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Sci-Fi - Based on Book 1980-Present Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 The Hunger Games LGF $408,010,692 4,137 $152,535,747 4,137 3/23/12 2 Jurassic Park Uni. $402,393,097 2,566 $47,026,828 2,404 6/11/93 3 I Am Legend WB $256,393,010 3,648 $77,211,321 3,606 12/14/07 4 War of the Worlds Par. $234,280,354 3,910 $64,878,725 3,908 6/29/05 5 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Uni. $229,086,679 3,565 $72,132,785 3,281 5/23/97 6 I, Robot Fox $144,801,023 3,494 $52,179,887 3,420 7/16/04 7 Contact WB $100,920,329 2,314 $20,584,908 1,923 7/11/97 8 Congo Par. $81,022,101 2,676 $24,642,539 2,649 6/9/95 9 Jumper Fox $80,172,128 3,430 $27,354,808 3,428 2/14/08 10 Cocoon Fox $76,113,124 1,163 $7,936,427 1,140 6/21/85 11 John Carter BV $73,078,100 3,749 $30,180,188 3,749 3/9/12 12 The Stepford Wives Par. $59,484,742 3,057 $21,406,781 3,057 6/11/04 13 The Time Machine DW $56,832,494 2,958 $22,610,437 2,944 3/8/02 14 I Am Number Four BV $55,100,437 3,156 $19,449,893 3,154 2/18/11 15 Starship Troopers Sony $54,814,377 2,971 $22,058,773 2,971 11/7/97 16 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy BV $51,085,416 3,133 $21,103,203 3,133 4/29/05 17 K-PAX Uni. $50,338,485 2,581 $17,215,275 2,541 10/26/01 18 2010 MGM $40,400,657 1,213 $7,393,361 1,126 12/7/84 19 The Running Man TriS $38,122,105 1,694 $8,117,465 1,692 11/13/87 20 Sphere WB $37,020,277 2,814 $14,433,957 2,814 2/13/98 21 The Mothman Prophecies SGem $35,746,370 2,331 $11,208,851 2,331 1/25/02 22 Children of Men Uni. $35,552,383 1,524 $501,003 16 12/25/06 23 Dreamcatcher WB $33,715,436 2,945 $15,027,423 2,945 3/21/03 24 Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) WB $32,868,943 1,325 $6,150,002 1,295 6/25/82 25 Dune Uni. $30,925,690 975 $6,025,091 915 12/14/84 26 The Island of Dr. Moreau NL $27,663,982 2,039 $9,101,987 2,035 8/23/96 27 Cloud Atlas WB $27,108,272 2,023 $9,612,247 2,008 10/26/12 28 The Host (2013) ORF $26,553,180 3,202 $10,600,112 3,202 3/29/13 29 Invasion of the Body Snatchers UA $24,946,533 445 $1,298,129 445 12/22/78 30 The Iron Giant (The Iron Man) WB $23,159,305 2,179 $5,732,614 2,179 8/3/99 31 Battlefield Earth WB $21,471,685 3,307 $11,548,898 3,307 5/12/00 32 The Incredible Shrinking Woman Uni. $20,259,961 - $4,279,264 789 1/30/81 33 Fire in the Sky Par. $19,885,552 1,435 $6,116,484 1,422 3/12/93 34 Altered States WB $19,853,892 - $174,650 3 12/25/80 35 The Thing (1982) (Who Goes There?) Uni. $19,629,760 910 $3,107,897 840 6/25/82 36 Timeline Par. $19,481,943 2,787 $8,440,629 2,787 11/26/03 37 The Postman WB $17,626,234 2,207 $5,260,324 2,207 12/25/97 38 Freejack (Immortality, Inc.) WB $17,129,026 1,560 $6,736,243 1,551 1/17/92 39 Solaris Fox $14,973,382 2,406 $6,752,722 2,406 11/27/02 40 Memoirs of an Invisible Man WB $14,358,033 1,753 $4,601,954 1,753 2/28/92 41 The Thirteenth Floor Sony $11,916,661 1,815 $3,322,416 1,815 5/28/99 42 Lifeforce (Space Vampires) TriS $11,603,545 1,526 $4,209,136 1,526 6/21/85 43 Deadly Friend WB $8,988,731 1,213 $3,804,429 1,213 10/10/86 44 The Puppet Masters BV $8,647,042 1,482 $4,069,057 1,481 10/21/94 45 1984 Gold. $8,430,492 295 $29,897 1 12/14/84 46 A Scanner Darkly WIP $5,501,616 263 $391,672 17 7/7/06 47 Creator Uni. $5,349,607 820 $2,019,728 820 9/20/85 48 Monkey Shines Orion $5,344,577 1,181 $1,902,024 1,181 7/29/88 49 Solo (Weapon) Sony $5,107,669 1,230 $2,228,668 1,230 8/23/96 50 The Handmaid's Tale Cinc $4,960,385 177 $738,578 117 3/9/90 51 Communion NL $1,919,653 240 $822,123 240 11/10/89 52 Carnosaur Conc $1,753,979 65 n/a - 5/21/93 53 From Beyond EP $1,261,000 190 $514,417 190 10/24/86 54 Nightflyers NCeV $1,149,470 - n/a - 10/23/87 55 Watchers Uni. $940,173 161 $260,820 161 12/2/88 56 Body Snatchers WB $428,868 34 $31,494 13 1/14/94 TOTAL (All Movies): $3,095,682,657 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $55,280,047 1,862 $15,840,612 1,880 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $3,004,276,635 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $68,279,014 2,327 $20,052,534 2,280 - Total Grosses Opening Weekends NOTE: "" If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date Ender's Game LG/S 11/1/13 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire LGF 11/22/13 The Maze Runner Fox 2/14/14 Divergent LG/S 3/21/14 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 LGF 11/21/14 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 LGF 11/20/15