#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 8
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 351 to 400 of 3,651. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 351
Nov 9, 1988 US and Canada: $33.2M Rest of the world: $11M Worldwide: $44.2M - 352
Feb 2, 2018 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: $18.9M Worldwide: $44M - 353
Apr 10, 2026 US and Canada: $3.7M Rest of the world: $40.2M Worldwide: $43.9M - 354
Mar 8, 2024 US and Canada: $28M Rest of the world: $15.8M Worldwide: $43.8M - 355
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)Mar 20, 2026 US and Canada: $23M Rest of the world: $20.1M Worldwide: $43.1M
Mar 20, 2026 · English · Comedy, Horror, Thriller $43.1M worldwide - 356
The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)Nov 30, 2018 US and Canada: $14.8M Rest of the world: $28.2M Worldwide: $43M Nov 30, 2018 · English · Mystery, Thriller, Horror $43M worldwide - 357
Jul 10, 2015 US and Canada: $22.8M Rest of the world: $20.2M Worldwide: $43M - 358
Apr 19, 2024 US and Canada: $25.9M Rest of the world: $16.9M Worldwide: $42.8M - 359
Jul 15, 2020 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $41.5M Worldwide: $42.7M - 360
Oct 29, 1999 US and Canada: $40.8M Rest of the world: $1.7M Worldwide: $42.6M - 361
Feb 6, 2026 US and Canada: $13.1M Rest of the world: $29.5M Worldwide: $42.5M - 362
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)Nov 24, 2021 US and Canada: $17M Rest of the world: $24.9M Worldwide: $41.9M Nov 24, 2021 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery $41.9M worldwide - 363
Aug 29, 2014 US and Canada: $21.3M Rest of the world: $20.6M Worldwide: $41.9M - 364
Jan 30, 2009 US and Canada: $28.6M Rest of the world: $13M Worldwide: $41.6M - 365
Girl In Captivity: Psycho Torture Chamber (2008)Jun 7, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.6M
Jun 7, 2008 · Japanese · Thriller, Horror $41.6M worldwide - 366
Jun 15, 1990 US and Canada: $41.5M Rest of the world: $843 Worldwide: $41.5M - 367
Sep 2, 2011 US and Canada: $18.9M Rest of the world: $22.5M Worldwide: $41.4M - 368
May 23, 1986 US and Canada: $41M Rest of the world: $1.4K Worldwide: $41M - 369
Jan 10, 2020 US and Canada: $17.3M Rest of the world: $23.6M Worldwide: $40.9M - 370
Sep 17, 2020 US and Canada: $23.2M Rest of the world: $17.4M Worldwide: $40.6M - 371
Nov 29, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.6M - 372
Aug 11, 2000 US and Canada: $29.4M Rest of the world: $11.1M Worldwide: $40.4M - 373
Feb 19, 2016 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: $15.3M Worldwide: $40.4M - 374
Feb 14, 2025 US and Canada: $29.1M Rest of the world: $11.3M Worldwide: $40.4M - 375
Dec 25, 1998 US and Canada: $40.3M Rest of the world: $465 Worldwide: $40.3M - 376
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)Nov 13, 1998 US and Canada: $40M Rest of the world: $1.5K Worldwide: $40M Nov 13, 1998 · English · Mystery, Thriller, Horror $40M worldwide - 377
May 9, 1980 US and Canada: $39.8M Rest of the world: $163.3K Worldwide: $39.9M - 378
Jan 8, 2016 US and Canada: $26.6M Rest of the world: $13.1M Worldwide: $39.7M - 379
Aug 28, 2009 US and Canada: $33.4M Rest of the world: $6M Worldwide: $39.4M - 380
Feb 23, 2001 US and Canada: $13.7M Rest of the world: $25.8M Worldwide: $39.4M - 381
May 30, 2025 US and Canada: $19.3M Rest of the world: $20.1M Worldwide: $39.4M - 382
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)Oct 23, 2009 US and Canada: $13.9M Rest of the world: $25.4M Worldwide: $39.3M Oct 23, 2009 · English · Action, Adventure, Thriller $39.3M worldwide - 383
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)Apr 30, 1982 US and Canada: $39.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $39.1M Apr 30, 1982 · English · Action, Adventure, Fantasy $39.1M worldwide - 384
Jun 27, 2025 US and Canada: $24.1M Rest of the world: $15M Worldwide: $39.1M - 385
Jan 9, 2026 US and Canada: $25.6M Rest of the world: $13.4M Worldwide: $39.1M - 386
Dec 19, 1986 US and Canada: $39M Rest of the world: $32.3K Worldwide: $39.1M - 387
Aug 17, 1990 US and Canada: $26.1M Rest of the world: $12.9M Worldwide: $39M - 388
Feb 10, 1989 US and Canada: $20M Rest of the world: $18.9M Worldwide: $38.9M - 389
Jan 30, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38.9M - 390
Sep 1, 2006 US and Canada: $23.6M Rest of the world: $15.2M Worldwide: $38.8M - 391
Sep 8, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38.8M - 392
Sep 22, 2000 US and Canada: $21.5M Rest of the world: $17.1M Worldwide: $38.6M - 393
May 25, 2012 US and Canada: $18.1M Rest of the world: $20.3M Worldwide: $38.4M - 394
Feb 27, 2015 US and Canada: $25.8M Rest of the world: $12.6M Worldwide: $38.4M - 395
Aug 26, 2011 US and Canada: $24M Rest of the world: $14.2M Worldwide: $38.3M - 396
Aug 26, 2022 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: $12.9M Worldwide: $38M - 397
Nov 26, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38M - 398
Mar 23, 2007 US and Canada: $20.8M Rest of the world: $16.9M Worldwide: $37.7M - 399
Dec 10, 2002 US and Canada: $30.4M Rest of the world: $7.3M Worldwide: $37.7M - 400
Jul 12, 2002 US and Canada: $30.4M Rest of the world: $7.3M Worldwide: $37.7M
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)