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Top 50 Grossing Science Fiction Films Ever

Top 50 grossing science fiction films of all time.

# Movie Title Gross Budget Release Date
Distributor

1 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) $461M $13M 25 May 1977 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

2 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $435M $10.5M 26 May 1982 Universal Pictures

3 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $431M $115M 19 May 1999 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

4 Spider-Man (2002) $404M $139M 30 April 2002 Columbia Pictures

5 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) $380M $113M 15 May 2005 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

6 Spider-Man 2 (2004) $373M $200M 30 June 2004 Columbia Pictures

7 Jurassic Park (1993) $357M $63M 9 June 1993 MCA/Universal Home Video

8 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) $311M $120M 16 May 2002 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

9 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) $309M $32.5M 25 May 1983 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

10 Independence Day (1996) $306M $75M 25 June 1996 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

11 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) $290M $18M 21 May 1980 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

12 The Matrix Reloaded (2003) $281M $150M 7 May 2003 Warner Bros. Pictures

13 The Incredibles (2004) $261M $92M 27 October 2004 Buena Vista Pictures

14 Men in Black (1997) $250M $90M 1 July 1997 Columbia Pictures

15 Ghost Busters (1984) $239M $30M 7 June 1984 Columbia Pictures

16 X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) $234M $210M 22 May 2006 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

17 War of the Worlds (2005) $234M $132M 13 June 2005 Paramount Pictures

18 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) $229M $73M 19 May 1997 MCA/Universal Pictures

19 Signs (2002) $228M $72M 29 July 2002 Buena Vista Pictures

20 X2 (2003) $215M $110M 24 April 2003 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

21 Back to the Future (1985) $211M $19M 3 July 1985 Universal Pictures

22 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) $205M $102M 1 July 1991 Artisan Entertainment

23 Armageddon (1998) $202M $140M 1 July 1998 The Criterion Collection

24 Superman Returns (2006) $197M $270M 21 June 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures

25 Men in Black II (2002) $190M $140M 3 July 2002 Sony Pictures Entertainment

26 The Day After Tomorrow (2004) $187M $125M 17 May 2004 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

27 Jurassic Park III (2001) $181M $93M 16 July 2001

28 Planet of the Apes (2001) $180M $100M 26 July 2001 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

29 The Matrix (1999) $171M $63M 31 March 1999 Warner Bros. Pictures

30 X-Men (2000) $157M $75M 13 July 2000 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

31 Fantastic Four (2005) $155M $100M 29 June 2005 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

32 Scooby-Doo (2002) $153M $84M 8 June 2002 Warner Bros. Pictures

33 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) $150M $200M 30 June 2003 Warner Home Video

34 Lilo & Stitch (2002) $146M $80M 16 June 2002 Buena Vista Pictures

35 I, Robot (2004) $145M $120M 15 July 2004 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

36 Deep Impact (1998) $140M $75M 7 May 1998 Paramount Pictures

37 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) $140M $1.2M 14 August 1975 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

38 The Matrix Revolutions (2003) $139M $150M 27 October 2003 Warner Bros. Pictures

39 Godzilla (1998) $136M $130M 18 May 1998 Columbia TriStar Home Video

40 Chicken Little (2005) $135M $60M 30 October 2005 Buena Vista Pictures

41 Superman (1978) $134M $55M 10 December 1978 Warner Bros. Pictures

42 Hulk (2003) $132M $137M 17 June 2003 Universal Pictures

43 Minority Report (2002) $132M $102M 17 June 2002 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

44 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) $131M 23 June 1989 Walt Disney Home Video

45 The Nutty Professor (1996) $129M $54M 27 June 1996 Universal Pictures

46 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) $128M $20M 15 November 1977 Columbia Pictures

47 Robots (2005) $128M $75M 10 March 2005 20th Century Fox

48 The Truman Show (1998) $126M $60M 1 June 1998 Paramount Pictures

49 Total Recall (1990) $119M $65M 1 June 1990 TriStar Pictures

50 Back to the Future Part II (1989) $118M $40M 20 November 1989 Universal Pictures