#1 of 96 #1 horror movie of 2006
2006 · Thriller, Horror
$164.9M worldwide · 13% of the chart's total
$80.2M US & Canada · 49% $84.6M elsewhere · 51%
Horror box office · 2006
Horror Box Office 2006: Highest-Grossing Horror Movies, Page 2
Saw III (2006) is the highest-grossing horror movie released in 2006, with $164.9M worldwide, ahead of The Omen (2006) at $120M and Final Destination 3 (2006) at $118.9M. 96 horror films released in 2006 report a worldwide gross, $1.2B in all, 50% of it from the US & Canada. 4 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is down 26% on 2005, whose releases took $1.7B. By language, English leads with $1.1B across 53 horror releases.
- 2006 releases with a gross
- 96
- combined worldwide
- $1.2B
- films crossed $100M
- 4
- vs 2005
- −26%
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Every Horror Release of 2006, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 96 of 96. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2006.
- 51
Mar 11, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $892.8K - 52
Oct 26, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $750K - 53
Sep 22, 2006 US and Canada: $56.1K Rest of the world: $663K Worldwide: $719.1K - 54
Aug 24, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $627.9K - 55
May 31, 2006 US and Canada: $518 Rest of the world: $590.4K Worldwide: $591K - 56
Mar 19, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $566.1K - 57
Oct 31, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $533.8K - 58
May 26, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $512.7K - 59
Nov 18, 2006 US and Canada: $321.9K Rest of the world: $156.7K Worldwide: $478.5K - 60
Sep 3, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $394.6K - 61
Nov 10, 2006 US and Canada: $321.9K Rest of the world: $72.6K Worldwide: $394.4K - 62
Nov 17, 2006 US and Canada: $321.9K Rest of the world: $70.4K Worldwide: $392.3K - 63
Oct 4, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $362.7K - 64
Nov 23, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $327.3K - 65
Oct 26, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $325.6K - 66
Nov 19, 2006 US and Canada: $321.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $321.9K - 67
Oct 20, 2006 US and Canada: $321.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $321.9K - 68
Nov 3, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $262K - 69
Jun 16, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $240.6K - 70
Feb 3, 2006 US and Canada: $206.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $206.9K - 71
Nov 5, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $175.5K - 72
Nov 30, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $139.1K - 73
Aug 9, 2006 US and Canada: $48.3K Rest of the world: $85.7K Worldwide: $134K - 74
Oct 27, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $130.9K - 75
Jan 20, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $130.4K - 76
Feb 24, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $125K - 77
Aug 4, 2006 US and Canada: $97.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $97.2K - 78
May 23, 2006 US and Canada: $97.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $97.2K - 79
Oct 31, 2006 US and Canada: $97.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $97.2K - 80
Aug 27, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $95.7K - 81
Mar 8, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94.2K - 82
Oct 5, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $92K - 83
Mar 17, 2006 US and Canada: $45.1K Rest of the world: $41.7K Worldwide: $86.9K - 84
May 20, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $85.5K - 85
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)Feb 1, 2006 US and Canada: $24.2K Rest of the world: $55K Worldwide: $79.2K
Feb 1, 2006 · English · Horror, Thriller $79.2K worldwide - 86
Oct 14, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $67.6K - 87
Dec 19, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.8K - 88
Oct 22, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.2K - 89
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)Dec 26, 2006 US and Canada: $13.8K Rest of the world: $8.8K Worldwide: $22.6K Dec 26, 2006 · English · Fantasy, Comedy, Sci-Fi $22.6K worldwide - 90
Jan 31, 2006 US and Canada: $11.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.3K - 91
Oct 28, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.1K - 92
Aug 26, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.7K - 93
Nov 25, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.6K - 94
Oct 6, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2K - 95
Apr 14, 2006 US and Canada: $1.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.8K - 96
Oct 30, 2006 US and Canada: $440 Rest of the world: Worldwide: $440
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)