Child 's Play is an American horror franchise .
The Scream series , when compared to the other high-grossing American horror franchises – A Nightmare on Elm Street , Child 's Play , Friday the 13th , the Hannibal Lecter series , Psycho , Saw , Halloween , and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre — with figures adjusted for 2011 inflation , is the sixth highest grossing horror franchise in the domestic United States at $ 442.9 million .