#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 71
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 3,501 to 3,550 of 3,651. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 3501
May 8, 2008 US and Canada: $1.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.7K - 3502
Oct 1, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K - 3503
Nov 5, 1977 US and Canada: $957 Rest of the world: $705 Worldwide: $1.7K - 3504
Oct 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K - 3505
Sep 18, 2005 US and Canada: $1.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.7K - 3506
Dec 9, 1941 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K - 3507
Sep 26, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K - 3508
Oct 22, 1970 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K - 3509
Nov 19, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K - 3510
Jan 6, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K - 3511
May 19, 2011 US and Canada: $1.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.5K - 3512
The Forest of the Lost Souls (2018)Aug 3, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K
Aug 3, 2018 · Portuguese · Drama, Mystery, Thriller $1.5K worldwide - 3513
Jul 16, 1958 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K - 3514
Mar 1, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K - 3515
Feb 26, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K - 3516
Aug 25, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K - 3517
May 9, 1972 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K - 3518
Jan 24, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K - 3519
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)May 27, 1988 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K
May 27, 1988 · English · Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy $1.4K worldwide - 3520
Jun 1, 1965 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K - 3521
May 20, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3K - 3522
Aug 23, 2003 US and Canada: $1.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.3K - 3523
Mar 11, 1998 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3K - 3524
Aug 13, 1986 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3K - 3525
Feb 22, 1991 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K - 3526
Aug 20, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K - 3527
Jan 20, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K - 3528
Apr 7, 1933 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K - 3529
Nov 2, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K - 3530
Sep 11, 2020 US and Canada: $1.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.2K - 3531
Oct 19, 2021 US and Canada: $1.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.2K - 3532
Nov 2, 2012 US and Canada: $1.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1K - 3533
Aug 2, 2012 US and Canada: $1.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1K - 3534
Aug 27, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1K - 3535
Jan 28, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1K - 3536
Oct 12, 1990 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1K - 3537
Jun 19, 1954 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1K - 3538
Jul 9, 2012 US and Canada: $1.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1K - 3539
May 28, 1971 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1K - 3540
Nov 7, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1K - 3541
Apr 12, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1K - 3542
Jul 5, 2013 US and Canada: $1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1K - 3543
Oct 5, 2013 US and Canada: $1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1K - 3544
Jan 10, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1K - 3545
Apr 2, 1980 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1K - 3546
Jul 1, 1977 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $970 - 3547
Mar 11, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $968 - 3548
Aug 25, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $966 - 3549
May 8, 1987 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $938 - 3550
May 14, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $927
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)