| Year | Total Gross | %± LY | Releases | Average | #1 Release
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|---|
| 2020 | $712,765,760 | - | 114 | $6,252,331 | Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker |
| 2019 | $11,319,834,103 | -4.8% | 907 | $12,480,522 | Avengers: Endgame |
| 2018 | $11,889,341,443 | +7.4% | 993 | $11,973,153 | Black Panther |
| 2017 | $11,072,821,415 | -2.7% | 852 | $12,996,269 | Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi |
| 2016 | $11,377,080,039 | +2.3% | 856 | $13,290,981 | Finding Dory |
| 2015 | $11,125,864,078 | +7.4% | 846 | $13,151,139 | Jurassic World |
| 2014 | $10,359,575,749 | -5.2% | 849 | $12,202,091 | Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 2013 | $10,922,056,542 | +0.9% | 826 | $13,222,828 | Iron Man 3 |
| 2012 | $10,822,811,836 | +6.4% | 807 | $13,411,167 | The Avengers |
| 2011 | $10,173,623,342 | -3.7% | 730 | $13,936,470 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 |
| 2010 | $10,566,830,616 | -0.2% | 651 | $16,231,690 | Avatar |
| 2009 | $10,590,202,011 | +10% | 646 | $16,393,501 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
| 2008 | $9,629,138,099 | -0.3% | 725 | $13,281,569 | The Dark Knight |
| 2007 | $9,657,146,210 | +4.9% | 776 | $12,444,776 | Spider-Man 3 |
| 2006 | $9,208,626,512 | +4.2% | 746 | $12,344,003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
| 2005 | $8,837,721,693 | -5.6% | 676 | $13,073,552 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith |
| 2004 | $9,365,055,574 | +1.7% | 700 | $13,378,650 | Shrek 2 |
| 2003 | $9,211,025,496 | +0.5% | 667 | $13,809,633 | Finding Nemo |
| 2002 | $9,165,535,694 | +13% | 570 | $16,079,887 | Spider-Man |
| 2001 | $8,110,960,182 | +8% | 413 | $19,639,128 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
| 2000 | $7,511,547,085 | +1.8% | 439 | $17,110,585 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| 1999 | $7,377,967,100 | +9.7% | 448 | $16,468,676 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace |
| 1998 | $6,725,527,166 | +9.2% | 334 | $20,136,308 | Titanic |
| 1997 | $6,156,263,535 | +8.9% | 310 | $19,858,914 | Men in Black |
| 1996 | $5,653,199,362 | +8.7% | 306 | $18,474,507 | Independence Day |
| 1995 | $5,199,428,915 | +1.9% | 291 | $17,867,453 | Batman Forever |
| 1994 | $5,101,025,737 | +4.9% | 259 | $19,695,080 | The Lion King |
| 1993 | $4,860,902,708 | +6.7% | 267 | $18,205,628 | Jurassic Park |
| 1992 | $4,556,151,332 | +4.3% | 247 | $18,445,956 | Batman Returns |
| 1991 | $4,366,922,856 | <0.1% | 253 | $17,260,564 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| 1990 | $4,362,843,546 | +6.1% | 236 | $18,486,625 | Ghost |
| 1989 | $4,111,404,298 | +15.9% | 235 | $17,495,337 | Batman |
| 1988 | $3,548,516,187 | +4.4% | 239 | $14,847,348 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| 1987 | $3,398,961,719 | +9.6% | 226 | $15,039,653 | Beverly Hills Cop II |
| 1986 | $3,102,793,651 | +2% | 201 | $15,436,784 | Top Gun |
| 1985 | $3,041,480,248 | -2% | 191 | $15,923,980 | Back to the Future |
| 1984 | $3,104,296,629 | +13% | 169 | $18,368,619 | Ghostbusters |
| 1983 | $2,748,432,836 | -8.6% | 149 | $18,445,857 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi |
| 1982 | $3,008,355,492 | +227.6% | 132 | $22,790,571 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1981 | $918,310,755 | -44.6% | 56 | $16,398,406 | Superman II |
| 1980 | $1,657,166,297 | +33.1% | 68 | $24,370,092 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back |
| 1979 | $1,244,961,893 | +48.1% | 40 | $31,124,047 | Superman |
| 1978 | $840,508,376 | +89.5% | 13 | $64,654,490 | Grease |
| 1977 | $443,497,478 | +290.6% | 9 | $49,277,497 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope |
