| Year | Total Gross | %± LY | Releases | Average | #1 Release
|
|---|
| 2019 | $10,208,951,886 | - | 797 | $12,809,224 | Avengers: Endgame |
| 2018 | $11,822,920,027 | +7.7% | 921 | $12,837,046 | Black Panther |
| 2017 | $10,977,711,097 | -2.8% | 775 | $14,164,788 | Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi |
| 2016 | $11,300,119,586 | +2.9% | 742 | $15,229,271 | Finding Dory |
| 2015 | $10,979,573,863 | +6.8% | 710 | $15,464,188 | Jurassic World |
| 2014 | $10,279,735,311 | -5.1% | 748 | $13,742,961 | Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 2013 | $10,830,865,071 | +1.1% | 707 | $15,319,469 | Iron Man 3 |
| 2012 | $10,715,000,322 | +7% | 707 | $15,155,587 | The Avengers |
| 2011 | $10,009,289,403 | -4.7% | 631 | $15,862,582 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 |
| 2010 | $10,499,380,020 | -0.2% | 597 | $17,586,901 | Avatar |
| 2009 | $10,515,858,997 | +11.9% | 578 | $18,193,527 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
| 2008 | $9,399,450,924 | +4.1% | 635 | $14,802,284 | The Dark Knight |
| 2007 | $9,031,215,932 | +3.9% | 693 | $13,032,057 | Spider-Man 3 |
| 2006 | $8,695,775,125 | +10.1% | 662 | $13,135,611 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
| 2005 | $7,900,964,734 | -5.1% | 585 | $13,505,922 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith |
| 2004 | $8,329,072,374 | +5.6% | 610 | $13,654,217 | Shrek 2 |
| 2003 | $7,888,782,627 | -6.5% | 596 | $13,236,212 | Finding Nemo |
| 2002 | $8,438,764,043 | +47.9% | 459 | $18,385,106 | Spider-Man |
| 2001 | $5,705,432,455 | -5.4% | 281 | $20,304,030 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
| 2000 | $6,031,656,340 | +26.6% | 303 | $19,906,456 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| 1999 | $4,765,090,384 | +69% | 295 | $16,152,848 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace |
| 1998 | $2,819,139,310 | +19.1% | 159 | $17,730,435 | Titanic |
| 1997 | $2,366,797,637 | +20% | 122 | $19,399,980 | Men in Black |
| 1996 | $1,972,135,578 | +14.5% | 114 | $17,299,434 | Independence Day |
| 1995 | $1,721,846,580 | +43.6% | 107 | $16,092,024 | Batman Forever |
| 1994 | $1,198,615,994 | -24.6% | 108 | $11,098,296 | The Flintstones |
| 1993 | $1,589,461,983 | +50.9% | 87 | $18,269,677 | Jurassic Park |
| 1992 | $1,053,562,425 | -4.8% | 88 | $11,972,300 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York |
| 1991 | $1,106,810,621 | +35% | 90 | $12,297,895 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| 1990 | $819,920,300 | -31.3% | 73 | $11,231,784 | Home Alone |
| 1989 | $1,193,490,334 | +135.5% | 72 | $16,576,254 | Batman |
| 1988 | $506,867,060 | -19.6% | 75 | $6,758,227 | Rambo III |
| 1987 | $630,319,756 | +17.9% | 64 | $9,848,746 | Beverly Hills Cop II |
| 1986 | $534,760,489 | -42.9% | 65 | $8,227,084 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
| 1985 | $936,749,357 | -5.2% | 67 | $13,981,333 | Back to the Future |
| 1984 | $987,627,000 | +4.4% | 58 | $17,028,051 | Ghostbusters |
| 1983 | $945,852,137 | -25.2% | 56 | $16,890,216 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi |
| 1982 | $1,264,082,246 | +1,850.6% | 69 | $18,320,032 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1981 | $64,805,874 | -85.8% | 13 | $4,985,067 | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| 1980 | $457,698,580 | +323.3% | 3 | $152,566,193 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back |
| 1979 | $108,133,877 | -39% | 2 | $54,066,938 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope |
| 1978 | $177,174,248 | -35.6% | 3 | $59,058,082 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| 1977 | $275,185,474 | - | 5 | $55,037,094 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope |
