The table below lists the top-grossing Science Fiction movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Science Fiction films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Science Fiction movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
| Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 166 | ||||
| 2031 | 1 | ||||
| 2029 | 1 | ||||
| 2027 | 1 | ||||
| 2026 | 3 | ||||
| 2025 | 14 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 144 | $119,000,000 | $2,489,292,805 | Dune: Part Two |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 211 | $94,000,000 | $2,438,087,775 | The Wandering Earth 2 (流浪地球2) |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 157 | $123,756,333 | $4,607,034,491 | Avatar: The Way of Water |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 182 | $85,283,766 | $3,372,626,380 | Hi, Mom (你好) |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 176 | $66,012,500 | $664,058,300 | Tenet |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 138 | $116,252,917 | $4,460,837,544 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 169 | $68,700,000 | $5,595,368,707 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 132 | $93,221,500 | $5,638,104,907 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 95 | $71,877,143 | $4,373,077,300 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 131 | $60,297,011 | $8,164,897,620 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 95 | $63,787,500 | $5,939,475,188 | Transformers: Age of Extinction |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 76 | $55,020,000 | $4,114,993,340 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 70 | $44,669,615 | $3,050,170,090 | The Hunger Games |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 43 | $59,428,750 | $3,690,493,806 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 32 | $54,230,769 | $2,178,911,739 | Inception |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 39 | $72,218,182 | $6,194,820,416 | Avatar |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 40 | $45,478,571 | $2,434,740,743 | WALL-E |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 28 | $51,412,500 | $2,208,785,823 | Transformers |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 25 | $29,429,167 | $497,071,266 | Déjà Vu |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 23 | $70,331,250 | $2,033,002,984 | Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 27 | $40,244,833 | $1,734,634,733 | The Day After Tomorrow |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 19 | $86,111,111 | $1,958,755,592 | The Matrix Reloaded |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 23 | $63,918,914 | $2,407,611,263 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 9 | $77,857,143 | $1,195,976,649 | Jurassic Park III |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 15 | $59,333,333 | $892,714,700 | Hollow Man |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 17 | $49,766,667 | $1,819,470,151 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 19 | $67,026,500 | $2,029,598,229 | Armageddon |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 19 | $75,100,000 | $2,055,137,861 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 17 | $51,125,000 | $1,236,533,633 | Independence Day |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 20 | $57,285,714 | $875,158,708 | Waterworld |
| 1994 | 9 | $40,333,333 | $451,630,070 | Stargate | |
| 1993 | 13 | $20,400,000 | $1,341,179,395 | Jurassic Park | |
| 1992 | 10 | $28,000,000 | $492,181,147 | Alien 3 | |
| 1991 | 20 | $33,000,000 | $697,970,718 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | |
| 1990 | 18 | $27,125,000 | $788,528,914 | Total Recall | |
| 1989 | 23 | $30,460,000 | $1,026,104,345 | Back to the Future Part II | |
| 1988 | 19 | $10,000,000 | $114,278,270 | Alien Nation | |
| 1987 | 27 | $20,925,000 | $367,538,628 | Predator | |
| 1986 | 23 | $16,695,000 | $493,439,417 | Aliens | |
| 1985 | 25 | $11,860,000 | $607,987,433 | Back to the Future | |
| 1984 | 22 | $15,816,667 | $387,106,270 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | |
| 1983 | 17 | $19,833,333 | $613,132,383 | Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi | |
| 1982 | 17 | $15,928,571 | $1,055,753,253 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | |
| 1981 | 12 | $6,825,000 | $132,472,698 | Escape from New York | |
| 1980 | 14 | $19,700,000 | $674,442,831 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | |
| 1979 | 16 | $13,628,571 | $569,839,186 | Alien | |
| 1978 | 7 | $24,946,853 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | ||
| 1977 | 9 | $7,320,000 | $1,155,014,712 | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | |
| 1976 | 10 | $15,000,000 | $115,909,244 | King Kong | |
| 1975 | 8 | $300,000 | $30,000,000 | Rollerball | |
| 1974 | 9 | $4,900,000 | $166,001,195 | Young Frankenstein | |
| 1973 | 11 | $1,900,000 | $32,444,869 | Sleeper | |
| 1972 | 7 | $1,100,000 | $331 | Silent Running | |
| 1971 | 5 | $4,500,000 | $55,699,563 | A Clockwork Orange | |
| 1970 | 4 | $3,000,000 | $17,494,009 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes | |
| 1969 | 7 | $4,300,000 | Marooned | ||
| 1968 | 11 | $6,353,500 | $144,544,557 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | |
| 1967 | 7 | $2,306 | Playtime | ||
| 1966 | 11 | $28,318,237 | The Silencers | ||
| 1965 | 4 | $60,696 | Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution | ||
| 1964 | 5 | ||||
| 1963 | 4 | $11,438,987 | The Birds | ||
| 1962 | 8 | $60,000 | |||
| 1961 | 5 | $25,381,407 | The Absent Minded Professor | ||
| 1960 | 4 | ||||
| 1959 | 5 | ||||
| 1958 | 8 | ||||
| 1957 | 10 | ||||
| 1956 | 6 | $2,044 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | ||
| 1955 | 2 | ||||
| 1954 | 4 | $491,843 | Gojira | ||
| 1953 | 5 | ||||
| 1952 | 1 | $270 | Monkey Business | ||
| 1951 | 3 | $4,131 | The Man in the White Suit | ||
| 1949 | 1 | ||||
| 1947 | 1 | ||||
| 1946 | 2 | ||||
| 1945 | 1 | ||||
| 1942 | 1 | ||||
| 1940 | 2 | ||||
| 1939 | 1 | ||||
| 1936 | 1 | ||||
| 1935 | 1 | ||||
| 1934 | 1 | ||||
| 1933 | 3 | $672,000 | $10,001,913 | King Kong | |
| 1932 | 3 | ||||
| 1931 | 2 | $12,001,435 | Frankenstein | ||
| 1929 | 1 | ||||
| 1927 | 1 | $1,206,834 | Metropolis | ||
| 1920 | 1 | ||||
| 1902 | 1 | $45,353 | Le Voyage dans la Lune | ||
| Total | 2,866 | $57,117,099 | $102,000,338,490 | Avatar | |