#1 of 153 #1 horror movie of 2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
2021 · Action, Adventure
$506.8M worldwide · 31% of the chart's total
$213.6M US & Canada · 42% $293.3M elsewhere · 58%
Horror box office · 2021
Horror Box Office 2021: Highest-Grossing Horror Movies, Page 2
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) is the highest-grossing horror movie released in 2021, with $506.8M worldwide, ahead of A Quiet Place Part II (2021) at $297.4M and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) at $206.4M. 153 horror films released in 2021 report a worldwide gross, $1.6B in all, 47% of it from the US & Canada. 4 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 136% on 2020, whose releases took $697.4M. By language, English leads with $1.6B across 101 horror releases.
- 2021 releases with a gross
- 153
- combined worldwide
- $1.6B
- films crossed $100M
- 4
- vs 2020
- +136%
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Every Horror Release of 2021, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 153. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2021.
- 51
Feb 11, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $532.1K - 52
May 7, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $512.8K - 53
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: $2.1K Rest of the world: $504K Worldwide: $506.1K - 54
Jul 22, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $472.1K - 55
Feb 12, 2021 US and Canada: $418.3K Rest of the world: $38.9K Worldwide: $457.1K - 56
Dec 2, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $456.6K - 57
Dec 3, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $438.8K - 58
May 14, 2021 US and Canada: $124.8K Rest of the world: $279.7K Worldwide: $404.5K - 59
Jul 23, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $401.8K - 60
The Queen of Black Magic (2021)Jan 28, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $386.4K
Jan 28, 2021 · Indonesian · Mystery, Thriller, Horror $386.4K worldwide - 61
Jul 29, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $378.5K - 62
Aug 20, 2021 US and Canada: $71.3K Rest of the world: $295.3K Worldwide: $366.7K - 63
Jun 11, 2021 US and Canada: $90.1K Rest of the world: $271.6K Worldwide: $361.7K - 64
May 18, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $342.2K - 65
Sep 4, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $303.6K - 66
May 7, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $290.3K - 67
Aug 6, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $280.7K - 68
Aug 28, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $280.5K - 69
Jul 20, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $273.5K - 70
May 21, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $269.4K - 71
Oct 15, 2021 US and Canada: $8.3K Rest of the world: $251.2K Worldwide: $259.5K - 72
Sep 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $246.9K - 73
Oct 29, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $232.7K - 74
Apr 30, 2021 US and Canada: $192K Rest of the world: $16.6K Worldwide: $208.6K - 75
Mar 26, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $205.9K - 76
Shoky & Morthy: Last Big Thing (2021)Aug 5, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $204.5K
Aug 5, 2021 · Czech · Adventure, Horror, Comedy $204.5K worldwide - 77
Nov 3, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $182.6K - 78
May 21, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $175.9K - 79
Jul 2, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $166.8K - 80
Apr 8, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $166.4K - 81
Jun 7, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $157.7K - 82
Sep 4, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $154.4K - 83
Apr 8, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $153.3K - 84
Apr 9, 2021 US and Canada: $142.8K Rest of the world: $8.1K Worldwide: $150.9K - 85
Nov 19, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $132.8K - 86
Sep 3, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $114.1K - 87
Oct 28, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $109.9K - 88
Apr 22, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $102K - 89
Jan 29, 2021 US and Canada: $26.1K Rest of the world: $71.4K Worldwide: $97.5K - 90
Jan 22, 2021 US and Canada: $95.2K Rest of the world: $202 Worldwide: $95.4K - 91
Mar 5, 2021 US and Canada: $55.1K Rest of the world: $40.3K Worldwide: $95.3K - 92
Feb 3, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $93K - 93
Jun 25, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $91K - 94
Nov 19, 2021 US and Canada: $8.3K Rest of the world: $73.1K Worldwide: $81.4K - 95
Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)Sep 17, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $80.4K
Sep 17, 2021 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller $80.4K worldwide - 96
Jun 3, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78.7K - 97
Oct 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $77.7K - 98
Jan 14, 2021 US and Canada: $28K Rest of the world: $44.1K Worldwide: $72.1K - 99
Mar 12, 2021 US and Canada: $62.1K Rest of the world: $8.4K Worldwide: $70.5K - 100
Sep 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $70.4K
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)