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Genres

Sci-Fi - Adventure Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Total Theaters / Avg. Total Gross Release Date 1 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $108,435,841 28.5% 3,661 $29,619 $380,270,577 5/19/05 2 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Fox $80,027,814 26.5% 3,161 $25,317 $302,191,252 5/16/02 3 Avatar Fox $77,025,481 10.3% 3,452 $22,313 $749,766,139 12/18/09 4 Star Trek Par. $75,204,289 29.2% 3,849 $19,539 $257,730,019 5/8/09 5 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Uni. $72,132,785 31.5% 3,281 $21,985 $229,086,679 5/23/97 6 Star Trek Into Darkness Par. $70,165,559 58.9% 3,868 $18,140 $119,027,000 5/16/13 7 Planet of the Apes (2001) Fox $68,532,960 38.1% 3,500 $19,580 $180,011,740 7/27/01 8 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $64,820,970 15.0% 2,970 $21,825 $431,088,295 5/19/99 9 WALL-E BV $63,087,526 28.2% 3,992 $15,803 $223,808,164 6/27/08 10 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Fox $54,806,191 31.0% 3,648 $15,024 $176,760,185 8/5/11 11 Jurassic Park III Uni. $50,771,645 28.0% 3,434 $14,784 $181,171,875 7/18/01 12 Jurassic Park Uni. $47,026,828 13.2% 2,404 $19,561 $357,067,947 6/11/93 13 Tron Legacy BV $44,026,211 25.6% 3,451 $12,758 $172,062,763 12/17/10 14 Oblivion Uni. $37,054,485 42.7% 3,783 $9,795 $86,685,000 4/19/13 15 Star Trek: First Contact Par. $30,716,131 33.4% 2,812 $10,923 $92,027,888 11/22/96 16 John Carter BV $30,180,188 41.3% 3,749 $8,050 $73,078,100 3/9/12 17 Back to the Future Part II Uni. $27,835,125 23.5% 1,865 $14,925 $118,450,002 11/22/89 18 Congo Par. $24,642,539 30.4% 2,649 $9,302 $81,022,101 6/9/95 19 Star Trek: Generations Par. $23,116,394 30.5% 2,659 $8,694 $75,671,125 11/18/94 20 Return of the Jedi Fox $23,019,618 9.1% 1,002 $22,973 $252,583,617 5/25/83 21 Mission to Mars BV $22,855,247 37.5% 3,054 $7,483 $60,883,407 3/10/00 22 The Time Machine DW $22,610,437 39.8% 2,944 $7,680 $56,832,494 3/8/02 23 Star Trek: Insurrection Par. $22,052,836 31.4% 2,620 $8,417 $70,187,658 12/11/98 24 Waterworld Uni. $21,171,780 24.0% 2,268 $9,335 $88,246,220 7/28/95 25 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy BV $21,103,203 41.3% 3,133 $6,735 $51,085,416 4/29/05 26 Atlantis: The Lost Empire BV $20,342,105 24.2% 3,011 $6,755 $84,056,472 6/15/01 27 Lost in Space NL $20,154,919 29.2% 3,306 $6,096 $69,117,629 4/3/98 28 Back to the Future Part III Uni. $19,089,645 21.8% 2,019 $9,455 $87,727,583 5/25/90 29 Star Trek: Nemesis Par. $18,513,305 42.8% 2,711 $6,828 $43,254,409 12/13/02 30 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Par. $18,162,837 24.3% 1,804 $10,068 $74,888,996 12/6/91 31 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Par. $17,375,648 33.3% 2,202 $7,890 $52,210,049 6/9/89 32 The Fifth Element Sony $17,031,345 26.7% 2,500 $6,812 $63,820,180 5/9/97 33 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Par. $16,881,888 15.4% 1,349 $12,514 $109,713,132 11/26/86 34 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Par. $16,673,295 21.8% 1,966 $8,480 $76,471,046 6/1/84 35 Stargate MGM $16,651,018 23.3% 2,033 $8,190 $71,567,262 10/28/94 36 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Par. $15,580,278 41.3% 3,170 $4,914 $37,762,677 9/17/04 37 Star Wars: The Clone Wars WB $14,611,273 41.6% 3,452 $4,233 $35,161,554 8/15/08 38 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Par. $14,347,221 18.2% 1,621 $8,850 $78,912,963 6/4/82 39 Zathura Sony $13,427,872 45.9% 3,223 $4,166 $29,258,869 11/11/05 40 Treasure Planet BV $12,083,248 31.7% 3,227 $3,744 $38,176,783 11/27/02 41 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Par. $11,926,421 14.5% 857 $13,916 $82,258,456 12/7/79 42 Battlefield Earth WB $11,548,898 53.8% 3,307 $3,492 $21,471,685 5/12/00 43 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Sony $11,408,853 35.5% 2,649 $4,306 $32,131,830 7/11/01 44 Back to the Future Uni. $11,152,500 5.3% 1,420 $7,853 $210,609,762 7/3/85 45 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $10,840,307 5.2% 823 $13,171 $209,398,025 6/20/80 46 Serenity Uni. $10,086,680 39.5% 2,188 $4,610 $25,514,517 9/30/05 47 Babylon A.D. Fox $9,484,627 42.1% 3,390 $2,798 $22,532,572 8/29/08 48 Titan A.E. Fox $9,376,845 41.2% 2,734 $3,429 $22,753,426 6/16/00 49 The Abyss Fox $9,319,797 17.2% 1,533 $6,079 $54,222,310 8/11/89 50 Red Planet WB $8,721,296 49.9% 2,703 $3,226 $17,480,890 11/10/00 51 Cocoon Fox $7,936,427 10.4% 1,140 $6,961 $76,113,124 6/21/85 52 2010 MGM $7,393,361 18.3% 1,126 $6,566 $40,400,657 12/7/84 53 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome WB $7,283,714 20.1% 1,474 $4,941 $36,230,219 7/12/85 54 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Col. $7,053,016 42.8% 1,338 $5,271 $16,478,265 5/20/83 55 Galaxy Quest DW $7,012,630 9.8% 2,412 $2,907 $71,583,916 12/25/99 56 Star Wars Fox $6,806,951 2.2% 757 $8,992 $307,263,857 7/15/77 57 Dune Uni. $6,025,091 19.5% 915 $6,584 $30,925,690 12/14/84 58 The Last Starfighter Uni. $6,011,695 20.9% 1,287 $4,671 $28,733,290 7/13/84 59 Cocoon: The Return Fox $5,568,143 29.4% 986 $5,647 $18,924,919 11/23/88 60 The Postman WB $5,260,324 29.8% 2,207 $2,383 $17,626,234 12/25/97 61 Tron BV $4,761,795 14.4% 1,091 $4,364 $33,000,000 7/9/82 62 Flash Gordon Uni. $3,934,030 14.5% 823 $4,780 $27,107,960 12/5/80 63 Flight of the Navigator BV $3,115,097 16.8% 952 $3,272 $18,564,613 8/1/86 64 The Road Warrior WB $2,527,864 10.7% 704 $3,590 $23,667,907 5/21/82 65 The Adventures of Pluto Nash WB $2,182,900 49.4% 2,320 $940 $4,420,080 8/16/02 66 Time Changer 5&2 $300,103 23.4% 169 $1,775 $1,285,167 10/25/02 AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only, 65 titles): $24,924,419 22.3% 2,399 $10,390 $111,820,146 - Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart. Total Grosses Opening Weekends 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 After Earth Sony 5/31/13 Interstellar Par. 11/7/14 Jurassic Park 4 Uni. TBD