The Definitive List of the Most Popular Science-Fiction Films on Social Media, Ever

From the 1958 classic The Blob right through to the genre-defining Star Wars trilogies and now to 2013’s special effects extravaganza Pacific Rim, the science-fiction genre is undoubtedly one of the most popular film genres. We’re so excited about Pacific Rim that we got nostalgic and decided to take a look at the most popular science-fiction films in the world!

From the 1958 classic The Blob right through to the genre-defining Star Wars trilogies and now to 2013’s special effects extravaganza Pacific Rim, the science-fiction genre is undoubtedly one of the most popular film genres. We’re so excited about Pacific Rim that we got nostalgic and decided to take a look at the most popular science-fiction films in the world!

The most highly anticipated science-fiction release of the summer, Pacific Rim is already more popular than Tom Cruise’s Spring blockbuster Oblivion and the upcoming epic, Elysium – with over 200,000 more Facebook fans than the other two films.

We took inspiration from the glitziest award shows in the world and sorted the films into categories, then worked out who was top in each – what we found was very interesting.

Best Animation

Monsters vs Aliens is the most popular sci-fi animation ever with nearly 2million Facebook likes – that’s the same number as half of what the film made at the box office during its opening weekend in the UK.

Best TV Show

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