The small sliver on the right is the clone wars, a 2008 theatrical release for the pilot of. 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. Box office simon thompson contributor opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. The mcu remains the undisputed king of all franchises with its hugely successful infinity saga.
Starring keanu reeves and laurence fishburne, the matrix won four academy awards and was added to the. Launched on july 6, 2016, a recordbreaking million people downloaded the free app. The 25 highestgrossing movies of all time updated 2020. Alltime domestic boxoffice hits and top films by decade and year. Measured worldwide unadjusted for ticket price inflation. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office. In 1916, hollywoods first featurelength film sequel was released in cinemas.
We run down the list of the 15 highest grossing rrated movies of all time, ranked according to their domestic box office from the passion of the christ to deadpool to beverly hills cop. It was the highest grossing film the year it was released, beating attack of the clones and becoming the first and only movie ever to beat a star wars movie for highest grossing film of the year. Maybe its the dynamic characters that somehow know how to keep on saving the day. The top six are among the highest grossing animated film franchises of all time. The highestgrossing film franchises the 50 biggest film. This chart contains the top movies based on the cumulative worldwide. While scifi and superhero franchises may dominate the top of the league table when it comes to the highestgrossing movies of all time, comedy still has its place, providing the perfect form of escapism that, lets face it, we all like to indulge in from time to time. These are the 50 highest grossing film franchises of all time.
Heres a countdown of the 26 highest earning horror movie franchises according to unadjusted domestic box office gross. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020. The box office has been dominated by franchise films in the last years, and with the current trend of connected universes everywhere, especially those from the superhero genre, is not. Apr 09, 2020 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. Sep 12, 2019 here are the current top 20 highest grossing movies of alltime. The 10 highest grossing movie franchises of all time. Infinity war, the marvel cinematic universes catalog of films gives it a commanding lead among the top movie. People talk about highest box office as if it matters. These grosses do not take into account the effects of inflation and as such the list is heavily skewed in favor of more recent broadway shows.
Sure avengers infinity war may have made more money in the box office but star wars a new hope back in 77 sold almost twice as many tickets as infinity war did. Jul 25, 2019 top grossing movie franchises of all time. Though it seems a bit unfair, the whole of the marvel cinematic universe. With his threepart version of tolkiens prequel the hobbit jackson is continuing to push new film frontiers by filming at 48 frames per second and turning out threehour plus films. The next highest grossing movie of all time is jurassic world. There are also plans for episodes vii through ix and spinoff movies beginning in 2015 going deeper. The marvel cinematic universe series was the highest grossing film franchise in the world as of april 2020, with total worldwide box office.
The highest grossing horror film franchises of all time at the u. This is a list of the highestgrossing media franchises. More than a quarter of the 100 highest grossing movies of all time revolve around super. Alex maidy as movie studios continue to develop films solely for the purpose of turning them into franchises we have seen a. Mark ruffalo has starred in two of the top five highest grossing films of all time. The final and most successful film in the series was both its highest grossing and one of only three films ever to win 11 academy awards. 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 high grossing films by calendar year, a timeline showing the transition of the highest grossing film record, and a chart of the highest grossing film franchises and series.
All the highest grossing movie franchises of all time in one convenient list of the top grossing movie franchises ever. Highest grossing franchises of all time at the box office. The following chart is a list of the highest grossing anime film franchises. Fallen kingdom was released in 2018 and is an american science fiction adventure film. The top 15 best action movie franchises of all time. Or perhaps you discovered the colossally successful entertainment franchise during the pokemon go craze. For earlier years the total box office is sometimes assigned to the release year of a movie, while the box office amount could have been earned during two or even more years. And if it is an original film, chances are its gonna kick off a. Nov 18, 2010 the highest grossing movie franchises of all time.
All time worldwide box office where data and the movie. Included on the list are charts of the top box office earners ranked by both the. Before the genre became overcrowded with endless comic book adaptations, action featured some of the most popular, intense and highoctane. 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. Top 10 highest grossing movie franchises worldwide. Theres something about a movie franchise that makes us come back over and over again. Mar 18, 2019 10 highest grossing movie franchises of all time. The top six are among the highest grossing film franchises of all time and, respectively, are ranked 15th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, and 23rd of all time. As of february 2020, the top 7 and 28 of the top 50 are animated films, marked with a in the type column. Top 50 highest grossing movie franchises of all time newsweek.
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 highest grossing horror franchises. Infinity war, the marvel cinematic universes catalog of films gives it a commanding lead among the top movie franchises of all time. I think a lot of horror movie franchises would get there, because theyre so cheap to make that they keep making them even if they dont earn a lot. The marvel cinematic universe is by far the highest grossing film series ever, but franchises like star wars, james bond, and xmen, which all churn out movies to high opening.
Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home. To determine the top grossing movie franchises of all time, 247 tempo looked at the combined domestic box office gross for all movies in franchises listed by box office data website box office. All time domestic all time international other worldwide cumulative records. The following is a list of the top 15 highest grossing broadway musicals since 1982, based on data collected by the broadway league. All time single market all time animated worldwide all time sequel worldwide all time nonsequel worldwide top 2019 worldwide top 2020 worldwide. This includes media franchises that started as a book, film, video game, comic.
The top 10 bestselling video game franchises of all time 1. The toys are mistakenly delivered to a daycare center instead of the attic right before andy leaves for college, and its up to woody to convince the other toys that they werent abandoned and to return home. Top 15 highest grossing movie franchises of all time 1990 2020 the video compares lists the highest grossing films movies of the last 50 years. Top 10 greatest movie franchises of all time july 11, 2014 by. A film series or movie series is a collection of related films in succession that share the same. Top grossing movie franchises of all time 247 wall st. Top 15 highest grossing video game franchises of all time. The 25 highestgrossing media franchises of all time by mighty max. Apr 14, 2020 top 15 highest grossing movie franchises of all time 1990 2020 the video compares lists the highestgrossing filmsmovies of the last 50 years worldwide 19692019.
Have you ever been curious as to what the most successful horror franchises of all time are. So click ahead to see which movie franchises are the highest grossing of all time. We only have detailed box office data from 1977 onwards. The top star wars movie is oldest but the fourth chronologically in lucas universe. The highestgrossing movie franchises of all time work. And for many of them, the box office is only the start, with. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020 statista. This is a list of the highest grossing media franchises. The marvel cinematic universe is the highest grossing film series in unadjusted us dollar figures, surpassing the wizarding world, star wars, james bond, and j. Movie franchises are a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe or marketed as a series.
For each franchise listed below the revenue total includes revenue from movie tickets, home entertainment, video games. Whatever the case, film studios depend on franchises to make a good chunk of their money. The top 5 highestgrossing film series and franchises of. The khiladi franchise was the first film franchise to gross over. The 25 highestgrossing superhero movies of all time paste. Top 15 highest grossing movie franchises of all time 1990. Highest grossing animated franchises and film series. Top 10 highest grossing film franchises of all time. The 30 highestgrossing actors in hollywood mental floss. A quiz listing the least grossing series with three entries or more, or maybe just the lowest average budget per movie. Nov 25, 2019 theres a reason that movie studios continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on superhero movies. Nowadays, its very rare to spot a brand new movie at the cinema.
Mar 25, 2017 top 15 highest grossing video game franchises of all time. Among this summers biggest blockbusters so far have been the recently released. Your top box office earners ever worldwide frozen ii enters the top 10 in our guide to the highest grossing movies of all time from avengers. Mar 23, 2020 top 15 best movie franchises of all time 19902020 star wars,indiana jones,back to the future,jaws,beverly hills cop,rambo,crocodile dundee,home alone,ghostbusters,terminator,batman,lethal weapon. As halloween approaches, i take a look at the highest grossing horror franchises of all time.
Scary good 26 most successful horror film franchises imdb. Endgame to avatar and the dark knight with key details on box office performance and records broken. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office business. So without further hesitation, here are the 15 best movie franchises ranked by rotten tomatoes scores. List of highestgrossing media franchises wikipedia. Apr 22, 2020 the avengers and its spinoff thor franchises have made australian actor chris hemsworth one of the highestgrossing movie stars of all time. Its an american 3d computeranimated comedy film, which served as a spinoff to the despicable me franchise.
We ran the totals from worldwide box office returns to find out the 10 highest grossing movie franchises and. 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. Im working hard to block those atrocities from my memory. That statement is represented in the list of the top 10 top grossing movie franchises that was produced by forbes in august of 2015. Boxoffice earnings have often been a great predictor of the featurelength films that have. However, star wars is the highest grossing when adjusted for inflation. Zoe saldana benefits from being part of the avengers, guardians of the galaxy, and star trek franchises, as well as avatar, which used to be the highest grossing film until endgame unseated it. Top grossing movie franchises of all time page 5 247.
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. Did you grow up watching pokemon or collecting pokemon cards. The worlds top grossing movie franchises have grossed billionsand made their stars millions. Top 50 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time newsweek.
To illustrate the immense might of franchise filmmaking, were looking at the top 15 highest grossing franchises at the box office. List of bestselling video game franchises list of highestgrossing mobile games. Top 50 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time. The highestgrossing horror film franchises of all time. To illustrate the immense might of franchise film making, were looking at the top 15 highest grossing franchises at the box office. From the star wars films to the james bond series, many of these franchises have had staying power over the course of decades.
The 25 highest grossing media franchises of all time by mighty max. Mar 31, 2018 the top 15 best action movie franchises of all time. Can you name the movie franchises that have the highest total boxoffice receipts. Top 15 best movie franchises of all time 19902020 star wars,indiana jones,back to the future,jaws,beverly hills cop,rambo,crocodile dundee,home alone,ghostbusters,terminator,batman,lethal weapon. The following chart is a list of the highest grossing animated film franchises. Top 10 highestgrossing film franchises of all time lists. The 25 highestgrossing media franchises of all time. This chart contains the top movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office. The movie is the highest grossing film from a female director. Some of these series are surprising entries to the list, while others are nobrainers. Superhero movies are where its at in hollywood these days.
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