List of box office number-one horror films in the United States


 * **Films listed before 1982 are from the weekly box office charts, and reports.

1920s

 * The Monster (inaugural US No. 1 horror film, and peaked 18 February, 1925)
 * The Phantom of the Opera

1930s

 * Frankenstein
 * King Kong

1940s

 * Hold That Ghost
 * Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1950s

 * House of Wax
 * The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
 * It Came from Outer Space

1960s

 * The Birds
 * The Mad Room
 * Rosemary's Baby

1970s

 * Alien
 * Love at First Bite
 * It's Alive
 * The Fury
 * The Exorcist
 * The Amityville Horror
 * The Omen
 * The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
 * Damien: Omen II
 * Carrie
 * Willard
 * Trog / Taste the Blood of Dracula
 * Magic
 * King Kong
 * Dracula
 * The Silent Scream
 * Jaws 2
 * When a Stranger Calls
 * Burnt Offerings
 * Burnt Offerings

1980s

 * Happy Birthday to Me
 * The Howling
 * An American Werewolf in London
 * Scanners
 * Predator
 * The Fog
 * The Final Conflict
 * Pet Semetary
 * Jaws 3
 * Child's Play
 * Halloween II
 * Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
 * Friday the 13th
 * Friday the 13th Part 2
 * Friday the 13th Part III
 * Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
 * Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
 * Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
 * They Live
 * Creepshow
 * The Fly
 * The Fly II
 * The Witches of Eastwick
 * Dead Ringers
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
 * Amityville II: The Possession
 * Amityville 3-D
 * Dead Ringers
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
 * Amityville II: The Possession
 * Amityville 3-D
 * Amityville II: The Possession
 * Amityville 3-D
 * Amityville 3-D

1990s

 * The Exorcist III
 * Child's Play 2
 * The Craft
 * Sleepwalkers
 * Wolf
 * Bram Stoker's Dracula
 * From Dusk Till Dawn
 * Flatliners
 * House on Haunted Hill
 * The People Under the Stairs
 * Graveyard Shift
 * I Know What You Did Last Summer
 * Jacob's Ladder
 * An American Werewolf in Paris
 * The Relic
 * The Haunting
 * Blade
 * Anaconda
 * John Carpenter's Vampires
 * The Island of Dr. Moreau
 * Interview with the Vampire
 * Stigmata
 * Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
 * Death Becomes Her
 * The Silence of the Lambs
 * The Island of Dr. Moreau
 * Interview with the Vampire
 * Stigmata
 * Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
 * Death Becomes Her
 * The Silence of the Lambs
 * The Silence of the Lambs

2000s

 * Scream 3
 * The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
 * Thd Exorcist: The Beginning
 * The Amityville Horror
 * When a Stranger Calls
 * The Fog
 * Prom Night
 * Hollow Man
 * Freddy vs. Jason
 * Alien vs. Predator
 * Queen of the Damned
 * From Hell
 * Blade II
 * What Lies Beneath
 * The Final Destination
 * The Exorcism of Emily Rose
 * Boogeyman
 * Hostel
 * 30 Days of Night
 * Cloverfield
 * The Ring
 * The Ring Two
 * The Messengers
 * Friday the 13th
 * Halloween
 * Zombieland
 * Paranormal Activity
 * Hide and Seek
 * The Cell
 * Jeepers Creepers
 * Jeepers Creepers 2
 * Doom
 * Dawn of the Dead
 * Resident Evil: Apocalypse
 * Resident Evil: Extinction
 * Silent Hill
 * Saw II
 * Saw III
 * Saw IV
 * Darkness Falls
 * The Grudge
 * The Grudge 2
 * The Grudge
 * The Grudge 2

2010s

 * Jigsaw
 * The Nun
 * Annabelle Creation
 * The Conjuring
 * The Conjuring 2
 * The Meg
 * Texas Chainsaw
 * The Rite
 * Alien: Covenant
 * Saw: The Final Chapter
 * Evil Dead
 * The Purge
 * Ouija
 * Don't Breathe
 * Paranormal Activity 2
 * Paranormal Activity 3
 * Paranormal Activity 4
 * The Devil Inside
 * Underworld: Awakening
 * Us
 * Happy Death Day
 * Split
 * Piranha 3D
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street
 * The Posession
 * Warm Bodies
 * A Quiet Place
 * Halloween
 * Resident Evil: Afterlife
 * Resident Evil: Retribution
 * Get Out
 * Mama
 * Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
 * Insidious: Chapter 2
 * It
 * It: Chapter Two
 * The Curse of La Llorona
 * Boo! A Madea Halloween
 * Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
 * Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

2020s

 * Come Play
 * Candyman
 * Halloween Kills
 * The New Mutants
 * A Quiet Place: Part II
 * Scream
 * Old
 * Freaky
 * The Invisible Man
 * Morbius
 * Spiral
 * The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Trivia

 * Note: **"The Rental" is sometimes considered to be a number-one film, but it received a limited release when most cinemas closed due to COVID-19.**

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 * **In this article, you will learn what horror films topped the U.S. box office from 1922-present day, essentially documenting every commercially available, chart-topping horror movie in North America released since Variety began keeping their records in March of 1922.