#1 of 98 #1 horror movie of 2009
2009 · Thriller, Horror
$186.2M worldwide · 13% of the chart's total
$66.5M US & Canada · 36% $119.7M elsewhere · 64%
Horror box office · 2009
Horror Box Office 2009: Highest-Grossing Horror Movies, Page 2
The Final Destination (2009) is the highest-grossing horror movie released in 2009, with $186.2M worldwide, ahead of Paranormal Activity (2009) at $177.5M and Zombieland (2009) at $102.4M. 98 horror films released in 2009 report a worldwide gross, $1.4B in all, 50% of it from the US & Canada. 4 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 116% on 2008, whose releases took $661.8M. By language, English leads with $1.2B across 57 horror releases.
- 2009 releases with a gross
- 98
- combined worldwide
- $1.4B
- films crossed $100M
- 4
- vs 2008
- +116%
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Every Horror Release of 2009, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 98 of 98. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2009.
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Oct 28, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $525.7K - 52
Aug 20, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $518K - 53
Apr 24, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $497.7K - 54
May 1, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $493.5K - 55
Jul 29, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $470.1K - 56
Dec 4, 2009 US and Canada: $397.6K Rest of the world: $10.6K Worldwide: $408.2K - 57
Mar 18, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $393.6K - 58
Sep 10, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $360.3K - 59
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Aug 30, 2009 US and Canada: $181.5K Rest of the world: $143.6K Worldwide: $325.1K - 60
Sep 22, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $325.1K - 61
Aug 1, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $274.8K - 62
Feb 20, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $270.9K - 63
May 26, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $220.9K - 64
May 1, 2009 US and Canada: $6.7K Rest of the world: $198.9K Worldwide: $205.6K - 65
Feb 14, 2009 US and Canada: $106.5K Rest of the world: $84.5K Worldwide: $191K - 66
Jul 20, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $190.4K - 67
Jun 11, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $179.8K - 68
Jul 15, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $154.3K - 69
Aug 30, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $149.9K - 70
Apr 3, 2009 US and Canada: $104.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $104.5K - 71
Jan 9, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $103.1K - 72
Oct 30, 2009 US and Canada: $101.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $101.2K - 73
Oct 1, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $88.4K - 74
Feb 9, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $83.1K - 75
Dec 11, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76.7K - 76
Jan 31, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.4K - 77
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009)Jan 19, 2009 US and Canada: $71K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $71K
Jan 19, 2009 · English · Comedy, Horror $71K worldwide - 78
Oct 31, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68.9K - 79
Aug 30, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64K - 80
Jun 25, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.1K - 81
Oct 9, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47.1K - 82
Sep 4, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.5K - 83
Aug 20, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.5K - 84
Feb 5, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.8K - 85
Feb 26, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.6K - 86
May 29, 2009 US and Canada: $3.9K Rest of the world: $28.3K Worldwide: $32.1K - 87
Feb 22, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.4K - 88
Jan 30, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.6K - 89
Jun 3, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.6K - 90
Oct 22, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.3K - 91
Sep 25, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.3K - 92
May 21, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.1K - 93
Aug 14, 2009 US and Canada: $8.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.3K - 94
Aug 7, 2009 US and Canada: $8.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.1K - 95
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Feb 26, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.6K - 96
Apr 24, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.7K - 97
Aug 20, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K - 98
Feb 6, 2009 US and Canada: $95 Rest of the world: Worldwide: $95
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)