The franchise consists of six movies, each one having come out consecutively every Halloween since 2004. The seventh, and final, installment is due out October 29th and will be featured in 3D.
Collectively, the "Saw" films have made over $730 million at the worldwide box-office and sold more than thirty million DVDs, according to distributors Lionsgate.
Saw, originally created as a short film in 2003 by Australian director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell, beat out:
*Scream (three films): $507 million.
*Friday the 13th (12 films): $465 million.
*A Nightmare On Elm Street (nine films): $447 million.
*Halloween (10 films) $367 million
