Market Charts > 2016 > Genres > Horror
Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2016
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2016 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
The Conjuring 2: The Enfiel… |
Jun 10, 2016 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$102,470,008 |
11,846,244 |
| 2 |
Don’t Breathe |
Aug 26, 2016 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$89,217,875 |
10,314,205 |
| 3 |
The Purge: Election Year |
Jul 1, 2016 |
Universal |
R |
$79,042,440 |
9,137,854 |
| 4 |
Lights Out |
Jul 22, 2016 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$67,268,835 |
7,776,744 |
| 5 |
The Boy |
Jan 22, 2016 |
STX Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$35,819,556 |
4,140,989 |
| 6 |
Ouija: Origin of Evil |
Oct 21, 2016 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$35,144,505 |
4,062,948 |
| 7 |
The Forest |
Jan 8, 2016 |
Focus / Gramercy |
PG-13 |
$26,594,261 |
3,074,481 |
| 8 |
The Witch |
Feb 19, 2016 |
A24 |
R |
$25,138,705 |
2,906,208 |
| 9 |
Blair Witch |
Sep 16, 2016 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$20,777,061 |
2,401,972 |
| 10 |
The Darkness |
May 13, 2016 |
High Top Releasing |
PG-13 |
$10,753,574 |
1,243,187 |
| 11 |
Incarnate |
Dec 2, 2016 |
High Top Releasing |
PG-13 |
$4,799,774 |
554,887 |
| 12 |
Green Room |
Apr 15, 2016 |
A24 |
R |
$3,220,371 |
372,297 |
| 13 |
The Other Side of the Door |
Mar 4, 2016 |
20th Century Fox |
R |
$3,000,342 |
346,860 |
| 14 |
The Disappointments Room |
Sep 9, 2016 |
Relativity |
R |
$2,423,467 |
280,169 |
| 15 |
Busanhaeng |
Jul 22, 2016 |
Well Go USA |
Not Rated |
$2,125,786 |
245,755 |
| 16 |
The Neon Demon |
Jun 24, 2016 |
Broad Green Pictures |
R |
$1,333,124 |
154,118 |
| 17 |
Krampus |
Dec 4, 2015 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$1,259,765 |
145,637 |
| 18 |
Goosebumps |
Oct 16, 2015 |
Sony Pictures |
PG |
$936,590 |
108,276 |
| 19 |
31 |
Oct 21, 2016 |
Saban Films |
R |
$779,820 |
90,152 |
| 20 |
Southbound |
Feb 5, 2016 |
The Orchard |
R |
$205,048 |
23,704 |
| 21 |
Demon |
Sep 9, 2016 |
The Orchard |
R |
$104,039 |
12,027 |
| 22 |
Clown |
Jun 17, 2016 |
Dimension Pictures |
R |
$55,007 |
6,359 |
| 23 |
Under the Shadow |
Oct 7, 2016 |
Vertical Entertai… |
PG-13 |
$28,884 |
3,339 |
| 24 |
The Eyes of My Mother |
Dec 2, 2016 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$27,099 |
3,132 |
| 25 |
Evolution |
Nov 25, 2016 |
IFC Midnight |
Not Rated |
$23,538 |
2,721 |
| 26 |
The Channel |
Feb 16, 2016 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$18,319 |
2,117 |
| 27 |
The Fiancé |
Nov 11, 2016 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$14,120 |
1,632 |
| 28 |
The Monster |
Nov 11, 2016 |
A24 |
R |
$12,544 |
1,450 |
| 29 |
The Ghosts of Johnson Woods |
Dec 2, 2016 |
Driving With Our … |
Not Rated |
$1,080 |
124 |
| 30 |
The Pit |
Oct 23, 1981 |
New World |
R |
$560 |
64 |
| 31 |
Satanic |
Jul 1, 2016 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$252 |
29 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $512,596,349 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 59,259,681 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2016.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2016.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
