Hold up just a minute. This is Chase, Kyle, and Andrew from the Hold Up podcast. And today we're bringing you a quick episode where we're talking about the top 10 highest grossing horror films of all time. Are you guys ready to dive in?  I've never been more ready in my entire life. I've been planning for this since the day I was born. 

So the rules of engagement here is I'm going, I've got a list of the top 10 horror films of all time in grossing numbers. This is domestic and international. Juicy. The person that gets the most right will get to put on a  Timberland steel toed work boot and kick the other person in the genitals.

  I got a better one the person who Gets it right gets to make everybody dinner including themselves And then as soon as the other people are gonna eat the dinner they throw it out the window  That's good.

, that'll be the punishment. Uh, and then if the other person ends up not liking a still toed work boot to , the genitals, then, , we can also use that as well. Or maybe do both, or maybe the winner gets that, I don't know. Porkin and Los Dos. We'll figure it out. Are you guys ready to go?

Oh yeah. Okay, been ready. Let's start it off. , Kyle, do you want to take some guesses at the top 10? Uh  The highest grossing this see if we were just doing of all time and it was like subjective I think it'd be a little bit easier This is tough and like  to be very clear to everybody listening.

Andrew and I have no idea We didn't even look it up We're just going we're just guessing. , so i'm going to say horror movies. I'm going to say jaws in there Okay, we'll start with one guess one guess each and yeah, and then  i'll yeah We'll i'll dwindle it down. So you are correct with jaws. Okay.

 Jaws lands at number two Okay, all time with  about 484 million. Whoa, okay But that's you know, it's been grossing since 1975 making You  Repeated trips into theaters, especially during the summer.  I think  this top 10 is going to be a good lesson by the time we're done with it in grossing versus good I sure hope but jaws is a classic movie.

You don't learn something. Yeah So jaws in at number two, so  you guys got nine left andrew. Do you wanna take a stab at one of them? I'm gonna go with One of the greatest horror movies of all time and Considered by Some to Be the Greatest Exorcist. The Exorcist clocks in at number four, the Exorcist with 428 million.

Okay, so 428 million. mm-Hmm  . That was my first, I mean, I knew it was gonna be on the list, but I wanted What year was that? 70 some seven. It was, it was  late, mid to late seventies I think. Exorcist came out in 73. I was gonna say 72. Okay, cool  the 70s really kicked off kind of what we see today absolutely in a lot of genres as well. Absolutely  All right, so you're two down, , you're one for one each of you congrats on for now  getting off the boat I think it gets as a jaws reference.

Yeah  So kyle, what's your next guest? I'm gonna say I don't think this is on there, but i'm gonna say it I'm gonna say alien   alien does not come in really actually surprised you're talking the first alien, right? Yeah first. Yeah, not there. Well  So you're gonna go there then i'm gonna i'm gonna say aliens.

Yeah So your second guess is aliens still didn't clock in in the top. Damn. Wow. Okay. So is it my turn now? Because he's missed two. Yeah, it's your turn. You get two guesses now I'm gonna say i'm making up the rules. I'm gonna say the blair witch project blair witch project say that one. God damn it. Andrew Did not clock in in the top 10.

Really? Nope. Where was it? It is, I would have to scroll through this list. I'm honing in on it. Yeah, scroll through it because it grows. Blair Witch came in at 24 with 248 million. That's fair. Yeah. Okay, Jaws 2.  Jaws 2, rightfully so, did not make the top 10. Okay, cool. , Kyle, we're swinging back to you.

Andrew had another guess though. He just did.  I said Blair Witch Project and Jaws 2 and it fell flat on my fucking ass. Um, alright, Amityville Horror, the original. The Amityville Horror.  Does not clock in in the top 10. 

I'm not even seeing it in the top 30 All right. Next. What do you what do you think it?  It are you talking about the 2007? Teen. Yes. You got it. It is number one highest grossing horror film of all time. That was really loud. Whoa. What? Are you kidding me? 701 million dollars. I mean, it's a, it's a cool movie.

It's a good movie. The original? Or the remake? No, the, the most recent one was like, well, Bill Hader was in the second one, but it was like the, with the kids. It was the backstory. Yeah. The actual story, if you will. 701 million, the number one  highest grossing horror film of all time. I'm a little annoyed, but I'm not upset.

But you gotta keep in mind, and people back home can remember this, Money is a factor.  Movies cost more now.   It cost more than seeing Jaws in 1975. It's probably like, you know,  a plank of wood would get you like a season pass at your local theater. I also feel like it had, it has, it has lore and like, people talk about that.

You had the TV show back in the day, but it didn't really, you know, necessarily do it, it justice, if you will.  For hollywood to go and create this big blockbuster. I'm sure people were, , clearly scrambling to go see it  I remember the fanfare around it because The stephen king was straight to tv.

It was not released in theaters people forget that so it's not even considered  No, that's a Film, you know Like it just had and it sucked and it sucked it was not good It was creepy the whole idea of  the killer clown though is like something that rings through for yeah Well in long live tim curry.

Yes All right.  Andrew nailed that one. So we're one two down Three down and which one was and then three and so one and two and four are off the list So since I got that right, can I go again? Sure, we're making up the rules as we go. Yay You It chapter two  It chapter two clocks in at number three  Of all time.

Okay. Now i'm a little now i'm a little upset. Yeah, I actually haven't seen it chapter two But I threw it in there and the fact that it was number one made me think Well, the anticipation for the second must be pretty damn high, so let's throw it out there. But listen to this, though. So, the first one made 701 million in the box office.

The sequel  only made 467 million in comparison. Oh, wow. So, it kind of almost dropped in half. Um, only, but I mean, , you're expected to do just as good, if not better, on your sequel, and they didn't do that. A lot of sequels gross higher than the original even if they're worse  um, so What is that one two three the top four the top four for us?

Yeah good for you guys Kyle you get two two guesses here. Let's go for it. All right, paranormal activity first and then the conjuring second  Paranormal Activity did not make the top 10, but The Conjuring did. The Conjuring checks in at number 9, just made it. 316 million dollars in the box office. For a paranormal movie that's not The Exorcist, that's pretty impressive.

That's very impressive. And that was the first one, correct? Or was it the second one? This was the first one. The Conjuring. You still have room if you want to type in on the second one. Because that was, that was even scarier than the first one. You're up. Oh, no, I already did two. You did two? But you got one correct, so we'll give you another guess.

We're making up the rules here.  The Conjuring 2 was really good and that was at the drive in. We're going to go see that. So I'm gonna say Conjuring 2.  Just missed at 11. 310 million at the box office. So very close. They were only six, six million apart. So that, that's pretty good. That's pretty good investment there.

I'm gonna stay in the same vein and just pick sequels  Well, just thinking about how people are so easily brought to the theater for like big budget horror movies nowadays  This is just a shot in the dark, but the nun The nun, okay Andrew nailing the top five here the nun lands at  362 million at number five number five and number five Have you seen them?

No, I have never seen. Oh my god. Andrew. .   That's actually a good one Is it actually I thought it was  Well, you didn't see it. You're right. So, I just, I don't know. It was pretty fucking scary. But, well, that, that fucking creature was terrifying. The nun too, was even scarier.

Cause 2, that nun was what scared the shit out of everyone. Yeah. And when I saw that in theaters, I was like,  Fuckin out of my mind. It was interesting. They did a good job with it. I'm not gonna say the name of it, but yeah. Okay, I'll have to add that to the list then. I think you'd enjoy it. I think, again, this has proven a point, and we can wrap this up at the end, but this has proven a point that grossing doesn't always mean good.

Yeah, cause there's, some of these movies are very meh to make what they make, but you release them at the right time around October, and you get some fanfare around it, cause all they had to do with The Nun is say, From the makers of The Conjuring. And everyone's like, Oh, I'm gonna rush out and see that.

James Wan does it again. I can't wait to see the same, same scares over and over again. Oh, can I go? Can I go? Yeah. Saw is not in the top 10. Are you kidding me? Saw is not in the top 10. Let me, let me scroll down and see where Saw is cause I'm curious myself. Cause those were always like Saw 3, Yeah, the original I know the original was a very independent b movie that kind of brought I don't even think saw made the top 100 right here.

It's crazy.  They're all over the place alien really not make the top 10 alien did not make the top 10 alien checks in at 39  with a hundred and eighty eight million All right, whatever  sequels in these famous horror films Make more than the original because the original usually were low budget Thrown out there and then they got that got spread by word of mouth That's what's so impressive about the exorcist.

The exorcist was all word of mouth  and so was halloween. Yeah I had no idea there was marketing because people were passing out in theaters And that's how that that whole stuff now now people plant people to pass out in theaters just to get the marketing  think about when it came out and how Religious people are religious now, but think about how religious they were then and and for something was that pre vatican too Yes Yes, it was wow, but that's that's a whole other well, actually i'm pretty sure it was i'm gonna look that i'm not a hundred percent Positive either but I know a lot of theaters went to a non refundable ticket with the exorcist.

Yeah Wow, so if you passed out that was on you, which it should have been if you were word of mouth, 

It was not pre vatican too. That was about six seven years afterwards, but very close Oh, you mean the movie came out six seven years after vatican too? Yeah, but it was close enough though Yes, people were very very Like like people remember the mass field being spoken in latin at that point   kyle you whiffed Andrew next up.

 What are you gonna guess here? Where are we at? I've gotten really lucky here. I'm gonna say scream  Scream is not in the top 10. I didn't think so But one of these is a newer movie if that helps the hint kyle your turn  

 Which makes this film super successful  Relatively new? We've been sniffing all around it. Yeah, what are the rules if we just keep sucking? Came out in the last two months? Few months, yeah.  . Alien. Romulus. Alien. Romulus checks in at number seven. Damn. Are you serious? That's awesome. Hell yeah. Fuck. That's, that's incredible.

I love that. 342 million at the box office. , it was a good movie. Incredible movie. So, very well done. So all we've got left is number eight and number 10. Andrew, do you wanna take a to a crack at either one of those, number eight and number 10? Shit,   they both have been made since 2015. Really? So these are within the past 10 years? Mm hmm. Ooh, Ghostbusters. I'm just kidding.  It's not your guess.  Man, I was gonna say, , Silence of the Lambs, but No. No. 2015. 

God,  I'm put on the spot right now, so now I'm gonna freeze up and not be able to think of anything. I, pfft,  Prometheus isn't there, is it? That was before 2015. It was. It was, and Prometheus did not clock in. Where is that? I'm just curious.  Uh, I'll have to scroll down on that one. It's probably deep down.

Yeah, I don't think it did very well. Paranormal activity also clocked in at 37 if you're interested. Pfft.  Shit, I don't know Kyle you you you since 25th both of them from 2015 since 2015 That's not the exact date, but they've been made since 2015.  I feel like if it's James Wan doesn't have his fingers all over it God I'm so tired of that guy  I mean, he did have a few good ones. He did. He also had a few ones. , most of these ones he's not directing, though. He's just It's the Marvel It's the Marvel universe of horror films right now. Just cranking them out, and they're all the same. 

Andrew, take a guess while Kyle's blinked. I'm I'm blanking. That's why I passed off the torch to him. I don't know dude. I don't know of many horror movies since 2015. Yeah So I'm gonna go ahead and check in at number 10 because I do not think you guys would even come close to this So number 10 is Resident Evil the final chapter.

No never would have no. Yeah I mean that I thought that franchise was dead a long time ago that that was launched in 2016 It made 314 million at the box office. Damn That's because it's a video. , there's a lot of people that love that series. I mean Resident Evil, like the originals are fun, campy, kind of scary, but mostly fun movies.

 So number eight, Andrew, think about Halloween Horror Nights this year.  Okay   it's not the new Ghostbusters movie Was it? Not the new Ghostbusters. I think  they classify that as a comedy. 

, this movie was released in 2016. Yeah, I think you should just tell us, cause I have no clue. Or, yeah, wait, 2018,  sorry. 

It's not hereditary.  A quiet place. Oh God, damn it  334 million at the box office Really? Yep. Yeah, it's a good movie. I mean, duh. Why didn't I think it and I watched a quiet place too. Yeah I'm a fucking idiot. I should have said that one duh, and that was the build up for that and everything the anticipation was so I mean, I remember it.

It was it was real. Uh, man, i'm mad. I didn't I didn't think of that but All right, I guess and i'm just speed running through the top 20 here. So 11 was the conjuring 2 kyle and hit that one 12 annabelle creations  , 13 five nights at freddy's  14 a quiet place part 2 15 resident evil afterlife 16 split  Oh, the M.

Night Shyamalan. I still haven't seen that. Seventeen, Silence of the Lambs. Okay. Eighteen. So that one's not far off. Eighteen, The Nun 2.  Nun 2 is also a little. The Nun 2. And then nineteen, A Quiet Place Day One, which was recent. And then twenty was Annabelle. The original the original  this goes to the point of sequels drive a lot of money and this is why sequels get made  we talk all the time people are always like why are they making a sequel?

Why are they making a sequel? This is capitalism at its finest, baby This is exactly why they make a sequel because your ass is gonna go save exempt from that Horror is not exempt from it and i'm sure we can do these and we probably will do several of these short episodes on , all these other movies, and the sequels, the classics, and the sequels are always gonna make more money.

Doesn't mean that they're good, cause a lot of that top ten would not even sniff a top one hundred horror movies of all time.  Some of them would. So, uh, who won that?  I think you did, Andrew. I think I did. Yeah, I think you did.  think you won by one. honestly, we both won because we got eight out of 10.

Now it's pretty fucking good. Yeah. I'm surprised we got that many.  I knew the list was going to be challenging. Especially when I when I saw it I was like, oh, they'll I thought we'd be here all day . That's pretty good. Fuck with us. Don't fuck we let we know our fucking shit    Well, that's it for this episode of hold up just a minute We hope you have a happy spooky season and we'll see  for more episodes down the road.