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 16 June 2023 in theaters around the world.
Rank Film Worldwide gross Year Ref
1 It $700,381,759 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 Split $278,454,358 2017 [17]
20 Scary Movie $278,019,771 2000 [18]
21 The Silence of the Lambs $272,742,922 1991 [19]
22 Annabelle $257,047,661 2014 [9]
23 The Village $256,697,520 2004 [20]
24 Us $256,067,149 2019 [21]
25 Halloween $255,498,536 2018 [22]
26 Get Out $255,745,157 2017 [23]
27 The Blair Witch Project $248,639,099 1999 [24]
28 The Ring $248,218,486 2002 [25]
29 Dark Shadows $245,527,149 2012 [26]
30 Alien: Covenant $240,891,763 2017 [27]
31 Resident Evil: Retribution $240,004,424 2012 [28]
32 Constantine $230,884,728 2005 [29]
33 Annabelle Comes Home $228,552,591 2019 [30]
34 Interview with the Vampire $223,564,608 1994 [31]
35 Scary Movie 3 $220,673,217 2003 [32]
36 Smile $217,408,513 2022 [33][34]
37 Bram Stoker's Dracula $215,862,692 1992 [35]
38 Jaws 2 $208,900,376 1978 [36]
39 The Others $207,765,056 2001 [37]
40 Sleepy Hollow $207,068,340 1999 [38]
41 Paranormal Activity 3 $207,039,844 2011 [39]
42 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It $206,431,050 2021 [40]
43 Paranormal Activity $194,183,034 2007 [41]
44 Hollow Man $191,200,000 2000 [42]
45 The Final Destination $187,384,627 2009 [43]
46 The Grudge $187,281,115 2004 [44]
47 Alien $184,655,794 1979 [45]
48 Aliens $183,300,764 1986 [46]
49 The Haunting $180,188,905 1999 [47]

Highest-grossing horror film franchises and film series

† indicates that at least one film in the series is playing in the week commencing 16 June 2023.
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 16 June 2023 in theaters around the world.
Year Film Worldwide gross Ref
1931 Frankenstein $12,001,420 [83]
1932 Doctor X $594,000 [84]
1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum $1,100,000 [84]
1934 The Black Cat $236,000 [85]
1935 Bride of Frankenstein $2,000,000
1936 The Walking Dead $300.000 [86]
1937 TBD
1938 TBD
1939 TBD
1940 You'll Find Out $1,000,000 [87]
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde $2,300,000 [88]
1942 TBD
1943 TBD
1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge $765,700
1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray $2,370,000 [88][89]
1946 TBD
1947 TBD
1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein $3,200,000 [90]
1949 Mahal ₹1.45 crore [91]
1950 TBD
1951 The Thing from Another World $1,950,000 [92]
1952 The Black Castle $1,300,000
1953 House of Wax $23,750,000 [93]
1954 Creature from the Black Lagoon $1,300,000
1955 It Came from Beneath the Sea $1,700,000 [94]
1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers $3,000,000
1957 The Curse of Frankenstein $8,000,000 [95]
1958 Macabre $5,000,000 [96]
1959 House on Haunted Hill $2,500,000 [97]
1960 Psycho $50,000,000 [98]
1961 The Pit and the Pendulum $2,000,000 [99]
1962 Tales of Terror $1,500,000 [100]
1963 The Birds $11,436,929 [101]
1964 Strait-Jacket $2,195,195 [102]
1965 Repulsion $3,100,000 [103]
1966 Queen of Blood $17,300,000 [104]
1967 Berserk! $3,195,000 [105]
1968 Rosemary's Baby $33,396,740
1969 Eye of the Cat $1,200,000 [106]
1970 House of Dark Shadows $1,836,000 [107]
1971 Willard $14,545,941 [108]
1972 Deliverance $46,122,355 [109]
1973 The Exorcist $441,306,145
1974 Young Frankenstein $86,273,333 [110]
1975 Jaws $470,653,000 [66]
1976 The Omen $60,922,980 [111]
1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic $30,749,142
1978 Jaws 2 $208,900,376 [112]
1979 Alien $203,626,500 [113]
1980 Friday the 13th $59,800,000 [114]
1981 An American Werewolf In London $61,973,249 [115]
1982 Poltergeist $121,706,019 [116]
1983 Jaws 3-D $87,987,055 [117]
1984 Gremlins $212,000,000 [118][119]
1985 Day of the Dead $34,004,262 [120]
1986 Aliens $183,300,764 [121]
1987 Predator $98,268,458 [122]
1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master $49,369,899 [123]
1989 Pet Sematary $57,469,467 [123]
1990 Misery $61,276,872 [124]
1991 The Silence of the Lambs $272,742,922 [125]
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula $215,862,692 [35]
1993 Hocus Pocus $39,514,713 [126]
1994 Interview with the Vampire $223,664,608 [31]
1995 Species $113,354,449
1996 Scream $173,046,663 [127]
1997 Scream 2 $172,363,301 [128]
1998 Halloween: H20 $75,041,738 [129]
1999 The Sixth Sense $672,806,292 [2]
2000 Scary Movie $278,019,771 [18]
2001 Hannibal $351,692,268 [10]
2002 Signs $408,247,917 [7]
2003 Scary Movie 3 $220,673,217 [130]
2004 The Grudge $187,281,115 [131]
2005 Constantine $230,884,728 [29]
2006 Scary Movie 4 $178,262,620 [132]
2007 I Am Legend $585,349,010 [3]
2008 Saw V $118,209,778 [133][134]
2009 Paranormal Activity $194,183,034 [135]
2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife $300,228,084 [14]
2011 Paranormal Activity 3 $207,039,844 [39]
2012 Prometheus $403,354,469 [8]
2013 World War Z $540,007,876 [4]
2014 Annabelle $256,862,920 [9]
2015 Goosebumps $150,170,815 [136]
2016 The Conjuring 2 $320,392,818 [9]
2017 It $700,381,748 [1]
2018 The Nun $365,550,119 [9]
2019 It Chapter Two $473,093,228 [5]
2020 A Quiet Place Part II $297,372,261 [15][16]
2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It $206,431,050 [137]
2022 Smile $217,408,513 [138][139]
2023 M3GAN $176,833,606 [140][141]

Timeline of highest-grossing horror films

Title Established Record-setting gross Ref
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 1 million tickets.

Film Year Known ticket sales (est.) Territories with known ticket sales data[b] Notes
Jaws 1975 242,800,000 Worldwide [citation needed]
The Exorcist 1973 214,900,000 Worldwide [citation needed]
The Sixth Sense 1999 103,747,446 Worldwide [142]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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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