#1 of 205 #1 horror movie of 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
2022 · Action, Adventure
$955.8M worldwide · 37% of the chart's total
$411.3M US & Canada · 43% $544.4M elsewhere · 57%
Horror box office · 2022
Horror Box Office 2022: Highest-Grossing Horror Movies, Page 2
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) is the highest-grossing horror movie released in 2022, with $955.8M worldwide, ahead of Smile (2022) at $217.4M and Nope (2022) at $171.2M. 205 horror films released in 2022 report a worldwide gross, $2.6B in all, 50% of it from the US & Canada. 7 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 56% on 2021, whose releases took $1.6B. By language, English leads with $2.5B across 127 horror releases.
- 2022 releases with a gross
- 205
- combined worldwide
- $2.6B
- films crossed $100M
- 7
- vs 2021
- +56%
#1 of 205 Page 2 of 5
Every Horror Release of 2022, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 205. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2022.
- 51
Satan's Slaves: Communion (2022)Nov 4, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $992.5K
Nov 4, 2022 · Indonesian · Drama, Mystery, Horror $992.5K worldwide - 52
Sep 30, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $984.4K - 53
Sep 29, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $875.2K - 54
Feb 10, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $714.4K - 55
Nov 25, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $624.5K - 56
The Goat and Her Three Kids (2022)Jun 23, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $600.8K
Jun 23, 2022 · Romanian · Drama, Horror, Thriller $600.8K worldwide - 57
Oct 11, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $598.8K - 58
Oct 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $561.9K - 59
Jul 21, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $558.9K - 60
Oct 14, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $548.2K - 61
Oct 14, 2022 US and Canada: $51K Rest of the world: $492.1K Worldwide: $543.1K - 62
Dec 1, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $523.4K - 63
Sep 2, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $523.4K - 64
Jackpot Island - Kumanthong Returns (2022)Dec 23, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $512.7K
Dec 23, 2022 · Vietnamese · Action, Thriller, Horror $512.7K worldwide - 65
Apr 29, 2022 US and Canada: $182.9K Rest of the world: $325.3K Worldwide: $508.2K - 66
May 6, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $440.3K - 67
May 12, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $430.3K - 68
Feb 24, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $429.1K - 69
Oct 5, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $420.7K - 70
Sep 23, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $400K - 71
Dec 9, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $391.4K - 72
Apr 12, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $385.2K - 73
Jul 25, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $381.8K - 74
Sep 9, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $377.1K - 75
Jan 7, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $369.3K - 76
Oct 28, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $362.1K - 77
Jun 10, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $352.8K - 78
Sep 13, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $342.2K - 79
Apr 1, 2022 US and Canada: $264.1K Rest of the world: $71.4K Worldwide: $335.5K - 80
Nov 18, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $325.7K - 81
Jun 16, 2022 US and Canada: $325K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $325K - 82
May 13, 2022 US and Canada: $30.1K Rest of the world: $291.7K Worldwide: $321.8K - 83
Aug 26, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $319.6K - 84
Feb 21, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $282.5K - 85
Oct 28, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $281.9K - 86
Nov 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $270.4K - 87
Oct 29, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $270.1K - 88
Jun 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $259.6K - 89
Apr 30, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $255.4K - 90
Feb 17, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $252.7K - 91
Dec 9, 2022 US and Canada: $251.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $251.6K - 92
Haunted Universities 2nd Semester (2022)Mar 22, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $248.7K
Mar 22, 2022 · Thai · Comedy, Thriller, Horror $248.7K worldwide - 93
Oct 19, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $245.7K - 94
May 13, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $243.5K - 95
May 13, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $242.5K - 96
Sep 12, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $233.2K - 97
Apr 1, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $230.8K - 98
Oct 7, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $228.3K - 99
Apr 15, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $214.5K - 100
Mar 11, 2022 US and Canada: $80.4K Rest of the world: $129.7K Worldwide: $210.1K
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)