List of highest-grossing horror films

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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. The list generally does not include giant monster films, which are instead on the list of highest-grossing science fiction films.

Highest-grossing horror films

  † Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 7 August 2026 in theaters around the world.
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RankFilmYearWorldwide grossRef
1 It 2017 $719,766,009 [1][2]
2 The Sixth Sense 1999 $672,806,292 [3][4]
3 I Am Legend 2007 $585,532,684 [5][6]
4 World War Z 2013 $540,007,876 [7][8]
5 The Conjuring: Last Rites 2025 $499,256,445 [9][10]
6 Jaws 1975 $495,201,848 [11][12]
7 Obsession † 2026 $475,073,760 [13][14]
8 It Chapter Two 2019 $473,123,154 [15][16]
9 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024 $452,000,435 [17][18]
10 The Exorcist 1973 $430,872,776 [19][20]
11 Signs 2002 $408,250,578 [21][22]
12 Prometheus 2012 $403,354,469 [23][24]
13 Backrooms † 2026 $395,126,101 [25][26]
14 Sinners 2025 $370,989,632 [27][28]
15 The Nun 2018 $366,082,797 [29][30]
16 Hannibal 2001 $351,692,268 [31][32]
17 Alien: Romulus 2024 $350,865,342 [33][34]
18 A Quiet Place 2018 $340,955,294 [35][36]
19 The Conjuring 2 2016 $322,811,702 [37][38]
20 The Conjuring 2013 $320,415,166 [39][40]
21 Final Destination Bloodlines 2025 $317,854,739 [41][42]
22 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 2017 $314,101,190 [43][44]
23 Annabelle: Creation 2017 $306,592,201 [45][46]
24 Resident Evil: Afterlife 2010 $300,228,084 [47][48]
25 Van Helsing 2004 $300,157,638 [49][50]
26 A Quiet Place Part II 2020 $297,372,261 [51][52]
27 Five Nights at Freddy's 2023 $297,144,130 [53][54]
28 What Lies Beneath 2000 $291,420,351 [55][56]
29 Split 2017 $278,754,594 [57][58]
30 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 $275,726,716 [59][60]
31 Weapons 2025 $270,072,492 [61][62]
32 The Nun II 2023 $269,467,073 [63][64]
33 A Quiet Place: Day One 2024 $261,907,653 [65][66]
34 Halloween 2018 $259,939,869 [67][68]
35 The Village 2004 $257,641,634 [69][70]
36 Annabelle 2014 $257,589,952 [71][72]
37 Us 2019 $256,071,218 [73][74]
38 Get Out 2017 $255,751,443 [75][76]
39 The Ring 2002 $249,348,933 [77][78]
40 The Blair Witch Project 1999 $248,639,099 [79][80]
41 Dark Shadows 2012 $245,564,215 [81][82]
42 Alien: Covenant 2017 $240,892,187 [83][84]
43 Resident Evil: Retribution 2012 $240,647,629 [85][86]
44 Five Nights at Freddy's 2 2025 $239,502,619 [87][88]
45 Annabelle Comes Home 2019 $231,252,591 [89][90]
46 Constantine 2005 $230,912,116 [91][92]
47 Interview with the Vampire 1994 $223,664,608 [93][94]
48 Dracula Untold 2014 $220,241,723 [95][96]
49 Smile 2022 $217,408,513 [97][98]
50 Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 $215,862,692 [99][100]
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Highest-grossing film franchises

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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
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Timeline of highest-grossing films

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Year Title Record-setting gross Ref
1930 Ingagi $4,000,000 [106]
1931 Frankenstein $12,000,000 [107]
1953 House of Wax $23,750,000 [108]
1960 Psycho $32,192,459 [109]
1968 Rosemary's Baby $33,397,492 [110]
1972 Psycho $50,000,000 [111]
1973 The Exorcist $88,500,000 [112]
1974 $193,005,820 [19]
1999 $430,872,776 [19][20]
1999 The Sixth Sense $672,806,292 [3][4]
2017 It $704,242,888 [1][2]
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Box office ticket sales

The following is a list of horror films which sold more than 25 million tickets at the worldwide box office.

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Film Year Tickets (est.) Territories included[b] Ref
Jaws 1975 243,277,230 Worldwide [113][114]
The Exorcist 1973 214,900,000 Worldwide [113]
It 2017 137,100,000 Worldwide [115]
The Sixth Sense 1999 114,488,893 Americas, Europe, Australia, Japan, Korea [c]
It Chapter Two 2019 72,600,000 Worldwide [124]
I Am Legend 2007 65,480,980 USA, Brazil, Europe, Russia, Japan, Korea [d]
The Conjuring 2 2016 64,200,000 Worldwide [130]
Signs 2002 61,795,921 USA, Europe, Brazil, Japan, South Korea [e]
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 2017 61,100,000 Worldwide [137]
Gremlins 1984 61,010,552 United States and Europe [138][139][140]
Annabelle Creation 2017 60,000,000 Worldwide [141]
House of Wax 1953 55,377,000 United States, France, Spain [142][143]
World War Z 2013 52,500,000 Worldwide [144]
Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds 1977 49,400,000 Japan and Soviet Union [145][146][147]
Young Frankenstein 1974 45,647,300 United States and Canada [148]
The Conjuring: Last Rites 2025 42,800,000 Worldwide [149]
Psycho 1960 42,666,700 United States and Canada [148]
Obsession † 2026 37,763,013 Americas, Europe, Russia, Middle East, China [f]
Annabelle Comes Home 2019 35,200,000 Worldwide [170]
Jaws 2 1978 34,718,800 United States and Canada [148]
The Amityville Horror 1979 34,435,100 United States and Canada [148]
Frankenstein 1931 34,000,000 United States and Canada [107][171]
Madhumati 1958 32,500,000 India [172]
Alien 1979 31,885,000 United States and Canada [148]
The Silence of the Lambs 1991 31,055,300
The Conjuring 2013 30,900,000 Worldwide [173]
Cat People 1942 30,000,000 Worldwide [174][171]
What Lies Beneath 2000 28,841,900 United States and Canada [148]
The Omen 1976 28,602,300
Rosemary's Baby 1968 28,470,288 United States and France [175]
Resident Evil: Retribution 2012 28,200,000 Worldwide [176]
Annabelle 2014 27,900,000 Worldwide [177]
The Blair Witch Project 1999 27,665,200 United States and Canada [148]
Poltergeist 1982 26,226,800
Interview with the Vampire 1994 25,127,600 United States and Canada [148]
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Highest-grossing films by year

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Year Film Worldwide gross Ref
1930 Ingagi $4,000,000 [106]
1931Frankenstein$12,007,423[107]
1932Doctor X$594,000[178]
1933Mystery of the Wax Museum$1,106,000[178][better source needed]
1934The Black Cat$236,000[179]
1935Bride of Frankenstein$2,000,000[180]
1936The Walking Dead$300,000[181]
1937 ? ?
1938 ? ?
1939 ? ?
1940The Invisible Man Returns$815,000[182]
1941Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde$2,300,000[183]
1942Cat People$8,000,000[174]
1943Phantom of the Opera$1,600,000[184]
1944The Invisible Man's Revenge$765,700[185]
1945The Picture of Dorian Gray$2,370,000[183][186]
1946The Spiral Staircase$2,800,000[187]
1947??
1948Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein$3,200,000[188]
1949Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff$1,850,000[189][190]
1950??
1951The Thing from Another World$1,950,000[191]
1952The Black Castle$1,300,000[citation needed]
1953House of Wax$23,750,522[108]
1954Them!$2,200,000[citation needed]
1955It Came from Beneath the Sea$1,700,000[192]
1956Invasion of the Body Snatchers$3,000,000[citation needed]
1957The Curse of Frankenstein$8,000,000[193]
1958Madhumati$8,400,000[194]
1959House on Haunted Hill$2,500,000[195]
1960Psycho$50,000,000[111]
1961The Pit and the Pendulum$2,000,000[196]
1962Bees Saal Baad$6,300,000[197]
1963The Birds$11,436,929[198]
1964Strait-Jacket$2,195,195[199]
1965Repulsion$3,100,000[200]
1966Queen of Blood$17,300,000[201]
1967Berserk!$3,195,000[202]
1968Rosemary's Baby$33,397,492[110]
1969Eye of the Cat$1,200,000[203]
1970House of Dark Shadows$1,836,000[204]
1971Willard$14,545,941[205]
1972The Last House on the Left$3,100,000[206]
1973The Exorcist$430,872,776[19][20]
1974Young Frankenstein$86,438,832[207]
1975Jaws$495,201,848[11]
1976The Omen$60,922,980[208]
1977Exorcist II: The Heretic$30,749,142[209][210]
1978Jaws 2$208,900,376[211][212]
1979Alien$188,034,787[213][214]
1980Friday the 13th$59,800,000[215]
1981An American Werewolf In London$61,973,249[216]
1982Poltergeist$121,706,019[217]
1983Jaws 3-D$87,987,055[218][219]
1984Gremlins$153,642,180[220]
1985Day of the Dead$34,004,262[221]
1986Aliens$183,291,893[222][223]
1987Predator$98,268,458[224][225]
1988A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master$49,369,899[226][227]
1989Pet Sematary$57,469,467[228]
1990Flatliners$61,489,638[229]
1991The Silence of the Lambs$275,726,716[59][60]
1992Bram Stoker's Dracula$215,862,692[100]
1993Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday$15,935,068[230]
1994Interview with the Vampire$223,664,608[94]
1995Species$113,354,449[231]
1996Scream$173,046,663[232][233]
1997Scream 2$172,363,301[234][235]
1998Blade$131,237,688[236]
1999The Sixth Sense$672,806,292[3][4]
2000What Lies Beneath$291,420,351[55][56]
2001Hannibal$351,692,268[31][32]
2002Signs$408,250,578[21][22]
2003Gothika$141,591,324[237][238]
2004The Grudge$187,281,115[239][240]
2005Constantine$230,884,728[91]
2006Saw III$164,874,275[241][242]
2007I Am Legend$585,532,684[5][6]
2008Cloverfield$172,394,180[243][244]
2009Paranormal Activity$194,183,034[245][246]
2010Resident Evil: Afterlife$300,228,084[47][48]
2011Paranormal Activity 3$207,039,844[247]
2012Prometheus$403,354,469[23][24]
2013World War Z$540,007,876[7][8]
2014Annabelle$257,589,952[71][72]
2015Insidious: Chapter 3$120,453,155[248]
2016The Conjuring 2$322,811,702[37][38]
2017It$704,242,888[1][2]
2018The Nun$366,050,119[29][30]
2019It Chapter Two$473,123,154[15][16]
2020A Quiet Place Part II$297,372,261[51][52]
2021The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It$206,431,050[249][250]
2022Smile$217,408,513[251][252]
2023Five Nights at Freddy's$297,144,130[53][54]
2024Beetlejuice Beetlejuice$452,000,435[17][18]
2025The Conjuring: Last Rites$499,156,445[9][10]
2026Obsession †$475,073,760[13][14]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    See The Ring (franchise) § Box office performance
  2. [b]
    Box office territories for which the film's ticket sales data are currently known
  3. [c]
    The Sixth Sense admissions:
    • United States – 57,800,000[116]
    • Argentina, Australia, Brazil – 10,495,647[117]
    • Germany, Spain, Italy – 13,671,308[118]
    • France – 7,800,000[119]
    • Other European countries – 16,424,177[120]
    • Japan – 7,500,000[121][122]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 797,761[123]
  4. [d]
    I Am Legend admissions:
    • United States – 37,759,000[125]
    • Brazil and Russia – 3,591,683[126]
    • France – 3,000,000[127]
    • Other European countries – 15,070,072[128]
    • Japan – 3,600,000[129][122]
    • South Korea – 2,460,225[123]
  5. [e]
    Signs admissions:
    • United States – 39,440,000[131]
    • France and Germany – 4,550,741[132]
    • United Kingdom – 3,700,000[133]
    • Other European countries – 8,302,186[134]
    • Brazil – 2,709,138[135]
    • Japan – 2,800,000[136][122]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 293,856[123]
  6. [f]
    Obsession admissions:
    • United States – 23,113,000[150]
    • Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain – 5,858,271[151]
    • United Kingdom – 2,400,000[152]
    • Mexico – 2,020,000[153]
    • China – 868,687[154]
    • Poland – 550,000[155]
    • Turkey – 548,016[156]
    • Saudi Arabia – 518,000[157]
    • Argentina – 404,529[158]
    • United Arab Emirates – 377,225[159]
    • Greece – 255,719[160]
    • Czech Republic – 160,235[161]
    • Portugal – 147,230[162]
    • Norway – 120,236[163]
    • Romania – 98,716[164]
    • Switzerland – 86,507[165]
    • Hungary – 76,022[166]
    • Finland – 66,155[167]
    • Bulgaria – 49,725[168]
    • Slovakia – 44,740[169]

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