Highest Grossing Horror Remakes Ever

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HORROR REMAKE

1982-Present

Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date

1 The Ring DW $129,128,133 2,927 $15,015,393 1,981 10/18/02

2 The Grudge Sony $110,359,362 3,348 $39,128,715 3,245 10/22/04

3 The Haunting DW $91,411,151 2,881 $33,435,140 2,808 7/23/99

4 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre NL $80,571,655 3,018 $28,094,014 3,016 10/17/03

5 The Ring Two DW $76,231,249 3,341 $35,065,237 3,332 3/18/05

6 The Amityville Horror (2005) MGM $65,233,369 3,323 $23,507,007 3,323 4/15/05

7 The Stepford Wives Par. $59,484,742 3,057 $21,406,781 3,057 6/11/04

8 Dawn of the Dead Uni. $59,020,957 2,748 $26,722,575 2,745 3/19/04

9 The Omen (2006) Fox $54,607,383 2,723 $16,026,496 2,723 6/6/06

10 When a Stranger Calls SGem $47,860,214 3,004 $21,607,203 2,999 2/3/06

11 Thirteen Ghosts WB $41,867,960 2,781 $15,165,355 2,781 10/26/01

12 The Hills Have Eyes FoxS $41,778,863 2,621 $15,708,512 2,620 3/10/06

13 House on Haunted Hill WB $40,846,082 2,710 $15,946,032 2,710 10/29/99

14 The Fly Fox $40,456,565 1,201 $7,007,423 1,195 8/15/86

15 The Grudge 2 Sony $39,143,839 3,214 $20,825,300 3,211 10/13/06

16 House of Wax WB $32,064,800 3,111 $12,077,236 3,111 5/6/05

17 Halloween (2007) MGM/W $31,012,000 3,472 $26,462,000 3,472 8/31/07

18 The Fog SonR $29,550,869 2,972 $11,752,917 2,972 10/14/05

19 Dark Water BV $25,473,352 2,657 $9,939,251 2,657 7/8/05

20 Invasion of the Body Snatchers UA $24,946,533 445 $1,298,129 445 12/22/78

21 The Wicker Man WB $23,649,127 2,784 $9,610,204 2,784 9/1/06

22 Psycho (1998) Uni. $21,456,130 2,489 $10,031,850 2,477 12/4/98

23 The Hills Have Eyes 2 FoxA $20,804,166 2,465 $9,686,362 2,447 3/23/07

24 Pulse W/Dim. $20,264,436 2,323 $8,203,822 2,323 8/11/06

25 The Hitcher (2007) Rog. $16,472,961 2,836 $7,818,239 2,831 1/19/07

26 Black Christmas (2006) MGM/W $16,235,738 1,544 $3,723,364 1,544 12/25/06

27 The Invasion WB $14,082,000 2,776 $5,951,409 2,776 8/17/07

28 The Thing Uni. $13,782,838 910 $3,107,897 840 6/25/82

29 Village of the Damned Uni. $9,418,365 1,919 $3,222,450 1,890 4/28/95

30 The Blob TriS $8,247,943 1,081 $2,644,920 1,081 8/5/88

31 Cat People Uni. $7,000,000 600 $1,617,636 600 4/2/82

32 Willard NL $6,886,089 1,762 $4,010,593 1,761 3/14/03

33 Night of the Living Dead Col. $5,835,247 1,544 $2,884,679 1,544 10/19/90

34 Invaders From Mars Can. $4,884,663 1,212 $2,046,576 1,212 6/6/86

35 Body Snatchers WB $428,868 34 $31,494 13 1/14/94

36 Night of the Living Dead 3D MME $271,000 145 $215,300 145 11/10/06

Lifetime Gross Total (36): $1,310,768,649

Average: $36,410,240

Opening Gross Average (33): $14,225,836 (Wide Releases Only)