List of highest-grossing media franchises
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This is a list of media franchises that have grossed more than $2 billion.
List
| Franchise | Year of inception |
Total revenue (est. US$) | Revenue breakdown (est. US$) |
Original medium | Creator(s) | Owner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$50 billion+ | ||||||
| Pokémon | 1996 | $115 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 |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (original books and Disney franchise) | 1924 (original books) 1966 (Disney franchise) |
$50.2 billion | Book[59] | A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard (original books) Walt Disney Animation Studios (Disney franchise) |
The Walt Disney Company | |
$20–49 billion | ||||||
| Star Wars | 1977 | $46.7 billion[m] |
|
Film | George Lucas | Lucasfilm (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Disney Princess | 2000 | $45.4 billion | Animated films | Andy Mooney | The Walt Disney Company | |
| Anpanman | 1973 | $38.4 billion | Picture book | Takashi Yanase | Froebel-kan (Toppan Printing Co.) | |
| Barbie | 1987[t] | $36.3 billion |
|
Television special | Ruth Handler | Mattel |
| Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) |
2008 | $35.2 billion |
|
Film | Marvel Studios Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company) Sony Pictures (Spider-Man films) |
| Wizarding World (Harry Potter) |
1997 | $34.7 billion |
|
Novel | J. K. Rowling | J. K. Rowling (books) Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films) |
| Hello Kitty | 1974 | $33.5 billion | Cartoon character[139] | Yuko Shimizu Shintaro Tsuji |
Sanrio | |
| Call of Duty | 2003 | $31 billion |
|
Video game | Infinity Ward | Activision Blizzard (Xbox) |
| Batman | 1939 | $29.9 billion |
|
Comic book | Bob Kane Bill Finger |
DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Spider-Man | 1962 | $26.8 billion |
|
Comic book | Stan Lee Steve Ditko |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) Sony Pictures (films) |
| Transformers | 1984 | $25 billion[an] |
|
Toy line | Shōji Kawamori Kazutaka Miyatake |
Takara Tomy Hasbro |
| Naruto | 1999 | $22.8 billion | Manga | Masashi Kishimoto | Masashi Kishimoto (manga)
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) | |
| Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) |
2005 | $22 billion |
|
Video game | Neople | Nexon Tencent |
| Cars | 2006 | $21.5 billion | Animated film | Pixar John Lasseter |
Pixar (The Walt Disney Company) | |
| Candy Crush | 2012 | $20 billion |
|
Video game | King | Activision Blizzard (Xbox) |
$10–19 billion | ||||||
| Looney Tunes | 1930 | $17.46 billion |
|
Animated cartoon | Leon Schlesinger 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 Skydance) |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | 1999 | $16.6 billion |
|
Animated series | Stephen Hillenburg | Nickelodeon (Paramount Skydance) |
| The Lion King | 1994 | $15.9 billion | Animated film | Roger Allers Rob Minkoff |
The Walt Disney Company | |
| Dora the Explorer | 2000 | $15.8 billion |
|
Animated series | Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Eric Weiner |
Nickelodeon (Paramount Skydance) |
| Pac-Man | 1980 | $15.43 billion |
|
Video game | Toru Iwatani Namco |
Bandai Namco Entertainment (Bandai Namco Holdings) |
| Paw Patrol | 2013 | $15.4 billion | Animated series | Keith Chapman | Spin Master | |
| Toy Story | 1995 | $14.8 billion | Animated film | Pixar John Lasseter |
The Walt Disney Company | |
| Peanuts | 1950 | $14.4 billion |
|
Comic strip | Charles M. Schulz | Peanuts Holdings (Sony) |
| Avengers | 1963 | $14.3 billion |
|
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) | |
| Warcraft | 1994 | $12.4 billion |
|
Video game | Blizzard Entertainment | Activision Blizzard (Xbox) |
| Despicable Me (Minions) |
2010 | $12.3 billion | Animated film | Sergio Pablos | Illumination Universal Pictures (Comcast) | |
| Star Trek | 1966 | $11.2 billion[bi] | Television series | Gene Roddenberry | Paramount Skydance | |
| Dragon Ball | 1984 | $10.7 billion | Manga | Akira Toriyama | Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio) Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Toei Animation (anime) Fuji TV (anime) Bandai Namco | |
| Street Fighter | 1987 | $10.7 billion |
|
Video game | Takashi Nishiyama Hiroshi Matsumoto |
Capcom |
| Jurassic Park | 1990 | $10.1 billion | Novel | Michael Crichton | Alfred A. Knopf (novel) Universal Pictures (Comcast) Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film) | |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 2016 | $10 billion | Manga | Koyoharu Gotōge | Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) ufotable (anime) Aniplex (anime) | |
| Grand Theft Auto (GTA) |
1997 | $10 billion |
|
Video game | DMA Design David Jones Mike Dailly |
Rockstar Games (Take-Two Interactive) |
| Rilakkuma | 2003 | $10 billion |
|
Manga | Aki Kondo | San-X |
| Monster Strike | 2013 | $10 billion |
|
Video game | Yoshiki Okamoto | Mixi |
$5–9 billion | ||||||
| James Bond | 1953 | $9.75 billion | Novel | Ian Fleming | Danjaq Ian Fleming Publications (books) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon MGM Studios) (films) | |
| Mario | 1981 | $9.55 billion | Video game | Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo R&D1 |
Nintendo | |
| Angry Birds | 2009 | $9.54 billion |
|
Video game | Jaakko Iisalo | Rovio Entertainment (Sega Sammy Holdings) |
| The Railway Series / Thomas & Friends | 1945 (The Railway Series) 1984 (Thomas & Friends) |
$9.12 billion |
|
Book | Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry (The Railway Series) Britt Allcroft (Thomas & Friends) |
Mattel |
| Fortnite | 2017 | $9 billion |
|
Video game | Epic Games | Epic Games Tencent |
| Super Sentai / Power Rangers |
1975 (Super Sentai) 1993 (Power Rangers) |
$8.67 billion | 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 | $8.46 billion | 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) | |
| X-Men | 1963 | $8.35 billion |
|
Comic book | Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Superman | 1938 | $8.2 billion |
|
Comic book | Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster |
DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| DC Extended Universe (DCEU) |
2013 | $8 billion | Film | DC Entertainment | DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery) | |
| Fast & Furious | 2001 | $7.98 billion | Film | Gary Scott Thompson | Universal Pictures (Comcast) | |
| Lilo & Stitch (Stitch) |
2002[cd] | $7.92 billion | Animated film | Chris Sanders | The Walt Disney Company | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | 2003[cg] | $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 |
|
Animated series | Man of Action Studios Cartoon Network Studios | Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Sesame Street (The Muppets) |
1955 | $7.72 billion | 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 | Television series | Eiji Tsuburaya | Tsuburaya Productions (Bandai Namco Holdings) | |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | 1991 | $7.37 billion |
|
Video game | Sonic Team Hirokazu Yasuhara Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima |
Sega (Sega Sammy Holdings) |
| Avatar | 2009 | $7.32 billion | Film | James Cameron | 20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company) | |
| Puzzle & Dragons | 2012 | $7 billion |
|
Video game | GungHo Online Entertainment | GungHo Online Entertainment |
| Madden NFL | 1998 | $7 billion |
|
Video game | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts National Football League (NFL) |
| Fate | 2004 | $7 billion |
|
Video game | Type-Moon | Type-Moon (video game) Aniplex (Sony Music Japan) (anime & mobile game) |
| Halo | 2001 | $6.8 billion |
|
Video game | Bungie | Xbox Game Studios (Xbox) |
| Ice Age | 2002 | $6.42 billion[co] | Animated film | Michael J. Wilson Blue Sky Studios |
20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company) | |
| Genshin Impact | 2020 | $6.3 billion |
|
Video game | miHoYo Cai Haoyu |
miHoYo |
| 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 |
|
Gothic horror novel | Andrew Lloyd Webber Gaston Leroux |
Andrew Lloyd Webber Gaston Leroux |
| My Little Pony | 1984 | $5.98 billion | Toy line | Lauren Faust Bonnie Zacherle |
Hasbro | |
| 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[cz] |
|
Video game | Midway Games Chicago Ed Boon John Tobias |
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Gundam | 1979 | $5 billion |
|
Anime series | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Bandai Namco Filmworks, directly and through Sotsu (Bandai Namco Holdings) |
| The Sims | 2000 | $5 billion |
|
Video game | Will Wright | Electronic Arts |
| Bob the Builder | 1998 | $5 billion |
|
Animated series | Keith Chapman | Mattel |
| MapleStory | 2003 | $5 billion |
|
Video game | Nexon | Nexon |
$2–4 billion | ||||||
| The Simpsons | 1987 | $4.9 billion |
|
Animated series | Matt Groening | 20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Assassin's Creed | 2007 | $4.7 Billion ≠[de] | Video game | Patrice Désilets Jade Raymond Corey May |
Ubisoft | |
| Mission: Impossible | 1966 | $4.7 billion[dg] |
|
Television series | Bruce Geller | Paramount Pictures (Paramount Skydance) |
| Beyblade | 1999 | $4.6 billion | Manga | Takao Aoki | Takao Aoki Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group) | |
| The Big Bang Theory | 2007 | $4.57 billion | 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) |
| Minecraft | 2009 | $4.32 billion | Video game | Markus Persson | Mojang Studios (Xbox) | |
| 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 | Greeting card | American Greetings | WildBrain | |
| The Smurfs | 1958 | $4 billion[dn] | Comic | Peyo | Studio Peyo | |
| Cabbage Patch Kids | 1982[dp] | $4 billion |
|
television special | Coleco | Wicked Cool Toys (Berkshire Hathaway) |
| G.I. Joe | 1967 | $3.95 billion |
|
Comic | Stan Weston | Hasbro |
| The Hunger Games | 2008 | $3.83 billion |
|
Novel | Suzanne Collins | Scholastic Corporation (books) Lionsgate (films) |
| Blue's Clues | 1996 | $3.6 billion |
|
Television series | Traci Paige Johnson Todd Kessler Angela C. Santomero |
Nickelodeon (Paramount Skydance) |
| 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[438] |
|
Video game | Toys for Bob | Activision Blizzard (Xbox) |
| Titanic | 1997 | $3.45 billion | Film | James Cameron | Paramount Pictures (North America) (Paramount Skydance) 20th Century Studios (international) (The Walt Disney Company) | |
| Titanfall | 2014 | $3.4 billion |
|
Video game | Respawn Entertainment | Electronic Arts |
| Bratz | 2001 | $3.23 billion | Doll | Carter Bryant | MGA Entertainment | |
| Fengshen Cinematic Universe | 2019 | $3.2 billion | Film | Jiaozi | Beijing Enlight Pictures | |
| Care Bears | 1981 | $3.05 billion | Greeting card | American Greetings | Cloudco Entertainment | |
| Hamtaro | 1997 | $3.02 billion | Manga | Ritsuko Kawai | Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group) | |
| Terminator | 1984 | $3 billion[eb] | Film | James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd |
Skydance Media (Paramount Skydance) | |
| Astro Boy | 1952 | $3 billion |
|
Manga | Osamu Tezuka | Tezuka Productions |
| Thor | 1962 | $2.98 billion | Comic book | Stan Lee Larry Lieber Jack Kirby |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) | |
| Zootopia (Zootropolis) | 2016 | $2.9 billion | Film | Byron Howard | 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 | Comic book | Roy Thomas Arnold Drake Gene Colan |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) | |
| Inside Out | 2015 | $2.67 billion | Film | Pete Docter | Pixar (The Walt Disney Company | |
| The Elder Scrolls | 1994 | $2.65 billion |
|
Video game | Bethesda Softworks | ZeniMax Media (Xbox) |
| Godzilla (Gojira) |
1954 | $2.63 billion | Film | Ishirō Honda | Toho | |
| Indiana Jones | 1981 | $2.6 billion | Film | George Lucas Steven Spielberg |
Lucasfilm (The Walt Disney Company) | |
| Madagascar | 2005 | $2.59 billion | 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 | Animated film | Ethan Reiff Cyrus Voris |
Universal Pictures (Comcast) | |
| Winx Club | 2004 | $2.53 billion | 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 | Television series | David Crane Marta Kauffman |
Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) | |
| Sailor Moon | 1991 | $2.5 billion |
|
Manga | Naoko Takeuchi | Naoko Takeuchi Kodansha (manga) Toei Animation (anime) |
| The Incredibles | 2004 | $2.37 billion | Animated film | Brad Bird | The Walt Disney Company | |
| Kumamon | 2010 | $2.36 billion |
|
Cartoon | Kumamoto Prefecture | Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Aladdin | 1992 | $2.33 billion |
|
Animated film | Hanna Diyab Walt Disney Animation |
The Walt Disney Company |
| Black Panther | 1966 | $2.31 billion | Comic book | Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) | |
| Planet of the Apes | 1963 | $2.27 billion | Novel | Pierre Boulle | Éditions Julliard (book) 20th Century Studios (Disney) (films) | |
| Jumanji | 1981 | $2.24 billion | Picture book | Chris Van Allsburg | Sony | |
| The Little Mermaid | 1989 | $2.21 billion[ek] | Animated film | Hans Christian Andersen Ron Clements John Musker |
The Walt Disney Company | |
| The Conjuring Universe | 2013 | $2.18 billion | Film | James Wan | Warner Bros. | |
| Ghostbusters | 1984 | $2.18 billion | Film | Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis |
Sony | |
| Finding Nemo | 2003 | $2.15 billion | Animated film | Andrew Stanton | The Walt Disney Company | |
| Rocky | 1976 | $2.11 billion | Film | Sylvester Stallone | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon) | |
| MonsterVerse | 2014 | $2.09 billion | Film | Thomas Tull Ishirō Honda (Godzilla) Edgar Wallace (King Kong) Merian C. Cooper (King Kong) |
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) Legendary Entertainment Toho (Godzilla) | |
| Yo-kai Watch | 2013 | $2.09 billion |
|
Video game | Level-5 | Level-5 |
| The Matrix | 1999 | $2.06 billion | Film | The Wachowskis | Warner Bros. | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia | 2005 | $2.06 billion | Film | C. S. Lewis Andrew Adamson |
Netflix | |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | $2.04 billion | Film | Steven Spielberg | Universal Pictures (Comcast) | |
| Robert Langdon The Da Vinci Code |
2000 | $2.04 billion | Book | Dan Brown | Doubleday Sony (film series) | |
| 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 game | Harmonix | Activision Blizzard (Xbox) |
| Lego | 1995 | $2 billion | Video game | Lego Interactive (The Lego Group) | TT Games (Warner Bros. Discovery) | |
| NBA Jam | 1993 | $2 billion |
|
Video game | Midway Games | Electronic Arts National Basketball Association (NBA) |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion | 1994 | $2 billion[en] | Anime | Hideaki Anno | Khara | |
| Farm Heroes Saga | 2014 | $2 billion |
|
Video game | King | King
(Xbox) |
See also
Notes
- Pokémon franchise:
- The Pokémon Company no longer mentions how much the franchise has earned on their website, as of May 2019[update]
- $10 billion revenue up until 2001[1]
- Over ¥6 trillion ($55 billion) revenue up until March 2017[2]
- Pokémon retail 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]
- 2024 – $12 billion[24]
- Pokémon Go – $8.8 billion[25]
- Pokémon Duel, Pokémon Shuffle Mobile, Magikarp Jump – $48.6 million[26]
- Pokémon Quest – $10 million[27]
- Pokémon Masters – $75 million[27]
- Pokémon TCG Pocket – $1.3 billion[28]
- Pokémon home video sales:
- Pokémon Jet aircraft sales in Japan as of 2004[update] – ¥300 million[31] ($3 million)
- 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]
- Fantasia (1940) – $83 million[43]
- DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) – $18.1 million[44]
- A Goofy Movie (1995) – $35 million[45]
- Fantasia 2000 (1999) – $90 million[46]
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) – $623,190[47]
- Clothing line only
- licensed-toy sales only
- United States and Canada
- Winnie the Pooh retail sales:
- 1986 – $100 million[50][i]
- 1997 – $4 billion[51]
- 1998 – $316 million[52][j]
- 2002– $7 billion[53]
- 2003 – $5.6 billion[33]
- 2005 – $6 billion[34]
- 2006 – $6.9 billion[54]
- 2010 – $1.1 billion[55][k]
- 2011 – $1.09 billion in North America.[37]
- 2012 – $3.17 billion[38]
- 2013 – $2.808 billion[38]
- 2014 – $2.732 billion[56]
- 2015 – $2.74 billion[40]
- 2016 – $2.791 billion[41]
- 2017 – $1.649 billion[41]
- 2018 – $1.675 billion[42]
- Up until 2006 – $12 billion[61]
- Original trilogy – $5.8 billion[61]
- Prequel trilogy – $6.2 billion[61]
- The Phantom Menace – $2 billion[61][62]
- Attack of the Clones – $1.2 billion[61][62]
- Revenge of the Sith – $3 billion[61][62]
- 2012 – $2.266 billion[38]
- 2013 – $2.200 billion[38]
- 2014 – $2.374 billion[56]
- 2015 – $2.842 billion[40]
- 2016 – $3.049 billion[41]
- 2017 – $2.403 billion[41]
- 2018 – $1.923 billion[42]
- Up until 2006 – $12 billion[61]
- 2000 – $200 million[68]
- 2001 – $300 million[69]
- 2002 – $1 billion[70]
- 2003 – $1.3 billion[71]
- 2004 – $2 billion[72]
- 2005 – $3 billion[73][74]
- 2006 – $3 billion[75]
- 2007 – $4 billion[76]
- 2008 – $4 billion[77]
- 2009 – $3.7 billion.[78][79]
- 2010 – $3.250 billion[80]
- 2011 – $1.6 billion[37]
- 2012 – $2.896 billion[38]
- 2013 – $2.885 billion[38]
- 2014 – $2.568 billion.[56]
- 2015 – $2.635 billion[40]
- 2016 – $2.724 billion[41]
- 2017 – $2.133 billion[41]
- 2018 – $1.686 billion[42]
- 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.
- 1987 – $430 million[84]
- 1988 – $450 million[85]
- 1989 – $600 million[86]
- 1990 – $700 million[86]
- 1991 – $840 million[87]
- 1992 – $1 billion[88][89]
- 1993 – $1 billion[84]
- 1994 – $1 billion[90]
- 1995 – $1.2 billion[91]
- 1996 – $1.7 billion[92]
- 1997 – $1.9 billion[93]
- 1998 – $1.9 billion[94]
- 1999 – $1.5 billion[95]
- 2000 – $1.5 billion[96]
- 2001 – $1.5 billion[97]
- 2002 – $1.52 billion[98]
- 2003 – $3.6 billion[99]
- 2004 – $3 billion[100]
- 2005 – $1 billion[101]
- 2008 – $3.3 billion[102]
- 2010 – $550 million[80]
- 2012 – $1.2 billion[103]
- 2013 – $1.2 billion[103]
- 2014 – $1.1 billion[104]
- 2016 – $1 billion[105]
- MCU films – $32.367 billion[108]
- Inhumans (premiere) – $3.5 million[109]
- Home media – $2.661 billion[110]
- Black Widow (digital sales) – $125 million[111]
- $3.9 billion Harry Potter home entertainment revenue up until 2014.[120] $71 million Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2017.[121] $44 million Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2018.[122] $17 million Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2022 .[123]
- Harry Potter video games:
- Up until 2014 – $1.5 billion[120]
- Mobile games (2018 to October 2022) – $1 billion[124]
- Hogwarts Legacy – $1 billion[125]
- United States and Canada
- 1986 – $477.8 million[131]
- 1987 – $506 million[131]
- 2000 – $1.2 billion[132]
- 2002 – $1 billion[133][134]
- 2003 – $4 billion[135]
- 2005 – $500 million[136]
- 2010 - $750 million[55][ac]
- 2011 – $4.100 billion[118]
- 2012 – $4.039 billion[38]
- 2013 – $8 billion[137]
- 2015 – $3.756 billion[40]
- 2017 – $2.663 billion[41]
- 2018 – $2.645 billion[42]
- Call of Duty video game revenue:
- Up until 2022 – $30 billion[140]
- Modern Warfare II (2022) – $1 billion[141]
- $650 million VHS and DVD sales for Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin up until 2005.[145] $562 million DVD and Blu-ray sales for films released since 2008.[146]
- Batman television revenue:
- 1960s TV series – $300 million[147]
- 1989 film – $40 million[148]
- Box office gross of Spider-Man films:
- 2002–2023 films – $8.974 billion[151]
- Sony's Spider-Man Universe – $2.15 billion
- Spider-Man home video revenue:
- 2002-2023 films - $665 million[152]
- Sony's Marvel Universe - $121 million[153]
- The Spectacular Spider-Man – $1 million[154]
- Spider-Man video games:
- Spider-Man: The Movie (2002) – $100 million[155]
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) – $110 million[156]
- Looney Tunes franchise retail sales:
- 1978 – $100 million[172]
- 1993 – $1 billion[173]
- 1994 – $2 billion[173]
- 1995 – $2.5 billion[174]
- 1996 – $5 billion[175]
- 2010 – $603 million[80]
- 2012 – $624 million[38]
- 2013 – $617 million[38]
- 2014 – $628 million[56]
- 2015 – $639 million[40]
- 2016 – $645 million[41]
- 2017 – $624 million[41]
- 2018 – $597 million[119]
- Space Jam – $1.2 billion[176]
- Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1992) – $78,350[177]
- 1995 Bugs Bunny Film Festival (1995) – $19,587[178]
- Space Jam (1996) – $250 million[179]
- 1998 Bugs Bunny Film Festival (1998) – $413,076[180]
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) – $68.5 million[181]
- Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) – $162 million[182]
- Home entertainment sales up until 2005
- Pac-Man video game revenue:
- Pac-Man – $12.81 billion[204]
- Ms. Pac-Man – $1.5 billion[205]
- Other games (US) – $97.3 million
- Pac-Mania (arcade) – $2.82 million[206]
- Microsoft Return of Arcade (PC) – $9.5 million[207]
- Pac-Man Collection (GBA) – $25 million[208]
- Namco Museum (GBA) – $37 million[208]
- Pac-Man World 2 (PS2) – $23 million[209]
- Buckner & Garcia's Pac-Man Fever album and "Pac-Man Fever" single – $32 million[212]
- Toy Story 3 (2010) – $10 billion up until 2014.[216]
- 2015 – $1 billion[166]
- Peanuts retail sales:
- Arcade and software revenue up until 2016
- Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku (2002) - $35 million (United States)[247]
- Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu (2003) - $14 million (United States)[247]
- Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II (2003) - $16 million (United States)[247]
- Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle (2015) - $4.2 billion[248]
- Dragon Ball Z Legends – $140 million[249]
- Street Fighter box office and home video revenue:
- Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) $16 million
- Japan box office – $16 million[250]
- Street Fighter (1994) – $99.4 million
- Box office - $99.4 million[251]
- Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) – $18,832,933
- Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) $16 million
- Grand Theft Auto:
- Grand Theft Auto III (2001) - $350 million[263]
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) - $300 million[209]
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) - $235 million[264]
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) - $48 million (United States)[247]
- Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) - $500 million[265]
- Grand Theft Auto V (2013) - $8.5 billion[266]
- Mobile revenue - $100 million[267]
- Up until 1997
- Mario video games:
- Up until 2002 – $7 billion[279][280][281]
- Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003) – $26 million(United States)[209]
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) – $30 million(United States)[247]
- Super Mario 64 DS (2004) – $42 million(United States)[247]
- Mario Kart DS (2005) – $31 million(United States)[247]
- Mario Kart Tour (2019 to April 2021) – $200 million[282]
- Dr. Mario World (2019) – $4.8 million[283]
- Mario franchise box office:
- Super Mario Bros. (1993) – $38.9 million[284]
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) – $1.360 billion[285]
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) – $839 million[286]
- Angry Birds 2 (2015) - $332.5 million.[290]
- Angry Birds Evolution (2017) - $30 million.[291]
- Power Rangers licensed merchandise sales:
- Power Rangers licensed toy sales during 1993–1999 – $6 billion wholesale revenue[296]
- Power Rangers licensed merchandise sales during 2012–2018 – $2.479 billion
- X-Men video games:
- X-Men Legends – $28 million(United States)[209]
- Main films - $693.2 million[308]
- Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) – $16.2 million[309]
- Started as an unpublished children's book in 1985.
- Lilo & Stitch theatrical films' box office:
- Lilo & Stitch (2002): $273.1 million[315]
- Lilo & Stitch (2025): $1.038 billion[316]
- Pirates of the Caribbean became a media franchise with the debut of the film series in 2003.
- Merchandise retail sales up until 2011.
- Muppets franchise box office:
- The Muppets film series – $456 million[324]
- Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985) – $13.9 million[325]
- Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011) – $310,812[326]
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) – $11.6 million[327]
- Sales in Japan only
- Ice Age:
- As of April 2016[update] – $6 billion[346]
- Ice Age: Collision Course (June 2016) – $420 million[347]
- The Phantom of the Opera (1986) – $6 billion until 2017[355]
- My Little Pony box office gross:
- My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) – $6 million[359]
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013) – $483,752[360]
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks (2014) – $347,511[361]
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games (2015) – $194,807[362]
- My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) – $60.3 million[363]
- Yu-Gi-Oh video games:
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul (GBA) – $38 million (United States)[247]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards (GBA) – $32 million (United States)[247]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses (PS2) – $33 million (United States)[209]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (mobile) – $284 million[cw]
- Yu-Gi-Oh Box Office:
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light (2004) – $29.2 million[377]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time (2010) – $2.6 million[378]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016) – $7.5 million[379]
- Mortal Kombat franchise:
- Up until 2000 – $5 billion[384]
- Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (2002) video game – $54 million[209]
- Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020) DVD and Blu-ray sales – $2.9 million[385]
- Mortal Kombat video games:
- Up until 1995 – $4 billion[386]
- Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (2002) – $54 million[209]
- The Simpsons video games:
- The Simpsons: Road Rage (2001) – $41 million[209]
- The Simpsons: Tapped Out (2012) – $100 million[397]
- Assassin's Creed video games:
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla – $1 billion[399]
- Mission: Impossible video games:
- Mission: Impossible 1998 – $24 million[404]
- Mission: Impossible television revenue:
- Mission: Impossible III – $100 million[405]
- Sales up until 2015
- Beyblade: Fierce Battle (2002) – $3.5 million[407]
- Metal Fight Beyblade vs the Sun: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader (2010) – $6.2 million.[408]
- Films $98.1 million[422]
- The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow – $1.3 million[423]
- as a media franchise
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) - $425 million[433]
- Beauty and the Beast (2017) - $1.264 billion[434]
- up until 2015
- Beauty and the Beast DVD and Blu-ray sales:
- Animated films – $343.6 million[436]
- Beauty and the Beast (2017) – $89 million[437]
- Apex Legends – $3.4 billion[441]
- Care Bears films at box office:
- The Care Bears Movie – $34 million[452]
- Adventures in Ham-Ham Land (2001) – $25 million[454]
- The Elder Scrolls video game revenue:
- The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994) – $6.16 million[470]
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) – $650 million[471]
- The Elder Scrolls Online (2014) – $2 billion[472]
- The Elder Scrolls: Blades (2020) – $1.5 million[473]
- Retail sales up until 2010.
- Winx Club franchise box office:
- Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom (2007) – $18 million[485]
- Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure (2010) – $11 million[486]
- Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss (2014) – $5 million[487]
- Retail sales up until 2014.
- The Matrix video games:
- Enter the Matrix– (2003) $250 million[526]
- as of 2019
- Neon Genesis Evangelion:
- Death & Rebirth (1997) – $15 million (¥1.87 billion)[550]
- End of Evangelion (1997) – $21 million (¥2.47 billion)[551]
- Rebuild of Evangelion:
- Evangelion 1.0 (2007) – $17 million (¥2.0 billion)[552]
- Evangelion 2.0 (2009) – $42 million (¥4.0 billion)[553]
- Evangelion 3.0 (2012) – $65 million (¥5.3 billion)[554]
- Evangelion 3.0+1.0 (2021) – $94 million (¥10.28 billion)[555]