2021 was a decent year for big budget horror, however, the pandemic continued to prove a worthy adversary to ticket sales. With shorter theatrical releases, same day streaming and the fear of catching COVID, people just weren’t running to theaters unless it was to see the new Spider Man. This is reflected in the total sales for the big releases of last year. So, here’s the shortlist, which does not include any out of theater revenue.
**Place in horror, place in the year overall, title, revenue in theaters
1 8 A Quiet Place 2 $160,072,000
2 14 Halloween Kills $92,002,000
3 19 The Conjuring 3 $65,513,000
4 20 Candyman $61,189,000
5 29 The Forever Purge $44,339,000
6 46 Spiral $23,216,000
7 50 Welcome to Raccoon City $16,923,000
8 54 The Unholy $15,530,000
9 60 Malignant $13,334,000
10 64 Antlers $10,619,000
11 119 Wrong Turn $1,213,000
