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Genres

Sci-Fi Comedy

1982-Present
Live action only.



RankTitle (click to view)StudioLifetime Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersDate
1 Men in Black Sony $250,690,539 3,180 $51,068,455 3,020 7/2/97
2 Men in Black II Sony $190,418,803 3,641 $52,148,751 3,557 7/3/02
3 MIB 3 Sony $179,020,854 4,248 $54,592,779 4,248 5/25/12
4 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids BV $130,724,172 1,498 $14,262,961 1,371 6/23/89
5 The Nutty Professor (1996) Uni. $128,814,019 2,239 $25,411,725 2,115 6/28/96
6 The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Uni. $123,309,890 3,251 $42,518,830 3,242 7/28/00
7 Twins Uni. $111,938,388 1,659 $11,174,980 1,396 12/9/88
8 Flubber BV $92,977,226 2,679 $26,725,207 2,641 11/26/97
9 Galaxy Quest DW $71,583,916 2,450 $7,012,630 2,412 12/25/99
10 The Stepford Wives Par. $59,484,742 3,057 $21,406,781 3,057 6/11/04
11 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid BV $58,662,452 2,429 $11,083,318 2,311 7/17/92
12 Bicentennial Man BV $58,223,861 2,767 $8,234,926 2,518 12/17/99
13 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy BV $51,085,416 3,133 $21,103,203 3,133 4/29/05
14 Short Circuit TriS $40,697,761 1,310 $5,346,808 1,033 5/9/86
15 Evolution DW $38,345,494 2,613 $13,408,351 2,611 6/8/01
16 Spaceballs MGM $38,119,483 1,389 $6,613,837 1,384 6/26/87
17 Mars Attacks! WB $37,771,017 1,955 $9,384,272 1,955 12/13/96
18 Paul Uni. $37,412,945 2,806 $13,043,310 2,802 3/18/11
19 My Favorite Martian BV $36,850,101 2,349 $8,828,586 2,275 2/12/99
20 Junior Uni. $36,763,355 1,896 $9,803,145 1,749 11/23/94
21 The Watch Fox $35,353,000 3,168 $12,750,297 3,168 7/27/12
22 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Focus $34,400,301 1,357 $8,175,198 1,353 3/19/04
23 Airplane II: The Sequel Par. $27,150,534 1,300 $5,329,208 1,150 12/10/82
24 Innerspace WB $25,893,810 1,603 $4,739,913 1,603 7/3/87
25 Weird Science Uni. $23,834,048 1,172 $4,895,421 1,158 8/2/85
26 Short Circuit 2 TriS $21,630,088 1,348 $3,843,067 1,346 7/8/88
27 Coneheads Par. $21,274,717 1,978 $7,100,501 1,978 7/23/93
28 Multiplicity Sony $21,075,014 2,134 $5,075,340 2,134 7/19/96
29 Zapped! Emb $16,897,768 777 $823,548 200 7/23/82
30 Howard the Duck Uni. $16,295,774 1,563 $5,070,136 1,554 8/1/86
31 Rocket Man BV $15,448,043 1,867 $4,472,937 1,836 10/10/97
32 Spaced Invaders BV $15,369,573 1,845 $4,474,336 1,821 4/27/90
33 Memoirs of an Invisible Man WB $14,358,033 1,753 $4,601,954 1,753 2/28/92
34 Ice Pirates MGM $14,255,801 1,175 $4,358,022 1,175 3/16/84
35 My Stepmother is an Alien Col. $13,854,000 1,148 $2,066,980 1,106 12/9/88
36 Meet Dave Fox $11,803,254 3,011 $5,251,918 3,011 7/11/08
37 The Man with Two Brains WB $10,353,438 1,203 $3,498,931 1,203 6/3/83
38 What Planet Are You From? Sony $6,291,602 2,248 $3,008,746 2,248 3/3/00
39 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Fox $6,254,148 236 $620,279 236 8/10/84
40 Creator Uni. $5,349,607 820 $2,019,728 820 9/20/85
41 The Adventures of Pluto Nash WB $4,420,080 2,320 $2,182,900 2,320 8/16/02
42 My Science Project BV $4,122,748 1,003 $1,504,118 1,003 8/9/85
43 Tank Girl MGM $4,064,495 1,363 $2,018,183 1,341 3/31/95
44 Safety Not Guaranteed FD $4,010,957 182 $97,762 9 6/8/12
45 Earth Girls Are Easy Vest $3,916,303 317 $892,742 317 5/12/89
46 The Brother From Another Planet Cinc $3,677,209 - n/a - 9/7/84
47 Robot & Frank Gold. $3,325,038 209 $35,539 2 8/17/12
48 Mom and Dad Save the World WB $2,034,470 904 $984,627 904 7/24/92
49 Making Mr. Right Orion $1,584,970 296 $444,756 296 4/10/87
50 Attack the Block SGem $1,024,175 66 $139,506 8 7/29/11
51 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Gram. $1,007,306 26 $206,328 26 4/19/96
52 Amazon Women on the Moon Uni. $548,696 50 $171,723 50 9/18/87
53 Idiocracy Fox $444,093 130 $124,367 130 9/1/06
54 Morons from Outer Space Uni. $441,137 - n/a - 9/20/85
55 Joker UTV $169,181 74 $105,366 74 8/31/12
56 Martians Go Home Tau $129,778 155 $129,778 155 4/20/90
57 Iron Sky EOne $122,082 8 n/a - 7/25/12
58 Kaboom IFC $118,919 12 $13,714 1 1/28/11
59 Alien Trespass RAtt. $104,526 40 $43,437 40 4/3/09
60 Evil Bong 3-D FMP $91,260 1 $24,775 1 4/8/11
61 Decoys Lions $84,733 55 $84,733 55 2/27/04
62 The Pickle Col. $84,471 40 $45,570 40 4/30/93
63 Doin' Time on Planet Earth Can. $29,576 - n/a - 9/16/88
64 Freaked Fox $29,296 2 $6,957 2 10/1/93
65 The Ghastly Love of Johnny X Strand $830 2 $86 1 10/26/12
- Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel PicH n/a - n/a - N/A
TOTAL (All Movies):$2,165,623,316----
AVERAGE (All Movies):$33,317,2821,377$7,917,0201,417-
TOTAL
(Wide Releases Only):		$2,138,424,632----
AVERAGE
(Wide Releases Only):		$49,730,8052,037$12,157,0312,019-



NOTE: Even though it's the model for a lot of sci-fi comedies (Evolution is essentially a remake), Ghostbusters and its sequel are not being classified as sci-fi comedies. It's a close call. On the one hand, the characters do spew forth a lot of techno-babble and use a lot of scientific equipment. On the other, it's all about ghosts, not aliens and other sci-fi things. The latter stuff has always been the dominant element, not just in the movie but in the marketing. So it's being classified as a supernatural comedy. I know the Sci-Fi Channel and its ilk would be to differ. But then again, they think ""sci-fi"" means ""everything."" In the future, there will be genre charts for real sci-fi movies (Ex. Gattaca) and movies that may look like they're sci-fi but really aren't (Ex. Star Wars). " "244 If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

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