# Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Tops HBO Max Halloween Chart

> Tim Burton's Corpse Bride ranks No. 4 on HBO Max's October 2026 chart, beating Coraline and other horror classics.
- Title: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Tops HBO Max Halloween Chart
- Summary: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride ranks No. 4 on HBO Max's October 2026 chart, beating Coraline and other horror classics. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is the…
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- Source: Collider — https://collider.com/tim-burton-corpse-bride-hbo-max-streaming-hit-october-2026
- Author: Hannah Hunt
- Published: 2026-10-11T23:30:11+00:00
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- Topics: tim burton, corpse bride, hbo max, halloween, animated movie, october 2026, hbo max chart, entertainment, culture
## Tim Burton's Gothic Fantasy
Tim Burton has spent much of his career making the supposedly frightening characters easier to love than the 'respectable' people around them.
## Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice
Edward Scissorhands found cruelty behind suburban smiles, while Beetlejuice made the afterlife look considerably more entertaining than dealing with the living.
## Burton's Misfits
His movies give outsiders somewhere to belong, even when that somewhere comes with a few graves.
## October Viewing Choice
That makes his work particularly inviting in October, when skeletons and haunted houses become part of the decorating scheme.
## Corpse Bride on HBO Max
Corpse Bride is doing exactly that on HBO Max, 21 years after its 2005 release.
## Top Ten Ranking
According to FlixPatrol, the gothic animated romance sits at No. 4, directly above Coraline.
## Halloween Chart
The same top ten includes The Shining and A Nightmare on Elm Street, putting Burton’s movie among several obvious October viewing choices.
## Highest-Ranking Animated Movie
Its position also makes it the highest-ranking animated movie on the chart at the time of writing this article.
## HBO Max Chart Details
On the October 5 chart, Coraline follows at No. 5, with The Shining at No. 6 and A Nightmare on Elm Street at No. 7.
## Other Halloween Titles
Friday the 13th and Scooby-Doo also make the top ten, giving Corpse Bride a strong showing in a chart crowded with seasonal favorites.
## 21-Year-Old Film
21 years after arriving in theaters, Burton and Johnson’s stop-motion movie is sharing the top five with Evil Dead Burn, Backrooms, and Supergirl.
## HBO Max Subscribers
For HBO Max subscribers putting together an October watchlist, Corpse Bride remains one of the service’s most popular movie choices.
## Corpse Bride Details
Directed by Burton and Mike Johnson, Corpse Bride follows Victor (Johnny Depp), who accidentally marries a dead woman while rehearsing his vows for another wedding.
## HBO Max Chart Impact
Its placement shows an older animated movie holding its own alongside recent titles as Halloween approaches.
## Key takeaway

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is the highest-ranking animated movie on HBO Max's October 2026 Halloween chart, ahead of Coraline and The Shining.