Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2011

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2011 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Paranormal Activity 3	10/21/2011	Paramount Pictures	R	$104,007,828	13,115,741
2	Insidious	4/1/2011	FilmDistrict	R	$54,009,150	6,810,738
3	Final Destination 5	8/12/2011	Warner Bros.	R	$42,587,643	5,370,447
4	Scream 4	4/15/2011	Weinstein/Dimension	R	$38,180,928	4,814,745
5	The Rite	1/28/2011	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$33,047,633	4,167,419
6	Priest in 3D	5/13/2011	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$29,136,626	3,674,228
7	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	8/26/2011	FilmDistrict	R	$24,046,682	3,032,368
8	Dream House	9/30/2011	Universal	PG-13	$21,302,340	2,686,298
9	Shark Night 3D	9/2/2011	Relativity	PG-13	$18,877,153	2,380,473
10	Fright Night	8/19/2011	Walt Disney	R	$18,298,649	2,307,522
11	The Thing	10/14/2011	Universal	R	$16,999,934	2,143,750
12	Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D	9/10/2010	Sony Pictures	R	$6,945,226	875,817
13	Dylan Dog: Dead of Night	4/29/2011	Omin/Freestyle	PG-13	$1,186,538	149,626
14	Red State	9/23/2011	Smodshow Productions	R	$1,065,429	134,354
15	Creature	9/9/2011	The Bubble Factory	R	$327,000	41,236
16	Trolljegeren	6/10/2011	Magnet Pictures	PG	$253,444	31,960
17	Paranormal Activity 2	10/20/2010	Paramount Pictures	R	$92,259	11,634
18	Inkubus	10/28/2011	Screen Media Films	R	$81,600	10,290
19	11-11-11	11/11/2011	Rocket Releasing	PG-13	$38,100	4,805
20	Stake Land	4/22/2011	IFC Films	R	$33,245	4,192
21	Black Death	3/11/2011	Magnet Pictures	R	$22,554	2,844
22	Bereavement	3/4/2011		R	$20,744	2,616
23	The Ward	7/8/2011	Cinedigm	R	$7,760	979
Total Gross of All Movies					$410,568,465
Total Tickets Sold						51,774,082

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2011. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2011. 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.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.