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Top Grossing Horror Movies in 2012

Rank Title Language Domestic Worldwide
1 Prometheus
English

EN

$126,477,084 $403,354,469
2 Dark Shadows
English

EN

$79,727,149 $245,527,149
3 Resident Evil: Retribution
English

EN

$42,345,531 $240,159,255
4 Safe House
English

EN

$126,373,434 $208,076,205
5 Paranormal Activity: The Chronology
English

EN

$104,028,807 $207,039,844
6 Underworld: Awakening
English

EN

$62,321,039 $160,112,671
7 Paranormal Activity 4
English

EN

$53,885,000 $142,802,657
8 The Woman in Black
English

EN

$54,333,290 $128,955,898
9 Chronicle
English

EN

$64,575,175 $126,636,097
10 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
English

EN

$37,519,139 $116,471,580
11 ParaNorman
English

EN

$56,003,051 $107,139,399
12 The Devil Inside
French

FR

$53,261,944 $101,758,490
13 Frankenweenie
English

EN

$35,291,068 $85,613,658
14 The Possession
english

EN

$49,130,154 $85,446,075
15 Sinister
English

EN

$48,086,903 $82,515,113
16 The Cabin in the Woods
English

EN

$42,073,277 $70,038,838
17 Don't Go in the Woods
English

EN

$42,073,277 $70,038,838
18 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
English

EN

$17,529,157 $55,362,705
19 House at the End of the Street
English

EN

$31,611,916 $44,287,131
20 Chernobyl Diaries
English

EN

$18,119,640 $38,390,020
21 Bait
English

EN

- $33,492,566
22 Deranged
English

EN

- $28,444,173
23 Lesson of the Evil
Japanese

JP

- $26,167,224
24 Lesson of the Evil: Prologue
Japanese

JP

- $26,167,224
25 Helter Skelter
Japanese

JP

- $25,066,699
26 Entrance
English

EN

$2,328,743 $24,261,569
27 Sadako 3D
Japanese

JP

- $20,335,408
28 Raaz 3
Hindi

IN

- $17,899,667
29 Raaz 3: The Third Dimension
Hindi

IN

- $17,899,667
30 Silent House
English

EN

$12,754,783 $16,527,747
31 Red Lights
English

EN

$52,624 $14,107,313
32 Bunshinsaba
Chinese

CN

- $13,587,820
33 The Apparition
English

EN

$4,936,819 $11,350,665
34 [REC] 3: Genesis
Spanish

ES

$9,600 $11,019,975
35 The Collection
English

EN

$6,842,058 $9,929,706
36 Sleep Tight
English

EN

- $8,791,590
37 Piranha 3DD
English

EN

$376,512 $8,518,634
38 The Tall Man
English

EN

- $7,462,847
39 The Awakening
English

EN

$209,696 $6,879,667
40 Closed Circuit Extreme
Italian

IT

$5,750,401 $6,331,939
41 Blue Exorcist: The Movie
Japanese

JP

$21,796 $5,994,921
42 The Pact
Danish

DK

- $5,664,404
43 Intruders
Korean

KR

$69,136 $5,486,559
44 Horror Stories
Korean

KR

- $2,872,739
45 Truth or Dare
English

EN

- $2,504,058
46 The Healing
Tagalog

TL

- $2,465,876
47 Resident Evil: Damnation
Japanese

JP

- $2,325,035
48 Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles
Tagalog

TL

- $2,035,311
49 V/H/S
English

EN

$100,345 $1,944,287
50 D@bbe: Demon Possession
Turkish

TR

- $1,867,540

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