Find below a breakdown of all Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale movies by year and first letter.
The table below lists the top-grossing Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale films released that year.
The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 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 |
|
11 |
|
|
|
| 2026 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 2025 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 2024 |
Annual Stats |
22 |
|
$43,335,690 |
Monkey Man |
| 2023 |
Annual Stats |
16 |
|
$4,620,389 |
Ungnami (웅남이) |
| 2022 |
Annual Stats |
13 |
|
$4,672,429 |
Krasnaya Shapochka (Красная Шапочка) |
| 2021 |
Annual Stats |
21 |
$15,000,000 |
$135,597,784 |
Bai She 2: Qing She jie qi (白蛇2：青蛇劫起) |
| 2020 |
Annual Stats |
20 |
$8,125,000 |
$35,605,195 |
Gretel & Hansel |
| 2019 |
Annual Stats |
25 |
$75,875,000 |
$1,541,406,171 |
Frozen II |
| 2018 |
Annual Stats |
26 |
$80,633,333 |
$473,518,398 |
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms |
| 2017 |
Annual Stats |
16 |
$181,666,667 |
$1,466,349,224 |
Coco |
| 2016 |
Annual Stats |
20 |
$115,000,000 |
$287,947,799 |
The Huntsman: Winter’s War |
| 2015 |
Annual Stats |
21 |
$47,650,000 |
$671,694,490 |
Cinderella |
| 2014 |
Annual Stats |
13 |
$61,050,000 |
$712,080,427 |
Hercules |
| 2013 |
Annual Stats |
13 |
$99,875,000 |
$1,894,047,586 |
Frozen |
| 2012 |
Annual Stats |
10 |
$135,000,000 |
$882,814,431 |
Snow White and the Huntsman |
| 2011 |
Annual Stats |
7 |
$52,500,000 |
$547,259,482 |
Immortals |
| 2010 |
Annual Stats |
6 |
$235,000,000 |
$916,632,647 |
Tangled |
| 2009 |
Annual Stats |
1 |
|
|
|
| 2008 |
Annual Stats |
7 |
$15,000,000 |
$3,458,190 |
Bathory |
| 2007 |
Annual Stats |
5 |
$29,500,000 |
$199,498,885 |
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep |
| 2006 |
Annual Stats |
5 |
$17,500,000 |
$127,369,633 |
Hoodwinked |
| 2005 |
Annual Stats |
3 |
$40,000,000 |
$150,890,879 |
Corpse Bride |
| 2004 |
Annual Stats |
2 |
$54,500,000 |
$273,766,008 |
King Arthur |
| 2003 |
Annual Stats |
1 |
$60,000,000 |
$80,767,884 |
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas |
| 2002 |
Annual Stats |
2 |
|
$3,887,278 |
The Fast Runner |
| 2000 |
Annual Stats |
1 |
$26,000,000 |
$75,763,814 |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| 1998 |
Annual Stats |
2 |
$58,000,000 |
$369,205,772 |
Mulan |
| 1997 |
Annual Stats |
1 |
$26,000,000 |
$5,000 |
The Grimm Brothers' Snow White |
| 1995 |
Annual Stats |
2 |
$75,000,000 |
$127,546,582 |
First Knight |
| 1992 |
|
1 |
$28,000,000 |
$504,050,219 |
Aladdin |
| 1991 |
|
2 |
$50,000,000 |
$390,942,676 |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
| 1988 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1985 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1981 |
|
1 |
$15,000,000 |
$44,400,000 |
Clash of the Titans |
| 1980 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1979 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1977 |
|
1 |
|
$16,000,000 |
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger |
| 1976 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1973 |
|
2 |
|
$32,056,467 |
Robin Hood |
| 1971 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1967 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1965 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1963 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 1962 |
|
1 |
|
$3,366 |
The Jade Hairpin (碧玉簪) |
| 1960 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1957 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1954 |
|
2 |
|
$20,765 |
Ulisse |
| 1952 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1950 |
|
3 |
$2,900,000 |
$263,595,139 |
Cinderella |
| 1948 |
|
3 |
|
$163,993 |
The Red Shoes |
| 1944 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1939 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1937 |
|
1 |
$1,488,000 |
$187,171,725 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| 1929 |
|
1 |
|
$19,011 |
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens |
| 1926 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1921 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Total |
330 |
$71,585,760 |
$12,468,165,428 |
Frozen II |
The table below shows the highest-grossing Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 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 Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale movies beginning with that letter.
| Index | Total
Movies | Average
Production
Budget | Combined
Worldwide
Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|
| 7 |
1 |
|
$20,930,000 |
Der 7bte Zwerg |
| 8 |
1 |
|
$123,784 |
8 |
| A |
19 |
$28,000,000 |
$533,120,441 |
Aladdin |
| B |
18 |
$15,000,000 |
$152,886,188 |
Bai She 2: Qing She jie qi (白蛇2：青蛇劫起) |
| C |
25 |
$57,816,667 |
$1,885,302,167 |
Coco |
| D |
11 |
$32,000,000 |
$181,809,347 |
Dà Yú Hǎi Táng |
| E |
4 |
$26,000,000 |
$68,223,202 |
Ever After: A Cinderella Story |
| F |
8 |
$125,000,000 |
$2,856,782,964 |
Frozen II |
| G |
11 |
$15,333,333 |
$62,592,592 |
Gretel & Hansel |
| H |
19 |
$54,285,714 |
$976,863,913 |
Hercules |
| I |
6 |
$65,600,000 |
$430,716,693 |
Into the Woods |
| J |
10 |
$195,000,000 |
$198,961,225 |
Jack the Giant Slayer |
| K |
14 |
$132,500,000 |
$365,717,277 |
King Arthur |
| L |
17 |
$35,875,000 |
$110,922,586 |
The Legend of Hercules |
| M |
24 |
$123,333,333 |
$960,053,106 |
The Mummy |
| N |
14 |
$132,900,000 |
$174,279,340 |
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms |
| O |
6 |
$26,000,000 |
$76,892,373 |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| P |
19 |
|
$87,302,023 |
Padmavati |
| R |
26 |
$100,250,000 |
$934,062,297 |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
| S |
35 |
$51,597,600 |
$815,885,152 |
Snow White and the Huntsman |
| T |
11 |
$130,150,000 |
$600,946,629 |
Tangled |
| U |
6 |
|
$3,718,587 |
Ungnami (웅남이) |
| V |
5 |
|
$9,452,545 |
Viy 2 |
| W |
11 |
$54,812,500 |
$518,927,759 |
Wrath of the Titans |
| X |
4 |
|
$376,997,982 |
Xi you xiang mo pian |
| Y |
2 |
|
$176,808 |
Yoake tsugeru Rû no uta |
| Z |
3 |
|
$64,518,448 |
Zhong Kui fu mo: Xue yao mo ling |
