#1 of 141 #1 horror movie of 2016
2016 · Mystery, Thriller
$322.8M worldwide · 17% of the chart's total
$102.5M US & Canada · 32% $220.3M elsewhere · 68%
Horror box office · 2016
Horror Box Office 2016: Highest-Grossing Horror Movies, Page 3
The Conjuring 2 (2016) is the highest-grossing horror movie released in 2016, with $322.8M worldwide, ahead of Don't Breathe (2016) at $157.8M and Lights Out (2016) at $149.4M. 141 horror films released in 2016 report a worldwide gross, $1.9B in all, 41% of it from the US & Canada. 6 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 24% on 2015, whose releases took $1.6B. By language, English leads with $1.5B across 77 horror releases.
- 2016 releases with a gross
- 141
- combined worldwide
- $1.9B
- films crossed $100M
- 6
- vs 2015
- +24%
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Every Horror Release of 2016, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 101 to 141 of 141. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2016.
- 101
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom (2016)Aug 20, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.2K
Aug 20, 2016 · English · Fantasy, Family, Horror $44.2K worldwide - 102
Mar 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.3K - 103
Apr 5, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.2K - 104
May 13, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.2K - 105
Jul 6, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39K - 106
Mar 4, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38.4K - 107
Sep 2, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.6K - 108
Feb 5, 2016 US and Canada: $23.7K Rest of the world: $11.6K Worldwide: $35.3K - 109
Oct 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.8K - 110
May 6, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.9K - 111
Dec 2, 2016 US and Canada: $27.1K Rest of the world: $2.4K Worldwide: $29.5K - 112
May 13, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.4K - 113
Feb 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.8K - 114
Jan 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24K - 115
Dec 2, 2016 US and Canada: $8K Rest of the world: $14K Worldwide: $22K - 116
Feb 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.2K - 117
Sep 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.1K - 118
Mar 18, 2016 US and Canada: $18.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $18.3K - 119
May 6, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.1K - 120
Aug 26, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.3K - 121
Dead Man Tells His Own Tale (2016)Sep 22, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.7K
Sep 22, 2016 · Spanish · Fantasy, Comedy, Horror $10.7K worldwide - 122
Apr 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.6K - 123
Oct 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.4K - 124
Nov 11, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.5K - 125
Apr 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.5K - 126
Oct 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.9K - 127
Feb 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.5K - 128
Mar 4, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.1K - 129
Dec 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.6K - 130
Jul 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5K - 131
Jul 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5K - 132
Oct 16, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.4K - 133
Nov 26, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.3K - 134
Dec 22, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.2K - 135
Aug 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8K - 136
Sep 9, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2K - 137
Oct 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K - 138
Jun 26, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $793 - 139
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Oct 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $508 - 140
Oct 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $319 - 141
Oct 17, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13
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)