There was no single breakout horror film in 2012. There were several profitable horror films due to production cost vs. gross (such as THE DEVIL INSIDE, PARANOMAL ACTIVITY 4, and SINISTER) but all were critical disappointments. There were also several that may have not been profitable here in the states but made a profit overseas (such as RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION, PROMETHEUS, and WRATH OF THE TITANS), but more often than not 2012 was dominated by non-traditional horror films such as BREAKING DAWN PART 2 and HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA and even PROMETHEUS. Even harder still is finding a horror film that connected with audiences; only CABIN IN THE WOODS made a dent (but was ignored at the Box Office) as did the low budget V/H/S and to a smaller extent THE WOMAN IN BLACK.
One thing that 2012 can be noted for is the wide variety of
horror films that were offered such as the found footage genre (THE DEVIL
INSIDE, THE BAY, CHERNOBYL DIARIES, V/H/S), sequels (WRATH OF THE TITANS,
UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING, RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION, SILENT HILL: REVELATION),
possession films (THE DEVIL INSIDE, THE POSSESSION), ghosts (THE APPARITION,
THE WOMAN IN BLACK, THE INNKEEPERS), vampires (UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING, BREAKING
DAWN PART II, VAMPS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER), serial killers (THE
COLLECTION, THE RAVEN, SILENT NIGHT), and even strange creatures (THE BAY,
CHERNOBYL DIARIES, PIRANHA 3DD), to name just a few.
The following is a list of all the horror and horror rated
films of 2012 and how they stacked up at the domestic Box Office. Please note that this list does not include
International grosses and that information was obtained through the site Box
Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART II -
$289.2 MILLION
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA - $146.2 MILLION
PROMETHEUS - $126.5 MILLION
WRATH OF THE TITANS – $83.7 MILLION
DARK SHADOWS - $79.7 MILLION
UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING - $62.3 MILLION
PARANORMAN - $56 MILLION
THE WOMAN IN BLACK - $54.3 MILLION
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 - $53.9 MILLION
THE DEVIL INSIDE - $53.3 MILLION
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE - $51. 8
MILLION
THE GREY - $51.6 MILLION
THE POSSESSION - $49.9 MILLION
SINISTER - $48.1 MILLION
RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION - $42.3 MILLION
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS - $42.1 MILLION
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER - $37.5 MILLION
FRANKENWEENIE - $34.8 MILLION
HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET - $31.6 MILLION
CHERNOBYL DIARIES - $18.1 MILLION
SILENT HILL: REVELATION 3D - $17.5 MILLION
THE RAVEN - $16 MILLION
SILENT HOUSE - $12.8 MILLION
THE COLLECTION - $6.8 MILLION
HITCHCOCK - $5.5 MILLION
THE APPARITION - $4.9 MILLION
PIRANHA 3DD - $376,512
A WEREWOLF BOY - $338,803
V/H/S - $100,345
THE INNKEEPERS - $78,396
INTRUDERS - $69,136
RED LIGHTS - $52,624
THE BAY - $30,905
KILL LIST - $29,063
THE DAY - $20,984
SILENT NIGHT - $14,567
CITADEL - $13,201
[REC] 3: GENESIS - $9,600
THE MOTH DIARIES - $3,838
BAD BLOOD THE HUNGER - $3,731
VAMPS - $3,361
ATM - $3,010
CARL - $2,592
I KISSED A VAMPIRE - $1,794
MEETING EVIL - $525
APARTMENT 143 - $383
PLAYBACK - $264
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