| Rank | Title | Studio | Adjusted Gross Domestic Box Office1 | Gross Domestic Box Office |
| 1 | Jaws (1975) | UNIVERSAL | $795,369,426 | $260,000,000 |
| 2 | The Exorcist (1973) | WARNER BROS | $686,631,452 | $232,671,011 |
| 3 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | BUENA VISTA | $357,566,366 | $293,506,292 |
| 4 | The Mummy Returns (2001) | UNIVERSAL | $221,650,716 | $202,019,785 |
| 5 | Jaws 2 (1978) | UNIVERSAL | $215,603,340 | $81,766,007 |
| 6 | The Amityville Horror (1979) | AMERICAN INT. | $213,841,738 | $86,432,000 |
| 7 | Alien (1979) | FOX | $200,233,659 | $80,931,801 |
| 8 | The Mummy (1999) | UNIVERSAL | $189,949,583 | $155,385,488 |
| 9 | What Lies Beneath (2000) | DREAMWORKS | $179,115,699 | $155,464,351 |
| 10 | The Omen (1976) | FOX | $177,620,519 | $60,922,980 |
| 11 | The Blair Witch Project (1999) | ARTISAN | $171,800,749 | $140,539,099 |
| 12 | Interview with the Vampire (1994) | WARNER | $155,538,215 | $104,694,000 |
| 13 | Scream (1996) | MIRAMAX | $144,714,476 | $103,001,286 |
| 14 | Seven (1995) | NEW LINE | $142,937,987 | $100,125,643 |
| 15 | Aliens (1986) | FOX | $142,545,860 | $85,160,248 |
| 16 | The Ring (2002) | DREAMWORKS | $137,432,001 | $128,579,698 |
| 17 | Scream 2 (1997) | MIRAMAX | $137,017,261 | $101,273,628 |
| 18 | Halloween (1978) | COMPASS | $124,730,769 | $47,000,000 |
| 19 | Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) | SONY | $123,601,446 | $82,600,000 |
| 20 | Sleepy Hollow (1999) | PARAMOUNT | $123,550,077 | $101,068,340 |
| 21 | Van Helsing (2005) | UNIVERSAL | $120,177,084 | $120,177,084 |
| 22 | Haunting (1999) | DREAMWORKS | $111,473,051 | $91,188,905 |
| 23 | The Grudge (2004) | SONY | $110,175,871 | $110,175,871 |
| 24 | The Others (2001) | DIMENSION | $105,846,318 | $96,471,845 |
| 25 | Scream 3 (2000) | DIMENSION | $102,704,845 | $89,143,175 |
| TOTALS: | $5,191,828,508 | $3,110,298,537 |
Above is a list of the 25 all-time highest grossing horror movies. This in itself is a representation of what horror audiences like to see. Although the highest grossing film is Jaws (a monster film), this list is littered with many different supernatural/psychological horror films such as: The Omen, What lies beneath, The Blair Witch project and The exorcist. This would suggest that horror film audiences mostly enjoy psychological/supernatural horror films. For this reason our group has decided to create a teaser trailer for a horror movie in this genre as we feel it will be more marketable to audiences.
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