Endgame 2019 harry potter and the deathly hallows, part 2 2011 the lord of. Individual sequels are relatively common, but are not always successful enough to spawn further installments the marvel cinematic universe is the highest grossing film series. Weve seen so many movies developing into a big billion dollar movie franchises. Some of the most successful movies of all time are part of movie franchises, including star wars, jaws, the exorcist, jurassic park. The dc extended universe there have been five movies in this until now and well, one might say that the coming movies do have potential. The marvel cinematic universe is the most successful franchise of all time when you think of uberfranchises, your mind probably goes right to. The batman franchise has seen one successful redux with another one coming out next year. The small sliver on the right is the clone wars, a 2008 theatrical release for the pilot of. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020 statista. Here are the ten biggest movie franchises according to their total box office earnings. This includes media franchises that started as a book, film, video game, comic book, animated film or television series and have expanded to other forms of media. In the estimation of many fans of the series, may 1980s the empire strikes back is the best star wars movie ever made in part because of the climaxs thenshocking. Fans always want more of these movies and this advantages the studio with profit. Well, everyone obviously, but do you know which movie franchises have made the most money.
Here are the bestselling videogame franchises of all. Most successful movie franchises in north america 2020. Top grossing movie franchises of all time 247 wall st. This is a list of the highestgrossing media franchises. This chart contains the top movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office business. Films directed by steven spielberg have been the highestgrossing film of the year on six. The marvel cinematic universe series was the highest grossing film franchise in the world as of april 2020, with total worldwide box office revenue of 22. Besides the star wars and superman franchises, james bond and star trek films are still being released periodically. A film series or movie series is a collection of related films in succession that share the same. Highestgrossing animated films by animation type computer animation. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020. Global box office revenue of the most successful movies of all time as of.
The 32 most successful movie franchises of all time. Riding the recordsetting success of black panther into the massive, upcoming release of avengers. There are also plans for episodes vii through ix and spinoff movies beginning in 2015 going deeper. Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office. The top star wars movie is oldest but the fourth chronologically in lucas universe. The 23 most successful movie franchises of all time. Sometimes the work is conceived from the beginning as a multiplefilm work for example, the three colours series but in most cases the success of the original film inspires further films to be made.
Imdb editors last updated 12 sep 2016 we crunched the numbers. With four central games and several expansions, it is one of the most successful pc gaming franchises of all time. The top 15 best action movie franchises of all time. List of highestgrossing media franchises wikipedia. Some of the most successful movies of all time are part of movie franchises, including star wars, jaws, the exorcist, jurassic park, raiders of the lost ark, and the avengers. Endgame was the franchises highest grossing film with a. Most successful movie franchises in box office history. Here are of the most successful hollywood movie franchises of all time. Most successful movie franchises in north america 2020 statista. The following chart is a list of the highestgrossing computer animated films. The highest grossing movie franchises buzzfeed news. Infinity war, the marvel cinematic universes catalog of films gives it a commanding lead. The franchise has sold 175 million units since it was first released in 2000, and the sims 3 alone sold 10 million copies, according to overmental. The 23 most successful movie franchises of all time sfgate.
The original star wars quickly became the highestgrossing movie of all time at the u. Global box office revenue of the most successful movies of all time as of november. Happy national video game day see the top franchises of. Film the most successful movies of all time two of james camerons works are recordbreaking titles, but overall, the avengers films dominate the list of the worlds top 10 boxoffice hits. A movie franchise is a series of connected movies that share a common set of characters, universe, and concepts.
The most successful movies of all time all media content. For each franchise listed below the revenue total includes revenue from movie tickets, home entertainment, video games, merchandise, and any other franchise related products when. Heres a countdown of the 26 highestearning horror movie franchises according to unadjusted domestic box office gross. As part of our ranking system, we put movie franchises such as batman into one entire franchise and we did not break it down into each successful trilogy. Among this summers biggest blockbusters so far have been the recently released toy story 4 and spiderman. Coming up weve the top 25 most successful film series of all time from harry. Included on the list are charts of the top box office earners ranked by both the nominal and real value of their revenue, a chart of highgrossing films by calendar year, a timeline showing the transition of the highestgrossing film record, and a chart of the highestgrossing film franchises and series. Before the genre became overcrowded with endless comic book adaptations, action featured some of the most popular, intense and highoctane. To determine the most successful movie franchises of all time, 247 wall st. There are franchises that made billions of dollars per movie and have millions and billions of fans worldwide the biggest movie in the movie industry is marvels endgame that made more than 2. The greatest movie franchises of all time the atlantic. All time worldwide box office where data and the movie. It is not just the movie franchises like hunger games, one and done, that have been successful. The sims by ea is the granddaddy of all life simulation games.
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