List of highest grossing horror films

The following page lists the highest-grossing horror films of all time, the highest-grossing horror film franchises at the box office and the biggest opening weekends for horror films. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation.

Contents

• 1Top 50 highest-grossing horror films at the worldwide box office
• 2Top 25 highest-grossing horror film franchises and film series
• 3Highest-grossing horror films by year
• 4See also
• 5Notes
• 6References
• 7External links

Top 50 highest-grossing horror films at the worldwide box office[edit]

   Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 27 November 2020 in theaters around the world.

Rank	Film	Worldwide gross	Year	Franchise or basis	Studio	Ref
1	It	$700,381,748	2017	It	New Line Cinema	[1]
2	The Sixth Sense	$672,806,292	1999	N/A	Hollywood Pictures	[2]
3	War of the Worlds	$591,745,540	2005	The War of the Worlds	Amblin Entertainment	[3]
4	I Am Legend	$585,349,010	2007	I Am Legend	Village Roadshow Pictures	[4]
5	World War Z	$540,007,876	2013	World War Z	Skydance Productions	[5]
6	The Meg	$530,243,742	2018	The Meg	Warner Bros. Pictures	[6]
7	Godzilla	$529,076,069	2014	Godzilla	Legendary Pictures	[7]
8	It Chapter Two	$473,093,228	2019	It	Warner Bros. Pictures	[8]
9	Jaws	$470,653,000	1975	Jaws	Universal Pictures	[9]
10	The Exorcist	$441,306,145	1973	The Exorcist	Hoya Productions	[10]
11	The Mummy Returns	$433,013,274	2001	The Mummy	Universal Pictures	[11]
12	The Mummy	$415,933,406	1999			[12]
13	The Mummy	$409,231,607	2017			[13]
14	Signs	$408,247,917	2002	N/A	Blinding Edge Pictures	[14]
15	Prometheus	$403,354,469	2012	Alien	Scott Free Productions	[15]
16	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	$401,128,639	2008	The Mummy	Universal Pictures	[16]
17	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	$385,900,138	2019	Godzilla	Legendary Pictures	[17]
18	Godzilla	$379,014,294	1998		Centropolis Entertainment	[18]
19	The Nun	$365,550,119	2018	The Conjuring Universe	New Line Cinema	[19]
20	Hannibal	$351,692,268	2001	Hannibal Lecter	Dino De Laurentiis Company	[20]
21	A Quiet Place	$340,939,361	2018	N/A	Platinum Dunes	[21]
22	The Conjuring 2	$320,392,818	2016	The Conjuring Universe	New Line Cinema	[19]
23	The Conjuring	$319,494,638	2013			[19]
24	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	$312,242,626	2017	Resident Evil	Constantin Film	[22]
25	Annabelle: Creation	$306,515,884	2017	The Conjuring Universe	New Line Cinema	[19]
26	Van Helsing	$300,257,475	2004	Dracula	Sommers Company / Stillking Films	[23]
27	Resident Evil: Afterlife	$300,228,084	2010	Resident Evil	Constantin Film	[24]
28	Shutter Island	$294,804,195	2010	Shutter Island	Phoenix Pictures	[25]
29	Split	$278,454,358	2017	Unbreakable	Blinding Edge Pictures	[26]
30	Scary Movie	$278,019,771	2000	Scary Movie	Dimension Films	[27]
31	The Silence of the Lambs	$272,742,922	1991	Clarice Starling	Strong Heart/Demme Production	[28]
32	Annabelle	$257,047,661	2014	The Conjuring Universe	New Line Cinema	[19]
33	The Village	$256,697,520	2004	N/A	Blinding Edge Pictures	[29]
34	Halloween	$255,498,536	2018	Halloween	Blumhouse Productions	[30]
35	Get Out	$255,407,663	2017	N/A	Blumhouse Productions	[31]
36	Us	$254,732,150	2019	N/A	Monkeypaw Productions	[32]
37	The Blair Witch Project	$248,639,099	1999	Blair Witch	Haxan Films	[33]
38	The Ring	$248,218,486	2002	The Ring	DreamWorks Pictures	[34]
39	Unbreakable	$248,118,121	2000	Unbreakable	Blinding Edge Pictures	[35]
40	Glass	$246,985,576	2019			[36]
41	Dark Shadows	$245,527,149	2012	Dark Shadows	Village Roadshow Pictures	[37]
42	Alien: Covenant	$240,891,763	2017	Alien	20th Century Fox	[38]
43	Resident Evil: Retribution	$240,004,424	2012	Resident Evil	Constantin Film	[39]
44	Constantine	$230,884,728	2005	Hellblazer	Warner Bros. Pictures	[40]
45	Annabelle Comes Home	$228,552,591	2019	The Conjuring Universe	New Line Cinema	[41]
46	Interview with the Vampire	$223,664,608	1994	The Vampire Chronicles	The Geffen Film Company	[42]
47	Scary Movie 3	$220,673,217	2003	Scary Movie	Dimension Films	[43]
48	Dracula Untold	$217,124,280	2014	Dracula	Universal Pictures	[44]
49	Bram Stoker's Dracula	$215,862,692	1992		American Zoetrope	[45]
50	End of Days	$211,989,043	1999	N/A	Beacon Pictures	[46]

Top 25 highest-grossing horror film franchises and film series[edit]

 indicates that at least one film in the series is playing in the week commencing 27 November 2020.

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

1 showGodzilla $2,129,206,697 35 $60,834,477 Godzilla (2014) ($529,076,069)

2 showThe Conjuring Universe $1,919,687,450 7 $274,241,064 The Nun ($365,550,119)

3 showThe Mummy $1,824,640,106 5 $364,928,021 The Mummy Returns ($433,013,274)

4 showAlien $1,653,812,293 8 $206,726,537 Prometheus ($403,354,469)

5 showMonsterVerseS $1,482,329,019 3 $494,109,673 Godzilla ($529,076,069)

6 showResident Evil $1,237,686,980 9 $137,520,776 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter ($312,257,250)

7 showIt $1,173,474,976 2 $586,737,488 It ($700,381,748)

8 showSaw $976,272,768[54] 8 $122,034,096 Saw III ($164,874,275)

9 showHannibal $924,422,301 5 $184,884,460 Hannibal ($351,692,268)

10 showScary Movie $896,555,030 5 $179,311,006 Scary Movie ($278,019,771)

11 showDracula $891,973,763 15 $59,464,918 Van Helsing ($300,157,638)

12 showParanormal Activity $890,533,646[55] 6 $148,422,274 Paranormal Activity 3 ($207,039,844)

13 showJaws $819,421,444 4 $204,855,361 Jaws ($470,653,000)

14 showUnbreakable $773,558,055 3 $257,852,685 Split ($278,454,358)

15 showPredator $744,593,166 6 $124,098,861 Alien VS Predator ($172,544,654)

16 showFinal Destination $665,080,639 5 $133,016,128 The Final Destination ($186,167,139)

17 showThe Ring $654,610,579 11 $59,510,053 The Ring ($249,348,933)

18 showHalloween $620,527,025 11 $56,411,548 Halloween ($253,688,035)

19 showScream $604,382,926[80] 4 $151,095,732 Scream ($173,046,663)

20 showI Am Legend $589,349,010 2 $294,674,505 I Am Legend ($585,349,010)

21 showThe Exorcist $589,331,619 5 $117,866,324 The Exorcist ($441,306,145)

22 showA Nightmare on Elm Street $541,221,132 9 $60,135,681 A Nightmare on Elm Street ($115,664,037)

23 showInsidious $539,400,520 4 $134,850,130 The Last Key ($167,488,153)

24 showUnderworld $539,340,405 5 $107,868,081 Underworld: Awakening ($160,112,671)

25 showFriday the 13th $466,530,709 12 $38,877,559 Freddy vs. Jason ($114,908,830)

Highest-grossing horror films by year[edit]

Year	Film	Worldwide gross	Ref
2020	Demon Slayer: Infinity Train	$235,200,000	[86]
2019	It Chapter Two	$473,093,228	[8]
2018	The Meg	$530,243,742	[6]
2017	It	$700,381,748	[1]
2016	The Conjuring 2	$320,392,818	[19]
2015	Goosebumps	$150,170,815	[87]
2014	Godzilla	$529,076,069	[7]
2013	World War Z	$540,007,876	[5]
2012	Prometheus	$403,354,469	[15]
2011	Paranormal Activity 3	$207,039,844	[88]
2010	Shutter Island	$294,804,195	[25]
2009	Paranormal Activity	$194,183,034	[89]
2008	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	$401,128,639	[11]
2007	I Am Legend	$585,349,010	[4]
2006	Scary Movie 4	$178,262,620	[90]
2005	War of the Worlds	$591,745,540	[3]
2004	Van Helsing	$300,257,475	[23]
2003	Scary Movie 3	$220,673,217	[43]
2002	Signs	$408,247,917	[14]
2001	The Mummy Returns	$433,013,274	[11]
2000	Scary Movie	$278,019,771	[27]
1999	The Sixth Sense	$672,806,292	[2]
1998	Godzilla	$379,014,861	[18]
1997	Scream 2	$172,363,301	[91]
1996	Scream	$173,046,663	[92]
1995	Godzilla vs. Destoroyah	$42,000,000	[b]
1994	Interview with the Vampire	$223,664,608	[93]
1993	Hocus Pocus	$39,514,713	[94]
1992	Bram Stoker's Dracula	$215,862,692	[95]
1991	The Silence of the Lambs	$272,742,922	[96]
1990	Misery	$61,276,872	[97]
1989	Pet Sematary	$57,469,467	[98]
1988	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	$49,369,899	[98]
1987	Predator	$98,268,458	[99]
1986	Aliens	$183,300,764	[100]
1985	Day of the Dead	$34,004,262	[101]
1984	Gremlins	$212,000,000
1983	Jaws 3-D	$87,987,055	[102]
1982	Poltergeist	$121,706,019	[103]
1981	An American Werewolf In London	$61,973,249	[104]
1980	Friday the 13th	$59,800,000
1979	Alien	$203,626,500	[105]
1978	Jaws 2	$208,900,376	[106]
1977	Exorcist II: The Heretic	$30,749,142
1976	The Omen	$60,922,980	[98]
1975	Jaws	$470,653,000	[9]
1974	Young Frankenstein	$86,273,333
1973	The Exorcist	$441,306,145
1969–1972	Godzilla films	$20,000,000+ each (average)	[107]
1968	Rosemary's Baby	$33,396,740
1954–1967	Godzilla films	$10,000,000+ each (average)	[108]
1953	House of Wax	$23,750,000	[109]