Each year at the Genie Awards, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents the Golden Reel Award to the producer(s) of the Canadian film that earned the highest domestic revenue at the box office during that year’s qualifying period. The following is a list of the top grossers of the year in Playback’s lifetime.

2001 Nuit de Noces – Denise Robert

2000 The Art of War – Nicolas Clermont

1999 Les Boys II – Richard Goudreau

1998 Les Boys – Richard Goudreau

1997 Air Bud – Robert Vince, William Vince

1996 Crash – Robert Lantos, David Cronenberg

1995 Johnny Mnemonic – Don Carmody, Robert Lantos, Staffan Ahrenberg, Victoria Hamburg

1994 Louis 19, le roi des ondes – Richard Sadler, Jacques Dorfman

1993 La Florida – Pierre Sarrazin, Claude Bonin

1992 Black Robe – Robert Lantos, Stephane Reichel, Sue Milliken

1991 Ding et Dong, le film – Roger Frappier

1990 Jesus de Montreal – Roger Frappier, Pierre Gendron

1989 La Grenouille et la Baleine – Rock Demers

1988 The Gate – John Kemeny, Andras Hamori

1987 Le Declin de l’empire americain – Roger Frappier, Rene Malo

1986 The Care Bears Movie – Micheal Hirsh, Clive Smith, Patrick Loubert