Early research into horror films with takings at box office

Some of my early research into horror films that lead to my decision that worth planning a sequel while in production stage.why by looking at the figures a horror film could generate in terms of money at the box office it easy to see that there is rich pickings in horror market .


here is list from url link below of website
http://horror.about.com/od/2008horrormoviecharts/a/boxoffice2008.htm
Here are the most popular horror and suspense movies at the US box office for 2008.
*Denotes movies that opened in 2007.

1. Twilight $176,922,850
2. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor $102,277,510
3. Cloverfield $80,048,433
4. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army $75,791,785
5. The Happening $64,506,874
6. I Am Legend $61,903,306*
7. Saw V $56,729,973
8. The Strangers $52,597,610
9. Prom Night $43,818,159
10. Lakeview Terrace $39,263,506
11. The Eye $35,374,833
12. Quarantine $31,691,811
13. Mirrors $30,691,439
14. Untraceable $28,687,835
15. One Missed Call $26,890,041
16. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street $25,984,477*
17. Shutter $25,926,543
18. The Ruins $17,432,844
19. Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem $14,907,624*
20. The Haunting of Molly Hartley $13,417,976
21. Doomsday $10,955,425
22. The Orphanage $6,925,824*
23. Blindness $3,073,392
24. Let the Right One In $1,483,912
25. Funny Games $1,294,640
26. Diary of the Dead $952,620
27. House $575,048
28. Teeth $346,692
29. Awake $318,338*
30. The Mist $297,020*
31. Passengers $292,437
32. The Signal $251,150
33. My Name is Bruce $173,066
34. Repo! The Genetic Opera$140,244
35. Baghead $140,016
36. Pathology $109,045
37. Midnight Meat Train $73,548
38. Stuck $67,505
39. Mother of Tears $54,947
40. The Alphabet Killer $29,784
41. Timecrimes $22,494
42. The Cry $21,427
43. Cthulhu $15,513
44. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead $13,804
45. Splinter $12,918
46. Rogue $10,452
47. Frontier(s)$9,913
48. Eden Lake $7,321
49. Anamorph $6,873
50. Red $4,643
51. American Zombie $3,126
52. Shrooms $2,863
53. House of Usher $1,677

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