| Year | Film | Director(s) | Story by | Screenwriter(s) | Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Star Wars | George Lucas | 20th Century Fox | $11 million | $775.4 million | ||
| 1980s | |||||||
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Irvin Kershner | George Lucas | Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan | 20th Century Fox | $33 million | $538.4 million |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg | George Lucas and Philip Kaufman | Lawrence Kasdan | Paramount Pictures | $18 million | $389.9 million |
| Dragonslayer | Matthew Robbins | Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins | Paramount Pictures Buena Vista Pictures |
$18 million | $14 million | ||
| 1982 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Nicholas Meyer | Harve Bennett, Jack B. Sowards, Nicholas Meyer and Samuel A. Peeples | Jack B. Sowards and Nicholas Meyer | Paramount Pictures | $11.2 million | $97 million |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Steven Spielberg | Melissa Mathison | Universal Studios | $10 million | $792.9 million | ||
| The Dark Crystal | Jim Henson and Frank Oz | Jim Henson | David Odell | Universal Studios Columbia Pictures |
$15 million | $40 million | |
| Poltergeist | Tobe Hooper | Steven Spielberg | Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $10.7 million | $121.7 million | |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Richard Marquand | George Lucas | George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan | 20th Century Fox | $42.7 million | $572.1 million |
| Twice Upon a Time | John Korty and Charles Swenson | John Korty, Charles Swenson, Suella Kennedy and Bill Couturié | Warner Bros. | TBA | |||
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | George Lucas | Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz | Paramount Pictures | $28.2 million | $333.1 million |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Leonard Nimoy | Harve Bennett | $16 million | $87 million | |||
| The NeverEnding Story | Wolfgang Petersen | Wolfgang Petersen and Herman Weigel | Warner Bros. | $27 million | $100 million | ||
| Starman | John Carpenter | Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon and Dean Riesner | Columbia Pictures | $24 million | $28.7 million | ||
| 1985 | The Goonies | Richard Donner | Steven Spielberg | Chris Columbus | Warner Bros. | $19 million | $61.5 million |
| Cocoon | Ron Howard | Tom Benedek | 20th Century Fox | $17.5 million | $85.3 million | ||
| Back to the Future | Robert Zemeckis | Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale | Universal Studios | $19 million | $389.1 million | ||
| Explorers | Joe Dante | Eric Luke | Paramount Pictures | $25 million | $9.9 million | ||
| Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Paul Schrader | Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader and Chieko Schrader | Warner Bros. | $5 million | $502,758 | ||
| Young Sherlock Holmes | Barry Levinson | Chris Columbus | Paramount Pictures | $18 million | $19 million | ||
| Out of Africa | Sydney Pollack | Kurt Luedtke | Universal Studios | $28 million | $128.5 million | ||
| Enemy Mine | Wolfgang Peterson | Edward Khmara | 20th Century Fox | $29 million | $12 million | ||
| 1986 | The Money Pit | Richard Benjamin | David Giler | Universal Studios | $10 million | $54 million | |
| Labyrinth | Jim Henson | Dennis Lee and Jim Henson | Terry Jones | TriStar Pictures | $27.68 million | $11.6 million | |
| Howard the Duck | Willard Huyck | Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz | Universal Studios | $37 million | $38 million | ||
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Leonard Nimoy | Harve Bennett and Leonard Nimoy | Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer and Harve Bennett | Paramount Pictures | $21 million | $133 million | |
| The Golden Child | Michael Ritchie | Dennis Feldman | $25 million | $79.8 million | |||
| 1987 | Harry and the Hendersons | William Dear | William Dear, William E. Martin and Ezra D. Rappaport | Universal Studios | $16 million | $49 million | |
| The Witches of Eastwick | George Miller | Michael Cristofer | Warner Bros. | $22 million | $63.8 million | ||
| Innerspace | Joe Dante | Chip Proser | Jeffrey Boam and Chip Proser | TBA | $25 million | ||
| Empire of the Sun | Steven Spielberg | Tom Stoppard | $35 million | $22.2 million | |||
| *batteries not included | Matthew Robbins | Mick Garris | Brad Bird, Matthew Robbins, Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson | Universal Studios | $25 million | $65.1 million | |
| Spaceballs | Mel Brooks | Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan and Ronny Graham | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $22.7 million | $38.1 million | ||
| 1988 | Willow | Ron Howard | George Lucas | Bob Dolman | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $35 million | $57.3 million |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Robert Zemeckis | Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman | Buena Vista Pictures | $58 million | $329.8 million | ||
| Caddyshack II | Allan Arkush | Harold Ramis and Peter Torokvei | Warner Bros. | $20 million | $11.8 million | ||
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Francis Ford Coppola | Arnold Schulman and David Seidler | Paramount Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
$24 million | $19.7 million | ||
| Cocoon: The Return | Daniel Petrie | Stephen McPherson | 20th Century Fox | $17.5 million | $25 million | ||
| 1989 | The 'Burbs | Joe Dante | Dana Olsen | Universal Studios | $18 million | $49 million | |
| Skin Deep | Blake Edwards | 20th Century Fox | $9 million | $19 million | |||
| Field of Dreams | Phil Alden Robinson | Universal Studios TriStar Pictures |
$15 million | $84.4 million | |||
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Steven Spielberg | George Lucas and Menno Meyjes | Jeffrey Boam | Paramount Pictures | $48 million | $474.2 million | |
| Ghostbusters II | Ivan Reitman | Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd | Columbia Pictures | $37 million | $215.4 million | ||
| The Abyss | James Cameron | 20th Century Fox | $70 million | $90 million | |||
| Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis | Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale | Bob Gale | Universal Studios | $40 million | $332 million | |
| Always | Steven Spielberg | Jerry Belson and Diane Thomas | $31 million | $74 million | |||
| 1990s | |||||||
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | John McTiernan | Larry Ferguson and Donald E. Stewart | Paramount Pictures | $30 million | $200.5 million | |
| Joe Versus the Volcano | John Patrick Shanley | Warner Bros. | $25 million | $39 million | |||
| Back to the Future Part III | Robert Zemeckis | Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale | Bob Gale | Universal Studios | $40 million | $244.5 million | |
| Total Recall | Paul Verhoeven | Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon and Jon Povill | Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon and Gary Goldman | TriStar Pictures | $50 million | $300 million | |
| Die Hard 2 | Renny Harlin | Steven E. de Souza and Doug Richardson | 20th Century Fox | $70 million | $240 million | ||
| Ghost | Jerry Zucker | Bruce Joel Rubin | Paramount Pictures | $22 million | $505.7 million | ||
| Arachnophobia | Frank Marshall | Don Jakoby and Al Williams | Don Jakoby and Wesley Strick | Buena Vista Pictures | $31 million | $53.2 million | |
| Dreams | Akira Kurosawa and Ishirō Honda | Akira Kurosawa | Warner Bros. | $12 million | TBA | ||
| The Godfather Part III | Francis Ford Coppola | Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo | Paramount Pictures | $54 million | $136.8 million | ||
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder | John Milius | Robert Dillon and David Shaber | $35 million | $14 million | ||
| The Doors | Oliver Stone | J. Randal Johnson and Oliver Stone | TriStar Pictures | $38 million | $34.4 million | ||
| Switch | Blake Edwards | Warner Bros. | $15 million | TBA | |||
| Backdraft | Ron Howard | Gregory Widen | Universal Studios | $75 million | $152.3 million | ||
| Hudson Hawk | Renny Harlin | Bruce Willis and Robert Kraft | Steven E. de Souza and Daniel Waters | TriStar Pictures | $65 million | $17.2 million | |
| The Rocketeer | Joe Johnston | Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo and William Dear | Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo | Buena Vista Pictures | $40 million | $46.7 million | |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | James Cameron | James Cameron and William Wisher | TriStar Pictures | $94 million | $519.8 million | ||
| Hook | Steven Spielberg | James V. Hart and Nick Castle | James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo | $70 million | $300.9 million | ||
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Nicholas Meyer | Nicholas Meyer and Denny Martin Flinn | Paramount Pictures | $27 million | $96.9 million | ||
| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | John Carpenter | Robert Collector, Dana Olsen and William Goldman | Warner Bros. | $40 million | $14.4 million | |
| Death Becomes Her | Robert Zemeckis | Martin Donovan and David Koepp | Universal Studios | $55 million | $149 million | ||
| 2000s | |||||||
| 2010s | |||||||
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Jon Favreau | Justin Theroux | Paramount Pictures | $200 million | $623.9 million | |
| The Last Airbender | M. Night Shyamalan | $150 million | $319.7 million | ||||
| 2011 | I Am Number Four | D. J. Caruso | Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Marti Noxon |
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$50 million | $149.9 million | |
| Rango | Gore Verbinski | John Logan, Gore Verbinski and James Ward Byrkit | John Logan | Paramount Pictures | $135 million | $245.7 million | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Rob Marshall | Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$378.5 million | $1.046 billion | ||
| Super 8 | J. J. Abrams | Paramount Pictures | $50 million | $260.1 million | |||
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Michael Bay | Ehren Kruger | $195 million | $1.124 billion | |||
| Cowboys & Aliens | Jon Favreau | Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby and Steve Oedekerk | Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby |
Universal Studios Paramount Pictures |
$163 million | $174 million | |
| Hugo | Martin Scorsese | John Logan | Paramount Pictures | $150 million | $185.5 million | ||
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Brad Bird | Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec | $145 million | $694.7 million | |||
| 2012 | Red Tails | Anthony Hemingway | John Ridley and Aaron McGruder | John Ridley | 20th Century Fox | $58 million | $50.4 million |
| The Avengers | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon and Zak Penn | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$220 million | $1.520 billion | ||
| Battleship | Peter Berg | Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber | Universal Studios | $220 million | $303 million | ||
| Cloud Atlas | Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer and Andy Wachowski | Warner Bros. | $128.5 million | $130.5 million | |||
| 2013 | Identity Thief | Seth Gordon | Jerry Eeten and Craig Mazin | Craig Mazin | Universal Studios | $35 million | $174 million |
| G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Jon M. Chu | Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick | Paramount Pictures | $130 million | $375.7 million | ||
| Pain & Gain | Michael Bay | Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | $26 million | $86.2 million | |||
| The Great Gatsby | Baz Luhrmann | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | Warner Bros. | $105 million | $351 million | ||
| Star Trek Into Darkness | J. J. Abrams | Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof | Paramount Pictures | $185 million | $467.4 million | ||
| Now You See Me | Louis Leterrier | Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt | Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt | Universal Studios | $75 million | $351.7 million | |
| The Lone Ranger | Gore Verbinski | Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$225 million | $260.5 million | ||
| Pacific Rim | Guillermo del Toro | Travis Beacham | Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham | Warner Bros. | $190 million | $411 million | |
| RED 2 | Dean Parisot | Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber | Summit Entertainment | $84 million | $148.1 million | ||
| Elysium | Neill Blomkamp | TriStar Pictures | $115 million | $286.1 million | |||
| Lone Survivor | Peter Berg | Universal Studios | $49 million | $149.3 million | |||
| 2014 | Noah | Darren Aronofsky | Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel | Paramount Pictures | $125 million | $362.6 million | |
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$170 million | $714.4 million | ||
| Transformers: Age of Extinction | Michael Bay | Ehren Kruger | Paramount Pictures | $210 million | $1.104 billion | ||
| Lucy | Luc Besson | Universal Studios | $40 million | $463.4 million | |||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Jonathan Liebesman | Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec and Evan Daugherty | Paramount Pictures | $125 million | $493.3 million | ||
| Unbroken | Angelina Jolie | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese and William Nicholson | Universal Studios | $65 million | $163.3 million | ||
| 2015 | Strange Magic | Gary Rydstrom | George Lucas | David Berenbaum, Irene Mecchi and Gary Rydstrom | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
TBA | $13.6 million |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | Joss Whedon | $279.9 million | $1.405 billion | ||||
| Tomorrowland | Brad Bird | Damon Lindelof, Brad Bird and Jeff Jensen | Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird | $190 million | $209 million | ||
| Jurassic World | Colin Trevorrow | Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver | Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow | Universal Studios | $150 million | $1.669 billion | |
| Terminator Genisys | Alan Taylor | Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier | Paramount Pictures | $155 million | $440.6 million | ||
| Ant-Man | Peyton Reed | Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish | Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay and Paul Rudd | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$130 million | $518.6 million | |
| Hitman: Agent 47 | Aleksander Bach | Skip Woods | Michael Finch and Skip Woods | 20th Century Fox | $35 million | $82.3 million | |
| The Martian | Ridley Scott | Drew Goddard | $108 million | $588.4 million | |||
| Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension | Gregory Plotkin | Brantley Aufill, Jason Harry Pagan and Andrew Deutschman | Jason Harry Pagan, Andrew Deutschman, Adam Robitel and Gavin Heffernan | Paramount Pictures | $10 million | $77 million | |
| Spectre | Sam Mendes | John Logan, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade | John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures |
$250 million | $870 million | |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | J. J. Abrams | Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams and Michael Arndt | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$200 million | $2.012 billion | ||
| The Revenant | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Mark L. Smith and Alejandro G. Iñárritu | 20th Century Fox | $135 million | $332.6 million | ||
| Upcoming films | Status | ||||||
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Anthony and Joe Russo | Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely |
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
Post-production | ||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Dave Green | Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec | Paramount Pictures | ||||
| Warcraft | Duncan Jones | Charles Leavitt and Duncan Jones | Chris Metzen | Universal Studios | |||
| Star Trek Beyond | Justin Lin | Simon Pegg, Roberto Orci, Doug Jung, John D. Payne and Patrick McKay | Paramount Pictures | ||||
| Doctor Strange | Scott Derrickson | Jon Spaihts and C. Robert Cargill | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
Filming | |||
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Gareth Edwards | Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz | John Knoll | ||||
| 2017 | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | Dean Israelite | Ashely Miller and Zack Stentz | Lionsgate | Pre-production | ||
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | James Gunn | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Star Wars: Episode VIII | Rian Johnson | ||||||
| Transformers 5 | Michael Bay | Art Marcum, Matt Holloway and Ken Nolan | Paramount Pictures | In development | |||
| Untitled Spider-Man film | Jon Watts | John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein | Columbia Pictures | ||||
| Thor: Ragnarok | Taika Waititi | Stephany Folsom | Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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