The 20 highest-grossing horror movies of all time, including the new movie version of Stephen King's 'It'

Fervor for the latest take on Stephen King's "It" has pushed the new film near the top of the highest-grossing horror films in history.

To find out where "It" sits on the worldwide list, we turned to Box Office Mojo for its international box office data on the highest-grossing horror movies.

While "It" recently became the top-earning horror film of all time at the U.S. box office, it still has a few classics to pass up before it can be crowned the world's top-performing scary movie (including foreign markets).

Here are the 20 highest-grossing horror films of all time:

Note: We have not adjusted the grosses for inflation.