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 "Annual 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 | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 8 | ||||
| 2026 | 14 | ||||
| 2025 | 18 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 11 | $98,250,000 | $2,643,115,480 | Despicable Me 4 |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 14 | $85,350,256 | $4,271,758,748 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 19 | $58,384,615 | $3,816,811,493 | Jurassic World: Dominion |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 11 | $58,625,000 | $1,762,459,608 | F9: The Fast Saga |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 10 | $37,320,000 | $704,649,661 | Dolittle |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 20 | $55,266,667 | $3,594,790,863 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 20 | $56,416,667 | $4,750,704,036 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 15 | $61,307,692 | $4,436,794,215 | The Fate of the Furious |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 20 | $54,722,222 | $3,997,880,233 | The Secret Life of Pets |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 20 | $50,200,000 | $6,543,000,989 | Jurassic World |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 15 | $36,000,000 | $2,227,371,929 | Lucy |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 17 | $63,200,000 | $3,393,566,444 | Despicable Me 2 |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 16 | $67,000,000 | $3,302,203,172 | Ted |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 16 | $61,580,000 | $2,250,508,799 | Fast Five |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 16 | $62,600,000 | $1,918,082,313 | Despicable Me |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 17 | $49,117,647 | $1,815,889,512 | Fast & Furious |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 19 | $53,526,316 | $2,517,785,760 | Mamma Mia! |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 17 | $61,250,000 | $2,059,202,433 | The Bourne Ultimatum |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 18 | $45,073,529 | $1,471,195,322 | The Break-Up |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 19 | $51,351,471 | $1,809,144,608 | King Kong |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 14 | $59,500,000 | $2,167,284,604 | Meet the Fockers |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 15 | $68,428,571 | $2,308,387,693 | Bruce Almighty |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 13 | $37,454,545 | $1,180,960,194 | 8 Mile |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 12 | $48,166,667 | $1,923,355,891 | The Mummy Returns |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 13 | $51,846,154 | $1,631,146,868 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 19 | $48,472,222 | $1,940,203,596 | The Mummy |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 16 | $44,500,000 | $657,694,405 | Patch Adams |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 12 | $60,833,333 | $1,352,944,929 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 13 | $44,421,667 | $751,694,026 | The Nutty Professor |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 18 | $59,714,286 | $1,611,954,204 | Apollo 13 |
| 1994 | 15 | $34,500,000 | $1,007,072,750 | The Flintstones | |
| 1993 | 18 | $26,475,000 | $1,686,498,350 | Jurassic Park | |
| 1992 | 17 | $33,000,000 | $671,507,530 | 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 | $1,062,424,926 | Back to the Future Part II | |
| 1988 | 18 | $9,922,222 | $620,432,276 | 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 | $20,666,667 | $880,949,506 | Back to the Future | |
| 1984 | 19 | $19,875,000 | $221,551,064 | All of Me | |
| 1983 | 27 | $15,476,000 | $292,175,381 | Jaws 3-D | |
| 1982 | 17 | $11,125,000 | $1,147,292,002 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | |
| 1981 | 26 | $11,714,286 | $689,390,968 | For Your Eyes Only | |
| 1980 | 19 | $18,100,000 | $422,851,808 | 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 | $560,474,218 | Jaws | |
| 1974 | 8 | $5,500,000 | $148,985,152 | Earthquake | |
| 1973 | 9 | $3,925,667 | $356,523,520 | The Sting | |
| 1972 | 11 | $2,300,000 | $70,664,919 | The Getaway | |
| 1971 | 10 | $6,500,000 | $24,076,633 | The Andromeda Strain | |
| 1970 | 8 | $105,539,150 | Airport | ||
| 1969 | 6 | $12,000,000 | $28,644,335 | Winning | |
| 1968 | 8 | $3,110,000 | Coogan's Bluff | ||
| 1967 | 5 | $35,338,216 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | ||
| 1966 | 7 | ||||
| 1965 | 5 | $17,279,404 | Shenandoah | ||
| 1964 | 8 | $560,000 | $29,256,461 | Father Goose | |
| 1963 | 5 | $36,690,951 | Charade | ||
| 1962 | 4 | $2,000,000 | $30,778,773 | That Touch of Mink | |
| 1961 | 6 | $40,386,782 | Lover Come Back | ||
| 1960 | 5 | $12,000,000 | $67,400,000 | Spartacus | |
| 1959 | 3 | ||||
| 1958 | 3 | ||||
| 1957 | 6 | ||||
| 1956 | 5 | $11,334,652 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | ||
| 1955 | 7 | ||||
| 1954 | 4 | $454 | Creature From the Black Lagoon | ||
| 1953 | 6 | ||||
| 1952 | 2 | ||||
| 1951 | 2 | $32,186 | The Lavender Hill Mob | ||
| 1950 | 2 | ||||
| 1949 | 1 | ||||
| 1948 | 4 | ||||
| 1947 | 5 | $194 | Great Expectations | ||
| 1946 | 7 | $151,033 | A Matter of Life and Death | ||
| 1945 | 4 | ||||
| 1944 | 4 | ||||
| 1943 | 1 | ||||
| 1942 | 4 | $3,719 | Arabian Nights | ||
| 1941 | 2 | $4,000,000 | Buck Privates | ||
| 1940 | 4 | $625,000 | |||
| 1939 | 3 | ||||
| 1938 | 1 | ||||
| 1937 | 1 | ||||
| 1936 | 3 | ||||
| 1935 | 1 | ||||
| 1934 | 3 | ||||
| 1933 | 4 | $132 | The Invisible Man | ||
| 1932 | 3 | $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 | 1,047 | $48,623,840 | $88,395,751,163 | Jurassic World | |