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Fantasy Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Fantasy movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Fantasy Movies - Top Domestic Fantasy Movies - Top International Fantasy Movies - Top Worldwide Fantasy Movies - Top Domestic Fantasy Stars - Top International Fantasy Stars - Top Worldwide Fantasy Stars

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

The table below lists the top-grossing Fantasy movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Fantasy films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Fantasy 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.

YearDomestic StatsTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
TBD    67      
2029    1      
2027    8      
2026 Domestic Stats  33  $68,000,000    
2025 Domestic Stats  105  $88,060,000  $4,381,343,609  Ne Zha 2 (哪吒之魔童闹海)
2024 Domestic Stats  102  $57,175,000  $1,482,157,842  Wicked
2023 Domestic Stats  120  $150,000,000  $869,760,943  Creation of the Gods I: Kindom of Storms (封神第一部)
2022 Domestic Stats  145  $67,030,000  $754,273,953  Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2021 Domestic Stats  107  $35,000,000  $794,983,637  Jujutsu Kaisen 0
2020 Domestic Stats  98  $71,916,667  $801,482,844  Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅…
2019 Domestic Stats  112  $131,500,000  $2,938,812,642  Aladdin
2018 Domestic Stats  115  $96,880,000  $1,956,388,552  Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2017 Domestic Stats  81  $87,200,000  $2,242,798,691  Beauty and the Beast
2016 Domestic Stats  111  $80,750,000  $4,751,046,725  The Jungle Book
2015 Domestic Stats  188  $23,380,517  $2,798,882,034  Cinderella
2014 Domestic Stats  95  $73,829,335  $4,222,825,214  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2013 Domestic Stats  112  $41,167,400  $3,073,937,874  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2012 Domestic Stats  118  $55,295,652  $5,059,534,644  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2011 Domestic Stats  89  $51,083,361  $3,632,171,559  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
2010 Domestic Stats  66  $93,144,444  $5,696,917,428  Alice in Wonderland
2009 Domestic Stats  47  $55,152,381  $3,487,860,066  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2008 Domestic Stats  51  $52,297,619  $2,691,768,411  The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2007 Domestic Stats  42  $65,111,111  $2,997,048,243  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2006 Domestic Stats  33  $39,408,333  $1,113,648,236  Eragon
2005 Domestic Stats  24  $70,325,000  $2,827,838,089  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2004 Domestic Stats  8  $68,333,333  $907,429,613  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2003 Domestic Stats  18  $51,194,444  $2,093,766,700  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002 Domestic Stats  16  $56,853,125  $2,164,478,358  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001 Domestic Stats  22  $47,875,833  $2,935,055,433  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
2000 Domestic Stats  13  $28,600,000  $359,462,650  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1999 Domestic Stats  16  $58,889,571  $1,025,304,541  The Mummy
1998 Domestic Stats  12  $30,166,667  $297,653,277  Practical Magic
1997 Domestic Stats  11  $29,000,000  $99,274,142  Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1996 Domestic Stats  15  $24,285,714  $385,829,275  Dragonheart
1995 Domestic Stats  25  $26,833,333  $529,483,324  Jumanji
1994    11  $39,000,000  $233,081,038  Wolf
1993    20  $20,825,000  $443,996,908  The Nightmare Before Christmas
1992    13  $17,500,000  $658,844,865  Aladdin
1991    23  $19,000,000  $867,600,455  Beauty and the Beast
1990    19  $27,666,667  $322,507,617  Edward Scissorhands
1989    12  $8,250,000  $190,378,213  Always
1988    24  $18,275,000  $787,548,511  Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
1987    19  $5,875,000  $237,578,828  The Witches of Eastwick
1986    22  $15,666,667  $343,225,762  The Golden Child
1985    18  $17,380,000  $159,415,431  Santa Claus
1984    7  $13,562,500  $153,283,706  Splash
1983    18  $7,290,400  $166,775,572  Twilight Zone: The Movie
1982    17  $8,900,000  $334,862,087  Poltergeist
1981    11  $11,500,000  $180,456,831  Clash of the Titans
1980    10    $71,863,714  Xanadu
1979    7    $21,000,718  Dracula
1978    3  $19,500,000  $120,821,657  Heaven Can Wait
1977    8  $14,000,000  $127,014,196  Oh, God!
1976    4  $1,200,000  $887,000  The Blue Bird
1975    8  $800,000  $158,508,773  The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1974    4    $761  Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
1973    10  $12,000,000  $429,538,982  The Exorcist
1972    1      
1971    5      
1970    7    $2,375  Fando y Lis
1969    2      
1968    7    $39,223,879  Blackbeard's Ghost
1967    2    $2,060  Fearless Vampire Killers
1966    1      
1965    3    $119,981  The Saragossa Manuscript
1964    2      
1963    7    $22,184,179  The Sword in the Stone
1962    3    $54  Night of the Eagle
1961    5    $10,218,505  Babes in Toyland
1960    2      
1959    3    $9,464,718  Sleeping Beauty
1958    1      
1957    3    $255,992  Le ballon rouge
1954    1    $20,765  Ulisse
1953    2  $4,000,000  $87,400,000  Peter Pan
1952    2    $91,930  Tales of Hoffmann
1951    1  $3,000,000  $384  Alice in Wonderland
1950    2  $2,900,000  $271,736,288  Cinderella
1947    1    $9,819  The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1944    1    $31  The Uninvited
1943    1      
1942    1    $46  I Married a Witch
1941    1      
1939    1  $2,777,000  $35,883,231  The Wizard of Oz
1938    1      
1932    1      
1931    1      
1926    1      
1924    1    $18,835  Der müde Tod
1921    1      
1916    1    $262,102  Pikovaya dama
Total  2,589  $48,656,529  $75,859,305,348  Ne Zha 2 (哪吒之魔童闹海)

The table below shows the highest-grossing Fantasy 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 Fantasy movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
0  1    $922,747  0.0MHz
1  9  $65,150,000  $64,801,558  The 13th Warrior
2  4      
3  2  $30,000,000  $80,276,156  30 Days of Night
5  1      
7  2    $31,053,271  7 Zwerge - Der Wald Ist Nicht Genug
8  1    $5,977,612  8 novykh svidaniy
9  3  $30,000,000  $49,327,895  9
A  153  $59,040,827  $4,164,862,790  Aladdin
B  152  $35,919,355  $4,056,177,916  Beauty and the Beast
C  172  $45,647,188  $5,443,797,268  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
D  173  $30,575,781  $3,716,574,963  Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Infinity Castle
E  72  $39,231,667  $1,979,085,047  The Exorcist
F  85  $53,387,500  $2,557,216,448  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
G  111  $37,264,286  $1,582,621,764  The Ghouls
H  153  $93,255,286  $14,522,355,073  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
I  64  $43,141,667  $1,625,138,110  Ice Age: Continental Drift
J  51  $57,914,545  $2,548,197,894  The Jungle Book
K  84  $92,333,333  $1,292,573,091  King Kong
L  117  $42,831,818  $4,068,267,200  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
M  164  $63,023,913  $4,280,901,878  Maleficent
N  75  $58,175,000  $4,691,864,758  Ne Zha 2 (哪吒之魔童闹海)
O  56  $72,400,000  $948,404,972  Oz the Great and Powerful
P  126  $50,222,714  $3,266,713,986  Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Q  7  $12,133,333  $60,827,678  Queen of the Damned
R  107  $18,619,755  $714,175,461  The Rocky Horror Picture Show
S  237  $41,810,000  $3,382,009,945  Snow White and the Huntsman
T  143  $33,660,870  $4,216,395,332  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2
U  32  $26,456,250  $665,165,802  Underworld: Awakening
V  58  $14,756,500  $312,518,263  Les Visiteurs
W  101  $59,713,190  $3,660,469,418  Wicked
X  13    $388,952,693  Xi you xiang mo pian
Y  31  $50,000,000  $754,049,665  Your Name
Z  29  $50,500,000  $727,628,694  Zhuo yao ji