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Based on Play Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Based on Play movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Based on Play Movies - Top Domestic Based on Play Movies - Top International Based on Play Movies - Top Worldwide Based on Play Movies - Top Domestic Based on Play Stars - Top International Based on Play Stars - Top Worldwide Based on Play Stars

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

The table below lists the top-grossing Based on Play movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Based on Play films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Based on Play 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    12      
2024 Annual Stats  10    $1,766,869  National Theatre Live: Dear England
2023 Annual Stats  21    $13,951,268  Allelujah
2022 Annual Stats  23  $3,000,000  $58,188,369  The Whale
2021 Annual Stats  21  $9,000,000  $2,587,784  CS Lewis: The Most Reluctant Convert
2020 Annual Stats  21  $11,468,833  $46,421,937  The Father
2019 Annual Stats  21    $11,226,924  El Cuento de las Comadrejas
2018 Annual Stats  18    $38,121,117  102 Not Out
2017 Annual Stats  39    $23,327,432  Toc Toc
2016 Annual Stats  36  $15,166,667  $222,451,652  Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween
2015 Annual Stats  28  $10,500,000  $295,363,247  Xia Luo Te Fan Nao
2014 Annual Stats  16  $9,250,000  $159,069,229  The Breakup Guru
2013 Annual Stats  16  $21,000,000  $170,483,220  Tyler Perry’s Temptation
2012 Annual Stats  18  $7,160,000  $128,777,178  Quartet
2011 Annual Stats  16  $22,833,333  $440,320,717  Gnomeo and Juliet
2010 Annual Stats  10  $14,560,000  $121,895,301  Why Did I Get Married Too?
2009 Annual Stats  8  $16,833,333  $162,933,146  Madea Goes To Jail
2008 Annual Stats  10  $21,250,000  $123,799,412  Doubt
2007 Annual Stats  7  $6,833,333  $64,529,971  Why Did I Get Married?
2006 Annual Stats  10  $18,740,000  $213,183,607  Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia
2005 Annual Stats  9  $13,400,000  $166,172,271  Wangeui Namja
2004 Annual Stats  7  $30,000,000  $232,312,751  Closer
2003 Annual Stats  8  $14,833,333  $51,342,104  What a Girl Wants
2002 Annual Stats  15  $8,750,000  $557,043,609  My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2001 Annual Stats  8  $6,000,000  $51,580,464  Kingdom Come
2000 Annual Stats  13  $4,545,000  $61,364,519  East is East
1999 Annual Stats  16  $8,925,000  $128,357,103  10 Things I Hate About You
1998 Annual Stats  7  $35,500,000  $277,007,266  You’ve Got Mail
1997 Annual Stats  12  $25,000  $37,772,895  Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1996 Annual Stats  13  $17,125,000  $185,782,234  Romeo+Juliet
1995 Annual Stats  12  $10,100,000  $18,017,292  Richard III
1994    9    $54,827,043  Nell
1993    11  $15,000,000  $107,020,519  Shadowlands
1992    8  $22,750,000  $305,771,416  A Few Good Men
1991    5    $84,440,672  Other People's Money
1990    3    $22,495,748  Hamlet
1989    6  $12,166,667  $224,545,938  Driving Miss Daisy
1988    7  $4,000,000  $85,281,367  Biloxi Blues
1987    4    $69,056,622  Roxanne
1986    7    $181,315,929  Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1985    9    $43,697,016  Agnes of God
1984    4  $18,000,000  $75,973,029  Amadeus
1983    4    $25,139,286  Educating Rita
1982    6    $31,473,104  Deathtrap
1981    3    $124,964,771  On Golden Pond
1980    1      
1979    3    $30,018,709  Chapter Two
1978    2  $15,000,000  $121,800,000  Heaven Can Wait
1977    1      
1976    1  $1,200,000  $887,000  The Blue Bird
1975    2      
1974    3  $4,000,000  $15,000,000  The Front Page
1972    3  $4,000,000  $311  Avanti!
1971    2      
1970    7    $25,182,572  The Owl and the Pussycat
1969    3  $20,000,000  $57,567,986  Paint Your Wagon
1968    3    $46,895,968  Romeo and Juliet
1967    1    $19,994,515  Barefoot in the Park
1966    4  $3,900,000  $80,957,989  Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
1965    3    $8,126,724  Do Not Disturb
1964    4    $21,556,791  A Shot in the Dark
1963    3    $13,129,412  Bye Bye Birdie
1962    2      
1961    3  $6,000,000  $47,596,274  West Side Story
1960    2    $7,400,000  Midnight Lace
1959    1      
1958    3  $3,000,000  $17,570,450  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1957    4    $13,657  Det Sjunde Inseglet
1956    3    $4,500,000  Bus Stop
1955    6    $6,011,216  The Seven Year Itch
1954    3    $6,000,239  Dial M for Murder
1953    3    $7,300,742  How to Marry a Millionaire
1951    2  $1,800,000  $8,010,424  A Streetcar Named Desire
1948    3    $25,687  Vredens Dag
1947    2      
1944    1      
1943    1  $1,039,000  $10,565,232  Casablanca
1942    1      
1941    1      
1940    7    $3,012,996  The Philadelphia Story
1939    1      
1938    1      
1937    2      
1936    4      
1933    4  $200,000  $2,200,000  She Done Him Wrong
1932    5      
1931    2      
1930    1    $190  Morocco
1929    4    $21,692  Shiraz
1928    1      
1927    2      
1926    3    $3,000,000  Aloma of the South Seas
1925    1  $245,000  $22,000,000  The Big Parade
1923    1      
1916    1      
Total  694  $13,090,112  $6,087,500,124  My Big Fat Greek Wedding

The table below shows the highest-grossing Based on Play 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 Based on Play movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
1  4  $8,500,000  $77,179,162  10 Things I Hate About You
2  2    $14,107  The 24th Day
8  1  $8,000,000  $42,376,425  8 femmes
9  1    $192,318  9/11
A  38  $17,500,000  $248,874,851  Amadeus
B  65  $4,835,000  $390,110,192  The Breakup Guru
C  53  $14,839,833  $340,070,228  Closer
D  29  $10,700,000  $338,303,125  Driving Miss Daisy
E  15  $9,000,000  $86,950,345  East is East
F  25  $19,375,000  $563,761,290  A Few Good Men
G  20  $16,625,000  $212,341,049  Gnomeo and Juliet
H  26  $9,540,000  $171,729,185  Heaven Can Wait
I  14  $12,075,000  $196,197,235  The Ides of March
J  9    $14,332,607  Juste La Fin Du Monde
K  10  $6,166,667  $42,630,440  Kingdom Come
L  26  $10,000,000  $98,953,242  The Lady in the Van
M  61  $14,536,364  $884,573,992  My Big Fat Greek Wedding
N  37  $9,000,000  $90,413,832  Nell
O  24  $10,979,222  $247,915,641  On Golden Pond
P  24  $16,000,000  $216,525,468  Peter Pan: Return to Neverland
Q  4  $12,250,000  $67,961,471  Quartet
R  45  $7,940,000  $297,453,655  Romeo+Juliet
S  65  $10,100,000  $289,416,622  Steel Magnolias
T  43  $19,333,333  $281,145,212  Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween
U  8  $225,000  $19,683,524  Used People
V  9    $22,500,371  The Visit
W  33  $14,833,333  $380,764,486  Why Did I Get Married Too?
X  1    $213,949,747  Xia Luo Te Fan Nao
Y  1  $65,000,000  $250,800,000  You’ve Got Mail
Z  1    $380,302  Zoot Suit