Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 2011

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2011 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Action	PG-13	$352,390,543	44,437,647	$350,613,035
2	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Adventure	PG-13	$176,760,185	22,290,061	$175,868,581
3	Super 8	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$127,004,179	16,015,659	$126,363,550
4	Cowboys and Aliens	Action	PG-13	$100,368,560	12,656,817	$99,862,286
5	Real Steel	Action	PG-13	$84,493,241	10,654,885	$84,067,043
6	Battle: Los Angeles	Action	PG-13	$83,552,429	10,536,246	$83,130,981
7	Limitless	Thriller/Suspense	PG	$79,249,455	9,993,626	$78,849,709
8	Contagion	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$75,658,097	9,540,744	$75,276,470
9	The Adjustment Bureau	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$62,495,645	7,880,914	$62,180,411
10	I am Number Four	Adventure	PG-13	$55,100,437	6,948,353	$54,822,505
11	Source Code	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$54,712,227	6,899,398	$54,436,250
12	Tron: Legacy	Adventure	PG	$40,757,919	5,139,712	$40,552,328
13	Paul	Comedy	R	$37,412,945	4,717,900	$37,224,231
14	In Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$37,076,415	4,675,462	$36,889,395
15	Mars Needs Moms	Adventure	PG	$21,392,758	2,697,700	$21,284,853
16	Apollo 18	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,686,929	2,230,382	$17,597,714
17	The Darkest Hour	Action	PG-13	$14,215,634	1,792,640	$14,143,930
18	Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D	Horror	R	$6,945,226	875,817	$6,910,196
19	Atlas Shrugged: Part 1	Drama	PG-13	$4,752,353	599,288	$4,728,382
20	Melancholia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,517,506	317,466	$2,504,807
21	Ra. One	Action		$2,509,150	316,412	$2,496,491
22	Another Earth	Drama	PG-13	$1,321,194	166,607	$1,314,529
23	The Future	Drama	R	$568,662	71,710	$565,792
24	Evil Bong 3 The Wrath Of Bong!	Comedy	R	$91,260	11,508	$90,798
25	Sama Wozu	Adventure	PG-13	$62,559	7,889	$62,244
26	Gekijouban Trigun: Badlands Rumble	Action		$62,027	7,822	$61,716
27	The Tenant	Thriller/Suspense		$15,003	1,892	$14,928
28	I'm Not Jesus Mommy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$12,620	1,591	$12,553
29	Inception	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$7,344	926	$7,306
30	Zenith	Thriller/Suspense		$3,801	479	$3,779
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,439,196,303
Total Tickets Sold					181,487,553
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,431,936,793

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2011. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2011. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. 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.