#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 3
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 101 to 150 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.
- 101
Mar 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $116.4K - 102
Mar 11, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $115.9K - 103
Sep 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $114.6K - 104
May 16, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $113.9K - 105
Mar 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $112.5K - 106
Dec 8, 2023 US and Canada: $18.3K Rest of the world: $84.3K Worldwide: $102.6K - 107
Dec 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94.7K - 108
Nov 9, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94.1K - 109
Dec 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $89.3K - 110
Apr 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $88.5K - 111
Aug 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $86.9K - 112
Apr 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $86.4K - 113
Jul 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $84.7K - 114
Aug 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $84.1K - 115
Jul 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $79.1K - 116
Jul 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.5K - 117
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 (2023)Nov 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68.8K
Nov 3, 2023 · English · Documentary, Comedy, Horror $68.8K worldwide - 118
Aug 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $67.1K - 119
Oct 27, 2023 US and Canada: $2.3K Rest of the world: $63.2K Worldwide: $65.5K - 120
May 19, 2023 US and Canada: $54K Rest of the world: $3.7K Worldwide: $57.8K - 121
Aug 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.6K - 122
Jun 29, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $54K - 123
Jul 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $53.2K - 124
Apr 7, 2023 US and Canada: $52.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $52.7K - 125
Sep 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.9K - 126
Oct 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.7K - 127
Oct 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.5K - 128
Apr 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.3K - 129
Chabak - Night of Murder and Romance (2023)Jun 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.5K
Jun 8, 2023 · Korean · Horror, Thriller $44.5K worldwide - 130
Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)Jul 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.2K Jul 25, 2023 · English · Action, Adventure, Thriller $43.2K worldwide - 131
Apr 15, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.2K - 132
Oct 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35.5K - 133
Sep 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35.2K - 134
May 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $33K - 135
Sep 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.5K - 136
Dec 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.1K - 137
Mar 3, 2023 US and Canada: $31K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $31K - 138
Jun 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.6K - 139
Apr 2, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.2K - 140
Mar 16, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30K - 141
Mar 10, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.4K - 142
Aug 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.2K - 143
Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.1K - 144
Aug 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.6K - 145
Oct 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.2K - 146
Sep 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.5K - 147
Oct 27, 2023 US and Canada: $18.4K Rest of the world: $4.3K Worldwide: $22.8K - 148
Jul 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.6K - 149
Feb 18, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.5K - 150
Dec 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21K
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)