The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise. It is made up of eight horror movies, comics, and a video game adaptation of the original movie.
The franchise focuses on serial killer Leatherface and his psychotic family, who terrorize unsuspecting visitors to their territories in the desolate Texas countryside. They kill and eat them. The original movie was released in 1974, directed by Tobe Hooper.
The movie series has grossed over $235 million at the worldwide box office.
Movies
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
- Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
- Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
- Leatherface (2017)
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
Box Office
| Film | Release date (US) | Budget | Box office | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Foreign | Worldwide | ||||
| 1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) | October 1, 1974 | $140,000 | $30,859,000 | N/A | $30,859,000 | [1] |
| 2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | August 22, 1986 | $4,700,000 | $8,025,872 | N/A | $8,025,872 | [2] |
| 3. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | January 12, 1990 | N/A | $5,765,562 | N/A | $5,765,562 | [3] |
| 4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation | September 22, 1995 August 29, 1997 (re-released)[4] |
$600,000 | $185,898 | N/A | $185,898 | [5] |
| 5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) | October 17, 2003 | $9,500,000 | $80,571,655 | $26,500,000 | $107,071,655 | [6] |
| 6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | October 6, 2006 | $16,000,000 | $39,517,763 | $12,246,643 | $51,764,406 | [7] |
| 7. Texas Chainsaw 3D | January 4, 2013 | $20,000,000 | $34,341,945 | $12,900,000 | $47,241,945 | [8] |
| 8. Leatherface | October 20, 2017 | N/A | N/A | $887,392 | $887,392 | [9] |
| Total | $50,340,000 | $199,258,695 | $52,543,035 | $251,801,730 | ||
References
- ↑ "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ↑ "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ↑ "Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ↑ "Re-release date". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ↑ "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ↑ "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ↑ "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ↑ "Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb.
- ↑ "Leatherface (2017)". The Numbers. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
