#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 4
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%
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Every Horror Release of 2022, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 151 to 200 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.
- 151
Dec 1, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.3K - 152
Sep 20, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.1K - 153
Jul 15, 2022 US and Canada: $15.3K Rest of the world: $25.7K Worldwide: $41K - 154
Oct 21, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.1K - 155
Nov 25, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38.4K - 156
Sep 7, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.6K - 157
Oct 7, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37K - 158
Oct 28, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $28.8K - 159
Sep 29, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.4K - 160
Nov 18, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.9K - 161
Feb 5, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.8K - 162
Jan 21, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.2K - 163
Mar 1, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22K - 164
Aug 2, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.9K - 165
Feb 8, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21K - 166
Jul 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.8K - 167
Apr 7, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.5K - 168
Sep 27, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.5K - 169
Jul 10, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.4K - 170
Jul 26, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.5K - 171
Oct 22, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.2K - 172
Jul 29, 2022 US and Canada: $11.3K Rest of the world: $2.4K Worldwide: $13.7K - 173
Mar 11, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.5K - 174
Apr 1, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.3K - 175
Oct 4, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.7K - 176
Dec 25, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.4K - 177
Oct 7, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.3K - 178
Sep 14, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10K - 179
Sep 9, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.1K - 180
Dec 6, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.1K - 181
Aug 19, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.9K - 182
Oct 31, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.7K - 183
Jun 25, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.7K - 184
Jun 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.6K - 185
Jan 20, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.5K - 186
Jul 22, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7K - 187
Jun 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7K - 188
Jul 16, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.9K - 189
Sep 15, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.8K - 190
Sep 1, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.8K - 191
Sep 27, 2022 US and Canada: $5.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.6K - 192
May 20, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3K - 193
Sep 2, 2022 US and Canada: $5.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.1K - 194
Oct 25, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.1K - 195
Sep 30, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.8K - 196
Mar 22, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.7K - 197
Apr 7, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.2K - 198
Oct 21, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.7K - 199
Nov 4, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3K - 200
Mar 13, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9K
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)