Fervor for the latest take on Stephen King's "It" has pushed the new film near the top of the highest-grossing horror films in history.
To find out where "It" sits on the worldwide list, we turned to Box Office Mojo for its international box office data on the highest-grossing horror movies.
While "It" recently became the top-earning horror film of all time at the U.S. box office, it still has a few classics to pass up before it can be crowned the world's top-performing scary movie (including foreign markets).
Here are the 20 highest-grossing horror films of all time:
Note: We have not adjusted the grosses for inflation.
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20. The Ring (2002) — $249.3 million
19. "Get Out" (2017) — $252.4 million
18. "The Village" (2004) — $256.6 million
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