Market Charts > 2021 > Creative Types > Science Fiction
Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 2021
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2021 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
A Quiet Place: Part II |
May 28, 2021 |
Horror |
PG-13 |
$160,215,764 |
15,753,762 |
| 2 |
Ghostbusters: Afterlife |
Nov 19, 2021 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$122,378,960 |
12,033,329 |
| 3 |
Free Guy |
Aug 13, 2021 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$121,626,598 |
11,959,351 |
| 4 |
Dune |
Oct 22, 2021 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$107,176,143 |
10,538,460 |
| 5 |
Godzilla vs. Kong |
Mar 31, 2021 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$100,916,094 |
9,922,920 |
| 6 |
The Forever Purge |
Jul 2, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$44,539,245 |
4,379,473 |
| 7 |
The Matrix Resurrections |
Dec 22, 2021 |
Action |
R |
$28,134,634 |
2,766,434 |
| 8 |
Resident Evil: Welcome to R… |
Nov 24, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$16,923,891 |
1,664,099 |
| 9 |
Chaos Walking |
Mar 5, 2021 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$13,287,908 |
1,306,579 |
| 10 |
Monster Hunter |
Dec 18, 2020 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$10,144,067 |
997,450 |
| 11 |
Reminiscence |
Aug 25, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$3,900,193 |
383,500 |
| 12 |
Voyagers |
Apr 9, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$3,149,935 |
309,728 |
| 13 |
Back to the Future |
Jul 3, 1985 |
Adventure |
PG |
$1,430,000 |
140,610 |
| 14 |
Jurassic World |
Jun 12, 2015 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$1,136,000 |
111,701 |
| 15 |
The Matrix |
Mar 31, 1999 |
Action |
R |
$596,998 |
58,702 |
| 16 |
Tenet |
Sep 3, 2020 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$459,940 |
45,225 |
| 17 |
World War Z |
Jun 21, 2013 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$347,000 |
34,119 |
| 18 |
Nuevo Orden |
Oct 23, 2020 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$304,167 |
29,908 |
| 19 |
I’m Your Man |
Nov 5, 2021 |
Comedy |
R |
$275,158 |
27,055 |
| 20 |
Weathering with You (天気の子)… |
Jan 15, 2020 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$257,933 |
25,362 |
| 21 |
Promare |
May 24, 2019 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$215,318 |
21,171 |
| 22 |
Demonic |
Aug 20, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$71,334 |
7,014 |
| 23 |
Alien |
May 25, 1979 |
Horror |
R |
$60,000 |
5,899 |
| 24 |
My Zoe |
Feb 26, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$52,733 |
5,185 |
| 25 |
Gully |
Jun 4, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$22,517 |
2,214 |
| 26 |
How It Ends |
Jul 20, 2021 |
Comedy |
R |
$16,104 |
1,583 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $737,638,634 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 72,530,833 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2021.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2021.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
