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 15 May 2026 in theaters around the world.
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RankFilmWorldwide grossYearRef
1 It $704,242,888 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 The Conjuring: Last Rites $499,156,445 2025 [9][10]
6 Jaws $495,201,848 1975 [11][12]
7 It Chapter Two $473,123,154 2019 [13][14]
8 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice $452,000,435 2024 [15][16]
9 The Exorcist $430,872,776 1973 [17][18]
10 Signs $408,250,578 2002 [19][20]
11 Prometheus $403,354,469 2012 [21][22]
12 Sinners $368,989,632 2025 [23][24]
13 The Nun $366,082,797 2018 [25][26]
14 Hannibal $351,692,268 2001 [27][28]
15 Alien: Romulus $350,865,342 2024 [29][30]
16 A Quiet Place $340,955,294 2018 [31][32]
17 The Conjuring 2 $322,811,702 2016 [33][34]
18 The Conjuring $320,415,166 2013 [35][36]
19 Final Destination Bloodlines $317,854,739 2025 [37][38]
20 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter $314,101,190 2017 [39][40]
21 Annabelle: Creation $306,592,201 2017 [41][42]
22 Resident Evil: Afterlife $300,228,084 2010 [43][44]
23 Van Helsing $300,157,638 2004 [45][46]
24 A Quiet Place Part II $297,372,261 2020 [47][48]
25 Five Nights at Freddy's $297,144,130 2023 [49][50]
26 What Lies Beneath $291,420,351 2000 [51][52]
27 Split $278,754,594 2017 [53][54]
28 The Silence of the Lambs $275,726,716 1991 [55][56]
29 Weapons $269,972,492 2025 [57][58]
30 The Nun II $269,467,073 2023 [59][60]
31 A Quiet Place: Day One $261,907,653 2024 [61][62]
32 Halloween $259,939,869 2018 [63][64]
33 The Village $257,641,634 2004 [65][66]
34 Annabelle $257,589,952 2014 [67][68]
35 Us $256,071,218 2019 [69][70]
36 Get Out $255,751,443 2017 [71][72]
37 The Ring $249,348,933 2002 [73][74]
38 The Blair Witch Project $248,639,099 1999 [75][76]
39 Dark Shadows $245,564,215 2012 [77][78]
40 Alien: Covenant $240,892,187 2017 [79][80]
41 Resident Evil: Retribution $240,647,629 2012 [81][82]
42 Five Nights at Freddy's 2 $239,502,619 2025 [83][84]
43 Annabelle Comes Home $231,252,591 2019 [85][86]
44 Constantine $230,884,728 2005 [87][88]
45 Interview with the Vampire $223,664,608 1994 [89][90]
46 Dracula Untold $220,241,723 2014 [91][92]
47 Smile $217,408,513 2022 [93][94]
48 Bram Stoker's Dracula $215,862,692 1992 [95][96]
49 Scream 7 † $213,835,967 2026 [97][98]
50 The Others $210,002,906 2001 [99][100]
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Highest-grossing horror film franchises and film series

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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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Highest-grossing horror films by year

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YearFilmWorldwide grossRef
1931Frankenstein$12,001,435[106][107]
1932Doctor X$594,000[108][better source needed]
1933Mystery of the Wax Museum$1,100,000[108][better source needed]
1934The Black Cat$236,000[109]
1935Bride of Frankenstein$2,000,000[110][unreliable source?]
1936The Walking Dead$300,000[111]
1937N/A
1938N/A
1939N/A
1940The Invisible Man Returns$815,000[citation needed]
1941Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde$2,300,000[112]
1942Cat People$8,000,000[113]
1943Phantom of the Opera$1,600,000[citation needed]
1944The Invisible Man's Revenge$1,669,226[114][unreliable source?]
1945The Picture of Dorian Gray$2,370,000[112][115]
1946The Spiral Staircase$2,800,000[citation needed]
1947N/A
1948Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein$3,200,000[116]
1949Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff$1,850,000[citation needed]
1950N/A
1951The Thing from Another World$1,950,000[117]
1952The Black Castle$1,300,000[citation needed]
1953House of Wax$23,750,000[118]
1954Them!$2,200,000[citation needed]
1955It Came from Beneath the Sea$1,700,000[119]
1956Invasion of the Body Snatchers$3,000,000[citation needed]
1957The Curse of Frankenstein$8,000,000[120]
1958Macabre$5,000,000[121]
1959House on Haunted Hill$2,500,000[122]
1960Psycho$50,000,000[123]
1961The Pit and the Pendulum$2,000,000[124]
1962Tales of Terror$1,500,000[125]
1963The Birds$11,436,929[126]
1964Strait-Jacket$2,195,195[127]
1965Repulsion$3,100,000[128][unreliable source?]
1966Queen of Blood$17,300,000[129]
1967Berserk!$3,195,000[130]
1968Rosemary's Baby$33,396,740[131][unreliable source?]
1969Eye of the Cat$1,200,000[132]
1970House of Dark Shadows$1,836,000[133]
1971Willard$14,545,941[134][incomplete short citation]
1972The Last House on the Left$3,100,000[135]
1973The Exorcist$430,872,776[17][18]
1974The Texas Chain Saw Massacre$30,918,230[136]
1975Jaws$495,201,848[11]
1976The Omen$60,922,980[137]
1977Exorcist II: The Heretic$30,749,142[138][139]
1978Jaws 2$208,900,376[140][141]
1979Alien$188,034,787[142][143]
1980Friday the 13th$59,800,000[144]
1981An American Werewolf In London$61,973,249[145]
1982Poltergeist$121,706,019[146]
1983Jaws 3-D$87,987,055[147][148]
1984Gremlins$153,642,180[149]
1985Day of the Dead$34,004,262[150]
1986Aliens$183,291,893[151][152]
1987Predator$98,268,458[153][154]
1988A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master$49,369,899[155][156]
1989Pet Sematary$57,469,467[157]
1990Flatliners$61,489,638[158]
1991The Silence of the Lambs$275,726,716[55][56]
1992Bram Stoker's Dracula$215,862,692[96]
1993Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday$15,935,068[159]
1994Interview with the Vampire$223,664,608[90]
1995Species$113,354,449[160]
1996Scream$173,046,663[161][162]
1997Scream 2$172,363,301[163][164]
1998Blade$131,237,688[165]
1999The Sixth Sense$672,806,292[3][4]
2000What Lies Beneath$291,420,351[51][52]
2001Hannibal$351,692,268[27][28]
2002Signs$408,250,578[19][20]
2003Gothika$141,591,324[166][167]
2004The Grudge$187,281,115[168][169]
2005Constantine$230,884,728[87]
2006Saw III$164,874,275[170][171]
2007I Am Legend$585,532,684[5][6]
2008Cloverfield$172,394,180[172][173]
2009Paranormal Activity$194,183,034[174][175]
2010Resident Evil: Afterlife$300,228,084[43][44]
2011Paranormal Activity 3$207,039,844[176]
2012Prometheus$403,354,469[21][22]
2013World War Z$540,007,876[7][8]
2014Annabelle$257,589,952[67][68]
2015Insidious: Chapter 3$120,453,155[177]
2016The Conjuring 2$322,811,702[33][34]
2017It$704,242,888[1][2]
2018The Nun$366,050,119[25][26]
2019It Chapter Two$473,123,154[13][14]
2020A Quiet Place Part II$297,372,261[47][48]
2021The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It$206,431,050[178][179]
2022Smile$217,408,513[180][181]
2023Five Nights at Freddy's$297,144,130[49][50]
2024Alien: Romulus$350,865,342[29][30]
2025The Conjuring: Last Rites$499,156,445[9][10]
2026Scream 7 †$213,835,967[182][183]
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Timeline of highest-grossing horror films

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Title Established Record-setting gross Ref
Ingagi 1930 $4,000,000 [131][unreliable source?]
Bride of Frankenstein 1936 $4,400,000 [131][unreliable source?]
Cat People 1942 $8,900,000 [131][unreliable source?]
House of Wax 1953 $23,800,000 [131][unreliable source?]
Psycho 1960 $24,900,000 [131][unreliable source?]
Rosemary's Baby 1968 $33,396,740 [131][unreliable source?]
The Exorcist 1973 $430,872,776 [17][18]
The Sixth Sense 1999 $672,806,292 [3][4]
It 2017 $704,242,888 [1][2]
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By tickets sold

The following is a list of horror films which sold more than 25 million tickets.

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Film Year Known ticket sales (est.) Territories with known ticket sales data[b] Notes
The Exorcist 1973 214,900,000 Worldwide [citation needed]
The Sixth Sense 1999 103,747,446 Worldwide [184][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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See also

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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