#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 8
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 351 to 400 of 2,055. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 351
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)Apr 29, 2005 US and Canada: $51.1M Rest of the world: $53.4M Worldwide: $104.5M
Apr 29, 2005 · English · Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy $104.5M worldwide - 352
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $50.5M Rest of the world: $53.8M Worldwide: $104.4M - 353
Sep 29, 2023 US and Canada: $40.8M Rest of the world: $63.5M Worldwide: $104.3M - 354
Aug 18, 2000 US and Canada: $61.3M Rest of the world: $42.8M Worldwide: $104.2M - 355
Apr 17, 2014 US and Canada: $23M Rest of the world: $80M Worldwide: $103M - 356
Dec 21, 2001 US and Canada: $80.9M Rest of the world: $22.1M Worldwide: $103M - 357
Mar 6, 2015 US and Canada: $31.6M Rest of the world: $71.2M Worldwide: $102.8M - 358
Sep 16, 1994 US and Canada: $44.9M Rest of the world: $56.8M Worldwide: $101.6M - 359
Dec 13, 1996 US and Canada: $37.8M Rest of the world: $63.6M Worldwide: $101.4M - 360
Mar 24, 2017 US and Canada: $30.2M Rest of the world: $70.3M Worldwide: $100.5M - 361
Feb 14, 2024 US and Canada: $43.8M Rest of the world: $56.7M Worldwide: $100.5M - 362
Dec 19, 2014 US and Canada: $10.6M Rest of the world: $89.8M Worldwide: $100.4M - 363
Apr 2, 2004 US and Canada: $59.6M Rest of the world: $39.8M Worldwide: $99.4M - 364
Jun 8, 2001 US and Canada: $38.3M Rest of the world: $60M Worldwide: $98.4M - 365
Sep 6, 2013 US and Canada: $42M Rest of the world: $56.3M Worldwide: $98.3M - 366
Jun 12, 1987 US and Canada: $59.7M Rest of the world: $38.5M Worldwide: $98.3M - 367
Mar 18, 2011 US and Canada: $37.4M Rest of the world: $60.6M Worldwide: $98M - 368
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)Dec 6, 1991 US and Canada: $74.9M Rest of the world: $22M Worldwide: $96.9M Dec 6, 1991 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $96.9M worldwide - 369
Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink (2018)Feb 16, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $96.8M
Feb 16, 2018 · Chinese · Comedy, Sci-Fi, Adventure $96.8M worldwide - 370
Nov 17, 2000 US and Canada: $34.6M Rest of the world: $61.5M Worldwide: $96.1M - 371
Sep 19, 2003 US and Canada: $52M Rest of the world: $43.7M Worldwide: $95.7M - 372
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)Aug 13, 2021 US and Canada: $810.7K Rest of the world: $93.1M Worldwide: $93.9M
Aug 13, 2021 · Japanese · Action, Sci-Fi, Drama $93.9M worldwide - 373
Jan 7, 2005 US and Canada: $56.4M Rest of the world: $34.8M Worldwide: $91.2M - 374
Dec 25, 1999 US and Canada: $71.6M Rest of the world: $19.1M Worldwide: $90.7M - 375
Aug 9, 1989 US and Canada: $55M Rest of the world: $35.5M Worldwide: $90.5M - 376
Mar 9, 2007 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $87.2M Worldwide: $89.4M - 377
Jun 7, 2013 US and Canada: $64.5M Rest of the world: $24.9M Worldwide: $89.3M - 378
Dec 17, 1999 US and Canada: $58.2M Rest of the world: $29.2M Worldwide: $87.4M - 379
Nov 1, 2013 US and Canada: $15.3M Rest of the world: $71.8M Worldwide: $87.1M - 380
Jun 27, 2014 US and Canada: $4.6M Rest of the world: $82.2M Worldwide: $86.8M - 381
Jul 29, 2005 US and Canada: $63.9M Rest of the world: $22.4M Worldwide: $86.4M - 382
Oct 5, 2012 US and Canada: $35.3M Rest of the world: $50.3M Worldwide: $85.6M - 383
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)Aug 19, 2011 US and Canada: $38.5M Rest of the world: $47M Worldwide: $85.6M Aug 19, 2011 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $85.6M worldwide - 384
Jun 21, 1985 US and Canada: $76.1M Rest of the world: $9.2M Worldwide: $85.3M - 385
Jul 27, 2016 US and Canada: $38.6M Rest of the world: $46.7M Worldwide: $85.3M - 386
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)Jul 11, 2001 US and Canada: $32.1M Rest of the world: $53M Worldwide: $85.1M Jul 11, 2001 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $85.1M worldwide - 387
Oct 18, 2013 US and Canada: $35.3M Rest of the world: $49.5M Worldwide: $84.8M - 388
Apr 23, 2021 US and Canada: $42.3M Rest of the world: $42.1M Worldwide: $84.4M - 389
Dec 14, 2018 US and Canada: $16M Rest of the world: $67.9M Worldwide: $83.9M - 390
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)Dec 7, 1979 US and Canada: $82.6M Rest of the world: $72.1K Worldwide: $82.7M Dec 7, 1979 · English · Adventure, Sci-Fi, Mystery $82.7M worldwide - 391
Jul 12, 2002 US and Canada: $43.1M Rest of the world: $39.1M Worldwide: $82.2M - 392
Jul 25, 2016 US and Canada: $6M Rest of the world: $76.1M Worldwide: $82.1M - 393
Mar 21, 2003 US and Canada: $33.7M Rest of the world: $47.5M Worldwide: $81.2M - 394
Jun 17, 1983 US and Canada: $60M Rest of the world: $20.3M Worldwide: $80.3M - 395
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)Jun 4, 1982 US and Canada: $79.7M Rest of the world: $114.7K Worldwide: $79.8M Jun 4, 1982 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $79.8M worldwide - 396
Nov 2, 2001 US and Canada: $43.9M Rest of the world: $35.7M Worldwide: $79.6M - 397
Jun 3, 1983 US and Canada: $79.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $79.6M - 398
Jul 29, 2005 US and Canada: $32.1M Rest of the world: $47.2M Worldwide: $79.3M - 399
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)Mar 22, 1991 US and Canada: $78.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $78.7M Mar 22, 1991 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $78.7M worldwide - 400
Oct 26, 1984 US and Canada: $38.4M Rest of the world: $40M Worldwide: $78.4M
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)