The following page lists the highest-grossing horror films and highest-grossing horror film franchises at the box office. 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
Rank Film Year Worldwide gross 1It 2017 $719,766,009 2The Sixth Sense 1999 $672,806,292 3I Am Legend 2007 $585,532,684 4World War Z 2013 $540,007,876 5Obsession 2026 $520,006,715 6The Conjuring: Last Rites 2025 $499,256,445 7Jaws 1975 $ 8It Chapter Two 2019 $473,123,154 9Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024 $452,000,435 10The Exorcist 1973 $430,872,776 11Signs 2002 $408,250,578 12 Prometheus 2012 $403,354,469 13Backrooms 2026 $400,685,080 14Sinners 2025 $371,568,759 15The Nun 2018 $366,082,797 16Hannibal 2001 $351,692,268 17Alien: Romulus 2024 $350,865,342 18A Quiet Place 2018 $340,955,294 19The Conjuring 2 2016 $322,811,702 20The Conjuring 2013 $320,415,166 21Final Destination Bloodlines 2025 $317,854,739 22Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 2017 $314,101,190 23Annabelle: Creation 2017 $306,592,201 24Resident Evil: Afterlife 2010 $300,228,084 25Van Helsing 2004 $300,157,638 26A Quiet Place Part II 2020 $297,372,261 27Five Nights at Freddy's 2023 $297,144,130 28What Lies Beneath 2000 $291,420,351 29Split 2017 $278,754,594 30The Silence of the Lambs 1991 $275,726,716 31Weapons 2025 $270,072,492 32The Nun II 2023 $269,467,073 33A Quiet Place: Day One 2024 $261,907,653 34Halloween 2018 $259,939,869 35The Village 2004 $257,641,634 36Annabelle 2014 $257,589,952 37Us 2019 $256,071,218 38Get Out 2017 $255,751,443 39The Ring 2002 $249,348,933 40The Blair Witch Project 1999 $248,639,099 41Resident Evil 2026 $247,641,828 https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Resident-Evil-(2026)https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt35538033/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 42Dark Shadows 2012 $245,564,215 43Alien: Covenant 2017 $240,892,187 44Resident Evil: Retribution 2012 $240,647,629 45Five Nights at Freddy's 2 2025 $239,502,619 46Annabelle Comes Home 2019 $231,252,591 47Constantine 2005 $230,912,116 48Interview with the Vampire 1994 $223,664,608 49Dracula Untold 2014 $220,241,723 50Smile 2022 $217,408,513
Highest-grossing film franchises
+ Highest-grossing horror film franchises and film series+
Timeline of highest-grossing films Year Title Record-setting gross 1930 Ingagi $4,000,000 1931 Frankenstein $12,000,000 1953 House of Wax $23,750,0001960 Psycho $32,192,459 1968 Rosemary's Baby $33,397,4921972 Psycho $50,000,0001973 The Exorcist $88,500,000 1974 $193,005,820 1999$430,872,776 1999 The Sixth Sense $672,806,292 2017 It $704,242,888
Box office ticket sales The following is a list of horror films which sold more than 25 million tickets at the worldwide box office.
Film Year Tickets () Territories included Jaws1975243,277,230WorldwideThe Exorcist1973214,900,000WorldwideIt2017137,100,000WorldwideThe Sixth Sense1999Americas, Europe, Australia, Japan, KoreaIt Chapter Two201972,600,000WorldwideI Am Legend2007USA, Brazil, Europe, Russia, Japan, KoreaThe Conjuring 2201664,200,000WorldwideSigns2002USA, Europe, Brazil, Japan, South KoreaResident Evil: The Final Chapter201761,100,000WorldwideGremlins1984United States and EuropeAnnabelle Creation201760,000,000WorldwideHouse of Wax1953United States, France, SpainWorld War Z201352,500,000WorldwideLegend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds1977Japan and Soviet UnionYoung Frankenstein197445,647,300United States and CanadaThe Conjuring: Last Rites202542,800,000WorldwidePsycho196042,666,700United States and CanadaObsession †2026Americas, Europe, Russia, Middle East, ChinaAnnabelle Comes Home201935,200,000WorldwideJaws 2197834,718,800United States and CanadaThe Amityville Horror197934,435,100United States and CanadaFrankenstein1931United States and CanadaMadhumati195832,500,000IndiaAlien197931,885,000United States and CanadaThe Silence of the Lambs199131,055,300The Conjuring201330,900,000WorldwideCat People1942WorldwideWhat Lies Beneath200028,841,900United States and CanadaThe Omen197628,602,300Rosemary's Baby196828,470,288United States and FranceResident Evil: Retribution201228,200,000WorldwideAnnabelle201427,900,000WorldwideThe Blair Witch Project199927,665,200United States and CanadaPoltergeist198226,226,800Interview with the Vampire199425,127,600United States and Canada
Highest-grossing films by year Year Film Worldwide gross 1930Ingagi$4,000,000 1931 Frankenstein $12,007,423 1932 Doctor X $594,000 Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 13 1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum $1,106,000 1934 The Black Cat $236,000 Jacobs, Stephen (2011) Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press. p. 155 1935 Bride of Frankenstein $2,000,000 Curtis, James (1998). James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters, p. 251. Boston, Faber and Faber. . 1936 The Walking Dead $300,000 Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press 2011 p 192-193 1937 1938 1939 1940 The Invisible Man Returns $815,000 1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde $2,300,000 . 1942 Cat People $8,000,000 1943 Phantom of the Opera $1,600,000 "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54 1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge $765,700 1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray $2,370,000 Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, Robson, 2005 p 337 1946 The Spiral Staircase $2,800,000 1947 1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein $3,200,000 1949 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff $1,850,000 Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, p. 195. New York: Perigee Books. .Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press 2011 p 331-332 1950 1951 The Thing from Another World $1,950,000 "The Top Box Office Hits of 1951." Variety, January 2, 1952. 1952 The Black Castle $1,300,000 1953 House of Wax $23,750,522 1954 Them! $2,200,000 1955 It Came from Beneath the Sea $1,700,000 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers $3,000,000 1957 The Curse of Frankenstein $8,000,000 Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography, McFarland, 1996 p124-126 1958 Madhumati 1959 House on Haunted Hill $2,500,000 1960 Psycho $50,000,000 1961 The Pit and the Pendulum $2,000,000 Corman, Roger and Jerome, Jim. How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime, DeCapo Press, 1990, p. 83, 1962 Bees Saal Baad 1963 The Birds $11,436,929 1964 Strait-Jacket $2,195,195 "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965, pg. 39. 1965 Repulsion $3,100,000 1966 Queen of Blood $17,300,000 Mark McGee, Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland, 1996 p240–241 1967 Berserk! $3,195,000 "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, 8 January 1969 p 15. Please note this figure is a rental accruing to distributors. 1968 Rosemary's Baby $33,397,492 1969 Eye of the Cat $1,200,000 "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, 7 January 1970 p 15 1970 House of Dark Shadows $1,836,000 "Big Rental Films of 1970", Variety, 6 January 1971 p 11 1971 Willard $14,545,941 1972 The Last House on the Left $3,100,000 1973 The Exorcist $430,872,776 1974 Young Frankenstein $86,438,832 1975 Jaws $ 1976 The Omen $60,922,980 1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic $30,749,142 1978 Jaws 2 $208,900,376 1979 Alien $188,034,787 1980 Friday the 13th $59,800,000 1981 An American Werewolf In London $61,973,249 1982 Poltergeist $121,706,019 1983 Jaws 3-D $87,987,055 1984 Gremlins $153,642,180 1985 Day of the Dead $34,004,262 1986 Aliens $183,291,893 1987 Predator $98,268,458 1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master $49,369,899 1989 Pet Sematary $57,469,467 1990 Flatliners $61,489,638 1991 The Silence of the Lambs $275,726,716 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula $215,862,692 1993 Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday $15,935,068 1994 Interview with the Vampire $223,664,608 1995 Species $113,354,449 1996 Scream $173,046,663 1997 Scream 2 $172,363,301 1998 Blade $131,237,688 1999 The Sixth Sense $672,806,292 2000 What Lies Beneath $291,420,351 2001 Hannibal $351,692,268 2002 Signs $408,250,578 2003 Gothika $141,591,324 2004 The Grudge $187,281,115 2005 Constantine $230,884,728 2006 Saw III $164,874,275 2007 I Am Legend $585,532,684 2008 Cloverfield $172,394,180 2009 Paranormal Activity $194,183,034 2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife $300,228,084 2011 Paranormal Activity 3 $207,039,844 2012 Prometheus $403,354,469 2013 World War Z $540,007,876 2014 Annabelle $257,589,952 2015 Insidious: Chapter 3 $120,453,155 2016 The Conjuring 2 $322,811,702 2017 It $704,242,888 2018 The Nun $366,050,119 2019 It Chapter Two $473,123,154 2020 A Quiet Place Part II $297,372,261 2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It $206,431,050 2022 Smile $217,408,513 2023 Five Nights at Freddy's $297,144,130 2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice $452,000,435 2025 The Conjuring: Last Rites $499,156,445 2026 Obsession † $520,006,715
See also Lists of highest-grossing films List of highest-grossing R-rated films List of highest-grossing media franchises
Notes
References
Franchises
Alien Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
Prometheus (2012)
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Alien: Romulus (2024)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (1988)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Blair Witch The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Blair Witch (2016)
The Conjuring Universe The Conjuring The Conjuring (2013)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
Annabelle Annabelle (2014)
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
The Nun The Nun (2018)
The Nun II (2023)
The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
Wolves at the Door (2016)
Dracula Love at First Bite (1979)
Dracula (1979)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Dracula 2000 (2000)
Van Helsing (2004)
Dracula Untold (2014)
The Exorcist The Exorcist (1973)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
The Exorcist III (1990)
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
Final Destination Final Destination (2000)
Final Destination 2 (2003)
Final Destination 3 (2006)
The Final Destination (2009)
Final Destination 5 (2011)
Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)
Five Nights at Freddy's Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)
Get Out (2017)
Halloween Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (1981)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1995)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Halloween (2007)
Halloween II (2009)
Halloween (2018)
Halloween Kills (2021)
Halloween Ends (2022)
Hannibal Lecter Manhunter (1986)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Hannibal (2001)
Red Dragon (2002)
Hannibal Rising (2007)
I Am Legend The Omega Man (1971)
I Am Legend (2007)
Insidious Insidious (2010)
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
Insidious: Out of the Further (2026)
Thread: An Insidious Tale
It It (2019)
It: Chapter Two (2019)
Jaws Jaws (1975)
Jaws 2 (1978)
Jaws 3-D (1983)
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Paranormal Activity Paranormal Activity (2009)
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
Predator Predator (1987)
Predator 2 (1990)
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
Predators (2010)
The Predator (2018)
The Predator (2018)
A Quiet Place