In the past few years horror has moved from the shadows into main stream media (it’s about time). Movie sales, box office profits and low production costs, compared to other categories, have quickly made horror one of the most profitable genres out there. Have you ever wondered which horror movies made a huge killing ? Here are the top 10 highest grossing horror flicks to date.
10. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
Director: Henry Joost
Stars: Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown
Budget: $5 Million – Gross: $104 Million
9. Interview With the Vampire (1994)
Director: Neil Jordon
Stars: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise
Budget: $60 Million – Gross: $105 Million
8. Paranormal Activity (2007)
Director: Oren Peli
Stars: Kate Featherston, Micah Sloat
Budget: $15,000 – Gross: $108 Million
7. The Grudge (2004)
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Stars: Sarah Michelle Geller, Bill Pullman
Budget: $10 million – Gross: $110 Million
6. The Ring (2002)
Director: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson
Budget: $48 million – Gross: $129 Million
5. The Conjuring (2013)
Director: James Wan
Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga
Budget: $20 Million – Gross: $137 Million
4. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Director: Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick
Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Lepnard
Budget: $60,000 – Gross: $141 Million
3. Gremlins (1984)
Director: Joe Dante
Stars: Zach Galligan, Pheobe Cates
Budget: $11 Million – Gross: $148 Million
2. What Lies Beneath (2000)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer
Budget: $100 Million – Gross: $155 Million
1. World War Z
Director: Marc Forster
Stars: Brad Pitt, Mirelle Enos
Budget: $190 Million – Gross: $202 Million
There are a lot of horror franchises out there, so I’ve whittled it down to the top 5 for you, but the highest grossing horror franchise might surprise you.
5. The Nightmare On Elm Street franchise : $450 Million
4. The Friday The 13th franchise : $465 Million
3. The Scream franchise : $605 Million
2. The Exorcist franchise : $661 Million
1. The Saw franchise : $873 Million
Sources: IMDb , Bing
