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The Highest-Grossing Horror Movies of All Time
Forbes.com put together a list of the highest-grossing horror movies of all time. Actually, they did TWO lists. One adjusted for inflation and one not. Here's the Top 10 from each:
Adjusted for Inflation:
- "Jaws" (1975), $1.154 billion
- "The Exorcist" (1973), $996.5 million
- "Ghostbusters" (1984), $641.3 million
- "The Sixth Sense" (1999), $518.8 million
- "Gremlins" (1984), $409.8 million
- "It" (2017), $328.9 million
- "Jaws 2" (1978), $312.8 million
- "The Amityville Horror" (1979), $310.3 million
- "Alien" (1979), $286.4 million
- "Scary Movie" (2000), $262.5 million
Not Adjusted for Inflation:
- "It" (2017), $327.5 million
- "The Sixth Sense" (1999), $293.5 million
- "Jaws" (1975), $260 million
- "Ghostbusters" (1984), $242.2 million
- "The Exorcist" (1973), $232.9 million
- "It: Chapter 2" (2019), $195.7 million
- "Get Out" (2017), $176 million
- "Halloween" (2018), $159.3 million
- "Scary Movie" (2000), $159 million
- "What Lies Beneath" (2000), $155.4 million
I always take issue with these kinds of lists. In this instance, my main issue is what they constitute as a horror movie.
How is "Jaws" considered a horror movie? Suspense maybe but horror... nah. Same thing with "Scary Movie"... that wasn't a horror movie, it was a comedy spoof of horror movies, but I digress.
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