The table below lists the top-grossing Original Screenplay movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Original Screenplay films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Original Screenplay 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 | 715 | ||||
| 2031 | 1 | ||||
| 2029 | 7 | ||||
| 2027 | 3 | ||||
| 2026 | 13 | $5,000,000 | |||
| 2025 | 247 | $27,950,000 | |||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 3,117 | $78,740,741 | $12,528,834,558 | Inside Out 2 |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 3,718 | $71,731,531 | $13,793,557,798 | Fast X |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 3,058 | $58,143,432 | $11,155,453,262 | Avatar: The Way of Water |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 2,077 | $53,775,277 | $8,470,923,008 | Hi, Mom (你好, 李焕英) |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 2,232 | $30,470,800 | $4,448,366,346 | Bad Boys For Life |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 2,641 | $38,017,568 | $17,062,520,766 | Toy Story 4 |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 2,312 | $25,584,731 | $13,831,827,716 | Incredibles 2 |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 1,939 | $33,304,646 | $17,869,916,291 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 1,966 | $24,896,804 | $16,980,312,350 | Finding Dory |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 1,851 | $20,650,064 | $17,477,484,328 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 919 | $18,753,881 | $10,942,462,662 | Big Hero 6 |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 770 | $24,319,592 | $12,089,158,938 | Despicable Me 2 |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 797 | $22,315,653 | $13,359,577,674 | Ice Age: Continental Drift |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 625 | $23,903,686 | $9,997,722,056 | Kung Fu Panda 2 |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 502 | $28,584,399 | $10,862,800,480 | Toy Story 3 |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 404 | $30,385,000 | $12,038,579,800 | Avatar |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 561 | $26,122,646 | $12,147,486,269 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 500 | $25,080,195 | $8,722,146,158 | Ratatouille |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 364 | $21,536,531 | $8,216,218,846 | Ice Age: The Meltdown |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 330 | $27,680,794 | $8,046,748,888 | Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 301 | $29,278,368 | $6,870,460,603 | The Incredibles |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 281 | $32,277,333 | $9,821,674,215 | Finding Nemo |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 213 | $28,069,978 | $6,865,278,400 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 229 | $27,021,944 | $6,495,442,549 | Monsters, Inc. |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 242 | $29,976,213 | $7,886,783,773 | Gladiator |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 232 | $24,508,174 | $8,087,332,171 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 204 | $26,023,770 | $6,581,305,048 | Armageddon |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 193 | $37,150,218 | $7,438,859,825 | Titanic |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 182 | $29,448,393 | $4,997,856,234 | Independence Day |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 190 | $30,321,622 | $4,355,749,219 | Toy Story |
| 1994 | 153 | $24,897,645 | $4,502,558,191 | The Lion King | |
| 1993 | 133 | $18,919,381 | $3,253,882,962 | Cliffhanger | |
| 1992 | 141 | $22,457,143 | $4,610,226,142 | The Bodyguard | |
| 1991 | 155 | $18,603,842 | $2,718,193,200 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | |
| 1990 | 148 | $22,956,500 | $3,962,029,146 | Ghost | |
| 1989 | 160 | $18,625,000 | $3,986,197,440 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | |
| 1988 | 162 | $11,761,905 | $3,252,702,118 | Rain Man | |
| 1987 | 157 | $13,134,375 | $2,827,231,542 | Fatal Attraction | |
| 1986 | 166 | $11,860,526 | $2,740,910,270 | Top Gun | |
| 1985 | 138 | $8,845,000 | $2,164,391,090 | Back to the Future | |
| 1984 | 139 | $11,858,824 | $2,818,671,939 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | |
| 1983 | 125 | $9,393,364 | $1,860,377,326 | Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi | |
| 1982 | 99 | $11,742,308 | $2,248,047,446 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | |
| 1981 | 101 | $8,893,421 | $1,530,048,097 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | |
| 1980 | 100 | $9,043,067 | $1,847,692,004 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | |
| 1979 | 92 | $11,655,556 | $1,392,971,679 | Rocky 2 | |
| 1978 | 60 | $4,865,000 | $841,321,793 | National Lampoon’s Animal House | |
| 1977 | 64 | $7,262,500 | $1,672,272,391 | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | |
| 1976 | 66 | $3,483,333 | $728,236,802 | Rocky | |
| 1975 | 54 | $2,800,000 | $283,675,683 | Shampoo | |
| 1974 | 71 | $2,973,333 | $478,889,534 | Blazing Saddles | |
| 1973 | 52 | $2,835,400 | $414,352,267 | The Sting | |
| 1972 | 44 | $1,100,000 | $151,964,259 | What's Up, Doc? | |
| 1971 | 47 | $1,766,667 | $201,047,118 | Billy Jack | |
| 1970 | 50 | $9,319,491 | $237,417,975 | The Aristocats | |
| 1969 | 45 | $5,666,667 | $229,058,505 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | |
| 1968 | 40 | $4,138,000 | $192,791,554 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | |
| 1967 | 33 | $1,700,000 | $188,626,015 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | |
| 1966 | 40 | $2,500,000 | $72,005,055 | Grand Prix | |
| 1965 | 33 | $300,000 | $152,381,204 | Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying... | |
| 1964 | 35 | $340,000 | $28,321,040 | The Pink Panther | |
| 1963 | 37 | $13,200,000 | $130,336,497 | It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | |
| 1962 | 38 | $1,630,000 | $14,811,159 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | |
| 1961 | 25 | $55,732,456 | The Absent Minded Professor | ||
| 1960 | 35 | $7,500,000 | $69,695,530 | Psycho | |
| 1959 | 19 | $3,500,000 | $53,440,908 | Imitation of Life | |
| 1958 | 23 | $47,107,062 | South Pacific | ||
| 1957 | 27 | $340,000 | $1,031,415 | The Nights of Cabiria | |
| 1956 | 36 | $900,000 | $21,654,100 | The Conqueror | |
| 1955 | 18 | $13,049,799 | Galapagos | ||
| 1954 | 29 | $910,000 | $72,099,923 | White Christmas | |
| 1953 | 25 | $954,000 | $46,441,373 | House of Wax | |
| 1952 | 20 | $2,423,333 | $51,344,388 | The Greatest Show on Earth | |
| 1951 | 14 | $1,200,000 | $9,587,462 | Strangers on a Train | |
| 1950 | 19 | $13,858,671 | King Solomon's Mines | ||
| 1949 | 20 | $1,000,000 | $8,030,960 | Sands of Iwo Jima | |
| 1948 | 26 | $3,700,000 | $8,704,456 | Sorry, Wrong Number | |
| 1947 | 34 | $2,000,000 | $21,070,149 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | |
| 1946 | 26 | $2,590,000 | $40,927,184 | Notorious | |
| 1945 | 22 | $24,963,140 | The Bells of St. Mary's | ||
| 1944 | 16 | $2,361,000 | $19,810,500 | Going My Way | |
| 1943 | 14 | $2,627,000 | $5,425,486 | A Guy Named Joe | |
| 1942 | 13 | $134,000 | $8,000,270 | Cat People | |
| 1941 | 19 | $5,556,523 | Suspicion | ||
| 1940 | 18 | $2,000,000 | $12,456,026 | Boom Town | |
| 1939 | 18 | $1,500,000 | $9,313,020 | Mr. Smith Goes To Washington | |
| 1938 | 13 | $2,000,000 | $4,046,790 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | |
| 1937 | 10 | $416,915 | La Grande Illusion | ||
| 1936 | 15 | $1,300,000 | $8,276,338 | San Francisco | |
| 1935 | 12 | $163 | The Whole Town's Talking | ||
| 1934 | 19 | $181 | The Black Cat | ||
| 1933 | 22 | $672,000 | $10,003,142 | King Kong | |
| 1932 | 12 | $588 | The Mummy | ||
| 1931 | 13 | $4,096,297 | Ingagi | ||
| 1930 | 2 | ||||
| 1929 | 5 | $379,000 | $4,361,956 | The Broadway Melody | |
| 1928 | 9 | $37,840 | La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc | ||
| 1927 | 4 | $2,000,000 | |||
| 1926 | 5 | ||||
| 1925 | 3 | $51,198 | Bronenosets Potyomkin | ||
| 1924 | 3 | $18,835 | Der müde Tod | ||
| 1923 | 2 | ||||
| 1922 | 3 | ||||
| 1921 | 4 | $2,646,301 | The Kid | ||
| 1920 | 2 | ||||
| 1918 | 4 | ||||
| 1916 | 1 | ||||
| 1902 | 1 | $45,353 | Le Voyage dans la Lune | ||
| Total | 37,635 | $26,410,794 | $361,830,752,807 | Avatar | |