Want to know the best Halloween movies? How about the worst Halloween movies? Curious about Halloween box office grosses or which Halloween movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Halloween movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
The Halloween movie franchise started in 1978. Overall, there have been 13 movies in the franchise. That means, for the last 40 plus years, on average, a new Halloween movie gets released every 3 and a half years. 12 of the 13 movies have featured Michael Myers. The lone exception was Halloween III: The Season of the Witch. Michael Myers, a serial killer, was committed to a sanitarium as a child for the murder of his sister. In many of the movies, Myers has tried to kill his other sister. That sister has been played by Jamie Lee Curtis 6 times. This page ranks statistically the 13 Halloween movies. Movies are ranked by using a combination of box office grosses, professional reviews, audience reviews and awards.
Halloween Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1978 | Halloween (1978) |  |
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| 2018 | Halloween (2018) | |
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| 1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) |  |
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| 1981 | Halloween II (1981) |  |
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| 2021 | Halloween Kills (2021) | |
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| 2007 | Halloween (2007) |  |
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| 2022 | Halloween Ends (2022) | |
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| 1988 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) | |
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| 1982 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) |  |
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| 2009 | Halloween II (2009) | |
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| 1989 | Halloween 5 (1989) |  |
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| 2002 | Halloween: Resurrection (2002) | |
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| 1995 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) |  |
Halloween Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Halloween movies by movie title and movie trailers.
- Sort Halloween movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Halloween movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Halloween movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Halloween movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Halloween movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Halloween movie won.
- Sort Halloween movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Halloween (1978) | Jamie Lee Curtis & Directed by John Carpenter |
41.10 | 219.6 | 219.60 | 14 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 97.7 | |
| 2 | Halloween (2018) | Jamie Lee Curtis | 159.30 | 217.4 | 346.20 | 21 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 3 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) | Jamie Lee Curtis & Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
55.00 | 146.7 | 200.00 | 40 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 82.3 | |
| 5 | Halloween II (1981) | Jamie Lee Curtis & Donald Pleasence |
25.50 | 114.8 | 114.80 | 33 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 75.2 | |
| 4 | Halloween Kills (2021) | Jamie Lee Curtis | 92.00 | 106.3 | 151.20 | 16 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 75.1 | |
| 6 | Halloween (2007) | Malcolm McDowell & Brad Dourif |
58.30 | 105.9 | 145.80 | 44 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 64.5 | |
| 7 | Halloween Ends (2022) | Jamie Lee Curtis | 64.10 | 71.5 | 117.20 | 30 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 54.5 | |
| 8 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) | Donald Pleasence | 17.80 | 54.0 | 54.00 | 56 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 51.9 | |
| 9 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) | Tom Atkins & Dan O'Herlihy |
14.40 | 61.2 | 61.20 | 48 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 37.9 | |
| 10 | Halloween II (2009) | Malcolm McDowell & Margot Kidder |
33.40 | 55.7 | 65.70 | 81 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 33.1 | |
| 11 | Halloween 5 (1989) | Donald Pleasence | 11.60 | 36.7 | 36.70 | 73 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 19.5 | |
| 12 | Halloween: Resurrection (2002) | Jamie Lee Curtis | 30.40 | 65.4 | 81.20 | 85 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 15.4 | |
| 13 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) | Paul Rudd & Donald Pleasence |
15.10 | 43.4 | 43.40 | 94 | 22 | 00 / 00 | 2.2 |
Halloween Movies Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
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| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| Halloween (2018) | Jamie Lee Curtis | 346.20 | |
| Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) | Jamie Lee Curtis & Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
200.00 | |
| Halloween Kills (2021) | Jamie Lee Curtis | 151.20 | |
| Halloween (2007) | Malcolm McDowell & Brad Dourif |
145.80 | |
| Halloween Ends (2022) | Jamie Lee Curtis | 117.20 | |
| Halloween: Resurrection (2002) | Jamie Lee Curtis | 81.20 | |
| Halloween II (2009) | Malcolm McDowell & Margot Kidder |
65.70 |
Halloween 78
Halloween 2 81
Halloween III
Halloween 2018 (this is subject to change, but likely only to go up)
Halloween 4
Halloween H20
Halloween 5
RZ H2
RZH1
Curse of MM
Resurrection
Note that I like all of them except Res, and even that one isn’t awful (from the point of a horror film), and I have trouble sitting through RZ’s films sometimes because the pacing, especially of 1, is all over the place, but I still have reasons to like them all.
Thank you mav100000….based on the massive opening weekend….I think Michael has just secured some movie work for the next few years…lol.
Ranking The Halloween/Micheal Myers Franchise Films-
1. Halloween-10/10
2. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later-8/10
3. Halloween(Remake)(2007)-8.5/10
4. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers-8.5/10
5. Halloween: Resurrection-7.5/10
6. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers-7.5/10
7. Halloween II-8/10
8. Halloween II(2009)-7/10
9. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers-6.5/10′
Have Not seen Halloween(2018)
Thanks for sharing your rankings bill….it is greatly appreciated.