The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise. It is made up of nine 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	—	$30,859,000	[1]
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2	August 22, 1986	$4,700,000	$8,025,872	—	$8,025,872	[2]
3. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III	January 12, 1990	—	$5,765,562	—	$5,765,562	[3]
4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation	September 22, 1995 August 29, 1997 (re-released)[4]	$600,000	$185,898	—	$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	—	—	$887,392	$887,392	[9]
Total		$50,340,000	$199,258,695	$52,543,035	$251,801,730