Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Prometheus	6/8/2012	20th Century Fox	R	$126,477,084	16,152,884
2	Paranormal Activity 4	10/19/2012	Paramount Pictures	R	$53,885,000	6,881,864
3	The Devil Inside	1/6/2012	Paramount Pictures	R	$53,261,944	6,716,512
4	The Possession	8/31/2012	Lionsgate	PG-13	$49,130,154	6,274,604
5	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	6/22/2012	20th Century Fox	R	$37,519,139	4,791,716
6	House at the End of the Street	9/21/2012	Relativity	PG-13	$31,611,916	4,037,281
7	Chernobyl Diaries	5/25/2012	Warner Bros.	R	$18,119,640	2,314,130
8	Silent Hill: Revelation 3D	10/26/2012	Open Road	R	$17,530,219	2,238,853
9	Silent House	3/9/2012	Open Road	R	$12,739,737	1,627,041
10	The Collection	11/30/2012	LD Distribution	R	$6,810,754	869,828
11	The Apparition	8/24/2012	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$4,936,819	630,500
12	Piranha 3DD	6/1/2012	Weinstein Co.	R	$370,904	47,369
13	Slaughter Creek	9/14/2012	Nocturnal Features	Not Rated	$136,815	17,473
14	V/H/S	10/5/2012	Magnet Pictures	R	$100,345	12,815
15	The Awakening	8/17/2012	Cohen Media Group	R	$95,933	12,251
16	The Road	5/11/2012	Freestyle Releasing	R	$92,476	11,810
17	The Innkeepers	2/3/2012	Magnolia Pictures	R	$78,396	9,886
18	Intruders	3/30/2012	Millenium Entertainment	R	$48,366	6,177
19	The Bay	11/2/2012	Roadside Attractions	R	$30,668	3,916
20	Paranormal Activity 3	10/21/2011	Paramount Pictures	R	$20,979	2,646
21	Silent Night	11/30/2012	Anchor Bay Entertainment	R	$14,568	1,860
22	Citadel	11/9/2012	Cinedigm	R	$12,995	1,659
23	[Rec] 3: Genesis	9/7/2012	Magnet Pictures	R	$9,600	1,226
24	The Moth Diaries	4/20/2012	IFC Films	R	$3,838	490
25	Bad Blood...The Hunger	10/26/2012	Garvity Arch	R	$1,872	239
26	Playback	3/16/2012	Magnet Pictures	R	$264	33
27	Emergo	6/1/2012	Magnolia Pictures	R	$256	32
Total Gross of All Movies					$413,040,681
Total Tickets Sold						52,665,095

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2012. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2012. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.