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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
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.
Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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TBD | 159 | ||||
2031 | 1 | ||||
2029 | 3 | ||||
2027 | 1 | ||||
2026 | 2 | ||||
2025 | 9 | ||||
2024 | Annual Stats | 104 | $118,750,000 | $1,529,857,179 | Dune: Part Two |
2023 | Annual Stats | 209 | $94,000,000 | $2,479,497,900 | 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 | $3,372,840,892 | Ni Hao, Li Huan Ying |
2020 | Annual Stats | 177 | $66,012,500 | $664,058,300 | Tenet |
2019 | Annual Stats | 138 | $116,252,917 | $4,511,674,338 | 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 | $4,373,077,300 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |
2015 | Annual Stats | 131 | $54,318,063 | $8,172,208,940 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens |
2014 | Annual Stats | 95 | $63,787,500 | $5,939,486,419 | Transformers: Age of Extinction |
2013 | Annual Stats | 76 | $55,020,000 | $4,114,993,340 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
2012 | Annual Stats | 70 | $44,669,615 | $3,050,170,090 | 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 | $2,178,911,739 | 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 | $1,958,755,592 | The Matrix Reloaded |
2002 | Annual Stats | 23 | $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 | $2,055,130,057 | 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 | $114,278,270 | 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 | $607,894,445 | 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 | $674,439,611 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | |
1979 | 16 | $13,628,571 | $569,839,186 | 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 | $145,350,359 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | |
1967 | 7 | $2,306 | Playtime | ||
1966 | 11 | $28,318,237 | The Silencers | ||
1965 | 4 | $60,696 | 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 | $491,843 | 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 | 2,812 | $56,189,982 | $101,130,830,125 | 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.
Index | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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( | 2 | $8,074,547 | (NE) Idealnyy muzhchina | |
1 | 5 | $29,000,000 | $168,841,459 | 12 Monkeys |
2 | 15 | $49,100,000 | $1,043,756,591 | 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 | 227 | $57,200,116 | $9,240,057,088 | Avatar |
B | 184 | $37,143,448 | $2,979,545,600 | Bumblebee |
C | 178 | $43,494,643 | $2,618,098,817 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
D | 187 | $57,021,875 | $5,867,267,900 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes |
E | 95 | $36,855,556 | $2,163,849,709 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
F | 114 | $27,332,941 | $1,485,382,934 | Free Guy |
G | 111 | $75,194,318 | $4,263,092,404 | Godzilla |
H | 107 | $43,408,333 | $4,389,599,522 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
I | 100 | $58,695,238 | $4,425,829,137 | Inception |
J | 54 | $107,613,333 | $8,282,865,922 | Jurassic World |
K | 58 | $42,453,143 | $871,638,646 | Kong: Skull Island |
L | 106 | $25,882,353 | $1,955,630,538 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
M | 217 | $69,990,000 | $9,129,170,877 | 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 | 142 | $50,399,213 | $3,540,020,908 | Pacific Rim |
Q | 13 | $26,025,000 | $633,231,251 | A Quiet Place |
R | 137 | $50,446,749 | $5,288,878,817 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |
S | 282 | $56,640,314 | $14,855,087,977 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens |
T | 164 | $101,763,108 | $9,368,804,022 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
U | 48 | $27,787,500 | $200,519,403 | Underwater |
V | 37 | $57,719,286 | $450,314,643 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets |
W | 68 | $76,357,143 | $4,608,467,641 | 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 | 24 | $389,962,414 | Zhuo yao ji 2 |