The table below lists the top-grossing Based on Fiction Book/Short Story movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Based on Fiction Book/Short Story films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 254 | ||||
| 2028 | 2 | ||||
| 2027 | 4 | ||||
| 2026 | 37 | $132,500,000 | |||
| 2025 | Domestic Stats | 156 | $57,692,308 | $2,375,092,670 | How to Train Your Dragon |
| 2024 | Domestic Stats | 121 | $52,394,248 | $2,176,052,154 | Dune: Part Two |
| 2023 | Domestic Stats | 188 | $53,214,188 | $2,094,409,856 | Wonka |
| 2022 | Domestic Stats | 256 | $54,342,171 | $1,287,700,634 | The Bad Guys |
| 2021 | Domestic Stats | 221 | $54,388,235 | $2,342,621,509 | No Time to Die |
| 2020 | Domestic Stats | 191 | $47,772,222 | $1,071,721,194 | Dolittle |
| 2019 | Domestic Stats | 223 | $39,940,909 | $2,141,788,924 | Dumbo |
| 2018 | Domestic Stats | 244 | $50,081,081 | $7,181,704,324 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |
| 2017 | Domestic Stats | 269 | $33,605,206 | $5,460,828,283 | It |
| 2016 | Domestic Stats | 255 | $54,927,027 | $5,953,812,266 | The Jungle Book |
| 2015 | Domestic Stats | 183 | $46,753,080 | $8,024,271,840 | Jurassic World |
| 2014 | Domestic Stats | 97 | $43,968,571 | $5,617,840,709 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
| 2013 | Domestic Stats | 96 | $63,259,615 | $5,030,210,869 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
| 2012 | Domestic Stats | 113 | $53,002,222 | $8,612,429,958 | Skyfall |
| 2011 | Domestic Stats | 108 | $44,819,149 | $6,498,925,593 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II |
| 2010 | Domestic Stats | 82 | $43,534,524 | $6,726,518,762 | Alice in Wonderland |
| 2009 | Domestic Stats | 79 | $54,476,744 | $6,675,744,125 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
| 2008 | Domestic Stats | 121 | $42,550,000 | $5,287,193,171 | Quantum of Solace |
| 2007 | Domestic Stats | 105 | $47,864,583 | $6,486,922,754 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
| 2006 | Domestic Stats | 93 | $38,934,091 | $4,511,494,523 | The Da Vinci Code |
| 2005 | Domestic Stats | 81 | $48,271,951 | $4,943,268,833 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
| 2004 | Domestic Stats | 88 | $55,545,946 | $6,343,393,054 | Shrek 2 |
| 2003 | Domestic Stats | 69 | $35,000,000 | $3,786,509,125 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2002 | Domestic Stats | 72 | $41,088,182 | $5,408,315,219 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| 2001 | Domestic Stats | 61 | $44,994,118 | $5,574,842,468 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone |
| 2000 | Domestic Stats | 46 | $33,314,748 | $1,470,501,824 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| 1999 | Domestic Stats | 72 | $44,304,878 | $3,393,091,537 | Tarzan |
| 1998 | Domestic Stats | 71 | $36,594,848 | $1,967,753,198 | Doctor Dolittle |
| 1997 | Domestic Stats | 49 | $49,043,478 | $2,657,599,232 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
| 1996 | Domestic Stats | 67 | $38,416,667 | $3,135,805,143 | Twister |
| 1995 | Domestic Stats | 65 | $35,392,105 | $2,530,897,486 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance |
| 1994 | 45 | $39,333,333 | $2,264,192,837 | Forrest Gump | |
| 1993 | 40 | $25,458,333 | $3,040,860,703 | Jurassic Park | |
| 1992 | 38 | $27,625,000 | $905,267,378 | Bram Stoker’s Dracula | |
| 1991 | 46 | $21,000,000 | $1,680,319,473 | Hook | |
| 1990 | 56 | $44,500,000 | $2,012,239,481 | Dances with Wolves | |
| 1989 | 47 | $23,833,333 | $941,104,662 | The Little Mermaid | |
| 1988 | 50 | $24,720,000 | $1,215,158,288 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | |
| 1987 | 51 | $17,616,667 | $737,979,748 | The Living Daylights | |
| 1986 | 34 | $17,125,000 | $396,444,820 | The Color of Money | |
| 1985 | 55 | $20,877,778 | $1,096,504,079 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | |
| 1984 | 45 | $22,275,000 | $546,812,886 | Footloose | |
| 1983 | 50 | $13,927,308 | $1,116,304,738 | Octopussy | |
| 1982 | 47 | $12,500,000 | $808,487,305 | First Blood | |
| 1981 | 34 | $13,500,000 | $671,468,758 | For Your Eyes Only | |
| 1980 | 29 | $14,400,000 | $327,701,228 | Ordinary People | |
| 1979 | 30 | $16,740,000 | $742,779,029 | Moonraker | |
| 1978 | 25 | $12,750,000 | $400,634,593 | Jaws 2 | |
| 1977 | 28 | $13,720,000 | $773,479,794 | Saturday Night Fever | |
| 1976 | 13 | $2,400,000 | $94,644,631 | Marathon Man | |
| 1975 | 26 | $6,925,000 | $831,118,977 | Jaws | |
| 1974 | 23 | $7,933,333 | $546,689,224 | Towering Inferno | |
| 1973 | 18 | $8,575,000 | $752,820,918 | The Exorcist | |
| 1972 | 22 | $4,166,667 | $564,365,915 | The Godfather | |
| 1971 | 21 | $5,566,667 | $203,046,597 | Diamonds Are Forever | |
| 1970 | 32 | $7,416,667 | $378,444,846 | Love Story | |
| 1969 | 28 | $4,300,000 | $279,089,444 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | |
| 1968 | 25 | $4,240,400 | $259,131,294 | Bullitt | |
| 1967 | 20 | $10,750,000 | $558,100,983 | The Jungle Book | |
| 1966 | 21 | $9,250,000 | $196,190,546 | Hawaii | |
| 1965 | 23 | $10,950,000 | $350,351,252 | Thunderball | |
| 1964 | 22 | $3,200,000 | $382,374,609 | Goldfinger | |
| 1963 | 17 | $1,000,000 | $155,774,829 | Dr. No | |
| 1962 | 17 | $8,500,000 | $100,462,112 | Lawrence of Arabia | |
| 1961 | 18 | $224,354,085 | 101 Dalmatians | ||
| 1960 | 14 | $7,500,000 | $121,963,170 | Spartacus | |
| 1959 | 20 | $15,000,000 | $89,486,482 | Ben-Hur | |
| 1958 | 16 | $48,721,535 | Auntie Mame | ||
| 1957 | 11 | $3,000,000 | $59,065,435 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | |
| 1956 | 19 | $5,125,000 | $120,414,141 | Around the World in 80 Days | |
| 1955 | 20 | $805,000 | $142,843,360 | Lady and the Tramp | |
| 1954 | 22 | $5,000,000 | $83,939,994 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | |
| 1953 | 18 | $1,953,333 | $131,176,319 | Peter Pan | |
| 1952 | 12 | $14,341,301 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | ||
| 1951 | 17 | $2,650,000 | $33,462,059 | Show Boat | |
| 1950 | 16 | $3,768,785 | $28,138,435 | Father of the Bride | |
| 1949 | 20 | $568,068 | Ladri di biciclette | ||
| 1948 | 15 | $9,411,904 | The Three Musketeers | ||
| 1947 | 15 | $2,000,000 | $279,702 | Quai des Orfevres | |
| 1946 | 19 | $3,677,000 | $135,600,453 | Song of the South | |
| 1945 | 13 | $1,375,000 | $36,411,412 | Leave Her to Heaven | |
| 1944 | 9 | $12,883,122 | Meet Me in St. Louis | ||
| 1943 | 6 | $17,828,115 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | ||
| 1942 | 11 | $858,000 | $281,587,126 | Bambi | |
| 1941 | 8 | $1,250,000 | $2,190,060 | Tobacco Road | |
| 1940 | 8 | $1,788,624 | $90,303,870 | Pinocchio | |
| 1939 | 18 | $3,338,500 | $426,428,529 | Gone with the Wind | |
| 1938 | 9 | $5,080 | La femme du boulanger | ||
| 1937 | 5 | ||||
| 1936 | 7 | $37,164 | Le Crime de Monsieur Lange | ||
| 1935 | 10 | $95,892 | The 39 Steps | ||
| 1934 | 9 | $1,077 | The Gay Divorcee | ||
| 1933 | 9 | $439,000 | $2,281,733 | 42nd Street | |
| 1932 | 11 | $9,192 | The Old Dark House | ||
| 1931 | 9 | $12,006,084 | Frankenstein | ||
| 1930 | 2 | $82,388 | Der Blaue Engel | ||
| 1929 | 9 | ||||
| 1928 | 2 | ||||
| 1927 | 3 | $1,208,516 | Metropolis | ||
| 1926 | 2 | ||||
| 1925 | 4 | $3,900,000 | $9,000,000 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | |
| 1924 | 1 | ||||
| 1923 | 1 | ||||
| 1922 | 1 | ||||
| 1921 | 1 | $9,200,000 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | ||
| 1920 | 2 | ||||
| 1919 | 1 | ||||
| 1918 | 1 | ||||
| 1916 | 2 | $200,000 | $8,262,102 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | |
| 1915 | 1 | $110,000 | $11,000,000 | The Birth of a Nation | |
| Total | 5,767 | $40,237,639 | $164,264,197,406 | Jurassic World | |