Here’s all of the horror and scary science fiction titles that hit #1 at the box office from 1982 – 2000!
Interesting facts:
– Freddy vs. Jason: The confrontation finally took place in 2003, but in the years before that it was a raise to see which franchise could nab the most #1’s. In this case, Freddy is victorious with 6 #1 weeks between 1982 and 2000. Jason was second with 3.
– Repeat Offenders: Aliens, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Pet Sematary, Seven, Silence of the Lambs and The Sixth Sense all held the #1 spot at the box office for 3 to 5 weeks in a row.
– That #Jaws Tho: Despite being a box office bomb, critically panned and often considered the worst entry in the franchise, Jaws 3D still managed to hit #1 in 1983.
– A World Without Remakes: Out of the 39 eligible titles on this list, only 2 of them were remakes.
The List:
1999
Oct 29 – Nov 4: House on Haunted Hill
Sept 10 – 16: Stigmata
Sept 3 – 9: The Sixth Sense
Aug 27 – Sept 2: The Sixth Sense
Aug 20 – 26: The Sixth Sense
Aug 13 – 19: The Sixth Sense
Aug 6 – 12: The Sixth Sense
July 23 – 29: The Haunting
1998
Oct 30 – Nov 5: John Carpenter’s Vampires
June 19 – 25: The X Files
May 29 – June 4: Godzilla
May 22 – 28: Godzilla
1997
Dec 12 – 18: Scream 2
Oct 31 – Nov 6: I Know What You Did Last Summer
Oct 24 – 30: I Know What You Did Last Summer
Oct 17 – 23: I Know What You Did Last Summer
1996
May 3 – 9: The Craft
Jan 19 – 25: From Dusk Till Dawn
1995
Oct 13 – 19: Seven
Oct 6 – 12: Seven
Sept 29 – Oct 5: Seven
1994
Nov 11 – 17: Interview with A Vampire
1993
Nov 5 – 11: Nightmare Before Christmas
Oct 29 – Nov 4: Nightmare Before Christmas
1992
Nov 13 – 19: Bram Stoker’s Dracula
April 10 – 16: Sleepwalkers
1991
Nov 15 – 21: Cape Fear
Nov 1 – 7: The People Under the Stairs
Sept 20 – 26: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
Sept 13 – 19: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
March 15 – 21: Silence of the Lambs
March 8 – 14: Silence of the Lambs
March 1 – 7: Silence of the Lambs
Feb 22 – 28: Silence of the Lambs
Feb 15 – 21: Silence of the Lambs
1990
Nov 9 – 15: Child’s Play 2
Nov 2 – 8: Jacob’s Ladder
Oct 26 – Nov 1: Graveyard Shift
1989
May 5 – 11: Pet Sematary
Apr 28 – May 4: Pet Sematary
Apr 21 – 27: Pet Sematary
Feb 24 – March 2 – The ‘Burbs
Feb 17 – 23: The ‘Burbs
Feb 10 – 16: The Fly 2
1988
Nov 11 – 17: Child’s Play
Nov 4 – 10: They Live
Oct 28 – Nov 3: Halloween 4
Oct 21 – 27: Halloween 4
Sept 2 – 8: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4
Aug 26 – Sept 1: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4
Aug 19 – 25: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4
May 13 – 19: Friday the 13th Part VII
1987
June 12 – 18: Predator
Feb 27 – March 5: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
1986
Aug 22 – 28: The Fly
Aug 15 – 21: The Fly
Aug 8 – 14: Aliens
Aug 1 – 7: Aliens
Jul 25 – 31: Aliens
July 18 – 24: Aliens
1985
March 22 – 28: Friday the 13th Part V
1984
April 13 – 19: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1983
July 22 – 28: Jaws 3D
1982
Nov 12 – 18: Creepshow
