Ranking: 10 Highest-Grossing Horror Movie Franchises

by Jack Pooley

1. Alien ($1.34 Billion)

Alien Ripley
Fox

The highest-grossing horror franchise also turns out to be the best. The Alien franchise may not be the most consistent horror series going, but its enduring fandom is undeniable, even if over the last three decades it's never even gotten close to recapturing the brilliance of the first two classics.

Best Movie: Opinion on whether Ridley Scott's Alien or James Cameron's Aliens is the better movie will divide fans until the end of time, but for the sake of its influence on sci-fi horror and how brilliantly restrained it was, Scott just about walks away with the glory here.

Worst Movie: Though all four subsequent Alien movies are fairly divisive, the franchise hit rock-bottom with 1997's Alien Resurrection, which effectively played out like mediocre Alien fan fiction. Sigourney Weaver gave it her all as usual, but it sadly wasn't enough to save this unintentionally chuckle-worthy "finale" to Ripley's story.

How would you rate the highest-grossing horror franchises of all time? Shout it out in the comments!

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