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

Rank Film Worldwide gross Year
1 It $702,781,748 2017 [1] [2]
2 The Sixth Sense $672,806,292 1999 [3] [4]
3 I Am Legend $585,532,684 2007 [5] [6]
4 World War Z $540,007,876 2013 [7] [8]
5 $528,583,774 2018 [9] [10]
6 Jaws $483,655,893 1975 [11] [12]
7 Hotel Transylvania 2 $475,186,976 2015 [13] [14]
8 It Chapter Two $473,093,228 2019 [15] [16]
9 The Exorcist $428,824,083 1973 [17] [18]
10 Signs $408,250,578 2002 [19] [20]
11 Prometheus $403,354,469 2012 [21] [22]
12 Hotel Transylvania $378,119,469 2012 [23] [24]
13 The Nun $366,082,797 2018 [25] [26]
14 Hannibal $351,692,268 2001 [27] [28]
15 A Quiet Place $340,955,294 2018 [29] [30]
16 The Conjuring 2 $322,811,702 2016 [31]
17 The Conjuring $320,415,166 2013 [32]
18 $314,101,190 2017 [33]
19 $306,592,201 2017 [34]
20 Van Helsing $300,157,638 2004 [35] [36]
21 $300,228,084 2010 [37]
22 A Quiet Place Part II $297,372,261 2020 [38] [39]
23 Five Nights at Freddy's $297,144,130 2023 [40] [41]
24 Split $278,754,594 2017 [42] [43]
25 Scary Movie $278,019,771 2000 [44] [45]
26 The Silence of the Lambs $275,726,716 1991 [46] [47]
27 The Nun II $269,467,073 2023 [48] [49]
28 $261,097,581 2024 [50] [51]
29 The Village $257,641,634 2004 [52] [53]
30 Annabelle $257,589,952 2014 [54]
31 Us $256,022,707 2019 [55] [56]
32 Halloween $255,485,178 2018 [57] [58]
33 Get Out $255,407,969 2017 [59] [60]
34 The Ring $249,348,933 2002 [61] [62]
35 The Blair Witch Project $248,639,099 1999 [63] [64]
36 Dark Shadows $245,564,215 2012 [65] [66]
37 $240,647,629 2017 [67] [68]
38 $240,004,424 2012 [69]
39 Annabelle Comes Home $231,252,591 2019 [70] [71]
40 Constantine $230,884,728 2005 [72] [73]
41 Interview with the Vampire $223,664,608 1994 [74] [75]
42 Scary Movie 3 $220,673,217 2003 [76] [77]
43 Smile $217,408,513 2022 [78] [79]
44 Bram Stoker's Dracula $215,862,692 1992 [80] [81]
45 The Others$210,002,906 2001 [82] [83]
46 Jaws 2$208,900,376 1978 [84] [85]
47 Sleepy Hollow$207,068,340 1999 [86] [87]
48 Paranormal Activity 3$207,039,844 2011 [88] [89]
49 $206,431,050 2021 [90] [91]
50 Paranormal Activity$194,183,034 2007 [92] [93]

Highest-grossing horror films by year

Year Film Worldwide gross
Frankenstein $12,001,435 [94] [95]
Doctor X $594,000 [96]
Mystery of the Wax Museum $1,100,000
The Black Cat $236,000 [97]
Bride of Frankenstein $2,000,000
The Walking Dead $300,000 [98]
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You'll Find Out $1,000,000 [99]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde $2,300,000 [100]
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The Invisible Man's Revenge $1,669,226 [101]
The Picture of Dorian Gray $2,370,000 [102]
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein $3,200,000 [103]
Mahal ₹1.45 crore [104]
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The Thing from Another World $1,950,000 [105]
The Black Castle $1,300,000
House of Wax $23,750,000 [106]
Creature from the Black Lagoon $1,300,000
It Came from Beneath the Sea $1,700,000 [107]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers $3,000,000
The Curse of Frankenstein $8,000,000 [108]
Macabre $5,000,000 [109]
House on Haunted Hill $2,500,000 [110]
Psycho $50,000,000 [111]
The Pit and the Pendulum $2,000,000 [112]
Tales of Terror $1,500,000 [113]
The Birds $11,436,929 [114]
Strait-Jacket $2,195,195 [115]
Repulsion $3,100,000 [116]
Queen of Blood $17,300,000 [117]
Berserk! $3,195,000 [118]
Rosemary's Baby $33,396,740 [119]
Eye of the Cat $1,200,000 [120]
House of Dark Shadows $1,836,000 [121]
Willard $14,545,941 [122]
Deliverance $46,122,355 [123]
The Exorcist $428,824,083
Young Frankenstein $86,273,333 [124]
Jaws $483,655,893
The Omen $60,922,980 [125]
$30,749,142 [126]
Jaws 2 $208,900,376
Alien $203,626,500 [127]
Friday the 13th $59,800,000 [128]
An American Werewolf In London $61,973,249 [129]
Poltergeist $121,706,019 [130]
Jaws 3-D $87,987,055 [131] [132]
Gremlins$212,000,000 [133] [134]
Day of the Dead $34,004,262 [135]
Aliens $183,300,764 [136]
Predator $98,268,458 [137]
$49,369,899
Pet Sematary $57,469,467 [138]
Misery $61,276,872 [139]
The Silence of the Lambs $275,726,716 [140]
Bram Stoker's Dracula $215,862,692
Hocus Pocus $39,514,713 [141]
Interview with the Vampire $223,664,608
Species $113,354,449 [142]
Scream $173,046,663 [143]
Scream 2 $172,363,301 [144]
$75,041,738 [145]
The Sixth Sense $672,806,292
Scary Movie $278,019,771
Hannibal $351,692,268
Signs $408,250,578
Scary Movie 3 $220,673,217 [146]
The Grudge $187,281,115 [147] [148]
Constantine $230,884,728
Scary Movie 4 $178,262,620 [149]
I Am Legend $585,532,684
Saw V $118,209,778 [150] [151]
Paranormal Activity $194,183,034 [152]
$300,228,084
Paranormal Activity 3 $207,039,844
Prometheus $403,354,469
World War Z $540,007,876
Annabelle $257,589,952
Hotel Transylvania 2 $475,186,976
The Conjuring 2 $322,811,702
It $702,781,748
$528,583,774
It Chapter Two $473,093,228
A Quiet Place Part II $297,372,261
$206,431,050 [153]
Smile $217,408,513 [154] [155]
Five Nights at Freddy's $297,144,130
$261,097,581

Timeline of highest-grossing horror films

TitleEstablishedRecord-setting grossRef
Ingagi1930$4,000,000
Bride of Frankenstein1936$4,400,000
Cat People1942$8,900,000
House of Wax1953$23,800,000
Psycho1960$24,900,000
Rosemary's Baby1968$33,396,740
The Exorcist1973$428,824,083
The Sixth Sense1999$672,806,292
It2017$702,781,748

By tickets sold

The following is a list of horror films which sold more than 25 million tickets.

FilmYearKnown ticket sales Territories with known ticket sales dataNotes
The Exorcist1973214,900,000Worldwide
The Sixth Sense1999103,747,446Worldwide[156]
Gremlins198444,100,000U.S. + Canada[157]
Psycho196041,500,000U.S. + Canada
House of Wax195339,700,000U.S. + Canada
Signs200238,200,000U.S. + Canada
I Am Legend200736,900,000U.S. + Canada
It201736,500,000U.S. + Canada
Jaws 2197835,000,000U.S. + Canada
The Curse of Frankenstein195734,800,000U.S. + Canada
The Amityville Horror197934,400,000U.S. + Canada
Cat People194233,000,000U.S. + Canada
Alien197931,800,000U.S. + Canada
The Silence of the Lambs199131,000,000U.S. + Canada
What Lies Beneath200030,600,000U.S. + Canada
The Omen197628,500,000U.S. + Canada
The Blair Witch Project199927,700,000U.S. + Canada
Poltergeist198226,200,000U.S. + Canada
Rosemary's Baby196825,400,000U.S. + Canada
Interview with the Vampire199425,200,000U.S. + Canada

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

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