There , Heather discovers that she is part of the Sawyer family , who were killed by the townspeople following the events of the 1974 film , as well as a cousin of Leatherface. When comparing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to the other top-grossing horror film franchises - A Nightmare on Elm Street , Child 's Play , Friday the 13th , Halloween , the Hannibal Lecter series , Psycho , Saw , and Scream - and adjusting for the 2011 inflation , The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the eighth highest grossing horror franchise in the United States , with a combined gross of $ 304.6 million , only outperforming the Child 's Play film series with approximately $ 203ï¿½million .
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the seventh highest-grossing horror franchise in the United States .