#1 of 97 #1 horror movie of 2012
2012 · Action, Adventure
$403.4M worldwide · 15% of the chart's total
$126.5M US & Canada · 31% $276.9M elsewhere · 69%
Horror box office · 2012
Horror Box Office 2012: Highest-Grossing Horror Movies, Page 2
Prometheus (2012) is the highest-grossing horror movie released in 2012, with $403.4M worldwide, ahead of Dark Shadows (2012) at $245.5M and Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) at $240.2M. 97 horror films released in 2012 report a worldwide gross, $2.7B in all, 37% of it from the US & Canada. 11 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 148% on 2011, whose releases took $1.1B. By language, English leads with $2.5B across 67 horror releases.
- 2012 releases with a gross
- 97
- combined worldwide
- $2.7B
- films crossed $100M
- 11
- vs 2011
- +148%
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Every Horror Release of 2012, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 97 of 97. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2012.
- 51
Apr 6, 2012 US and Canada: $3K Rest of the world: $918.7K Worldwide: $921.8K - 52
Jun 2, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $846.3K - 53
Oct 23, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $755.3K - 54
May 19, 2012 US and Canada: $8.1K Rest of the world: $665K Worldwide: $673.1K - 55
Jul 31, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $651.9K - 56
Dec 1, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $651.9K - 57
Dec 22, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $651.9K - 58
Aug 10, 2012 US and Canada: $2K Rest of the world: $647.8K Worldwide: $649.8K - 59
May 18, 2012 US and Canada: $18.5K Rest of the world: $619.8K Worldwide: $638.3K - 60
Oct 9, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $466.5K - 61
Feb 3, 2012 US and Canada: $29.1K Rest of the world: $423.1K Worldwide: $452.2K - 62
Mar 9, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $419.6K - 63
Apr 20, 2012 US and Canada: $3.8K Rest of the world: $409.2K Worldwide: $413K - 64
Jul 12, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $335.6K - 65
Feb 16, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $311.2K - 66
Jun 1, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $280.6K - 67
Nov 9, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $238.2K - 68
Dec 28, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $213.7K - 69
Mar 2, 2012 US and Canada: $180.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $180.1K - 70
2012 US and Canada: $156.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $156.1K - 71
Sep 28, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $155.3K - 72
May 1, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $151.1K - 73
Aug 19, 2012 US and Canada: $144.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $144.1K - 74
Nov 9, 2012 US and Canada: $13.4K Rest of the world: $128.5K Worldwide: $141.9K - 75
Oct 27, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $141.7K - 76
Sep 16, 2012 US and Canada: $136.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $136.8K - 77
Nov 30, 2012 US and Canada: $14.6K Rest of the world: $116.2K Worldwide: $130.8K - 78
Oct 27, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $129.5K - 79
Nov 9, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $106.9K - 80
May 4, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $98.2K - 81
Nov 2, 2012 US and Canada: $3.4K Rest of the world: $89.4K Worldwide: $92.7K - 82
Oct 28, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $79.3K - 83
Aug 5, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $77.8K - 84
Mar 9, 2012 US and Canada: $264 Rest of the world: $57.3K Worldwide: $57.6K - 85
Feb 2, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47.4K - 86
Aug 23, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.6K - 87
Feb 8, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.2K - 88
Nov 30, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.1K - 89
Sep 27, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.6K - 90
Oct 11, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.5K - 91
Apr 26, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.6K - 92
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation (2012)Oct 16, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.4K
Oct 16, 2012 · English · Action, Comedy, Horror $8.4K worldwide - 93
Nov 28, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.4K - 94
Jul 7, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8K - 95
Nov 2, 2012 US and Canada: $1.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1K - 96
Aug 2, 2012 US and Canada: $1.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1K - 97
Jul 9, 2012 US and Canada: $1.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1K
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)