The table below lists the top-grossing Based on Factual Book/Article movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Based on Factual Book/Article films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Based on Factual Book/Article 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 | 88 | ||||
| 2026 | 1 | ||||
| 2025 | Domestic Stats | 26 | $49,751,112 | Nuremberg | |
| 2024 | Domestic Stats | 34 | $43,500,000 | $332,243,980 | A Complete Unknown |
| 2023 | Domestic Stats | 40 | $48,333,333 | $1,179,900,004 | Oppenheimer |
| 2022 | Domestic Stats | 33 | $48,150,000 | $66,039,951 | Devotion |
| 2021 | Domestic Stats | 46 | $43,000,000 | $217,990,026 | House of Gucci |
| 2020 | Domestic Stats | 37 | $33,433,333 | $74,130,067 | Namsaneui Bujangdeul |
| 2019 | Domestic Stats | 33 | $29,630,000 | $701,689,549 | Ford v. Ferrari |
| 2018 | Domestic Stats | 30 | $27,440,000 | $685,151,486 | The Mule |
| 2017 | Domestic Stats | 30 | $23,625,000 | $850,968,555 | Wonder |
| 2016 | Domestic Stats | 32 | $25,621,429 | $1,005,957,530 | Sully |
| 2015 | Domestic Stats | 34 | $23,430,769 | $969,525,393 | Pitch Perfect 2 |
| 2014 | Domestic Stats | 17 | $28,916,667 | $1,590,734,390 | American Sniper |
| 2013 | Domestic Stats | 15 | $52,250,000 | $1,883,216,405 | Fast and Furious 6 |
| 2012 | Domestic Stats | 20 | $25,642,857 | $912,872,705 | Lincoln |
| 2011 | Domestic Stats | 24 | $34,585,000 | $1,120,067,790 | Fast Five |
| 2010 | Domestic Stats | 11 | $39,733,333 | $517,202,245 | Eat Pray Love |
| 2009 | Domestic Stats | 14 | $29,483,333 | $991,442,135 | Fast & Furious |
| 2008 | Domestic Stats | 3 | $37,500,000 | $9,813,309 | The Express |
| 2007 | Domestic Stats | 9 | $40,233,333 | $432,889,496 | American Gangster |
| 2006 | Domestic Stats | 3 | $48,500,000 | $166,500,906 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift |
| 2005 | Domestic Stats | 8 | $30,800,000 | $305,006,382 | Munich |
| 2004 | Domestic Stats | 5 | $17,625,000 | $113,467,684 | Friday Night Lights |
| 2003 | Domestic Stats | 5 | $72,333,333 | $426,527,094 | 2 Fast 2 Furious |
| 2002 | Domestic Stats | 5 | $32,800,000 | $558,477,609 | Catch Me if You Can |
| 2001 | Domestic Stats | 8 | $26,166,667 | $595,734,770 | A Beautiful Mind |
| 2000 | Domestic Stats | 4 | $73,666,667 | $394,427,869 | The Perfect Storm |
| 1999 | Domestic Stats | 4 | $47,000,000 | $91,040,705 | The Insider |
| 1998 | Domestic Stats | 2 | |||
| 1997 | Domestic Stats | 5 | $35,666,667 | $212,848,404 | Anastasia |
| 1995 | Domestic Stats | 2 | $44,000,000 | $516,175,039 | Apollo 13 |
| 1994 | 1 | $2,667,163 | The Scout | ||
| 1993 | 4 | $25,000,000 | $27,943,652 | Gettysburg | |
| 1992 | 1 | $9,289,349 | Chaplin | ||
| 1991 | 5 | $40,000,000 | $233,178,822 | JFK | |
| 1990 | 5 | $25,000,000 | $69,690,589 | Goodfellas | |
| 1989 | 2 | $14,000,000 | $71,920,698 | Born on the Fourth of July | |
| 1988 | 3 | $10,925,250 | A Cry in the Dark | ||
| 1987 | 1 | $1,672,572 | Prick Up Your Ears | ||
| 1985 | 3 | $28,000,000 | $275,423,740 | Out of Africa | |
| 1984 | 2 | $13,076,462 | The Bounty | ||
| 1983 | 2 | $27,000,000 | $27,973,203 | The Right Stuff | |
| 1981 | 2 | $3,000,000 | $10,033,925 | Gallipoli | |
| 1980 | 2 | $5,000,000 | $63,148,124 | Brubaker | |
| 1979 | 2 | $8,000,000 | $43,000,459 | Escape from Alcatraz | |
| 1978 | 2 | $23,763,400 | The Buddy Holly Story | ||
| 1977 | 3 | $26,000,000 | $106,500,071 | In Search of Noah’s Ark | |
| 1976 | 2 | $8,500,000 | $51,048,857 | All the President’s Men | |
| 1975 | 4 | $109,285,074 | Dog Day Afternoon | ||
| 1974 | 1 | ||||
| 1973 | 2 | $3,000,000 | $27,301,769 | Serpico | |
| 1972 | 2 | $19,726,490 | Lady Sings the Blues | ||
| 1971 | 5 | $2,200,000 | $73,225,722 | The French Connection | |
| 1970 | 2 | $12,000,000 | $68,500,000 | Patton | |
| 1969 | 2 | $6,000,000 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | ||
| 1968 | 2 | $33,912,624 | Yours, Mine and Ours | ||
| 1967 | 1 | $3,500,000 | $13,007,551 | In Cold Blood | |
| 1966 | 1 | $3,577 | Shakespeare Wallah | ||
| 1965 | 1 | $5,800,000 | $6,800,000 | The Train | |
| 1964 | 1 | $19,000,000 | $4,750,000 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | |
| 1963 | 2 | $46,501,253 | How the West Was Won | ||
| 1962 | 1 | $8,920,615 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | ||
| 1959 | 1 | ||||
| 1958 | 2 | $67,972 | Montparnasse 19 | ||
| 1957 | 1 | ||||
| 1956 | 1 | ||||
| 1954 | 1 | $7,785 | Anatahan | ||
| 1950 | 1 | ||||
| 1948 | 1 | $3,000,000 | $9,012,000 | Red River | |
| 1945 | 1 | ||||
| 1943 | 1 | $12,500,000 | The Song of Bernadette | ||
| 1941 | 1 | ||||
| 1935 | 2 | ||||
| 1927 | 1 | $516 | The General | ||
| Total | 711 | $31,982,292 | $18,452,571,874 | Oppenheimer | |