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.
Rank | Film | Worldwide gross | Year | Ref |
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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 | Jaws | $483,655,893 | 1975 | [9] [10] |
6 | It Chapter Two | $473,093,228 | 2019 | [11] [12] |
7 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | $451,100,435 | 2024 | [13] [14] |
8 | The Exorcist | $430,872,776 | 1973 | [15] [16] |
9 | Signs | $408,250,578 | 2002 | [17] [18] |
10 | Prometheus | $403,354,469 | 2012 | [19] [20] |
11 | The Nun | $366,082,797 | 2018 | [21] [22] |
12 | Hannibal | $351,692,268 | 2001 | [23] [24] |
13 | Alien: Romulus | $350,865,342 | 2024 | [25] [26] |
14 | A Quiet Place | $340,955,294 | 2018 | [27] [28] |
15 | The Conjuring 2 | $322,811,702 | 2016 | [29] [30] |
16 | The Conjuring | $320,415,166 | 2013 | [31] [32] |
17 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | $314,101,190 | 2017 | [33] [34] |
18 | Annabelle: Creation | $306,592,201 | 2017 | [35] [36] |
19 | Van Helsing | $300,157,638 | 2004 | [37] [38] |
20 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $300,228,084 | 2010 | [39] [40] |
21 | A Quiet Place Part II | $297,372,261 | 2020 | [41] [42] |
22 | Five Nights at Freddy's | $297,144,130 | 2023 | [43] [44] |
23 | Split | $278,754,594 | 2017 | [45] [46] |
24 | Scary Movie | $278,019,771 | 2000 | [47] [48] |
25 | The Silence of the Lambs | $275,726,716 | 1991 | [49] [50] |
26 | The Nun II | $269,467,073 | 2023 | [51] [52] |
27 | A Quiet Place: Day One | $261,786,322 | 2024 | [53] [54] |
28 | Halloween | $259,939,869 | 2018 | [55] [56] |
29 | The Village | $257,641,634 | 2004 | [57] [58] |
30 | Annabelle | $257,589,952 | 2014 | [59] [60] |
31 | Us | $256,071,218 | 2019 | [61] [62] |
32 | Get Out | $255,751,443 | 2017 | [63] [64] |
33 | The Ring | $249,348,933 | 2002 | [65] [66] |
34 | The Blair Witch Project | $248,639,099 | 1999 | [67] [68] |
35 | Dark Shadows | $245,564,215 | 2012 | [69] [70] |
36 | Alien: Covenant | $240,892,187 | 2017 | [71] [72] |
37 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $240,647,629 | 2012 | [73] [74] |
38 | Annabelle Comes Home | $231,252,591 | 2019 | [75] [76] |
39 | Constantine | $230,884,728 | 2005 | [77] [78] |
40 | Interview with the Vampire | $223,664,608 | 1994 | [79] [80] |
41 | Scary Movie 3 | $220,673,217 | 2003 | [81] [82] |
42 | Dracula Untold | $220,241,723 | 2014 | [83] [84] |
43 | Smile | $217,408,513 | 2022 | [85] [86] |
44 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | $215,862,692 | 1992 | [87] [88] |
45 | The Others | $210,002,906 | 2001 | [89] [90] |
46 | Jaws 2 | $208,900,376 | 1978 | [91] [92] |
47 | Sleepy Hollow | $207,068,340 | 1999 | [93] [94] |
48 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $207,039,844 | 2011 | [95] [96] |
49 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | $206,431,050 | 2021 | [97] [98] |
50 | Paranormal Activity | $194,183,034 | 2007 | [99] [100] |
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Title | Established | Record-setting gross | Ref |
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Ingagi | 1930 | $4,000,000 | [132] [ unreliable source? ] |
Bride of Frankenstein | 1936 | $4,400,000 | [132] [ unreliable source? ] |
Cat People | 1942 | $8,900,000 | [132] [ unreliable source? ] |
House of Wax | 1953 | $23,800,000 | [132] [ unreliable source? ] |
Psycho | 1960 | $24,900,000 | [132] [ unreliable source? ] |
Rosemary's Baby | 1968 | $33,396,740 | [132] [ unreliable source? ] |
The Exorcist | 1973 | $430,872,776 | [15] [16] |
The Sixth Sense | 1999 | $672,806,292 | [3] [4] |
It | 2017 | $702,781,748 | [1] [2] |
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 [b] | Notes |
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The Exorcist | 1973 | 214,900,000 | Worldwide | [ citation needed ] |
The Sixth Sense | 1999 | 103,747,446 | Worldwide | [178] [ unreliable source? ] |
Gremlins | 1984 | 44,100,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
Psycho | 1960 | 41,500,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
House of Wax | 1953 | 39,700,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
Signs | 2002 | 38,200,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
I Am Legend | 2007 | 36,900,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
It | 2017 | 36,500,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
Jaws 2 | 1978 | 35,000,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
The Curse of Frankenstein | 1957 | 34,800,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
The Amityville Horror | 1979 | 34,400,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
Cat People | 1942 | 33,000,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
Alien | 1979 | 31,800,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | 31,000,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
What Lies Beneath | 2000 | 30,600,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
The Omen | 1976 | 28,500,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | 27,700,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
Poltergeist | 1982 | 26,200,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
Rosemary's Baby | 1968 | 25,400,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
Interview with the Vampire | 1994 | 25,200,000 | U.S. + Canada | [110] [ unreliable source? ] |
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