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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
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.
Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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TBD | 126 | ||||
2029 | 2 | ||||
2026 | 1 | ||||
2025 | 12 | ||||
2024 | Annual Stats | 147 | $13,000,000 | $231,547,968 | Exhuma (파묘) |
2023 | Annual Stats | 394 | $19,475,417 | $1,746,022,490 | Five Nights at Freddy’s |
2022 | Annual Stats | 354 | $15,633,333 | $1,292,270,785 | Smile |
2021 | Annual Stats | 273 | $22,300,000 | $1,119,304,191 | A Quiet Place: Part II |
2020 | Annual Stats | 294 | $11,400,071 | $459,857,914 | The Invisible Man |
2019 | Annual Stats | 279 | $17,392,857 | $1,822,126,382 | It: Chapter Two |
2018 | Annual Stats | 282 | $9,222,895 | $1,788,406,863 | The Nun |
2017 | Annual Stats | 222 | $18,793,750 | $2,356,505,896 | It |
2016 | Annual Stats | 195 | $8,599,480 | $1,553,262,375 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter |
2015 | Annual Stats | 210 | $7,959,213 | $1,076,156,251 | Goosebumps |
2014 | Annual Stats | 105 | $7,009,375 | $815,954,279 | Annabelle |
2013 | Annual Stats | 95 | $7,529,211 | $1,044,140,289 | The Conjuring |
2012 | Annual Stats | 111 | $10,270,000 | $1,273,756,969 | 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 | 68 | $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 | 53 | $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 | $889,599,889 | Gothika |
2002 | Annual Stats | 20 | $30,272,727 | $593,541,126 | The Ring |
2001 | Annual Stats | 19 | $19,112,222 | $759,834,277 | 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 | 20 | $10,250,000 | $376,888,095 | The Silence of the Lambs | |
1990 | 26 | $18,550,000 | $279,372,292 | Flatliners | |
1989 | 27 | $6,020,000 | $177,530,744 | Pet Sematary | |
1988 | 27 | $6,355,556 | $243,731,219 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | |
1987 | 32 | $6,514,286 | $205,565,012 | 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 | $157,878,056 | 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 | $231,529,910 | 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 | $196,900,392 | Friday the 13th | |
1979 | 16 | $8,066,667 | $393,883,578 | 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 | 14 | $140,000 | $26,573,161 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | |
1973 | 23 | $12,000,000 | $429,315,088 | The Exorcist | |
1972 | 19 | ||||
1971 | 15 | ||||
1970 | 13 | ||||
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 | 9 | $32,002,177 | Psycho | ||
1959 | 8 | ||||
1958 | 8 | ||||
1957 | 6 | ||||
1956 | 5 | $2,044 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | ||
1955 | 2 | ||||
1954 | 2 | $491,843 | 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 | 4,436 | $14,806,319 | $36,377,675,287 | 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.
Index | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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0 | 1 | $922,747 | 0.0MHz | |
1 | 27 | $13,250,000 | $140,336,700 | 1408 |
2 | 8 | $8,833,333 | $147,017,231 | 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 | 273 | $16,411,852 | $2,205,892,502 | Annabelle: Creation |
B | 309 | $11,222,759 | $1,420,652,900 | The Blair Witch Project |
C | 337 | $12,836,324 | $2,162,954,847 | The Conjuring |
D | 354 | $20,694,512 | $2,059,965,752 | Bram Stoker's Dracula |
E | 122 | $17,773,684 | $1,524,495,600 | The Exorcist |
F | 178 | $14,138,750 | $2,500,726,307 | Five Nights at Freddy’s |
G | 157 | $12,989,286 | $1,331,618,503 | Get Out |
H | 311 | $13,551,340 | $2,781,736,294 | Hannibal |
I | 136 | $16,247,261 | $2,729,275,071 | It |
J | 58 | $13,195,455 | $1,233,779,057 | Jaws |
K | 103 | $4,243,000 | $168,783,913 | Krampus |
L | 157 | $11,870,455 | $752,269,769 | Lights Out |
M | 259 | $14,909,722 | $1,031,105,305 | M3GAN |
N | 131 | $16,840,933 | $1,271,596,967 | The Nun |
O | 84 | $10,076,923 | $895,540,208 | The Others |
P | 228 | $12,492,467 | $2,501,905,858 | Paranormal Activity 3 |
Q | 21 | $18,067,857 | $722,866,935 | A Quiet Place |
R | 173 | $24,279,562 | $2,158,114,241 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter |
S | 410 | $16,773,426 | $4,252,898,240 | Split |
T | 208 | $8,187,929 | $740,655,058 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
U | 60 | $9,500,000 | $358,393,500 | The Unborn |
V | 73 | $11,905,200 | $219,375,435 | The Visit |
W | 146 | $18,598,211 | $918,334,363 | The Wolfman |
X | 7 | $1,000,000 | $15,355,087 | X |
Y | 41 | $1,000,000 | $36,826,537 | You're Next |
Z | 40 | $8,293,172 | Zan'e: Sunde wa ikenai heya |