There are also plans for episodes vii through ix and spinoff movies beginning in 2015 going deeper. This post has been updated from its original version. Here are the ten highest grossing movie franchises today. Greatest movie franchises of all time, according to. Launched on july 6, 2016, a recordbreaking million people downloaded the free app. Here are the 23 most successful movies franchise of all time at the global box office. Age of ultron, the movies have put a comic book mythology on the screen with largely satisfying results. 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. Maybe its the dynamic characters that somehow know how to keep on saving the day. They are a mix highly enjoyable movies and some films that we can only shake our heads at. From transformers to avatar, 50 most expensive movies. 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. No one involved with them in an abovetheline capacity ever needs to work again if they dont. Most successful movie franchises in north america 2020 statista.
The greatest movie franchises of all time the atlantic. 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. Here are the 10 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time. While any film that fails to meet box office expectations is often labeled a flop, even todays bigbudget failures cant compare to some of the biggest financial disasters in the history of.
In 1916, hollywoods first featurelength film sequel was released in cinemas. The highestgrossing movie franchises of all time work. Included on the list are charts of the top box office earners ranked by both the nominal and. These franchises made a lot of money, but are they quantity over quality. The 25 highestgrossing media franchises of all time by mighty max. Thomas dixon jrs the fall of a nation followed on from d. But its not the first as many other have come before it. 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. All time worldwide box office where data and the movie.
Here are the 10 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time, based on. The 23 most successful movie franchises of all time. Have you ever been curious as to what the most successful horror franchises of all time are. If youre a movie fan, you probably already know the answer.
What are the highest grossing movies of all time at the. The dark knight and batman begins were great movies. For each franchise listed below the revenue total includes revenue from movie tickets, home entertainment, video games, merchandise, and any other franchise related products. With 11 entries already and at least another 11 coming, the interconnected movies of the mcu represent one of the most ambitious franchises ever. 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. Every film franchise, ranked worst to best metacritic. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020. Avatar is the biggest movie ever made that nobody talks about. List of highestgrossing media franchises wikipedia. Forbes takes privacy seriously and is committed to transparency. A movie franchise is a series of connected movies that share a common set of characters, universe, and concepts. The 25 highestgrossing movies of all time updated 2020.
Marvel, star wars, harry potter and more ranked by box office. Coming up weve the top 25 most successful film series of all time from harry potter to the mcu, these series have made tens of millions each, and collectively youre looking at well over a. John lynch contributed to a previous version of this post. Biggest opening weekends at the north american box office as of july. The 10 biggest movie franchises today top movie theaters. And it certainly is among the mostquoted movies ever. We have taken every film franchise for which we have data, calculated an average metascore for each one, and then ranked the results in. The marvel cinematic universe is the highest grossing film series in unadjusted us dollar figures, surpassing the wizarding world, star wars, james bond, and. Here are the current top 20 highestgrossing movies of alltime. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office business. 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. Ranked in order of international grosses, from lowest the highest, heres how much money each marvel movie in the mcu made in the u. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office.
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. All time single market all time animated worldwide all time sequel worldwide all time nonsequel worldwide top 2019 worldwide top 2020 worldwide this chart contains the top movies based on. Top 50 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time. Box office revenue of the most successful movie franchises in north. 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. 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. Theres something about a movie franchise that makes us come back over and over again. So without further hesitation, here are the 15 best movie franchises ranked by rotten tomatoes scores. While the franchise has been on hiatus since 2011, when stargate universe ended its run, it continues to be a fanfavourite.
Greatest movie franchises of all time, according to critics business. 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. 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. All time domestic all time international other worldwide cumulative records.
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. The following chart is a list of the top 50 highestgrossing anime films. The 10 biggest movie franchises today movie fan june 30, 2018. This is a list of the highestgrossing media franchises. The godzilla franchise takes the title as the film series with the most sequels 29 movies total, but what other movies come close. Griffiths controversial classic the birth of a nation. Here are the highestgrossing marvel movies ever time.
The highestgrossing horror film franchises of all time at the u. Indicates a franchise which contains a movie that crosses franchises example. The winter soldier turning the marvel movies into the biggest franchise in film history, we take a look at the top 10. The 25 most successful movie franchises of all time. Endgame to avatar and the dark knight with key details on box office performance and records broken. 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. No one involved with them in an abovetheline capacity ever. The first two films each won the oscar for best picture, the only time a film and its sequel. Endgame is now the biggest movie ever and its in good company. The 27 greatest movie franchises of all time, according to critics. The small sliver on the right is the clone wars, a 2008 theatrical release for the pilot of. 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. News daily weekend all time international showdowns help. Here are the 27 greatest movie franchises of all time, according to critics.
Hollywood has a long tradition of producing franchise films. The 32 most successful movie franchises of all time. The 25 highestgrossing media franchises of all time. One of the biggest costs of making this fourth film in the pirates of the caribbean franchise was paying for staff and actors. More than ten of these films are also in the top 50 traditional animated films. Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home.
Though based on one of the most successful novels ever, the films triumph is about more than tolkiens genius. Yeah the prequels were a let down but the force awakens is the biggest movie of all time and this again will. Top 10 greatest action movie franchises of all time. Some of the most successful movies of all time are part of movie franchises, including star wars, jaws, the exorcist, jurassic park.
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. The lego batman movie is included in both the batman franchise and the lego. The top star wars movie is oldest but the fourth chronologically in lucas universe. The 10 highestgrossing disney movies of all time the.
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