#1 of 98 #1 sci-fi movie of 2016
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
2016 · Action, Adventure
$1.2B worldwide · 14% of the chart's total
$408.1M US & Canada · 35% $747M elsewhere · 65%
Sci-Fi box office · 2016
Sci-Fi Box Office 2016: Highest-Grossing Sci-Fi Movies, Page 2
Captain America: Civil War (2016) is the highest-grossing sci-fi movie released in 2016, with $1.2B worldwide, ahead of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) at $1.1B and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) at $874.4M. 98 sci-fi films released in 2016 report a worldwide gross, $8.4B in all, 36% of it from the US & Canada. 2 films crossed $1 billion and 17 crossed $100 million. That is down 17% on 2015, whose releases took $10.2B. By language, English leads with $7.9B across 64 sci-fi releases.
- 2016 releases with a gross
- 98
- combined worldwide
- $8.4B
- films crossed $100M
- 17
- vs 2015
- −17%
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Every Sci-Fi Release of 2016, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 98 of 98. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2016.
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Jul 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $551.8K - 52
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion (2016)May 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $477.7K
May 21, 2016 · Japanese · Sci-Fi, Action, Animation $477.7K worldwide - 53
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 5: To Beloved Ones (2016)Feb 6, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $369.1K Feb 6, 2016 · Japanese · Action, Animation, Sci-Fi $369.1K worldwide - 54
May 5, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $336.8K - 55
1974: The Possession of Altair (2016)Oct 13, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $200.4K
Oct 13, 2016 · Spanish · Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi $200.4K worldwide - 56
Jul 5, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $194.8K - 57
Jun 24, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $152.3K - 58
Oct 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $127.8K - 59
2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $123.4K - 60
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (2016)Nov 5, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $114.4K
Nov 5, 2016 · English · Animation, Sci-Fi $114.4K worldwide - 61
Oct 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $109.1K - 62
Apr 13, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $107.1K - 63
Mar 3, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $106.1K - 64
Jul 29, 2016 US and Canada: $10K Rest of the world: $82.2K Worldwide: $92.2K - 65
Sep 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $69K - 66
Jun 22, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $63.8K - 67
Mar 11, 2016 US and Canada: $63K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $63K - 68
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)Oct 10, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.7K Oct 10, 2016 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $56.7K worldwide - 69
Jun 9, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.3K - 70
Nov 25, 2016 US and Canada: $24.8K Rest of the world: $31.2K Worldwide: $56K - 71
Jul 17, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.7K - 72
Feb 5, 2016 US and Canada: $23.7K Rest of the world: $11.6K Worldwide: $35.3K - 73
This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (2016)Feb 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.1K Feb 12, 2016 · English · Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi $32.1K worldwide - 74
May 13, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.4K - 75
Apr 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.3K - 76
Jun 10, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.6K - 77
Mar 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.4K - 78
Jun 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.1K - 79
Mar 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14K - 80
Aug 2, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.8K - 81
Mar 18, 2016 US and Canada: $13.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $13.7K - 82
Aug 26, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.3K - 83
Apr 8, 2016 US and Canada: $11.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.2K - 84
Jun 3, 2016 US and Canada: $10.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.2K - 85
Jul 22, 2016 US and Canada: $10.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.1K - 86
Apr 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.5K - 87
Oct 20, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.1K - 88
Jan 22, 2016 US and Canada: $4.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.5K - 89
Sep 30, 2016 US and Canada: $4.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.2K - 90
Max Steel Team Turbo: Fusion Tek (2016)Oct 9, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3K Oct 9, 2016 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure $3K worldwide - 91
Apr 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4K - 92
Oct 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K - 93
Jun 16, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1K - 94
Nov 18, 2016 US and Canada: $850 Rest of the world: Worldwide: $850 - 95
Dec 3, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $319 - 96
Jul 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $243 - 97
Apr 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $228 - 98
Jan 15, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $58
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 · $36.6B
- 2026 so far $5.4B #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 · $13.6B
- 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 $1.3B #1 Jurassic Park (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)