TOP 15 HIGHEST-GROSSING SCIENCE FICTION FILMS


Science fiction films are almost always box office hits. So if you’re a fan of sci-fi movies, check out if you have watched the films on this list and review our comparison of the top 15 highest-grossing science fiction films.


RANKFILMWORLDWIDE GROSS
1Avatar (2009)$2,847,246,203
2Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)$2,068,223,624
3Jurassic World (2015)$1,670,516,444
4Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)$1,332,539,889
5Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)$1,308,467,944
6Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)$1,123,794,079
7Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)$1,104,054,072
8Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)$1,074,144,248
9Rogue One (2016)$1,056,057,273
10Jurassic Park (1993)$1,033,928,303
11Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)$1,027,082,707
12Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)$868,390,560
13The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)$865,011,746
14Hi, Mom (2021)$841,713,536
15Inception (2010)$836,836,967

Analysis

Most of the films in this list earned billions of dollars. Avatar ranked first with $2.8 billion while on 11th spot, Star Wars: Episode I earned $1 billion. On rank 12 to 15, Star Wars: Episode III, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Hi, Mom, and Inception almost made a billion as they earned over $800 million. On the other hand, 3 of the Star Wars films on this list tops with the biggest budget: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Force Awakens, and The Rise of Skywalker, spending up to $317 million. Hi, Mom has the least budget of $59 million and is also the only non-English film on our top 15 list.  

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13 out of 15 films on this list were produced from the year 2000 up to the present, with Hi, Mom being the latest, while the earliest produced films were Jurassic Park in 1993 and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in 1999. 

Transformers: Age of Extinction also has the longest running time, with 165 minutes. The closest to it is Avatar with 162 minutes, while Jurassic World got the shortest running time with only 124 minutes. 

Male directors led 14 out of the top 15 films, and only one was directed by a female – Hi, Mom. As the film came from China, the story differs from other sci-fi films in terms of theme. It deals with time travel, which is why it is considered a sci-fi film, but it focuses on familial love and filial piety. 

Aside from Hi, Mom, another movie with a unique theme on this list is Inception, as it deals with the characters’ subconscious minds and lucid dreams. 

Most of the top 15 films are also sequels or installments of film series, including Star Wars, Transformers, and Jurassic Park. Only Inception and Hi, Mom are not part of a film series. Meanwhile, Avatar will have four sequels – Avatar 2 and 3, which has completed filming, will be released in 2022 and 2024, while upcoming sequels will be released in 2026 and 2028.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_science_fiction_films

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