Scaring up money: The 20 horror movies with the biggest opening weekends
Lionsgate is hoping "Saw V" will make a big splatter at theaters this weekend; most projections have the film pulling in $30 million or so and finishing second to the equally sadistic "High School Musical 3: Senior Year." How steady is the "Saw" franchise? Impressively, the series accounts for three of the Top 10 opening weekends among horror films released since 1982.
1. "The Grudge" 10/22/04
Opening weekend: $39,128,715 (All-time box office: $110,175,871)
2. "Freddy vs. Jason" 08/15/03
$36,428,066 ($82,217,464)
3. "Interview with the Vampire" 11/11/94
$36,389,705 ($105,264,608)
4. "The Ring Two" 03/18/05
$35,065,237 ($75,941,727)
5. "Scream 3" 02/04/00
$34,713,342 ($89,143,175)
$33,610,319 ($80,238,724)
7. "The Haunting" 07/23/99
$33,435,140 ($91,240,529)
8. "Scream 2" 12/12/97
$32,926,342 ($101,363,301)
9. "Saw IV" 10/26/07
$31,756,764 ($63,300,095)
10. "Saw II" 10/28/05
$31,725,652 ($87,039,965)
Source: Nielsen EDI
Image of "Saw V" poster courtesy of Lionsgate
