#1 of 37 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
2005 · Action, Sci-Fi
$905.6M worldwide · 27% of the chart's total
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) is the highest-grossing sci-fi movie released in 2005, with $905.6M worldwide, ahead of War of the Worlds (2005) at $603.9M and Fantastic Four (2005) at $333.5M. 37 sci-fi films released in 2005 report a worldwide gross, $3.3B in all, 43% of it from the US & Canada. 7 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 33% on 2004, whose releases took $2.5B. By language, English leads with $2.8B across 22 sci-fi releases.
#1 of 37 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
2005 · Action, Sci-Fi
$905.6M worldwide · 27% of the chart's total
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) leads with $905.6M, 27% of the total. The top 5 together took $2.4B, 73% of what all 37 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2005.
Jun 29, 2005 US and Canada: $234.3M Rest of the world: $369.6M Worldwide: $603.9M
Jul 8, 2005 US and Canada: $154.7M Rest of the world: $178.8M Worldwide: $333.5M
Nov 4, 2005 US and Canada: $135.4M Rest of the world: $179M Worldwide: $314.4M
Mar 11, 2005 US and Canada: $128.2M Rest of the world: $134.3M Worldwide: $262.5M
Jul 22, 2005 US and Canada: $35.8M Rest of the world: $127.1M Worldwide: $162.9M
Jan 7, 2005 US and Canada: $56.4M Rest of the world: $34.8M Worldwide: $91.2M
Jul 29, 2005 US and Canada: $63.9M Rest of the world: $22.4M Worldwide: $86.4M
Jul 29, 2005 US and Canada: $32.1M Rest of the world: $47.2M Worldwide: $79.3M
Oct 21, 2005 US and Canada: $28.2M Rest of the world: $29.9M Worldwide: $58.1M
Dec 2, 2005 US and Canada: $25.9M Rest of the world: $27.4M Worldwide: $53.3M
Sep 30, 2005 US and Canada: $25.5M Rest of the world: $14.9M Worldwide: $40.4M
Mar 4, 2005 US and Canada: $6.3M Rest of the world: $15.4M Worldwide: $21.7M
Aug 5, 2005 US and Canada: $1.4M Rest of the world: $18.8M Worldwide: $20.2M
Jun 11, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.6M
Sep 2, 2005 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: $9.8M Worldwide: $11.7M
Mar 18, 2005 US and Canada: $468.9K Rest of the world: $10.4M Worldwide: $10.9M
Jun 14, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.4M
Jan 14, 2005 US and Canada: $129.1K Rest of the world: $1.5M Worldwide: $1.7M
Dec 22, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M
Apr 21, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M
Oct 21, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $290.4K
Sep 10, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $278.1K
Oct 21, 2005 US and Canada: $112.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $112.8K
Jan 11, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.3K
Mar 25, 2005 US and Canada: $3.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.7K
Oct 7, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
Sep 18, 2005 US and Canada: $1.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.7K
Apr 15, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $921
Oct 13, 2005 US and Canada: $423 Rest of the world: Worldwide: $423 Of the top 10, Sky High (2005) earned the biggest share at home (74% in the US & Canada), while The Island (2005) made 78% of its gross abroad. Across all 37 films, $1.4B (43%) came from the US & Canada.
7 of 37 films crossed $100M and took $2.7B between them, 81% of the total. 17 films, 46% of the list, earned under $10M.
May releases took the most, $912.9M from 2 films, led by Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). August was the quietest month ($20.2M). Each column is a release month and links to that month's chart.
Of these 10 years, 2003 earned the most: $3.4B from 34 films, led by The Matrix Reloaded (2003). 2005 took $3.3B.
| Year | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 17 films | 17 | $1.5B | – | Independence Day (1996) $817.4M |
| 1997 25 films · +79% | 25 | $2.7B | +79% | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) $618.6M |
| 1998 20 films · −29% | 20 | $1.9B | −29% | Armageddon (1998) $553.7M |
| 1999 25 films · +18% | 25 | $2.3B | +18% | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $1B |
| 2000 20 films · −42% | 20 | $1.3B | −42% | X-Men (2000) $296.3M |
| 2001 27 films · +72% | 27 | $2.3B | +72% | The Mummy Returns (2001) $443.3M |
| 2002 43 films · +32% | 43 | $3B | +32% | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) $653.8M |
| 2003 34 films · +12% | 34 | $3.4B | +12% | The Matrix Reloaded (2003) $741.8M |
| 2004 33 films · −27% | 33 | $2.5B | −27% | Spider-Man 2 (2004) $784.6M |
| 2005 37 films · +33% | 37 | $3.3B | +33% | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) $905.6M |
English-language sci-fi films took $2.8B across 22 films, 84% of the total, ahead of Japanese-language sci-fi films ($85.7M) and Chinese-language sci-fi films ($20.2M).
Every year from 1933 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2018 leads with $15.1B, led by Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 37 films as the chart.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) leads with $905.6M worldwide, $414.4M of it in the US & Canada. Next come War of the Worlds (2005) at $603.9M and Fantastic Four (2005) at $333.5M.
37 sci-fi films released in 2005 report a worldwide gross, $3.3B in all, or $89.5M per film on average. 2004 releases took $2.5B.
None. 7 films crossed $100 million, led by Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) with $905.6M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 2005. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.