The table below lists the top-grossing Horror movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Horror films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Horror movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
| Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 125 | ||||
| 2027 | 1 | ||||
| 2026 | 4 | ||||
| 2025 | 33 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 321 | $25,772,727 | $1,569,601,679 | Alien: Romulus |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 407 | $19,475,417 | $1,768,999,653 | Five Nights at Freddy’s |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 358 | $15,270,000 | $1,294,839,293 | Smile |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 273 | $22,300,000 | $1,119,441,538 | A Quiet Place: Part II |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 295 | $11,400,071 | $462,784,918 | The Invisible Man |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 280 | $17,511,364 | $2,086,953,673 | It: Chapter Two |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 282 | $9,222,895 | $1,788,404,107 | The Nun |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 222 | $18,793,750 | $2,356,544,168 | It |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 196 | $8,599,480 | $1,553,206,772 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 211 | $7,959,213 | $1,076,149,623 | Goosebumps |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 106 | $6,615,765 | $821,699,052 | Annabelle |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 94 | $7,529,211 | $1,044,140,289 | The Conjuring |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 110 | $10,270,000 | $1,273,756,969 | Resident Evil: Retribution |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 90 | $16,331,138 | $978,290,221 | Paranormal Activity 3 |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 97 | $20,341,667 | $1,421,407,126 | Resident Evil: Afterlife |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 70 | $15,723,333 | $1,139,120,192 | Paranormal Activity |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 63 | $10,238,636 | $534,300,777 | Saw V |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 56 | $13,714,857 | $1,101,145,686 | Resident Evil: Extinction |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 54 | $15,277,381 | $1,157,384,795 | Saw III |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 45 | $22,342,391 | $1,339,091,397 | The Ring Two |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 32 | $20,376,923 | $762,678,600 | The Grudge |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 31 | $20,607,143 | $889,599,889 | Gothika |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 20 | $30,272,727 | $593,541,126 | The Ring |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 19 | $19,112,222 | $759,865,105 | Hannibal |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 22 | $28,409,091 | $717,626,805 | Hollow Man |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 20 | $27,721,429 | $1,056,029,170 | The Blair Witch Project |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 18 | $23,500,000 | $372,252,931 | Urban Legend |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 15 | $41,285,714 | $716,059,336 | Scream 2 |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 12 | $25,166,667 | $342,749,085 | Scream |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 20 | $14,400,000 | $256,918,403 | Species |
| 1994 | 14 | $43,250,000 | $500,495,811 | Interview with the Vampire | |
| 1993 | 14 | $6,166,667 | $101,315,608 | Army of Darkness | |
| 1992 | 14 | $19,333,333 | $363,628,604 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | |
| 1991 | 20 | $10,250,000 | $376,888,095 | The Silence of the Lambs | |
| 1990 | 27 | $18,550,000 | $279,372,292 | Flatliners | |
| 1989 | 28 | $6,020,000 | $177,530,744 | Pet Sematary | |
| 1988 | 27 | $6,355,556 | $243,731,803 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | |
| 1987 | 35 | $6,514,286 | $241,717,690 | Jaws 4: The Revenge | |
| 1986 | 27 | $5,340,000 | $221,720,516 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | |
| 1985 | 24 | $7,450,000 | $157,878,200 | Day of the Dead | |
| 1984 | 14 | $5,162,500 | $112,292,835 | Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter | |
| 1983 | 27 | $4,181,750 | $277,282,324 | Jaws 3-D | |
| 1982 | 30 | $4,930,000 | $258,657,167 | Poltergeist | |
| 1981 | 34 | $1,250,000 | $235,650,737 | An American Werewolf in London | |
| 1980 | 29 | $4,416,667 | $196,910,221 | Friday the 13th | |
| 1979 | 16 | $8,066,667 | $395,340,647 | Alien | |
| 1978 | 13 | $10,162,500 | $351,921,229 | Jaws 2 | |
| 1977 | 21 | $4,866,667 | $64,072,919 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | |
| 1976 | 19 | $2,300,000 | $74,521,986 | The Omen | |
| 1975 | 13 | $12,000,000 | $495,655,893 | Jaws | |
| 1974 | 17 | $140,000 | $26,704,435 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | |
| 1973 | 23 | $12,000,000 | $429,315,088 | The Exorcist | |
| 1972 | 21 | ||||
| 1971 | 15 | ||||
| 1970 | 13 | ||||
| 1969 | 5 | ||||
| 1968 | 10 | $1,657,000 | $63,486,234 | Rosemary's Baby | |
| 1967 | 8 | $2,060 | Fearless Vampire Killers | ||
| 1966 | 6 | ||||
| 1965 | 8 | ||||
| 1964 | 11 | $304 | The Masque of the Red Death | ||
| 1963 | 6 | $15,436,929 | The Birds | ||
| 1962 | 7 | $60,000 | $54,399 | Les Yeux sans visage | |
| 1961 | 6 | $106 | The Pit and the Pendulum | ||
| 1960 | 11 | $32,002,264 | Psycho | ||
| 1959 | 9 | ||||
| 1958 | 8 | ||||
| 1957 | 6 | ||||
| 1956 | 6 | $2,984 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | ||
| 1955 | 2 | ||||
| 1954 | 2 | $491,843 | Gojira | ||
| 1953 | 3 | $658,000 | $23,800,000 | House of Wax | |
| 1951 | 3 | ||||
| 1950 | 1 | ||||
| 1949 | 2 | $15,792 | The Queen of Spades | ||
| 1946 | 2 | ||||
| 1945 | 2 | ||||
| 1944 | 2 | $31 | The Uninvited | ||
| 1943 | 3 | ||||
| 1942 | 1 | $134,000 | $8,000,000 | Cat People | |
| 1941 | 1 | ||||
| 1940 | 5 | ||||
| 1939 | 4 | $128 | Son of Frankenstein | ||
| 1936 | 3 | ||||
| 1935 | 1 | ||||
| 1934 | 1 | $181 | The Black Cat | ||
| 1933 | 3 | $672,000 | $10,001,913 | King Kong | |
| 1932 | 5 | $9,210 | The Old Dark House | ||
| 1931 | 3 | $12,001,435 | Frankenstein | ||
| 1929 | 2 | $19,011 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | ||
| 1928 | 1 | ||||
| 1926 | 1 | ||||
| 1925 | 1 | ||||
| 1921 | 2 | $4,713 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | ||
| 1920 | 1 | ||||
| 1916 | 1 | $262,102 | Pikovaya dama | ||
| Total | 4,702 | $14,968,576 | $38,102,778,861 | It | |