Biggest Sci-Fi Movie Franchises 1968-2025 | Star Wars vs Star Trek vs Jurassic Park

Star Wars takes the lead in 1977 and never lets go - but behind it, the race for #2 changes hands again and again: Planet of the Apes, Alien, Star Trek, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, Avatar, Transformers, X-Men ... and in 2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash makes one last attack on Jurassic. In memory of Sir Patrick Stewart (1940-2026), who died on 28 October 2026 in Los Angeles, aged 86. His films in this race are marked with ★: four Star Trek films (1994-2002) and five X-Men films (2000-2017), $2.98 billion worldwide. Which sci-fi franchise is your favourite? Tell us in the comments 👇 CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:04 1968 - Planet of the Apes 0:35 1977 - Star Wars takes the lead 0:58 Alien & Star Trek - the race for #2 begins 2:08 Back to the Future 3:17 Terminator 2 3:40 Jurassic Park takes #2 3:56 Patrick Stewart's Star Trek films 4:48 The Star Wars prequels 5:01 X-Men 6:21 Transformers 6:50 Avatar jumps to #2 7:42 Transformers takes #2 7:53 Jurassic World & The Force Awakens 8:27 Jurassic retakes #2 9:19 Avatar: The Way of Water 9:48 2025 - Rebirth vs. Fire and Ash 9:54 Final standings 10:02 In memory of Sir Patrick Stewart FINAL STANDINGS - TOP 12 (films released 1968-2025, not adjusted for inflation) 1. Star Wars - $10.38 billion 2. Jurassic Park / World - $6.90 billion 3. Avatar - $6.74 billion 4. Transformers - $5.42 billion 5. X-Men - $4.51 billion 6. The Hunger Games - $3.31 billion 7. Godzilla & Kong (MonsterVerse) - $2.53 billion 8. Planet of the Apes - $2.51 billion 9. Star Trek - $2.27 billion 10. Terminator - $2.08 billion 11. Men in Black - $1.94 billion 12. The Matrix - $1.80 billion DATA & SOURCES Worldwide box office per film: The Numbers (the-numbers.com) franchise pages, retrieved 31 Oct 2026. Nominal USD, NOT adjusted for inflation. Each film's lifetime gross (incl. re-releases) builds up from its release over its first months in cinemas. Theatrical films only; series with at least two films. WHAT COUNTS Alien = the Alien films incl. Prometheus, Covenant and Romulus. Predator = the Predator films. The two Alien vs. Predator crossovers count for neither. MonsterVerse = Legendary's Godzilla/Kong films 2014-2024 (no Japanese Toho films, no Godzilla 1998). X-Men* = Fox's X-Men films incl. Wolverine, Logan and The New Mutants, without Deadpool. The only superhero series here - included because of Patrick Stewart. Dune incl. the 1984 film. 2026 releases not included. PHOTOS No posters, stills or logos. Cast/filmmaker photos from Wikimedia Commons, links in the pinned comment: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA - CC BY-SA 2.0: Patrick Stewart; Kevin Paul - CC BY 4.0: Mark Hamill, Ewan McGregor, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cameron, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford; Our Movie Guide - CC BY 3.0: Daisy Ridley; Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA - CC BY 4.0: William Shatner; Chuck Welch - CC BY 2.0: Patrick Stewart; Colleen Sturtevant - CC BY-SA 4.0: Chris Pine; Gage Skidmore - CC BY-SA 3.0: Jeff Goldblum, Hugh Jackman, Jeff Bridges, George Lucas, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, James Cameron, Josh Hutcherson; Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan - CC BY 2.0: Sam Worthington, Chris Pratt, Hugh Jackman, J. A. Bayona, James Cameron; Jake Guild - CC BY 2.0: Peter Cullen; Ciné Zooms 2 - CC BY 3.0: Jennifer Lawrence; Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles - CC BY 4.0: Ken Watanabe; Rowland Scherman - Public domain: Charlton Heston; Fandomuniverse - CC0: Andy Serkis; Bernhard Holub - CC BY-SA 4.0: Arnold Schwarzenegger; Aubrey Gemignani - Public domain: Tommy Lee Jones; Gabriel Hutchinson - CC BY-SA 4.0: Keanu Reeves; Desmond Herzfelder - CC BY 4.0: Sigourney Weaver; TechCrunch - CC BY 2.0: Will Smith; Georges Biard - CC BY-SA 3.0: Kyle MacLachlan, Mel Gibson; Harald Krichel - CC BY-SA 4.0: Timothée Chalamet, Scarlett Johansson; Chuck Kennedy (Pete for America) - Public domain: Michael J. Fox; Gabriel Brooks - CC BY 4.0: Guillermo del Toro; Luigi Novi - CC BY 4.0: Carl Weathers; PhilipRomano - CC BY-SA 4.0: Charlize Theron, J. J. Abrams; Doug Dolde at English Wikipedia - Public domain: Point Dume, Malibu; Raph_PH - CC BY 4.0: Ridley Scott; ThrillZing - CC BY 4.0: T-800 endoskeleton; Michael Barera - CC BY-SA 4.0: DeLorean time machine; Martin Kraft - CC BY-SA 4.0: Steven Spielberg; Michael Mayer from Berlin, Germany - CC BY 2.0: Roland Emmerich; The Summit - CC BY 2.0: Barry Sonnenfeld; Colleen Sturtevant - CC BY 4.0: Natalie Portman; John Manard - CC BY-SA 4.0: Jonathan Frakes; Romina Espinosa at http://www.rominaespinosa.com - CC BY-SA 3.0: Michael Bay; U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jorge A. Rosales - Public domain: Mark Wahlberg; Raph_PH - CC BY 2.0: Denis Villeneuve; Kevin Payravi - CC BY-SA 4.0: Zoe Saldaña Music: original instrumental tracks generated for this video. All trademarks belong to their owners. #barchartrace #scifi #starwars #startrek #jurassicpark #boxoffice #patrickstewart