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 $55 million in America, and $48 million in other countries, totaling over US$103 million worldwide. This was over $100 million more than the production budget. This led the studio to green-light the sequel "Saw II" and later the rest of the "Saw" franchise. Since its inception, the "Saw" films have become the highest grossing horror franchise of all time worldwide in unadjusted dollars. In the United States alone, "Saw" is the second highest grossing horror franchise, behind only the "Friday the 13th" films by a margin of $10 million. Wan directed "Saw" (2004) and co-wrote "Saw III" (2006). Meanwhile, he and Whannell have predominately served as executive producers to the sequels "Saw II", "Saw III", "Saw IV", Saw V, "Saw VI", "Saw 3D" and "Jigsaw".