The table below lists the top-grossing Musical movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Musical films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Musical 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 | 35 | ||||
| 2026 | 5 | ||||
| 2025 | Domestic Stats | 48 | $92,216,667 | $917,583,107 | Wicked: For Good |
| 2024 | Domestic Stats | 48 | $128,200,000 | $2,678,035,095 | Moana 2 |
| 2023 | Domestic Stats | 46 | $97,250,000 | $1,289,262,764 | Wonka |
| 2022 | Domestic Stats | 55 | $50,000,000 | $165,057,975 | Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile |
| 2021 | Domestic Stats | 49 | $51,750,000 | $556,999,996 | Sing 2 |
| 2020 | Domestic Stats | 27 | $90,000,000 | $80,954,813 | Trolls: World Tour |
| 2019 | Domestic Stats | 35 | $88,666,667 | $1,564,601,871 | Frozen II |
| 2018 | Domestic Stats | 30 | $72,000,000 | $797,618,959 | Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! |
| 2017 | Domestic Stats | 36 | $139,666,667 | $2,694,854,876 | Beauty and the Beast |
| 2016 | Domestic Stats | 24 | $85,000,000 | $1,833,996,702 | Moana |
| 2015 | Domestic Stats | 15 | $4,875,000 | $25,723,985 | Strange Magic |
| 2014 | Domestic Stats | 10 | $31,150,000 | $357,712,821 | Into the Woods |
| 2013 | Domestic Stats | 9 | $35,720,000 | $1,306,958,171 | Frozen |
| 2012 | Domestic Stats | 8 | $42,875,000 | $547,878,718 | Les Misérables |
| 2011 | Domestic Stats | 6 | $135,000,000 | $157,962,413 | Happy Feet Two |
| 2010 | Domestic Stats | 16 | $39,337,500 | $119,928,311 | Burlesque |
| 2009 | Domestic Stats | 8 | $49,000,000 | $145,877,803 | Fame |
| 2008 | Domestic Stats | 15 | $17,937,500 | $883,628,246 | Mamma Mia! |
| 2007 | Domestic Stats | 12 | $28,990,000 | $391,649,652 | Hairspray |
| 2006 | Domestic Stats | 8 | $36,340,000 | $554,495,914 | Happy Feet |
| 2005 | Domestic Stats | 7 | $23,106,250 | $90,393,845 | The Producers: The Movie Musical |
| 2004 | Domestic Stats | 5 | $55,000,000 | $154,173,085 | The Phantom of the Opera |
| 2003 | Domestic Stats | 5 | $12,000,000 | $9,387,665 | From Justin to Kelly |
| 2002 | Domestic Stats | 7 | $19,000,000 | $373,064,581 | Chicago |
| 2001 | Domestic Stats | 4 | $29,500,000 | $183,804,318 | Moulin Rouge |
| 2000 | Domestic Stats | 8 | $12,500,000 | $48,126,915 | Dancer in the Dark |
| 1999 | Domestic Stats | 13 | $40,333,333 | $185,360,023 | Fantasia 2000 |
| 1998 | Domestic Stats | 4 | $7,500,000 | $27,110,168 | Little Voice |
| 1997 | Domestic Stats | 4 | $42,500,000 | $144,168,898 | Anastasia |
| 1996 | Domestic Stats | 2 | $37,500,000 | $186,547,179 | Evita |
| 1994 | 2 | $34,823,501 | Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...! | ||
| 1993 | 2 | $19,000,000 | $97,646,925 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | |
| 1992 | 3 | $18,963,844 | Rock-a-Doodle | ||
| 1991 | 1 | $20,000,000 | $438,656,843 | Beauty and the Beast | |
| 1990 | 1 | ||||
| 1989 | 2 | $5,000,000 | $222,807,613 | The Little Mermaid | |
| 1988 | 3 | $9,171,108 | Hairspray | ||
| 1986 | 4 | $30,000,000 | $52,513,288 | Little Shop of Horrors | |
| 1985 | 2 | $16,853,765 | A Chorus Line | ||
| 1984 | 6 | $54,126,567 | Breakin' | ||
| 1983 | 3 | $12,000,000 | $43,325,821 | Yentl | |
| 1982 | 9 | $20,500,000 | $190,690,767 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | |
| 1981 | 2 | $12,200,000 | Pennies from Heaven | ||
| 1980 | 6 | $20,000,000 | $95,788,510 | Popeye | |
| 1978 | 4 | $15,000,000 | $416,289,882 | Grease | |
| 1977 | 3 | $12,000,000 | $49,809,983 | Pete’s Dragon | |
| 1976 | 1 | $13,906 | Trollflöjten | ||
| 1975 | 3 | $1,200,000 | $151,602,440 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | |
| 1974 | 1 | ||||
| 1973 | 3 | $24,593,103 | Jesus Christ Superstar | ||
| 1972 | 4 | $4,000,000 | $41,412,084 | Cabaret | |
| 1971 | 3 | $6,000,000 | $102,516,051 | Fiddler on the Roof | |
| 1970 | 4 | $22,000,000 | $196,000,000 | The Aristocats | |
| 1969 | 4 | $21,333,333 | $72,886,991 | Hello, Dolly | |
| 1968 | 3 | $10,000,000 | $38,679,005 | Oliver! | |
| 1967 | 6 | $217,880,603 | The Jungle Book | ||
| 1966 | 3 | $2,000,000 | $2,500,000 | Paradise, Hawaiian Style | |
| 1965 | 4 | $8,200,000 | $302,981,108 | The Sound of Music | |
| 1964 | 6 | $11,500,000 | $200,685,690 | Mary Poppins | |
| 1963 | 3 | $15,380,738 | Bye Bye Birdie | ||
| 1962 | 2 | $17,553,846 | The Music Man | ||
| 1961 | 4 | $6,000,000 | $68,466,183 | West Side Story | |
| 1960 | 1 | $6,539 | Un Rayo De Luz | ||
| 1959 | 2 | ||||
| 1958 | 4 | $44,119,386 | South Pacific | ||
| 1957 | 4 | $652 | Funny Face | ||
| 1956 | 6 | $1,000,000 | $15,500,037 | Love Me Tender | |
| 1955 | 3 | $32,546 | Daddy Long Legs | ||
| 1954 | 6 | $37,801,437 | White Christmas | ||
| 1953 | 5 | $12,000,727 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | ||
| 1952 | 5 | $2,540,000 | $7,399,414 | Singin' in the Rain | |
| 1951 | 8 | $2,300,000 | $20,501,051 | Show Boat | |
| 1950 | 6 | $3,334,393 | $282,532,564 | Cinderella | |
| 1949 | 3 | $6,300,000 | In the Good Old Summertime | ||
| 1948 | 5 | $3,700,000 | $6,456,000 | Words and Music | |
| 1947 | 3 | ||||
| 1946 | 8 | $2,931,000 | $109,900,000 | Song of the South | |
| 1945 | 2 | $8,200,000 | Anchors Aweigh | ||
| 1944 | 5 | $2,361,000 | $16,383,390 | Meet Me in St. Louis | |
| 1943 | 4 | $23,300,000 | This is the Army | ||
| 1942 | 2 | $118 | Holiday Inn | ||
| 1941 | 6 | ||||
| 1940 | 4 | $2,280,000 | $83,320,832 | Fantasia | |
| 1939 | 2 | $2,777,000 | $35,883,231 | The Wizard of Oz | |
| 1938 | 4 | ||||
| 1937 | 6 | $1,488,000 | $187,175,367 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | |
| 1936 | 4 | $3,005,368 | The Great Ziegfeld | ||
| 1935 | 5 | ||||
| 1934 | 3 | $1,077 | The Gay Divorcee | ||
| 1933 | 4 | $439,000 | $2,281,866 | 42nd Street | |
| 1932 | 2 | $208 | Horse Feathers | ||
| 1930 | 2 | $82,388 | Der Blaue Engel | ||
| 1929 | 5 | $379,000 | $4,358,000 | The Broadway Melody | |
| Total | 840 | $41,056,354 | $22,586,281,232 | Frozen II | |