Top 40 SF/F-themed films as of January 2, 2006
Key: SF=Science Fiction; F=Fantasy; SF/F=Science Fantasy; DF=Dark Fantasy (Supernatural Horror); films marked with an asterisk “*” by the title are still playing in theatres; films marked in RED are considered to be financial failures for not recouping their production budget from box office ticket sales..
| SF/F Rank |
Overall Rank |
Genre |
Title
|
Global Box Office
(in millions) |
U.S. Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
1
|
SF
|
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith |
$848.5
|
$380.3
|
|
2
|
2
|
SF
|
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* |
812.1
|
277.1
|
|
3
|
3
|
SF
|
War of the Worlds |
588.9
|
234.3
|
|
4
|
5
|
F
|
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
471.7
|
206.5
|
| 5 | 7 | F | King Kong * | 397.1 | 174.6 |
| 6 | 8 | F | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe * | 382.4 | 225.7 |
|
7
|
9
|
F
|
Batman Begins |
371.9
|
205.3
|
|
8
|
11
|
SF/F
|
Fantastic Four |
329.5
|
154.7
|
|
9
|
13
|
SF
|
Robots |
260.7
|
128.2
|
|
10
|
14
|
F
|
Howl’s Moving Castle |
231.7
|
4.7
|
|
11
|
15
|
DF
|
Constantine |
229.7
|
75.6
|
|
12
|
18
|
F
|
Chicken Little * |
198.3
|
132.3
|
|
13
|
21
|
SF/F
|
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit * |
178.8
|
56.1
|
|
14
|
24
|
DF
|
The Ring Two |
160.9
|
76.2
|
|
15
|
25
|
SF
|
The Island |
160.3
|
35.8
|
|
16
|
26
|
DF
|
Sin City |
158.9
|
74.1
|
|
17
|
28
|
F
|
Herbie: Fully Loaded |
144.1
|
66.0
|
|
18
|
30
|
DF
|
The Exorcism of Emily Rose |
131.1
|
75.1
|
|
19
|
31
|
F
|
Bewitched |
130.1
|
62.3
|
|
20
|
34
|
F
|
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride |
115.5
|
53.2
|
|
21
|
39
|
DF
|
The Amityville Horror |
106.4
|
65.2
|
|
22
|
40
|
SF
|
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy |
104.5
|
51.1
|
|
23
|
43
|
F
|
The Brothers Grimm |
98.6
|
37.9
|
|
24
|
51
|
DF
|
White Noise |
91.2
|
56.4
|
|
25
|
54
|
F
|
Sky High |
81.8
|
63.9
|
|
26
|
65
|
DF
|
House of Wax |
68.8
|
32.1
|
|
27
|
66
|
DF
|
Boogeyman |
66.9
|
46.5
|
|
28
|
67
|
F
|
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D |
66.8
|
39.2
|
|
29
|
64
|
F
|
Just Like Heaven |
69.2
|
48.3
|
|
30
|
70
|
F
|
Son of the Mask |
57.6
|
17.0
|
|
31
|
71
|
F
|
Elektra |
56.6
|
24.4
|
|
32
|
78
|
F
|
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie |
52.9
|
18.1
|
|
33
|
79
|
SF
|
Doom |
51.1
|
28.0
|
|
34
|
89
|
DF
|
George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead |
44.6
|
20.5
|
|
35
|
95
|
SF
|
Serenity |
38.5
|
25.4
|
|
36
|
97
|
DF
|
Zathura |
32.1
|
28.0
|
|
37
|
98
|
DF
|
The Fog |
30.2
|
29.5
|
|
38
|
99
|
SF
|
Cursed |
29.3
|
27.7
|
|
39
|
111
|
SF
|
Aeon Flux * |
28.5
|
25.0
|
|
40
|
113
|
SF
|
Mindhunters |
20.2
|
4.5
|
Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com