modern Times | |
| 1931 | 1 | $60,731 | City Lights | ||
| 1928 | 1 | $6,542 | The Circus | ||
| Total | 555 | $40,559,415 | $28,020,220,287 | Toy Story 4 | |