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 "Annual 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 | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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TBD | 88 | ||||
2025 | 1 | ||||
2024 | Annual Stats | 25 | $22,000,000 | $100,661,449 | The Bikeriders |
2023 | Annual Stats | 39 | $50,000,000 | $1,178,959,478 | Oppenheimer |
2022 | Annual Stats | 32 | $6,300,000 | $66,039,951 | Devotion |
2021 | Annual Stats | 43 | $43,000,000 | $217,990,026 | House of Gucci |
2020 | Annual Stats | 37 | $47,650,000 | $74,130,067 | Namsaneui Bujangdeul |
2019 | Annual Stats | 33 | $29,630,000 | $699,629,488 | Ford v. Ferrari |
2018 | Annual Stats | 29 | $27,440,000 | $651,071,200 | The Mule |
2017 | Annual Stats | 30 | $23,625,000 | $844,573,660 | Wonder |
2016 | Annual Stats | 32 | $25,621,429 | $1,002,042,036 | Sully |
2015 | Annual Stats | 32 | $23,430,769 | $769,653,044 | Pitch Perfect 2 |
2014 | Annual Stats | 17 | $28,916,667 | $1,590,434,390 | American Sniper |
2013 | Annual Stats | 14 | $52,250,000 | $1,804,337,343 | Fast and Furious 6 |
2012 | Annual Stats | 20 | $25,642,857 | $912,872,705 | Lincoln |
2011 | Annual Stats | 24 | $34,585,000 | $1,120,146,608 | Fast Five |
2010 | Annual Stats | 9 | $44,580,000 | $489,180,820 | Eat Pray Love |
2009 | Annual Stats | 12 | $32,393,750 | $923,602,541 | Fast & Furious |
2008 | Annual Stats | 3 | $37,500,000 | $9,813,309 | The Express |
2007 | Annual Stats | 9 | $40,233,333 | $432,889,496 | American Gangster |
2006 | Annual Stats | 3 | $48,500,000 | $166,500,906 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift |
2005 | Annual Stats | 7 | $28,500,000 | $254,935,313 | Munich |
2004 | Annual Stats | 3 | $20,666,667 | $83,169,337 | Friday Night Lights |
2003 | Annual Stats | 5 | $72,333,333 | $426,527,094 | 2 Fast 2 Furious |
2002 | Annual Stats | 5 | $32,800,000 | $558,477,609 | Catch Me if You Can |
2001 | Annual Stats | 8 | $26,166,667 | $595,734,770 | A Beautiful Mind |
2000 | Annual Stats | 4 | $73,666,667 | $394,427,869 | The Perfect Storm |
1999 | Annual Stats | 4 | $47,000,000 | $91,040,705 | The Insider |
1998 | Annual Stats | 2 | |||
1997 | Annual Stats | 4 | $35,666,667 | $212,848,404 | Anastasia |
1995 | Annual Stats | 2 | $44,000,000 | $514,721,672 | 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 | $233,176,524 | JFK | |
1990 | 3 | $20,512,022 | Reversal of Fortune | ||
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 | 2 | $17,212,880 | The Falcon and the Snowman | ||
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 | $63,146,594 | Brubaker | |
1979 | 1 | ||||
1978 | 2 | $23,763,400 | The Buddy Holly Story | ||
1977 | 1 | ||||
1976 | 2 | $8,500,000 | $51,048,857 | All the President’s Men | |
1975 | 4 | $109,284,181 | Dog Day Afternoon | ||
1973 | 2 | $3,000,000 | $27,301,609 | Serpico | |
1972 | 2 | $19,726,490 | Lady Sings the Blues | ||
1971 | 4 | $2,200,000 | $41,161,514 | 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 | ||
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 | ||
1935 | 2 | ||||
Total | 648 | $31,946,369 | $17,178,231,012 | Oppenheimer |