{"id":33395,"date":"2024-10-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/?p=33395"},"modified":"2024-10-24T15:01:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T19:01:21","slug":"top-grossing-horror-movies-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/top-grossing-horror-movies-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-Grossing Horror Movies of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following a 2023 that saw several breakout horror hits arrive in the domestic market\u2014led by day-and-date release<em> Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s<\/em>, which opened to $80M in late October before legging out to $137.2M domestically\u20142024 has been hit-or-miss when it comes to the genre, with major studio releases dominating the top ten in lieu of a true indie breakout. The two exceptions are <em>Longlegs<\/em>, which became distributor Neon&#8217;s highest-grossing film after only 14 days, and Cineverse <em>Terrifier 3<\/em>, an unrated gore-fest that smashed expectations with a $18.3M opening, beating out the second week of <em>Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-transistor wp-block-embed-transistor\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"ShowEast 2024: Angel Studios Head of Theatrical Distribution Brandon Purdie [Brought to you by Angel Studios]\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/e\/f4389e7f#?secret=lMzyMzvvGI\" data-secret=\"lMzyMzvvGI\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. A Quiet Place: Day One<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paramount Pictures | June 28<br>Domestic Opening: $52.2M<br>Domestic Total: $138.9M<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The third film in Paramount Pictures&#8217;<em> A Quiet Place<\/em> franchise, and the first one not directed by John Krasinski, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/weekend-box-office-inside-out-2-three-peats-at-no-1-a-quiet-place-day-one-posts-franchise-high-debut\/\" title=\"\">debuted to a franchise-high $52.5M in late June<\/a>, surpassing <em>The Strangers: Chapter 1<\/em> as the highest-grossing horror film of 2024 after only two days in theaters. Moving into its second weekend, it stands as the 18th highest-grossing film of 2024 domestically and 15th highest-grossing film globally. Though it didn&#8217;t reach number one at the box office (due to a little film called <em>Inside Out 2<\/em>), it still stands to out-earn the first two films in the growing franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Quiet Place: Day One | Final Trailer (2024 Movie) - Lupita Nyong&#039;o, Joseph Quinn\" width=\"798\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-WIb4ATfT8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Alien: Romulus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Walt Disney \/ 20th Century Studios | August 16<\/strong><br><strong>Domestic Opening: $42M<\/strong><br><strong>Domestic Total: $105.3M (as of 10\/22)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*Still in theaters<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second highest-grossing horror film of 2024 so far was one that was initially slated to bypass theaters and go straight to Hulu: Fede Alvarez&#8217;s <em>Alien: Romulus<\/em>, in which the director of <em>Don&#8217;t Breathe<\/em> and the <em>Evil Dead <\/em>remake brings the <em>Alien<\/em> franchise back to its horror roots. The film opened slightly under expectations with $42.5M over the three-day weekend, enough to knock <em>Deadpool &amp; Wolverine<\/em> out of the number one spot in its fourth frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alien: Romulus | Final Trailer\" width=\"798\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x0XDEhP4MQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Longlegs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NEON | July 12<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Opening: $22.4M<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Total: $74M<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Specialty distributor NEON went big with Oz Perkins&#8217; <em>Longlegs<\/em>, opening the horror title on 2,510 screens, the widest release for a NEON title. <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/weekend-box-office-despicable-me-4-holds-at-1-while-longlegs-surprises-at-2\/\">The bet paid off in a big way<\/a>, with the film breezing past even the highest end of our box office predictions to earn $22.4M on opening weekend, trailing only fellow new release <em>Despicable Me 4<\/em> and giving NEON its biggest opening weekend to-date. After a mere 14 days it became the distributor&#8217;s highest grosser, surpassing 2019&#8217;s <em>Parasite<\/em>, the gradual roll-out of which had the film reaching $53.3M more than five months into its domestic run. Longlegs&#8217; $74M domestic cume could sneak even higher before the end of the month, with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/neon-brings-longlegs-back-to-theaters-this-october-with-exclusive-the-monkey-sneak-peek\/\"> Neon putting the film back in theaters <\/a>paired with a sneak peek of Perkins&#8217; <em>The Monkey<\/em>, debuting in February 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LONGLEGS - The End Trailer - In Theaters July 12\" width=\"798\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FXOtkvx25gI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Speak No Evil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Universal | September 13<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Opening: $11.3M<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Total: $36.3M (as of 10\/22)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*Still in theaters<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A remake of a 2022 Danish film of the same name, director James Watkins&#8217; Speak No Evil debuted in the middle of a quiet September, opening at the number two spot behind the second week of Warner Bros.&#8217; <em>Beetlejuice Beetlejuice<\/em>. Holds in subsequent weeks remained modest, not slipping below -50% week-on-week as of mid-October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Speak No Evil | Official Trailer 2\" width=\"798\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/InvnbXX0VV8?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Terrifier 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cineverse | October 11<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Opening: $18.9M<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Total: $36.2M, as of 10\/22<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s the feel-good story of spooky season 2024: a scrappy horror sequel from an independent distributor builds on the cult appeal of its predecessors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/weekend-box-office-terrifier-3-scares-up-1-business\/\">to debut at the top of the box office<\/a>. That the movie is the latest in the <em>Terrifier<\/em> series, known for over-the-top gore that (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/long-range-forecast-terrifier-3\/\">allegedly<\/a>) has caused people to vomit and pass out in screenings, is just icing on the cake.<em> Terrifier 3<\/em> benefited from the underperformance of another killer clown movie, <em>Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux<\/em>, which had come out a week prior. In its second frame, the <em>Joker<\/em> sequel dropped -81%, allowing <em>Terrifier 3<\/em>\u2014bolstered by a strong grassroots marketing campaign and promotional tie-ins aimed at the hardcore horror set\u2014to slip right past it at the box office despite screening on approximately 1,500 fewer screens.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TERRIFIER 3 Official Trailer (2024) Red band\" width=\"798\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zaPcin5knJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. The Strangers: Chapter 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lionsgate Films | May 17<br>Domestic Opening: $11.8M<br>Domestic Total: $35.2M<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>With a domestic gross topping out in the mid-$30Ms, Lionsgate&#8217;s <em>The Strangers: Chapter 1<\/em>\u2014like <em>A Quiet Place: Day One<\/em>, the third film and first prequel in an established horror franchise\u2014wouldn&#8217;t even have been in the top ten highest-grossing horror films<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/5-highest-grossing-horror-movies-2023\/\" title=\"\"> had it come out in 2023<\/a>, an illustration of how far the genre has fallen at the box office this year. Opening in mid-May, the film debuted at the number three spot at the box office and enjoyed a moderate -53% drop before week two\u2014moderate, at least, for the horror genre, which tends to drop off rather quickly after opening weekend. <em>Chapter 1 <\/em>stands solidly in the middle of the franchise in terms of box office, out-earning 2019&#8217;s <em>The Strangers: Prey at Night <\/em>($24.4M domestic total) but having virtually no chance at catching up with the $52.5M earned by <em>The Strangers<\/em> when it came out in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) Official Trailer - Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez\" width=\"798\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3pZUQmZdOi4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Night Swim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Universal Pictures | January 5<br>Domestic Opening: $11.7M<br>Domestic Total: $32.4M<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>January 2023 was a surprisingly strong month for horror at the box office, with Universal&#8217;s <em>M3GAN<\/em> opening to $30.4M and IFC Films&#8217; <em>Skinamarink<\/em> breaking out on the indie scene, riding a wave of good buzz (mostly generated on TikTok) to a $2M domestic gross\u2014earned in spite of the fact that it went day-and-date in theaters and on Shudder. Any hopes of a similar performance from the genre this year were dashed when Universal&#8217;s<em> Night Swim<\/em> debuted to a mere $11.7M on over 3,000 screens. It would set the tone for the next few months, with wide releases <em>Imaginary<\/em>, <em>The First Omen<\/em>, and <em>Tarot<\/em> similarly failing to catch on with audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Night Swim | Official Trailer\" width=\"798\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pcSNqteCEtE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Imaginary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lionsgate | March 18<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Opening: $9.9M<br>Domestic Total: $28M<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Imaginary (2024) Official Trailer \u2013 DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns\" width=\"798\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8XoNfrgrAGM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Abigail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Universal | April 19 <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Opening: $10.2M <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Total: $25.8M<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Abigail | Official Trailer\" width=\"798\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3PsP8MFH8p0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. The First Omen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disney | April 6<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Opening: $8.3M<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Total: $20M<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The First Omen | Official Trailer | 20th Century Studios\" width=\"798\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lmN1Op8ygno?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a 2023 that saw several breakout horror hits arrive in the domestic market\u2014led by day-and-date release Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s, which opened to $80M in late October before legging out to $137.2M domestically\u20142024 has been hit-or-miss when it comes to the genre, with major studio releases dominating the top ten in lieu of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":34078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2024-08-20T17:28:33Z","apple_news_api_id":"8a017b14-d06c-43fa-b9be-4b4a66c96af5","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2024-08-21T17:21:18Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AigF7FNBsQ_q5vktKZslq9Q","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[5427,5462,5407,5312,5604,5447],"class_list":["post-33395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-numbers","tag-a-quiet-place-day-one","tag-alien-romulus","tag-longlegs","tag-night-swim","tag-terrifier-3","tag-the-strangers-chapter-1"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}