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| + | * **Films listed before 1982 are from the weekly box office charts, and reports. |
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| − | == '''BOX OFFICE Number 1's''' == |
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| + | == 1920s == |
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| + | * The Monster (inaugural US No. 1 horror film, and peaked 18 February, 1925) |
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| + | * The Phantom of the Opera |
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| + | == 1930s == |
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| + | * Frankenstein |
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| + | * King Kong |
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| − | |1920 |
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| − | |The Monster |
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| − | |(inaugural) |
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| − | |The Phantom of the Opera |
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| − | |1930s |
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| − | |[[King Kong (1933)|King Kong]] |
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| − | |[[Frankenstein (1931)|Frankenstein]] |
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== 1940s == |
== 1940s == |
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| + | * Hold That Ghost |
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| − | * Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
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| + | * Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
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| − | * Hold That Ghost |
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== 1950s == |
== 1950s == |
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| + | * House of Wax |
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| − | * [[It Came From Outer Space]] |
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| + | * The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
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| + | * It Came from Outer Space |
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| − | * House of Wax |
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| − | * [[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]] |
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== 1960s == |
== 1960s == |
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| − | * |
+ | * The Birds |
| + | * The Mad Room |
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| + | * Rosemary's Baby |
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| − | * [[The Birds]] |
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| − | * [[Rosemary's Baby]] |
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== 1970s == |
== 1970s == |
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| + | * Alien |
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| − | * [[Jaws 2]] |
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| + | * Love at First Bite |
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| + | * It's Alive |
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| − | * Dracula |
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| + | * The Fury |
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| + | * The Exorcist |
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| + | * The Amityville Horror |
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| + | * |
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| + | * The Omen |
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| + | * The Bird with the Crystal Plumage |
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| + | * Damien: Omen II |
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| + | * Carrie |
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| + | * Willard |
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| + | * Trog / Taste the Blood of Dracula |
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* Magic |
* Magic |
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| − | * [[The Fury]] |
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| − | * The Omen |
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| − | |||
| − | * [[The Exorcist]] |
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| − | |||
| − | * The Amityville Horror |
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| − | *The Silent Scream |
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| − | * Willard |
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* King Kong |
* King Kong |
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| + | * Dracula |
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| + | * The Silent Scream |
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| − | * [[Damien: Omen II]] |
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| + | * Jaws 2 |
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| − | * Carrie |
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| − | * Trog / [[Taste the Blood of Dracula]] |
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| − | * [[The Bird with the Crystal Plumage]] |
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* When a Stranger Calls |
* When a Stranger Calls |
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| + | * Burnt Offerings |
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| − | * It's Alive |
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| − | * [[Burnt Offerings]] |
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| − | * [[Alien]] |
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== 1980s == |
== 1980s == |
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| − | * |
+ | * Happy Birthday to Me |
| + | * The Howling |
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| + | * An American Werewolf in London |
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| − | * [[Scanners]] |
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| + | * Scanners |
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| + | * Predator |
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| + | * The Fog |
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| + | * The Final Conflict |
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| + | * Pet Semetary |
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| + | * Jaws 3 |
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| + | * Child's Play |
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| + | * Halloween II |
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* |
* |
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| + | * Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers |
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| − | * [[An American Werewolf in London]] |
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| + | * |
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| − | * Friday the 13th |
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| − | * Friday the 13th |
+ | * Friday the 13th |
| + | * Friday the 13th Part 2 |
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| − | * The Fog |
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| − | *Halloween II |
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| − | *The Final Conflict |
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| − | * The Howling |
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| − | * Jaws 3-D |
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| − | * [[Amityville II: The Possession]] |
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| − | |||
| − | * Amityville 3-D |
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| − | * [[Dead Ringers]] |
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| − | * They Live |
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| − | * Child's Play |
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| − | * [[A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors]] |
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| − | * A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master |
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* Friday the 13th Part III |
* Friday the 13th Part III |
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* Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter |
* Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter |
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* Friday the 13th: A New Beginning |
* Friday the 13th: A New Beginning |
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| + | * |
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| − | * Friday the 13th Part VII: |
+ | * Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood |
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| + | * They Live |
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* Creepshow |
* Creepshow |
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| + | * |
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| − | *The Witches of Eastwick |
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* The Fly |
* The Fly |
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* The Fly II |
* The Fly II |
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| + | * The Witches of Eastwick |
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| + | * Dead Ringers |
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| − | * Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers |
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| + | * |
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| + | * |
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| − | * Pet Semetary |
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| + | * A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors |
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| + | * A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master |
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| + | * |
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| + | * Amityville II: The Possession |
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| + | * Amityville 3-D |
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== 1990s == |
== 1990s == |
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| + | * The Exorcist III |
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| − | * [[Scream 2]] |
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| + | * Child's Play 2 |
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| + | * The Craft |
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| − | * [[I Know What You Did Last Summer]] |
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| + | * Sleepwalkers |
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| − | * Interview with the Vampire |
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| − | * Anaconda |
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| − | * Blade |
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* Wolf |
* Wolf |
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| + | * Bram Stoker's Dracula |
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* From Dusk Till Dawn |
* From Dusk Till Dawn |
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| − | * Jacob's Ladder |
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| − | * [[Child's Play 2]] |
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| − | * The Exorcist III |
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| − | * The People Under the Stairs |
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| − | * Bram Stoker's Dracula |
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| − | * Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare |
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| − | * Vampires |
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| − | * Death Becomes Her |
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* Flatliners |
* Flatliners |
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| − | * Stigmata |
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| − | * The Craft |
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| − | * Sleepwalkers |
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| − | * The Island of Dr. Moreau |
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| − | * The Relic |
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* House on Haunted Hill |
* House on Haunted Hill |
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| + | * |
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| + | * |
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| + | * The People Under the Stairs |
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* Graveyard Shift |
* Graveyard Shift |
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| + | * |
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| + | * |
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| + | * |
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| + | * I Know What You Did Last Summer |
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| + | * Jacob's Ladder |
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| + | * |
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| + | * An American Werewolf in Paris |
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| + | * The Relic |
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| + | * The Haunting |
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| + | * Blade |
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| + | * Anaconda |
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| + | * John Carpenter's Vampires |
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| + | * The Island of Dr. Moreau |
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| + | * Interview with the Vampire |
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| + | * Stigmata |
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| + | * Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare |
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| + | * |
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| + | * Death Becomes Her |
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| + | * The Silence of the Lambs |
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== 2000s == |
== 2000s == |
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+ | * Scream 3 |
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| − | * Saw III |
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| − | * Saw IV |
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| − | * The Ring |
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| − | * The Grudge |
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| − | * The Grudge 2 |
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| − | * Hostel |
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| − | * Jeepers Creepers |
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| − | * Jeepers Creepers 2 |
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* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
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| + | * Thd Exorcist: The Beginning |
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| + | * The Amityville Horror |
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| − | * Dawn of the Dead |
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| − | * [[Scream 3]] |
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* When a Stranger Calls |
* When a Stranger Calls |
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| + | * The Fog |
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| + | * Prom Night |
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| − | * AVP: Alien vs Predator |
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| + | * Hollow Man |
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| + | * |
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| − | * The Cell |
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| + | * Freddy vs. Jason |
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| + | * Alien vs. Predator |
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* Queen of the Damned |
* Queen of the Damned |
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| + | * From Hell |
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| + | * Blade II |
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| − | * The Final Destination |
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| − | * Halloween |
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| − | *Hellboy |
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| − | * The Fog |
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| − | * The Amityville Horror |
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| − | * Paranormal Activity |
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| − | * Hide and Seek |
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* What Lies Beneath |
* What Lies Beneath |
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| + | * The Final Destination |
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| + | * The Exorcism of Emily Rose |
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| − | * Hollow Man |
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| + | * Boogeyman |
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| + | * Hostel |
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| − | * Darkness Falls |
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* 30 Days of Night |
* 30 Days of Night |
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* Cloverfield |
* Cloverfield |
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| + | * The Ring |
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| + | * The Ring Two |
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| − | * Boogeyman |
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| + | * The Messengers |
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| + | * Friday the 13th |
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| + | * Halloween |
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| + | * Zombieland |
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| + | * Paranormal Activity |
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| + | * Hide and Seek |
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| + | * The Cell |
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| + | * Jeepers Creepers |
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| + | * Jeepers Creepers 2 |
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| + | * Doom |
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| + | * Dawn of the Dead |
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* Resident Evil: Apocalypse |
* Resident Evil: Apocalypse |
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* Resident Evil: Extinction |
* Resident Evil: Extinction |
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| + | * Silent Hill |
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| + | * Saw II |
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| + | * Saw III |
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| + | * Saw IV |
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| + | * Darkness Falls |
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| + | * The Grudge |
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| + | * The Grudge 2 |
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| + | == 2010s == |
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| − | * Blade II |
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| + | * Jigsaw |
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| − | * The |
+ | * The Nun |
| + | * Annabelle Creation |
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| + | * The Conjuring |
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| − | * Doom |
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| + | * The Conjuring 2 |
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| + | * The Meg |
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| − | * Freddy vs Jason |
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| + | * Texas Chainsaw |
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| + | * The Rite |
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| − | * Urban Legends: Final Cut |
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| − | * The Ring 2 |
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| − | * Prom Night |
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* |
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| + | * Alien: Covenant |
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| − | * |
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| + | * Saw: The Final Chapter |
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| − | *Friday the 13th |
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| + | * Evil Dead |
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| − | *Silent Hill |
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| − | *The |
+ | * The Purge |
| + | * Ouija |
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| + | * Don't Breathe |
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| − | == 2010s == |
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| − | * Halloween |
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| − | * A Nightmare on Elm Street |
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* Paranormal Activity 2 |
* Paranormal Activity 2 |
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* Paranormal Activity 3 |
* Paranormal Activity 3 |
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* Paranormal Activity 4 |
* Paranormal Activity 4 |
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| + | * The Devil Inside |
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| − | *Underworld: Awakening |
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| + | * Underworld: Awakening |
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| − | * [[The Curse of La Llorona]] |
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| − | * It |
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| − | * It: Chapter 2 |
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| − | * [[A Quiet Place]] |
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| − | * The Rite |
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| − | * Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters |
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| − | * [[Insidious: Chapter 2]] |
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| − | * Mama |
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| − | *Get Out |
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* Us |
* Us |
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| + | * Happy Death Day |
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| − | *Evil Dead |
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| − | * Don't Breathe |
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| − | * |
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| − | * |
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| − | * [[Warm Bodies]] |
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* Split |
* Split |
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| − | * Ouija |
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| − | *Get Out |
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| − | * Jigsaw |
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| − | * Saw 3D |
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* Piranha 3D |
* Piranha 3D |
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| + | * A Nightmare on Elm Street |
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| − | * |
+ | * The Posession |
| + | * Warm Bodies |
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| + | * A Quiet Place |
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| − | * The Nun |
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| + | * Halloween |
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| − | * [[Happy Death Day]] |
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| − | * [[Alien: Covenant]] |
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| − | * Texas Chainsaw |
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| − | * Boo! A Madea Halloween |
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| − | * Boo 2: A Madea Halloween |
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* Resident Evil: Afterlife |
* Resident Evil: Afterlife |
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* Resident Evil: Retribution |
* Resident Evil: Retribution |
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| + | * Get Out |
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| + | * Mama |
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| + | * Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters |
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| + | * Insidious: Chapter 2 |
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| + | * It |
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| + | * It: Chapter Two |
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| + | * The Curse of La Llorona |
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| + | * Boo! A Madea Halloween |
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| + | * Boo 2! A Madea Halloween |
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| + | == 2020s == |
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| − | * The Conjuring |
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| + | * [[Come Play]] |
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| + | * Candyman |
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| − | * [[The Conjuring 2]] |
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| + | * Halloween Kills |
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| − | * The |
+ | * The New Mutants |
| + | * A Quiet Place: Part II |
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| + | * [[Scream 5 (2022)|Scream]] |
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| − | * The Devil Inside |
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| + | * Barbarian |
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| + | * The Invitation |
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| − | * [[Annabelle: Creation]] |
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| + | * [[Insidious: The Red Door]] |
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| + | * Old |
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| − | == 2020's == |
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| + | * Freaky |
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| − | * The Invisible Man |
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| + | * [[The Invisible Man (2020)|The Invisible Man]] |
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| − | * '''The Rental''' |
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| + | * Morbius |
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| − | * '''[[The New Mutants]]''' |
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| + | * [[Spiral (2021)|Spiral]] |
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| − | *Come Play |
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| + | * [[The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)|The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It]] |
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| − | *Freaky |
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| − | *Spiral |
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| − | *[[The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2020)|The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It]] |
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| − | *A Quiet Place Part II |
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| − | *[[Candyman (2020 film)|Candyman]] |
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== Trivia == |
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| − | The sources for these are from Box Office Mojo, as well as from the chart archives published by the Greek movies enthusiast, Leonidas Fragias, that faithfully use the same data ''Variety'' gathered up all those years ago. 'Lost films' that were considered to be box office number one films due to their estimated gross, such as ''The Hypnotist'' - are also mentioned here. |
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| − | Films listed here that were released prior to 1982, are taken from ''Variety'' magazine's weekly top 50 grossing films chart that began in 1969, and also the earlier box office records. Around 1982, studios began to report on the weekend grosses. That tradition has essentially carried on up to the present day, hereby offering a more accurate summary of box office record keeping than in way older decades. |
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| − | Unfortunately, the COVID-19 ordeal of 2020 had put a sad halt on box office recording, for a while. |
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| − | A note to the gaming fanboys this is not for games. Do not add games. |
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| − | Enjoy. |
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| − | ''Note: The beginning of the U.S. box office is considered to have began in February of 1922. Variety started tracking film grosses from certain theaters and cities during that year.'' |
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| − | ''"London After Midnight" is a much sought after lost film, and "The Terror" is considered to be a lost film as well.'' |
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| − | ''The last known copy of "London After Midnight" (starring [[Lon Chaney]]) perished in a fire at MGM, in 1965. '' |
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| − | ''A print of "The Terror" does exist, as does the soundtrack tapes. However, it hasn't been released commercially.'' |
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| − | ''Note: Films shown here in bold reached their peak position during the COVID-19 crisis. Many movies released in cinemas are independently produced, or are reissues of classic films, mostly being featured at drive-in cinemas due to the policy on social distancing. Examples include, "Jurassic Park", or "Beauty and the Beast". Many major films got postponed.'' |
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| − | ''Most box office reporting had been halted since March of 2020, due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Only drive-in cinemas were allowed to operate during this difficult time.'' |
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| − | ''This has caused confusion with some data being sent in for Box Office Mojo and The Numbers supposedly not being correct, as some people claim that "Trolls World Tour" was actually leading the box office for much of the initial stage of the pandemic, ahead of films such as "The Wretched", for example. Although its overall gross wasn't reported. Therefore, these websites are inclined to only report on what is possible, pending updates from companies that share their earnings.'' |
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| − | ''Note: The top 50 grossing films chart started being published in Variety, during April of 1969. Only one motion picture ("The Mad Room") reached #1 in the 1960s on that chart, while the other two films listed here on this article, peaked on other Variety based charts, that were published prior to the creation of the top 50 grossing films chart. '' |
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| − | ''According to Wikipedia, Variety ceased publication of that chart in 1990. However, the much more widely favoured weekend box office began in 1982. '' |
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| − | ''Note: There was no weekend box office published prior to 1982, so the sources here are taken from Variety's weekly top 50 grossing films charts.'' |
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| − | ''For motion pictures released'' p''rior to 1982, websites such as Box Office Mojo and The Numbers have very limited data available, which is why searching on the sites typically brings up little results.'' |
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| − | ''Note: In 1982, the weekend box office began. Prior to that year, the sources above are from Variety's top 50 grossing (weekly) films charts...'' |
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| − | ''Note: Some films prior to 1982 listed here, are taken from Variety's top 50 weekly films charts.'' |
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| + | *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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| + | == Comments == |
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| − | See also: https://horror.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_box_office_top_ten_horror_films_in_the_United_States |
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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. |
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[[Category:Lists]] |
[[Category:Lists]] |
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Latest revision as of 13:01, 20 August 2023
- **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
1960s
- The Birds
- The Mad Room
- Rosemary's Baby
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
- 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
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.