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Horror Comedy 1980-Present Total Grosses Opening Weekends Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Total Theaters / Avg. Total Gross Release Date 1 64 Hatchet Anchor Bay Films $100,358 57.3% 93 $1,079 $175,281 9/7/07 2 71 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Anchor Bay Films $38,500 55.7% 72 $534 $69,136 3/16/07 3 99 Vamps Anchor Bay Films $548 16.3% 1 $548 $3,361 11/2/12 4 25 Teen Wolf Atlantic $6,120,348 18.5% 1,416 $4,322 $33,086,611 8/23/85 5 38 Night of the Comet Atlantic $3,580,578 24.8% 1,098 $3,261 $14,418,922 11/16/84 6 43 Teen Wolf Too Atlantic $2,709,160 34.3% 1,540 $1,759 $7,888,703 11/20/87 7 19 Arachnophobia Buena Vista $8,045,760 15.1% 1,479 $5,440 $53,208,180 7/20/90 8 20 Fright Night (2011) Buena Vista $7,714,388 42.1% 3,114 $2,477 $18,302,607 8/19/11 9 21 An American Werewolf in Paris Buena Vista $7,600,878 28.6% 1,728 $4,399 $26,570,463 12/25/97 10 53 My Boyfriend's Back Buena Vista $1,465,476 43.9% 1,165 $1,257 $3,335,984 8/6/93 11 92 American Zombie Cinema Libre $3,126 100.0% 1 $3,126 $3,126 3/28/08 12 5 Ghostbusters II Columbia $29,472,894 26.2% 2,410 $12,229 $112,494,738 6/16/89 13 12 Ghostbusters Columbia $13,578,151 5.9% 1,339 $10,140 $229,242,989 6/8/84 14 26 Fright Night Columbia $6,118,543 24.6% 1,542 $3,967 $24,922,237 8/2/85 15 56 Evil Dead 2 DEG $807,260 13.6% 310 $2,604 $5,923,044 3/13/87 16 1 Scary Movie 3 Dimension Films $48,113,770 43.7% 3,505 $13,727 $110,003,217 10/24/03 17 93 Midget Zombie Takeover Driving With Our Eyes Shut $2,755 27.5% 1 $2,755 $10,016 2/8/13 18 59 Re-Animator Empire Pictures $543,728 26.9% 129 $4,214 $2,023,414 10/18/85 19 94 The Happy House First Run $1,756 76.0% 1 $1,756 $2,311 5/3/13 20 14 Vampires Suck Fox $12,202,831 33.3% 3,233 $3,774 $36,661,504 8/18/10 21 16 Lake Placid Fox $10,974,145 34.5% 2,096 $5,235 $31,770,414 7/16/99 22 23 Jennifer's Body Fox $6,868,397 42.4% 2,702 $2,542 $16,204,793 9/18/09 23 29 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fox $4,515,541 27.2% 1,959 $2,305 $16,624,456 7/31/92 24 40 National Lampoon's Class Reunion Fox $3,086,525 30.7% 1,121 $2,753 $10,054,150 10/29/82 25 41 Club Dread Fox Searchlight $3,035,688 60.7% 1,807 $1,679 $5,001,708 2/27/04 26 62 Transylmania Full Circle Releasing $263,941 66.4% 1,007 $262 $397,641 12/4/09 27 80 Black Sheep (2007) IFC $16,102 19.1% 4 $4,025 $84,283 6/22/07 28 87 Dead Snow IFC $5,363 11.5% 1 $5,363 $46,742 6/19/09 29 90 I Sell the Dead IFC $3,529 43.8% 1 $3,529 $8,050 8/7/09 30 95 Pontypool IFC $1,541 39.9% 1 $1,541 $3,865 5/29/09 31 98 The Catechism Cataclysm IFC $897 20.5% 1 $897 $4,373 10/19/11 32 78 My Name Is Bruce Image Entertainment $16,432 9.5% 1 $16,432 $173,066 10/31/08 33 89 Monster Beach Party Indican $3,730 3.3% 2 $1,865 $112,791 4/10/09 34 9 The Cabin in the Woods Lionsgate $14,743,614 35.0% 2,811 $5,245 $42,073,277 4/13/12 35 66 Decoys Lions Gate $84,733 100.0% 55 $1,540 $84,733 2/27/04 36 37 Return of the Living Dead 2 Lorimar $3,647,254 39.6% 1,467 $2,486 $9,205,924 1/15/88 37 69 Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil Magnolia $52,843 23.6% 30 $1,761 $223,838 9/30/11 38 79 Rubber Magnolia $16,346 16.3% 5 $3,269 $100,370 4/1/11 39 2 Scary Movie Miramax $42,346,669 27.0% 2,912 $14,542 $157,019,771 7/7/00 40 7 Scary Movie 2 Miramax $20,503,356 28.8% 3,220 $6,367 $71,308,997 7/4/01 41 97 How to Be a Serial Killer Monterey Media, Inc. $899 100.0% 1 $899 $899 7/24/09 42 96 Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal Music Box Films $1,016 62.3% 5 $203 $1,632 4/5/13 43 58 Fright Night II New Century $548,231 18.4% 148 $3,704 $2,983,784 5/19/89 44 11 Snakes on a Plane New Line $13,806,311 40.6% 3,555 $3,883 $34,020,814 8/18/06 45 49 Critters 2: The Main Course New Line $1,898,751 49.8% 1,114 $1,704 $3,813,293 4/29/88 46 55 Critters New Line $818,018 6.2% 621 $1,317 $13,167,232 5/9/86 47 61 Repossessed New Line $266,975 19.3% 115 $2,321 $1,382,462 9/14/90 48 27 House New World $5,923,972 30.5% 1,440 $4,113 $19,444,631 2/28/86 49 46 House II New World $2,573,934 33.0% 1,069 $2,407 $7,800,000 8/28/87 50 47 Vamp New World $2,187,458 44.3% 1,104 $1,981 $4,941,117 7/18/86 51 65 Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust Nocturnal Features $86,086 42.5% 11 $7,826 $202,531 9/30/11 52 82 Caesar & Otto's Summer Camp Massacre Nocturnal Features $11,375 44.0% 5 $2,275 $25,844 9/16/11 53 77 Cemetary Man October $22,459 8.8% 6 $3,743 $253,986 4/26/96 54 57 Dylan Dog: Dead of Night Omni Lab/Freestyle Releasing $754,779 63.6% 875 $863 $1,186,538 4/29/11 55 8 A Haunted House Open Road Films $18,101,682 45.2% 2,160 $8,380 $40,041,683 1/11/13 56 31 Return of the Living Dead Orion Pictures $4,403,169 30.9% 1,506 $2,923 $14,237,880 8/16/85 57 42 Haunted Honeymoon Orion Pictures $2,768,003 34.5% 1,046 $2,646 $8,033,397 7/25/86 58 81 Juan of the Dead Outsider Pictures $12,000 66.7% 1 $12,000 $18,000 3/16/12 59 22 Vampire in Brooklyn Paramount $7,045,379 35.7% 2,307 $3,053 $19,751,736 10/27/95 60 52 Student Bodies Paramount $1,582,148 30.6% 628 $2,519 $5,165,432 8/7/81 61 74 Teeth Roadside Attractions $29,521 8.5% 4 $7,380 $347,578 1/18/08 62 85 Fido Roadside Attractions $10,203 3.4% 2 $5,101 $304,533 6/15/07 63 72 Holla II Rockstone Releasing $37,444 90.1% 6 $6,241 $41,537 4/19/13 64 18 Seed of Chucky Rogue Pictures $8,774,520 51.4% 2,061 $4,257 $17,083,732 11/12/04 65 39 Shaun of the Dead Rogue Pictures $3,330,781 24.6% 607 $5,487 $13,542,874 9/24/04 66 32 Once Bitten Samuel Goldwyn $4,025,657 40.3% 1,095 $3,676 $10,000,000 11/15/85 67 54 Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde Savoy $900,782 32.6% 350 $2,573 $2,763,020 8/25/95 68 6 Zombieland Sony / Columbia $24,733,155 32.7% 3,036 $8,147 $75,590,286 10/2/09 69 44 Dracula: Dead and Loving It Sony / Columbia $2,708,298 25.1% 1,425 $1,900 $10,772,144 12/22/95 70 51 Idle Hands Sony / Columbia $1,807,181 43.5% 1,611 $1,121 $4,152,230 4/30/99 71 86 Baghead Sony Classics $8,640 6.2% 2 $4,320 $140,106 6/13/08 72 84 The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra Sony Repertory $10,425 7.3% 1 $10,425 $143,121 2/6/04 73 91 Otto; or, Up with the Dead People Strand $3,456 30.6% 1 $3,456 $11,295 11/7/08 74 76 Dead Alive Trimark $23,765 9.8% 3 $7,921 $242,623 2/12/93 75 48 The Monster Squad TriStar $1,920,678 50.9% 1,280 $1,500 $3,769,990 8/14/87 76 63 Night of the Creeps TriStar $220,800 37.3% 70 $3,154 $591,366 8/22/86 77 67 Def by Temptation Troma $54,582 2.5% 11 $4,962 $2,218,579 5/11/90 78 70 The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie Troma $52,080 14.3% 40 $1,302 $363,561 11/10/89 79 75 The Toxic Avenger Part II Troma $28,950 3.7% 15 $1,930 $792,966 2/24/89 80 83 Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead Troma $10,624 77.0% 1 $10,624 $13,804 5/9/08 81 15 Bride of Chucky Universal $11,830,855 36.5% 2,412 $4,904 $32,383,850 10/16/98 82 28 The Frighteners Universal $5,565,495 33.2% 1,669 $3,334 $16,759,216 7/19/96 83 30 Army of Darkness Universal $4,424,535 38.5% 1,387 $3,190 $11,502,976 2/19/93 84 33 Slither Universal $3,880,270 49.7% 1,945 $1,994 $7,802,450 3/31/06 85 34 An American Werewolf in London Universal $3,786,512 12.4% 870 $4,352 $30,565,292 8/21/81 86 35 Tremors Universal $3,731,520 22.4% 1,472 $2,535 $16,667,084 1/19/90 87 45 Bordello of Blood Universal $2,634,170 45.6% 1,694 $1,555 $5,781,045 8/16/96 88 60 Parents Vestron $277,952 31.9% 94 $2,956 $870,532 1/27/89 89 73 Bubba Ho-Tep Vitagraph $35,636 2.9% 2 $17,818 $1,239,183 9/19/03 90 4 Dark Shadows Warner Bros. $29,685,274 37.2% 3,755 $7,906 $79,727,149 5/11/12 91 13 Gremlins Warner Bros. $12,511,634 8.4% 1,511 $8,280 $148,168,459 6/8/84 92 17 Gremlins 2: The New Batch Warner Bros. $9,702,804 23.4% 2,075 $4,676 $41,482,207 6/15/90 93 24 Eight Legged Freaks Warner Bros. $6,485,458 37.4% 2,530 $2,563 $17,322,606 7/17/02 94 36 Little Shop of Horrors Warner Bros. $3,659,884 9.4% 866 $4,226 $38,748,395 12/19/86 95 50 Innocent Blood Warner Bros. $1,857,658 37.6% 1,326 $1,400 $4,943,279 9/25/92 96 3 Scary Movie 4 Weinstein / Dimension $40,222,875 44.3% 3,602 $11,166 $90,710,620 4/14/06 97 10 Scary Movie 5 Weinstein / Dimension $14,157,367 44.9% 3,402 $4,161 $31,529,525 4/12/13 98 68 Feast Weinstein / Dimension $54,556 97.2% 146 $373 $56,131 9/22/06 99 88 Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary Zeitgeist $4,784 8.6% 1 $4,784 $55,365 5/14/03 AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only, 56 titles): $9,285,859 27.2% 1,852 $5,014 $34,114,401 - Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart. 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 100 Bloody Acres DR 6/28/13 Cockneys Vs. Zombies Shout! 8/2/13 A Haunted House 2 ORF 3/28/14