I don’t know what to think of this being one the most successful horror franchise in history.
Alien beats Conjuring based on inflation adjusted values. Alien’s 1979 box office of $188 M is equivalent to $839 M in 2025 and Aliens’ 1986 nominal box office goes from $183 M to $541 M in 2025 dollars.
But looking at how fast they’re pushing out the Conjuring movies (and how successful they are), I wouldn’t be surprised if Conjuring beats out the Alien franchise in another 2-3 years.
On a per movie basis, Conjuring’s top performing movie (#5 rank) drops a lot when adjusting for inflation.
But the real leader is The Exorcist (1973) which goes from rank #9 to #1, with nominal $431 M box office resulting in $3,145 M in 2025 dollars.
The same calculation for Jaws (1975) transforms nominal box office of $495 M to $2,980 M in 2025 dollars. With rank going from #5 to #2.
The Jaws franchise would also beat Conjuring if we use 2025 dollars as a baseline.
I don’t know what to think of this being one the most successful horror franchise in history.
Alien beats Conjuring based on inflation adjusted values. Alien’s 1979 box office of $188 M is equivalent to $839 M in 2025 and Aliens’ 1986 nominal box office goes from $183 M to $541 M in 2025 dollars.
But looking at how fast they’re pushing out the Conjuring movies (and how successful they are), I wouldn’t be surprised if Conjuring beats out the Alien franchise in another 2-3 years.
On a per movie basis, Conjuring’s top performing movie (#5 rank) drops a lot when adjusting for inflation.
But the real leader is The Exorcist (1973) which goes from rank #9 to #1, with nominal $431 M box office resulting in $3,145 M in 2025 dollars.
The same calculation for Jaws (1975) transforms nominal box office of $495 M to $2,980 M in 2025 dollars. With rank going from #5 to #2.
The Jaws franchise would also beat Conjuring if we use 2025 dollars as a baseline.