#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 6
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 251 to 300 of 2,055. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 251
Aug 3, 2012 US and Canada: $58.9M Rest of the world: $139.6M Worldwide: $198.5M - 252
Jul 25, 2003 US and Canada: $111.8M Rest of the world: $85.3M Worldwide: $197.1M - 253
Oct 28, 1994 US and Canada: $71.6M Rest of the world: $125M Worldwide: $196.6M - 254
Aug 4, 2000 US and Canada: $73.2M Rest of the world: $117M Worldwide: $190.2M - 255
Jun 19, 1998 US and Canada: $83.9M Rest of the world: $105.3M Worldwide: $189.2M - 256
Aug 8, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $186.1M - 257
Mar 6, 2009 US and Canada: $107.5M Rest of the world: $77.9M Worldwide: $185.4M - 258
Nov 7, 2025 US and Canada: $91.1M Rest of the world: $93.5M Worldwide: $184.6M - 259
Feb 6, 2015 US and Canada: $47.4M Rest of the world: $136.9M Worldwide: $184.3M - 260
Mar 20, 2009 US and Canada: $80M Rest of the world: $103.7M Worldwide: $183.7M - 261
Nov 22, 2006 US and Canada: $64M Rest of the world: $116.5M Worldwide: $180.6M - 262
Jan 6, 2023 US and Canada: $95.2M Rest of the world: $84.9M Worldwide: $180.1M - 263
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)Jul 11, 2003 US and Canada: $66.5M Rest of the world: $112.8M Worldwide: $179.3M
Jul 11, 2003 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Fantasy $179.3M worldwide - 264
Feb 14, 2003 US and Canada: $102.5M Rest of the world: $76.6M Worldwide: $179.2M - 265
Aug 13, 2004 US and Canada: $80.3M Rest of the world: $97.1M Worldwide: $177.4M - 266
Sep 28, 2012 US and Canada: $66.5M Rest of the world: $110M Worldwide: $176.5M - 267
Jul 29, 2011 US and Canada: $100.2M Rest of the world: $74.6M Worldwide: $174.8M - 268
May 24, 2024 US and Canada: $67.5M Rest of the world: $106.9M Worldwide: $174.4M - 269
Oct 28, 2011 US and Canada: $37.5M Rest of the world: $136.4M Worldwide: $173.9M - 270
Oct 11, 2019 US and Canada: $48.5M Rest of the world: $124.9M Worldwide: $173.5M - 271
Jan 18, 2008 US and Canada: $80M Rest of the world: $92.3M Worldwide: $172.4M - 272
Dec 25, 2019 US and Canada: $66.8M Rest of the world: $104.9M Worldwide: $171.6M - 273
Jul 22, 2022 US and Canada: $123.3M Rest of the world: $48M Worldwide: $171.2M - 274
Jul 11, 1997 US and Canada: $100.9M Rest of the world: $70.2M Worldwide: $171.1M - 275
Mar 31, 2017 US and Canada: $40.6M Rest of the world: $129.3M Worldwide: $169.8M - 276
Mar 30, 2007 US and Canada: $97.8M Rest of the world: $71.5M Worldwide: $169.3M - 277
Aug 6, 2021 US and Canada: $55.8M Rest of the world: $112.9M Worldwide: $168.7M - 278
Aug 7, 2015 US and Canada: $56.1M Rest of the world: $111.8M Worldwide: $167.9M - 279
Apr 1, 2022 US and Canada: $73.9M Rest of the world: $93.6M Worldwide: $167.5M - 280
Jul 28, 2000 US and Canada: $123.3M Rest of the world: $43M Worldwide: $166.3M - 281
Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back! (1999)Nov 10, 1999 US and Canada: $85.7M Rest of the world: $77.9M Worldwide: $163.6M
Nov 10, 1999 · Japanese · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $163.6M worldwide - 282
Jun 13, 2008 US and Canada: $64.5M Rest of the world: $98.9M Worldwide: $163.4M - 283
Jul 22, 2005 US and Canada: $35.8M Rest of the world: $127.1M Worldwide: $162.9M - 284
Nov 26, 1997 US and Canada: $47.8M Rest of the world: $113.6M Worldwide: $161.4M - 285
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)Dec 14, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $161.1M Dec 14, 2015 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $161.1M worldwide - 286
Sep 14, 2018 US and Canada: $51M Rest of the world: $109.5M Worldwide: $160.5M - 287
May 22, 1992 US and Canada: $55.5M Rest of the world: $104.3M Worldwide: $159.8M - 288
Dec 22, 2021 US and Canada: $37.7M Rest of the world: $119.7M Worldwide: $157.4M - 289
Jun 9, 1995 US and Canada: $81M Rest of the world: $71M Worldwide: $152M - 290
Feb 18, 2011 US and Canada: $55.1M Rest of the world: $94.8M Worldwide: $149.9M - 291
Mar 30, 2001 US and Canada: $112.7M Rest of the world: $35.2M Worldwide: $147.9M - 292
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)Sep 21, 2007 US and Canada: $50.6M Rest of the world: $97.1M Worldwide: $147.7M Sep 21, 2007 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller $147.7M worldwide - 293
Apr 1, 2011 US and Canada: $54.7M Rest of the world: $92.6M Worldwide: $147.3M - 294
Nov 22, 1996 US and Canada: $92M Rest of the world: $54M Worldwide: $146M - 295
Feb 28, 2020 US and Canada: $70.4M Rest of the world: $74.1M Worldwide: $144.5M - 296
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)Mar 25, 2022 US and Canada: $77.2M Rest of the world: $65.6M Worldwide: $142.8M Mar 25, 2022 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $142.8M worldwide - 297
Mar 24, 2017 US and Canada: $85.4M Rest of the world: $57M Worldwide: $142.3M - 298
Oct 18, 2013 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: $112.2M Worldwide: $137.3M - 299
Jul 4, 2018 US and Canada: $69.5M Rest of the world: $67.6M Worldwide: $137.1M - 300
Sep 9, 2011 US and Canada: $75.7M Rest of the world: $60.9M Worldwide: $136.5M
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)