The table below lists the top-grossing Original Screenplay movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Original Screenplay films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Original Screenplay 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 | 769 | ||||
| 2031 | 1 | ||||
| 2029 | 6 | ||||
| 2027 | 16 | ||||
| 2026 | Domestic Stats | 575 | $40,857,143 | $143,003,200 | Cheburashka 2 (Чебурашка 2) |
| 2025 | Domestic Stats | 3,059 | $47,070,160 | $12,605,541,370 | Zootopia 2 |
| 2024 | Domestic Stats | 3,372 | $71,784,091 | $16,948,471,690 | Inside Out 2 |
| 2023 | Domestic Stats | 3,750 | $57,168,513 | $13,264,132,989 | Fast X |
| 2022 | Domestic Stats | 3,192 | $52,908,848 | $11,318,697,194 | Avatar: The Way of Water |
| 2021 | Domestic Stats | 2,195 | $48,137,228 | $8,916,584,571 | Hi, Mom (你好, 李焕英) |
| 2020 | Domestic Stats | 2,258 | $34,333,590 | $4,647,569,313 | Bad Boys For Life |
| 2019 | Domestic Stats | 2,685 | $38,831,163 | $19,242,952,629 | The Lion King |
| 2018 | Domestic Stats | 2,348 | $23,676,442 | $14,624,279,677 | Incredibles 2 |
| 2017 | Domestic Stats | 1,965 | $33,104,551 | $17,906,493,327 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi |
| 2016 | Domestic Stats | 2,002 | $25,572,903 | $17,606,048,343 | Finding Dory |
| 2015 | Domestic Stats | 1,859 | $20,817,984 | $17,622,715,565 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens |
| 2014 | Domestic Stats | 953 | $19,202,599 | $11,274,171,859 | Big Hero 6 |
| 2013 | Domestic Stats | 794 | $24,021,945 | $12,374,593,302 | Despicable Me 2 |
| 2012 | Domestic Stats | 822 | $22,309,219 | $13,261,897,590 | Ice Age: Continental Drift |
| 2011 | Domestic Stats | 659 | $23,823,732 | $11,076,022,180 | Kung Fu Panda 2 |
| 2010 | Domestic Stats | 538 | $28,541,602 | $11,830,446,291 | Toy Story 3 |
| 2009 | Domestic Stats | 449 | $28,325,488 | $12,497,974,486 | Avatar |
| 2008 | Domestic Stats | 590 | $26,882,481 | $13,207,914,278 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
| 2007 | Domestic Stats | 527 | $25,399,763 | $9,459,125,304 | Ratatouille |
| 2006 | Domestic Stats | 394 | $22,342,032 | $9,345,644,229 | Ice Age: The Meltdown |
| 2005 | Domestic Stats | 348 | $31,249,944 | $9,688,585,041 | Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith |
| 2004 | Domestic Stats | 321 | $28,938,115 | $7,615,133,520 | The Incredibles |
| 2003 | Domestic Stats | 301 | $32,019,450 | $10,327,666,344 | Finding Nemo |
| 2002 | Domestic Stats | 223 | $27,938,563 | $7,121,845,444 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones |
| 2001 | Domestic Stats | 245 | $28,687,456 | $7,750,899,028 | Monsters, Inc. |
| 2000 | Domestic Stats | 258 | $31,125,960 | $8,723,004,437 | Gladiator |
| 1999 | Domestic Stats | 252 | $25,302,361 | $8,734,111,082 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace |
| 1998 | Domestic Stats | 217 | $27,756,242 | $7,243,715,983 | Armageddon |
| 1997 | Domestic Stats | 201 | $38,695,455 | $7,535,079,874 | Titanic |
| 1996 | Domestic Stats | 192 | $29,448,393 | $5,000,262,290 | Independence Day |
| 1995 | Domestic Stats | 200 | $30,305,128 | $4,661,214,673 | Toy Story |
| 1994 | 169 | $26,600,818 | $5,003,399,224 | The Lion King | |
| 1993 | 149 | $18,717,391 | $3,444,632,343 | Cliffhanger | |
| 1992 | 148 | $22,457,143 | $4,637,364,427 | The Bodyguard | |
| 1991 | 166 | $18,603,842 | $2,742,267,275 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | |
| 1990 | 161 | $22,714,783 | $4,065,597,890 | Ghost | |
| 1989 | 167 | $18,625,000 | $4,104,650,873 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | |
| 1988 | 168 | $11,761,905 | $3,264,429,197 | Rain Man | |
| 1987 | 168 | $12,702,778 | $3,034,522,622 | Fatal Attraction | |
| 1986 | 175 | $10,959,217 | $2,759,145,429 | Top Gun | |
| 1985 | 145 | $8,950,000 | $2,162,656,105 | Back to the Future | |
| 1984 | 147 | $11,858,824 | $2,880,126,222 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | |
| 1983 | 137 | $9,193,917 | $1,905,403,991 | Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi | |
| 1982 | 109 | $11,796,429 | $2,297,943,536 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | |
| 1981 | 114 | $8,449,350 | $1,601,963,140 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | |
| 1980 | 120 | $8,974,714 | $1,999,332,570 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | |
| 1979 | 101 | $11,655,556 | $1,328,102,713 | Rocky 2 | |
| 1978 | 72 | $4,865,000 | $923,735,244 | National Lampoon’s Animal House | |
| 1977 | 71 | $7,262,500 | $1,706,288,133 | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | |
| 1976 | 81 | $6,271,429 | $881,152,394 | Rocky | |
| 1975 | 62 | $2,800,000 | $283,736,182 | Shampoo | |
| 1974 | 77 | $2,905,714 | $509,329,558 | Blazing Saddles | |
| 1973 | 60 | $2,835,400 | $417,474,683 | The Sting | |
| 1972 | 55 | $404,000 | $200,093,940 | What’s Up, Doc? | |
| 1971 | 53 | $1,766,667 | $201,127,769 | Billy Jack | |
| 1970 | 56 | $9,319,491 | $372,837,027 | The Aristocats | |
| 1969 | 50 | $5,666,667 | $229,059,970 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | |
| 1968 | 45 | $4,138,000 | $190,965,011 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | |
| 1967 | 35 | $2,066,667 | $184,390,464 | Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner | |
| 1966 | 48 | $1,866,667 | $83,913,744 | Grand Prix | |
| 1965 | 40 | $250,000 | $155,972,853 | Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying... | |
| 1964 | 37 | $340,000 | $28,412,368 | The Pink Panther | |
| 1963 | 41 | $9,695,333 | $149,848,908 | It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | |
| 1962 | 40 | $1,630,000 | $14,810,572 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | |
| 1961 | 30 | $2,000,000 | $63,450,154 | The Absent Minded Professor | |
| 1960 | 41 | $7,500,000 | $70,250,986 | Psycho | |
| 1959 | 24 | $3,191,924 | $78,698,450 | Some Like it Hot | |
| 1958 | 33 | $10,311,323 | Indiscreet | ||
| 1957 | 37 | $340,000 | $1,035,524 | The Nights of Cabiria | |
| 1956 | 49 | $1,100,000 | $35,013,582 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | |
| 1955 | 24 | $13,050,373 | Galapagos | ||
| 1954 | 36 | $705,000 | $80,387,551 | White Christmas | |
| 1953 | 39 | $954,000 | $46,618,086 | House of Wax | |
| 1952 | 36 | $2,423,333 | $51,411,482 | The Greatest Show on Earth | |
| 1951 | 32 | $1,200,000 | $9,588,121 | Strangers on a Train | |
| 1950 | 37 | $18,359,625 | King Solomon's Mines | ||
| 1949 | 32 | $1,000,000 | $11,481,164 | Sands of Iwo Jima | |
| 1948 | 31 | $3,700,000 | $8,704,714 | Sorry, Wrong Number | |
| 1947 | 42 | $2,000,000 | $21,070,269 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | |
| 1946 | 30 | $2,590,000 | $48,430,397 | Notorious | |
| 1945 | 28 | $24,957,079 | The Bells of St. Mary's | ||
| 1944 | 18 | $2,361,000 | $19,810,804 | Going My Way | |
| 1943 | 18 | $2,627,000 | $5,425,545 | A Guy Named Joe | |
| 1942 | 19 | $134,000 | $8,006,334 | Cat People | |
| 1941 | 24 | $9,558,480 | Suspicion | ||
| 1940 | 22 | $2,000,000 | $12,456,026 | Boom Town | |
| 1939 | 21 | $1,500,000 | $9,313,020 | Mr. Smith Goes To Washington | |
| 1938 | 16 | $2,000,000 | $4,050,293 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | |
| 1937 | 17 | $418,857 | La Grande Illusion | ||
| 1936 | 16 | $1,300,000 | $8,276,416 | San Francisco | |
| 1935 | 16 | $39,986 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | ||
| 1934 | 28 | $460 | Twentieth Century | ||
| 1933 | 25 | $672,000 | $10,003,142 | King Kong | |
| 1932 | 19 | $621 | The Mummy | ||
| 1931 | 17 | $4,097,811 | Ingagi | ||
| 1930 | 5 | ||||
| 1929 | 7 | $379,000 | $4,361,956 | The Broadway Melody | |
| 1928 | 10 | $38,194 | La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc | ||
| 1927 | 4 | $2,000,000 | |||
| 1926 | 5 | ||||
| 1925 | 4 | $198,286 | The Gold Rush | ||
| 1924 | 3 | $18,835 | Der müde Tod | ||
| 1923 | 3 | ||||
| 1922 | 3 | ||||
| 1921 | 4 | $2,646,301 | The Kid | ||
| 1920 | 2 | ||||
| 1918 | 4 | ||||
| 1916 | 1 | ||||
| 1902 | 1 | $45,353 | Le Voyage dans la Lune | ||
| Total | 42,719 | $27,062,772 | $398,032,075,232 | Avatar | |