#1 of 3,651 Highest-grossing horror movie ever
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
2022 · Action, Adventure
$955.8M worldwide
$411.3M US & Canada · 43% $544.4M elsewhere · 57%
Horror box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Horror Movies of All Time, Page 2
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) is the highest-grossing horror movie in our database, with $955.8M worldwide, ahead of Venom (2018) at $856.1M and It (2017) at $704.2M. 3,651 horror films in our database report a worldwide gross, $59.7B in all, 48% of it from the US & Canada. 168 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. By language, English leads with $53.5B across 2,393 horror releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 3,651
- combined worldwide
- $59.7B
- films crossed $100M
- 168
- earned in the US & Canada
- 48%
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All 3,651 Horror Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 3,651. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 51
Feb 18, 2005 US and Canada: $76M Rest of the world: $154.9M Worldwide: $230.9M - 52
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)Jan 25, 2013 US and Canada: $55.7M Rest of the world: $170.6M Worldwide: $226.3M
Jan 25, 2013 · English · Action, Fantasy, Horror $226.3M worldwide - 53
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)Nov 11, 1994 US and Canada: $105.3M Rest of the world: $118.4M Worldwide: $223.7M Nov 11, 1994 · English · Drama, Horror $223.7M worldwide - 54
Sep 30, 2022 US and Canada: $105.9M Rest of the world: $111.5M Worldwide: $217.4M - 55
Oct 10, 2014 US and Canada: $56.3M Rest of the world: $160.8M Worldwide: $217.1M - 56
Nov 13, 1992 US and Canada: $82.5M Rest of the world: $133.3M Worldwide: $215.9M - 57
Nov 24, 1999 US and Canada: $66.9M Rest of the world: $145.1M Worldwide: $212M - 58
Aug 10, 2001 US and Canada: $96.6M Rest of the world: $113.4M Worldwide: $210M - 59
Feb 10, 2012 US and Canada: $126.4M Rest of the world: $81.7M Worldwide: $208.1M - 60
Feb 27, 2026 US and Canada: $121.9M Rest of the world: $86.1M Worldwide: $208M - 61
Oct 21, 2011 US and Canada: $104M Rest of the world: $103M Worldwide: $207M - 62
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)Jun 4, 2021 US and Canada: $65.6M Rest of the world: $140.8M Worldwide: $206.4M Jun 4, 2021 · English · Mystery, Thriller, Horror $206.4M worldwide - 63
Oct 11, 2019 US and Canada: $100.7M Rest of the world: $103.7M Worldwide: $204.4M - 64
Aug 4, 2000 US and Canada: $73.2M Rest of the world: $117M Worldwide: $190.2M - 65
Jun 19, 1998 US and Canada: $83.9M Rest of the world: $105.3M Worldwide: $189.2M - 66
Jul 7, 2023 US and Canada: $82.2M Rest of the world: $106.9M Worldwide: $189.1M - 67
Jun 16, 1978 US and Canada: $81.8M Rest of the world: $106.1M Worldwide: $187.9M - 68
Oct 22, 2004 US and Canada: $110.4M Rest of the world: $76.9M Worldwide: $187.3M - 69
Aug 28, 2009 US and Canada: $66.5M Rest of the world: $119.7M Worldwide: $186.2M - 70
Aug 17, 2001 US and Canada: $84.1M Rest of the world: $102M Worldwide: $186.1M - 71
Nov 13, 1991 US and Canada: $79.1M Rest of the world: $103.2M Worldwide: $182.3M - 72
Dec 25, 2024 US and Canada: $95.6M Rest of the world: $86.4M Worldwide: $182M - 73
Jan 6, 2023 US and Canada: $95.2M Rest of the world: $84.9M Worldwide: $180.1M - 74
Sep 25, 2009 US and Canada: $84.8M Rest of the world: $92.8M Worldwide: $177.5M - 75
Aug 13, 2004 US and Canada: $80.3M Rest of the world: $97.1M Worldwide: $177.4M - 76
Jul 23, 1999 US and Canada: $91.4M Rest of the world: $85.9M Worldwide: $177.3M - 77
Dec 20, 1996 US and Canada: $103M Rest of the world: $70M Worldwide: $173M - 78
Dec 12, 1997 US and Canada: $101.4M Rest of the world: $71M Worldwide: $172.4M - 79
Insidious: Out of the Further (2026)Aug 21, 2026 US and Canada: $66.1M Rest of the world: $105.3M Worldwide: $171.5M Aug 21, 2026 · English · Horror, Mystery, Thriller $171.5M worldwide - 80
Jul 22, 2022 US and Canada: $123.3M Rest of the world: $48M Worldwide: $171.2M - 81
Jan 5, 2018 US and Canada: $67.7M Rest of the world: $100.1M Worldwide: $167.9M - 82
Apr 1, 2022 US and Canada: $73.9M Rest of the world: $93.6M Worldwide: $167.5M - 83
Jan 14, 2022 US and Canada: $108.4M Rest of the world: $58.2M Worldwide: $166.6M - 84
Jun 8, 1984 US and Canada: $153.6M Rest of the world: $11.8M Worldwide: $165.4M - 85
Oct 27, 2006 US and Canada: $80.2M Rest of the world: $84.6M Worldwide: $164.9M - 86
Jul 28, 1999 US and Canada: $73.6M Rest of the world: $91M Worldwide: $164.6M - 87
Mar 18, 2005 US and Canada: $76.2M Rest of the world: $87.8M Worldwide: $164M - 88
Sep 13, 2013 US and Canada: $83.6M Rest of the world: $78.3M Worldwide: $161.9M - 89
Feb 4, 2000 US and Canada: $89.1M Rest of the world: $72.7M Worldwide: $161.8M - 90
Jun 24, 2022 US and Canada: $90.1M Rest of the world: $71.3M Worldwide: $161.4M - 91
Sep 14, 2018 US and Canada: $51M Rest of the world: $109.5M Worldwide: $160.5M - 92
Jan 20, 2012 US and Canada: $62.3M Rest of the world: $97.8M Worldwide: $160.1M - 93
Oct 16, 2015 US and Canada: $80.1M Rest of the world: $78.2M Worldwide: $158.3M - 94
Aug 12, 2011 US and Canada: $42.6M Rest of the world: $115.3M Worldwide: $157.9M - 95
Aug 26, 2016 US and Canada: $89.2M Rest of the world: $68.5M Worldwide: $157.8M - 96
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)Dec 21, 2007 US and Canada: $52.9M Rest of the world: $100.5M Worldwide: $153.4M Dec 21, 2007 · English · Drama, Thriller, Horror $153.4M worldwide - 97
Oct 17, 1997 US and Canada: $60.9M Rest of the world: $92M Worldwide: $152.9M - 98
Nov 5, 1999 US and Canada: $66.5M Rest of the world: $85M Worldwide: $151.5M - 99
Jun 20, 2025 US and Canada: $70.4M Rest of the world: $80.9M Worldwide: $151.3M - 100
Jul 22, 2016 US and Canada: $67.3M Rest of the world: $82.1M Worldwide: $149.4M
Archive
Horror Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1920 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2018 leads with $3.7B, led by Venom (2018).
2020s 7 years · $15.4B
- 2026 so far $2.5B #1 Backrooms (2026)
- 2025 $2.7B #1 The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
- 2024 $2.6B #1 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
- 2023 $2.7B #1 Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
- 2022 $2.6B #1 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
- 2021 $1.6B #1 Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
- 2020 $697.4M #1 The Invisible Man (2020)
2010s 10 years · $22.6B
- 2019 $3.1B #1 It: Chapter Two (2019)
- 2018 $3.7B #1 Venom (2018)
- 2017 $3.5B #1 It (2017)
- 2016 $1.9B #1 The Conjuring 2 (2016)
- 2015 $1.6B #1 Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015)
- 2014 $1.4B #1 Annabelle (2014)
- 2013 $2.2B #1 World War Z (2013)
- 2012 $2.7B #1 Prometheus (2012)
- 2011 $1.1B #1 Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
- 2010 $1.3B #1 Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
2000s 10 years · $12.1B
- 2009 $1.4B #1 The Final Destination (2009)
- 2008 $661.8M #1 Saw V (2008)
- 2007 $1.6B #1 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- 2006 $1.2B #1 Saw III (2006)
- 2005 $1.7B #1 Constantine (2005)
- 2004 $1.3B #1 The Grudge (2004)
- 2003 $970.4M #1 Gothika (2003)
- 2002 $1.1B #1 Signs (2002)
- 2001 $712.3M #1 The Others (2001)
- 2000 $1.3B #1 What Lies Beneath (2000)
1990s 10 years · $5.4B
- 1999 $1.3B #1 The Blair Witch Project (1999)
- 1998 $929.6M #1 Godzilla (1998)
- 1997 $720.6M #1 Scream 2 (1997)
- 1996 $357.9M #1 Scream (1996)
- 1995 $283.3M #1 Species (1995)
- 1994 $368.5M #1 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
- 1993 $165M #1 The Good Son (1993)
- 1992 $571M #1 Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- 1991 $285.2M #1 Cape Fear (1991)
- 1990 $450.5M #1 Flatliners (1990)
1980s 10 years · $2.5B
- 1989 $214.3M #1 Pet Sematary (1989)
- 1988 $284.7M #1 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
- 1987 $325.5M #1 The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
- 1986 $262.9M #1 The Fly (1986)
- 1985 $185.9M #1 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
- 1984 $303.5M #1 Gremlins (1984)
- 1983 $243.8M #1 Jaws 3-D (1983)
- 1982 $289M #1 Poltergeist (1982)
- 1981 $209.9M #1 An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- 1980 $175M #1 The Shining (1980)
1970s 10 years · $1.7B
- 1979 $279.6M #1 Alien (1979)
- 1978 $286.6M #1 Jaws 2 (1978)
- 1977 $45.7M #1 Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
- 1976 $149.4M #1 The Omen (1976)
- 1975 $481.8M #1 Jaws (1975)
- 1974 $32.1M #1 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- 1973 $431.3M #1 The Exorcist (1973)
- 1972 $1.6K #1 Images (1972)
- 1971 $2.7M #1 THX 1138 (1971)
- 1970 $40.6K #1 Multiple Maniacs (1970)
1960s 10 years · $33M
- 1969 $171 #1 Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
- 1968 $242.2K #1 Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- 1967 $240.1K #1 Night of the Big Heat (1967)
- 1966 $5.6K #1 Eye of the Devil (1966)
- 1965 $34.7K #1 Repulsion (1965)
- 1964 $1.2K #1 Onibaba (1964)
- 1963 $55.4K #1 The Birds (1963)
- 1962 $4.5K #1 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- 1961 $30.2K #1 The Innocents (1961)
- 1960 $32.4M #1 Psycho (1960)