Find below a breakdown of all Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale movies by year and first letter.
The table below lists the top-grossing Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale films released that year.
The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 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 |
|
12 |
|
|
|
| 2027 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 2026 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 2025 |
Domestic Stats |
19 |
$174,700,000 |
$2,350,034,776 |
Ne Zha 2 (哪吒之魔童闹海) |
| 2024 |
Domestic Stats |
25 |
$10,000,000 |
$82,496,795 |
Monkey Man |
| 2023 |
Domestic Stats |
17 |
$250,000,000 |
$574,288,995 |
The Little Mermaid |
| 2022 |
Domestic Stats |
14 |
|
$5,360,247 |
Krasnaya Shapochka (Красная Шапочка) |
| 2021 |
Domestic Stats |
24 |
$15,000,000 |
$204,922,352 |
Bai She 2: Qing She jie qi (白蛇2：青蛇劫起) |
| 2020 |
Domestic Stats |
21 |
$72,083,333 |
$105,577,205 |
Mulan |
| 2019 |
Domestic Stats |
26 |
$111,250,000 |
$2,580,265,039 |
Frozen II |
| 2018 |
Domestic Stats |
26 |
$80,633,333 |
$470,245,164 |
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms |
| 2017 |
Domestic Stats |
17 |
$176,250,000 |
$2,735,394,311 |
Beauty and the Beast |
| 2016 |
Domestic Stats |
20 |
$115,000,000 |
$287,947,799 |
The Huntsman: Winter’s War |
| 2015 |
Domestic Stats |
20 |
$47,650,000 |
$640,960,490 |
Cinderella |
| 2014 |
Domestic Stats |
12 |
$62,666,667 |
$499,664,110 |
Hercules |
| 2013 |
Domestic Stats |
13 |
$99,875,000 |
$1,889,922,187 |
Frozen |
| 2012 |
Domestic Stats |
11 |
$135,000,000 |
$888,774,147 |
Snow White and the Huntsman |
| 2011 |
Domestic Stats |
8 |
$47,000,000 |
$555,468,076 |
Immortals |
| 2010 |
Domestic Stats |
7 |
$198,333,333 |
$1,409,347,465 |
Tangled |
| 2009 |
Domestic Stats |
1 |
|
|
|
| 2008 |
Domestic Stats |
7 |
$15,000,000 |
$3,458,190 |
Bathory |
| 2007 |
Domestic Stats |
5 |
$29,500,000 |
$199,498,885 |
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep |
| 2006 |
Domestic Stats |
6 |
$17,500,000 |
$157,269,633 |
Hoodwinked |
| 2005 |
Domestic Stats |
3 |
$40,000,000 |
$150,888,431 |
Corpse Bride |
| 2004 |
Domestic Stats |
2 |
$54,500,000 |
$273,766,008 |
King Arthur |
| 2003 |
Domestic Stats |
1 |
$60,000,000 |
$80,767,884 |
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas |
| 2002 |
Domestic Stats |
2 |
|
$3,887,278 |
The Fast Runner |
| 2000 |
Domestic Stats |
1 |
$26,000,000 |
$75,763,814 |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| 1998 |
Domestic Stats |
2 |
$58,000,000 |
$369,205,772 |
Mulan |
| 1997 |
Domestic Stats |
1 |
$26,000,000 |
$5,000 |
The Grimm Brothers' Snow White |
| 1995 |
Domestic Stats |
2 |
$75,000,000 |
$127,546,582 |
First Knight |
| 1992 |
|
1 |
$28,000,000 |
$504,050,219 |
Aladdin |
| 1991 |
|
3 |
$35,000,000 |
$829,599,519 |
Beauty and the Beast |
| 1988 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1985 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1981 |
|
1 |
$15,000,000 |
$44,400,000 |
Clash of the Titans |
| 1980 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1979 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1977 |
|
1 |
|
$16,000,000 |
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger |
| 1976 |
|
2 |
$5,000,000 |
$8,000,000 |
Robin and Marian |
| 1973 |
|
2 |
|
$32,056,467 |
Robin Hood |
| 1972 |
|
1 |
|
$176 |
The Pied Piper |
| 1971 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1967 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1965 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1963 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 1962 |
|
1 |
|
$3,366 |
The Jade Hairpin (碧玉簪) |
| 1960 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1957 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1954 |
|
2 |
|
$20,765 |
Ulisse |
| 1952 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1950 |
|
3 |
$2,900,000 |
$271,736,288 |
Cinderella |
| 1948 |
|
3 |
|
$176,769 |
The Red Shoes |
| 1947 |
|
1 |
|
$21,711 |
Beauty and the Beast |
| 1944 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1939 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1937 |
|
1 |
$1,488,000 |
$187,171,725 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| 1929 |
|
1 |
|
$27,964 |
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens |
| 1926 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1921 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Total |
367 |
$80,824,800 |
$18,615,991,604 |
Ne Zha 2 (哪吒之魔童闹海) |
The table below shows the highest-grossing Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 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 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale movies beginning with that letter.
| Index | Total
Movies | Average
Production
Budget | Combined
Worldwide
Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|
| 7 |
2 |
|
$50,830,000 |
7 Zwerge - Der Wald Ist Nicht Genug |
| 8 |
1 |
|
$123,784 |
8 |
| A |
23 |
$105,000,000 |
$1,591,255,128 |
Aladdin |
| B |
22 |
$65,000,000 |
$1,885,091,844 |
Beauty and the Beast |
| C |
26 |
$67,414,286 |
$2,386,394,427 |
Coco |
| D |
14 |
$150,700,000 |
$387,497,453 |
Disney’s Snow White |
| E |
4 |
$26,000,000 |
$68,223,202 |
Ever After: A Cinderella Story |
| F |
10 |
$125,000,000 |
$2,883,982,028 |
Frozen II |
| G |
11 |
$15,333,333 |
$63,467,902 |
Gretel & Hansel |
| H |
19 |
$54,285,714 |
$946,182,492 |
Hercules |
| I |
5 |
$75,000,000 |
$218,515,018 |
Immortals |
| J |
11 |
$195,000,000 |
$198,964,581 |
Jack the Giant Slayer |
| K |
15 |
$132,500,000 |
$375,331,978 |
King Arthur |
| L |
20 |
$107,250,000 |
$772,647,404 |
The Little Mermaid |
| M |
26 |
$116,000,000 |
$1,031,071,071 |
The Mummy |
| N |
15 |
$106,450,000 |
$2,177,216,043 |
Ne Zha 2 (哪吒之魔童闹海) |
| O |
7 |
$26,000,000 |
$76,892,373 |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| P |
23 |
|
$153,304,207 |
Padmavati |
| R |
29 |
$81,200,000 |
$944,154,281 |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
| S |
38 |
$51,597,600 |
$821,784,021 |
Snow White and the Huntsman |
| T |
13 |
$130,150,000 |
$600,451,349 |
Tangled |
| U |
6 |
|
$3,718,587 |
Ungnami (웅남이) |
| V |
7 |
$25,000,000 |
$18,252,757 |
Viy 2 |
| W |
11 |
$54,812,500 |
$518,946,436 |
Wrath of the Titans |
| X |
4 |
|
$376,997,982 |
Xi you xiang mo pian |
| Y |
2 |
|
$176,808 |
Yoake tsugeru Rû no uta |
| Z |
3 |
|
$64,518,448 |
Zhong Kui fu mo: Xue yao mo ling |
