List of highest-grossing horror films
The following page lists the highest-grossing horror films, highest-grossing horror film franchises at the box office and the biggest opening weekends for many horror films. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation.
Highest-grossing horror films
| Rank | Film | Worldwide gross | Year | |
| 1 | It | $704,242,888 | 2017 | |
| 2 | The Sixth Sense | $672,806,292 | 1999 | |
| 3 | I Am Legend | $585,532,684 | 2007 | |
| 4 | World War Z | $540,007,876 | 2013 | |
| 5 | Jaws | $ | 1975 | |
| 6 | The Conjuring: Last Rites | $494,656,445 | 2025 | |
| 7 | It Chapter Two | $473,123,154 | 2019 | |
| 8 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | $452,000,435 | 2024 | |
| 9 | The Exorcist | $430,872,776 | 1973 | |
| 10 | Signs | $408,250,578 | 2002 | |
| 11 | Prometheus | $403,354,469 | 2012 | |
| 12 | Sinners | $367,953,537 | 2025 | |
| 13 | The Nun | $366,082,797 | 2018 | |
| 14 | Hannibal | $351,692,268 | 2001 | |
| 15 | Alien: Romulus | $350,865,342 | 2024 | |
| 16 | A Quiet Place | $340,955,294 | 2018 | |
| 17 | The Conjuring 2 | $322,811,702 | 2016 | |
| 18 | The Conjuring | $320,415,166 | 2013 | |
| 19 | Final Destination Bloodlines | $315,954,739 | 2025 | |
| 20 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | $314,101,190 | 2017 | |
| 21 | Annabelle: Creation | $306,592,201 | 2017 | |
| 22 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $300,228,084 | 2010 | |
| 23 | Van Helsing | $300,157,638 | 2004 | |
| 24 | A Quiet Place Part II | $297,372,261 | 2020 | |
| 25 | Five Nights at Freddy's | $297,144,130 | 2023 | |
| 26 | What Lies Beneath | $291,420,351 | 2000 | |
| 27 | Split | $278,754,594 | 2017 | |
| 28 | The Silence of the Lambs | $275,726,716 | 1991 | |
| 29 | The Nun II | $269,467,073 | 2023 | |
| 30 | Weapons | $269,072,492 | 2025 | |
| 31 | A Quiet Place: Day One | $261,907,653 | 2024 | |
| 32 | Halloween | $259,939,869 | 2018 | |
| 33 | The Village | $257,641,634 | 2004 | |
| 34 | Annabelle | $257,589,952 | 2014 | |
| 35 | Us | $256,071,218 | 2019 | |
| 36 | Get Out | $255,751,443 | 2017 | |
| 37 | The Ring | $249,348,933 | 2002 | |
| 38 | The Blair Witch Project | $248,639,099 | 1999 | |
| 39 | Dark Shadows | $245,564,215 | 2012 | |
| 40 | Alien: Covenant | $240,892,187 | 2017 | |
| 41 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $240,647,629 | 2012 | |
| 42 | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 † | $238,701,161 | 2025 | |
| 43 | Annabelle Comes Home | $231,252,591 | 2019 | |
| 44 | Constantine | $230,884,728 | 2005 | |
| 45 | Interview with the Vampire | $223,664,608 | 1994 | |
| 46 | Dracula Untold | $220,241,723 | 2014 | |
| 47 | Smile | $217,408,513 | 2022 | |
| 48 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | $215,862,692 | 1992 | |
| 49 | The Others | $210,002,906 | 2001 | |
| 50 | Jaws 2 | $208,900,376 | 1978 |
Highest-grossing horror film franchises and film series
Highest-grossing horror films by year
Timeline of highest-grossing horror films
By tickets sold
The following is a list of horror films which sold more than 25 million tickets.| Film | Year | Known ticket sales | Territories with known ticket sales data | Notes |
| The Exorcist | 1973 | 214,900,000 | Worldwide | |
| The Sixth Sense | 1999 | 103,747,446 | Worldwide | |
| Gremlins | 1984 | 44,100,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| Psycho | 1960 | 41,500,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| House of Wax | 1953 | 39,700,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| Signs | 2002 | 38,200,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| I Am Legend | 2007 | 36,900,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| It | 2017 | 36,500,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| Jaws 2 | 1978 | 35,000,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| The Curse of Frankenstein | 1957 | 34,800,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| The Amityville Horror | 1979 | 34,400,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| Cat People | 1942 | 33,000,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| Alien | 1979 | 31,800,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | 31,000,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| What Lies Beneath | 2000 | 30,600,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| The Omen | 1976 | 28,500,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | 27,700,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| Poltergeist | 1982 | 26,200,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| Rosemary's Baby | 1968 | 25,400,000 | U.S. + Canada | |
| Interview with the Vampire | 1994 | 25,200,000 | U.S. + Canada |