5 Horror Movies That Offered the Most Bang for the Buck

The top 15 horror films since 2009 with budgets of $20 million or less.

The Conjuring
Release date: July 19, 2013
Budget: $20 million
Domestic box office: $137 million
International box office: $168.2 million
Total: $297.4 million

Paranormal Activity 3

Release date: Oct. 21, 2011
Budget: $5 million
Domestic box office: $104 million
International box office: $103 million

Total: $207 million

Paranormal Activity

Release date: Sept. 25, 2009

Budget: $15,000

Domestic box office: $107.9 million

International box office: $85.4 million

Total: $193.4 million

Paranormal Activity 2

Release date: Oct. 22, 2010

Budget: $3 million

Domestic box office: $84.8 million

International box office: $92.8 million

Total: $177.5 million

Mama

Release date: Jan. 18, 2013

Budget: $15 million

Domestic box office: $71.6 million

International box office: $74.8 million

Total: $146.4 million

Paranormal Activity 4

Release date: Oct. 19, 2012

Budget: $5 million

Domestic box office: $53.9 million

International box office: $86.9 million

Total: $140.8 million

Saw 3D

Release date: Oct. 29, 2010

Budget: $20 million

Domestic box office: $45.7 million

International box office: $90.4 million

Total: $136.2 million

The Woman in Black

Release date: Feb. 3, 2012

Budget: $15 million

Domestic box office: $54.3 million

International box office: $73.4 million

Total: $127.7 million

The Devil Inside

Release date: Jan. 6, 2012

Budget: $1 million

Domestic box office: $53.3 million

International box office: $48.1 million

Total: $101.4 million

Evil Dead

Release date: April 5, 2013

Budget: $17 million

Domestic box office: $54.2 million

International box office: $43.3 million

Total: $97.5 million

Insidious

Release date: April 1, 2011

Budget: $1.5 million

Domestic box office: $54 million

International box office: $43 million

Total: $97 million

Insidious Chapter 2

Release date: Sept. 13, 2013

Budget: $5 million

Domestic box office: $74.8 million

International box office: $12.6 million

Total: $87.3 million

The Purge

Release date: June 6, 2013

Budget: $5 million

Domestic box office: $64.5 million

International box office: $22.6 million

Total: $87.1 million

Sinister

Release date: Oct. 12, 2012

Budget: $3 million

Domestic box office: $48 million

International box office: $29.6 million

Total: $77.7 million

The Last Exorcism

Release date: Aug. 27, 2010

Budget: $1.8 million

Domestic box office: $41 million

International box office: $26.7 million

Total: $67.7 million

10/21/2013 by THR Staff

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