List of box office number-one horror films in the United States

• **Films listed before 1982 are from the weekly box office charts, and reports.

1920s

• The Monster (inaugural US No. 1 horror film, and peaked 18 February, 1925)
• The Phantom of the Opera

1930s

• Frankenstein
• King Kong

1940s

• Hold That Ghost
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1950s

• House of Wax
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
• It Came from Outer Space
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Horrors of the Black Museum / The Headless Ghost [undetermined]
• The Fly

1960s

• The Birds
• The Mad Room
• Rosemary's Baby
• Psycho
• Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
• The Raven

1970s

• Alien
• Love at First Bite
• It's Alive
• The Fury
• The Exorcist
• The Amityville Horror
• The Omen
• The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
• Damien: Omen II
• Carrie
• Willard
• Trog / Taste the Blood of Dracula
• Magic
• King Kong
• Dracula
• The Silent Scream
• Jaws 2
• When a Stranger Calls
• Burnt Offerings

1980s

• Happy Birthday to Me
• The Howling
• An American Werewolf in London
• Scanners
• Predator
• The Fog
• The Final Conflict
• Pet Semetary
• Jaws 3
• Child's Play
• Halloween II
• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
• Friday the 13th
• Friday the 13th Part 2
• Friday the 13th Part III
• Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
• Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
• They Live
• Creepshow
• The Fly
• The Fly II
• The Witches of Eastwick
• Dead Ringers
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
• Amityville II: The Possession
• Amityville 3-D

1990s

• The Exorcist III
• Child's Play 2
• The Craft
• Sleepwalkers
• Wolf
• Bram Stoker's Dracula
• From Dusk Till Dawn
• Flatliners
• House on Haunted Hill
• The People Under the Stairs
• Graveyard Shift
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Jacob's Ladder
• An American Werewolf in Paris
• The Relic
• The Haunting
• Blade
• Anaconda
• John Carpenter's Vampires
• The Island of Dr. Moreau
• Interview with the Vampire
• Stigmata
• Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
• Death Becomes Her
• The Silence of the Lambs

2000s

• Scream 3
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Thd Exorcist: The Beginning
• The Amityville Horror
• When a Stranger Calls
• The Fog
• Prom Night
• Hollow Man
• Freddy vs. Jason
• Alien vs. Predator
• Queen of the Damned
• From Hell
• Blade II
• What Lies Beneath
• The Final Destination
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose
• Boogeyman
• Hostel
• 30 Days of Night
• Cloverfield
• The Ring
• The Ring Two
• The Messengers
• Friday the 13th
• Halloween
• Zombieland
• Paranormal Activity
• Hide and Seek
• The Cell
• Jeepers Creepers
• Jeepers Creepers 2
• Doom
• Dawn of the Dead
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse
• Resident Evil: Extinction
• Silent Hill
• Saw II
• Saw III
• Saw IV
• Darkness Falls
• The Grudge
• The Grudge 2

2010s

• Jigsaw
• The Nun
• Annabelle Creation
• The Conjuring
• The Conjuring 2
• The Meg
• Texas Chainsaw
• The Rite
• Alien: Covenant
• Saw: The Final Chapter
• Evil Dead
• The Purge
• Ouija
• Don't Breathe
• Paranormal Activity 2
• Paranormal Activity 3
• Paranormal Activity 4
• The Devil Inside
• Underworld: Awakening
• Us
• Happy Death Day
• Split
• Piranha 3D
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• The Posession
• Warm Bodies
• A Quiet Place
• Halloween
• Resident Evil: Afterlife
• Resident Evil: Retribution
• Get Out
• Mama
• Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
• Insidious: Chapter 2
• It
• It: Chapter Two
• The Curse of La Llorona
• Boo! A Madea Halloween
• Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

2020s

• Come Play
• Candyman
• Halloween Kills
• Halloween Ends
• The Exorcist: Believer
• The New Mutants
• A Quiet Place: Part II
• Scream
• Barbarian
• The Invitation
• Insidious: The Red Door
• Old
• Freaky
• The Invisible Man
• Morbius
• Spiral
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
• Smile 2
• Terrifier 3

Trivia

• Note: **"The Rental" is sometimes considered to be a number-one film, but it received a limited release when most cinemas closed due to COVID-19.**

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• **In this article, you will learn what horror films topped the U.S. box office from 1922-present day, essentially documenting every commercially available, chart-topping horror movie in North America released since Variety began keeping their records in March of 1922.