20 Huge Horror Movie Hits NOBODY Expected
11. Unfriended
It's tough to picture a film like Unfriended blowing up the box office in 2025, but even a decade ago, it seemed like a dim prospect. After all, it was one of the very first major "screenlife" movies, where the entire story unfolds on a laptop screen, and there was a perception that even enthusiastic horror fans wouldn't want to leave the house to effectively watch a screencast on a giant cinema screen.
But what did the analysts know? Unfriended went on to gross an impressive $62.9 million against its tiny $1 million production budget, far outpacing industry expectations and making it an undeniable, big fat hit.
A standalone sequel, Unfriended: Dark Web, was released in 2018, though it failed to recapture the same success, grossing just $16.4 million. However, given that it also cost only $1 million, it was likely still profitable for Blumhouse when it was all said and done.