According to Comscore data, “Get Out” made roughly $33.4 million at the North American box office its opening weekend and ended up making $176 million, the 15th highest-grossing film domestically in 2017. “A Quiet Place” saw a similar path to success: Opening weekend, it brought in about $50 million, with a total North American box office of roughly $188 million, becoming the 16th highest-grossing film of 2018.
Dergarabedian likes to refer to 2017 as "the year of the horror movie," the first year in which the genre brought in over $1 billion at the North American Box Office -- due in part to the success of “It,” which made over $327 million, becoming the highest-grossing horror film of all time when box office figures aren’t adjusted for inflation.
And these high box office grosses also mean high profit margins: Horror films don’t require as much money to produce compared to movies in other genres. “It” had a reported production budget of $35 million, while “A Quiet Place” had a budget of $17 million, and “Get Out” was made for $4.5 million. “Thor: Ragnarok,” released the same year as “It” and “Get Out,” had a reported budget of $180 million, but made roughly $12 million less than “It” at the domestic box office.
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