The table below lists the top-grossing Universal movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Universal films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Universal 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 | Domestic Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 1 | ||||
| 2029 | 2 | ||||
| 2028 | 9 | ||||
| 2027 | 13 | ||||
| 2026 | Domestic Stats | 14 | $250,000,000 | ||
| 2025 | Domestic Stats | 16 | $60,066,667 | $3,073,038,444 | Jurassic World Rebirth |
| 2024 | Domestic Stats | 17 | $86,909,091 | $3,474,635,491 | Despicable Me 4 |
| 2023 | Domestic Stats | 18 | $81,477,160 | $4,269,971,522 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie |
| 2022 | Domestic Stats | 20 | $53,882,353 | $3,816,317,569 | Jurassic World: Dominion |
| 2021 | Domestic Stats | 13 | $52,200,000 | $1,762,459,608 | F9: The Fast Saga |
| 2020 | Domestic Stats | 11 | $37,109,091 | $706,359,234 | Dolittle |
| 2019 | Domestic Stats | 20 | $54,233,333 | $3,589,335,025 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw |
| 2018 | Domestic Stats | 20 | $56,416,667 | $4,753,777,990 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |
| 2017 | Domestic Stats | 15 | $61,307,692 | $4,390,138,515 | The Fate of the Furious |
| 2016 | Domestic Stats | 20 | $54,722,222 | $3,997,880,233 | The Secret Life of Pets |
| 2015 | Domestic Stats | 20 | $50,200,000 | $6,541,093,247 | Jurassic World |
| 2014 | Domestic Stats | 15 | $36,000,000 | $2,227,371,929 | Lucy |
| 2013 | Domestic Stats | 17 | $63,200,000 | $3,393,566,444 | Despicable Me 2 |
| 2012 | Domestic Stats | 16 | $67,000,000 | $3,302,203,172 | Ted |
| 2011 | Domestic Stats | 16 | $61,580,000 | $2,250,508,799 | Fast Five |
| 2010 | Domestic Stats | 16 | $62,600,000 | $1,918,850,212 | Despicable Me |
| 2009 | Domestic Stats | 17 | $49,117,647 | $1,815,889,512 | Fast & Furious |
| 2008 | Domestic Stats | 19 | $53,526,316 | $2,514,983,243 | Mamma Mia! |
| 2007 | Domestic Stats | 17 | $61,250,000 | $2,059,202,433 | The Bourne Ultimatum |
| 2006 | Domestic Stats | 18 | $45,073,529 | $1,471,195,322 | The Break-Up |
| 2005 | Domestic Stats | 19 | $51,351,471 | $1,815,691,919 | King Kong |
| 2004 | Domestic Stats | 14 | $59,500,000 | $2,167,284,604 | Meet the Fockers |
| 2003 | Domestic Stats | 15 | $68,428,571 | $2,308,701,153 | Bruce Almighty |
| 2002 | Domestic Stats | 13 | $37,454,545 | $1,180,960,194 | 8 Mile |
| 2001 | Domestic Stats | 12 | $48,166,667 | $1,923,355,040 | The Mummy Returns |
| 2000 | Domestic Stats | 13 | $51,846,154 | $1,634,696,612 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| 1999 | Domestic Stats | 19 | $48,472,222 | $1,940,433,837 | The Mummy |
| 1998 | Domestic Stats | 16 | $44,500,000 | $657,694,405 | Patch Adams |
| 1997 | Domestic Stats | 12 | $60,833,333 | $1,352,944,929 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
| 1996 | Domestic Stats | 13 | $44,421,667 | $752,131,811 | The Nutty Professor |
| 1995 | Domestic Stats | 18 | $59,714,286 | $1,620,380,625 | Apollo 13 |
| 1994 | 15 | $34,500,000 | $1,007,072,750 | The Flintstones | |
| 1993 | 19 | $26,475,000 | $1,745,269,023 | Jurassic Park | |
| 1992 | 17 | $33,000,000 | $687,307,530 | Death Becomes Her | |
| 1991 | 19 | $23,000,000 | $747,899,700 | Cape Fear | |
| 1990 | 16 | $19,800,000 | $877,728,132 | Back to the Future Part III | |
| 1989 | 16 | $19,750,000 | $1,062,525,927 | Back to the Future Part II | |
| 1988 | 17 | $10,537,500 | $602,358,670 | Twins | |
| 1987 | 14 | $26,000,000 | $307,424,239 | The Secret of My Success | |
| 1986 | 12 | $32,500,000 | $229,543,639 | Legal Eagles | |
| 1985 | 16 | $15,750,000 | $891,333,434 | Back to the Future | |
| 1984 | 19 | $19,875,000 | $222,464,883 | All of Me | |
| 1983 | 27 | $15,476,000 | $309,443,716 | Jaws 3-D | |
| 1982 | 17 | $11,125,000 | $1,148,213,898 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | |
| 1981 | 25 | $9,000,000 | $494,090,968 | On Golden Pond | |
| 1980 | 18 | $20,820,000 | $374,929,194 | Coal Miner’s Daughter | |
| 1979 | 13 | $22,250,000 | $279,336,557 | 1941 | |
| 1978 | 18 | $15,200,000 | $537,772,697 | Jaws 2 | |
| 1977 | 9 | $251,057,516 | Smokey and the Bandit | ||
| 1976 | 4 | $3,000,000 | $79,620,000 | Midway | |
| 1975 | 4 | $12,000,000 | $574,719,248 | Jaws | |
| 1974 | 8 | $5,500,000 | $148,985,152 | Earthquake | |
| 1973 | 9 | $3,925,667 | $356,524,864 | The Sting | |
| 1972 | 11 | $2,300,000 | $70,666,615 | The Getaway | |
| 1971 | 10 | $6,500,000 | $24,076,647 | The Andromeda Strain | |
| 1970 | 8 | $105,539,322 | Airport | ||
| 1969 | 6 | $12,000,000 | $28,644,335 | Winning | |
| 1968 | 9 | $3,110,000 | Coogan's Bluff | ||
| 1967 | 5 | $35,338,216 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | ||
| 1966 | 8 | ||||
| 1965 | 5 | $17,279,478 | Shenandoah | ||
| 1964 | 8 | $560,000 | $29,284,553 | Father Goose | |
| 1963 | 5 | $36,695,992 | Charade | ||
| 1962 | 4 | $2,000,000 | $30,778,773 | That Touch of Mink | |
| 1961 | 8 | $40,386,894 | Lover Come Back | ||
| 1960 | 5 | $12,000,000 | $67,399,883 | Spartacus | |
| 1959 | 4 | ||||
| 1958 | 4 | ||||
| 1957 | 8 | ||||
| 1956 | 7 | $11,334,652 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | ||
| 1955 | 8 | ||||
| 1954 | 5 | $8,360 | Magnificent Obsession | ||
| 1953 | 10 | ||||
| 1952 | 2 | ||||
| 1951 | 5 | $32,186 | The Lavender Hill Mob | ||
| 1950 | 3 | ||||
| 1949 | 3 | ||||
| 1948 | 5 | ||||
| 1947 | 5 | $33,366 | Great Expectations | ||
| 1946 | 7 | $151,033 | A Matter of Life and Death | ||
| 1945 | 6 | $35 | Lady on a Train | ||
| 1944 | 6 | ||||
| 1943 | 1 | ||||
| 1942 | 5 | $3,719 | Arabian Nights | ||
| 1941 | 3 | $4,000,000 | Buck Privates | ||
| 1940 | 5 | $625,000 | |||
| 1939 | 3 | ||||
| 1938 | 1 | ||||
| 1937 | 1 | ||||
| 1936 | 3 | ||||
| 1935 | 2 | ||||
| 1934 | 3 | ||||
| 1933 | 4 | $132 | The Invisible Man | ||
| 1932 | 4 | $9,210 | The Old Dark House | ||
| 1931 | 1 | ||||
| 1930 | 2 | ||||
| 1929 | 2 | ||||
| 1928 | 2 | ||||
| 1927 | 1 | ||||
| 1925 | 2 | ||||
| 1923 | 1 | ||||
| 1922 | 1 | ||||
| 1921 | 1 | ||||
| 1919 | 1 | ||||
| 1918 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 1,114 | $49,261,323 | $92,123,448,211 | Jurassic World | |