Because of novels and television programs like Twilight, True Blood, and The Vampire Diaries, horror films based on vampires have grown in popularity. But horror films based on other monsters have existed since the start of Hollywood. As a result, you may question how popular are these vampire films? Let's see what we can do about it. All time, these are the highest-grossing vampire films.
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Only $82 million of Dracula's worldwide profit came from US cinemas, while more than 60 percent came from overseas, where it earned over $133 million. Dracula was played by Gary Oldman, Mina by Winona Ryder, and Van Helsing by Anthony Hopkins in the Francis Ford Coppola-directed picture, which generally got excellent reviews.
Interview With The Vampire
More than any other picture on our list, Interview with the Vampire was a triumph because of its stellar ensemble. Despite the film's mixed reviews, it made over $100 million domestically and internationally, totaling just over $223 million, making it one of the most popular and successful vampire movies ever.
Van Helsing
Van Helsing was a big hit at the box office when it was released in 2004, despite receiving poor reviews. A large part of Van Helsing's success may be attributed to its star, which garnered over $120 million in domestic box office receipts and over $300 million internationally. With the success of X2, which had been released a year prior and is widely considered the finest X-Men picture, Hugh Jackman's career as an action hero was just getting started. Apart from Jackman's co-star Kate Beckinsale, the movie was propelled by the star power of Hugh Jackman.
Hotel Transylvania
Seeing a children's vampire movie on this list was a surprise, but Hotel Transylvania was an international hit. The movie made more money from overseas cinemas than local ones. With over $360 million worldwide box office receipts, Hotel Transylvania is one of the highest-grossing vampire films. Viewers of Hotel Transylvania may have come to see the voice actors in action. In addition to Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez, the picture features Kevin James and Steve Buscemi, all of whom played voices in the movie.
The Twilight Saga
To have all five of the greatest-grossing vampire movies come from the same franchise would have been a bit repetitive and dull, even if The Twilight saga itself is not a single picture. The Twilight Saga grossed over $3 billion worldwide, with each of the five films alone grossing over $350 million. It's broken down like this. Filmgoers paid a total of $392,616,625. Filmgoers flocked to theatres to see New Moon bring in $709,827,462 ticket sales. Eclipse brought in a worldwide total of $698,491,347. It was breaking Dawn: Part 1 brought in $712,171,856, and Breaking Dawn: Part 2 brought in $829,685,377, respectively.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The 1992 film adaptation of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," though overshadowed by its sexier smash-hit television equivalent, is nevertheless an undeniable masterpiece. Besides, the darker WB version's cult reputation wouldn't have been possible without a little heavenly inspiration. Joss Whedon wrote the script for the movie, leading him to propose a darker television series later... Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Luke Perry, David Arquette, and Hilary Swank all starred in the film that introduced the now-iconic ditzy adolescent vampire hunter with a combination of 'Heathers' horror and pre-Clueless Cher Horowitz. Even though reviewers largely hated the picture, it did well at the box office and has since done better in cultural conversation in the short term.
The Addiction
To create a psychological portrayal of a New York University philosophy student's journey into lunacy, director Abel Ferrara uses a gritty, black and white take on the vampire tale known as "The Addiction," which successfully juxtaposes high art with filth.
Kathleen, an introverted, solitary lady, suddenly develops an insatiable need for blood when she is assaulted by a strange and ambiguous European woman who appears like an opera singer. She first meets the city's drug addicts and lowlifes before moving on to more ambitious conquests. When she meets Peina (Christopher Walker), a vampire who has resisted his addiction long enough to start approaching humanness, her quest takes a more cerebral turn.
If you imagine "The Addiction" as a jazzy and polished vampire thriller set in mid-'90s New York City, you'll get a good idea of how frightening it is. The AIDS pandemic still hangs over everything in this eerie take on terror and pain.
Near Dark
Kathryn Bigelow could not secure funding for her revisionist Western, so she turned to the burgeoning vampire craze of the 1980s to create this fascinating cross-genre work. While set in a small midwestern town and filled with gorgeous imagery, gore, and gooey romances, "Near Dark" is really about a vampire named Mae who falls in love with and bites a boy named Caleb one fateful night, only to discover that the boy's essence is peaceful, which makes her love him even more.
Bigelow's vampire clan, on the other hand, is bloodthirsty, and the filmmaker shows this in a bar scene that is everything from sentimental. All of this is topped off with a Tangerine Dream theme reminiscent of the '80s, completely transforming the room's mood. Fans of Bigelow's "less serious" films who wish she had never strayed from the genre will be pleased to know that this picture serves as a sobering reminder of how rich her earlier work was.
Thirst
Park Chan-wook, a South Korean film director, has taken on a variety of genres, including lesbian psychodrama, incest, and retribution. In his film "Thirst," Korean cinema great Song Kang-ho plays Sang-Hyun, a Roman Catholic priest. He is plagued by an insatiable thirst for blood when an experimental medical procedure goes awry, and he loses faith. Thirst" has a strange love triangle between the priest and the wife of his married friend's husband, who goes all in after learning of her lover's illness.
