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Science Fiction Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Science Fiction movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Science Fiction Movies - Top Domestic Science Fiction Movies - Top International Science Fiction Movies - Top Worldwide Science Fiction Movies - Top Domestic Science Fiction Stars - Top International Science Fiction Stars - Top Worldwide Science Fiction Stars

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

The table below lists the top-grossing Science Fiction movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Science Fiction films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Science Fiction movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.

YearAnnual
Stats
Total
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
TBD    160      
2031    1      
2029    3      
2027    1      
2025    7      
2024 Annual Stats  80  $190,000,000  $523,078,915  Dune: Part Two
2023 Annual Stats  210  $94,000,000  $2,480,046,030  The Wandering Earth 2 (流浪地球2)
2022 Annual Stats  157  $123,756,333  $4,606,372,390  Avatar: The Way of Water
2021 Annual Stats  182  $85,283,766  $3,392,601,421  Ni Hao, Li Huan Ying
2020 Annual Stats  176  $66,012,500  $664,058,300  Tenet
2019 Annual Stats  138  $116,252,917  $4,511,738,666  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2018 Annual Stats  169  $66,484,000  $5,595,832,477  Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2017 Annual Stats  132  $93,221,500  $5,643,986,596  Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi
2016 Annual Stats  95  $68,058,095  $4,373,107,639  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2015 Annual Stats  132  $54,318,063  $8,181,511,695  Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
2014 Annual Stats  93  $63,787,500  $5,930,157,279  Transformers: Age of Extinction
2013 Annual Stats  76  $55,020,000  $4,114,993,340  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2012 Annual Stats  69  $45,256,400  $2,979,486,956  The Hunger Games
2011 Annual Stats  43  $59,428,750  $3,690,520,745  Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2010 Annual Stats  32  $54,230,769  $2,178,918,415  Inception
2009 Annual Stats  39  $74,466,667  $6,194,820,416  Avatar
2008 Annual Stats  39  $45,478,571  $2,434,740,743  WALL-E
2007 Annual Stats  28  $51,412,500  $2,208,785,823  Transformers
2006 Annual Stats  25  $29,429,167  $497,071,266  Déjà Vu
2005 Annual Stats  22  $70,331,250  $2,033,002,984  Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith
2004 Annual Stats  27  $40,244,833  $1,734,344,555  The Day After Tomorrow
2003 Annual Stats  19  $86,111,111  $1,958,926,708  The Matrix Reloaded
2002 Annual Stats  22  $63,918,914  $2,407,611,263  Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones
2001 Annual Stats  9  $77,857,143  $1,195,976,649  Jurassic Park III
2000 Annual Stats  15  $59,333,333  $892,714,700  Hollow Man
1999 Annual Stats  17  $49,766,667  $1,806,440,157  Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace
1998 Annual Stats  19  $67,026,500  $2,029,924,075  Armageddon
1997 Annual Stats  19  $75,100,000  $2,053,827,757  The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1996 Annual Stats  17  $51,125,000  $1,236,533,633  Independence Day
1995 Annual Stats  19  $57,285,714  $875,158,708  Waterworld
1994    9  $40,333,333  $451,630,070  Stargate
1993    13  $20,400,000  $1,341,179,395  Jurassic Park
1992    10  $28,000,000  $492,181,147  Alien 3
1991    20  $33,000,000  $697,970,718  Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1990    18  $27,125,000  $788,528,914  Total Recall
1989    23  $30,460,000  $1,026,104,345  Back to the Future Part II
1988    19  $10,000,000  $114,277,926  Alien Nation
1987    27  $20,925,000  $367,538,628  Predator
1986    23  $16,695,000  $493,439,417  Aliens
1985    25  $11,860,000  $607,894,353  Back to the Future
1984    22  $15,816,667  $387,106,270  Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1983    17  $19,833,333  $613,132,383  Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi
1982    17  $15,928,571  $1,055,025,930  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1981    12  $6,825,000  $132,472,246  Escape from New York
1980    14  $19,700,000  $674,439,605  Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back
1979    16  $13,628,571  $567,520,865  Alien
1978    7    $24,946,853  Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1977    9  $7,320,000  $1,155,014,712  Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope
1976    10  $15,000,000  $115,907,415  King Kong
1975    8  $300,000  $30,000,000  Rollerball
1974    8  $4,900,000  $166,000,489  Young Frankenstein
1973    11  $1,900,000  $32,444,869  Sleeper
1972    7  $1,100,000  $331  Silent Running
1971    5  $4,500,000  $53,155,391  A Clockwork Orange
1970    4  $3,000,000  $17,494,009  Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1969    7    $4,300,000  Marooned
1968    11  $6,353,500  $145,354,477  2001: A Space Odyssey
1967    7    $2,306  Playtime
1966    11    $28,318,237  The Silencers
1965    4    $43,729  Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
1964    5      
1963    4    $11,438,987  The Birds
1962    8  $60,000    
1961    5    $25,381,407  The Absent Minded Professor
1960    4      
1959    5      
1958    8      
1957    10      
1956    6    $2,044  Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1955    2      
1954    4    $491,389  Gojira
1953    5      
1952    1    $270  Monkey Business
1951    3    $4,131  The Man in the White Suit
1949    1      
1947    1      
1946    2      
1945    1      
1942    1      
1940    2      
1939    1      
1936    1      
1935    1      
1934    1      
1933    3  $672,000  $10,001,913  King Kong
1932    3      
1931    2    $12,001,435  Frankenstein
1929    1      
1927    1    $1,206,834  Metropolis
1920    1      
1902    1    $45,353  Le Voyage dans la Lune
Total  2,780  $56,027,093  $100,073,808,966  Avatar

The table below shows the highest-grossing Science Fiction movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Science Fiction movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
(  2    $8,074,547  (NE) Idealnyy muzhchina
1  5  $29,000,000  $168,841,459  12 Monkeys
2  15  $49,100,000  $1,043,931,825  2012
3  1      
4  4    $60,406  4:44 Last Day on Earth
5  5  $38,000,000  $112,084,394  The 5th Wave
6  3  $63,500,000  $152,265,925  The 6th Day
7  3    $7,835,554  7 Guardians of the Tomb
9  2      
A  225  $57,200,116  $9,236,707,862  Avatar
B  182  $37,143,448  $2,978,699,035  Bumblebee
C  174  $43,763,462  $2,471,972,866  Close Encounters of the Third Kind
D  185  $57,021,875  $5,658,028,469  Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
E  95  $36,855,556  $2,162,547,409  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
F  112  $27,332,941  $1,485,371,096  Free Guy
G  111  $70,963,750  $3,570,373,987  Godzilla
H  106  $43,408,333  $4,389,599,522  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
I  100  $58,695,238  $4,425,823,416  Inception
J  54  $107,613,333  $8,282,865,922  Jurassic World
K  58  $42,453,143  $880,941,401  Kong: Skull Island
L  104  $25,882,353  $1,955,630,538  The Lost World: Jurassic Park
M  212  $69,990,000  $9,128,550,722  The Matrix Reloaded
N  58  $20,690,444  $1,360,889,570  Ni Hao, Li Huan Ying
O  41  $46,183,333  $417,337,883  Oblivion
P  141  $50,399,213  $3,531,312,525  Pacific Rim
Q  13  $26,025,000  $633,231,251  A Quiet Place
R  136  $50,446,749  $5,288,871,811  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
S  281  $56,640,314  $14,847,949,550  Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
T  161  $101,763,108  $9,368,794,094  Transformers: Dark of the Moon
U  46  $27,787,500  $200,519,403  Underwater
V  36  $57,719,286  $450,314,643  Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
W  67  $76,357,143  $4,608,531,969  The Wandering Earth (流浪地球)
X  9  $50,500,000  $756,064,845  Xióng Chū Mò Bàn Wǒ Xióng Xīn (熊出没·伴我“熊芯”)
Y  11  $2,666,667  $96,302,781  Young Frankenstein
Z  22    $389,962,414  Zhuo yao ji 2