Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Day After Tomorrow	Adventure	PG-13	$186,739,919	30,070,840	$215,908,631
2	I, Robot	Action	PG-13	$144,795,350	23,316,481	$167,412,334
3	AVP: Alien Vs. Predator	Horror	PG-13	$80,281,096	12,927,713	$92,820,979
4	Dawn of the Dead	Horror	R	$58,971,471	9,496,211	$68,182,795
5	The Butterfly Effect	Thriller/Suspense	R	$57,924,679	9,327,646	$66,972,498
6	The Chronicles of Riddick	Adventure	PG-13	$57,712,751	9,293,519	$66,727,466
7	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Horror	R	$50,740,078	8,170,705	$58,665,662
8	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Adventure	PG	$37,760,080	6,080,528	$43,658,191
9	Paycheck	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,144,861	2,438,786	$17,510,483
10	Godsend	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$14,334,645	2,308,316	$16,573,709
11	Thunderbirds	Adventure	PG	$6,768,055	1,089,864	$7,825,224
12	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,830,964	455,872	$3,273,161
13	Dans une galaxie près de chez vous - Le film	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,164,047	348,478	$2,502,072
14	The Matrix Revolutions	Action	R	$965,331	155,448	$1,116,117
15	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Action	Not Rated	$924,482	148,870	$1,068,887
16	Final Cut	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$548,039	88,251	$633,642
17	Primer	Drama	PG-13	$424,760	68,399	$491,105
18	Godzilla: The Original Japanese Version	Horror	Not Rated	$412,520	66,428	$476,953
19	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$383,357	61,732	$443,236
20	Timeline	Adventure	PG-13	$367,501	59,179	$424,905
21	Code 46		R	$197,148	31,747	$227,943
22	Robot Stories		Not Rated	$131,029	21,100	$151,498
Total Gross of All Movies				$720,522,163
Total Tickets Sold					116,026,113
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$833,067,491

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.