The highest grossing slasher movies of all time in North America is 'Halloween', which was released in October 2018 and featured Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie marked the eleventh installment of the 'Halloween' franchise and generated 159.34 million U.S. dollars in box office revenue. Wes Craven's 1996 movie 'Scream' was second in the ranking, and remakes of well-known slasher movies including 'Friday the 13th' and 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' also featured in the list.
Highest grossing slasher movies of all time in North America as of October 2019
(in million U.S. dollars)
Figures have been rounded.
Many movies in this genre from the 1970s and 1980s do not have box office records and are therefore not included in this chart.
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