#1 of 2,055 Highest-grossing sci-fi movie ever
2009 · Action, Adventure
$2.9B worldwide
$785.2M US & Canada · 27% $2.1B elsewhere · 73%
Sci-Fi box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Sci-Fi Movies of All Time, Page 3
Avatar (2009) is the highest-grossing sci-fi movie in our database, with $2.9B worldwide, ahead of Avengers: Endgame (2019) at $2.8B and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) at $2.5B. 2,055 sci-fi films in our database report a worldwide gross, $175.8B in all, 40% of it from the US & Canada. 28 films crossed $1 billion and 362 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $164.1B across 1,359 sci-fi releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 2,055
- combined worldwide
- $175.8B
- films crossed $100M
- 362
- earned in the US & Canada
- 40%
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All 2,055 Sci-Fi Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 101 to 150 of 2,055. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 101
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)Jul 14, 2017 US and Canada: $146.9M Rest of the world: $343.8M Worldwide: $490.7M
Jul 14, 2017 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $490.7M worldwide - 102
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)Aug 8, 2014 US and Canada: $191.2M Rest of the world: $293.8M Worldwide: $485M Aug 8, 2014 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $485M worldwide - 103
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)May 25, 1983 US and Canada: $316.6M Rest of the world: $165.9M Worldwide: $482.5M May 25, 1983 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $482.5M worldwide - 104
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)Aug 5, 2011 US and Canada: $176.8M Rest of the world: $305M Worldwide: $481.8M Aug 5, 2011 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $481.8M worldwide - 105
Oct 25, 2024 US and Canada: $139.8M Rest of the world: $339.2M Worldwide: $478.9M - 106
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)Feb 17, 2023 US and Canada: $214.5M Rest of the world: $261.6M Worldwide: $476.1M Feb 17, 2023 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $476.1M worldwide - 107
Mar 31, 2021 US and Canada: $100.9M Rest of the world: $369.2M Worldwide: $470.1M - 108
Jul 25, 2014 US and Canada: $126.7M Rest of the world: $342.4M Worldwide: $469.1M - 109
Dec 21, 2018 US and Canada: $127.2M Rest of the world: $340.8M Worldwide: $468M - 110
Mar 31, 1999 US and Canada: $172.1M Rest of the world: $295.8M Worldwide: $467.8M - 111
May 15, 2013 US and Canada: $228.8M Rest of the world: $238.6M Worldwide: $467.4M - 112
May 26, 2006 US and Canada: $234.4M Rest of the world: $226.1M Worldwide: $460.4M - 113
Jul 3, 2002 US and Canada: $193.7M Rest of the world: $251.4M Worldwide: $445.1M - 114
May 4, 2001 US and Canada: $202M Rest of the world: $241.3M Worldwide: $443.3M - 115
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)Jun 9, 2023 US and Canada: $157.3M Rest of the world: $284.3M Worldwide: $441.7M Jun 9, 2023 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $441.7M worldwide - 116
Jul 1, 2015 US and Canada: $89.8M Rest of the world: $350.8M Worldwide: $440.6M - 117
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom (2023)Dec 22, 2023 US and Canada: $124.5M Rest of the world: $315.7M Worldwide: $440.2M Dec 22, 2023 · English · Action, Adventure, Fantasy $440.2M worldwide - 118
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)Jul 2, 2003 US and Canada: $150.4M Rest of the world: $283M Worldwide: $433.4M Jul 2, 2003 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller $433.4M worldwide - 119
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)Sep 3, 2021 US and Canada: $224.5M Rest of the world: $207.7M Worldwide: $432.2M Sep 3, 2021 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $432.2M worldwide - 120
Apr 13, 2018 US and Canada: $101M Rest of the world: $327.1M Worldwide: $428.1M - 121
Nov 5, 2003 US and Canada: $139.3M Rest of the world: $288M Worldwide: $427.3M - 122
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)Feb 14, 2025 US and Canada: $200.5M Rest of the world: $214.6M Worldwide: $415.1M Feb 14, 2025 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $415.1M worldwide - 123
Jul 26, 2013 US and Canada: $132.6M Rest of the world: $282.3M Worldwide: $414.8M - 124
Jul 12, 2013 US and Canada: $101.8M Rest of the world: $309.2M Worldwide: $411M - 125
Oct 22, 2021 US and Canada: $108.9M Rest of the world: $301.8M Worldwide: $410.7M - 126
Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)Jul 22, 2016 US and Canada: $64.1M Rest of the world: $344.7M Worldwide: $408.8M Jul 22, 2016 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $408.8M worldwide - 127
Aug 2, 2002 US and Canada: $228M Rest of the world: $180.3M Worldwide: $408.2M - 128
May 2, 2003 US and Canada: $214.9M Rest of the world: $192.8M Worldwide: $407.7M - 129
Apr 8, 2022 US and Canada: $190.9M Rest of the world: $214.5M Worldwide: $405.4M - 130
Feb 14, 2019 US and Canada: $85.8M Rest of the world: $319.1M Worldwide: $405M - 131
Jun 8, 2012 US and Canada: $126.5M Rest of the world: $276.9M Worldwide: $403.4M - 132
Nov 5, 2021 US and Canada: $164.9M Rest of the world: $237.2M Worldwide: $402.1M - 133
May 29, 2026 US and Canada: $197.5M Rest of the world: $203.1M Worldwide: $400.6M - 134
Dec 17, 2010 US and Canada: $172.1M Rest of the world: $228M Worldwide: $400.1M - 135
Aug 4, 2023 US and Canada: $82.6M Rest of the world: $315.9M Worldwide: $398.5M - 136
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)May 10, 2024 US and Canada: $171.1M Rest of the world: $226.2M Worldwide: $397.4M May 10, 2024 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $397.4M worldwide - 137
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)Dec 14, 2018 US and Canada: $190.2M Rest of the world: $203.4M Worldwide: $393.6M Dec 14, 2018 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $393.6M worldwide - 138
Oct 21, 2022 US and Canada: $168.2M Rest of the world: $225.3M Worldwide: $393.5M - 139
May 25, 2018 US and Canada: $213.8M Rest of the world: $179.2M Worldwide: $392.9M - 140
Jun 28, 2006 US and Canada: $200.1M Rest of the world: $191M Worldwide: $391.1M - 141
Mar 6, 2026 US and Canada: $166M Rest of the world: $223.7M Worldwide: $389.7M - 142
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)Jun 24, 2016 US and Canada: $103.1M Rest of the world: $286.5M Worldwide: $389.7M Jun 24, 2016 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $389.7M worldwide - 143
Jun 6, 2014 US and Canada: $100.2M Rest of the world: $287.3M Worldwide: $387.5M - 144
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)May 31, 2019 US and Canada: $110.5M Rest of the world: $276.8M Worldwide: $387.3M May 31, 2019 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $387.3M worldwide - 145
Mar 27, 2015 US and Canada: $177.4M Rest of the world: $208.6M Worldwide: $386M - 146
Sep 18, 2026 US and Canada: $155.6M Rest of the world: $230.3M Worldwide: $385.9M - 147
May 7, 2009 US and Canada: $257.7M Rest of the world: $128M Worldwide: $385.7M - 148
Jul 3, 1985 US and Canada: $214.6M Rest of the world: $170.5M Worldwide: $385.1M - 149
May 2, 2025 US and Canada: $190.3M Rest of the world: $192.2M Worldwide: $382.4M - 150
Mar 27, 2009 US and Canada: $198.4M Rest of the world: $183.2M Worldwide: $381.5M
Archive
Sci-Fi Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1933 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2018 leads with $15.1B, led by Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
2020s 7 years · $37.1B
- 2026 so far $5.9B #1 Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
- 2025 $4.9B #1 Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
- 2024 $6.9B #1 Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
- 2023 $4.7B #1 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
- 2022 $7.5B #1 Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- 2021 $6.2B #1 Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
- 2020 $912.4M #1 Tenet (2020)
2010s 10 years · $87.8B
- 2019 $10.3B #1 Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- 2018 $15.1B #1 Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- 2017 $11.1B #1 Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- 2016 $8.4B #1 Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- 2015 $10.2B #1 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- 2014 $9.7B #1 Transformers: Age Of Extinction (2014)
- 2013 $8.6B #1 Iron Man 3 (2013)
- 2012 $5.6B #1 The Avengers (2012)
- 2011 $4.8B #1 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
- 2010 $3.9B #1 Inception (2010)
2000s 10 years · $31B
- 2009 $7.9B #1 Avatar (2009)
- 2008 $3.2B #1 Iron Man (2008)
- 2007 $2.5B #1 Transformers (2007)
- 2006 $1.6B #1 X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- 2005 $3.3B #1 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- 2004 $2.5B #1 Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- 2003 $3.4B #1 The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
- 2002 $3B #1 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- 2001 $2.3B #1 The Mummy Returns (2001)
- 2000 $1.3B #1 X-Men (2000)
1990s 10 years · $12.5B
- 1999 $2.3B #1 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- 1998 $1.9B #1 Armageddon (1998)
- 1997 $2.7B #1 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- 1996 $1.5B #1 Independence Day (1996)
- 1995 $918.9M #1 Waterworld (1995)
- 1994 $555.9M #1 Stargate (1994)
- 1993 $199.7M #1 Demolition Man (1993)
- 1992 $456.9M #1 Alien 3 (1992)
- 1991 $819.7M #1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- 1990 $995.3M #1 Total Recall (1990)
1980s 10 years · $5.4B
- 1989 $1B #1 Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- 1988 $139.1M #1 Alien Nation (1988)
- 1987 $360.5M #1 Predator (1987)
- 1986 $504.9M #1 Aliens (1986)
- 1985 $654.3M #1 Back to the Future (1985)
- 1984 $693.3M #1 Ghostbusters (1984)
- 1983 $781.3M #1 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- 1982 $234.5M #1 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
- 1981 $362.6M #1 Superman II (1981)
- 1980 $645.6M #1 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1970s 10 years · $2B
- 1979 $500.5M #1 Moonraker (1979)
- 1978 $341.8M #1 Superman (1978)
- 1977 $1.1B #1 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- 1976 $4.1M #1 Robot Taekwon V (1976)
- 1975 $3.9M #1 Bug (1975)
- 1974 $560.7K #1 The Terminal Man (1974)
- 1973 $27.2M #1 Sleeper (1973)
- 1972 $9.3M #1 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
- 1971 $42.1M #1 A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- 1970 $19M #1 Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
1960s 8 years · $33.1M
- 1969 $171 #1 Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
- 1968 $32.6M #1 Planet of the Apes (1968)
- 1967 $240.1K #1 Night of the Big Heat (1967)
- 1966 $36.5K #1 The Face of Another (1966)
- 1965 $180.7K #1 Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
- 1964 $492 #1 Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
- 1961 $90 #1 Mothra (1961)
- 1960 $5.9K #1 The Time Machine (1960)
1950s 9 years · $696.6K
- 1959 $12.1K #1 On the Beach (1959)
- 1958 $16.3K #1 Hare-Way to the Stars (1958)
- 1957 $30K #1 The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
- 1956 $3.7K #1 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- 1955 $291 #1 Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- 1954 $594.6K #1 Godzilla (1954)
- 1953 $15K #1 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
- 1952 $15K #1 Water, Water Every Hare (1952)
- 1951 $9.6K #1 The Man in the White Suit (1951)