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.

Highest-grossing horror films

  † Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 3 July 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 $499,156,445 [9][10]
6 Jaws 1975 $495,201,848 [11][12]
7 It Chapter Two 2019 $473,123,154 [13][14]
8 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024 $452,000,435 [15][16]
9 The Mummy Returns 2001 $444,070,026 [17]
10 The Exorcist 1973 $430,872,776 [18][19]
11 The Mummy 1999 $418,373,805 [20]
12 Signs 2002 $408,250,578 [21][22]
13 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 2008 $405,760,673 [23]
14 Prometheus 2012 $403,354,469 [24][25]
15 Obsession † 2026 $372,671,305 [26][27]
16 Sinners 2025 $370,989,632 [28][29]
17 The Nun 2018 $366,082,797 [30][31]
18 Hannibal 2001 $351,692,268 [32][33]
19 Alien: Romulus 2024 $350,865,342 [34][35]
20 A Quiet Place 2018 $340,955,294 [36][37]
21 Backrooms † 2026 $330,098,049 [38][39]
22 The Conjuring 2 2016 $322,811,702 [40][41]
23 The Conjuring 2013 $320,415,166 [42][43]
24 Final Destination Bloodlines 2025 $317,854,739 [44][45]
25 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 2017 $314,101,190 [46][47]
26 Annabelle: Creation 2017 $306,592,201 [48][49]
27 Resident Evil: Afterlife 2010 $300,228,084 [50][51]
28 Van Helsing 2004 $300,157,638 [52][53]
29 A Quiet Place Part II 2020 $297,372,261 [54][55]
30 Five Nights at Freddy's 2023 $297,144,130 [56][57]
31 What Lies Beneath 2000 $291,420,351 [58][59]
32 Split 2017 $278,754,594 [60][61]
33 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 $275,726,716 [62][63]
34 Weapons 2025 $269,972,492 [64][65]
35 The Nun II 2023 $269,467,073 [66][67]
36 A Quiet Place: Day One 2024 $261,907,653 [68][69]
37 Halloween 2018 $259,939,869 [70][71]
38 The Village 2004 $257,641,634 [72][73]
39 Annabelle 2014 $257,589,952 [74][75]
40 Us 2019 $256,071,218 [76][77]
41 Get Out 2017 $255,751,443 [78][79]
42 The Ring 2002 $249,348,933 [80][81]
43 The Blair Witch Project 1999 $248,639,099 [82][83]
44 Dark Shadows 2012 $245,564,215 [84][85]
45 Alien: Covenant 2017 $240,892,187 [86][87]
46 Resident Evil: Retribution 2012 $240,647,629 [88][89]
47 Five Nights at Freddy's 2 2025 $239,502,619 [90][91]
48 Annabelle Comes Home 2019 $231,252,591 [92][93]
49 Constantine 2005 $230,884,728 [94][95]
50 Interview with the Vampire 1994 $223,664,608 [96][97]
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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 [104][unreliable source?]
1936 Bride of Frankenstein $4,400,000 [104][unreliable source?]
1942 Cat People $8,900,000 [104][unreliable source?]
1953 House of Wax $23,800,000 [104][unreliable source?]
1960 Psycho $24,900,000 [104][unreliable source?]
1968 Rosemary's Baby $33,397,492 [105]
1973 The Exorcist $430,872,776 [18][19]
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 [106][107]
The Exorcist 1973 214,900,000 Worldwide [106]
The Sixth Sense 1999 103,747,446 Worldwide [108]
The Conjuring 2 2016 64,200,000 Worldwide [109]
Annabelle Creation 2017 60,000,000 Worldwide [110]
The Mummy Returns 2001 59,593,152 Worldwide [111]
The Mummy 1999 56,775,420 Worldwide [112]
House of Wax 1953 50,531,900 United States and Canada [113]
Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds 1977 49,400,000 Japan and Soviet Union [114][115][116]
Gremlins 1984 45,513,700 United States and Canada [113]
The Conjuring: Last Rites 2025 42,800,000 Worldwide [117]
Psycho 1960 42,666,700 United States and Canada [113]
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 2008 40,040,712 Worldwide [118]
Signs 2002 39,233,600 United States and Canada [113]
I Am Legend 2007 36,724,000
It 2017 36,508,600
Annabelle Comes Home 2019 35,200,000 Worldwide [119]
Jaws 2 1978 34,718,800 United States and Canada [113]
The Curse of Frankenstein 1957 34,800,000 United States and Canada [120][unreliable source?]
The Amityville Horror 1979 34,435,100 United States and Canada [113]
Cat People 1942 33,000,000 United States and Canada [120][unreliable source?]
Alien 1979 31,885,000 United States and Canada [113]
The Silence of the Lambs 1991 31,055,300
The Conjuring 2013 30,900,000 Worldwide [121]
What Lies Beneath 2000 28,841,900 United States and Canada [113]
The Omen 1976 28,602,300
Rosemary's Baby 1968 28,470,288 United States and France [122]
Annabelle 2014 27,900,000 Worldwide [123]
The Blair Witch Project 1999 27,665,200 United States and Canada [113]
Poltergeist 1982 26,226,800
Interview with the Vampire 1994 25,127,600 United States and Canada [113]
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Highest-grossing films by year

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Year Film Worldwide gross Ref
1931Frankenstein$12,001,435[124][125]
1932Doctor X$594,000[126][better source needed]
1933Mystery of the Wax Museum$1,100,000[126][better source needed]
1934The Black Cat$236,000[127]
1935Bride of Frankenstein$2,000,000[120][unreliable source?]
1936The Walking Dead$300,000[128]
1937N/A
1938N/A
1939N/A
1940The Invisible Man Returns$815,000[citation needed]
1941Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde$2,300,000[129]
1942Cat People$8,000,000[130]
1943Phantom of the Opera$1,600,000[citation needed]
1944The Invisible Man's Revenge$1,669,226[131][unreliable source?]
1945The Picture of Dorian Gray$2,370,000[129][132]
1946The Spiral Staircase$2,800,000[citation needed]
1947??
1948Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein$3,200,000[133]
1949Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff$1,850,000[citation needed]
1950??
1951The Thing from Another World$1,950,000[134]
1952The Black Castle$1,300,000[citation needed]
1953House of Wax$23,750,000[135]
1954Them!$2,200,000[citation needed]
1955It Came from Beneath the Sea$1,700,000[136]
1956Invasion of the Body Snatchers$3,000,000[citation needed]
1957The Curse of Frankenstein$8,000,000[137]
1958Macabre$5,000,000[138]
1959House on Haunted Hill$2,500,000[139]
1960Psycho$50,000,000[140]
1961The Pit and the Pendulum$2,000,000[141]
1962Tales of Terror$1,500,000[142]
1963The Birds$11,436,929[143]
1964Strait-Jacket$2,195,195[144]
1965Repulsion$3,100,000[145]
1966Queen of Blood$17,300,000[146]
1967Berserk!$3,195,000[147]
1968Rosemary's Baby$33,397,492[105]
1969Eye of the Cat$1,200,000[148]
1970House of Dark Shadows$1,836,000[149]
1971Willard$14,545,941[150]
1972The Last House on the Left$3,100,000[151]
1973The Exorcist$430,872,776[18][19]
1974The Texas Chain Saw Massacre$30,918,230[152]
1975Jaws$495,201,848[11]
1976The Omen$60,922,980[153]
1977Exorcist II: The Heretic$30,749,142[154][155]
1978Jaws 2$208,900,376[156][157]
1979Alien$188,034,787[158][159]
1980Friday the 13th$59,800,000[160]
1981An American Werewolf In London$61,973,249[161]
1982Poltergeist$121,706,019[162]
1983Jaws 3-D$87,987,055[163][164]
1984Gremlins$153,642,180[165]
1985Day of the Dead$34,004,262[166]
1986Aliens$183,291,893[167][168]
1987Predator$98,268,458[169][170]
1988A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master$49,369,899[171][172]
1989Pet Sematary$57,469,467[173]
1990Flatliners$61,489,638[174]
1991The Silence of the Lambs$275,726,716[62][63]
1992Bram Stoker's Dracula$215,862,692[175]
1993Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday$15,935,068[176]
1994Interview with the Vampire$223,664,608[97]
1995Species$113,354,449[177]
1996Scream$173,046,663[178][179]
1997Scream 2$172,363,301[180][181]
1998Blade$131,237,688[182]
1999The Sixth Sense$672,806,292[3][4]
2000What Lies Beneath$291,420,351[58][59]
2001The Mummy Returns$444,070,026[17]
2002Signs$408,250,578[21][22]
2003Gothika$141,591,324[183][184]
2004The Grudge$187,281,115[185][186]
2005Constantine$230,884,728[94]
2006Saw III$164,874,275[187][188]
2007I Am Legend$585,532,684[5][6]
2008The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor$405,760,225[23]
2009Paranormal Activity$194,183,034[189][190]
2010Resident Evil: Afterlife$300,228,084[50][51]
2011Paranormal Activity 3$207,039,844[191]
2012Prometheus$403,354,469[24][25]
2013World War Z$540,007,876[7][8]
2014Annabelle$257,589,952[74][75]
2015Insidious: Chapter 3$120,453,155[192]
2016The Conjuring 2$322,811,702[40][41]
2017It$704,242,888[1][2]
2018The Nun$366,050,119[30][31]
2019It Chapter Two$473,123,154[13][14]
2020A Quiet Place Part II$297,372,261[54][55]
2021The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It$206,431,050[193][194]
2022Smile$217,408,513[195][196]
2023Five Nights at Freddy's$297,144,130[56][57]
2024Alien: Romulus$350,865,342[34][35]
2025The Conjuring: Last Rites$499,156,445[9][10]
2026Obsession †$372,671,305[26][27]
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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

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