Box office grosses are worldwide (unless indicated as US only) and in millions of dollars. These figures do not include additional ancillary sales of DVD, Blu-ray, digital download, VHS, TV and cable sales, etc. Where a US box office taking is shown, the worldwide gross is unavailable but this is usually estimated to be at least a third to 50% more revenue.
In the 1980s and 1990s the home video market was massive and many low budget horror movies were hugely successful on VHS, despite performing poorly at the box office or never even receiving a theatrical release. The following listing is therefore somewhat skewed in favour of major studio and more recent releases. Nonetheless, it provides a fascinating snapshot of simply how much money some horror and monster movies have taken at the box office.
Jurassic World (2015) - $1,671,7m ($150 million)
Jurassic Park (1993) - $1,029.2m ($63 million)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) - $829.7m
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) - $794.8 ($230m)
Monsters University (2013) - $744.2m (N/A)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) - $712.2m ($110m)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) - $709.7m ($50m)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) - $698.5m
IT (2017) - $688.3m ($35m) - as at December 3, 2017
The Sixth Sense (1999) - $672.8m
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - $654.3m
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - $618.6m
I Am Legend (2007) - $585.3m
Monsters, Inc. (2001) - $577,425,734 ($115m)
Kong: Skull Island (2017) - $566.7m ($185m)
King Kong (2005) - $550.5m ($207 million)
WorldWar Z (2013) - $540.0m ($190 million)
The Meg (2018) - $530.2m ($130m)
Godzilla (2014) - $529.1m ($160 million)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - $520.9m ($102 million)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) - $490.7m ($150 million)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - $481.8m ($93 million)
Hotel Transylvania 2 - $473.2m ($80 million)
Jaws (1975) - $470.7m ($7m)
The Exorcist (1973) - $441.3m (budget unavailable)
The Mummy Returns (2001) - $433.0m ($98m)
The Mummy (1999) - $415.9m ($80m)
Pacific Rim (2013) - $411.0m ($190m)
The Mummy (2017) - $409.1m ($125m)
Prometheus (2012) - $403.4m ($130m)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) - $401.1m ($145m)
Twilight (2008) - $393.6m ($37m)
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) worldwide: $381,509.870 ($175m)
Godzilla (1998) - $379.0m ($130m)
Jurassic Park III (2001) - $368.8m ($93m)
The Nun (2018) - $365.5m ($22m)
Planet of the Apes (2001) - $362.2 ($100m)
Hotel Transylvania (2012) - $358.4m ($85m)
Basic Instinct (1992) - $352.9m ($49m)
Hannibal (Ridley Scott, 2001) - $351.7m ($87m)
A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018) - $340.6m ($17m)
Black Swan (2010) - $329.4m ($13m)
Se7en (David Fincher, 1995) - $327.3m ($33m)
The Conjuring 2 - $320.3m ($40 million)
Fatal Attraction (1987) - $320.1m (budget unavailable)
The Conjuring (2013) - $318.0m ($20m)
A Quiet Place (2018) - $312.4m ($17m)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017) - $312.2 ($40m)
Annabelle: Creation (2017) - $306.5 ($15m)
Van Helsing (2004) - $300.3m ($160m)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) - $296.2m ($60m)
Ghostbusters (1984) - $295.2m ($30m)
Shutter Island (2010) - $294.8m ($80m)
What Lies Beneath (2000) - $291.4m ($100m)
Scary Movie (2000) - $278m ($19m)
Scooby-Doo (2002) - $275.7m ($84m)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - $272.7 ($19m)
The Village (2004) - $256,697,520 ($60m)
Annabelle (2014) - $256.9 ($6.5m)
Halloween (2018) - $253,995,502 ($10m)
The Ring (2002) - $249.3 ($48m)
The Blair Witch Project (1999) - $248.6 ($60,000)
Dark Shadows (2012) - $245.5 ($150m)
Alien: Covenant (2017) - $240.8m ($97m)
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) $240.1m ($65m)
Ghostbusters (2016) - $229.1m ($144m)
Ghost Rider (2007) - $228.7m (budget: $110m)
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) - $226.3m ($50m)
Interview with the Vampire (1994) - $223.7m ($60m)
Scary Movie 3 (2003) - $220.7m ($48m)
Dracula Untold (2014) $217.1m ($70m)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) - $215.9m ($40m)
Ghostbusters II (1989) - $215.5m (budget unavailable)
End of Days (1999) - $212.0m ($100m)
The Others (2001) - $209.9m ($17m)
Red Dragon (2002) - $209.2m ($78m)
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) - $207.0m ($5m)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) - $206.1m ($100m)
The Addams Family (1991) - $191.5m ($30m)
Hollow Man (Paul Verhoeven, 2000) - $190,213,455
Jaws 2 (1978) - $187.8m
The Grudge (2004) - $187.2m ($10m)
The Final Destination (2009) - $186.1m ($40m)
The Nun (2018) - $181.8m ($22m) - as at 14/09/18
Cape Fear (1991) - $182.2m
The Haunted Mansion (2003) - $182.2m
The Haunting (1999) - $177.3m ($80m)
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) $174.9m ($19m)
Cowboys & Aliens (2011) - $174.8m
Scream (1996) - $173m (budget $15m)
Alien vs. Predator (2004) - $172.5m ($60m)
Scream 2 (1997) - $172.3 million ($24m)
Cloverfield (2008) - $170.7m
Insidious: The Last Key (2017) - $167.4m ($10m)
Saw III (2006) - $164.8m
Deep Blue Sea (1999) - $164.6 ($60m)
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) - $161.9m ($5m)
Scream 3 (2000) - $161.8m ($40m)
Alien Resurrection (1997) - $161.3m ($75m)
The Ring 2 (2005) - $161.4
The Predator (2018) - $160.5m ($88m)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) - $160,388,063
Underworld: Awakening (2012) - $160.1m ($70m)
Alien3 (1992) - $159.8m ($50m)
Final Destination 5 (2011) - $157.8m
Blade II (2002) - $155.0m ($54m)
Don’t Breathe (2016) - $153,211,773 ($9.9 million)
Gremlins (1984) - $153.0m (US only)
The Devil’s Advocate (1997) - $152.9m
The Bone Collector (1999) $151.4m ($73m)
Goosebumps (2015) - $150,170,815 ($58m)
Death Becomes Her (1992) - $149.0m ($55m)
Lights Out (2016) - $148,868,835 ($4.9 million)
Saw II (2005) - $147.7m
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) - $147.7m
Mama (2013) - $146.4m budget: $15m
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) - $144.2m budget: $19m
The Last Witch Hunter (2015) - $140.3m, budget $90m
Monster House (2006) worldwide: $140.2m, budget: $75m
The Wolfman (2010) - $139.7m, budget: $150m
Saw IV (2007) - $139.3m
Anaconda (1997) $136.8m
Saw 3D (2010) - $136.4m, budget: $20m
The First Purge (2018) - $136.3m, budget: $13m
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) - $132.5m
1408 (2007) - $131.9m, budget: $25m
Blade (1998) - $131.1m
Aliens (1986) - $131.m
Wolf (1994) - $131.m
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) - $129.3m ($45m)
Blade: Trinity (2004) $128.9m ($65m)
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) - $128.8m
The Woman in Black (2012) - $128.5m ($15m)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) - $125.5m
Starship Troopers (1997) $121.2m ($105m)
The Omen (2006) $119.4m (budget: $25m)
The Shallows (2016) $119,100,758 ($17m)
The Purge: Election Year (2016) - $118,416,945 ($10 million)
Final Destination 3 (2006) - $117.7m
Warm Bodies (2013) - $116.9m budget: $35m
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) - $116.4m (budget: $69m)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) - $115.7m
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - $115.6m
Freddy vs. Jason (2003) - $114.9m ($30m)
Saw V (2008) - $113.8m budget: $10.8m
Species (1995) - $113.3m
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) $112.9m
Final Destination (2000) - $112.8m
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) worldwide $112,006,296
The Purge: Anarchy (2014) - $111.9m
Sea of Love (1989) - $110.8m
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) - $109,518,558
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) - $108,286,421 (budget unavailable)
The Amityville Horror (2005) - $108.0m
ParaNorman (2012) - $107.1m ($60m)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) - $107.1m ($9.5m)
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) $108.1m
Alien (1979) - $104.9m ($11m)
The Cell (2000) $104.1m ($33m)
Saw (2004) - $103.9m ($1.2m)
Ouija (2014) - $103.5m
Resident Evil (2002) - $102.4m ($33m)
Zombieland (2009) - $102.3 budget $23.6m
Dawn of the Dead (2004) - $102.3m
The Stepford Wives (2004) - $102.0m ($90m)
The Devil Inside (2012) - $101.7m ($1m)
Mars Attacks! (1996) - $101,371,017
Jigsaw (2017) - $100.7m ($10m) [as at Dec 14, 2017]
My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) - $100.7m
Hellboy (Guillermo del Toro, 2004) - $99,318,987
Riddick (2013) - $98.3m ($38m)
Silent Hill (2006) $97.6m ($50m)
Evil Dead (2013) - $97.5m
Scream 4 (2011) - $97.1m ($40m)
Insidious (2011) - $97.0m ($1.5m)
The Rite (2011) $96.0m ($37m)
Poltergeist (2015) - $95.8m, $35m
Truth or Dare (2018) - $94.8m, budget $3.5m
The Lovely Bones (2009) worldwide: $93.6m, budget: $65m
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) - 92.5m, budget $35m
The Skeleton Key (2005) - $91.9m ($43m)
Friday the 13th (2009) $91.3m
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) - $91.3m ($35m)
White Noise (2005) - $91.1m
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014) - $90.9m
Drag Me To Hell (2009) - $90.8m ($30m)
Final Destination 2 (2003) - $90.4m
The Host (2007) $89,431,890
Stigmata (1999) - $89.4m ($29m)
The Purge (2013) - $89.3m
Red Riding Hood (2011) $89.1m budget: $42m
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) $88m
Deliver Us From Evil (2014) $87.9m budget: $30m
Jaws 3-D (1983) worldwide: $87,987,055
The Amityville Horror (1979) US: $86.4m
Young Frankenstein (1974) US: $86.2m
Edward Scissorhands (1990) - $86.0m
The Possession (2012) - $85.4m budget: $14m
Zodiac (2007) $84.7m ($65m)
Carrie (2013) - $84.7m
Piranha 3D (2010) - $83.1m ($24m)
The Strangers (2008) - $82.3m ($9m)
Hannibal Rising (2007) - $82.1m
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) - $81.5m ($9m)
Frankenweenie (2012) $81.4m ($39m)
Vampires Suck (2010) - $80.5m ($20m)
Hostel (2006) - $80.5m
Halloween (2007) -$80.2m
Hereditary (2018) $79.3m, budget unavailable
Jigsaw (2017) - $79.3m ($10m) - as at November 13, 2017
Scary Movie 5 (2013) - $78.3m ($20m)
Priest (2011) - $78.3m ($60m)
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) - $78.0m ($10m)
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) - $78m ($50m)
Sinister (2012) $77.7m budget: $3m
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) worldwide: $77.5m
Mirrors (2008) worldwide: $77.4m
Poltergeist (1982) US: $76.6m
Boo! A Medea Halloween (2016) - $74,769,988 ($20 million)
Crimson Peak (2015) - $74.6 ($55m)
30 Days of Night (2007) - $75.5m budget: $30m
Crimson Peak (2015) - $74.6m budget $55m
The Unborn (2009) - $76.5m (budget: $16m)
Crimson Peak (2015) - $74.6m ($55m)
From Hell (2001) - $74.m budget: $35m
Beetlejuice (1988) US: $73.7m
Urban Legend (1998) - $72.5m budget: $14m
I, Frankenstein (2014) - $71.1m ($65m)
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) - $70.9m ($20m)
The Grudge 2 (2006) $70.7m budget: $20m
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) - $70.7m ($29m)
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) - $69.6m ($15m)
House of Wax (2005) - $68.7m
Thirteen Ghosts (2001) $68.4m ($42m)
Ghost Ship (2002) $68.3m ($20m)
Legion (2010) $67.9m budget: $26m
The Last Exorcism (2010) $67.7m budget: $1.8m
Boogeyman (2005) - $67.1m
When a Stranger Calls (2006) worldwide: $66.9m
The Cabin the Woods (2012) $66.4m
Taking Lives (2004) worldwide: $65.4m budget: $45m
28 Weeks Later (2007) $64.2m
The Lazarus Effect (2015) - $64.1m budget $3.3m
Unfriended (2015) $64.0m budget: $1m
The Boy (2015) $64.1m ($10m)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987) US: $63.7m
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) $63.1m budget: $17m
Devil (2010) - $62.6m
Snakes on a Plane (2006) worldwide: $62m budget: $33m
Krampus (2015) $61.5m ($15m)
Flatliners (1990) US: $61.4m
Misery (1990) US: $61.2m
The Omen (1976) $60.9m
The Fly (1986) - $60.6m
Kiss the Girls (1997) US: $60.5m
A Haunted House (2013) - $60.1m budget: $2.5m
Jeepers Creepers (2001) $59.2m budget: $10m
The Gift (2015) - $58.9m budget $5m
Pet Sematary (1989) US: $57.4m
The Mist (2007) $57.2m budget: $18m
Prom Night (2008) worldwide: $57.1m budget: $20m
The Descent (2005) - $57m
The Eye (2008) - $56.9m (N/A)
Lake Placid (1999) - $56.8m ($35m)
Doom (2005) - $55.9m budget: $60m
The Mothman Prophecies (2002) $55.1m budget $32m
The Messengers (2007) - $55m budget: $16m
Halloween: H20 (1998) - $55m (US)
The Crazies (2010) - $54.8m
Open Water (2004) - $54.6m ($500,000)
The Crazies (2010) $54.8m ($20m)
Arachnophobia (1990) - $53.2m (US only)
Pitch Black (2000) - $53.1m ($23m)
Sinister 2 (2015) $52.8m
King Kong (1976) - $52.6m (US only)
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012) - $52.0m ($20m)
Jaws 4: The Revenge (1987) - $51.8m
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) - $51.7m
Slender Man (2018) $51.7m, budget $10m
Daybreakers (2010) - $51.4m ($20m)
Bride of Chucky (1998) - $50.6m ($25m)
Dark Water (2005) - $49.4m
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) $49.6m budget: $40m
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) US: $49.3m
Addams Family Values (1993) US: $48.9m
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014) $48.8m (budget unavailable)
Single White Female (1992) US: $48m
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) - $47.7m budget: $15m
Darkness Falls (2003) - $47.4m budget: $11m
The Watcher (2000) - $47.2m budget: $30m
Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) - $47.2m
Halloween (1978) US: $47m budget: $325,000
Dracula 2000 (2000) - $47m ($54m)
Land of the Dead (2005) - $46.7m ($15m)
The Fog (2005) - $46.2m
One Missed Call (2008) $45.8m ($20m)
The Last House on the Left (2009) - $45.2m
Pacific Heights (1990) - $44.9m
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) - $44.7m (US only)
The Shining (1980) - $44.3m (US only)
47 Meters Down (2016) - $44.3m ($5.5m)
Child’s Play (1988) $44.1m (N/A)
Oculus (2014) - $44.0m ($5m)
Love at First Bite (1979) - $43.8m (US only)
The Uninvited (2009) - $41.6m
Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990) $41.4m (US only)
Quarantine (2008) $41.3m ($12m)
Fright Night (2011) - 41.0m ($30m)
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) $40.9m (US only)
Twisted (2004) $40.9m ($50m)
House on Haunted Hill (1999) $40.8m ($37m)
The Witch (2015) - $40,423,945 (budget unavailable)
As Above, So Below (2014) - $40.2m
Bless the Child (2000) - $40.4m ($65m)
The Faculty (Robert Rodriguez, 1998) - $40.2m
The Invasion (2007) - $15,074,191 ($80m)
Shark Night 3D (2011) - $40.1m ($25m)
I Still Know What You Did Last Night (1998) - $40.0m (US only)
Friday the 13th (1980) US: $39.7m
Halloween 2 (2009) - $39.4m
House at the End of the Street (2012) - $39.4m
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009) - $39.2m budget: $40m
Haunted Castle (IMAX) (2001) - $39m
The Exorcist III (1990) - $39m
The Fly II (1989) - $39.8m
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) $38.7m (US only)
Basic Instinct 2 (2006) - $38.6m
Dream House (2011) - $38.5m
The Dead Pool (1988) - $37.9m (US only)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) $37.6m budget: $13m
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) - $37.4m ($15m)
Psycho (1998) - $37.1m ($60m)
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2011) - $36.9 ($25m)
Friday the 13th Part III (1982) US: $36.69m
Valentine (2001) - worldwide $36.68m budget $29m
Devil’s Due (2014) - $36.4m ($7m)
The Lazarus Effect (2015) - $36.1m ($3.3m)
The Gallows (2015) - $36.0m
Child’s Play 2 (1990) - $35.7m
The Witch (2015) - $35,725,247m
Hostel: Part II (2007) $35.6m budget: $10.2m
Vacancy (2007) - $35.3m budget: $19m
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) US: $34.8m
Psycho II (1983) US: $34.7m
Victor Frankenstein (2015) - $34.2m
American Psycho (2000) - $34.2m budget: $7m
Carrie (1976) US: $33.8m
The Cave (2005) - $33.3m
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) US: $32.9m
The Lost Boys (1987) US: $32.2m
The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) $32.2m, budget $9.5m
The Lawnmower Man (1992) US: $32.1m
Psycho (1960) US: $32m
Copycat (1995) US: $32m
Dressed to Kill (1980) US: $31.8m
Jennifer’s Body (2009) $31.m budget: $16m
The People Under the Stairs (1991) $31.3m
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) - $30.8 (US only)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1978) US: $30.7m
Igor (2008) - $30,747,504
Cabin Fever (2003) - $30.5m
Sleepwalkers (1992) US: $30.5
An American Werewolf in London (1981) US: $30.5
Shaun of the Dead (2004) - $30m
Pulse (2006) $29.9m budget: $20.5m
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) US: $29.9m
The Raven (2012) - $29.6m budget: $26m
An American Haunting (2006) - $29.6m
Wrong Turn (2003) - worldwide 28.6m budget $12.6m
The Little Vampire (2000) $27.9m budget: $35m
Event Horizon (1997) worldwide: $26.6m
Damien: Omen II (1978) US: $26.5m
Dark Skies (2013) - $26.4m budget: $3.5m
Jacob’s Ladder (1990) worldwide: $26.1m
Candyman (1992) - $25.7m
Halloween II (1981) US: $25.5
Grindhouse (2007) - $25.4m budget: $67m
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) US: $24.9m
Fright Night (1985) US: $24.9m
The Craft (1996) US: $24.8m
Winchester (2018) - $23.9m
A Haunted House 2 (2014) worldwide: $23.9m
House of Wax (1953) US: $23.7m ($1m)
Ghost Story (1981) US: $23.3m
The Gallows (2015) $22.7m
Darkness (2004) $22.1m
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) US: $22.1m
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985) US: $21.9m
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) US: $21.7m
When a Stranger Calls (1979) US: $21.4m
The Fog (1980) US: $21.3m
Creepshow (1982) US: $21m
Demon Knight (1995) US: $21m
The Dead Zone (1983) - $20.7m (US only)
Child’s Play 3 (1991) - $20.5m
The Final Conflict: Omen III (1981) US: $20.4
John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998) US: $20.3m budget: $20m
Pulse (2006) $20.2m
Dracula (1979) US: $20.1m
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) US: $20m
Altered States (1981) US: $19.8m
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) - $19.7m
House (1986) US: $19.4m
Jason Lives! Friday the 13th Part VI (1986) - $19.4m
The Devil’s Rejects (Rob Zombie, 2005) - $19.3m
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) US: $19.1m
The Believers (1987) US: $18.7m
The Ninth Gate (1999) $18.6m
See No Evil (2006) worldwide: $18.5m
You’re Next (2013) worldwide: $18.4m
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) $18.3m
The Howling (1981) US: $17,985,893
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) US: $17.7m
Frailty (2001) - $17.4m
Angel Heart (1987) US: $17.1m
The Guardian (William Friedkin, 1990) US: $17m
Firestarter (1984) US: $17m
Jason X (2002) worldwide: $16,951,798
House of 1000 Corpses (2003) - $16,829,545
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) - $16.6m (US)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) $16.3m budget $28m
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) US: $15.9m
The Island (1980) US: $15.7m
Leviathan (1989) - $15.7m (US)
The Last Exorcism Part II (2013) $15.1m budget: $5m
Flowers in the Attic (1987) US: $15.1m
Rosemary’s Baby (1968) US: $15m
Prom Night (1980) $14.7m
Orca (1977) US: $14.7m
It Follows (2015) US: $14,674,076
Hellraiser (1987) US: $14,564,027
Children of the Corn (1984) US: $14.5m
Psycho III (1986) - $14.4m (US)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) US: $14.4m
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1988) US: $14.3m
Scanners (1981) US: $14.2m
Ernest Scared Stupid (1991) US: $14.1m
Poltergeist III (1988) $14,114,308
John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars (2001)
$14m budget: $28m
Creepshow 2 (1987) US: $14m
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) US: $13.9m
House of the Dead (Uwe Boll, 2003) - $13,818,181m
The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008) - $13,559,212
The Gate (1987) US: $13.5m
Lord of Illusions (1995) US: $13,294,422
Case 39 (2010) - $13,261,851
The Entity (1981) US: $13.2m
Magic (1978) US: $13.2m, budget $7m
They Live (1988) US: $13m
April Fool’s Day (1986) US: $12.9m
They (2002) $12,840, 842
Godzilla 2000 - $12.9m
Amityville II: The Possession (1982) US: $12.5m
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992) US: $12,534,961
Hideaway (1995) US: $12,201,255
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) US: $12,090,735
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) US: $11.6m
Lifeforce (1985) US: $11,603,545
Army of Darkness (1993) US: $11.5m
Graveyard Shift (1990) US: $11.5m
The Legacy (1978) US: $11,364,985 budget: $2.5m
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (Mel Brooks, 1995) - $10.7m (US)
The Darkness (2016) - $10.7m (budget unavailable)
The House on Sorority Row (1982) - $10,604,986 (US)
The Dark Half (1993) - US: $10.6m
The Man with Two Brains (1983) US: $10,353,438
National Lampoon’s Class Reunion (1982) US: $10,054,150
The Hidden (1987) - US: $9,747,988
The Collector (2009) - $9.4m
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996) - $9,336,886 (US)
Deadly Friend (Wes Craven, 1986) - $8.9m (US)
The Forsaken (2001) - $8.7m
Manhunter (1986) US: $8,620,929
Leprechaun (1993) US: $8,556,940
Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986) - $8.5m
Dr. Giggles (1992) - $8.4m (US only)
The Blob (1988) US: $8.2m
Deadly Blessing (Wes Craven, 1982) - $8.2m (US only)
DeepStar Six (Sean S. Cunningham, 1989) - $8.1m (US only)
Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988) US: $8m
Haunted Honeymoon (1986) US: $8m
Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 2008) - $7.9m
Dead Calm (1989) US: $7.8m
Fatal Instinct (1993) US: $7.8m
The Funhouse (Tobe Hooper, 1981) - $7.8m
House II: The Second Story (1987) US: $7,800,000
Maximum Overdrive (1986) US: $7,433,663
The Green Inferno (2013) - $7.1m, budget $5m
Cat People (1982) - $7m (US)
Hard Candy (2006) - $7m (worldwide)
Children of the Corn II (1993) - $6.9m (US)
The Collection (2012) - $6.8m
Motel Hell (1980) US: $6,342.668
Incarnate (2016) - $6,314,818 [as at 21-12-16] ($5m)
The Hunger (1983) worldwide: $5,979,292
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) US: $5,765,562
Bordello of Blood (1996) worldwide: $5.7m
Hardware (1990) US: $5.7m
My Bloody Valentine (1981) US: $5,672,031
Monkey Shines (1988) US: $5,344,577
Day of the Dead (1985) US: $5m
Innocent Blood (John Landis, 1992) US: $4,943,279
Invaders from Mars (1986) US: $4,884,663
He Knows You’re Alone (1980) US: $4.87m
Tucker & Dale vs Evil - worldwide: $4,749,516
King Kong Lives (1986) US: $4,711,220
C.H.U.D. (1984) US: $4.6m
Mortuary (1983) $4,319.001
The Company of Wolves (1984) US: $4.3m
The Keep (1983) US: $4,218,594
Godzilla 1985 US: $4.1m
Jekyll and Hyde Together Again (1982) US: $3,792,188
The Monster Squad (1987) US: $3,769,990
Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979) US: $3.7m
BloodRayne (Ulle Boll, 2006) worldwide $3.6m
Bug (1975) US: $3.6m
Dead Heat (1988) US: $3.5m
The Bride (1985) US: $3.5
The Fan (1981 ) US: $3m
Impulse (1984) - $2,773,433
Deadtime Stories (1986) US: $2.7m
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987) US: $2,683,519
It Came from Hollywood (1982) US: $2,573,342
Dead of Winter (1987) US: $2.4m
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996) US: $2,409.255
The Kindred (1987) US: $2,407,024
The Hand (1981) - $2.44m (US)
Leprechaun 2 (1994) US: $2,260,622
The Gate II (1992) US: $2m
The Curse (1987) US: $1.9m
The Mangler (1995) US: $1,781,383
The Vatican Tapes (2015) $1,784,763 (budget unavailable)
The Horror Show (1989) - $1,738,897 (US)
Carnosaur (1993) - US: $1.7m
The Haunting of Morella (1990) US: $1.54m
Return to Horror High (1987) US: $1,189,709
The Lords of Salem (2013) US: $1,165,882
Mute Witness (1995) US: $1,125,910
Eyes of a Stranger (1981) - US: $1,118,634m
A few key genre films, such as Night of the Living Dead (1968) and The Last House on the Left (1972) made millions on the back of tiny budgets but do not show up in any reliable box office statistics due to undeclared ticket sales.
Sources: Box Office Mojo | Wikipedia