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. Coming in at number seven on our list of the highestgrossing movies of all time is the animated remake of the lion king. Can you name the movie franchises that have the highest total boxoffice receipts. They are a mix highly enjoyable movies and some films that we can only shake our heads at. The highestgrossing movie franchises of all time work. The dark world, man of steel, monsters university, and fast and furious 6. The worlds top grossing movie franchises have grossed billionsand made their stars millions. Top 10 highest grossing movie franchises worldwide screenrant. More than ten of these films are also in the top 50 traditional animated films.
We ran the totals from worldwide box office returns to find out the 10 highest grossing movie franchises and the numbers might just surprise you. The khiladi franchise was the first film franchise to gross over. Did you grow up watching pokemon or collecting pokemon cards. The highestgrossing horror film franchises of all time. This chart contains the top movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office.
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. The fourth installment, despicable me 3 2015s minions was the third is the secondhighestgrossing movie in the franchise, which has been a box office juggernaut since the original despicable me was released in 2010. This is a list of the highest grossing media franchises. Top 10 highest grossing movie franchises worldwide. The 10 highestgrossing tom cruise movies of all time. Hes been the leading man in several blockbuster action franchises that were hits at the box office. Measured worldwide unadjusted for ticket price inflation.
The 25 highestgrossing media franchises of all time by mighty max. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office. Jul 25, 2019 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 mojo. 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. Top films by decade and year highest grossing films by genre type greatest boxoffice bombs, disasters, and flops greatest film series franchises sections franchises. These are the 50 highestgrossing film franchises of all time. The worlds topgrossing movie franchises have grossed billionsand made their stars millions. Want to know the top 100 biggest box office grossing sports movies.
Oct 27, 2015 click ahead for the top 10 horror franchises for 2015, including how much they made in u. For example, the 2004 box office year ended on sunday, january 2, 2005. 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. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office business. Highest grossing franchises of all time at the box office. Endgame may be the highest grossing film in the franchise, but avengers. Top 15 highest grossing movie franchises of all time 1990. List of highestgrossing science fiction films wikipedia. Whether your taste runs to romcom, slapstick, family fun or adult humor.
Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your watchlist and rate your favorite movies and tv shows on. Top 100 biggest box office grossing sports movies ultimate. Mar 18, 2019 of the 10 highest grossing franchises, jurassic park has the fewest number of movies in its arsenal with just five and another on the way. Pokemon is the most represented animated film franchise, with twelve films on. Highest grossing movie franchises by mightyblood created 17 mar 2014 updated 23 may 2015 public i list the highest grossing movie of the franchise. Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home. The best part of the vampirewerewolfgirl love triangle was the end.
As of december 2019, 27 of the top 50 are superhero films, many of which are among the highest grossing superhero films. The twentysecond highest grossing film of all time is the 2018 superhero film, aquaman. The highestgrossing film franchises the 50 biggest film. Here are the current top 20 highestgrossing movies of alltime. Theres something about a movie franchise that makes us come back over and over again. The highestgrossing horror film franchises of all time at. Though it seems a bit unfair, the whole of the marvel cinematic universe. As halloween approaches, i take a look at the highest grossing horror franchises of all time. Individual sequels are relatively common, but are not always successful enough to spawn further installments. Nowadays, its very rare to spot a brand new movie at the cinema. Nov 29, 2017 the despicable me film series ranks among the 20 highestgrossing film franchises of all time. All time single market all time animated worldwide all time sequel worldwide all time nonsequel worldwide top 2019 worldwide top 2020 worldwide. Box office quiz, marvel cinematic universe quiz, movie titles quiz, biggest, box, franchise, highest grossing, money, office, worldwide top quizzes today 3 movies, 1 missing word xii 493. The highestgrossing movie franchises of all time money.
A few years ago, i got a request i got a request from hubpagess stevennix2001 to figure out the top 100 sports movies according to my cogerson movie score formula. Theatrical market charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of warner bros. Mark ruffalo has starred in two of the top five highest grossing films of all time. Mar 31, 2018 the top 15 best action 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. Inflationadjusted figures are based on ticket sale estimates. Thats not a bad haul for any film, but that doesnt put the movie even close to the top of the stars highest grossing pictures. Ranking all the movies in the rocky franchise by how much. Jul 25, 2015 top 10 highest grossing movie franchises worldwide. List of highestgrossing media franchises wikipedia. Films directed by steven spielberg have been the highest grossing film of the year on six occasions, and on three occasions have been the highest grossing film of all time. Im working hard to block those atrocities from my memory. The 25 highestgrossing movies of all time updated 2020. Top 50 highest grossing movie franchises of all time by david sim and sam earle on 51818 at 11.
Sep 26, 2019 the 10 highest grossing tom cruise movies of all time. To answer this question, w e compiled a list of the 10 highest grossing superhero franchises in the united states, and included how each movie, sequel, spinoff, and reboot stacks up to the. Thanks to the wrap and some other sources, here are the 20 highest grossing animated films of alltime. Top grossing movie franchises of all time 247 wall st. Well, the numbers have been run and heres whats been found.
Sep 12, 2019 here are the current top 20 highest grossing movies of alltime. Jul 29, 2019 a favorite trivia question of mine is to ask someone what is the highest grossing movie franchise that does not feature a major character with any kind of magical or super powers. For each franchise listed below the revenue total includes revenue from movie tickets, home entertainment, video games. Or maybe its a beloved book series with fans across the world. Such films include science fiction elements but are most associated with the superhero genre. See top 2020 movies at the domestic box office for the total domestic box office for the top 100 movies released in 2020, and movie index 2020 for an overview of all movies released in 2020. Whatever the case, film studios depend on franchises to make a good chunk of their money. Maybe its the dynamic characters that somehow know how to keep on saving the day. And if it is an original film, chances are its gonna kick off a. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020. Since 2000, franchise movies have dominated at the box office, typically being the highest grossing films of the year.
The top 15 best action movie franchises of all time. Ranking all the movies in the harry potter franchise by. The following chart is a list of the top 50 highest grossing anime films. Numbers are for worldwide performance and not adjusted for inflation. 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. All time worldwide box office where data and the movie.
Infinity war, the marvel cinematic universes catalog of films gives it a commanding lead among the top movie franchises of all time. Jun 16, 2019 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. Some of the franchises overlap, so a few movies are counted more than once. Coming in at number one on our list of the highestgrossing movies of all time is avengers. Or perhaps you discovered the colossally successful entertainment franchise during the pokemon go craze. The highest grossing movie franchises buzzfeed news. My top 100 movies a list of 100 titles 2018 what ive watched this year in cinema a list of 30 titles see all lists by hyker. 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. Among this summers biggest blockbusters so far have been the recently released toy story 4 and spiderman.
No word yet on if well get another alien film in the future but if so, it could knock the conjuring out of the top spot. The following is a list of the highestgrossing science fiction films of all time. The marvel cinematic universe is the highest grossing film series even when adjusted for inflation, surpassing the wizarding world, star wars, james bond, and j. Top 50 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time.
Highest grossing movie franchises worldwide quiz by sheldon. May 24, 2019 it quickly became the highest grossing movie of all time. The 25 highestgrossing media franchises of all time. Click through this sldeshow to see the 50 biggest movie franchises of all time.
This interstellar epicno, not star wars still stands as the highest grossing movie of all time. This was the peak of the rocky franchise at the box office as none of the past or present rocky movies could pass it as the highest grossing film of them all. Endgame to avatar and the dark knight with key details on box office performance and records broken. Infinity war, the marvel cinematic universes catalog of films gives it a commanding lead among the top movie. The list of highest grossing movie franchises of all time based on worldwide box office. A film series or movie series is a collection of related films in succession that share the same. With series like jurassic park, star wars, indiana jones, star trek and james bond, what are the top grossing film franchises worldwide. Steven spielberg is the most represented director on the chart with six films to his credit, occupying the top spot in 1975, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989 and 1993. Based on the dc character of the same name, aquaman follows jason momoa aquaman as he fights to lead the underwater kingdom of atlantis to stop his half brother, king orm, destroying the surface world by uniting the seven underwater kingdoms.
Click through to see the 55 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time, as determined by box office mojo. Infinity war didnt exactly put on a poor showing at the box office either. Universal pictures saw the potential in expanding the series to more than just one film and it has since become the highest grossing. Top 10 best harrison ford movies, according to imdb while fords big break came in the 1970s when he was cast as han solo in george lucas star wars movies. The top 10 bestselling video game franchises of all time 1. Creator george lucas followed that original film with two blockbuster sequels, the empire strikes back 1980 and return of the jedi 1983, and 16 years later returned with a prequel trilogy that was another financial success, though the movies were criticized by fans and critics for. 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. The top 20 highestgrossing movies of all time worldwide paste. The marvel cinematic universe series was the highest grossing film franchise in the world as of april 2020, with total worldwide box office. Sometimes the work is conceived from the beginning as a multiple film work for example, the three colours series but in most cases the success of the original film inspires further films to be made. The 10 highestgrossing superhero franchises in the us. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020 statista. Launched on july 6, 2016, a recordbreaking million people downloaded the free app.
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