Cinemaas 5 Slasher Terror franchises that raised the most at the world box office

A few weeks after the success of Premonition 6: Blood Ties in the worldwide box office, now it’s the turn of the new I know what you did last summer hit theaters and show that the slasher continues to attract the public.

Taking advantage of these recent premieres, we listed the 5 franchises slasher that raised the most at the box office around the world. What is your guess for the champion? Check it out:

5th Friday 13 (12 films*): around $ 446 million

With 12 films released, including a reboot and the crossover with the franchise The Nightmare Hour (Freddy vs. Jasonconsidered for both franchises), Friday 13 helped solidify the booklet of slasher: Inconsishable teenagers, death behind death, threatening soundtrack, and an “immortal” villain that never walks but always reaches. Jason Voorhees He became a pop icon with his hockey mask, his machete and his total lack of empathy. The franchise raised millions and, even without recent premieres, is still strong in pop culture, cosplays and among the 5 that raised the most.

4th The Nightmare Hour (9 movies*): around US $ 459 million

The franchise The Nightmare Hourstarted in 1984 by WES CRAVENbrought a surreal layer to the genre: here, the mind of the characters was the scenario of horror, and escape the killer Freddy Krueger It was literally impossible. Over nine films (including the crossover with Friday 13 and one remake), Freddy has become one of the most charismatic villains and film speakers, balancing sadism and bad jokes like no one else. With each new nightmare, the audience knew that blood, creativity and a touch of madness came – and loved it for it. As well as our 5th place, even without recent releases, is still firm among the most millionaire slasher.

3rd Halloween (13 movies): around US $ 843 million

It was with Halloweenlaunched in 1978 by John Carpenterthat the slasher It really was born as we know today. Michael MyersWith his white mask and silent steps, he became the mold of almost every murderer who would later come: unstoppable, without speech, pure evil. The original film cost little, earned a lot and opened a franchise that today adds 13 films, between sequels and a trilogy reboot recent. Even with ups and downs, the essence remained: the confrontation between absolute evil and a finish girl (lived by Jamie Lee Curtis) who refuses to fall. Michael is the type of villain who does not run, does not hesitate and never dies, and the audience, of course, continues to come back to see who is left at the end.

2nd Panic (6 movies): around US $ 909 million

When Panic hit theaters in 1996, the slasher He already seemed to have taken the last stab. But then WES CRAVEN He resurrected everything with a sharp metalanguage and a masked villain who became Halloween’s costume. The franchise brought something new: characters who knew the rules of horror movies and yet died trying to break them. Over six films (so far), Panic It maintained tension, acid humor and suspicion game, always updating terror for each new generation. Ghostface It’s not a supernatural monster, but someone ordinary behind the mask and that, somehow, scares – or animates – even more. Second place on our list speaks for itself.

1st Premonition (6 movies): around US $ 952 million

Premonition It started as a supernatural thriller half an alternative in the year 2000, but was growing with absurd creativity in the death scenes, and eventually became the franchise slasher that raised the most in the world’s box office. With the debut of Premonition 6which became the biggest box office in the franchise, the series exceeded Panic and took the top of the podium. Here, the killer is death itself, which comes to charge the account in the form of brutal, unexpected and extremely well choreographed accidents. Each new movie is almost a bloody ballet of destination and paranoia, where the audience goes just to see how each character will die; And that became the signing of the franchise. Premonition proved that in slasher You don’t always have to have someone running after the victims.

The numbers are based on data from the Box Office Mojo box office site

Also read:The 10 best Slasher Slasher franchises in the cinema, according to Rolling Stone

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