4. Nightmare on Elm Street
Total Gross: $370.5 million
Number of Movies: 9
Up next in our list of most successful horror movie franchises of all time is Nightmare on Elm Street gave us one of the most iconic antagonists in the movie history, Freddy Kruger. Freddy Kruger was burned alive when he was a child by his parents and now has the ability to enter other people’s dream. He uses that power to enter into the dreams of teenagers, trying to kill them. The original movie was released in 1984, followed by seven sequels and a reboot released in 2010. The sequel to the reboot is reportedly in works.
