Avatar (2009)

Movie budget: $ 183,000,000

Domestic: $ 355,559,216

International: $ 698,744,784

5 - Possibly Woke

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Summary: Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.

Release Date: December 16, 2022

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: James Cameron

Writers: James Cameron

, Rick Jaffa

, Amanda Silver

Runtime: 3 h 12 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: 20th Century Studios, TSG Entertainment, Lightstorm Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Avatar

Movie budget: $ 350,000,000

Domestic: $ 684,075,767

International: $ 1,636,174,514

4 - Possibly Woke

Ready Player One (2018)

Summary: When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world.

Release Date: March 29, 2018

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Zak Penn

, Ernest Cline

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Amblin Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, De Line Pictures, Farah Films & Management, Reliance Entertainment, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC)

Distributor: Warner Bros., Amazon Prime Video, Cartoon Network, HBO Max

Countries: United States, India

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 175,000,000

Domestic: $ 137,715,350

International: $ 469,558,784

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Summary: A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising.

Release Date: August 05, 2011

Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Director: Rupert Wyatt

Writers: Rick Jaffa

, Amanda Silver

, Pierre Boulle

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, Chernin Entertainment, Ingenious Media, Big Screen Productions, Ingenious Film Partners, Dune Entertainment III

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Home Box Office (HBO)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Language: English

Franchise: Planet of the Apes

Movie budget: $ 93,000,000

Domestic: $ 176,760,185

International: $ 305,040,688

I, Robot (2004)

Summary: In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.

Release Date: July 16, 2004

Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Director: Alex Proyas

Writers: Jeff Vintar

, Akiva Goldsman

, Isaac Asimov

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Mediastream Vierte Film GmbH & Co. Vermarktungs KG, Davis Entertainment, Laurence Mark Productions, Overbrook Entertainment, Mediastream Vierte Film GmbH & Co. Vermarktungs KG, Canlaws Productions

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 120,000,000

Domestic: $ 144,801,023

International: $ 208,332,875

Maleficent (2014)

Summary: A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child could be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land.

Release Date: May 30, 2014

Genres: Action, Adventure, Family

Director: Robert Stromberg

Writers: Linda Woolverton

, Charles Perrault

, Milt Banta

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Jolie Pas, Roth Films, Walt Disney Pictures

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney+, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 180,000,000

Domestic: $ 241,410,378

International: $ 518,443,307

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Summary: Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.

Release Date: July 08, 2022

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Taika Waititi

Writers: Taika Waititi

, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

, Stan Lee

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Marvel Studios, Disney Studios Australia, Walt Disney Pictures

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Countries: Australia, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Movie budget: $ 250,000,000

Domestic: $ 343,256,830

International: $ 417,671,251

The Little Mermaid (2023)

Summary: A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.

Release Date: May 26, 2023

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: Rob Marshall

Writers: David Magee

, Rob Marshall

, John DeLuca

, Hans Christian Andersen

, John Musker

Runtime: 2 h 15 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions, Marc Platt Productions

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 250,000,000

Domestic: $ 298,172,056

International: $ 271,454,233

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Summary: A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.

Release Date: March 17, 2017

Genres: Family, Musical, Fantasy

Director: Bill Condon

Writers: Stephen Chbosky

, Evan Spiliotopoulos

, Linda Woolverton

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Mandeville Films, Walt Disney Pictures

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 160,000,000

Domestic: $ 504,481,165

International: $ 761,634,799

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

Summary: A scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms.

Release Date: July 11, 2001

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime

Directors: Hironobu Sakaguchi

, Motonori Sakakibara

Writers: Hironobu Sakaguchi

, Al Reinert

, Jeff Vintar

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Columbia Pictures, Chris Lee Productions, Square Company

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Sci-Fi Channel

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 137,000,000

Domestic: $ 32,131,830

International: $ 53,000,000

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Summary: Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.

Release Date: May 25, 2007

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Gore Verbinski

Writers: Ted Elliott

, Terry Rossio

, Stuart Beattie

Runtime: 2 h 49 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Second Mate Productions

Distributor: Starz, USA Network, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Pirates of the Caribbean

Movie budget: $ 300,000,000

Domestic: $ 309,420,425

International: $ 652,270,784

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Summary: A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.

Release Date: December 14, 2012

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: Fran Walsh

, Philippa Boyens

, Peter Jackson

Runtime: 2 h 49 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), New Line Cinema, WingNut Films

Distributor: Warner Bros., Fathom Events

Countries: New Zealand, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Middle Earth

Movie budget: $ 180,000,000

Domestic: $ 303,030,651

International: $ 714,000,000

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Summary: The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.

Release Date: December 13, 2013

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: Fran Walsh

, Philippa Boyens

, Peter Jackson

Runtime: 2 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), New Line Cinema, WingNut Films

Distributor: Embracer Group, HBO Max, HBO Zone, KVH Media Group, New Line Home Video, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), TNT

Countries: New Zealand, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Middle Earth

Movie budget: $ 225,000,000

Domestic: $ 258,387,334

International: $ 700,640,658

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Summary: Alice is appointed to save her beloved Mad Hatter from deadly grief by travelling back to the past, but this means fatally harming Time himself, the noble clockwork man with the device needed to save the Hatter's family from the R...

Release Date: May 27, 2016

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: James Bobin

Writers: Linda Woolverton

, Lewis Carroll

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Roth Films, Team Todd, Prime Focus

Distributor: Disney+, Cartoon Network

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 170,000,000

Domestic: $ 77,041,381

International: $ 222,779,417

War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

Summary: After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.

Release Date: July 14, 2017

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Matt Reeves

Writers: Mark Bomback

, Matt Reeves

, Rick Jaffa

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Chernin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, KVH Media Group

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Planet of the Apes

Movie budget: $ 150,000,000

Domestic: $ 146,880,162

International: $ 343,839,601

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

Summary: Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

Release Date: October 18, 2019

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: Joachim Rønning

Writers: Linda Woolverton

, Noah Harpster

, Micah Fitzerman-Blue

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Roth Films, Jolie Pas, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit

Countries: United Kingdom, Canada, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 185,000,000

Domestic: $ 113,929,605

International: $ 377,800,484

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Summary: A young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away.

Release Date: March 11, 2011

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation

Director: Simon Wells

Writers: Simon Wells

, Wendy Wells

, Berkeley Breathed

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, ImageMovers Digital, FortyFour Studios, ImageMovers

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Disney Channel, Discovery Family Channel, Freeform, Disney+

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 150,000,000

Domestic: $ 21,392,758

International: $ 17,840,920

Paul (2011)

Summary: Two English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.

Release Date: March 18, 2011

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Greg Mottola

Writers: Simon Pegg

, Nick Frost

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Working Title Films

Distributor: Universal Pictures, HBO Max, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,412,945

International: $ 60,571,070