Market Charts > 2021 > Genres > Horror
Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2021
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2021 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
A Quiet Place: Part II |
May 28, 2021 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$160,215,764 |
15,753,762 |
| 2 |
Halloween Kills |
Oct 15, 2021 |
Universal |
R |
$92,002,155 |
9,046,426 |
| 3 |
The Conjuring: The Devil Ma… |
Jun 4, 2021 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$65,631,050 |
6,453,397 |
| 4 |
Candyman |
Aug 27, 2021 |
Universal |
R |
$61,186,570 |
6,016,379 |
| 5 |
The Forever Purge |
Jul 2, 2021 |
Universal |
R |
$44,539,245 |
4,379,473 |
| 6 |
Don’t Breathe 2 |
Aug 13, 2021 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$32,638,038 |
3,209,247 |
| 7 |
Escape Room: Tournament of … |
Jul 16, 2021 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$25,314,753 |
2,489,160 |
| 8 |
Spiral |
May 14, 2021 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$23,216,862 |
2,282,877 |
| 9 |
Resident Evil: Welcome to R… |
Nov 24, 2021 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$16,923,891 |
1,664,099 |
| 10 |
The Unholy |
Apr 2, 2021 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$15,532,137 |
1,527,250 |
| 11 |
Malignant |
Sep 10, 2021 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$13,391,791 |
1,316,794 |
| 12 |
Antlers |
Oct 29, 2021 |
Searchlight Pictures |
R |
$10,619,670 |
1,044,215 |
| 13 |
The Night House |
Aug 20, 2021 |
Searchlight Pictures |
R |
$7,100,581 |
698,188 |
| 14 |
Separation |
Apr 30, 2021 |
Open Road |
R |
$4,509,143 |
443,376 |
| 15 |
Lamb |
Oct 8, 2021 |
A24 |
R |
$2,676,410 |
263,167 |
| 16 |
Titane |
Oct 1, 2021 |
Neon |
R |
$1,442,988 |
141,886 |
| 17 |
Wrong Turn |
Jan 26, 2021 |
Saban Films |
R |
$1,251,184 |
123,026 |
| 18 |
In the Earth |
Apr 16, 2021 |
Neon |
R |
$1,113,722 |
109,510 |
| 19 |
Come Play |
Oct 30, 2020 |
Focus Features |
PG-13 |
$970,450 |
95,423 |
| 20 |
Werewolves Within |
Jun 25, 2021 |
IFC Films |
R |
$575,783 |
56,615 |
| 21 |
Willy’s Wonderland |
Feb 12, 2021 |
Screen Media Films |
Not Rated |
$418,286 |
41,129 |
| 22 |
Freaky |
Nov 13, 2020 |
Universal |
R |
$328,795 |
32,330 |
| 23 |
Murder in the Woods |
Aug 14, 2020 |
Rezinate Entertai… |
R |
$241,906 |
23,786 |
| 24 |
The Resort |
Apr 30, 2021 |
Vertical Entertai… |
Not Rated |
$191,996 |
18,878 |
| 25 |
The Reckoning |
Feb 5, 2021 |
RLJ Entertainment |
Not Rated |
$143,532 |
14,113 |
| 26 |
Held |
Apr 9, 2021 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$142,817 |
14,042 |
| 27 |
Gaia |
Jun 18, 2021 |
Neon |
R |
$126,126 |
12,401 |
| 28 |
The Djinn |
May 14, 2021 |
IFC Midnight |
R |
$124,649 |
12,256 |
| 29 |
Psycho Goreman |
Jan 22, 2021 |
RLJ Entertainment |
Not Rated |
$95,100 |
9,351 |
| 30 |
Censor |
Jun 11, 2021 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$90,050 |
8,854 |
| 31 |
Demonic |
Aug 20, 2021 |
IFC Midnight |
R |
$71,334 |
7,014 |
| 32 |
Come True |
Mar 12, 2021 |
IFC Midnight |
Not Rated |
$62,080 |
6,104 |
| 33 |
Alien |
May 25, 1979 |
20th Century Fox |
R |
$60,000 |
5,899 |
| 34 |
Son |
Mar 5, 2021 |
RLJ Entertainment |
Not Rated |
$55,068 |
5,414 |
| 35 |
The Vigil |
Feb 26, 2021 |
IFC Midnight |
PG-13 |
$50,439 |
4,959 |
| 36 |
Death Rider in the House of… |
Aug 20, 2021 |
Atlas Distribution |
Not Rated |
$44,736 |
4,398 |
| 37 |
Bloody Hell |
Jan 14, 2021 |
Entertainment Squad |
R |
$33,170 |
3,261 |
| 38 |
Jakob’s Wife |
Apr 16, 2021 |
RLJ Entertainment |
Not Rated |
$27,588 |
2,712 |
| 39 |
The Scary of Sixty First |
Dec 3, 2021 |
Utopia |
Not Rated |
$27,316 |
2,685 |
| 40 |
Halloween |
Oct 19, 2018 |
Universal |
R |
$19,000 |
1,868 |
| 41 |
We Need to Do Something |
Sep 3, 2021 |
IFC Midnight |
Not Rated |
$13,589 |
1,336 |
| 42 |
Hunter Hunter |
Dec 18, 2020 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$11,409 |
1,121 |
| 43 |
The Feast |
Nov 19, 2021 |
IFC Midnight |
Not Rated |
$8,316 |
817 |
| 44 |
The Boonies |
Mar 31, 2021 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$6,887 |
677 |
| 45 |
Gôsuto masutâ |
May 14, 2021 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$6,136 |
603 |
| 46 |
Victim of Love |
Jul 20, 2021 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$5,016 |
493 |
| 47 |
The Dark and The Wicked |
Nov 6, 2020 |
RLJ Entertainment |
Not Rated |
$4,991 |
490 |
| 48 |
Crack House of the Dead |
Jun 18, 2021 |
Self Distributed |
Not Rated |
$1,816 |
178 |
| 49 |
Andra Sidan |
Jun 25, 2021 |
Magnet Releasing |
Not Rated |
$1,010 |
99 |
| 50 |
Funhouse |
May 28, 2021 |
Magnet Releasing |
Not Rated |
$507 |
49 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $583,265,852 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 57,351,587 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2021.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2021.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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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.
