The Movie Timeline - here's looking at movies, kid
Communication with the Lima Project is lost (Neptune - Ad Astra)
Collapse of several Earth-based national governments spurs creation of CCB. (Elysium)
Weyland Industries stops being Worldwide Olympic Partner and official (Prometheus)
MedPod 2000 finds cure for cancer. (Elysium)
CCB replaces US as top purchaser of Armadyne security robots. (Elysium)
UN officials refuse to acknowledge robot civilisation Zero One as a sovereign nation, causing a trade blockade and then war - possibly, probably not though. (The Matrix Reloaded)
First citizens emigrate from Earth to Elysium. (Elysium)
Armadyne begins powering Elysium torus. (Elysium)
Zero One robot community survives a nuclear attack, and retaliates against humans - or it doesn't. (The Matrix Reloaded)
First human born on Elysium. (Elysium)
The global human population is 65,775,531,402. (Elysium)
Human military leaders try to block the sun to prevent robots gaining energy; the plan backfires and the atmosphere is destroyed - if it's all happening anyway. (The Matrix Revolutions)
Machines take over human armies and try to harness human bio-electricity to replace the sun's energy - or not. (The Matrix Revolutions)
Machines create the Matrix, a dream-like world set in 1999, to extend the lives of the comatose human batteries - or this happens centuries later. (The Matrix Revolutions)
Armadyne's Moreault invents Applied Matter Transfer Technologies. (Elysium)
3rd May: An energy surge produced by the Lima Project, stationed just outside of Neptune, wreaks havoc on Earth, the Moon and Mars (Solar System - Ad Astra)
29th May: After his briefing and being told he will be sent to the Moon and then onto Mars, Roy McBride boards a rocket to the Moon (Ad Astra)
535,430 crimes are reported on Earth. (Elysium)
The global human population is 7,066,051,818. (Elysium)
Parole Bots interview citizens as part of the Elysium Citizenship Initiative. (Elysium)
'The One' learns he can manipulate the Matrix world through thought, and escapes to the underground human stronghold of Zion - or something else happens. (The Matrix Revolutions)
Captain Reardon becomes captain of the Axiom. (aboard the Axiom, somewhere in space - Wall-E)
The global human population is 74,162,599,914. (Elysium)
A message is sent from the CEO of Buy N Large that the effort to clean up Earth has failed. He issued Directive A 113 to tell Auto Pilot not to return to Earth. (Wall-E)
Elysium awards CCB security contract to Armadyne. (Elysium)
War, disease and famine are all gone by this time. (Star Trek: First Contact)
Carlyle awarded Humanitarian Award for SABRE Cerebral Defense system. (Elysium)
The Nostromo answers a distress call on planet LV-426 to devastating consequences. (Alien)
The global human population is 82,549,668,426. (Elysium)
Pinhead the cenobite is summoned to the space station Minos for a last confrontation with the descendant of the man who created the puzzlebox. (Space Station Minos - Hellraiser: Bloodline)
The crew of the space ship Palomino stumbles upon the long, lost ship Cygnus, at the edge of a black hole. (The Black Hole)
The global human population is 90,936,736,938. (Elysium)
18th September: A Fabricant tries to rebel against consumers. (Seoul, South Korea - Cloud Atlas)
Jake Sully's brother starts training to prepare for a mission on Pandora. (Earth - Avatar)
Doom. (Doom)
The global human population is 99,323,805,450. (Elysium)
Jake's brother is murdered. He's asked to take his brother's place on the mission to Pandora since they're so identical. (Earth - Avatar)
28th July: Jake and some marines leave Earth to go to Pandora. (Earth - Avatar)
Doctor Who stops the alien race known as the Daleks from taking over the Earth. (London, England - Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.)
Letsego Dwende becomes Armadyne Chief Financial Officer. (Elysium)
Armadyne profits have increased over the past year. (Elysium)
David awakes from his Lucid Dream after deciding he wanted to live a real life. (Vanilla Sky)
Armadyne profit continues to increase. (Elysium)
Armadyne profit decreases. (Elysium)
Paleo-17 Space Probe lands on planet Tanis. World Population - 24.34 Billion. (Pandorum)
Max Da Costa is exposed to radiation and attempts to get to Elysium. (Los Angeles, California - Elysium)
MedPod 3000 cures last known human disease. (Elysium)
19th May: Jake Sully arrives on Pandora and is shown his avatar for the first time. (Pandora - Avatar)
20th May: Jake meets Neytiri, who takes him to her tribe. (Pandora - Avatar)
21st May: Jake tries to ride Pale. (Pandora - Avatar)
22nd May: Jake is taken to the Hallelujah Mountains. (Pandora - Avatar)
30th May: Jake records a video log. (Pandora - Avatar)
June: Jake continues learning the ways of the Na'vi. (Pandora - Avatar)
29th June: Jake records a video log. (Pandora - Avatar)
July: Dr. Grace Augustine uses her avatar to meet the tribe. (Pandora - Avatar)
13th August: Jake Sully starts showing doubts about reporting in to his military boss about the habits of the Na'vi. (Pandora - Avatar)
14th August: Jake earns his place among the Na'vi and mates with Neytiri. (Pandora - Avatar)
15th August: The RDA destroys Hometree. (Pandora - Avatar)
16th August: Grace dies. (Pandora - Avatar)
17th August: 15 Na'vi clans made up of 2,000 people are united. (Pandora - Avatar)