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by Gregory Arden, www.listverse.com

Horror films have been a part of American (and international) culture since the very beginning of cinema. In the last 40 years alone, we have seen so many new icons of horror; from Freddy to Jigsaw, and Jason to Pinhead. But are these nightmarish juggernauts also the stuff money is made of? We’ll see, as I present to you the top 10 most financially successful (highest-grossing) horror film franchises (Note: Many of these films are 15+ years old, so the amounts of money shown are in 2007-2011 U.S. dollars, and the amounts of money are only the profits of films (not TV shows, video games, etc.); also, there are some spoilers!):

1  “Friday the 13th” Series
2  “Saw” Series
3  “The Exorcist” Series
4  “Halloween” Series
5  “A Nightmare on Elm Street” Series
6  “Scream” Series
7  “Paranormal Activity” Series
8  “Amityville Horror” Series
9  “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” Series
10 “The Omen” Series



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“Saw” Series





Main Villain(s): John “Jigsaw” Kramer; Jill Tuck; Detective Mark Hoffman; Dr. Lawrence Gordon; Amanda Young; and…well…technically, many of their victims (considering how many of the victims were given a choice as to kill or be killed…if you haven’t seen the film(s), it’s kind of complicated…)
Number of Movies, etc.: 10 (including a direct-to-DVD release, the short film the first “Saw” was inspired by, and a fan-made film); 1 video game
Amount of Money Grossed, to date: $342,510,598 (not counting the fan-made film, short film, direct-to-DVD release, and video game)
Average Amount of Money Grossed, per movie: $34,251,059.80

The most recent horror film franchise in American cinema is also one of the most successful! “Saw” turned horror cinema on its ear, by creating a horror movie icon who doesn’t kill his victims directly, but rather gets them to kill each other! Brilliant!

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“Halloween” Series





Main Villain(s): Michael Myers (although, his father was also a villain in the remake, if you think about it…); a creepy old guy who makes killer masks; a satanic cult; the orderlies who raped that poor girl in the remake; the guy who bails Michael out of prison
Number of Movies, etc.: 10 films; 1 video game
Amount of Money Grossed, to date: $307,729,650 (not counting the video game)
Average Amount of Money Grossed, per movie: $30,772,965

Michael Myers is one of the oldest–and most recognized–horror movie icons in American history. Whether it was John Carpenter, or a suddenly competent Rob Zombie, “Halloween” has always been the deadliest–and one of the most profitable–of holidays!

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“Scream” Series





Main Villain(s): Stuart; Billy; Mickey; Debbie Salt; several others (I haven’t seen “Scream 3″ in a while, and I have yet to see “Scream 4″)
Number of Movies, etc.: 4 films
Amount of Money Grossed, to date: $293,553,139 (not including Scream 4)
Average Amount of Money Grossed, per movie: $97,851,046.33 (not including Scream 4)

“Scream” is one of the few horror-film franchises that is satiric in nature. It is also one of the few in which each film has a completely different killer(s). While it’s only #6 on this list in amount of money grossed (to date), it has one of the highest amounts of money grossed (per film)!

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“Amityville Horror” Series





Main Villain(s): Well…a house; a doll-house…yes, a doll-house; the people who originally lived in the Amityville house, before the Lutzs; several others (I haven’t seen all of the movies yet)
Number of Movies, etc.: 9 films (including 3 original movies, 1 remake, 4 direct-to-video films, and 1 made-for-TV movie)
Amount of Money Grossed, to date: $170,533,321 (not including the sequels not shown in theaters (.i.e.: the made-for-TV movie)
Average Amount of Money Grossed, per movie: $42,633,330.25

The “Amityville Horror” anthology is one of the most underrated, under-appreciated horror film franchises on this list. Spanning over 30 years, this exercise in terror is truly for the ages!

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“The Omen” Series





Main Villain(s): Damien Thorn; Damien’s followers (AKA: Thorn Industries); Satan; Satan’s followers
Number of Movies: 5 (including 3 original films, 1 made-for-TV movie, and 1 remake)
Amount of Money Grossed, to date: $162,520,100 (not counting the made-for-TV movie)
Average Amount of Money Grossed, per film: $40,630,025

Ah, the Anti-Christ, born from an evil as old as time. What better horror film icon than one who has been over 10,000 years in the making?

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Kining "Saw" series bilib ko kay bag-o lang unya morag kada tuig man to naay sine. Successful ra ba kaayo...

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the omen gave me nightmares because of its religious undertones.  the first three friday the 13th movies rendered me sleepless.  these movies made me decide to avoid horror movies hence.  watching the other movies in the list is out of the question for me now.

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Mine are horror and sci-fi...

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i've seen these movies except for Amityville Horror pero i've never watched horror movies nga ako lang isa...hehehehe usually i'm with my brother or with my friends unya with matching tago tago sa unlan dayon...

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mao man..akong brother kay samokan nako kay sa iyang likuran man ko motago hehehehe... unya sa akong mga friends kantyawan ko nila kay horror movies ra daw ko patyon... hahahahah

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makasyagit usahay...basta kanang moabot na ang part nga medyo hadlok na siya, paatik dayon ko ug lakaw, or patulog tulog....hahahahah

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nganong mobayad pa man aron lang mahadlok....mosuroy nalang didto sa sementeryo sa probinsya sa tungang gabii....
real life experience pa.....wa pa'y bayad.

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kanang motungha lang kalit ang killer with matching pinakurat nga sounds... kung naa pa lagi ko sakit sa heart hagbay ra ko natigok... heheheheh

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hahahaha bahala na... ngita na lang ko laing exercise nga makapalig-on sa heart nako..

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churva ra man kaayu ng romantic films oie... siguro kanang mga romantic comedy, chick flick movies

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