| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | The Blair Witch Project | $140,539,099 | 2,538 | $1,512,054 | 27 | Jul 16, 1999 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 2 | Paranormal Activity | $107,918,810 | 2,712 | $77,873 | 12 | Sep 25, 2009 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $104,028,807 | 3,329 | $52,568,183 | 3,321 | Oct 21, 2011 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | Paranormal Activity 2 | $84,752,907 | 3,239 | $40,678,424 | 3,216 | Oct 22, 2010 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | Cloverfield | $80,048,433 | 3,411 | $40,058,229 | 3,411 | Jan 18, 2008 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | The Visit | $65,206,105 | 3,148 | $25,427,560 | 3,069 | Sep 11, 2015 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | Chronicle | $64,575,175 | 2,908 | $22,004,098 | 2,907 | Feb 3, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | Project X | $54,731,865 | 3,055 | $21,051,363 | 3,055 | Mar 2, 2012 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $53,885,000 | 3,412 | $29,003,866 | 3,412 | Oct 19, 2012 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | The Devil Inside | $53,261,944 | 2,551 | $33,732,515 | 2,285 | Jan 6, 2012 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | Into the Storm | $47,602,194 | 3,434 | $17,346,427 | 3,434 | Aug 8, 2014 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | The Last Exorcism | $41,034,350 | 2,874 | $20,366,613 | 2,874 | Aug 27, 2010 | Lionsgate Films |
| 13 | End of Watch | $41,003,371 | 2,780 | $13,152,683 | 2,730 | Sep 21, 2012 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 14 | A Haunted House | $40,041,683 | 2,160 | $18,101,682 | 2,160 | Jan 11, 2013 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 15 | Earth to Echo | $38,934,842 | 3,230 | $8,364,658 | 3,230 | Jul 2, 2014 | Relativity Media |
| 16 | Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones | $32,462,372 | 2,883 | $18,343,611 | 2,867 | Jan 3, 2014 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | Quarantine | $31,691,811 | 2,463 | $14,211,321 | 2,461 | Oct 10, 2008 | Screen Gems |
| 18 | The Gallows | $22,764,410 | 2,720 | $9,808,463 | 2,720 | Jul 10, 2015 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | Project Almanac | $22,348,241 | 2,900 | $8,310,252 | 2,893 | Jan 30, 2015 | Paramount Pictures |
| 20 | As Above, So Below | $21,321,100 | 2,650 | $8,632,820 | 2,640 | Aug 29, 2014 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | Blair Witch | $20,777,061 | 3,121 | $9,576,057 | 3,121 | Sep 16, 2016 | Lionsgate Films |
| 22 | Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension | $18,300,124 | 1,656 | $8,070,493 | 1,656 | Oct 23, 2015 | Paramount Pictures |
| 23 | Apollo 18 | $17,687,709 | 3,330 | $8,704,271 | 3,328 | Sep 2, 2011 | - |
| 24 | Devil's Due | $15,821,461 | 2,544 | $8,308,220 | 2,544 | Jan 17, 2014 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 25 | The Vatican Tapes | $1,784,763 | 427 | $832,271 | 427 | Jul 24, 2015 | Lionsgate Films |
| 26 | Diary of the Dead | $958,961 | 48 | $232,576 | 42 | Feb 15, 2008 | Third Rail Releasing |
| 27 | The Virginity Hit | $636,706 | 700 | $301,885 | 700 | Sep 24, 2010 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | Europa Report | $125,687 | 12 | $22,243 | 3 | Aug 2, 2013 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 29 | Afflicted | $121,179 | 44 | $69,447 | 44 | Apr 4, 2014 | CBS Films |
| 30 | The Bay | $30,668 | 23 | $19,747 | 23 | Nov 2, 2012 | Roadside Attractions |
| 31 | [Rec]² | $27,766 | 7 | $8,191 | 5 | Jul 9, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 32 | Infliction | $5,875 | 2 | $816 | 1 | Mar 16, 2014 | Fox Trail Productions |
