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Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 2021

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2021 GrossTickets 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 Ghostbusters Jun 8, 1984 Comedy PG $504,855 49,642
17 Tenet Sep 3, 2020 Action PG-13 $459,940 45,225
18 World War Z Jun 21, 2013 Action PG-13 $347,000 34,119
19 Nuevo Orden Oct 23, 2020 Thriller/Suspense R $304,167 29,908
20 I’m Your Man Nov 5, 2021 Comedy R $275,158 27,055
21 Weathering with You (天気の子)… Jan 15, 2020 Drama PG-13 $257,933 25,362
22 Promare May 24, 2019 Adventure PG-13 $215,318 21,171
23 Demonic Aug 20, 2021 Horror R $71,334 7,014
24 Alien May 25, 1979 Horror R $60,000 5,899
25 My Zoe Feb 26, 2021 Thriller/Suspense R $52,733 5,185
26 Gully Jun 4, 2021 Drama R $22,517 2,214
27 How It Ends Jul 20, 2021 Comedy R $16,104 1,583
28 Killer Raccoons 2: Dark Chr… Jul 31, 2020 Comedy Not Rated $900 88
Total Gross of All Movies$738,144,389
Total Tickets Sold72,580,563

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.