List of highest-grossing media franchises

This is a list of media franchises that have grossed $2 billion and more.

List

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franchises
Franchise Year of inception Total revenue (est. US$) Revenue breakdown (est. US$) Original medium Creator(s) Owner(s)

$50 billion+

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Pokémon 1996 $99 billion[a] Video game Satoshi Tajiri The Pokémon Company
(Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak)
(copyright; trademark in Japan)
Nintendo (trademark globally)
Mickey Mouse & Friends 1928 $61.2 billion Animated cartoon Walt Disney
Ub Iwerks 		The Walt Disney Company


$20–50 billion

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Winnie the Pooh 1924 $48.8 billion Book[57] A. A. Milne
E. H. Shepard 		The Walt Disney Company
Star Wars 1977 $46.7 billion[k] Film George Lucas Lucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Company)
Disney Princess 2000[o] $45.4 billion
  • Retail sales – $45.468 billion[p]
  • Home entertainment – $14.7 million[79]
 Animated films Andy Mooney The Walt Disney Company
Anpanman 1973 $38.4 billion
  • Retail sales – $38.42 billion[q]
  • Museum – $14.5 million[r]
 Picture book Takashi Yanase Froebel-kan [ja]
(Toppan Printing Co.)
Wizarding World
(Harry Potter) 		1997 $34.6 billion Novel J. K. Rowling J. K. Rowling (books)
Warner Bros.
(Warner Bros. Discovery) (films)
Barbie 1987[x] $33.9 billion Television special Ruth Handler Mattel
Marvel Cinematic Universe
(MCU) 		2008 $32.9 billion Film Marvel Studios
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby 		Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)
Sony Pictures (Spider-Man films)
Spider-Man 1962 $31.7 billion Comic book Stan Lee
Steve Ditko 		Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Sony Pictures (films)
Call of Duty 2003 $31 billion
  • Video games – $31 billion[af]
 Video game Steve Fukuda
Zied Rieke 		Activision Blizzard
(Microsoft Gaming)
Batman 1939 $29.8 billion
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion[ag]
    • Home video – $1.212 billion[ah]
  • Box office – $7.005 billion[145]
  • TV revenue – $340 million[ai]
 Comic book Bob Kane
Bill Finger 		DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Hello Kitty 1974 $29.3 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $29.3 billion[aj]
  • Box office – $61,487[155]
 Cartoon character[156] Yuko Shimizu
Shintaro Tsuji 		Sanrio
Transformers 1984 $25 billion[ak] Animated series Shōji Kawamori
Kazutaka Miyatake 		Takara Tomy
Hasbro
Dungeon Fighter Online
(DFO) 		2005 $22 billion
  • Computer game – $22 billion[161]
 Video game Neople Nexon
Tencent
Cars 2006 $21.5 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $19.114 billion[am]
  • Box office – $1.799 billion[an]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $634 million[ao]
 Animated film Pixar
John Lasseter 		Pixar

(The Walt Disney Company)

Candy Crush 2012 $20 billion
  • Video games – $20 billion[168]
 Video game King Activision Blizzard
(Microsoft Gaming)

$10–19 billion

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Looney Tunes 1930 $17.4 billion Animated cartoon Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising 		Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1984 $17.4 billion Comic book Kevin Eastman
Peter Laird 		Nickelodeon
(Paramount Global)
Dora the Explorer 2000 $15.8 billion Animated series Chris Gifford
Valerie Walsh
Eric Weiner 		Nickelodeon
(Paramount Global)
Pac-Man 1980 $15.4 billion Video game Toru Iwatani
Namco 		Bandai Namco Entertainment
(Bandai Namco Holdings)
The Lion King 1994 $15.2 billion Animated film Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff 		The Walt Disney Company
Toy Story 1995 $14.8 billion
  • Retail sales – $11 billion[ax]
  • Box office – $3.273 billion[206]
  • VHS sales – $290 million[48]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $250 million[207]
 Animated film Pixar
John Lasseter 		The Walt Disney Company
Peanuts 1950 $14.4 billion Comic strip Charles M. Schulz Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Sony)
Peanuts Worldwide LLC (WildBrain)
PAW Patrol 2013 $14.4 billion
  • Retail sales – $14 billion[213]
  • Box office – $373.7 million[214]
  • Home media – $39 million[215]
 Animated series Keith Chapman Spin Master
Avengers 1963 $14.3 billion
  • Box office – $7.765 billion[216]
  • Merchandise sales – $6.596 billion[az]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $18 million[ba]
 Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby 		Marvel Entertainment
(The Walt Disney Company)
Frozen 2013 $13.9 billion Animated film Chris Buck
Jennifer Lee
Hans Christian Andersen 		The Walt Disney Company
Space Invaders 1978 $13.9 billion Video game Tomohiro Nishikado Taito
(Square Enix)
SpongeBob SquarePants 1999 $13.7 billion Animated series Stephen Hillenburg Nickelodeon
(Paramount Global)
Warcraft 1994 $12.4 billion Video game Allen Adham
Frank Pearce
Michael Morhaime 		Activision Blizzard
(Microsoft Gaming)
Despicable Me
(Minions) 		2010 $11.6 billion
  • Retail sales – $6 billion[230]
  • Box office – $4.88 billion[231]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $725 million[232]
 Animated film Sergio Pablos Illumination
Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Star Trek 1966 $11.2 billion[bf]
  • Retail sales – $5.253 billion[bg]
  • TV revenue – $2.3 billion[233]
  • Box office – $2.266 billion[235]
  • VHS sales – $1 billion[233]
  • DVD & Blu-ray – $426 million[236]
 Television series Gene Roddenberry Paramount Global
Street Fighter 1987 $10.7 billion Video game Takashi Nishiyama
Hiroshi Matsumoto 		Capcom
Grand Theft Auto
(GTA) 		1997 $10 billion
  • Video games – $10 billion[bi]
 Video game DMA Design
David Jones
Mike Dailly 		Rockstar Games
(Take-Two Interactive)
Rilakkuma 2003 $10 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $10 billion[247]
 Manga Aki Kondo San-X
Monster Strike 2013 $10 billion
  • Mobile Game- $10 billion[bj]
 Video game Yoshiki Okamoto Mixi

$5–9 billion

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James Bond 1953 $9.75 billion Novel Ian Fleming Jonathan Cape (books)
Danjaq and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (films)
Dragon Ball 1984 $9.54 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $6 billion[bm]
  • Box office - $317 million[261]
  • Home video - $29 million[262]
  • Video games – $3.2 billion[bn]
 Manga Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio)
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Toei Animation (anime) Fuji TV (anime)
Bandai Namco
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2016 $9.32 billion
  • Retail sales- $8.74 billion[265][266]
  • Box office – $579 million[267]
  • Home media – $4.8 million[268]
 Manga Koyoharu Gotōge Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
ufotable (anime)

Aniplex (anime)

Angry Birds 2009 $9.19 billion Video game Jaakko Iisalo Rovio Entertainment
(Sega Sammy Holdings)
Thomas & Friends 1945 $9.12 billion Book Wilbert Awdry
Christopher Awdry 		Egmont Group
Mattel
Fortnite 2017 $9 billion
  • Video games – $9 billion[276]
 Video game Epic Games Epic Games
Tencent
Jurassic Park 1990 $8.82 billion
  • Box office – $6.012 billion[277]
  • Merchandise sales – $1.706 billion[br]
  • Home video sales – $959 million[bs]
  • TV revenue – $150 million[280][281]
 Novel Michael Crichton Alfred A. Knopf (novel)
Universal Pictures (Comcast)
Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film)
Mario 1981 $8.75 billion
  • Video games – $7.33 billion[bt]
  • Box office – $1.4 billion[bu]
  • Home media – $21 million[289]
 Video game Shigeru Miyamoto
Nintendo R&D1 		Nintendo
Super Sentai /
Power Rangers 		1975 (Super Sentai)
1993 (Power Rangers) 		$8.67 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $8.47 billion[bv]
  • DVD & Blu-ray – $18 million[291]
  • Box office – $182 million[292]
 Television series Shotaro Ishinomori
Haim Saban
Shuki Levy 		Toei Company (Super Sentai; Power Rangers co-ownership, trademark in Asia)
Bandai Namco Holdings (Super Sentai merchandise)
Hasbro (Power Rangers co-ownership, international trademark)
Middle-earth
(The Lord of the Rings) 		1937 $8.34 billion
  • Retail sales – $1.5 billion[293]
  • Box office – $5.846 billion[294]
  • Home media – $995 million[295]
 Novel J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien Estate (books)
Middle-earth Enterprises (Embracer Freemode) (ownership of IP outside of books)
New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films, under sublicense of Middle-earth Enterprises)
DC Extended Universe
(DCEU) 		2013 $7.95 billion
  • Box office – $7.141 billion[296]
  • Home video sales – $709.4 million[bw]
  • Merchandise sales – $100 million[299]
 Film DC Entertainment DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Fast & Furious 2001 $7.91 billion
  • Box office – $7.321 billion[300]
  • Home entertainment – $595 million[301]
 Film Gary Scott Thompson Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Pirates of the Caribbean 2003[bx] $7.9 billion Film Walt Disney
Walt Disney Imagineering
Marc Davis
Gore Verbinski
Jerry Bruckheimer 		The Walt Disney Company
Ben 10 2005 $7.85 billion
  • Retail sales – $7.853 billion[ca]
 Animated series Man of Action Studios Cartoon Network Studios Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Sesame Street
(The Muppets) 		1955 $7.72 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $7.05 billion[cb]
  • Box office – $481 million[cc]
  • TV licensing – $96 million[312]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $98 million[313]
 Television series Jim Henson
Joan Ganz Cooney
Lloyd Morrisett 		The Muppets Studio
(The Walt Disney Company)
Sesame Workshop
Ultra Series
(Ultraman) 		1966 $7.4 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $7.4 billion[ce]
  • Box office – $1.1 million[316]
  • Home media – $1.4 million[317]
 Television series Eiji Tsuburaya Tsuburaya Productions
(Bandai Namco Holdings)
X-Men 1963 $7 billion
  • Box office – $6.073 billion[318]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $823.6 million[319]
  • Merchandise sales - $85 million[cf]
  • Video games – $28 million[cg]
 Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby 		Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Madden NFL 1998 $7 billion
  • Video games – $7 billion[321]
 Video game Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
National Football League (NFL)
Fate
(Fate/stay night) 		2004 $7 billion Video game Type-Moon Type-Moon (video game)
Aniplex (Sony Music Japan) (anime & mobile game)
Superman 1938 $6.9 billion Comic book Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster 		DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Halo 2001 $6.8 billion Video game Bungie
343 Industries 		Microsoft Gaming
Ice Age 2002 $6.42 billion[ci]
  • Box office – $2.9 billion[328]
  • Retail sales – $1.3 billion[328]
  • Home entertainment – $347 million[329]
 Animated film Michael J. Wilson
Blue Sky Studios 		20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
Shrek 1990 $6.3 billion Picture book William Steig
DreamWorks Animation 		Farrar, Straus and Giroux (book)
Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)
The Phantom of the Opera 1986 $6.15 billion Musical theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber
My Little Pony 1984 $5.98 billion
  • Retail sales – $5.916 billion[cm]
  • Box office – $67.3 million[cn]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $4.3 million[342]
 Animated cartoon Lauren Faust
Bonnie Zacherle 		Hasbro
Avatar 2009 $5.78 billion
  • Box office – $5.2 billion[co]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $429 million[345]
  • Merchandise sales – $153 million[346]
 Film James Cameron 20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
Sonic the Hedgehog 1991 $5.76 billion Video game Sonic Team
Hirokazu Yasuhara
Yuji Naka
Naoto Ohshima 		Sega
(Sega Sammy Holdings)
Scooby-Doo 1969 $5.43 billion Animated series Joe Ruby
Ken Spears 		Warner Bros.
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Yu-Gi-Oh! 1996 $5.42 billion Manga Kazuki Takahashi Kazuki Takahashi
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Konami (games and cards)
Mamma Mia 1975 $5.16 billion Song ABBA Polar / Epic (Sony) (song)
Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)
Mortal Kombat 1992 $5.06 billion[cu] Video game Midway Games Chicago
Ed Boon
John Tobias 		Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Gundam 1979 $5 billion
  • Retail sales – $5 billion[cw]
 Anime series Yoshiyuki Tomino Bandai Namco Filmworks, directly and through Sotsu
(Bandai Namco Holdings)
Genshin Impact 2020 $5 billion
  • Video game – $5 billion[374]
 Video game miHoYo
Cai Haoyu 		miHoYo
The Sims 2000 $5 billion
  • Video games – $5 billion[375]
 Video game Will Wright Electronic Arts
Bob the Builder 1998 $5 billion
  • Retail sales – $5 billion[376]
 Animated series Keith Chapman Mattel

$2–4 billion

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The Simpsons 1987 $4.9 billion Animated series Matt Groening 20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
Beyblade 1999 $4.6 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $4.6 billion[382][cz]
  • Box office – $9.7 million[da]
 Manga Takao Aoki Takao Aoki
Shogakukan
(Hitotsubashi Group)
The Big Bang Theory 2007 $4.57 billion
  • TV advertising – $3.57 billion[db]
  • TV syndication – $1 billion[386]
 Television series Chuck Lorre
Bill Prady 		Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Seinfeld 1989 $4.56 billion Television series Larry David
Jerry Seinfeld 		Sony Pictures Television
(Sony)
Mission: Impossible 1966 $4.35 billion[dc] Television series Bruce Geller Paramount Pictures
(Paramount Global)
Twilight 2005 $4.31 billion Novel Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown and Company
Summit Entertainment
Gran Turismo 1997 $4.1 billion Video game Kazunori Yamauchi
Polyphony Digital 		Sony Interactive Entertainment
(Sony)
Strawberry Shortcake 1979 $4 billion
  • Retail sales – $4 billion[211]
  • DVD sales – $2.6 million[397]
 Greeting card American Greetings WildBrain
The Smurfs 1958 $4 billion[de]
  • Box office - $1.109 billion[399]
  • Home media - $98.4 million[df]
 Comic Peyo Studio Peyo
Cabbage Patch Kids 1982[dg] $4 billion
  • Retail sales – $4 billion[402]
 television special Coleco Wicked Cool Toys
(Berkshire Hathaway)
G.I. Joe 1967 $3.95 billion Comic Stan Weston Hasbro
Blue's Clues 1996 $3.6 billion
  • Retail sales – $3.6 billion[408]
 Television series Traci Paige Johnson
Todd Kessler
Angela C. Santomero 		Nickelodeon
(Paramount Global)
Beauty and the Beast 1991 $3.52 billion Animated film Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise
Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve 		The Walt Disney Company
Skylanders 2011 $3.5 billion[414]
  • Licensed merchandise – $1.858 billion[dl]
 Video game Toys for Bob Activision Blizzard
(Microsoft Gaming)
The Hunger Games 2008 $3.47 billion Novel Suzanne Collins Scholastic Corporation (books)
Lionsgate (films)
Titanic 1997 $3.42 billion
  • Box office – $2.222 billion[417]
  • VHS & DVD sales – $1.2 billion[418]
 Film James Cameron Paramount Pictures (North America)
20th Century Studios (international) (The Walt Disney Company)
Titanfall 2014 $3.4 billion
  • Video games - $3.4 billion[dm]
 Video Game Respawn Entertainment Electronic Arts
Minecraft 2009 $3.3 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3.367 billion[dn]
 Video game Markus Persson Mojang Studios
(Xbox Game Studios)
Bratz 2001 $3.23 billion
  • Retail sales – $3.15 billion[do]
  • Box office – $26 million[422]
  • Home entertainment – $56.7 million[423]
 Doll Carter Bryant MGA Entertainment
Care Bears 1981 $3.05 billion
  • Retail sales – $3.02 billion[dp]
  • Box office – $34 million[dq]
 Greeting card American Greetings American Greetings
Hamtaro 1997 $3.02 billion
  • Retail sales – $3 billion[429]
  • Box office – $25 million[dr]
 Manga Ritsuko Kawai Shogakukan
(Hitotsubashi Group)
Terminator 1984 $3 billion[ds]
  • Box office – $2.074 billion[432]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $136 million[433]
 Film James Cameron
Gale Anne Hurd 		Skydance Media
Astro Boy 1952 $3 billion Manga Osamu Tezuka Tezuka Productions
Thor 1962 $2.98 billion
  • Box office – $2.705 billion[436]
  • Home entertainment – $279 million[437]
 Comic book Stan Lee
Larry Lieber
Jack Kirby 		Marvel Entertainment
(The Walt Disney Company)
Iron Man 1963 $2.89 billion Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Larry Lieber
Don Heck 		Marvel Entertainment
(The Walt Disney Company)
Guardians of the Galaxy 1969 $2.71 billion
  • Box office – $2.485 billion[440]
  • Home video – $232 million[441]
 Comic book Marvel Comics Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
The Elder Scrolls 1994 $2.65 billion
  • Video games – $2.65 billion[dt]
 Video game Bethesda Softworks ZeniMax Media
(Microsoft Gaming)
Godzilla
(Gojira) 		1954 $2.63 billion
  • Box office – $2.495 billion[446]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $136.4 million[447]
 Film Ishirō Honda Toho
Inside Out 2015 $2.61 billion
  • Box office - $2.497 billion[448]
  • Home media - $122.2 million[449]
 Film Pete Docter Pixar (The Walt Disney Company
Indiana Jones 1981 $2.6 billion
  • Box office – $2.210 billion[450]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $396 million[451]
 Film George Lucas
Steven Spielberg 		Lucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Company)
Madagascar 2005 $2.59 billion
  • Box office – $2.270 billion[452]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $329 million[453]
 Animated film Tom McGrath
Eric Darnell 		DreamWorks Animation
(Comcast)
Captain America 1941 $2.55 billion Comic book Joe Simon
Jack Kirby 		Marvel Comics
(The Walt Disney Company)
Kung Fu Panda 2008 $2.54 billion
  • Box office – $2.306 billion[456]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $234 million[457]
 Animated film Ethan Reiff
Cyrus Voris 		Universal Pictures (Comcast)
Winx Club 2004 $2.53 billion
  • Retail sales – $2.5 billion[458][du]
  • Box office – $34 million[dv]
 Animated series Iginio Straffi Rainbow S.p.A.
Paramount Global (copyright for seasons 5–7)
The Powerpuff Girls 1998 $2.52 billion Animated series Craig McCracken Cartoon Network
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Friends 1994 $2.5 billion
  • TV syndication – $1.5 billion[464]
  • TV advertising – $1 billion[dx]
  • Box office – $89,007[466]
 Television series David Crane
Marta Kauffman 		Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Sailor Moon 1991 $2.5 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $2.5 billion[467]
 Manga Naoko Takeuchi Naoko Takeuchi
Kodansha (manga)
Toei Animation (anime)
The Incredibles 2004 $2.37 billion
  • Box office – $1.874 billion[468]
  • Merchandise sales – $370 million[dy]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $127 million[469]
 Animated film Pixar The Walt Disney Company
Kumamon 2010 $2.36 billion
  • Retail sales – $2.36 billion[dz]
 Cartoon Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto Prefecture
Aladdin 1992 $2.33 billion Animated film Walt Disney Animation
Hanna Diyab 		The Walt Disney Company
Black Panther 1966 $2.29 billion
  • Box office – $2.190 billion[476]
  • Home video – $104 million[477]
 Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby 		Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Planet of the Apes 1963 $2.27 billion
  • Box office – $2.115 billion[478]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $157 million[479]
 Novel Pierre Boulle Éditions Julliard (book)
20th Century Studios (Disney) (films)
Jumanji 1981 $2.24 billion
  • Box office – $2.089 billion[480]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $155 million[481]
 Picture book Chris Van Allsburg Sony
The Little Mermaid 1989 $2.21 billion[eb]
  • Box office – $782 million[483]
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion[484]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $349 million[485]
  • Musical - $83 million[486]
 Animated film Ron Clements
John Musker 		The Walt Disney Company
The Conjuring Universe 2013 $2.18 billion
  • Box office – $2.107 billion[487]
  • Home media – $79 million[488]
 Film James Wan Warner Brothers
Ghostbusters 1984 $2.18 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion[489]
  • Box office – $1.1 billion[490]
  • Home media – $85 million[491]
 Film Dan Aykroyd
Harold Ramis 		Sony
Finding Nemo 2003 $2.15 billion
  • Box office – $1.961 billion[492]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $196 million[493]
 Animated film Andrew Stanton The Walt Disney Company
Rocky 1976 $2.11 billion
  • Box office - $1.993 billion[494]
  • Home media - $119.5 million[495]
 Film Sylvester Stallone Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon)
MonsterVerse 2014 $2.09 billion
  • Box office – $1.94 billion[496]
  • Home media – $159 million[497]
 Film Thomas Tull
Ishirō Honda (Godzilla)
Edgar Wallace (King Kong)
Merian C. Cooper (King Kong) 		Warner Brothers
Legendary Entertainment
Toho (Godzilla)
Yo-kai Watch 2013 $2.09 billion Video game Level-5 Level-5
The Chronicles of Narnia 2005 $2.06 billion
  • Box office - $1.556 billion[500]
  • Home media - $506 million[501]
 Film C. S. Lewis
Andrew Adamson 		Netflix
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 $2.04 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion[502]
  • Box office – $797 million[503]
  • VHS sales – $250 million[504]
 Film Steven Spielberg Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Bourne 1980 $2.03 billion Novel Robert Ludlum Eric Van Lustbader (books)
Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)
Men in Black 1990 $2.02 billion Comic book Lowell Cunningham Marvel Comics (Disney) (comics)
Sony (films)
Resident Evil
(Biohazard) 		1996 $2 billion Video game Shinji Mikami
Tokuro Fujiwara 		Capcom
Guitar Hero 2005 $2 billion
  • Video games – $2 billion[512]
 Video game Harmonix Activision Blizzard
(Microsoft Gaming)
Lego 1995 $2 billion Video game Lego Interactive (The Lego Group) TT Games (Warner Bros. Discovery)
NBA Jam 1993 $2 billion
  • Video games – $2 billion[514]
 Video game Midway Games Electronic Arts
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Neon Genesis Evangelion 1994 $2 billion[ed]
  • TV revenue - $1.4 billion[516]
  • Retail sales - $255 million[517]
 Anime Hideaki Anno Khara

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Pokémon franchise:
    • The Pokémon Company no longer mentions how much the franchise has earned on their website, as of May 2019
    • $10 billion revenue up until 2001[1]
    • over ¥6.0 trillion($50 billion) revenue up until March 2017[2]
  2. ^ Pokémon merchandise sales:
    • Until 2005 – $25 billion[3][4][5]
    • 2006 – $1.3 billion[6]
    • 2007 – $1.4 billion[7]
    • 2008 – $1.4 billion[8]
    • 2009 – $1.4 billion[9]
    • 2010 – $2.5 billion[10]
    • 2011 – $1.5 billion[11]
    • 2012 – $1.6 billion[12]
    • 2013 – $1.5 billion[13]
    • 2014 – $2 billion[14]
    • 2015 – $2.1 billion[15]
    • 2016 – $3.3 billion[16]
    • 2017 – $3.5 billion[17]
    • 2018 – $2.98 billion[18]
    • 2019 – $4.2 billion[19]
    • 2020 – $5.1 billion[20]
    • 2021 – $8.5 billion[21]
    • 2022 – $11.6 billion[22]
    • 2023 – $10.8 billion[23]
  3. ^ Pokémon Go – $6 billion[24]
  4. ^ Pokémon home video sales:
  5. ^ Pokémon Jet aircraft sales in Japan as of 2004 – ¥300 million[31] ($3 million)
  6. ^ Mickey Mouse & Friends retail sales:
    • 2002 – $4.7 billion[32]
    • 2003 – $5.8 billion[33]
    • 2005 – $6 billion[34]
    • 2007 – $6 billion[35]
    • 2010 – $9 billion[36]
    • 2011 – $750 million in North America.[37]
    • 2012 – $4.122 billion[38]
    • 2013 – $4.568 billion[38]
    • 2014 – $4.719 billion[39]
    • 2015 – $4.262 billion[40]
    • 2016 – $4.247 billion[40]
    • 2017 – $3.233 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $3.265 billion[42]
  7. ^
  8. ^
    • 1991 VHS release of Fantasia earned $209 million in sales[48]
    • Others since 2001 – $114 million[49]
  9. ^ Clothing line only
  10. ^ Winnie the Pooh retail sales:
    • 1986 – $100 million[50][i]
    • 1997 – $4 billion[51]
    • 2002– $7 billion[52]
    • 2003 – $5.6 billion[33]
    • 2005 – $6 billion[34]
    • 2006 – $6.9 billion[53]
    • 2011 – $1.09 billion in North America.[37]
    • 2012 – $3.17 billion[38]
    • 2013 – $2.808 billion[38]
    • 2014 – $2.732 billion[54]
    • 2015 – $2.74 billion[40]
    • 2016 – $2.791 billion[41]
    • 2017 – $1.649 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $1.675 billion[42]
  11. ^ $6.6 billion franchise revenue up until May 1987.[58]
  12. ^
  13. ^ Star Wars video games:
    • Up until December 2015 – $3 billion[63]
    • Mobile (2013–2019) – $1 billion[64]
  14. ^ Star Wars television revenue:
    • Clone Wars (as of 2015) – $4.5 million[63]
    • Television rights (2016) – $275 million[65]
  15. ^ The first film featuring a Disney Princess character, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was released in 1937.
  16. ^
    • 2000 – $200 million[66]
    • 2001 – $300 million[67]
    • 2002 – $1 billion[68]
    • 2003 – $1.3 billion[69]
    • 2004 – $2 billion[70]
    • 2005 – $3 billion[71][72]
    • 2006 – $3 billion[73]
    • 2007 – $4 billion[74]
    • 2008 – $4 billion[75]
    • 2009 – $3.7 billion.[76][77]
    • 2010 – $3.250 billion[78]
    • 2011 – $1.6 billion[37]
    • 2012 – $2.896 billion[38]
    • 2013 – $2.885 billion[38]
    • 2014 – $2.568 billion.[54]
    • 2015 – $2.635 billion[40]
    • 2016 – $2.724 billion[41]
    • 2017 – $2.133 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $1.686 billion[42]
  17. ^ ¥150 billion+ annual sales for nearly 30 years - ¥3,750 billion+ ($38.42 billion+)[80]
  18. ^ ¥1.5 billion[81] ($14.51 million).
  19. ^ Books - $7.7 billion, 1997-2016[83] Ebooks and Audiobooks (Pottermore)
    • $127.1 million (£95.1 million), 2016-2018[84]
    • $40.3 million (£31.5 million), 2019[85]
    • $149 million (£110.7 million), 2020–2022[86]
    • $61.3 million (£48.2 million), 2022–2023[87]
  20. ^ Harry Potter merchandise:
    • 2002 – $2.9 billion[32]
    • 2003 – $2.8 billion[33]
    • 2010 – $300 million[78]
    • 2011 – $100 million[88]
    • 2017–2018 – $1.01 billion[89]
  21. ^ $3.9 billion Harry Potter home entertainment revenue up until 2014.[90] $71 million Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2017.[91] $44 million Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2018.[92] $17 million Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2022 .[93]
  22. ^ Harry Potter video games:
  23. ^ Palace Theater, London (presales), $32 million[97] Broadway, New York (2018–2020), $174 million[98] Broadway, New York (2021–present), $194 million[99] Curran Theater, San Francisco, $2 million [100]
  24. ^ The Barbie brand began expansion to a media franchise in 1987 with two TV specials and video games, culminating with the launch of the CGI/computer-animated film series. Since 2012, the franchise expanded even further to include television shows, web series, short films and streaming media content. Earlier Excluding pre-1987 Barbie toy sales.
  25. ^
  26. ^
  27. ^
  28. ^
    • 2002 – $2.7 billion[128]
    • 2003 – $billion[129]
    • 2010 – $590 million[78]
    • 2011 – $325 million[37]
    • 2012 – $1.285 billion[38]
    • 2013 – $1.333 billion[38]
    • 2014 – $1.453 billion[54]
    • 2015 – $1.512 billion[40]
    • 2016 – $1.551 billion[41]
    • 2017 – $1.402 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $1.075 billion[42]
  29. ^ Box office gross of Spider-Man films:
  30. ^ Spider-Man home video revenue:
  31. ^ Spider-Man video games:
  32. ^ Call of Duty video game revenue:
  33. ^ Batman retail sales:
    • As of 2012 – $16 billion[140]
    • Merchandise sales during 2013–2018 – $5.017 billion
      • 2013 – $494 million[141]
      • 2014 – $578 million[54]
      • 2015 – $982 million[40]
      • 2016 – $1.1 billion[41]
      • 2017 – $1.024 billion[41]
      • 2018 – $839 million[89]
    • Home video sales between September 2012 and January 2020 – $312 million[142]
  34. ^ $650 million VHS and DVD sales for Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin up until 2005.[143] $562 million DVD and Blu-ray sales for films released since 2008.[144]
  35. ^ Batman television revenue:
  36. ^
    • 1986 – $477.8 million[148]
    • 1987 – $506 million[148]
    • 2000 – $1.2 billion[149]
    • 2002 – $1 billion[150][151]
    • 2003 – $500 million in the United States[152]
    • 2005 – $500 million[153]
    • 2011 – $4.100 billion[88]
    • 2012 – $4.039 billion[38]
    • 2013 – $8 billion[154]
    • 2015 – $3.756 billion[40]
    • 2017 – $2.663 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $2.645 billion[42]
  37. ^ ¥2 trillion ($25 billion) Transformers franchise revenue up until 2011.[157]
  38. ^ Transformers merchandise sales:
    • 1984–1992 – $1 billion US toy sales[158]
    • 2012 – $314 million[38]
    • 2013 – $304 million[38]
    • 2014 – $410 million[54]
    • 2015 – $430 million[40]
    • 2016 – $446 million[40]
    • 2017 – $652 million[41]
    • 2018 – $423 million[89]
  39. ^ $10 billion up until 2011.[162] $2.527 billion in 2012. $2.3 billion in 2013.[38] $2.025 billion in 2014.[54] $1 billion in 2015.[163] $588 million in 2016. $674 million in 2017.[41]
  40. ^
    • Cars series – $1.405 billion[164]
    • Planes series – $394 million[165]
  41. ^
    • Cars series – $513 million[166]
    • Planes series – $121 million[167]
  42. ^ Looney Tunes franchise retail sales:
    • 1978 – $100 million[169]
    • 1993 – $1 billion[170]
    • 1994 – $2 billion[170]
    • 1995 – $2.5 billion[171]
    • 1996 – $5 billion[172]
    • 2010 – $603 million[78]
    • 2012 – $624 million[38]
    • 2013 – $617 million[38]
    • 2014 – $628 million[54]
    • 2015 – $639 million[40]
    • 2016 – $645 million[41]
    • 2017 – $624 million[41]
    • 2018 – $597 million[89]
    • Space Jam – $1.2 billion[173]
  43. ^
  44. ^
    • Up until 1994 – $6 billion[181]
    • 2003–2005 – $1 billion[182]
    • 2009–2012 – $475 million[183]
    • 2012–2022 – $8 billion[184]
  45. ^
    • Up until 2014 – $13 billion[188]
    • 2015 – $933 million[189]
    • 2016 – $915 million[189]
    • 2017 – $565 million[41]
  46. ^ Home entertainment sales up until 2005
  47. ^ Pac-Man video game revenue:
  48. ^ Buckner & Garcia's Pac-Man Fever album and "Pac-Man Fever" single – $32 million[200]
  49. ^ $3 billion up until 1998.[202]
  50. ^
  51. ^ Peanuts retail sales:
    • 1986 – $1 billion[208]
    • 1997 – $1.1 billion[209][210]
    • 2010 – $2 billion[78]
    • US sales in 2011 – $600 million[37]
    • 2012 – $1.141 billion[38]
    • 2013 – $1.167 billion[38]
    • 2014 – $1.194 billion[54]
    • 2015 – $1.3 billion[211]
    • 2016 – $1.468 billion[41]
    • 2017 – $1.558 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $1.662 billion[42]
  52. ^
    • 2013 - $325 million[141]
    • 2014 - $1 billion[217]
    • 2015 – $1.004 billion[40]
    • 2016 – $1.242 billion[41]
    • 2017 – $1.227 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $1.798 billion[42]
  53. ^ Avengers DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • Ultimate Avengers – The Movie (2006) – $6.7 million[218]
    • Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006) – $7.8 million[219]
    • The Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008) – $4.1 million[220]
  54. ^
    • 2014 – $5 billion[221]
    • 2015 – $1.573 billion[40]
    • 2016 – $1.598 billion[41]
    • 2017 – $1.404 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $1.013 billion[42]
  55. ^ Arcade and software revenue up until 2016
  56. ^ $13 billion up until 2018.[225]
  57. ^ Revenue up until 2016[228]
  58. ^ $7.8 billion franchise revenue up until December 1998.[233]
  59. ^
    • Up until 2002 - $4 billion[234]
    • 2010 – $150 million[78]
    • 2012-2013 – $275 million[38]
    • 2014 – $148 million[54]
    • 2015 – $149 million[40]
    • 2016 – $159 million[41]
    • 2017 – $180 million[41]
    • 2018 – $192 million[89]
  60. ^ Street Fighter box office and home video revenue:
  61. ^ Grand Theft Auto:
  62. ^ Monster Strike:
    • Up until October 2018 – $7.2 billion[248]
    • November 2018 – $52 million+[249]
    • December 2018 – $68 million+[250]
    • 2019 – $932 million[251]
    • 2020 – $958 million[251]
    • 2021 – $702 million[252]
    • Up to September 2022 – $10 billion[253]
  63. ^ Up until 1997
  64. ^ GoldenEye – $500 million[257]
  65. ^
    • Up until 2011 - $5 billion[258]
    • 2022-2023 - ¥139 billion($1 billion)[259][260]
  66. ^
  67. ^ $250 million in 2011.[269] $1.849 billion in 2012. $1.882 billion in 2013.[38] $1.16 billion in 2014.[54] $1.065 billion in 2015.[40] $1.277 billion in 2016. $814 million in 2017.[41]
  68. ^
  69. ^
    • Up until 1997 - $1 billion[273]
    • 2000 - $260 million in North America[274]
    • 2010 - $1.2 billion[78]
    • 2011 - $390 million[37]
    • 2012 - $998 million[38]
    • 2013 - $926 million[38]
    • 2014 - $935 million[54]
    • 2015 - $960 million[40]
    • 2016 - $985 million[41]
    • 2017 - $726 million[41]
    • 2018 - $727 million[89]
  70. ^ Jurassic Park merchandise:
    • 1993–1995 – $1 billion[278]
    • 2017 – $353 million[89]
    • 2018 – $353 million[89]
  71. ^ $545 million up until 2004.[279] $414 million since 2015.[277]
  72. ^ Mario video games:
  73. ^ Mario franchise box office:
  74. ^ Power Rangers licensed merchandise sales:
    • Power Rangers licensed toy sales during 1993–1999 – $6 billion wholesale revenue[290]
    • Power Rangers licensed merchandise sales during 2012–2018 – $2.479 billion
      • 2012 – $300 million[38]
      • 2013 – $333 million[38]
      • 2014 – $326 million[54]
      • 2015 – $330 million[40]
      • 2016–2017 – $909 million[41]
      • 2018 – $281 million[89]
  75. ^
  76. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean became a media franchise with the debut of the film series in 2003.
  77. ^ $1.75 billion up until May 2017.[303] $31 million DVD and Blu-ray sales since September 2017.[304]
  78. ^ Merchandise retail sales up until 2011.
  79. ^
    • Up until 2013 – $6 billion[306]
    • 2014 – $681 million[307]
    • 2015 – $569 million[40]
    • 2016 – $603 million[40]
  80. ^
    • 2010 – $900 million[78]
    • 2011 – $515 million[37]
    • 2012 – $893 million[38]
    • 2013 – $923 million[38]
    • 2014 – $828 million[54]
    • 2015 – $792 million[40]
    • 2016 – $775 million[41]
    • 2017 – $724 million[41]
    • 2018 – $700 million[89]
  81. ^ Muppets franchise box office:
  82. ^ Sales in Japan only
  83. ^ Ultraman merchandise sales:
  84. ^
    • 1994 – $85 million[320]
  85. ^ X-Men video games:
  86. ^
    • 2010 - $280 million[78]
    • 2012 – $277 million[38]
    • 2013 - $277 million[38]
    • 2014 - $305 million[54]
    • 2015 - $725 million[40]
    • 2016 - $812 million[41]
    • 2017 - $722 million[41]
    • 2018 - $634 million[89]
  87. ^ Ice Age:
  88. ^ First two films grossed $1.6 billion.[331] Later films grossed $322 million.[330]
  89. ^ Shrek video games:
  90. ^
  91. ^
    • 1980s - $1 billion[335]
    • 2012 - $260 million[38]
    • 2013 - $650 million[13]
    • 2014 - $1 billion[336]
    • 2015 - $1.2 billion[15]
    • 2016 - $456 million[41]
    • 2017 - $660 million[41]
    • 2018 - $690 million[89]
  92. ^ My Little Pony box office gross:
  93. ^ Avatar Franchise Box Office:
  94. ^
  95. ^ Yu-Gi-Oh licensed merchandise sales:
    • Up until January 2012 – $5 billion[357]
  96. ^ $284 million, collecting data from 2016, 2018, 2019, and the first half of 2021[358][359][360][361]
  97. ^ Yu-Gi-Oh video games:
  98. ^ Yu-Gi-Oh Box Office:
  99. ^ Mortal Kombat franchise:
  100. ^ Mortal Kombat video games:
  101. ^ Gundam retail sales:
    • Merchandise sales during 1979–1999 – $5 billion[372][373]
  102. ^
    • 1990 – $750 million[377]
    • 1993 – $250 million[378]
    • 2008 – $750 million[379]
    • During 2012–2013 – $725 million[38]
    • 2014 – $390 million[54]
    • 2015 – $396 million[40]
    • During 2016–2017 – $707 million[41]
    • 2018 – $255 million[89]
  103. ^ The Simpsons video games:
  104. ^ Sales up until 2015
  105. ^
  106. ^ $1.74 billion in 2015. $1.83 billion in 2016.[385]
  107. ^ $4 billion franchise revenue up until 2011[389]
  108. ^ Mission: Impossible video games:
  109. ^ $4 billion franchise revenue up until 2008[398]
  110. ^
  111. ^ as a media franchise
  112. ^
    • up until 1994 – $2.6 billion[403]
    • 2001 – $80 million[404]
    • 2009 – $125 million[405]
    • 2010 – $300 million[78]
  113. ^
  114. ^ up until 2015
  115. ^ Beauty and the Beast DVD and Blu-ray sales:
  116. ^
    • 2013 – $500 million[38]
    • 2014 – $495 million[54]
    • 2015 – $471 million[40]
    • 2016 – $392 million[40]
  117. ^
  118. ^
    • $1 million as of 2012.[420]
    • 2013 – $300 million[38]
    • 2014 – $407 million[54]
    • 2015 – $549 million[40]
    • 2016 – $700 million[41]
    • 2017 – $679 million[41]
    • 2018 – $731 million[42]
  119. ^
    • 2002 – $650 million[421]
    • 2004 – $2.5 billion[117]
  120. ^ Care Bears retail sales:
    • 1980s – $2 billion[424]
    • 2002 – $70 million[425]
    • 2003 – $350 million[426]
    • 2005 – $600 million[427]
  121. ^ Care Bears films at box office:
  122. ^
  123. ^ $3 billion franchise revenue up until 2010.[431]
  124. ^ The Elder Scrolls video game revenue:
  125. ^ Retail sales up until 2010.
  126. ^ Winx Club Franchise Box Office:
  127. ^ Retail sales up until 2014.
  128. ^ More than $1 billion in the 1990s.[465]
  129. ^
    • 2017 - $185 million[42]
    • 2018 - $185 million[42]
  130. ^ Kumamon retail sales:
    • 2011–2012 – $1.2 billion[470]
    • 2016 – $1.16 billion[471]
  131. ^ Aladdin Franchise Box Office:
  132. ^ $2 billion franchise revenue up until 1992[482]
  133. ^ as of 2019
  134. ^ Franchise revenue up until 2006[515]

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