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SCI-FI - BASED ON BOOK
1980-Present

TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS

RankTitle (click to view)StudioLifetime Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersDate
1 Jurassic Park Uni. $357,067,947 2,566 $47,026,828 2,404 6/11/93
2 War of the Worlds Par. $234,280,354 3,910 $64,878,725 3,908 6/29/05
3 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Uni. $229,086,679 3,565 $72,132,785 3,281 5/23/97
4 I, Robot Fox $144,801,023 3,494 $52,179,887 3,420 7/16/04
5 Contact WB $100,920,329 2,314 $20,584,908 1,923 7/11/97
6 Congo Par. $81,022,101 2,676 $24,642,539 2,649 6/9/95
7 Jumper Fox $80,172,128 3,430 $27,354,808 3,428 2/14/08
8 Cocoon Fox $76,113,124 1,163 $7,936,427 1,140 6/21/85
9 The Stepford Wives Par. $59,484,742 3,057 $21,406,781 3,057 6/11/04
10 The Time Machine DW $56,832,494 2,958 $22,610,437 2,944 3/8/02
11 Starship Troopers Sony $54,814,377 2,971 $22,058,773 2,971 11/7/97
12 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy BV $51,085,416 3,133 $21,103,203 3,133 4/29/05
13 K-PAX Uni. $50,338,485 2,581 $17,215,275 2,541 10/26/01
14 2010 MGM $40,400,657 1,213 $7,393,361 1,126 12/7/84
15 The Running Man TriS $38,122,105 1,694 $8,117,465 1,692 11/13/87
16 Sphere WB $37,020,277 2,814 $14,433,957 2,814 2/13/98
17 The Mothman Prophecies SGem $35,746,370 2,331 $11,208,851 2,331 1/25/02
18 Children of Men Uni. $35,552,383 1,524 $501,003 16 12/25/06
19 Dreamcatcher WB $33,715,436 2,945 $15,027,423 2,945 3/21/03
20 Blade Runner
(Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)		 WB $32,868,943 1,325 $6,150,002 1,295 6/25/82
21 Dune Uni. $30,925,690 975 $6,025,091 915 12/14/84
22 The Island of Dr. Moreau NL $27,663,982 2,039 $9,101,987 2,035 8/23/96
23 Invasion of the Body Snatchers UA $24,946,533 445 $1,298,129 445 12/22/78
24 The Iron Giant
(The Iron Man)		 WB $23,159,305 2,179 $5,732,614 2,179 8/3/99
25 Battlefield Earth WB $21,471,685 3,307 $11,548,898 3,307 5/12/00
26 The Incredible Shrinking Woman Uni. $20,259,961 - $4,279,264 789 1/30/81
27 Fire in the Sky Par. $19,885,552 1,435 $6,116,484 1,422 3/12/93
28 Altered States WB $19,853,892 - $174,650 3 12/25/80
29 Timeline Par. $19,481,943 2,787 $8,440,629 2,787 11/26/03
30 The Postman WB $17,626,234 2,207 $5,260,324 2,207 12/25/97
31 Freejack
(Immortality, Inc.)		 WB $17,129,026 1,560 $6,736,243 1,551 1/17/92
32 Solaris Fox $14,973,382 2,406 $6,752,722 2,406 11/27/02
33 Memoirs of an Invisible Man WB $14,358,033 1,753 $4,601,954 1,753 2/28/92
34 The Thing
(Who Goes There?)		 Uni. $13,782,838 910 $3,107,897 840 6/25/82
35 The Thirteenth Floor Sony $11,916,661 1,815 $3,322,416 1,815 5/28/99
36 Lifeforce
(Space Vampires)		 TriS $11,603,545 1,526 $4,209,136 1,526 6/21/85
37 Deadly Friend WB $8,988,731 1,213 $3,804,429 1,213 10/10/86
38 The Puppet Masters BV $8,647,042 1,482 $4,069,057 1,481 10/21/94
39 1984 Gold. $8,430,492 295 $29,897 1 12/14/84
40 A Scanner Darkly WIP $5,501,616 263 $391,672 17 7/7/06
41 Creator Uni. $5,349,607 820 $2,019,728 820 9/20/85
42 Monkey Shines Orion $5,344,577 1,181 $1,902,024 1,181 7/29/88
43 Solo
(Weapon)		 Sony $5,107,669 1,230 $2,228,668 1,230 8/23/96
44 The Handmaid's Tale Cinc $4,960,385 177 $738,578 117 3/9/90
45 Communion NL $1,919,653 240 $822,123 240 11/10/89
46 Carnosaur Conc $1,753,979 65 n/a - 5/21/93
47 From Beyond EP $1,261,000 190 $514,417 190 10/24/86
48 Nightflyers NCeV $1,149,470 - n/a - 10/23/87
49 Watchers Uni. $940,173 161 $260,820 161 12/2/88
50 Body Snatchers WB $428,868 34 $31,494 13 1/14/94
TOTAL (All Movies):$2,198,266,894----
AVERAGE (All Movies):$43,965,3381,687$11,749,6961,701-
TOTAL
(Wide Releases Only):		$2,106,860,872----
AVERAGE
(Wide Releases Only):		$55,443,7072,171$15,334,7892,117-


TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS

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