The table below lists the top-grossing Contemporary Fiction movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Contemporary Fiction films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Contemporary Fiction 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 | 777 | ||||
| 2029 | 5 | ||||
| 2028 | 1 | ||||
| 2027 | 7 | ||||
| 2026 | Domestic Stats | 665 | $43,714,286 | $307,800,113 | Cheburashka 2 (Чебурашка 2) |
| 2025 | Domestic Stats | 2,660 | $37,107,895 | $7,681,155,026 | F1: The Movie |
| 2024 | Domestic Stats | 2,893 | $51,509,091 | $9,048,662,020 | YOLO (热辣滚烫) |
| 2023 | Domestic Stats | 3,329 | $46,872,674 | $12,094,205,903 | Barbie |
| 2022 | Domestic Stats | 2,860 | $36,883,901 | $7,640,132,641 | Top Gun: Maverick |
| 2021 | Domestic Stats | 1,901 | $34,066,962 | $6,429,702,444 | No Time to Die |
| 2020 | Domestic Stats | 1,868 | $17,933,571 | $3,638,649,608 | Bad Boys For Life |
| 2019 | Domestic Stats | 2,138 | $22,750,870 | $11,906,014,294 | Joker |
| 2018 | Domestic Stats | 1,957 | $20,823,382 | $13,776,157,261 | Mission: Impossible—Fallout |
| 2017 | Domestic Stats | 1,785 | $22,319,807 | $13,278,603,417 | The Fate of the Furious |
| 2016 | Domestic Stats | 1,799 | $16,278,703 | $10,382,755,567 | La La Land |
| 2015 | Domestic Stats | 1,472 | $17,047,488 | $13,215,633,389 | Furious 7 |
| 2014 | Domestic Stats | 784 | $13,260,569 | $8,068,503,296 | Gone Girl |
| 2013 | Domestic Stats | 656 | $23,931,016 | $10,153,610,257 | Fast and Furious 6 |
| 2012 | Domestic Stats | 686 | $22,244,381 | $11,637,494,267 | Skyfall |
| 2011 | Domestic Stats | 579 | $21,275,522 | $9,816,850,437 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol |
| 2010 | Domestic Stats | 483 | $23,912,775 | $9,273,074,923 | The Karate Kid |
| 2009 | Domestic Stats | 425 | $26,183,860 | $8,833,848,113 | Up |
| 2008 | Domestic Stats | 572 | $22,650,204 | $10,858,090,627 | Quantum of Solace |
| 2007 | Domestic Stats | 509 | $21,492,603 | $9,594,734,508 | The Simpsons Movie |
| 2006 | Domestic Stats | 372 | $23,050,343 | $9,350,636,651 | The Da Vinci Code |
| 2005 | Domestic Stats | 219 | $28,228,496 | $7,213,276,744 | Mr. and Mrs. Smith |
| 2004 | Domestic Stats | 250 | $29,235,369 | $7,480,989,347 | Meet the Fockers |
| 2003 | Domestic Stats | 281 | $26,763,772 | $8,223,918,621 | Bruce Almighty |
| 2002 | Domestic Stats | 205 | $24,012,640 | $6,640,830,552 | Die Another Day |
| 2001 | Domestic Stats | 223 | $26,836,491 | $7,149,194,360 | Ocean’s Eleven |
| 2000 | Domestic Stats | 231 | $26,891,999 | $7,407,984,968 | Mission: Impossible 2 |
| 1999 | Domestic Stats | 246 | $25,917,654 | $7,041,231,307 | The Sixth Sense |
| 1998 | Domestic Stats | 212 | $26,252,527 | $5,306,515,567 | There’s Something About Mary |
| 1997 | Domestic Stats | 205 | $37,778,629 | $6,605,956,359 | Tomorrow Never Dies |
| 1996 | Domestic Stats | 197 | $28,812,190 | $5,873,580,594 | Twister |
| 1995 | Domestic Stats | 178 | $29,396,250 | $5,392,253,137 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance |
| 1994 | 154 | $28,380,241 | $4,345,399,849 | True Lies | |
| 1993 | 135 | $27,515,789 | $4,912,392,654 | Mrs. Doubtfire | |
| 1992 | 136 | $20,372,222 | $4,345,441,319 | The Bodyguard | |
| 1991 | 146 | $15,848,650 | $3,118,153,932 | The Silence of the Lambs | |
| 1990 | 148 | $24,612,727 | $3,923,009,730 | Ghost | |
| 1989 | 150 | $15,435,000 | $3,038,353,920 | Look Who’s Talking | |
| 1988 | 152 | $16,558,824 | $3,289,327,257 | Rain Man | |
| 1987 | 144 | $15,103,571 | $2,682,914,459 | Fatal Attraction | |
| 1986 | 156 | $13,139,133 | $2,254,502,199 | Top Gun | |
| 1985 | 134 | $10,158,824 | $2,237,299,960 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | |
| 1984 | 139 | $8,405,556 | $1,904,625,217 | Beverly Hills Cop | |
| 1983 | 111 | $13,875,000 | $1,953,547,247 | Flashdance | |
| 1982 | 105 | $9,590,909 | $1,582,674,165 | Rocky III | |
| 1981 | 103 | $9,061,688 | $1,487,077,183 | For Your Eyes Only | |
| 1980 | 111 | $10,338,000 | $1,554,102,790 | 9 to 5 | |
| 1979 | 79 | $17,333,333 | $1,316,295,448 | Moonraker | |
| 1978 | 68 | $8,831,250 | $1,123,762,239 | Jaws 2 | |
| 1977 | 68 | $8,766,667 | $1,151,916,507 | Saturday Night Fever | |
| 1976 | 63 | $2,671,429 | $646,884,928 | Rocky | |
| 1975 | 57 | $7,133,333 | $944,031,244 | Jaws | |
| 1974 | 76 | $4,393,333 | $681,915,279 | Towering Inferno | |
| 1973 | 51 | $3,888,500 | $398,769,311 | Live and Let Die | |
| 1972 | 62 | $1,204,000 | $412,165,333 | The Poseidon Adventure | |
| 1971 | 49 | $3,400,000 | $318,982,635 | Diamonds Are Forever | |
| 1970 | 61 | $983,333 | $349,226,835 | Love Story | |
| 1969 | 57 | $11,440,000 | $425,695,880 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | |
| 1968 | 40 | $1,973,500 | $196,830,874 | The Odd Couple | |
| 1967 | 32 | $6,625,000 | $474,180,034 | You Only Live Twice | |
| 1966 | 40 | $3,250,000 | $178,729,999 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? | |
| 1965 | 39 | $4,650,000 | $262,254,541 | Thunderball | |
| 1964 | 45 | $1,496,000 | $309,589,366 | Goldfinger | |
| 1963 | 39 | $3,800,000 | $206,971,282 | It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | |
| 1962 | 34 | $3,200,000 | $46,155,050 | That Touch of Mink | |
| 1961 | 27 | $4,000,000 | $280,967,046 | 101 Dalmatians | |
| 1960 | 38 | $3,000,000 | $62,318,083 | Psycho | |
| 1959 | 25 | $3,191,924 | $99,740,380 | The Shaggy Dog | |
| 1958 | 18 | $3,000,000 | $23,584,470 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | |
| 1957 | 21 | $340,000 | $27,204,445 | Peyton Place | |
| 1956 | 34 | $3,690,000 | $71,958,981 | Giant | |
| 1955 | 25 | $805,000 | $21,887,354 | To Catch a Thief | |
| 1954 | 31 | $910,000 | $81,012,877 | White Christmas | |
| 1953 | 26 | $954,000 | $45,972,163 | House of Wax | |
| 1952 | 19 | $3,270,000 | $65,127,973 | The Greatest Show on Earth | |
| 1951 | 23 | $1,500,000 | $22,138,232 | A Streetcar Named Desire | |
| 1950 | 30 | $36,794,626 | King Solomon's Mines | ||
| 1949 | 30 | $7,098,638 | Neptune’s Daughter | ||
| 1948 | 22 | $17,546,333 | Key Largo | ||
| 1947 | 31 | $2,000,000 | $21,362,934 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | |
| 1946 | 17 | $2,640,000 | $59,521,045 | The Best Years of Our Lives | |
| 1945 | 24 | $1,375,000 | $61,386,419 | The Bells of St. Mary's | |
| 1944 | 13 | $2,361,000 | $19,810,610 | Going My Way | |
| 1943 | 12 | $2,627,000 | $28,669,239 | This is the Army | |
| 1942 | 20 | $586,500 | $32,499,929 | Mrs. Miniver | |
| 1941 | 24 | $11,487,768 | Suspicion | ||
| 1940 | 24 | $1,288,000 | $12,299,151 | Rebecca | |
| 1939 | 20 | $1,500,000 | $9,084,303 | Mr. Smith Goes To Washington | |
| 1938 | 18 | $55,373 | Block-Heads | ||
| 1937 | 18 | $3,692 | Shall We Dance? | ||
| 1936 | 21 | $1,300,000 | $5,319,029 | San Francisco | |
| 1935 | 12 | $137,927 | The 39 Steps | ||
| 1934 | 21 | $33,826 | L'atalante | ||
| 1933 | 18 | $439,000 | $2,282,539 | 42nd Street | |
| 1932 | 22 | $9,741 | The Old Dark House | ||
| 1931 | 16 | $4,098,592 | Ingagi | ||
| 1930 | 6 | $82,578 | Der Blaue Engel | ||
| 1929 | 10 | $439,500 | $4,358,059 | The Broadway Melody | |
| 1928 | 10 | $12,196 | The Circus | ||
| 1927 | 6 | ||||
| 1926 | 8 | $3,000,000 | Aloma of the South Seas | ||
| 1925 | 4 | ||||
| 1924 | 1 | ||||
| 1923 | 2 | ||||
| 1922 | 3 | ||||
| 1921 | 4 | $2,646,301 | The Kid | ||
| 1920 | 2 | ||||
| 1919 | 1 | ||||
| 1918 | 2 | ||||
| 1916 | 2 | $200,000 | $8,000,000 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | |
| Total | 37,377 | $23,507,078 | $324,545,223,499 | Furious 7 | |