The table below lists the top-grossing Live Action movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Live Action films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Live Action 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 | 1,794 | ||||
| 2029 | 8 | ||||
| 2028 | 5 | ||||
| 2027 | 27 | ||||
| 2026 | Domestic Stats | 808 | $86,909,091 | $136,545,113 | Cheburashka 2 (Чебурашка 2) |
| 2025 | Domestic Stats | 4,653 | $53,869,737 | $16,285,778,025 | A Minecraft Movie |
| 2024 | Domestic Stats | 4,801 | $59,318,571 | $15,779,274,605 | Wicked |
| 2023 | Domestic Stats | 5,391 | $61,446,036 | $20,676,854,430 | Barbie |
| 2022 | Domestic Stats | 4,618 | $46,129,348 | $12,363,101,792 | Top Gun: Maverick |
| 2021 | Domestic Stats | 3,413 | $50,139,741 | $13,693,332,409 | Hi, Mom (你好, 李焕英) |
| 2020 | Domestic Stats | 3,466 | $32,305,667 | $6,472,633,507 | The Eight Hundred (八佰) |
| 2019 | Domestic Stats | 3,969 | $32,034,692 | $21,726,610,310 | Spider-Man: Far From Home |
| 2018 | Domestic Stats | 3,640 | $27,662,233 | $24,383,860,133 | Black Panther |
| 2017 | Domestic Stats | 3,181 | $33,753,228 | $26,658,338,763 | The Fate of the Furious |
| 2016 | Domestic Stats | 3,045 | $27,577,674 | $22,470,672,241 | Captain America: Civil War |
| 2015 | Domestic Stats | 2,647 | $21,294,938 | $26,459,456,402 | Jurassic World |
| 2014 | Domestic Stats | 1,459 | $23,521,743 | $21,102,170,240 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 |
| 2013 | Domestic Stats | 1,304 | $29,750,843 | $20,795,146,188 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
| 2012 | Domestic Stats | 1,273 | $28,221,801 | $22,350,987,265 | Skyfall |
| 2011 | Domestic Stats | 1,080 | $27,537,967 | $19,313,700,188 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides |
| 2010 | Domestic Stats | 971 | $28,588,586 | $17,046,867,131 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse |
| 2009 | Domestic Stats | 725 | $29,621,980 | $16,129,054,937 | 2012 |
| 2008 | Domestic Stats | 962 | $29,142,959 | $20,813,667,294 | The Dark Knight |
| 2007 | Domestic Stats | 828 | $28,694,143 | $16,872,250,757 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End |
| 2006 | Domestic Stats | 654 | $26,733,514 | $16,595,728,503 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest |
| 2005 | Domestic Stats | 596 | $29,659,653 | $12,592,216,257 | Mr. and Mrs. Smith |
| 2004 | Domestic Stats | 601 | $33,194,747 | $14,992,408,852 | Spider-Man 2 |
| 2003 | Domestic Stats | 472 | $32,350,128 | $14,167,988,150 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
| 2002 | Domestic Stats | 388 | $28,747,988 | $12,837,219,324 | Spider-Man |
| 2001 | Domestic Stats | 349 | $29,787,622 | $11,097,311,830 | Ocean’s Eleven |
| 2000 | Domestic Stats | 384 | $31,022,855 | $12,088,576,124 | Mission: Impossible 2 |
| 1999 | Domestic Stats | 398 | $29,050,095 | $11,137,942,923 | The Sixth Sense |
| 1998 | Domestic Stats | 345 | $30,333,079 | $10,351,455,411 | Armageddon |
| 1997 | Domestic Stats | 310 | $39,411,082 | $11,642,860,431 | Titanic |
| 1996 | Domestic Stats | 315 | $30,402,764 | $9,310,591,866 | Independence Day |
| 1995 | Domestic Stats | 312 | $34,596,575 | $9,136,334,873 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance |
| 1994 | 254 | $29,022,309 | $7,872,764,432 | Forrest Gump | |
| 1993 | 220 | $20,916,667 | $6,776,495,574 | Mrs. Doubtfire | |
| 1992 | 217 | $25,288,571 | $6,366,219,076 | The Bodyguard | |
| 1991 | 245 | $19,487,053 | $5,252,551,089 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | |
| 1990 | 253 | $27,341,875 | $6,553,086,800 | Ghost | |
| 1989 | 237 | $18,261,143 | $5,691,035,386 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | |
| 1988 | 247 | $13,506,452 | $4,226,213,913 | Rain Man | |
| 1987 | 247 | $14,425,000 | $4,122,769,695 | Fatal Attraction | |
| 1986 | 248 | $13,601,771 | $3,474,370,246 | Top Gun | |
| 1985 | 241 | $12,900,000 | $3,728,967,545 | Back to the Future | |
| 1984 | 224 | $15,742,857 | $3,906,597,607 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | |
| 1983 | 209 | $13,120,786 | $3,229,903,591 | Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi | |
| 1982 | 184 | $12,272,414 | $3,536,630,593 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | |
| 1981 | 188 | $11,843,344 | $2,787,989,708 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | |
| 1980 | 174 | $13,498,138 | $2,731,890,784 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | |
| 1979 | 154 | $14,094,118 | $2,376,409,558 | Moonraker | |
| 1978 | 121 | $13,308,929 | $2,250,879,425 | Grease | |
| 1977 | 113 | $10,228,571 | $2,569,925,687 | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | |
| 1976 | 126 | $5,654,545 | $1,101,330,803 | Rocky | |
| 1975 | 121 | $4,662,500 | $1,417,740,555 | Jaws | |
| 1974 | 126 | $5,138,571 | $1,142,815,590 | Towering Inferno | |
| 1973 | 107 | $5,101,435 | $1,233,458,962 | The Exorcist | |
| 1972 | 103 | $2,530,286 | $791,546,396 | The Godfather | |
| 1971 | 106 | $4,150,000 | $559,662,957 | Diamonds Are Forever | |
| 1970 | 121 | $8,480,579 | $690,996,920 | Love Story | |
| 1969 | 103 | $9,820,000 | $639,253,260 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | |
| 1968 | 95 | $4,735,111 | $612,106,257 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | |
| 1967 | 75 | $4,814,286 | $726,874,477 | You Only Live Twice | |
| 1966 | 94 | $4,196,829 | $382,796,507 | The Bible | |
| 1965 | 84 | $7,287,500 | $821,143,233 | The Sound of Music | |
| 1964 | 75 | $6,211,429 | $424,060,208 | Goldfinger | |
| 1963 | 77 | $11,012,286 | $426,048,004 | Cleopatra | |
| 1962 | 77 | $5,376,667 | $215,352,660 | Lawrence of Arabia | |
| 1961 | 58 | $3,666,667 | $224,963,803 | West Side Story | |
| 1960 | 69 | $7,500,000 | $199,727,001 | Spartacus | |
| 1959 | 56 | $7,127,949 | $229,782,024 | Ben-Hur | |
| 1958 | 64 | $3,000,000 | $120,512,241 | South Pacific | |
| 1957 | 64 | $1,670,000 | $61,016,731 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | |
| 1956 | 83 | $4,947,500 | $251,873,053 | The Ten Commandments | |
| 1955 | 66 | $805,000 | $68,305,476 | Mister Roberts | |
| 1954 | 74 | $2,136,667 | $170,490,616 | White Christmas | |
| 1953 | 78 | $1,753,600 | $145,888,978 | The Robe | |
| 1952 | 59 | $2,423,333 | $76,178,235 | The Greatest Show on Earth | |
| 1951 | 69 | $3,387,500 | $95,105,839 | Quo Vadis? | |
| 1950 | 70 | $3,768,785 | $49,301,784 | King Solomon's Mines | |
| 1949 | 61 | $1,000,000 | $47,172,768 | Samson and Delilah | |
| 1948 | 65 | $3,350,000 | $38,961,706 | Red River | |
| 1947 | 69 | $2,000,000 | $21,438,090 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | |
| 1946 | 63 | $3,242,200 | $150,218,869 | Notorious | |
| 1945 | 49 | $1,375,000 | $61,386,419 | The Bells of St. Mary's | |
| 1944 | 40 | $2,361,000 | $32,693,926 | Going My Way | |
| 1943 | 39 | $2,627,000 | $59,054,977 | This is the Army | |
| 1942 | 45 | $586,500 | $48,703,904 | Mrs. Miniver | |
| 1941 | 44 | $1,250,000 | $28,042,086 | Sergeant York | |
| 1940 | 48 | $1,304,333 | $21,507,543 | Boom Town | |
| 1939 | 51 | $2,725,667 | $435,754,969 | Gone with the Wind | |
| 1938 | 34 | $2,000,000 | $6,950,131 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | |
| 1937 | 36 | $418,857 | La Grande Illusion | ||
| 1936 | 38 | $1,333,333 | $8,544,866 | San Francisco | |
| 1935 | 39 | $138,047 | The 39 Steps | ||
| 1934 | 52 | $33,826 | L'atalante | ||
| 1933 | 44 | $437,000 | $14,484,875 | King Kong | |
| 1932 | 42 | $9,813 | The Old Dark House | ||
| 1931 | 37 | $16,105,064 | Frankenstein | ||
| 1930 | 22 | $118,349 | Der Blaue Engel | ||
| 1929 | 30 | $439,500 | $7,096,623 | The Broadway Melody | |
| 1928 | 15 | $38,194 | La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc | ||
| 1927 | 14 | $2,000,000 | $1,342,858 | Metropolis | |
| 1926 | 13 | $3,002,993 | Aloma of the South Seas | ||
| 1925 | 12 | $2,072,500 | $31,198,286 | The Big Parade | |
| 1924 | 6 | $18,835 | Der müde Tod | ||
| 1923 | 5 | ||||
| 1922 | 6 | $85,214 | The Great White Silence | ||
| 1921 | 6 | $11,846,301 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | ||
| 1920 | 4 | ||||
| 1919 | 3 | $66,676 | South | ||
| 1918 | 6 | $9,685 | Godovshchina revolyutsii | ||
| 1916 | 4 | $200,000 | $8,262,102 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | |
| 1915 | 2 | $110,000 | $11,000,000 | The Birth of a Nation | |
| 1902 | 1 | $45,353 | Le Voyage dans la Lune | ||
| Total | 66,344 | $28,851,498 | $598,880,530,640 | Titanic | |