#1 of 71 #1 horror movie of 2026
2026 · Horror, Sci-Fi
$400.6M worldwide · 16% of the chart's total
$197.5M US & Canada · 49% $203.1M elsewhere · 51%
Horror box office · 2026
Horror Box Office 2026 So Far: Highest-Grossing Horror Movies, Page 2
Backrooms (2026) is the highest-grossing horror movie released in 2026 so far, with $400.6M worldwide, ahead of Resident Evil (2026) at $385.9M and Scary Movie (2026) at $278M. 71 horror films released in 2026 report a worldwide gross, $2.5B in all, 48% of it from the US & Canada. 5 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. Releases from the same days of 2025 (Jan 1 to Nov 10, 2025) have taken $2.5B, though they have had longer to earn. By language, English leads with $2.3B across 54 horror releases.
- 2026 releases with a gross
- 71
- worldwide so far
- $2.5B
- films crossed $100M
- 5
- vs the same days of 2025
- +1%
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Every Horror Release of 2026, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 71 of 71. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2026.
- 51
May 22, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $381.8K - 52
Jan 16, 2026 US and Canada: $372.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $372.1K - 53
Feb 3, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $357.2K - 54
Jun 12, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $348.9K - 55
Jul 31, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $314.8K - 56
Jan 16, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $275.4K - 57
Mar 13, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $255.6K - 58
Feb 27, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $221.5K - 59
Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise (2026)Jan 19, 2026 US and Canada: $87.3K Rest of the world: $108.9K Worldwide: $196.3K
Jan 19, 2026 · Japanese · Animation, Comedy, Fantasy $196.3K worldwide - 60
Feb 20, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $150K - 61
Oct 2, 2026 US and Canada: $29.6K Rest of the world: $105.7K Worldwide: $135.4K - 62
Mar 20, 2026 US and Canada: $102.2K Rest of the world: $6.3K Worldwide: $108.5K - 63
Jan 9, 2026 US and Canada: $48.2K Rest of the world: $1.7K Worldwide: $49.9K - 64
May 15, 2026 US and Canada: $26.7K Rest of the world: $13.3K Worldwide: $40.1K - 65
Mar 20, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38.4K - 66
Sep 11, 2026 US and Canada: $29.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $29.7K - 67
Aug 28, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.1K - 68
Feb 20, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12K - 69
Jan 16, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.8K - 70
Feb 13, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.4K - 71
Jan 16, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $62
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)