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.
Rank | Film | Worldwide gross | Year | Ref |
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1 | It | $701,842,551 | 2017 | [1] |
2 | The Sixth Sense | $672,806,292 | 1999 | [2] |
3 | I Am Legend | $585,349,010 | 2007 | [3] |
4 | World War Z | $540,007,876 | 2013 | [4] |
5 | It Chapter Two | $473,093,228 | 2019 | [5] |
6 | The Exorcist | $441,306,145 | 1973 | [6] |
7 | Signs | $408,247,917 | 2002 | [7] |
8 | Prometheus | $403,354,469 | 2012 | [8] |
9 | The Nun | $365,550,119 | 2018 | [9] |
10 | Hannibal | $351,692,268 | 2001 | [10] |
11 | A Quiet Place | $340,952,971 | 2018 | [11] |
12 | The Conjuring 2 | $320,392,818 | 2016 | [9] |
13 | The Conjuring | $319,494,638 | 2013 | [9] |
14 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | $312,242,626 | 2017 | [12] |
15 | Annabelle: Creation | $306,515,884 | 2017 | [9] |
16 | Van Helsing | $300,257,475 | 2004 | [13] |
17 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $300,228,084 | 2010 | [14] |
18 | A Quiet Place Part II | $297,372,261 | 2020 | [15][16] |
19 | Five Nights at Freddy's † | $294,645,154 | 2023 | [17] |
20 | Split | $278,454,358 | 2017 | [18] |
21 | Scary Movie | $278,019,771 | 2000 | [19] |
22 | The Silence of the Lambs | $272,742,922 | 1991 | [20] |
23 | The Nun II † | $269,467,073 | 2023 | [21] |
24 | Halloween | $259,939,835 | 2018 | [22] |
25 | Annabelle | $257,619,282 | 2014 | [9] |
26 | The Village | $256,697,520 | 2004 | [23] |
27 | Us | $256,067,149 | 2019 | [24] |
28 | Get Out | $255,745,157 | 2017 | [25] |
29 | The Blair Witch Project | $248,639,099 | 1999 | [26] |
30 | The Ring | $248,218,486 | 2002 | [27] |
31 | Dark Shadows | $245,527,149 | 2012 | [28] |
32 | Alien: Covenant | $240,891,763 | 2017 | [29] |
33 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $240,004,424 | 2012 | [30] |
34 | Constantine | $230,884,728 | 2005 | [31] |
35 | Annabelle Comes Home | $228,552,591 | 2019 | [32] |
36 | Interview with the Vampire | $223,564,608 | 1994 | [33] |
37 | Scary Movie 3 | $220,673,217 | 2003 | [34] |
38 | Smile | $217,408,513 | 2022 | [35][36] |
39 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | $215,862,692 | 1992 | [37] |
40 | Jaws 2 | $208,900,376 | 1978 | [38] |
41 | The Others | $207,765,056 | 2001 | [39] |
42 | Sleepy Hollow | $207,068,340 | 1999 | [40] |
43 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $207,039,844 | 2011 | [41] |
44 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | $206,431,050 | 2021 | [42] |
45 | Paranormal Activity | $194,183,034 | 2007 | [43] |
46 | Hollow Man | $191,200,000 | 2000 | [44] |
47 | Insidious: The Red Door | $188,785,257 | 2023 | [45][46] |
48 | The Final Destination | $187,384,627 | 2009 | [47] |
49 | The Grudge | $187,281,115 | 2004 | [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.
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Highest-grossing horror films by year
† indicates films playing in the week commencing 12 January 2024 in theaters around the world.
Timeline of highest-grossing horror films
Title | Established | Record-setting gross | Ref |
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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 |
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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 2 See The Ring (franchise) § Box office performance
- ↑ Box office territories for which the film's ticket sales data are currently known
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