#1 of 181 #1 horror movie of 2023
2023 · Action, Adventure
$398.5M worldwide · 15% of the chart's total
$82.6M US & Canada · 21% $315.9M elsewhere · 79%
Horror box office · 2023
Horror Box Office 2023: Highest-Grossing Horror Movies, Page 2
Meg 2: The Trench (2023) is the highest-grossing horror movie released in 2023, with $398.5M worldwide, ahead of Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) at $291.6M and The Nun II (2023) at $269.7M. 181 horror films released in 2023 report a worldwide gross, $2.7B in all, 41% of it from the US & Canada. 11 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 4% on 2022, whose releases took $2.6B. By language, English leads with $2.5B across 119 horror releases.
- 2023 releases with a gross
- 181
- combined worldwide
- $2.7B
- films crossed $100M
- 11
- vs 2022
- +4%
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Every Horror Release of 2023, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 181. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2023.
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Woman of the Photographs (2023)Feb 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $836.1K
Feb 3, 2023 · Japanese · Thriller, Horror, Romance $836.1K worldwide - 52
Jul 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $704.3K - 53
Oct 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $666.3K - 54
Oct 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $594.3K - 55
Nov 11, 2023 US and Canada: $3.2K Rest of the world: $561.7K Worldwide: $564.9K - 56
May 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $560.5K - 57
Aug 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $554.2K - 58
Oct 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $553.9K - 59
The Boogeyman: The Origin of the Myth (2023)Aug 11, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $497.6K
Aug 11, 2023 · Spanish · Adventure, Horror $497.6K worldwide - 60
Aug 10, 2023 US and Canada: $4.9K Rest of the world: $484.3K Worldwide: $489.2K - 61
Nov 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $468.8K - 62
Apr 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $467.3K - 63
Mar 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $467.2K - 64
Jun 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $412.6K - 65
Sep 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $403.5K - 66
Mar 10, 2023 US and Canada: $21.3K Rest of the world: $371.6K Worldwide: $392.8K - 67
Apr 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $383.8K - 68
Sep 15, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $370.2K - 69
Feb 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $365.4K - 70
Mar 31, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $363.2K - 71
Oct 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $358.7K - 72
Jan 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $357.3K - 73
Mar 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $350.2K - 74
Oct 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $344.8K - 75
Jul 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $332K - 76
Apr 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $327.5K - 77
Nov 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $323.1K - 78
Mar 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $317.5K - 79
Jan 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $291.6K - 80
Jul 28, 2023 US and Canada: $12K Rest of the world: $272.7K Worldwide: $284.7K - 81
Dec 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $271.9K - 82
May 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $226.7K - 83
Oct 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $225K - 84
Aug 18, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $223.6K - 85
Mar 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $219.5K - 86
May 26, 2023 US and Canada: $168.1K Rest of the world: $39K Worldwide: $207.1K - 87
Feb 10, 2023 US and Canada: $120.5K Rest of the world: $84K Worldwide: $204.5K - 88
Apr 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $191.4K - 89
Jun 23, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $189.9K - 90
Oct 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $172.9K - 91
Mar 16, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $164.4K - 92
Mar 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $139.2K - 93
Aug 18, 2023 US and Canada: $138.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $138.6K - 94
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)Jun 9, 2023 US and Canada: $123.1K Rest of the world: $14.9K Worldwide: $138K
Jun 9, 2023 · English · Drama, Fantasy, Horror $138K worldwide - 95
Aug 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $137.1K - 96
Mar 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $134K - 97
Mar 31, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $133.3K - 98
Sep 1, 2023 US and Canada: $130.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $130.8K - 99
Feb 24, 2023 US and Canada: $103.5K Rest of the world: $15.9K Worldwide: $119.4K - 100
Oct 20, 2023 US and Canada: $118.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $118.3K
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)