| Rank | Title | Release Date | Budget | Domestic Revenue | Revenue / Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arrival | 2016-11-10 | $47M | $102M | 2.17 |
| 2 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977-12-14 | $20M | $3.1M | 0.16 |
| 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982-06-11 | $11M | $2.03M | 0.19 |
| 4 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968-04-02 | $12M | $1.28M | 0.11 |
| 5 | The Abyss | 1989-08-09 | $70M | $520.1K | 0.01 |