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Horror Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Horror movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Horror Movies - Top Domestic Horror Movies - Top International Horror Movies - Top Worldwide Horror Movies - Top Domestic Horror Stars - Top International Horror Stars - Top Worldwide Horror Stars

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

The table below lists the top-grossing Horror movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Horror films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Horror movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.

YearAnnual
Stats
Total
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
TBD    119      
2029    2      
2026    2      
2025    6      
2024 Annual Stats  115  $13,000,000  $84,479,172  Exhuma (파묘)
2023 Annual Stats  390  $19,475,417  $1,733,483,131  Five Nights at Freddy’s
2022 Annual Stats  354  $15,633,333  $1,292,255,508  Smile
2021 Annual Stats  273  $22,300,000  $1,119,304,191  A Quiet Place: Part II
2020 Annual Stats  293  $11,400,071  $459,679,197  The Invisible Man
2019 Annual Stats  279  $17,392,857  $1,822,144,323  It: Chapter Two
2018 Annual Stats  282  $9,222,895  $1,788,540,611  The Nun
2017 Annual Stats  221  $18,793,750  $2,356,505,896  It
2016 Annual Stats  195  $8,599,480  $1,553,292,714  Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2015 Annual Stats  211  $7,959,213  $1,085,459,006  Goosebumps
2014 Annual Stats  104  $7,009,375  $806,602,275  Annabelle
2013 Annual Stats  95  $7,529,211  $1,044,140,289  The Conjuring
2012 Annual Stats  110  $9,539,259  $1,203,073,835  Resident Evil: Retribution
2011 Annual Stats  87  $17,117,057  $976,827,538  Paranormal Activity 3
2010 Annual Stats  96  $20,341,667  $1,421,407,126  Resident Evil: Afterlife
2009 Annual Stats  67  $15,723,333  $1,139,120,192  Paranormal Activity
2008 Annual Stats  62  $10,238,636  $534,300,777  Saw V
2007 Annual Stats  54  $13,714,857  $1,101,145,686  Resident Evil: Extinction
2006 Annual Stats  52  $15,277,381  $1,157,384,795  Saw III
2005 Annual Stats  44  $22,342,391  $1,339,091,397  The Ring Two
2004 Annual Stats  31  $20,376,923  $762,678,600  The Grudge
2003 Annual Stats  31  $20,607,143  $889,771,005  Gothika
2002 Annual Stats  20  $30,272,727  $593,541,126  The Ring
2001 Annual Stats  19  $19,112,222  $759,834,102  Hannibal
2000 Annual Stats  21  $28,409,091  $717,626,805  Hollow Man
1999 Annual Stats  21  $27,721,429  $1,056,028,091  The Blair Witch Project
1998 Annual Stats  18  $23,500,000  $372,252,931  Urban Legend
1997 Annual Stats  15  $41,285,714  $716,059,336  Scream 2
1996 Annual Stats  12  $25,166,667  $342,749,085  Scream
1995 Annual Stats  20  $14,400,000  $256,918,133  Species
1994    13  $43,250,000  $500,495,811  Interview with the Vampire
1993    14  $6,166,667  $101,315,608  Army of Darkness
1992    14  $19,333,333  $363,628,604  Bram Stoker's Dracula
1991    19  $10,250,000  $376,888,095  The Silence of the Lambs
1990    25  $18,550,000  $279,372,292  Flatliners
1989    27  $6,020,000  $177,530,744  Pet Sematary
1988    26  $6,355,556  $243,731,219  A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1987    31  $6,514,286  $205,547,772  A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1986    26  $5,340,000  $221,719,001  Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1985    22  $7,450,000  $157,877,964  Day of the Dead
1984    14  $5,162,500  $110,191,596  Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
1983    27  $4,181,750  $231,528,726  Jaws 3-D
1982    30  $4,930,000  $257,926,277  Poltergeist
1981    33  $1,250,000  $235,650,427  An American Werewolf in London
1980    28  $4,416,667  $196,900,318  Friday the 13th
1979    16  $8,066,667  $391,943,021  Alien
1978    13  $10,162,500  $351,921,229  Jaws 2
1977    18  $4,866,667  $64,072,919  Exorcist II: The Heretic
1976    17  $2,300,000  $74,464,167  The Omen
1975    13  $12,000,000  $495,655,893  Jaws
1974    13  $140,000  $26,573,161  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1973    23  $12,000,000  $429,315,088  The Exorcist
1972    18      
1971    15      
1970    12      
1969    5      
1968    9  $1,657,000  $63,484,144  Rosemary's Baby
1967    8    $2,060  Fearless Vampire Killers
1966    6      
1965    7      
1964    9      
1963    6    $15,436,929  The Birds
1962    7  $60,000  $54,399  Les Yeux sans visage
1961    5      
1960    8    $32,002,177  Psycho
1959    8      
1958    8      
1957    6      
1956    5    $2,044  Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1955    2      
1954    2    $491,389  Gojira
1953    3  $658,000  $23,800,000  House of Wax
1951    3      
1950    1      
1949    2    $15,792  The Queen of Spades
1946    1      
1945    2      
1944    1      
1943    2      
1942    1  $134,000  $8,000,000  Cat People
1941    1      
1940    4      
1939    2      
1936    1      
1935    1      
1933    3  $672,000  $10,001,913  King Kong
1932    5    $9,210  The Old Dark House
1931    3    $12,001,435  Frankenstein
1929    2    $19,011  Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1928    1      
1926    1      
1925    1      
1921    2    $4,713  The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920    1      
1916    1    $262,102  Pikovaya dama
Total  4,374  $14,779,332  $36,145,534,123  It

The table below shows the highest-grossing Horror movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Horror movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
0  1    $922,747  0.0MHz
1  27  $13,250,000  $140,007,345  1408
2  8  $8,833,333  $147,188,347  28 Days Later…
3  7  $11,500,000  $81,317,892  30 Days of Night
4  2      
5  2    $20,256  5 A.M. Cinco ante los miedos
6  6    $770,343  6 Souls
7  2    $31,100  7 Witches
8  3  $100,000  $123,784  8
9  2    $3,723,813  976-Evil
A  270  $16,411,852  $2,173,868,802  Annabelle: Creation
B  301  $11,222,759  $1,420,023,177  The Blair Witch Project
C  332  $12,359,556  $2,092,081,642  The Conjuring
D  348  $20,694,512  $2,059,422,768  Bram Stoker's Dracula
E  119  $17,773,684  $1,497,249,327  The Exorcist
F  176  $14,138,750  $2,450,443,982  Five Nights at Freddy’s
G  157  $12,989,286  $1,331,338,515  Get Out
H  310  $13,551,340  $2,781,676,605  Hannibal
I  136  $16,247,261  $2,694,679,899  It
J  58  $13,195,455  $1,233,358,831  Jaws
K  102  $4,243,000  $177,768,791  Krampus
L  155  $11,870,455  $740,896,193  Lights Out
M  256  $14,909,722  $1,030,896,588  M3GAN
N  128  $16,840,933  $1,271,592,752  The Nun
O  81  $10,076,923  $895,377,838  The Others
P  223  $12,492,467  $2,492,491,787  Paranormal Activity 3
Q  21  $18,067,857  $722,866,231  A Quiet Place
R  171  $24,279,562  $2,158,023,185  Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
S  405  $16,773,426  $4,251,429,987  Split
T  203  $8,187,929  $740,655,058  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
U  56  $9,500,000  $358,075,552  The Unborn
V  73  $11,905,200  $219,099,212  The Visit
W  145  $18,598,211  $917,655,032  The Wolfman
X  7  $1,000,000  $15,355,087  X
Y  41  $1,000,000  $36,808,483  You're Next
Z  40    $8,293,172  Zan'e: Sunde wa ikenai heya