The table below lists the top-grossing Romantic Comedy movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Romantic Comedy films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Romantic Comedy 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 | 51 | ||||
| 2026 | 1 | ||||
| 2025 | 5 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 126 | $100,000,000 | $141,272,625 | White Snake: Afloat (白蛇：浮生) |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 221 | $25,000,000 | $579,733,975 | Anyone But You |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 214 | $41,500,000 | $378,579,544 | Ticket to Paradise |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 134 | $239,006,052 | Sheng xia wei lai | |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 104 | $250,324,874 | Wen Nuan De Bao Bao | |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 160 | $25,200,000 | $900,234,102 | Yesterday |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 139 | $11,383,333 | $1,218,936,623 | Xi Hong Shi Shou Fu |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 137 | $9,833,333 | $691,776,592 | Qian Ren 3: Yan Zhi Da Zuo Zhan |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 151 | $27,488,571 | $1,349,892,057 | Mei Ren Yu |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 137 | $6,628,571 | $710,547,903 | Xia Luo Te Fan Nao |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 58 | $13,031,250 | $443,373,080 | Blended |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 48 | $11,567,500 | $637,486,474 | Warm Bodies |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 57 | $18,475,667 | $972,279,776 | This Means War |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 52 | $32,556,250 | $1,835,005,167 | Just Go With It |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 44 | $28,566,667 | $956,144,086 | Valentine's Day |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 32 | $30,750,000 | $1,697,876,914 | The Proposal |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 40 | $22,042,857 | $1,122,705,314 | Yes Man |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 49 | $21,569,231 | $1,253,832,014 | Knocked Up |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 24 | $26,618,182 | $849,260,533 | The Break-Up |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 23 | $25,025,714 | $1,267,981,661 | Hitch |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 33 | $34,125,000 | $1,325,252,519 | Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 27 | $35,990,909 | $1,073,926,938 | Something's Gotta Give |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 27 | $24,066,667 | $1,316,007,592 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 28 | $27,840,000 | $1,069,799,700 | Bridget Jones's Diary |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 18 | $21,000,000 | $567,657,774 | What Women Want |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 37 | $21,982,353 | $1,281,833,884 | Notting Hill |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 17 | $29,000,000 | $1,261,118,123 | There's Something About Mary |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 24 | $29,062,500 | $827,592,450 | As Good as it Gets |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 16 | $22,812,500 | $563,921,083 | Jerry Maguire |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 16 | $60,000,000 | $742,756,143 | While You Were Sleeping |
| 1994 | 14 | $4,500,000 | $465,172,966 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | |
| 1993 | 9 | $11,300,000 | $370,303,420 | Sleepless in Seattle | |
| 1992 | 11 | $42,000,000 | $232,388,697 | Boomerang | |
| 1991 | 12 | $137,852,223 | Doc Hollywood | ||
| 1990 | 10 | $14,000,000 | $508,920,251 | Pretty Woman | |
| 1989 | 8 | $16,000,000 | $147,544,379 | When Harry Met Sally… | |
| 1988 | 8 | $391,667,246 | Coming to America | ||
| 1987 | 11 | $325,315,715 | Moonstruck | ||
| 1986 | 8 | $35,000,000 | $101,314,433 | Pretty in Pink | |
| 1985 | 13 | $96,099,637 | Murphy's Romance | ||
| 1984 | 11 | $8,000,000 | $193,206,714 | Splash | |
| 1983 | 6 | $10,100,000 | $55,785,256 | Two of a Kind | |
| 1982 | 5 | $54,875,269 | Best Friends | ||
| 1981 | 5 | $54,054,524 | Paternity | ||
| 1980 | 5 | $30,657,330 | Seems Like Old Times | ||
| 1979 | 5 | $134,858,432 | 10 | ||
| 1978 | 2 | $25,707,679 | Same Time, Next Year | ||
| 1977 | 2 | $4,000,000 | $121,952,270 | The Goodbye Girl | |
| 1976 | 1 | ||||
| 1974 | 2 | $4,000,000 | $15,000,000 | The Front Page | |
| 1973 | 1 | $16,800,000 | A Touch of Class | ||
| 1972 | 1 | ||||
| 1971 | 1 | ||||
| 1970 | 4 | $25,181,338 | The Owl and the Pussycat | ||
| 1969 | 3 | $31,889,208 | Cactus Flower | ||
| 1968 | 3 | $7,994,971 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | ||
| 1967 | 4 | $88,694,515 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | ||
| 1966 | 4 | $7,500,000 | Walk Don't Run | ||
| 1965 | 2 | $8,000,000 | Do Not Disturb | ||
| 1964 | 3 | $29,680,531 | Father Goose | ||
| 1963 | 4 | $26,180,811 | Charade | ||
| 1962 | 1 | $17,648,927 | That Touch of Mink | ||
| 1961 | 3 | $26,725,272 | Lover Come Back | ||
| 1960 | 2 | $3,000,000 | $24,609,873 | The Apartment | |
| 1959 | 4 | $2,883,848 | $67,088,874 | Some Like it Hot | |
| 1958 | 2 | $5,571 | Elena et les hommes | ||
| 1957 | 2 | $4,292 | Designing Woman | ||
| 1956 | 1 | ||||
| 1955 | 2 | $6,000,342 | The Seven Year Itch | ||
| 1954 | 4 | $1,999 | Le Plaisir | ||
| 1953 | 3 | $7,324,404 | How to Marry a Millionaire | ||
| 1952 | 1 | $7,600,376 | The Quiet Man | ||
| 1949 | 1 | ||||
| 1948 | 6 | ||||
| 1947 | 1 | $8,750,000 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | ||
| 1945 | 1 | ||||
| 1942 | 5 | ||||
| 1941 | 4 | $13,296 | The Lady Eve | ||
| 1940 | 2 | $3,007,145 | The Philadelphia Story | ||
| 1939 | 1 | ||||
| 1938 | 4 | ||||
| 1937 | 1 | ||||
| 1936 | 1 | ||||
| 1935 | 1 | ||||
| 1934 | 2 | $325,000 | $2,500,503 | It Happened One Night | |
| 1933 | 2 | ||||
| 1932 | 1 | ||||
| 1931 | 2 | $1,169 | Flying High | ||
| 1930 | 1 | ||||
| 1928 | 2 | $6,542 | The Circus | ||
| 1925 | 1 | ||||
| 1918 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 2,493 | $24,420,866 | $31,402,001,972 | Mei Ren Yu | |