The Golden Screen Award, formerly known as the Golden Reel Award, is a Canadian film award, presented to the Canadian film with the biggest box office gross of the year.Paul Townend, "Golden Screen Awards". The Canadian Encyclopedia, January 22, 2013. The Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association introduced this award in 1976 as part of the Canadian Film Awards until 1979."Film Awards adds category for best movie financially". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 1976. The Golden Reel became part of the Genie Awards ceremonies in 1980, and is currently part of the Canadian Screen Awards. It was renamed from Golden Reel to Golden Screen as of the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015.
As the economics of Canadian film production mean that the year's top-grossing Canadian film is often a francophone film from Quebec, the award often (although not always) went to the same film as the Billet d'or ("Golden Ticket"), which was presented by the Prix Iris to the top-grossing film from Quebec until that award was replaced by the fan-voted Public Prize in 2016.
In 2015, the Academy also introduced Golden Screen Awards for fiction and reality television, to recognize the most-watched Canadian television shows, based on Numeris ratings.
Winners
Film 1976 - Lies My Father Told Me 1977 - Why Shoot the Teacher? 1978 - Who Has Seen the Wind 1979 - not awarded this year 1980 - Meatballs 1981 - The Changeling 1982 - Heavy Metal 1983 - Porky's 1984 - Strange Brew 1985 - The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) 1986 - The Care Bears Movie 1987 - The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) 1988 - The Gate 1989 - The Tadpole and the Whale (La Grenouille et la baleine) 1990 - Jesus of Montreal 1991 - Ding et Dong, le film 1992 - Black Robe 1993 - La Florida 1994 - Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes) 1995 - not awarded this year 1996 - Crash/Johnny Mnemonic 1997 - Air Bud 1998 - Les Boys 1999 - Les Boys II 2000 - The Art of War 2001 - Wedding Night (Nuit de noces) 2002 - Les Boys III 2003 - Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: Un homme et son péché) 2004 - Resident Evil: Apocalypse 2005 - C.R.A.Z.Y. 2006 - Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2007 - The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons) 2008 - Passchendaele 2009 - Father and Guns (De père en flic) 2010 - Resident Evil: Afterlife 2011 - Starbuck"Genies race features Quebec films, co-pros". CBC News, March 8, 2012. 2012 - Resident Evil: Retribution"Resident Evil: Retribution wins Golden Reel Award". CBC News, January 22, 2013. 2013 - The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones 2014 - Pompeii"Paul W.S. Anderson's 'Pompeii' Nabs Canada's Box-Office Trophy". The Hollywood Reporter, February 4, 2015. 2015 - Snowtime! (La Guerre des tuques 3D)"A Canadian box-office battle between Snowtime! and Brooklyn". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 2016. 2016 - The 3 L'il Pigs 2 (Les 3 p'tits cochons 2)"Les 3 P’tits Cochons 2 wins Golden Screen Award". Playback, March 6, 2017. 2017 - Father and Guns 2 (De père en flic 2)"The Amazing Race Canada and Murdoch Mysteries are repeat Golden Screen Award winners". Toronto Star, March 9, 2018. 2018 - 1991"« 1991 » : lauréat du prix Écran d’or aux Prix Écrans canadiens". Lien Multimédia, March 22, 2019. 2019 - Compulsive Liar (Menteur)Patrick Hipes, "‘Antigone’ Named Best Picture At Canadian Screen Awards". Deadline Hollywood, May 28, 2020. 2021 - PAW Patrol: The Movie 2022 - Two Days Before Christmas (23 décembre)Jenna Benchetrit, "Brother dominates with a dozen wins on third night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 13, 2023. 2023 - PAW Patrol: The Mighty MovieConnie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024. 2024 - Sisters and Neighbors! (Nos belles-sœurs)Jamie Casemore, "CSAs ‘25: Universal Language takes five at Cinematic Arts Awards". Playback, May 31, 2025. 2025 - Compulsive Liar 2 (Menteuse)Jamie Casemore, "CSAs ’26: R.T. Thorne’s 40 Acres leads cinematic arts winners". Playback, May 28, 2026.
Television 2014 - Rookie Blue (fiction), The Amazing Race Canada (reality) 2015 - Corner Gas: The Movie (fiction), The Amazing Race Canada (reality) 2016 - Murdoch Mysteries (fiction), The Amazing Race Canada (reality) 2017 - Murdoch Mysteries (fiction), The Amazing Race Canada (reality) 2018 - The Indian Detective (fiction), The Amazing Race Canada (reality)"The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". ET Canada, March 28, 2019. 2019 - Murdoch Mysteries and Private Eyes (fiction), The Amazing Race Canada (reality)
See also Prix Iris Public Prize
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