This issue of "Global Box Office Archives" to sort out the eight original science fiction movies in the history of film that have a strong global box office, sequels, remakes, and novel adaptations are not included in this collation.
Eighth place: "Interstellar", worldwide box office: $701 million
Released in 2014 at a cost of $165 million, the film is a landmark work in hard science fiction films, the film has an extremely accurate depiction of wormholes, relativity, time travel, etc., when you don't know what movie to watch, then watch "Interstellar" again, it will definitely not disappoint you.
Seventh place: Gravity, worldwide box office: $723 million
Released in 2013 at a cost of $100 million, the film was the most talked about hard sci-fi film of the year, and Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón won the Academy Award for Best Director the following year for this film. Gravity is one of the best 3D films in film history, and James Cameron has praised it as the best space adventure film he has ever seen.
Sixth place: Star Wars, worldwide box office: $775 million
This film was released in 1977, its release has also become an important cultural event in American history, and formed a decades of enduring cultural phenomena, affecting generations of North American audiences, it is said that Canadian truck driver James Cameron is after watching "Star Wars", decided to give up driving career, turned to the film industry, which has the birth of later "Titanic", "Avatar" and other films. Even today, in the North American film market, the "Star Wars Universe" is the only film series that can compete with the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" at the box office.
Fifth place: "2012", worldwide box office: $791 million
Released in 2009, the film is inspired by a mysterious prophecy of the Mayan civilization about the sudden anomaly of solar activity in 2012, which led to various natural disasters on Earth and the destruction of billions of human beings. The film cost up to $200 million, with disaster scenes such as tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and monstrous floods, and it is a refreshing film that is tense and exciting from beginning to end.
Fourth place: "E.T. Alien", worldwide box office: $792 million
This film was released in 1982, the story originated from a fantasy experience in Spielberg's youth, when his parents had just divorced, spielberg, only a teenager, often imagined that there was an alien around him, 20 years later, he put this fantasy experience on the screen, became the dream of countless fans, including the king of comedy Zhou Xingchi, many years later, Xingye also filmed his own alien movie "Yangtze River Seven", the direct source of this film is "E.T. Alien".
Third place: Independence Day, worldwide box office: $817 million
Released in 1996 at a cost of $75 million, the film was the worldwide and North American box office champion of the year. The film is also a panoramic depiction of the war between humans and aliens, with a large number of American landmarks destroyed and aircraft battles, which seemed extremely dazzling at the time, and because of this, "Independence Day" finally defeated the fantasy film "Dragon Heart" released in the same year and another science fiction film "Tornado" at the Oscars, winning the Oscar for best visual effects.
Second place: "Inception", worldwide box office: $836 million
Released in 2010, this film may be the most complex film in the history of cinema, but whether it is the overseas Internet movie database IMDb, or the Mainland Douban platform, "Inception" is the highest rated original science fiction film, which shows that although it is complicated, fans respect it.
First place: Avatar, worldwide box office: $2.84 billion
Released in 2009, the film is still the world's number one box office film, and although James Cameron has borrowed a lot from works such as "Strange In the Wind" and "Dances with Wolves" when writing the screenplay, in general, "Avatar" is still an original film. About this film, everyone discussed more about technology, in fact, all aspects of this film, are very good, the humanistic spirit embodied in the script, the scheduling of large scenes, the rhythm of the narrative, etc., are all master-level handwriting, not to lose any commercial film.
In addition to the above eight films, "Jurassic Park", which performed well at the box office, was not included in this list because it was adapted from the novel of the same name, and classic science fiction films such as "The Matrix" and "The Day After Tomorrow" did not make it on this list because their global box office was not as good as "Interstellar".