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HORROR COMEDY
1980-Present

TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS

RankTitle (click to view)StudioLifetime Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersDate
1 Ghostbusters Col. $238,632,124 1,506 $13,578,151 1,339 6/8/84
2 Scary Movie Mira. $157,019,771 3,301 $42,346,669 2,912 7/7/00
3 Gremlins WB $153,083,102 1,537 $12,511,634 1,511 6/8/84
4 Ghostbusters II Col. $112,494,738 2,410 $29,472,894 2,410 6/16/89
5 Scary Movie 3 Dim. $110,003,217 3,505 $48,113,770 3,505 10/24/03
6 Scary Movie 4 W/Dim. $90,710,620 3,674 $40,222,875 3,602 4/14/06
7 Zombieland Sony $74,542,128 3,171 $24,733,155 3,036 10/2/09
8 Scary Movie 2 Mira. $71,308,997 3,220 $20,503,356 3,220 7/4/01
9 Arachnophobia BV $53,208,180 2,005 $8,045,760 1,479 7/20/90
10 Gremlins 2: The New Batch WB $41,482,207 2,155 $9,702,804 2,075 6/15/90
11 Little Shop of Horrors WB $38,748,395 1,183 $3,659,884 866 12/19/86
12 Snakes on a Plane NL $34,020,814 3,555 $13,806,311 3,555 8/18/06
13 Bride of Chucky Uni. $32,383,850 2,467 $11,830,855 2,412 10/16/98
14 Lake Placid Fox $31,770,414 2,102 $10,974,145 2,096 7/16/99
15 An American Werewolf in London Uni. $30,565,292 - $3,786,512 870 8/21/81
16 An American Werewolf in Paris BV $26,570,463 1,731 $7,600,878 1,728 12/25/97
17 Fright Night Col. $24,922,237 1,545 $6,118,543 1,542 8/2/85
18 Vampire in Brooklyn Par. $19,751,736 2,307 $7,045,379 2,307 10/27/95
19 House NW $19,444,631 1,440 $5,923,972 1,440 2/28/86
20 Eight Legged Freaks WB $17,322,606 2,530 $6,485,458 2,530 7/17/02
21 Seed of Chucky Rog. $17,083,732 2,062 $8,774,520 2,061 11/12/04
22 The Frighteners Uni. $16,759,216 1,675 $5,565,495 1,669 7/19/96
23 Tremors Uni. $16,667,084 1,477 $3,731,520 1,472 1/19/90
24 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fox $16,624,456 1,981 $4,515,541 1,959 7/31/92
25 Jennifer's Body Fox $16,200,126 2,738 $6,868,397 2,702 9/18/09
26 Night of the Comet Atl $14,418,922 1,098 $3,580,578 1,098 11/16/84
27 Return of the Living Dead Orion $14,237,880 1,506 $4,403,169 1,506 8/16/85
28 Shaun of the Dead Rog. $13,542,874 675 $3,330,781 607 9/24/04
29 Critters NL $13,167,232 633 $1,618,800 540 4/11/86
30 Army of Darkness Uni. $11,502,976 1,391 $4,424,535 1,387 2/19/93
31 Dracula: Dead and Loving It Sony $10,772,144 1,425 $2,708,298 1,425 12/22/95
32 National Lampoon's Class Reunion Fox $10,054,150 1,125 $3,086,525 1,121 10/29/82
33 Once Bitten Gold. $10,000,000 1,095 $4,025,657 1,095 11/15/85
34 Return of the Living Dead 2 Lori $9,205,924 1,467 $3,647,254 1,467 1/15/88
35 Haunted Honeymoon Orion $8,033,397 1,047 $2,768,003 1,046 7/25/86
36 Slither Uni. $7,802,450 1,946 $3,880,270 1,945 3/31/06
37 House II NW $7,800,000 1,069 $2,573,934 1,069 8/28/87
38 Evil Dead 2 DEG $5,923,044 310 $807,260 310 3/13/87
39 Bordello of Blood Uni. $5,781,045 1,695 $2,634,170 1,694 8/16/96
40 Club Dread FoxS $5,001,708 1,807 $3,035,688 1,807 2/27/04
41 Innocent Blood WB $4,943,279 1,326 $1,857,658 1,326 9/25/92
42 Vamp NW $4,941,117 1,104 $2,187,458 1,104 7/18/86
43 Idle Hands Sony $4,152,230 1,611 $1,807,181 1,611 4/30/99
44 Critters 2: The Main Course NL $3,813,293 1,114 $1,898,751 1,114 4/29/88
45 My Boyfriend's Back BV $3,335,984 1,165 $1,465,476 1,165 8/6/93
46 Fright Night II NCeV $2,983,784 161 $548,231 148 5/19/89
47 The Evil Dead NL $2,400,000 128 n/a - 1/1/83
48 Re-Animator EP $2,023,414 185 $543,728 129 10/18/85
49 Repossessed NL $1,382,462 115 $266,975 115 9/14/90
50 Parents Vest $870,532 94 $277,952 94 1/27/89
51 Teeth RAtt. $347,578 16 $29,521 4 1/18/08
52 Fido RAtt. $304,533 67 $10,203 2 6/15/07
53 Psycho Beach Party Strand $268,117 11 n/a - 8/4/00
54 Cemetary Man Oct. $253,986 25 $22,459 6 4/26/96
55 Dead Alive Trim. $242,623 11 $23,765 3 2/12/93
56 Hatchet Anch. $175,281 93 $100,358 93 9/7/07
57 My Name Is Bruce Imag. $173,066 4 $16,432 1 10/31/08
58 Baghead SPC $140,106 18 $8,640 2 6/13/08
59 Monster Beach Party Indic. $112,791 8 $3,730 2 4/10/09
60 Black Sheep (2007) IFC $84,283 8 $16,102 4 6/22/07
61 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Anch. $69,136 72 $38,500 72 3/16/07
62 Feast W/Dim. $56,131 146 $54,556 146 9/22/06
63 Dead Snow IFC $46,742 4 $5,363 1 6/19/09
64 Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead Troma $13,804 1 $10,624 1 5/9/08
65 Otto; or, Up with the Dead People Strand $11,295 2 $3,456 1 11/7/08
66 I Sell the Dead IFC $8,050 2 $3,529 1 8/7/09
67 Pontypool IFC $3,865 1 $1,541 1 5/29/09
68 American Zombie Libre $3,126 1 $3,126 1 3/28/08
69 How to Be a Serial Killer Mont. $899 1 $899 1 7/24/09
- Dead 5: Rave to the Grave Free n/a - n/a - N/A
TOTAL (All Movies):$1,641,725,389----
AVERAGE (All Movies):$23,793,1221,175$5,994,9221,188-
TOTAL
(Wide Releases Only):		$1,593,261,449----
AVERAGE
(Wide Releases Only):		$37,052,5921,851$9,517,0671,811-


TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS

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UPCOMING RELEASES
Title (click to view)StudioRelease Date
Transylmania FullC 12/4/09
The Cabin in the Woods (in 3D) MGM 1/14/11

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