#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 3
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 101 to 150 of 3,651. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 101
Jul 31, 1992 US and Canada: $58.4M Rest of the world: $90.6M Worldwide: $149M - 102
Oct 28, 2005 US and Canada: $87M Rest of the world: $60.7M Worldwide: $147.7M - 103
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)Sep 21, 2007 US and Canada: $50.6M Rest of the world: $97.1M Worldwide: $147.7M
Sep 21, 2007 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller $147.7M worldwide - 104
Apr 21, 2023 US and Canada: $67.2M Rest of the world: $79.9M Worldwide: $147.1M - 105
Jan 18, 2013 US and Canada: $71.6M Rest of the world: $74.8M Worldwide: $146.4M - 106
Sep 9, 2005 US and Canada: $75.1M Rest of the world: $70.1M Worldwide: $145.2M - 107
Feb 28, 2020 US and Canada: $70.4M Rest of the world: $74.1M Worldwide: $144.5M - 108
Oct 18, 2012 US and Canada: $53.9M Rest of the world: $88.9M Worldwide: $142.8M - 109
Nov 21, 2003 US and Canada: $59.7M Rest of the world: $81.9M Worldwide: $141.6M - 110
Feb 12, 2010 US and Canada: $62M Rest of the world: $77.8M Worldwide: $139.8M - 111
Oct 26, 2007 US and Canada: $63.3M Rest of the world: $76.1M Worldwide: $139.4M - 112
Oct 18, 2024 US and Canada: $69M Rest of the world: $69.1M Worldwide: $138.1M - 113
Jul 4, 2018 US and Canada: $69.5M Rest of the world: $67.6M Worldwide: $137.1M - 114
Apr 11, 1997 US and Canada: $65.9M Rest of the world: $71M Worldwide: $136.9M - 115
Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: $65.5M Rest of the world: $70.8M Worldwide: $136.3M - 116
Oct 29, 2010 US and Canada: $45.7M Rest of the world: $90.4M Worldwide: $136.2M - 117
Oct 15, 2021 US and Canada: $92M Rest of the world: $41.4M Worldwide: $133.4M - 118
Jun 22, 2007 US and Canada: $72M Rest of the world: $61M Worldwide: $133M - 119
Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: $77.4M Rest of the world: $54.9M Worldwide: $132.2M - 120
Jun 17, 1994 US and Canada: $65M Rest of the world: $66M Worldwide: $131M - 121
AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007)Dec 25, 2007 US and Canada: $41.8M Rest of the world: $88.5M Worldwide: $130.3M Dec 25, 2007 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller $130.3M worldwide - 122
Feb 3, 2012 US and Canada: $54.3M Rest of the world: $74.6M Worldwide: $129M - 123
Jul 12, 2024 US and Canada: $74.3M Rest of the world: $53.6M Worldwide: $128M - 124
Jan 28, 2005 US and Canada: $51.1M Rest of the world: $76.3M Worldwide: $127.4M - 125
Feb 3, 2012 US and Canada: $64.6M Rest of the world: $62.1M Worldwide: $126.6M - 126
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)Oct 17, 1997 US and Canada: $72.6M Rest of the world: $53M Worldwide: $125.6M Oct 17, 1997 · English · Mystery, Thriller, Horror $125.6M worldwide - 127
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: $55.7M Rest of the world: $69.8M Worldwide: $125.5M - 128
Apr 19, 2019 US and Canada: $54.7M Rest of the world: $68.5M Worldwide: $123.2M - 129
Oct 18, 2019 US and Canada: $73.1M Rest of the world: $49.7M Worldwide: $122.8M - 130
Sep 15, 2023 US and Canada: $42.5M Rest of the world: $79.8M Worldwide: $122.3M - 131
Jun 6, 2006 US and Canada: $54.6M Rest of the world: $65.4M Worldwide: $120M - 132
Jun 24, 2016 US and Canada: $55.1M Rest of the world: $64M Worldwide: $119.1M - 133
Feb 10, 2006 US and Canada: $54.1M Rest of the world: $64.8M Worldwide: $118.9M - 134
Jul 1, 2016 US and Canada: $79.2M Rest of the world: $39.4M Worldwide: $118.6M - 135
Feb 23, 2018 US and Canada: $69.3M Rest of the world: $48.5M Worldwide: $117.8M - 136
Sep 24, 2004 US and Canada: $67.1M Rest of the world: $50.5M Worldwide: $117.6M - 137
Jul 28, 2023 US and Canada: $67.7M Rest of the world: $49.8M Worldwide: $117.4M - 138
Feb 1, 2013 US and Canada: $66.4M Rest of the world: $50.6M Worldwide: $117M - 139
Aug 15, 2003 US and Canada: $82.6M Rest of the world: $34M Worldwide: $116.6M - 140
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)Jun 22, 2012 US and Canada: $37.5M Rest of the world: $79M Worldwide: $116.5M Jun 22, 2012 · English · Action, Thriller, Fantasy $116.5M worldwide - 141
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)Apr 30, 2010 US and Canada: $63.1M Rest of the world: $52.6M Worldwide: $115.7M Apr 30, 2010 · English · Mystery, Thriller, Horror $115.7M worldwide - 142
Dec 1, 2023 US and Canada: $57.1M Rest of the world: $56.8M Worldwide: $113.9M - 143
Oct 24, 2008 US and Canada: $56.7M Rest of the world: $57.1M Worldwide: $113.9M - 144
Jul 7, 1995 US and Canada: $60.1M Rest of the world: $53.3M Worldwide: $113.4M - 145
Aug 4, 2017 US and Canada: $50.7M Rest of the world: $62.5M Worldwide: $113.2M - 146
Apr 5, 2019 US and Canada: $54.7M Rest of the world: $58.4M Worldwide: $113.1M - 147
Jun 5, 2015 US and Canada: $52.2M Rest of the world: $60.8M Worldwide: $113M - 148
Mar 17, 2000 US and Canada: $53.3M Rest of the world: $59.5M Worldwide: $112.9M - 149
Sep 29, 2023 US and Canada: $53.6M Rest of the world: $59.2M Worldwide: $112.8M - 150
Jul 18, 2014 US and Canada: $72M Rest of the world: $40M Worldwide: $111.9M
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)