#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 6
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 251 to 300 of 3,651. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 251
May 6, 2005 US and Canada: $32.1M Rest of the world: $36.7M Worldwide: $68.8M - 252
Oct 26, 2001 US and Canada: $41.9M Rest of the world: $26.6M Worldwide: $68.5M - 253
Jul 8, 2005 US and Canada: $25.5M Rest of the world: $42.9M Worldwide: $68.4M - 254
Oct 25, 2002 US and Canada: $30.1M Rest of the world: $38.2M Worldwide: $68.3M - 255
Oct 23, 2009 US and Canada: $27.7M Rest of the world: $40.5M Worldwide: $68.2M - 256
Jun 2, 2023 US and Canada: $43.2M Rest of the world: $24.1M Worldwide: $67.3M - 257
Feb 4, 2005 US and Canada: $46.8M Rest of the world: $20.4M Worldwide: $67.2M - 258
Feb 3, 2006 US and Canada: $47.9M Rest of the world: $19.2M Worldwide: $67.1M - 259
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)Jul 16, 2021 US and Canada: $25.3M Rest of the world: $40.5M Worldwide: $65.8M
Jul 16, 2021 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $65.8M worldwide - 260
May 11, 2007 US and Canada: $28.6M Rest of the world: $36.4M Worldwide: $65M - 261
Jul 18, 2025 US and Canada: $32.2M Rest of the world: $32.6M Worldwide: $64.8M - 262
Feb 14, 2019 US and Canada: $28.1M Rest of the world: $36.5M Worldwide: $64.6M - 263
Jun 12, 1987 US and Canada: $63.8M Rest of the world: $165 Worldwide: $63.8M - 264
Sep 12, 2025 US and Canada: $35.2M Rest of the world: $28.1M Worldwide: $63.2M - 265
Aug 29, 2003 US and Canada: $35.7M Rest of the world: $27.4M Worldwide: $63.1M - 266
Apr 17, 2015 US and Canada: $32.5M Rest of the world: $30.4M Worldwide: $62.9M - 267
Apr 5, 2007 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: $37.6M Worldwide: $62.8M - 268
Sep 17, 2010 US and Canada: $33.6M Rest of the world: $29.1M Worldwide: $62.7M - 269
Jun 16, 2017 US and Canada: $44.3M Rest of the world: $17.9M Worldwide: $62.2M - 270
Dec 4, 2015 US and Canada: $42.7M Rest of the world: $18.8M Worldwide: $61.5M - 271
Aug 10, 1990 US and Canada: $61.5M Rest of the world: $373 Worldwide: $61.5M - 272
May 31, 2019 US and Canada: $45.9M Rest of the world: $15.3M Worldwide: $61.2M - 273
Jun 25, 1976 US and Canada: $60.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $60.9M - 274
Aug 15, 1986 US and Canada: $40.5M Rest of the world: $20.2M Worldwide: $60.6M - 275
Sep 24, 1993 US and Canada: $44.8M Rest of the world: $15.8M Worldwide: $60.6M - 276
Jan 11, 2013 US and Canada: $40M Rest of the world: $20.1M Worldwide: $60.2M - 277
Nov 8, 2024 US and Canada: $28M Rest of the world: $32.1M Worldwide: $60M - 278
Aug 31, 2001 US and Canada: $37.9M Rest of the world: $21.5M Worldwide: $59.4M - 279
Aug 7, 2015 US and Canada: $43.8M Rest of the world: $15.2M Worldwide: $59M - 280
Jan 16, 2026 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: $33.4M Worldwide: $58.5M - 281
Mar 10, 2000 US and Canada: $18.7M Rest of the world: $39.7M Worldwide: $58.4M - 282
Oct 21, 2005 US and Canada: $28.2M Rest of the world: $29.9M Worldwide: $58.1M - 283
Feb 1, 2008 US and Canada: $31.4M Rest of the world: $26.6M Worldwide: $58M - 284
Aug 21, 2019 US and Canada: $28.7M Rest of the world: $28.9M Worldwide: $57.6M - 285
Apr 21, 1989 US and Canada: $57.5M Rest of the world: $671 Worldwide: $57.5M - 286
Apr 11, 2008 US and Canada: $43.9M Rest of the world: $13.3M Worldwide: $57.2M - 287
Aug 4, 2006 US and Canada: $26M Rest of the world: $31.1M Worldwide: $57.1M - 288
Nov 21, 1990 US and Canada: $30.7M Rest of the world: $26.5M Worldwide: $57.1M - 289
Jul 16, 1999 US and Canada: $31.8M Rest of the world: $25.1M Worldwide: $56.9M - 290
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)Oct 26, 2012 US and Canada: $17.5M Rest of the world: $37.8M Worldwide: $55.4M Oct 26, 2012 · English · Mystery, Thriller, Horror $55.4M worldwide - 291
Jan 25, 2002 US and Canada: $35.7M Rest of the world: $19.6M Worldwide: $55.3M - 292
Apr 12, 2019 US and Canada: $21.9M Rest of the world: $33.2M Worldwide: $55.1M - 293
Feb 2, 2007 US and Canada: $35.4M Rest of the world: $19.7M Worldwide: $55.1M - 294
Aug 5, 1998 US and Canada: $55M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $55M - 295
Jan 5, 2024 US and Canada: $32.5M Rest of the world: $22.3M Worldwide: $54.8M - 296
Feb 3, 2023 US and Canada: $35.4M Rest of the world: $19.4M Worldwide: $54.8M - 297
Aug 6, 2004 US and Canada: $30.6M Rest of the world: $24.1M Worldwide: $54.7M - 298
Sep 12, 2014 US and Canada: $52.5M Rest of the world: $1.8M Worldwide: $54.3M - 299
Apr 25, 2025 US and Canada: $20.2M Rest of the world: $33.9M Worldwide: $54.1M - 300
Apr 5, 2024 US and Canada: $20.1M Rest of the world: $33.8M Worldwide: $53.8M
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)