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. Maybe its the dynamic characters that somehow know how to keep on saving the day. The 25 highestgrossing media franchises of all time by mighty max. Hollywood has a long tradition of producing franchise films. In 1916, hollywoods first featurelength film sequel was released in cinemas. Your top box office earners ever worldwide frozen ii enters the top 10 in our guide to the highestgrossing movies of all time from avengers. News daily weekend all time international showdowns help. The 25 highestgrossing media franchises of all time. Every film franchise, ranked worst to best metacritic. Here are the 10 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time. Age of ultron, the movies have put a comic book mythology on the screen with largely satisfying results. The first two films each won the oscar for best picture, the only time a film and its sequel. Here are the highestgrossing marvel movies ever time.
Measured worldwide unadjusted for ticket price inflation. All time worldwide box office where data and the movie. If you dont see your favorite movie franchise on the list, make sure to add it so you can see where it shakes out among the greatest movie franchises ever. The highestgrossing horror film franchises of all time at the u. Here are the 10 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time, based on.
The 25 highestgrossing movies of all time updated 2020. Here are the ten highest grossing movie franchises today. Griffiths controversial classic the birth of a nation. Psthe figure given for harry potter and the philosophers stone is the initial box office gross, which in 2001 was the second highest ever, after titanic. What are the highest grossing movies of all time at the. The godzilla franchise takes the title as the film series with the most sequels 29 movies total, but what other movies come close. Indicates a franchise which contains a movie that crosses franchises example. Top 10 greatest action movie franchises of all time. Here are the 23 most successful movies franchise of all time at the global box office.
Top grossing movie franchises of all time 247 wall st. List of highestgrossing media franchises wikipedia. 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. The marvel cinematic universe is the highest grossing film series in unadjusted us dollar figures, surpassing the wizarding world, star wars, james bond, and. There are also plans for episodes vii through ix and spinoff movies beginning in 2015 going deeper. Back in september, for the seventh harry potter film s release, we used a formula that took both box office and critics score into account to rank the 50 greatest movie franchises of all time. Box office revenue of the most successful movie franchises in north. The top star wars movie is oldest but the fourth chronologically in lucas universe. Theres something about a movie franchise that makes us come back over and over again. For each franchise listed below the revenue total includes revenue from movie tickets, home entertainment, video games, merchandise, and any other franchise related products. Arguably the biggest character to make the transition from comic book to silver screen, its fair to say the batman franchise has had its ups and.
More than ten of these films are also in the top 50 traditional animated films. Included on the list are charts of the top box office earners ranked by both the nominal and. And it certainly is among the mostquoted movies ever. As movie studios continue to develop films solely for the purpose of turning them into franchises we have seen a drop in quality over the years. Marvel, star wars, harry potter and more ranked by box office. Although some big franchises didnt make the cut due to some poor entries in their past, they still hold a dear place with us all we still love you, batman. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office.
Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home. Have you ever been curious as to what the most successful horror franchises of all time are. No one involved with them in an abovetheline capacity ever. Vote on these top movie franchises based on the series as a whole, or just because one or two of the movies mean something special to you. Greatest movie franchises of all time, according to critics business. Launched on july 6, 2016, a recordbreaking million people downloaded the free app.
The 10 highestgrossing disney movies of all time the. Here are the current top 20 highestgrossing movies of alltime. Yeah the prequels were a let down but the force awakens is the biggest movie of all time and this again will. So without further hesitation, here are the 15 best movie franchises ranked by rotten tomatoes scores. The greatest movie franchises of all time the atlantic. The lego batman movie is included in both the batman franchise and the lego. Forbes takes privacy seriously and is committed to transparency.
Here are the 27 greatest movie franchises of all time, according to critics. John lynch contributed to a previous version of this post. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020. The 20 greatest scifi franchises of all time screenrant.
Thomas dixon jrs the fall of a nation followed on from d. While the franchise has been on hiatus since 2011, when stargate universe ended its run, it continues to be a fanfavourite. The 25 most successful movie franchises of all time. Ranked in order of international grosses, from lowest the highest, heres how much money each marvel movie in the mcu made in the u. It has crossed into animation, comic books, and novels many of which are noncanon and contradictory, making it one of the franchises with the biggest. We have taken every film franchise for which we have data, calculated an average metascore for each one, and then ranked the results in.
One of the biggest costs of making this fourth film in the pirates of the caribbean franchise was paying for staff and actors. Top 50 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time. This is a list of the highestgrossing media franchises. Endgame to avatar and the dark knight with key details on box office performance and records broken.
The small sliver on the right is the clone wars, a 2008 theatrical release for the pilot of. The 10 biggest movie franchises today movie fan june 30, 2018. The following chart is a list of the top 50 highestgrossing anime films. The 10 biggest movie franchises today top movie theaters. Though based on one of the most successful novels ever, the films triumph is about more than tolkiens genius. Most successful movie franchises in north america 2020 statista.
But its not the first as many other have come before it. From iconic figures like jason, freddy krueger, and michael meyers, one has to wonder where all the horror greats fit in on a complete ranking of the top highestgrossing horror franchises. A movie franchise is a series of connected movies that share a common set of characters, universe, and concepts. Box office records worldwide all movies cumulative all time worldwide all time worldwide box office see also. 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. Biggest opening weekends at the north american box office as of july. No one involved with them in an abovetheline capacity ever needs to work again if they dont. The 10 highestgrossing disney movies of all time the house of mouse is building billiondollar franchises out of its marvel, pixar, and lucasfilm buyouts and the disney brand itself is nothing. If youre a movie fan, you probably already know the answer. The winter soldier turning the marvel movies into the biggest franchise in film history, we take a look at the top 10. From transformers to avatar, 50 most expensive movies. All time domestic all time international other worldwide cumulative records. The dark knight and batman begins were great movies. The highestgrossing movie franchises of all time work.
The 27 greatest movie franchises of all time, according to critics. Endgame is now the biggest movie ever and its in good company. With 11 entries already and at least another 11 coming, the interconnected movies of the mcu represent one of the most ambitious franchises ever. Some of the most successful movies of all time are part of movie franchises, including star wars, jaws, the exorcist, jurassic park.
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