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TOP HORROR OPENINGS
Thrillers that are thematically malevolent and/or with fantastical elements intended to scare or creep out.
As of 4/17/05

Rank

Title

Studio

Opening
Weekend*

% of Total

Theaters

Average

Total Gross

Date**

1

Signs

BV

$60,117,080

26.4%

3,264

$18,418

$227,966,634

8/2/02

2

The Village

BV

$50,746,142

44.4%

3,730

$13,604

$114,197,520

7/3/04

3

The Grudge

Sony

$39,128,715

35.5%

3,245

$12,058

$110,359,362

10/22/04

4

Alien vs. Predator

NL

$38,291,056

47.7%

3,395

$11,278

$80,282,231

8/13/04

5

Freddy vs. Jason

NL

$36,428,066

44.1%

3,014

$12,086

$82,622,655

8/15/03

6

Interview with the Vampire

WB

$36,389,705

34.6%

2,604

$13,974

$105,264,608

11/11/94

7

The Ring Two

DW

$35,065,237

-

3,332

$10,523

$74,396,875

3/18/05

8

Scream 3

Dim.

$34,713,342

38.9%

3,467

$10,012

$89,143,175

2/4/00

9

The Haunting

DW

$33,435,140

36.6%

2,808

$11,907

$91,411,151

7/23/99

10

Scream 2

Dim.

$32,926,342

32.5%

2,663

$12,364

$101,363,301

12/12/97

11

Blade II

NL

$32,528,016

39.5%

2,707

$12,016

$82,348,319

3/22/02

12

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Col.

$30,521,679

37.0%

2,491

$12,252

$82,522,790

11/13/92

13

Sleepy Hollow

Fox

$30,060,467

29.7%

3,064

$9,810

$101,071,502

11/19/99

14

Constantine

WB

$29,769,098

-

3,006

$9,903

$74,341,414

2/18/05

15

What Lies Beneath

DW

$29,702,959

19.1%

2,813

$10,559

$155,464,351

7/21/00

16

The Blair Witch Project

Art.

$29,207,381

20.8%

1,101

$26,528

$140,539,099

7/30/99

17

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

NL

$28,094,014

34.9%

3,016

$9,314

$80,571,655

10/17/03

18

Dawn of the Dead

Uni.

$26,722,575

45.3%

2,745

$9,735

$59,020,957

3/19/04

19

The Sixth Sense

BV

$26,681,262

9.1%

2,161

$12,346

$293,506,292

8/6/99

20

White Noise

Uni.

$24,113,565

43.1%

2,261

$10,665

$55,894,360

1/7/05

21

The Amityville Horror (2005)

MGM

$23,507,007

-

3,323

$7,074

$23,507,007

4/15/05

22

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

SGm

$23,036,273

45.0%

3,284

$7,014

$51,201,453

9/10/04

23

Hide and Seek

Fox

$21,959,233

43.4%

3,005

$7,307

$51,046,989

1/28/05

24

Underworld

SGm

$21,753,759

41.9%

2,915

$7,462

$51,970,690

9/19/03

NOTE: First weekends of wide release are counted, hence Blair Witch Project's inclusion.


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