September may have brought only one wide-release horror film to moviegoers, but when it’s the year-to-date’s highest grossing movie of the genre, knocking US to second place in the process, the lack of competition suddenly makes total sense (and dollars).
Yet despite that kind of no-clowning-around domination, some holdovers from the summer still made a dent at the North American box office (and beyond). Keep reading for a comprehensive list of the horror/thriller box office winners and losers of September, as well as the R.I.P. reveal of one re-boot box office disappointment that disappeared from theaters.
- IT: CHAPTER 2
Genre: Horror
Release Date: September 6, 2019
September Gross – North America: $194.6 million
Year-to-date North American Gross: $194.6 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #7
September Gross – Overseas: $224.9 million
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $224.9 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $419.5 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Rabbit in Red review here!
- SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Release Date: August 9, 2019
September Gross – North America: $8.07 million
Year-to-date North American Gross: $66.9 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #30
September Gross – Overseas: $26.7 million
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $26.7 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $93.6 million
Production Budget: $25 million
- READY OR NOT
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Release Date: August 21, 2019
September Gross – North America: $8.06 million
Year-to-date North American Gross: $28.5 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #56
August Gross – Overseas: $0
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $19.5 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $48 million
Production Budget: $6 million
Rabbit in Red review here!
- 47 METERS DOWN: UNCAGED
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Release Date: August 16, 2019
September Gross – North America: $2.1 million
Year-to-date North American Gross: $22 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #65
September Gross – Overseas: $10 million
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $11.9 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $33.9 million
Production Budget: $12 million
- ANNABELLE COMES HOME
Genre: Horror
Release Date: June 26, 2019
September Gross – North America: $1.46 million
Year-to-date North American Gross: $74.15 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #26
September Gross – Overseas: $3.5 million
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $153.6 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $227.75 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Check out my “not a review” of the film here!
- MIDSOMMAR
Genre: Horror
Release Date: July 3, 2019
September Gross – North America: $550,727
Year-to-date North American Gross: $27.4 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #58
September Gross – Overseas: $0
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $8.6 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $36 million
Production Budget: N.A.
- CRAWL
Genre: Horror
Release Date: July 12, 2019
September Gross – North America: $48,871
Year-to-date North American Gross: $39 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #46
September Gross – Overseas: $13.9 million
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $49.5 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $88.5 million
Production Budget: $13.5 million
Check out my “not a review” of the film here!
R.I.P. (WINNERS or LOSERS?)
On average, studios earn back approximately 55% of the final gross.
RELEASED: JUNE 21, 2019
CLOSED: AUGUST 8, 2019
TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN: $29,208,403
TOTAL OVERSEAS: $0
TOTAL WORLDWIDE: $29,209,403
LOSER! After you deduct a production budget of $10 million, and probably just as much in promoting the film, there’s little left here to play with.
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