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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 "Domestic 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.

YearDomestic StatsTotal
Movies		Average
Production
Budget		Combined
Worldwide
Box Office		No. 1 Movie
TBD    175      
2031    1      
2029    1      
2028    1      
2027    9      
2026    46  $89,333,333    
2025 Domestic Stats  179  $123,916,667  $2,362,950,589  Jurassic World Rebirth
2024 Domestic Stats  208  $87,343,750  $4,413,278,341  Dune: Part Two
2023 Domestic Stats  213  $85,571,429  $2,483,444,435  The Wandering Earth 2 (流浪地球2)
2022 Domestic Stats  158  $108,580,700  $4,645,446,040  Avatar: The Way of Water
2021 Domestic Stats  189  $84,264,849  $3,394,181,664  Hi, Mom (你好, 李焕英)
2020 Domestic Stats  178  $66,012,500  $737,460,339  Tenet
2019 Domestic Stats  139  $116,252,917  $4,488,593,481  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2018 Domestic Stats  171  $66,826,923  $5,678,376,823  Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2017 Domestic Stats  133  $93,221,500  $5,648,662,830  Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi
2016 Domestic Stats  98  $66,005,217  $4,375,728,697  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2015 Domestic Stats  131  $60,297,011  $8,195,406,548  Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
2014 Domestic Stats  97  $63,787,500  $5,933,719,413  Transformers: Age of Extinction
2013 Domestic Stats  76  $55,020,000  $4,115,066,349  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2012 Domestic Stats  71  $44,669,615  $3,050,170,090  The Hunger Games
2011 Domestic Stats  48  $56,789,286  $3,771,057,800  Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2010 Domestic Stats  34  $54,230,769  $2,184,682,893  Inception
2009 Domestic Stats  41  $69,513,043  $6,195,080,498  Avatar
2008 Domestic Stats  42  $45,478,571  $2,437,449,007  WALL-E
2007 Domestic Stats  31  $51,412,500  $2,216,731,788  Transformers
2006 Domestic Stats  26  $29,429,167  $497,072,314  Déjà Vu
2005 Domestic Stats  25  $70,331,250  $2,086,896,849  Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith
2004 Domestic Stats  28  $40,244,833  $1,735,710,302  The Day After Tomorrow
2003 Domestic Stats  23  $86,111,111  $1,959,421,624  The Matrix Reloaded
2002 Domestic Stats  26  $60,982,507  $2,424,902,548  Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones
2001 Domestic Stats  10  $70,437,500  $1,200,200,714  Jurassic Park III
2000 Domestic Stats  18  $59,333,333  $897,710,719  Hollow Man
1999 Domestic Stats  17  $49,766,667  $1,826,216,600  Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace
1998 Domestic Stats  19  $67,026,500  $2,029,623,983  Armageddon
1997 Domestic Stats  19  $75,100,000  $2,055,342,370  The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1996 Domestic Stats  17  $51,125,000  $1,236,533,633  Independence Day
1995 Domestic Stats  21  $57,285,714  $875,158,708  Waterworld
1994    10  $40,333,333  $451,630,070  Stargate
1993    13  $20,400,000  $1,341,179,395  Jurassic Park
1992    12  $28,000,000  $492,181,147  Alien 3
1991    23  $33,000,000  $698,275,608  Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1990    19  $27,125,000  $790,156,723  Total Recall
1989    23  $30,460,000  $1,026,104,908  Back to the Future Part II
1988    19  $10,000,000  $113,831,445  Alien Nation
1987    29  $17,440,000  $373,702,857  Predator
1986    24  $16,695,000  $493,440,110  Aliens
1985    25  $11,860,000  $618,267,649  Back to the Future
1984    25  $16,987,500  $847,233,466  Ghostbusters
1983    19  $19,833,333  $613,132,383  Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi
1982    20  $15,928,571  $1,056,008,117  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1981    14  $6,825,000  $132,472,732  Escape from New York
1980    19  $16,050,000  $695,152,461  Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back
1979    18  $13,628,571  $492,943,128  Alien
1978    8    $24,946,853  Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1977    12  $7,320,000  $1,155,022,081  Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope
1976    11  $15,000,000  $115,910,336  King Kong
1975    8  $300,000  $30,000,000  Rollerball
1974    12  $4,900,000  $166,190,857  Young Frankenstein
1973    11  $1,900,000  $32,445,028  Sleeper
1972    8  $1,100,000  $331  Silent Running
1971    5  $4,500,000  $55,756,117  A Clockwork Orange
1970    4  $3,000,000  $17,494,181  Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1969    7    $4,300,000  Marooned
1968    11  $6,353,500  $142,716,858  2001: A Space Odyssey
1967    7    $19,638  Playtime
1966    12    $28,318,308  The Silencers
1965    6    $60,819  Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
1964    5      
1963    5    $33,571,536  Son of Flubber
1962    8  $60,000  $92  Mosura
1961    5    $25,381,407  The Absent Minded Professor
1960    5      
1959    5      
1958    8      
1957    11    $27,449  The Curse of Frankenstein
1956    9    $3,002,984  Forbidden Planet
1955    2      
1954    5    $491,843  Gojira
1953    5      
1952    1    $383  Monkey Business
1951    3    $4,131  The Man in the White Suit
1949    1      
1948    1      
1947    1      
1946    2      
1945    1      
1942    1      
1940    2      
1939    3    $128  Son of Frankenstein
1936    1      
1935    1      
1934    1      
1933    3  $672,000  $10,001,913  King Kong
1932    3      
1931    2    $12,006,084  Frankenstein
1929    1      
1927    1    $1,208,516  Metropolis
1920    1      
1902    1    $45,353  Le Voyage dans la Lune
Total  3,259  $57,681,318  $107,246,913,414  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  17  $50,916,667  $1,264,207,936  2012
3  2    $605  31 Minutos: La Película
4  5    $829,311  40 Acres
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  3      
A  263  $61,949,043  $9,978,731,566  Avatar
B  208  $43,747,097  $3,671,202,352  Bumblebee
C  197  $42,339,655  $2,750,125,163  Close Encounters of the Third Kind
D  216  $52,511,429  $5,621,588,741  Dune: Part Two
E  114  $40,845,000  $2,535,887,263  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
F  128  $35,147,778  $1,689,923,665  Free Guy
G  130  $71,411,000  $4,845,008,607  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
H  125  $49,072,000  $5,275,651,128  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
I  115  $58,695,238  $4,426,418,420  Inception
J  64  $110,188,235  $9,218,587,794  Jurassic World
K  65  $57,146,500  $1,413,536,585  Kong: Skull Island
L  128  $25,472,222  $1,972,025,241  The Lost World: Jurassic Park
M  249  $68,067,692  $9,797,439,171  The Matrix Reloaded
N  65  $20,621,400  $548,058,801  Nope
O  52  $46,183,333  $418,372,685  Oblivion
P  165  $49,469,894  $3,770,332,907  Pacific Rim
Q  18  $36,268,750  $894,411,623  A Quiet Place
R  156  $54,124,467  $5,387,790,052  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
S  326  $58,497,368  $15,098,504,976  Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
T  192  $100,718,375  $9,815,682,286  Transformers: Dark of the Moon
U  58  $27,787,500  $183,812,730  Underwater
V  44  $57,719,286  $450,428,653  Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
W  80  $73,562,500  $4,811,378,524  The Wandering Earth (流浪地球)
X  9  $50,500,000  $471,405,899  Xia Luo Te Fan Nao
Y  13  $2,666,667  $96,492,156  Young Frankenstein
Z  34    $389,976,695  Zhuo yao ji 2