After the release of the full-length "Saw", the film was met with overwhelming success in the box office both domestically and internationally. The film ended up grossing in America, and in other countries, totaling over worldwide. This was over profit, over 80 times the production budget. This green-lit the sequel "Saw II", and later the rest of the "Saw" franchise based on the yearly success of the previous installment. Since its inception, "Saw" has become the highest grossing horror franchise of all time worldwide in unadjusted dollars. In the United States only, "Saw" is the second highest grossing horror franchise, behind only the "Friday the 13th" films by a margin of .