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Horror - Slasher 1978-Present Note: Many slasher movies from the '70s and '80s have no box office records, and, hence, do not appear on this chart. Total Grosses Opening Weekends Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 9 Halloween (2007) MGM/W $58,272,029 3,475 $26,362,367 3,472 8/31/07 2 3 Scream 3 Dim. $89,143,175 3,467 $34,713,342 3,467 2/4/00 3 8 A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) WB (NL) $63,075,011 3,332 $32,902,299 3,332 4/30/10 4 20 Scream 4 W/Dim. $38,180,928 3,314 $18,692,090 3,305 4/15/11 5 30 House of Wax WB $32,064,800 3,111 $12,077,236 3,111 5/6/05 6 7 Friday the 13th (2009) WB (NL) $65,002,019 3,105 $40,570,365 3,105 2/13/09 7 26 Halloween II (2009) W/Dim. $33,392,973 3,088 $16,349,565 3,025 8/28/09 8 5 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre NL $80,571,655 3,018 $28,094,014 3,016 10/17/03 9 4 Freddy Vs. Jason NL $82,622,655 3,014 $36,428,066 3,014 8/15/03 10 13 When a Stranger Calls SGem $47,860,214 3,004 $21,607,203 2,999 2/3/06 11 50 The Hitcher (2007) Rog. $16,472,961 2,836 $7,818,239 2,831 1/19/07 12 16 Prom Night (2008) SGem $43,869,350 2,821 $20,804,941 2,700 4/11/08 13 19 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning NL $39,517,763 2,820 $18,508,228 2,820 10/6/06 14 2 Scream 2 Dim. $101,363,301 2,688 $32,926,342 2,663 12/12/97 15 10 Halloween: H20 Dim. $55,041,738 2,669 $16,187,724 2,607 8/7/98 16 66 Sorority Row Sum. $11,965,282 2,665 $5,059,802 2,665 9/11/09 17 25 Texas Chainsaw 3D LGF $34,341,945 2,659 $21,744,470 2,654 1/4/13 18 58 My Soul to Take Uni. $14,744,435 2,572 $6,842,220 2,572 10/8/10 19 40 Urban Legends: Final Cut Sony $21,468,807 2,539 $8,505,513 2,539 9/22/00 20 11 My Bloody Valentine 3-D LGF $51,545,952 2,534 $21,241,456 2,534 1/16/09 21 6 I Know What You Did Last Summer Sony $72,586,134 2,524 $15,818,645 2,524 10/17/97 22 41 Psycho (1998) Uni. $21,456,130 2,489 $10,031,850 2,477 12/4/98 23 17 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Sony $40,002,112 2,473 $16,520,038 2,443 11/13/98 24 29 Bride of Chucky Uni. $32,383,850 2,467 $11,830,855 2,412 10/16/98 25 43 Valentine WB $20,384,136 2,310 $10,024,648 2,310 2/2/01 26 21 Urban Legend Sony $38,072,438 2,257 $10,515,444 2,257 9/25/98 27 56 Child's Play 3 Uni. $14,960,255 2,130 $5,718,940 2,126 8/30/91 28 31 Halloween: Resurrection Dim. $30,354,442 2,094 $12,292,121 1,954 7/12/02 29 48 Seed of Chucky Rog. $17,083,732 2,062 $8,774,520 2,061 11/12/04 30 33 Child's Play 2 Uni. $28,501,605 2,017 $10,718,520 1,996 11/9/90 31 1 Scream Dim. $103,046,663 1,994 $6,354,586 1,413 12/20/96 32 37 A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child NL $22,168,359 1,902 $8,115,176 1,902 8/11/89 33 64 Jason X NL $13,121,555 1,879 $6,649,006 1,878 4/26/02 34 46 Wes Craven's New Nightmare NL $18,090,181 1,873 $6,667,118 1,850 10/14/94 35 23 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare NL $34,872,033 1,862 $12,966,525 1,862 9/13/91 36 45 Friday the 13th Part VII Par. $19,170,001 1,796 $8,245,038 1,796 5/13/88 37 49 Shocker Uni. $16,554,699 1,795 $4,510,990 1,783 10/27/89 38 70 Cry Wolf Rog. $10,047,674 1,789 $4,428,209 1,789 9/16/05 39 12 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master NL $49,369,899 1,767 $12,833,403 1,765 8/19/88 40 38 Friday the 13th - Part V Par. $21,930,418 1,759 $8,032,883 1,759 3/22/85 41 47 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Gal. $17,768,757 1,692 $6,831,250 1,679 10/21/88 42 61 Friday the 13th Part VIII Par. $14,343,976 1,683 $6,251,310 1,683 7/28/89 43 71 Dr. Giggles Uni. $8,403,433 1,683 $2,714,815 1,681 10/23/92 44 54 Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Dim. $15,116,634 1,679 $7,308,529 1,679 9/29/95 45 53 Wrong Turn Fox $15,418,790 1,615 $5,161,498 1,615 5/30/03 46 44 Friday the 13th Part VI Par. $19,472,057 1,610 $6,750,837 1,610 8/1/86 47 62 Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh Gram. $13,940,383 1,605 $6,046,825 1,605 3/17/95 48 28 Friday the 13th: Final Chapter Par. $32,980,880 1,600 $11,183,148 1,594 4/13/84 49 51 Black Christmas (2006) MGM/W $16,273,581 1,544 $3,723,364 1,544 12/25/06 50 34 Candyman TriS $25,792,310 1,500 $5,404,320 1,251 10/16/92 51 67 Halloween 5 Gal. $11,642,254 1,495 $5,093,428 1,483 10/13/89 52 27 Child's Play UA $33,244,684 1,490 $6,583,963 1,377 11/11/88 53 24 Psycho II Uni. $34,725,000 1,488 $8,310,244 1,448 6/3/83 54 73 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Can. $8,025,872 1,474 $2,822,439 1,474 8/22/86 55 59 Psycho III Uni. $14,481,606 1,408 $3,238,400 1,408 7/4/86 56 15 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors NL $44,793,222 1,383 $8,880,555 1,343 2/27/87 57 52 Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday NL $15,935,068 1,355 $7,552,190 1,355 8/13/93 58 60 Halloween III: Season of the Witch Uni. $14,400,000 1,328 $6,333,259 1,297 10/22/82 59 55 See No Evil LGF $15,032,800 1,270 $4,581,233 1,257 5/19/06 60 65 April Fool's Day Par. $12,947,763 1,202 $3,373,779 1,202 3/28/86 61 63 Visiting Hours Fox $13,258,670 1,176 $5,250,157 1,176 5/28/82 62 69 National Lampoon's Class Reunion Fox $10,054,150 1,125 $3,086,525 1,121 10/29/82 63 76 Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III NL $5,765,562 1,107 $2,692,087 1,107 1/12/90 64 22 Friday the 13th Part III Par. $36,690,067 1,079 $9,406,522 1,079 8/13/82 65 80 Popcorn Stu3 $4,205,000 1,055 $2,563,365 1,055 2/1/91 66 75 The Hitcher TriS $5,844,868 794 $2,134,214 794 2/21/86 67 32 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge NL $29,999,213 614 $2,865,475 522 11/1/85 68 84 The Horror Show MGM $1,738,897 444 $773,348 444 4/28/89 69 94 Chain Letter NFC $138,788 406 $138,788 406 10/1/10 70 83 Silent Night, Deadly Night TriS $2,491,460 398 $1,432,800 398 11/9/84 71 36 A Nightmare on Elm Street NL $25,504,513 380 $1,271,000 165 11/9/84 72 82 Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II Gold. $2,683,519 343 $911,351 343 10/16/87 73 81 976-Evil NL $2,955,917 251 $794,049 251 3/24/89 74 86 Return to Horror High NW $1,189,709 227 $198,533 227 1/9/87 75 68 The House on Sorority Row FVI $10,604,986 153 $617,661 153 1/21/83 76 92 Hatchet Anch. $175,281 93 $100,358 93 9/7/07 77 85 Slumber Party Massacre 3 Conc $1,242,995 81 $270,135 81 9/7/90 78 95 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Anch. $69,136 72 $38,500 72 3/16/07 79 88 Maniac Cop SGE $671,382 50 $188,348 50 5/13/88 80 89 Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil Magn. $223,838 44 $52,843 30 9/30/11 81 90 Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Lions $185,898 27 $28,235 27 9/22/95 82 91 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation Lions $185,898 23 $53,111 23 8/29/97 83 93 Deadtime Noct. $156,072 18 $30,240 18 5/11/12 84 97 Silent Night Anch. $14,567 11 $9,780 11 11/30/12 85 96 Holla II RR $41,537 6 $37,444 6 4/19/13 86 14 Halloween CIP $47,000,000 - n/a - 10/25/78 87 18 Friday the 13th (1980) Par. $39,754,601 - $5,816,321 1,100 5/9/80 88 35 Halloween II Uni. $25,533,818 - $7,446,508 1,211 10/30/81 89 39 Friday the 13th Part 2 Par. $21,722,776 - $6,429,784 1,350 4/30/81 90 42 When a Stranger Calls Col. $21,411,158 - n/a - 9/28/79 91 57 Prom Night Emb $14,796,236 - n/a - 8/15/80 92 72 Deadly Blessing MGM $8,279,042 - n/a - 8/14/81 93 74 Motel Hell MGM $6,342,668 - $1,924,776 757 10/24/80 94 77 My Bloody Valentine (1981) Par. $5,672,031 - n/a - 2/11/81 95 78 Student Bodies Par. $5,165,432 - $1,582,148 628 8/7/81 96 79 He Knows You're Alone MGM $4,875,436 - $748,824 279 8/29/80 97 87 Eyes of a Stranger WB $1,118,634 - $546,724 180 3/27/81 TOTAL (All Movies): $2,347,176,134 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $24,197,692 1,444 $8,206,900 1,560 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $2,095,229,909 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $31,272,088 2,045 $11,055,800 1,968 - Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date Friday the 13th Part 2 in 3D WB TBD Halloween 3D W/Dim. TBD