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 "Domestic 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 | Domestic Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 146 | ||||
| 2028 | 1 | ||||
| 2027 | 6 | ||||
| 2026 | Domestic Stats | 90 | $42,333,333 | $145,573,718 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple |
| 2025 | Domestic Stats | 343 | $27,427,500 | $2,510,681,187 | The Conjuring: Last Rites |
| 2024 | Domestic Stats | 356 | $23,647,368 | $1,929,608,981 | Alien: Romulus |
| 2023 | Domestic Stats | 410 | $19,865,000 | $1,782,959,685 | Five Nights at Freddy’s |
| 2022 | Domestic Stats | 372 | $14,400,000 | $1,296,808,166 | Smile |
| 2021 | Domestic Stats | 288 | $20,925,000 | $1,128,248,478 | A Quiet Place: Part II |
| 2020 | Domestic Stats | 298 | $11,400,071 | $463,480,101 | The Invisible Man |
| 2019 | Domestic Stats | 280 | $16,806,818 | $2,093,734,713 | It: Chapter Two |
| 2018 | Domestic Stats | 282 | $9,222,895 | $1,791,524,649 | The Nun |
| 2017 | Domestic Stats | 227 | $17,747,059 | $2,362,515,710 | It |
| 2016 | Domestic Stats | 200 | $8,231,679 | $1,581,537,431 | The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist |
| 2015 | Domestic Stats | 210 | $7,959,213 | $1,077,452,874 | Goosebumps |
| 2014 | Domestic Stats | 107 | $6,615,765 | $821,620,955 | Annabelle |
| 2013 | Domestic Stats | 97 | $7,529,211 | $1,043,827,540 | The Conjuring |
| 2012 | Domestic Stats | 111 | $10,270,000 | $1,273,756,969 | Resident Evil: Retribution |
| 2011 | Domestic Stats | 94 | $15,877,892 | $978,296,735 | Paranormal Activity 3 |
| 2010 | Domestic Stats | 99 | $20,633,333 | $1,423,002,081 | Resident Evil: Afterlife |
| 2009 | Domestic Stats | 73 | $15,723,333 | $1,140,557,367 | Paranormal Activity |
| 2008 | Domestic Stats | 66 | $10,238,636 | $534,250,017 | Saw V |
| 2007 | Domestic Stats | 58 | $13,714,857 | $1,100,924,683 | Resident Evil: Extinction |
| 2006 | Domestic Stats | 55 | $15,277,381 | $1,157,384,795 | Saw III |
| 2005 | Domestic Stats | 46 | $23,176,136 | $1,328,187,661 | The Ring Two |
| 2004 | Domestic Stats | 32 | $20,376,923 | $759,673,052 | The Grudge |
| 2003 | Domestic Stats | 33 | $20,607,143 | $889,630,935 | Gothika |
| 2002 | Domestic Stats | 21 | $30,272,727 | $593,659,148 | The Ring |
| 2001 | Domestic Stats | 19 | $19,112,222 | $759,925,358 | Hannibal |
| 2000 | Domestic Stats | 24 | $28,409,091 | $720,632,353 | Hollow Man |
| 1999 | Domestic Stats | 20 | $27,721,429 | $1,056,029,827 | The Blair Witch Project |
| 1998 | Domestic Stats | 18 | $23,500,000 | $372,253,169 | Urban Legend |
| 1997 | Domestic Stats | 16 | $41,285,714 | $716,076,501 | Scream 2 |
| 1996 | Domestic Stats | 13 | $25,166,667 | $342,753,337 | Scream |
| 1995 | Domestic Stats | 21 | $14,400,000 | $256,918,403 | Species |
| 1994 | 15 | $43,250,000 | $500,572,615 | Interview with the Vampire | |
| 1993 | 15 | $6,166,667 | $101,339,254 | Army of Darkness | |
| 1992 | 15 | $19,333,333 | $379,429,708 | Bram Stoker’s Dracula | |
| 1991 | 21 | $10,250,000 | $376,887,754 | The Silence of the Lambs | |
| 1990 | 28 | $14,862,000 | $279,986,169 | Flatliners | |
| 1989 | 28 | $6,020,000 | $177,531,406 | Pet Sematary | |
| 1988 | 28 | $6,355,556 | $248,731,803 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | |
| 1987 | 35 | $6,514,286 | $245,844,170 | Jaws 4: The Revenge | |
| 1986 | 27 | $5,340,000 | $221,721,104 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | |
| 1985 | 25 | $7,450,000 | $157,878,200 | Day of the Dead | |
| 1984 | 16 | $5,162,500 | $112,593,649 | Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter | |
| 1983 | 26 | $4,181,750 | $272,896,911 | Jaws 3-D | |
| 1982 | 32 | $4,930,000 | $259,315,450 | Poltergeist | |
| 1981 | 37 | $1,250,000 | $236,796,746 | An American Werewolf in London | |
| 1980 | 33 | $4,416,667 | $218,178,732 | Friday the 13th | |
| 1979 | 17 | $8,066,667 | $395,340,647 | Alien | |
| 1978 | 16 | $10,162,500 | $361,921,229 | Jaws 2 | |
| 1977 | 23 | $4,866,667 | $64,080,288 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | |
| 1976 | 21 | $2,300,000 | $74,521,986 | The Omen | |
| 1975 | 13 | $12,000,164 | Race with the Devil | ||
| 1974 | 19 | $140,000 | $26,705,863 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | |
| 1973 | 23 | $12,000,000 | $429,432,185 | The Exorcist | |
| 1972 | 26 | $87,000 | $3,100,135 | The Last House on the Left | |
| 1971 | 15 | ||||
| 1970 | 13 | ||||
| 1969 | 5 | ||||
| 1968 | 11 | $1,657,000 | $63,486,234 | Rosemary's Baby | |
| 1967 | 8 | $2,060 | Fearless Vampire Killers | ||
| 1966 | 7 | ||||
| 1965 | 8 | ||||
| 1964 | 12 | $304 | The Masque of the Red Death | ||
| 1963 | 6 | $15,443,726 | The Birds | ||
| 1962 | 7 | $60,000 | $54,453 | Les Yeux sans visage | |
| 1961 | 6 | $295 | The Innocents | ||
| 1960 | 11 | $32,431,977 | Psycho | ||
| 1959 | 11 | ||||
| 1958 | 8 | ||||
| 1957 | 9 | $27,449 | The Curse of Frankenstein | ||
| 1956 | 8 | $2,984 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | ||
| 1955 | 2 | ||||
| 1954 | 2 | $454 | Creature From the Black Lagoon | ||
| 1953 | 3 | $658,000 | $23,800,000 | House of Wax | |
| 1951 | 3 | ||||
| 1950 | 1 | ||||
| 1949 | 2 | $15,792 | The Queen of Spades | ||
| 1948 | 1 | ||||
| 1946 | 2 | ||||
| 1945 | 3 | ||||
| 1944 | 5 | $335 | The Curse of the Cat People | ||
| 1943 | 4 | ||||
| 1942 | 1 | $134,000 | $8,000,000 | Cat People | |
| 1941 | 2 | ||||
| 1940 | 5 | ||||
| 1939 | 4 | $128 | Son of Frankenstein | ||
| 1936 | 3 | ||||
| 1935 | 2 | ||||
| 1934 | 1 | $181 | The Black Cat | ||
| 1933 | 3 | $672,000 | $10,001,913 | King Kong | |
| 1932 | 5 | $9,210 | The Old Dark House | ||
| 1931 | 3 | $12,006,084 | Frankenstein | ||
| 1929 | 2 | $27,964 | 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 | 5,289 | $15,471,528 | $40,755,871,105 | It | |