List of highest-grossing horror films explained
The following page lists the highest-grossing horror films, highest-grossing horror film franchises at the box office and the biggest opening weekends for many horror films. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation.
Highest-grossing horror films
Highest-grossing horror films by year
Timeline of highest-grossing horror films
Title | Established | Record-setting gross | Ref |
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Ingagi | 1930 | $4,000,000 | |
Bride of Frankenstein | 1936 | $4,400,000 | |
Cat People | 1942 | $8,900,000 | |
House of Wax | 1953 | $23,800,000 | |
Psycho | 1960 | $24,900,000 | |
Rosemary's Baby | 1968 | $33,396,740 | |
The Exorcist | 1973 | $428,824,083 | |
The Sixth Sense | 1999 | $672,806,292 | |
It | 2017 | $702,781,748 | | |
By tickets sold
The following is a list of horror films which sold more than 25 million tickets.
Film | Year | Known ticket sales | Territories with known ticket sales data | Notes |
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The Exorcist | 1973 | 214,900,000 | Worldwide | |
The Sixth Sense | 1999 | 103,747,446 | Worldwide | [156] |
Gremlins | 1984 | 44,100,000 | U.S. + Canada | [157] |
Psycho | 1960 | 41,500,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
House of Wax | 1953 | 39,700,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
Signs | 2002 | 38,200,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
I Am Legend | 2007 | 36,900,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
It | 2017 | 36,500,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
Jaws 2 | 1978 | 35,000,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
The Curse of Frankenstein | 1957 | 34,800,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
The Amityville Horror | 1979 | 34,400,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
Cat People | 1942 | 33,000,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
Alien | 1979 | 31,800,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | 31,000,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
What Lies Beneath | 2000 | 30,600,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
The Omen | 1976 | 28,500,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | 27,700,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
Poltergeist | 1982 | 26,200,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
Rosemary's Baby | 1968 | 25,400,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
Interview with the Vampire | 1994 | 25,200,000 | U.S. + Canada | | |
See also
References
External links
Notes and References
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