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

 indicates films playing in the week commencing 12 January 2024 in theaters around the world.
RankFilmWorldwide grossYearRef
1It$701,842,5512017[1]
2The Sixth Sense$672,806,2921999[2]
3I Am Legend$585,349,0102007[3]
4World War Z$540,007,8762013[4]
5It Chapter Two$473,093,2282019[5]
6The Exorcist$441,306,1451973[6]
7Signs$408,247,9172002[7]
8Prometheus$403,354,4692012[8]
9The Nun$365,550,1192018[9]
10Hannibal$351,692,2682001[10]
11A Quiet Place$340,952,9712018[11]
12The Conjuring 2$320,392,8182016[9]
13The Conjuring$319,494,6382013[9]
14Resident Evil: The Final Chapter$312,242,6262017[12]
15Annabelle: Creation$306,515,8842017[9]
16Van Helsing$300,257,4752004[13]
17Resident Evil: Afterlife$300,228,0842010[14]
18A Quiet Place Part II$297,372,2612020[15][16]
19Five Nights at Freddy's $294,645,1542023[17]
20Split$278,454,3582017[18]
21Scary Movie$278,019,7712000[19]
22The Silence of the Lambs$272,742,9221991[20]
23The Nun II $269,467,0732023[21]
24Halloween$259,939,8352018[22]
25Annabelle$257,619,2822014[9]
26The Village$256,697,5202004[23]
27Us$256,067,1492019[24]
28Get Out$255,745,1572017[25]
29The Blair Witch Project$248,639,0991999[26]
30The Ring$248,218,4862002[27]
31Dark Shadows$245,527,1492012[28]
32Alien: Covenant$240,891,7632017[29]
33Resident Evil: Retribution$240,004,4242012[30]
34Constantine$230,884,7282005[31]
35Annabelle Comes Home$228,552,5912019[32]
36Interview with the Vampire$223,564,6081994[33]
37Scary Movie 3$220,673,2172003[34]
38Smile$217,408,5132022[35][36]
39Bram Stoker's Dracula$215,862,6921992[37]
40Jaws 2$208,900,3761978[38]
41The Others$207,765,0562001[39]
42Sleepy Hollow$207,068,3401999[40]
43Paranormal Activity 3$207,039,8442011[41]
44The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It$206,431,0502021[42]
45Paranormal Activity$194,183,0342007[43]
46Hollow Man$191,200,0002000[44]
47Insidious: The Red Door$188,785,2572023[45][46]
48The Final Destination$187,384,6272009[47]
49The Grudge$187,281,1152004[48]

Highest-grossing horror film franchises and film series

 indicates that at least one film in the series is playing in the week commencing 12 January 2024.
Highest-grossing horror film franchises and film series (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")
Rank Series Total worldwide box office No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

Highest-grossing horror films by year

 indicates films playing in the week commencing 12 January 2024 in theaters around the world.
YearFilmWorldwide grossRef
1931Frankenstein$12,001,420[88]
1932Doctor X$594,000[89]
1933Mystery of the Wax Museum$1,100,000[89]
1934The Black Cat$236,000[90]
1935Bride of Frankenstein$2,000,000[91]
1936The Walking Dead$300,000[92]
1937TBD
1938TBD
1939TBD
1940You'll Find Out$1,000,000[93]
1941Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde$2,300,000[94]
1942TBD
1943TBD
1944The Invisible Man's Revenge$1,669,226[95]
1945The Picture of Dorian Gray$2,370,000[94][96]
1946TBD
1947TBD
1948Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein$3,200,000[97]
1949Mahal₹1.45 crore[98]
1950TBD
1951The Thing from Another World$1,950,000[99]
1952The Black Castle$1,300,000
1953House of Wax$23,750,000[100]
1954Creature from the Black Lagoon$1,300,000
1955It Came from Beneath the Sea$1,700,000[101]
1956Invasion of the Body Snatchers$3,000,000
1957The Curse of Frankenstein$8,000,000[102]
1958Macabre$5,000,000[103]
1959House on Haunted Hill$2,500,000[104]
1960Psycho$50,000,000[105]
1961The Pit and the Pendulum$2,000,000[106]
1962Tales of Terror$1,500,000[107]
1963The Birds$11,436,929[108]
1964Strait-Jacket$2,195,195[109]
1965Repulsion$3,100,000[110]
1966Queen of Blood$17,300,000[111]
1967Berserk!$3,195,000[112]
1968Rosemary's Baby$33,396,740[113]
1969Eye of the Cat$1,200,000[114]
1970House of Dark Shadows$1,836,000[115]
1971Willard$14,545,941[116]
1972Deliverance$46,122,355[117]
1973The Exorcist$441,306,145[6]
1974Young Frankenstein$86,273,333[118]
1975The Rocky Horror Picture Show$115,309,023[119]
1976The Omen$60,922,980[120]
1977Exorcist II: The Heretic$30,749,142[121]
1978Jaws 2$208,900,376[122]
1979Alien$203,626,500[123]
1980Friday the 13th$59,800,000[124]
1981An American Werewolf In London$61,973,249[125]
1982Poltergeist$121,706,019[126]
1983Jaws 3-D$87,987,055[127]
1984Gremlins$212,000,000[128][129]
1985Day of the Dead$34,004,262[130]
1986Aliens$183,300,764[131]
1987Predator$98,268,458[132]
1988A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master$49,369,899[133]
1989Pet Sematary$57,469,467[133]
1990Misery$61,276,872[134]
1991The Silence of the Lambs$272,742,922[135]
1992Bram Stoker's Dracula$215,862,692[37]
1993Hocus Pocus$39,514,713[136]
1994Interview with the Vampire$223,664,608[33]
1995Species$113,354,449[137]
1996Scream$173,046,663[138]
1997Scream 2$172,363,301[139]
1998Halloween: H20$75,041,738[140]
1999The Sixth Sense$672,806,292[2]
2000Scary Movie$278,019,771[19]
2001Hannibal$351,692,268[10]
2002Signs$408,247,917[7]
2003Scary Movie 3$220,673,217[141]
2004The Grudge$187,281,115[142]
2005Constantine$230,884,728[31]
2006Scary Movie 4$178,262,620[143]
2007I Am Legend$585,349,010[3]
2008Saw V$118,209,778[144][145]
2009Paranormal Activity$194,183,034[146]
2010Resident Evil: Afterlife$300,228,084[14]
2011Paranormal Activity 3$207,039,844[41]
2012Prometheus$403,354,469[8]
2013World War Z$540,007,876[4]
2014Annabelle$256,862,920[9]
2015Goosebumps$150,170,815[147]
2016The Conjuring 2$320,392,818[9]
2017It$700,381,748[1]
2018The Nun$365,550,119[9]
2019It Chapter Two$473,093,228[5]
2020A Quiet Place Part II$297,372,261[15][16]
2021The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It$206,431,050[148]
2022Smile$217,408,513[149][150]
2023Five Nights at Freddy's$293,105,489[17]

Timeline of highest-grossing horror films

Title Established Record-setting gross Ref
Ingagi 1930 $4,000,000 [113]
Bride of Frankenstein 1936 $4,400,000 [113]
Cat People 1942 $8,900,000 [113]
House of Wax 1953 $23,800,000 [113]
Psycho 1960 $24,900,000 [113]
Rosemary's Baby 1968 $33,396,740 [113]
The Exorcist 1973 $441,306,145 [6]
The Sixth Sense 1999 $672,806,292 [2]
It 2017 $700,381,748 [5]

By tickets sold

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

Film Year Known ticket sales (est.) Territories with known ticket sales data[lower-alpha 2] Notes
The Exorcist 1973 214,900,000 Worldwide
The Sixth Sense 1999 103,747,446 Worldwide [151]
Gremlins 1984 44,100,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
Psycho 1960 41,500,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
House of Wax 1953 39,700,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
Signs 2002 38,200,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
I Am Legend 2007 36,900,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
It 2017 36,500,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
Jaws 2 1978 35,000,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
The Curse of Frankenstein 1957 34,800,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
The Amityville Horror 1979 34,400,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
Cat People 1942 33,000,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
Alien 1979 31,800,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
The Silence of the Lambs 1991 31,000,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
What Lies Beneath 2000 30,600,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
The Omen 1976 28,500,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
The Blair Witch Project 1999 27,700,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
Poltergeist 1982 26,200,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
Rosemary's Baby 1968 25,400,000 U.S. + Canada [91]
Interview with the Vampire 1994 25,200,000 U.S. + Canada [91]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 See The Ring (franchise) § Box office performance
  2. Box office territories for which the film's ticket sales data are currently known

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