Which scream made more money

First released in , the original film reeled in more than 50 times the cost of its production. The series spotlights Ghostface, a successsion of serial killers who stalk and torment their prey, invoking panic and paranoia throughout each film. Rather than kill his victims outright, Jigsaw prefers to plan out traps to pit them against one another and to test their will to live, by way of both physical and emotional torture.

Six years later, the "Saw" series continues to thrive as the highest grossing horror film franchise in history. And with work on "Saw VII" already underway, this powerhouse franchise is sure to stay far ahead of the pack. Skip Navigation. Highest Grossing Horror Movie Franchises. And it has major cultural currency beyond its box office success, with television spinoffs, comic books, and novels based on slasher Jason Voorhees, as well as turning a white hockey mask into a perennial symbol of terror.

Propelled by the success of The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal , the Hannibal Lecter franchise is one of the most successful despite being comprised of just five films. Ah yes, torture porn. By Alicia Adamczyk October 28, It's partly thanks to being based on the well-known Steven King novel of the same name, and also because the movies are just that terrifying.

The box office intake is all the more impressive given how long each movie is. The series has come a long way in its six movies, as the original movie started out as a survival-horror flick, with much of the scenes taking place in genetic research facilities and deserted mansions.

But the franchise has since adopted more action-oriented narratives. The sci-fi-horror series has become so iconic that tons of movies and TV shows have referenced Alien. But what helps the Alien franchise reach an astronomical number like this is all of the movies that branch off from the main series too. The Alien vs. The Conjuring series is a first for horror movies, as no other horror franchise has taken a Marvel Studios approach by creating a whole universe, which includes movies such as Annabelle, The Nun , and the main The Conjuring movies.

There are just eight movies in the franchise, which is one less than Saw and a whole lot less than Halloween , but The Conjuring has managed to make so much more than them. The reason is simply that the series delivers more than any other horror series in terms of scares and tension, and The Conjuring is the scariest horror franchise ever.