Find below a breakdown of all Based on Ballet movies by year and first letter.
The table below lists the top-grossing Based on Ballet movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Based on Ballet films released that year.
The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Based on Ballet 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 |
| 2026 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 2025 |
Domestic Stats |
2 |
|
$919,048 |
Royal Opera House Swan Lake |
| 2024 |
Domestic Stats |
12 |
|
$3,955,128 |
Royal Ballet & Opera 2024-25: The Nutcracker |
| 2023 |
Domestic Stats |
5 |
|
$1,270,317 |
Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker |
| 2022 |
Domestic Stats |
9 |
|
$5,924,642 |
The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute |
| 2021 |
Domestic Stats |
7 |
$27,000,000 |
$780,438 |
Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker |
| 2020 |
Domestic Stats |
6 |
|
$337,237 |
Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes |
| 2018 |
Domestic Stats |
4 |
|
$1,054,631 |
Royal Opera House: The Winter's Tale |
| 2017 |
Domestic Stats |
19 |
|
$3,052,617 |
Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker |
| 2016 |
Domestic Stats |
13 |
|
$3,147,213 |
The Nutcracker - Royal Opera, London |
| 2015 |
Domestic Stats |
3 |
|
$619,675 |
Cavalleria/Pagliacci - Royal Opera |
| 2014 |
Domestic Stats |
1 |
|
$675,319 |
The Nutcracker - Bolshoi 2014 |
| 2013 |
Domestic Stats |
3 |
|
$147,617 |
The Magic Flute - Met Opera 2006 |
| 2012 |
Domestic Stats |
1 |
|
|
|
| 2011 |
Domestic Stats |
4 |
$19,000,000 |
$2,119,994 |
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker |
| 2010 |
Domestic Stats |
2 |
$90,000,000 |
$20,466,016 |
The Nutcracker in 3D |
| 1998 |
Domestic Stats |
1 |
|
$1,009,291 |
The Nutcracker |
| 1993 |
|
1 |
$19,000,000 |
$2,119,994 |
The Nutcracker |
| Total |
94 |
$38,750,000 |
$47,599,177 |
The Nutcracker in 3D |
The table below shows the highest-grossing Based on Ballet 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 Ballet movies beginning with that letter.
| Index | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
| A |
8 |
|
$1,313,323 |
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Royal Opera House |
| B |
21 |
|
$2,141,406 |
Bolshoi Ballet 2017: The Sleeping Beauty |
| C |
2 |
|
$635,621 |
Cavalleria/Pagliacci - Royal Opera |
| D |
2 |
|
$100,702 |
Dancing Beethoven |
| E |
2 |
|
$149,401 |
English National Ballet 2024: Swan Lake |
| G |
1 |
$19,000,000 |
$2,119,994 |
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker |
| L |
2 |
|
$19,007 |
Romeo and Juliet - La Scala 2017 (Ballet) |
| M |
4 |
$27,000,000 |
$631,636 |
Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker |
| N |
10 |
$54,500,000 |
$30,130,830 |
The Nutcracker in 3D |
| P |
11 |
|
$83,368 |
Paris Opera Ballet: Swan Lake |
| R |
25 |
|
$10,174,029 |
Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker |
| S |
5 |
|
$43,287 |
Swan Lake |
| T |
1 |
|
$56,573 |
The Sleeping Beauty – Australian Ballet 2016, Fairytale Series (Ballet) |