The table below lists the top-grossing Action movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Action films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Action 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 176 | ||||
| 2031 | 1 | ||||
| 2029 | 3 | ||||
| 2027 | 1 | ||||
| 2026 | 10 | ||||
| 2025 | 34 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 344 | $117,535,714 | $5,440,324,030 | Deadpool & Wolverine |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 390 | $147,000,000 | $7,444,382,720 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 333 | $145,250,000 | $11,359,899,350 | Avatar: The Way of Water |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 263 | $124,416,670 | $9,898,428,015 | Spider-Man: No Way Home |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 226 | $85,480,000 | $2,227,500,711 | Ba bai |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 242 | $104,733,400 | $10,401,410,786 | Avengers: Endgame |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 245 | $83,113,889 | $14,175,074,765 | Avengers: Infinity War |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 250 | $88,951,511 | $12,654,462,570 | The Fate of the Furious |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 234 | $78,025,806 | $9,450,474,524 | Captain America: Civil War |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 218 | $62,038,868 | $12,497,348,183 | Jurassic World |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 136 | $68,944,595 | $8,912,827,955 | Transformers: Age of Extinction |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 98 | $84,421,875 | $7,967,094,594 | Iron Man 3 |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 114 | $79,295,833 | $8,161,421,222 | The Avengers |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 95 | $74,522,581 | $6,721,240,146 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 87 | $58,803,214 | $4,037,463,756 | Iron Man 2 |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 65 | $76,114,000 | $6,490,791,999 | Avatar |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 75 | $58,047,611 | $4,097,417,880 | The Dark Knight |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 57 | $55,847,826 | $3,336,198,785 | Transformers |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 55 | $44,707,067 | $2,965,158,791 | Casino Royale |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 38 | $70,277,273 | $3,008,486,937 | War of the Worlds |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 45 | $68,694,444 | $2,695,073,315 | Troy |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 53 | $76,027,778 | $4,932,420,915 | The Matrix Reloaded |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 32 | $67,090,909 | $2,856,236,175 | Men in Black 2 |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 33 | $59,305,556 | $2,385,851,004 | Pearl Harbor |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 36 | $50,332,406 | $2,659,837,964 | Mission: Impossible 2 |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 36 | $52,346,667 | $1,837,551,276 | The Matrix |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 36 | $56,705,882 | $1,885,215,491 | Godzilla |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 43 | $73,550,000 | $3,937,604,911 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 36 | $56,029,412 | $2,516,344,372 | Twister |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 31 | $61,133,333 | $2,244,254,175 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance |
| 1994 | 25 | $40,272,727 | $1,505,346,305 | True Lies | |
| 1993 | 22 | $33,167,833 | $757,890,725 | Cliffhanger | |
| 1992 | 24 | $38,666,667 | $1,364,749,427 | Lethal Weapon 3 | |
| 1991 | 35 | $31,888,889 | $1,102,367,445 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | |
| 1990 | 36 | $41,671,429 | $1,606,368,211 | Total Recall | |
| 1989 | 34 | $28,214,286 | $1,118,427,346 | Batman | |
| 1988 | 32 | $23,083,333 | $903,191,368 | Crocodile Dundee 2 | |
| 1987 | 40 | $16,372,222 | $663,187,410 | The Living Daylights | |
| 1986 | 36 | $18,666,667 | $1,000,388,967 | Top Gun | |
| 1985 | 33 | $17,022,222 | $738,710,317 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | |
| 1984 | 25 | $19,350,000 | $403,651,221 | The Karate Kid | |
| 1983 | 21 | $23,500,000 | $538,446,320 | Octopussy | |
| 1982 | 22 | $15,833,333 | $689,991,030 | Rocky III | |
| 1981 | 21 | $11,800,000 | $386,595,332 | For Your Eyes Only | |
| 1980 | 12 | $35,000,000 | $128,009,698 | The Final Countdown | |
| 1979 | 17 | $14,640,000 | $598,089,036 | Moonraker | |
| 1978 | 9 | $5,000,000 | $121,690,536 | Hooper | |
| 1977 | 13 | $15,000,000 | $277,600,433 | The Spy Who Loved Me | |
| 1976 | 14 | $15,000,000 | $161,835,186 | King Kong | |
| 1975 | 19 | $300,000 | $60,246,449 | Rollerball | |
| 1974 | 19 | $10,500,000 | $373,300,713 | Towering Inferno | |
| 1973 | 18 | $4,400,000 | $239,829,743 | Live and Let Die | |
| 1972 | 13 | $46,782,659 | The Getaway | ||
| 1971 | 12 | $4,850,000 | $168,575,690 | Diamonds Are Forever | |
| 1970 | 2 | $2,100,000 | $17,489,009 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes | |
| 1969 | 7 | $8,000,000 | $89,100,436 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | |
| 1968 | 13 | $5,800,000 | $86,004,184 | Bullitt | |
| 1967 | 8 | $9,500,000 | $111,600,000 | You Only Live Twice | |
| 1966 | 8 | $1,377,800 | $170 | Modesty Blaise | |
| 1965 | 5 | $9,000,000 | $157,200,000 | Thunderball | |
| 1964 | 6 | $2,500,000 | $203,800,000 | Goldfinger | |
| 1963 | 2 | $1,000,000 | $59,569,093 | Dr. No | |
| 1962 | 5 | $10,000,000 | $50,100,299 | The Longest Day | |
| 1961 | 2 | $7,979 | Yojimbo | ||
| 1960 | 1 | $3,252 | Cartagine in fiamme | ||
| 1959 | 2 | $3,696,722 | Pork Chop Hill | ||
| 1958 | 3 | ||||
| 1957 | 3 | ||||
| 1956 | 3 | $500,000 | $979,525 | Shichinin no samurai | |
| 1955 | 2 | ||||
| 1954 | 1 | ||||
| 1953 | 1 | ||||
| 1952 | 1 | ||||
| 1951 | 3 | $6,000,000 | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | ||
| 1950 | 1 | ||||
| 1949 | 1 | $1,000,000 | $7,803,339 | Sands of Iwo Jima | |
| 1948 | 3 | $8,000,000 | The Three Musketeers | ||
| 1945 | 2 | ||||
| 1943 | 3 | ||||
| 1942 | 2 | ||||
| 1941 | 1 | ||||
| 1940 | 1 | ||||
| 1939 | 2 | ||||
| 1937 | 1 | ||||
| 1936 | 1 | $1,200,000 | |||
| 1932 | 2 | ||||
| 1931 | 2 | $4,000,000 | Ingagi | ||
| 1930 | 2 | ||||
| 1927 | 1 | $1,206,834 | Metropolis | ||
| 1926 | 1 | ||||
| 1918 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 4,828 | $67,653,127 | $194,959,629,726 | Avatar | |