Permalink Reply by sAm on October 30, 2009 at 1:09pm
Top grossing scary movies of all time courtesy of Forbes.
"Jaws, released in 1975 and directed by Steven Spielberg. Everyone's favorite great white shark pulled in $842 million at the theaters. Jaws 2, the only sequel to make the top 10 on this list, came in at No. 7 with $228 million. (All figures are adjusted to current average prices, or $6.58 per ticket.)
The Exorcist earned the No. 2 spot with $727 million at the box office back in 1973. M. Night Shyamalan's ghost-thriller The Sixth Sense curled its dead fingers around the No. 3 spot, with $378 million, while his Signs, about spooky crop circles, came in at No. 6.
The original House of Wax, released in 1953, hit No. 4, followed by Hitchcock’s Psycho at No. 5, the original Amityville Horror (No. 8), Alien (No. 9) and Silence Of The Lambs (No. 10)"