The current top 10

1. It (2017) – ~$701 million

2. The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) – ~$499 million

3. Jaws (1975) – ~$484 million

4. It Chapter Two (2019) – ~$468 million

5. Obsession (2026) – ~$459 million

6. Sinners (2025) – ~$366–370 million

7. A Quiet Place (2018) – ~$341 million

8. The Conjuring 2 (2016) – ~$321 million

9. A Quiet Place Part II (2021) – ~$297 million

10. The Nun II (2023) – ~$266 million

Resolves to the year in which a film classified as “horror” first surpasses It (2017)’s $701 million unadjusted worldwide gross, becoming the highest-grossing horror film of all time by that measure. Genre classification will follow Wikipedia’s “List of highest-grossing horror films” and The Numbers/Box Office Mojo horror genre tag. Figures not adjusted for inflation.