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Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movie Index
Find below a breakdown of all Based on Fiction Book/Short Story movies by year and first letter.
See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies - Top Domestic Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies - Top International Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies - Top Worldwide Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies - Top Domestic Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Stars - Top International Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Stars - Top Worldwide Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Stars
The table below lists the top-grossing Based on Fiction Book/Short Story movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Based on Fiction Book/Short Story films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 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 | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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TBD | 221 | ||||
2029 | 2 | ||||
2026 | 2 | ||||
2025 | 8 | ||||
2024 | Annual Stats | 79 | $190,000,000 | $751,094,541 | Dune: Part Two |
2023 | Annual Stats | 181 | $74,540,635 | $1,961,210,171 | Wonka |
2022 | Annual Stats | 249 | $57,646,005 | $1,262,828,766 | The Bad Guys |
2021 | Annual Stats | 209 | $59,640,000 | $2,162,527,492 | No Time to Die |
2020 | Annual Stats | 184 | $46,743,750 | $917,687,724 | Dolittle |
2019 | Annual Stats | 220 | $39,885,000 | $2,013,957,064 | Dumbo |
2018 | Annual Stats | 238 | $50,638,889 | $6,703,712,984 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |
2017 | Annual Stats | 259 | $35,623,345 | $4,173,465,127 | The Boss Baby |
2016 | Annual Stats | 250 | $54,647,222 | $5,673,229,167 | The Jungle Book |
2015 | Annual Stats | 180 | $48,113,688 | $8,043,590,053 | Jurassic World |
2014 | Annual Stats | 95 | $44,526,471 | $5,564,032,453 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
2013 | Annual Stats | 92 | $64,590,000 | $4,945,600,553 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
2012 | Annual Stats | 109 | $54,797,727 | $9,024,824,951 | Skyfall |
2011 | Annual Stats | 105 | $44,188,889 | $5,994,846,725 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II |
2010 | Annual Stats | 73 | $47,085,135 | $6,532,403,926 | Alice in Wonderland |
2009 | Annual Stats | 75 | $48,992,683 | $6,030,825,777 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
2008 | Annual Stats | 116 | $41,787,755 | $4,878,370,527 | Quantum of Solace |
2007 | Annual Stats | 99 | $47,163,043 | $6,185,385,051 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
2006 | Annual Stats | 88 | $38,883,333 | $4,315,814,453 | The Da Vinci Code |
2005 | Annual Stats | 78 | $46,152,703 | $4,167,725,645 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
2004 | Annual Stats | 81 | $55,256,250 | $5,752,272,174 | Shrek 2 |
2003 | Annual Stats | 63 | $35,852,941 | $3,280,358,807 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2002 | Annual Stats | 70 | $39,657,547 | $5,132,386,396 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
2001 | Annual Stats | 58 | $43,931,250 | $5,179,774,703 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone |
2000 | Annual Stats | 44 | $32,300,000 | $1,342,023,926 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
1999 | Annual Stats | 73 | $43,797,619 | $3,411,085,617 | Tarzan |
1998 | Annual Stats | 68 | $36,213,871 | $1,696,304,948 | Doctor Dolittle |
1997 | Annual Stats | 45 | $47,047,619 | $2,317,874,244 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
1996 | Annual Stats | 65 | $37,695,652 | $2,554,235,956 | Twister |
1995 | Annual Stats | 66 | $35,392,105 | $2,835,001,487 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance |
1994 | 43 | $39,333,333 | $2,224,754,288 | Forrest Gump | |
1993 | 39 | $25,458,333 | $2,999,099,361 | Jurassic Park | |
1992 | 36 | $27,625,000 | $841,358,311 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | |
1991 | 45 | $19,750,000 | $1,847,327,022 | Beauty and the Beast | |
1990 | 55 | $41,714,286 | $2,039,277,923 | Dances with Wolves | |
1989 | 47 | $23,833,333 | $867,704,053 | The Little Mermaid | |
1988 | 47 | $26,688,889 | $1,165,439,714 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | |
1987 | 52 | $17,616,667 | $706,624,200 | The Living Daylights | |
1986 | 33 | $17,125,000 | $351,725,734 | The Color of Money | |
1985 | 54 | $21,590,000 | $1,315,606,683 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | |
1984 | 43 | $22,275,000 | $515,353,686 | Footloose | |
1983 | 49 | $13,004,583 | $1,007,819,305 | Octopussy | |
1982 | 46 | $13,272,727 | $793,221,026 | First Blood | |
1981 | 32 | $13,500,000 | $651,468,705 | For Your Eyes Only | |
1980 | 27 | $14,400,000 | $327,031,888 | Ordinary People | |
1979 | 27 | $15,283,333 | $741,797,017 | Moonraker | |
1978 | 24 | $12,750,000 | $400,601,840 | Jaws 2 | |
1977 | 25 | $30,933,333 | $824,279,426 | Saturday Night Fever | |
1976 | 13 | $2,400,000 | $94,583,967 | Marathon Man | |
1975 | 24 | $6,925,000 | $817,476,897 | Jaws | |
1974 | 20 | $7,933,333 | $514,514,823 | Towering Inferno | |
1973 | 16 | $8,575,000 | $702,836,656 | The Exorcist | |
1972 | 20 | $4,166,667 | $471,058,151 | The Godfather | |
1971 | 20 | $5,566,667 | $200,334,606 | Diamonds Are Forever | |
1970 | 31 | $7,416,667 | $378,402,690 | Love Story | |
1969 | 25 | $4,300,000 | $278,965,455 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | |
1968 | 23 | $4,240,400 | $259,907,939 | Bullitt | |
1967 | 19 | $10,750,000 | $513,569,881 | The Jungle Book | |
1966 | 21 | $9,250,000 | $196,160,797 | Hawaii | |
1965 | 19 | $10,950,000 | $350,289,858 | Thunderball | |
1964 | 21 | $3,200,000 | $382,291,666 | Goldfinger | |
1963 | 15 | $1,000,000 | $118,171,361 | Dr. No | |
1962 | 17 | $8,500,000 | $100,461,708 | Lawrence of Arabia | |
1961 | 16 | $232,388,740 | 101 Dalmatians | ||
1960 | 12 | $7,500,000 | $121,962,025 | Spartacus | |
1959 | 17 | $15,000,000 | $89,486,099 | Ben-Hur | |
1958 | 15 | $48,717,634 | Auntie Mame | ||
1957 | 9 | $3,000,000 | $59,036,260 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | |
1956 | 15 | $4,833,333 | $107,886,890 | Around the World in 80 Days | |
1955 | 16 | $805,000 | $109,614,290 | Lady and the Tramp | |
1954 | 15 | $5,000,000 | $83,922,194 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | |
1953 | 12 | $1,953,333 | $131,134,971 | Peter Pan | |
1952 | 8 | $14,250,239 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | ||
1951 | 13 | $2,650,000 | $33,441,511 | Show Boat | |
1950 | 13 | $3,768,785 | $28,053,728 | Father of the Bride | |
1949 | 11 | $520,231 | Ladri di biciclette | ||
1948 | 12 | $9,411,778 | The Three Musketeers | ||
1947 | 14 | $2,000,000 | $251,103 | Quai des Orfevres | |
1946 | 14 | $3,677,000 | $135,600,000 | Song of the South | |
1945 | 11 | $1,375,000 | $36,410,117 | Leave Her to Heaven | |
1944 | 5 | $12,883,122 | Meet Me in St. Louis | ||
1943 | 4 | $17,800,395 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | ||
1942 | 9 | $858,000 | $281,587,126 | Bambi | |
1941 | 7 | $1,250,000 | $2,101,850 | Tobacco Road | |
1940 | 6 | $1,788,624 | $90,302,370 | Pinocchio | |
1939 | 12 | $3,338,500 | $425,893,721 | Gone with the Wind | |
1938 | 6 | $4,979 | La femme du boulanger | ||
1937 | 4 | ||||
1936 | 6 | $37,164 | Le Crime de Monsieur Lange | ||
1935 | 9 | $359 | The 39 Steps | ||
1934 | 5 | $1,077 | The Gay Divorcee | ||
1933 | 5 | $439,000 | $2,281,733 | 42nd Street | |
1932 | 7 | $9,192 | The Old Dark House | ||
1931 | 4 | $12,001,435 | Frankenstein | ||
1930 | 2 | $82,388 | Der Blaue Engel | ||
1929 | 9 | ||||
1928 | 2 | ||||
1927 | 3 | $1,206,834 | Metropolis | ||
1926 | 2 | ||||
1925 | 4 | $3,900,000 | $9,000,000 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | |
1923 | 1 | ||||
1922 | 1 | ||||
1920 | 1 | ||||
1919 | 1 | ||||
1918 | 1 | ||||
1916 | 2 | $200,000 | $8,262,102 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | |
1915 | 1 | $110,000 | $11,000,000 | The Birth of a Nation | |
Total | 5,216 | $39,762,542 | $151,920,511,702 | Jurassic World |
The table below shows the highest-grossing Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 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 Fiction Book/Short Story movies beginning with that letter.
Index | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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( | 1 | |||
1 | 14 | $77,500,000 | $721,519,592 | 101 Dalmatians |
2 | 8 | $11,175,000 | $228,233,617 | 21 |
3 | 6 | $71,311,600 | 3 Idiots | |
4 | 3 | $439,000 | $18,001,068 | 45 Years |
5 | 6 | $38,000,000 | $119,040,418 | The 5th Wave |
7 | 3 | $3,694,022 | 7 Nyeonui Bam | |
8 | 3 | $18,000,000 | $2,388,600 | 8 Million Ways to Die |
9 | 3 | $12,041,071 | 99 francs | |
A | 315 | $37,239,520 | $5,944,388,749 | Alice in Wonderland |
B | 385 | $34,589,515 | $9,322,371,282 | The Boss Baby |
C | 360 | $44,556,944 | $8,488,677,441 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
D | 312 | $50,152,000 | $12,479,901,132 | The Da Vinci Code |
E | 163 | $26,375,675 | $2,813,190,057 | The Exorcist |
F | 213 | $28,253,033 | $5,573,441,005 | Forrest Gump |
G | 177 | $38,953,409 | $5,148,986,152 | Gone with the Wind |
H | 269 | $63,801,461 | $20,883,397,517 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II |
I | 164 | $31,664,706 | $3,098,940,591 | I am Legend |
J | 106 | $62,233,333 | $9,470,280,119 | Jurassic World |
K | 132 | $40,251,004 | $1,223,206,384 | Knowing |
L | 250 | $39,327,349 | $9,386,631,973 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
M | 362 | $35,958,398 | $9,212,997,434 | The Martian |
N | 160 | $35,278,788 | $3,824,590,172 | No Time to Die |
O | 129 | $22,059,259 | $1,787,071,880 | Out of Africa |
P | 252 | $38,891,893 | $6,579,070,009 | Peter Rabbit |
Q | 24 | $81,250,000 | $754,576,839 | Quantum of Solace |
R | 213 | $38,046,553 | $4,514,636,421 | Ready Player One |
S | 471 | $40,639,115 | $13,998,256,454 | Skyfall |
T | 270 | $40,352,586 | $9,114,074,490 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 |
U | 52 | $22,550,000 | $441,946,418 | Up in the Air |
V | 81 | $24,777,778 | $507,497,738 | A View to a Kill |
W | 224 | $32,148,569 | $4,601,027,811 | Wonka |
X | 7 | $60,000,000 | $356,428,334 | Xi You Ji zhi Sun Wu Kong San Da Bai Gu Jing |
Y | 44 | $16,614,286 | $777,255,185 | Yes Man |
Z | 34 | $42,700,000 | $441,440,127 | Zhi wo men zhong jiang shi qu de qing chun |