All

Time
TopFilm
Franchises

BoxOffice
(Domestic
Gross)
Revenue

GreatestFilmFranchisesAllTimeTopBoxOfficeRevenueResults:In
generalterms,filmfranchisesaremultipicturestories,oftenincludingsomeof
thesamecharactersfromfilm
tofilm.

1. theynormallyhaveat
leastthreevery
significantfilmsinthe
series(including
sequels)

2. themajorfranchises
usuallyhavea
combinedgrossbox
office(domestic)
revenueincome
(unadjustedfor
inflation)ofatleast
$450million,although
someoftheolder
franchiseshaven'tattainedthatlevel.[Note:Reissueswereusuallynot
included,norwereincometotalsformerchandising.]

3. intermsofgenrepopularity,fantasy/adventure,horrorandscififilms
farethebestascrowdpleasingfranchises(withgenerousdosesof
action,violenceandPGratedcontent),featuringbignamestarsandbig
budgetproductionvalues

Withthecontinuedreleaseofnewfilmsinmanyofthetopfranchisesseries
foundbelow,it'sdifficulttosaywhenanyonefranchiseattains#1statusinterms
ofboxoffice,althoughrecentrecordsnowconfirmthattheMarvelfranchisehas
overtakentheHarryPotterfranchiseasthemostcommerciallysuccessfulmovie
 franchiseofalltime,beatingevenStarWarsandJamesBond,although
thePixarDisneyanimations(iftheycanbecountedasafranchise)topthemall.

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AllTimeTopBoxOfficeRevenue
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Total Gross
Franchises Franchise (Domestic
#of
(Listed Gross #1Film )
Film
chronologically (domestic) inFranchise Revenue
s
) (approximately of#1
) Film

ThePixar $4.502+billion 17 $486.3

Disney million
Animations*
ToyStory
(1995)
ABug'sLife
(1998)
ToyStory2
(1999)
Monsters,Inc.
(2001) FindingDory(2016)
FindingNemo
(2003)
TheIncredibles
(2004)
Cars(2006)
Ratatouille
(2007)
WALLE
(2008)
Up(2009)
ToyStory3
(2010)
Cars2(2011)
Brave(2012)
Monsters
University
(2013)
InsideOut
(2015)
TheGood
Dinosaur
(2015)
FindingDory
(2016)

(*ifqualified
asafranchise,
ratherthanasa
brand?)

Marvel's
Cinematic
Universe
IronMan
(2008)
TheIncredible
Hulk(2008)
IronMan2
(2010)
Thor(2011)
Captain
America:The
FirstAvenger
(2011)
Marvel'sThe
Avengers
(2012)
IronMan3
(2013) $623.4
$4.234+billion 14
Thor:TheDark million
World(2013)
Captain
America:The
WinterSoldier Marvel'sTheAvengers(2012)
(2014)
Guardiansof
theGalaxy
(2014)
Avengers:Age
ofUltron
(2015)
AntMan
(2015)
Captain
America:Civil
War(2016)
DoctorStrange
(2016)
 StarWars
StarWars:
EpisodeIVA
NewHope
(1977)
StarWars:
EpisodeV
TheEmpire
StrikesBack
(1980)
StarWars:
EpisodeVI
Returnofthe
Jedi(1983)
StarWars:
EpisodeIThe
Phantom
Menace(1999)
StarWars:
EpisodeII $936.7
$3.726+billion 9
Attackofthe million
Clones(2002)
StarWars:
EpisodeIII
Revengeofthe
Sith(2005)
StarWars:The
CloneWars
(2008)
StarWars: StarWars:EpisodeVIITheForce
EpisodeVII Awakens(2015)
TheForce
Awakens
(2015)
RogueOne:A
StarWarsStory
(2016)

(includesre
releases)

HarryPotter $2.624+billion 9 $381

(plusJ.K. million
Rowling's $2.392billion
Wizard (HarryPotter)
World)
HarryPotter
andthe
Sorcerer's
Stone(2001)
HarryPotter HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows,
andthe Part2(2011)
Chamberof
Secrets(2002)
HarryPotter
andthe
 Prisonerof
Azkaban
(2004)
HarryPotter
andtheGoblet
ofFire(2005)
HarryPotter
andtheOrder
ofthePhoenix
(2007)
HarryPotter
andtheHalf
BloodPrince
(2009)
HarryPotter
andtheDeathly
Hallows,Part1
(2010)
HarryPotter
andtheDeathly
Hallows,Part2
(2011)
and
Fantastic
Beastsand
WheretoFind
Them(2016)

Batman $2.339billion 11 $533.3

Batman(1989) million
Batman
Returns(1992)
Batman:Mask
ofthe
Phantasm
(1993)
Batman
Forever(1995)
Batman&
TheDarkKnight(2008)
Robin(1997)
BatmanBegins
(2005)
TheDark
Knight(2008)
TheDark
KnightRises
(2012)
Batmanv
Superman:
Dawnof
Justice(2016)
Batman:The
KillingJoke
(2016)
TheLEGO
BatmanMovie
(2017)