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Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 2023
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2023 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Avatar: The Way of Water |
Dec 16, 2022 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$283,067,859 |
26,258,614 |
| 2 |
The Hunger Games: The Balla… |
Nov 17, 2023 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$159,719,625 |
14,816,291 |
| 3 |
Transformers: Rise of the B… |
Jun 9, 2023 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$157,341,749 |
14,595,710 |
| 4 |
M3GAN |
Jan 6, 2023 |
Horror |
PG-13 |
$95,159,005 |
8,827,366 |
| 5 |
Meg 2: The Trench |
Aug 4, 2023 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$82,633,033 |
7,665,402 |
| 6 |
Godzilla Minus One (ゴジラ最新作)… |
Dec 1, 2023 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$45,580,412 |
4,228,238 |
| 7 |
The Creator |
Sep 29, 2023 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$40,774,679 |
3,782,438 |
| 8 |
65 |
Mar 10, 2023 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$32,062,804 |
2,974,286 |
| 9 |
Jurassic Park |
Aug 26, 1994 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$12,881,195 |
1,194,916 |
| 10 |
The Shift |
Dec 1, 2023 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$11,925,234 |
1,106,236 |
| 11 |
Poor Things |
Dec 8, 2023 |
Black Comedy |
R |
$10,269,036 |
952,601 |
| 12 |
Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of… |
Mar 14, 1997 |
Adventure |
PG |
$7,259,924 |
673,462 |
| 13 |
Everything Everywhere All A… |
Mar 25, 2022 |
Action |
R |
$7,160,881 |
664,274 |
| 14 |
Infinity Pool |
Jan 27, 2023 |
Horror |
NC-17 |
$5,078,401 |
471,094 |
| 15 |
Hypnotic |
May 12, 2023 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$4,500,169 |
417,455 |
| 16 |
Jules |
Aug 11, 2023 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$1,924,922 |
178,564 |
| 17 |
Delicatessen |
Apr 3, 1992 |
Comedy |
R |
$1,796,324 |
166,634 |
| 18 |
Back to the Future |
Jul 3, 1985 |
Adventure |
PG |
$1,240,710 |
115,094 |
| 19 |
The Devil Conspiracy |
Jan 13, 2023 |
Horror |
R |
$765,218 |
70,984 |
| 20 |
The Abyss |
Aug 9, 1989 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$520,104 |
48,247 |
| 21 |
They Live |
Nov 4, 1988 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$439,050 |
40,728 |
| 22 |
Gekijôban Psycho-Pass Provi… |
Jul 14, 2023 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$309,757 |
28,734 |
| 23 |
Die Schule der magischen Tiere |
Oct 7, 2021 |
Adventure |
PG |
$288,414 |
26,754 |
| 24 |
The Thing |
Jun 25, 1982 |
Horror |
R |
$227,705 |
21,123 |
| 25 |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Jun 11, 1982 |
Adventure |
PG |
$203,865 |
18,911 |
| 26 |
Landscape with Invisible Hand |
Aug 18, 2023 |
Drama |
R |
$203,403 |
18,868 |
| 27 |
The Pod Generation |
Aug 11, 2023 |
Black Comedy |
PG-13 |
$31,569 |
2,928 |
| 28 |
Aporia |
Aug 11, 2023 |
Drama |
R |
$21,587 |
2,002 |
| 29 |
Unwelcome |
Mar 10, 2023 |
Horror |
R |
$21,284 |
1,974 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $963,407,918 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 89,369,928 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2023.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2023.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
