2026 is turning out to be an exciting year for horror cinema. The highest-grossing horror movie so far is the $45 million slasher sequel Scream 7, which grossed $208 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. At the same time, multiple low-budget horror movies have also performed well in theaters this year.
For instance, Iron Lung was made on an estimated budget of under $3 million, according to Deadline, and earned $50 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. And Undertone was produced on a reported $500k budget, according to Deadline, and went on to gross $21.6 million, according to Box Office Mojo. So, both these films delivered excellent returns relative to their budgets. Recently, Curry Barker’s Obsession crossed the $100 million mark at the global box office, according to Box Office Mojo.
Another modestly budgeted horror film, Passenger, was released in theaters on May 22, 2026, and its worldwide total stands at $17.8 million. The film was made on an estimated budget of $15 million, according to Deadline, so it needs to earn around $37.5 million worldwide to break even at the box office, using the 2.5x multiplier rule.
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While it remains to be seen if it can achieve this milestone in the coming weeks, Passenger is now closing in on the worldwide totals of three 2026 horror films—They …read more
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