The table below lists the top-grossing Columbia movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Columbia films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Columbia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 1 | $41,628 | For Better or Worse | |
| 1989 | 3 | $16,000,000 | $93,038,410 | When Harry Met Sally… | |
| 1986 | 1 | $343,127 | Desert Bloom | ||
| 1981 | 10 | $9,650,000 | $247,521,377 | Stripes | |
| 1980 | 10 | $198,355,670 | Stir Crazy | ||
| 1979 | 10 | $210,552,468 | Kramer vs. Kramer | ||
| 1978 | 8 | $172,698,789 | California Suite | ||
| 1977 | 4 | $42,333,333 | $408,482,363 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | |
| 1976 | 5 | $3,450,000 | $69,148,541 | Murder by Death | |
| 1975 | 2 | ||||
| 1974 | 4 | $11,000,000 | The Golden Voyage of Sinbad | ||
| 1973 | 3 | $3,112,692 | Lost Horizon | ||
| 1972 | 3 | $2,753 | Buck And The Preacher | ||
| 1971 | 3 | ||||
| 1970 | 2 | $626 | Husbands | ||
| 1968 | 1 | $58,707,416 | Funny Girl | ||
| 1966 | 3 | ||||
| 1965 | 1 | ||||
| 1964 | 1 | ||||
| 1963 | 2 | ||||
| 1962 | 3 | $92 | Mosura | ||
| 1961 | 2 | $379 | Two Rode Together | ||
| 1960 | 1 | $9,600,000 | Pepe | ||
| 1959 | 2 | $389 | Anatomy of a Murder | ||
| 1958 | 1 | $126 | Bell, Book and Candle | ||
| 1957 | 2 | ||||
| 1955 | 2 | ||||
| 1949 | 2 | ||||
| 1948 | 1 | ||||
| 1947 | 1 | ||||
| 1946 | 1 | ||||
| 1945 | 1 | ||||
| 1944 | 1 | $268 | Cover Girl | ||
| 1939 | 1 | ||||
| 1938 | 1 | ||||
| 1937 | 2 | ||||
| 1932 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 103 | $21,150,000 | $1,482,607,114 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | |