List of highest-grossing media franchises

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

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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
  • Retail sales – $45.468 billion[q]
  • Home entertainment – $14.7 million[81]
Animated films Andy Mooney The Walt Disney Company
Anpanman 1973 $38.4 billion
  • Retail sales – $38.42 billion[r]
  • Museum$14.5 million[s]
Picture book Takashi Yanase Froebel-kan [ja]
(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
  • Merchandise sales – $33.5 billion[ad]
  • Box office – $61,487[138]
Cartoon character[139] Yuko Shimizu
Shintaro Tsuji
Sanrio
Call of Duty 2003 $31 billion
  • Video games – $31 billion[ae]
Video game Infinity Ward Activision Blizzard
(Xbox)
Batman 1939 $29.9 billion
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion[af]
    • Home video – $1.212 billion[ag]
  • Box office$7.051 billion[ah]
  • TV revenue – $340 million[ai]
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
  • Retail sales – $20 billion[162]
  • Video games – $2.8 billion[163]
Manga Masashi Kishimoto Masashi Kishimoto (manga)

Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group)
Studio Pierrot (anime) TV Tokyo (anime)

Dungeon Fighter Online
(DFO)
2005 $22 billion
  • Computer game – $22 billion[164]
Video game Neople Nexon
Tencent
Cars 2006 $21.5 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $19.114 billion[ap]
  • Box office – $1.799 billion[aq]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $634 million[ar]
Animated film Pixar
John Lasseter
Pixar
(The Walt Disney Company)
Candy Crush 2012 $20 billion
  • Video games – $20 billion[171]
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
  • Retail sales – $15 billion[213]
  • Box office – $373.7 million[214]
  • Home media – $39 million[215]
Animated series Keith Chapman Spin Master
Toy Story 1995 $14.8 billion
  • Retail sales – $11 billion[bb]
  • Box office – $3.273 billion[217]
  • VHS sales – $290 million[48]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $250 million[218]
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
  • Box office$7.707 billion[224]
  • Merchandise sales – $6.596 billion[bd]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $18 million[be]
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
  • Retail sales – $6 billion[235]
  • Box office – $5.61 billion[236]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $725 million[237]
Animated film Sergio Pablos Illumination
Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Star Trek 1966 $11.2 billion[bi]
  • Retail sales – $5.253 billion[bj]
  • TV revenue – $2.3 billion[238]
  • Box office – $2.266 billion[240]
  • VHS sales – $1 billion[238]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $426 million[241]
Television series Gene Roddenberry Paramount Skydance
Dragon Ball 1984 $10.7 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $6 billion[bk]
  • Box office - $317 million[245]
  • Home video - $29 million[246]
  • Video games – $4.4 billion[bl]
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
  • Box office – $6.343 billion[254]
  • Merchandise sales – $3.2 billion[bn]
  • Home video sales – $418 million[bo]
  • TV revenue – $150 million[257][258]
Novel Michael Crichton Alfred A. Knopf (novel)
Universal Pictures (Comcast)
Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2016 $10 billion
  • Retail sales- $8.74 billion[259][260]
  • Box office – $1.29 billion[261]
  • Home media – $4.8 million[262]
Manga Koyoharu Gotōge Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
ufotable (anime)

Aniplex (anime)

Grand Theft Auto
(GTA)
1997 $10 billion
  • Video games – $10 billion[bp]
Video game DMA Design
David Jones
Mike Dailly
Rockstar Games
(Take-Two Interactive)
Rilakkuma 2003 $10 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $10 billion[268]
Manga Aki Kondo San-X
Monster Strike 2013 $10 billion
  • Mobile Game- $10 billion[bq]
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 games – $7.33 billion[bt]
  • Box office – $2.2 billion[bu]
  • Home media – $21 million[287]
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 games – $9 billion[295]
Video game Epic Games Epic Games
Tencent
Super Sentai /
Power Rangers
1975 (Super Sentai)
1993 (Power Rangers)
$8.67 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $8.47 billion[by]
  • DVD & Blu-ray – $18 million[297]
  • Box office – $182 million[298]
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
  • Retail sales – $1.5 billion[299][300]
  • Box office – $5.968 billion[301]
  • Home media – $995 million[302]
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
  • Box office$7.422 billion[303]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $823.6 million[304]
  • Merchandise sales - $85 million[bz]
  • Video games – $28 million[ca]
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
  • Box office – $7.191 billion[307]
  • Home video sales – $709.4 million[cc]
  • Merchandise sales – $100 million[310]
Film DC Entertainment DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Fast & Furious 2001 $7.98 billion
  • Box office – $7.333 billion[311]
  • Home entertainment – $595 million[312]
Film Gary Scott Thompson Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Lilo & Stitch
(Stitch)
2002[cd] $7.92 billion
  • Retail sales – $6.6 billion[ce]
  • Box office - $1.31 billion[cf]
  • Home media - $15.9 million[317]
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
  • Retail sales – $7.853 billion[cj]
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[ck]
  • Box office – $481 million[cl]
  • TV licensing – $96 million[328]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $98 million[329]
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[cn]
  • Box office – $1.1 million[332]
  • Home media – $1.4 million[333]
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
  • Box office – $6.709 billion[338]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $459 million[339]
  • Merchandise sales – $153 million[340]
Film James Cameron 20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
Puzzle & Dragons 2012 $7 billion
  • Video games – $7 billion[269]
Video game GungHo Online Entertainment GungHo Online Entertainment
Madden NFL 1998 $7 billion
  • Video games – $7 billion[341]
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]
  • Box office – $3.2 billion[348]
  • Retail sales – $1.3 billion[349]
  • Home entertainment – $347 million[350]
Animated film Michael J. Wilson
Blue Sky Studios
20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
Genshin Impact 2020 $6.3 billion
  • Video game – $6.3 billion[351]
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
  • Retail sales – $5.916 billion[cs]
  • Box office – $67.3 million[ct]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $4.3 million[364]
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
  • Retail sales – $5 billion[db]
Anime series Yoshiyuki Tomino Bandai Namco Filmworks, directly and through Sotsu
(Bandai Namco Holdings)
The Sims 2000 $5 billion
  • Video games – $5 billion[390]
Video game Will Wright Electronic Arts
Bob the Builder 1998 $5 billion
  • Retail sales – $5 billion[391]
Animated series Keith Chapman Mattel
MapleStory 2003 $5 billion
  • Video games – $5 billion[392]
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 games – $1 billion[df]
  • Box office – $240 million[400]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $12 million[400]
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
  • Merchandise sales – $4.6 billion[406][dj]
  • Box office – $9.7 million[dk]
Manga Takao Aoki Takao Aoki
Shogakukan
(Hitotsubashi Group)
The Big Bang Theory 2007 $4.57 billion
  • TV advertising – $3.57 billion[dl]
  • TV syndication – $1 billion[410]
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
  • Merchandise sales – $3.367 billion[dm]
  • Box office – $956 million[414]
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
  • Retail sales – $4 billion[222]
  • DVD sales – $2.6 million[419]
Greeting card American Greetings WildBrain
The Smurfs 1958 $4 billion[dn]
  • Box office - $1.109 billion[421]
  • Home media - $98.4 million[do]
Comic Peyo Studio Peyo
Cabbage Patch Kids 1982[dp] $4 billion
  • Retail sales – $4 billion[424]
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
  • Retail sales – $3.6 billion[432]
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]
  • Licensed merchandise – $1.858 billion[du]
Video game Toys for Bob Activision Blizzard
(Xbox)
Titanic 1997 $3.45 billion
  • Box office – $2.257 billion[439]
  • VHS & DVD sales – $1.2 billion[440]
Film James Cameron Paramount Pictures (North America) (Paramount Skydance)
20th Century Studios (international) (The Walt Disney Company)
Titanfall 2014 $3.4 billion
  • Video games - $3.4 billion[dv]
Video game Respawn Entertainment Electronic Arts
Bratz 2001 $3.23 billion
  • Retail sales – $3.15 billion[dw]
  • Box office – $26 million[443]
  • Home entertainment – $56.7 million[444]
Doll Carter Bryant MGA Entertainment
Fengshen Cinematic Universe 2019 $3.2 billion
  • Box office – $3.22 billion[dx]
  • Home Media – $1.2 million[447]
Film Jiaozi Beijing Enlight Pictures
Care Bears 1981 $3.05 billion
  • Retail sales – $3.02 billion[dy]
  • Box office – $34 million[dz]
Greeting card American Greetings Cloudco Entertainment
Hamtaro 1997 $3.02 billion
  • Retail sales – $3 billion[453]
  • Box office – $25 million[ea]
Manga Ritsuko Kawai Shogakukan
(Hitotsubashi Group)
Terminator 1984 $3 billion[eb]
  • Box office – $2.074 billion[456]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $136 million[457]
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
  • Box office – $2.710 billion[460]
  • Home entertainment – $279 million[461]
Comic book Stan Lee
Larry Lieber
Jack Kirby
Marvel Entertainment
(The Walt Disney Company)
Zootopia (Zootropolis) 2016 $2.9 billion
  • Box office – $2.796 billion[462]
  • Home media – $111.962 million[463]
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
  • Box office – $2.485 billion[466]
  • Home video – $232 million[467]
Comic book Roy Thomas
Arnold Drake
Gene Colan
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Inside Out 2015 $2.67 billion
  • Box office - $2.549 billion[468]
  • Home media - $122.2 million[469]
Film Pete Docter Pixar (The Walt Disney Company
The Elder Scrolls 1994 $2.65 billion
  • Video games – $2.65 billion[ec]
Video game Bethesda Softworks ZeniMax Media
(Xbox)
Godzilla
(Gojira)
1954 $2.63 billion
  • Box office – $2.495 billion[474]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $136.4 million[475]
Film Ishirō Honda Toho
Indiana Jones 1981 $2.6 billion
  • Box office – $2.210 billion[476]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $396 million[477]
Film George Lucas
Steven Spielberg
Lucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Company)
Madagascar 2005 $2.59 billion
  • Box office – $2.270 billion[478]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $329 million[479]
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[482]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $234 million[483]
Animated film Ethan Reiff
Cyrus Voris
Universal Pictures (Comcast)
Winx Club 2004 $2.53 billion
  • Retail sales – $2.5 billion[484][ed]
  • Box office – $34 million[ee]
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[490]
  • TV advertising – $1 billion[eg]
  • Box office – $89,007[492]
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[493]
Manga Naoko Takeuchi Naoko Takeuchi
Kodansha (manga)
Toei Animation (anime)
The Incredibles 2004 $2.37 billion
  • Box office – $1.875 billion[494]
  • Merchandise sales – $370 million[eh]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $127 million[495]
Animated film Brad Bird The Walt Disney Company
Kumamon 2010 $2.36 billion
  • Retail sales – $2.36 billion[ei]
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
  • Box office – $2.209 billion[502]
  • Home video – $104 million[503]
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[504]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $157 million[505]
Novel Pierre Boulle Éditions Julliard (book)
20th Century Studios (Disney) (films)
Jumanji 1981 $2.24 billion
  • Box office – $2.089 billion[506]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $155 million[507]
Picture book Chris Van Allsburg Sony
The Little Mermaid 1989 $2.21 billion[ek]
  • Box office – $782 million[509]
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion[510]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $349 million[511]
  • Musical - $83 million[512]
Animated film Hans Christian Andersen
Ron Clements
John Musker
The Walt Disney Company
The Conjuring Universe 2013 $2.18 billion
  • Box office – $2.107 billion[513]
  • Home media – $79 million[514]
Film James Wan Warner Bros.
Ghostbusters 1984 $2.18 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion[515]
  • Box office – $1.1 billion[516]
  • Home media – $85 million[517]
Film Dan Aykroyd
Harold Ramis
Sony
Finding Nemo 2003 $2.15 billion
  • Box office – $1.961 billion[518]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $196 million[519]
Animated film Andrew Stanton The Walt Disney Company
Rocky 1976 $2.11 billion
  • Box office - $1.993 billion[520]
  • Home media - $119.5 million[521]
Film Sylvester Stallone Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon)
MonsterVerse 2014 $2.09 billion
  • Box office – $1.94 billion[522]
  • Home media – $159 million[523]
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
  • Video games – $250 million[el]
  • Box office – $1.791 billion[527]
  • Home media – $26 million[528]
Film The Wachowskis Warner Bros.
The Chronicles of Narnia 2005 $2.06 billion
  • Box office - $1.556 billion[529]
  • Home media - $506 million[530]
Film C. S. Lewis
Andrew Adamson
Netflix
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 $2.04 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion[531]
  • Box office – $797 million[532]
  • VHS sales – $250 million[533]
Film Steven Spielberg Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Robert Langdon
The Da Vinci Code
2000 $2.04 billion
  • Book sales – $400 million[534]
  • Box office - $1.478 billion[535]
  • Home media - $164.1 million[536]
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 games – $2 billion[544]
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 games – $2 billion[546]
Video game Midway Games Electronic Arts
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Neon Genesis Evangelion 1994 $2 billion[en]
  • TV revenue - $1.4 billion[548]
  • Retail sales - $255 million[549]
  • Box office - $254 million[eo]
Anime Hideaki Anno Khara
Farm Heroes Saga 2014 $2 billion
  • Video games – $2 billion[556]
Video game King King

(Xbox)

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Notes

  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 trillion ($55 billion) revenue up until March 2017[2]
  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]
  3. Pokémon Go$8.8 billion[25]
  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]
    • 1991 VHS release of Fantasia earned $209 million in sales[48]
    • Others since 2001 – $114 million[49]
  7. Clothing line only
  8. licensed-toy sales only
  9. United States and Canada
  10. 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]
  11. $6.6 billion franchise revenue up until May 1987.[60]
  12. Star Wars video games:
    • Up until December 2015 – $3 billion[65]
    • Mobile (2013–2019) – $1 billion[66]
  13. Star Wars television revenue:
    • Clone Wars (as of 2015) – $4.5 million[65]
    • Television rights (2016) – $275 million[67]
    • 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]
  14. ¥150 billion+ annual sales for nearly 30 years - ¥3,750 billion+ ($38.42 billion+)[82]
  15. ¥1.5 billion[83] ($14.51 million).
  16. 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]
  17. Books - $7.7 billion, 1997-2016[113] Ebooks and Audiobooks (Pottermore)
    • $127.1 million (£95.1 million), 2016-2018[114]
    • $40.3 million (£31.5 million), 2019[115]
    • $149 million (£110.7 million), 2020–2022[116]
    • $61.3 million (£48.2 million), 2022–2023[117]
  18. Harry Potter merchandise:
    • 2002 – $2.9 billion[32]
    • 2003 – $2.8 billion[33]
    • 2010 – $300 million[80]
    • 2011 – $100 million[118]
    • 2017–2018 – $1.01 billion[119]
  19. $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]
  20. Harry Potter video games:
  21. Palace Theater, London (presales), $32 million[127] Broadway, New York (2018–2020), $174 million[128] Broadway, New York (2021–present), $219 million[129] Curran Theater, San Francisco, $2 million [130]
  22. 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]
  23. Call of Duty video game revenue:
  24. Batman retail sales:
    • As of 2012$16 billion[142]
    • Merchandise sales during 2013–2018 – $5.017 billion
      • 2013 – $494 million[143]
      • 2014 – $578 million[56]
      • 2015 – $982 million[40]
      • 2016 – $1.1 billion[41]
      • 2017 – $1.024 billion[41]
      • 2018 – $839 million[119]
    • Home video sales between September 2012 and January 2020 – $312 million[144]
  25. $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]
  26. Batman television revenue:
    • 2002 – $2.7 billion[149]
    • 2003 – $1.3 billion[150]
    • 2010 – $590 million[80]
    • 2011 – $325 million[37]
    • 2012 – $1.285 billion[38]
    • 2013 – $1.333 billion[38]
    • 2014 – $1.453 billion[56]
    • 2015 – $1.512 billion[40]
    • 2016 – $1.551 billion[41]
    • 2017 – $1.402 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $1.075 billion[42]
  27. Box office gross of Spider-Man films:
  28. Spider-Man home video revenue:
  29. Spider-Man video games:
  30. ¥2 trillion ($25 billion) Transformers franchise revenue up until 2011.[158]
  31. Transformers merchandise sales:
    • 1984–1992 – $1 billion US toy sales[159]
    • 2012 – $314 million[38]
    • 2013 – $304 million[38]
    • 2014 – $410 million[56]
    • 2015 – $430 million[40]
    • 2016 – $446 million[40]
    • 2017 – $652 million[41]
    • 2018 – $423 million[119]
  32. $10 billion up until 2011.[165] $2.527 billion in 2012. $2.3 billion in 2013.[38] $2.025 billion in 2014.[56] $1 billion in 2015.[166] $588 million in 2016. $674 million in 2017.[41]
    • Cars series – $1.405 billion[167]
    • Planes series – $394 million[168]
    • Cars series – $513 million[169]
    • Planes series – $121 million[170]
  33. 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]
    • Up until 1994 – $6 billion[184]
    • 2003–2005 – $1 billion[185]
    • 2009–2012 – $475 million[186]
    • 2012–2022 – $8 billion[187]
  34. $16 billion up until 2024.[191]
  35. $3 billion up until 1998.[196]
    • Up until 2014 – $13 billion[199]
    • 2015 – $933 million[200]
    • 2016 – $915 million[200]
    • 2017 – $565 million[41]
  36. Home entertainment sales up until 2005
  37. Pac-Man video game revenue:
  38. Buckner & Garcia's Pac-Man Fever album and "Pac-Man Fever" single – $32 million[212]
  39. Peanuts retail sales:
    • 1986 – $1 billion[219]
    • 1997 – $1.1 billion[220][221]
    • 2010 – $2 billion[80]
    • US sales in 2011 – $600 million[37]
    • 2012 – $1.141 billion[38]
    • 2013 – $1.167 billion[38]
    • 2014 – $1.194 billion[56]
    • 2015 – $1.3 billion[222]
    • 2016 – $1.468 billion[41]
    • 2017 – $1.558 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $1.662 billion[42]
    • 2013 - $325 million[143]
    • 2014 - $1 billion[225]
    • 2015 – $1.004 billion[40]
    • 2016 – $1.242 billion[41]
    • 2017 – $1.227 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $1.798 billion[42]
  40. Avengers DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • Ultimate Avengers – The Movie (2006) – $6.7 million[226]
    • Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006) – $7.8 million[227]
    • The Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008) – $4.1 million[228]
    • 2014 – $5 billion[229]
    • 2015 – $1.573 billion[40]
    • 2016 – $1.598 billion[41]
    • 2017 – $1.404 billion[41]
    • 2018 – $1.013 billion[42]
  41. Arcade and software revenue up until 2016
  42. Revenue up until 2016[233]
  43. $7.8 billion franchise revenue up until December 1998.[238]
    • Up until 2000 - $4 billion[239]
    • 2010 – $150 million[80]
    • 2012-2013 – $275 million[38]
    • 2014 – $148 million[56]
    • 2015 – $149 million[40]
    • 2016 – $159 million[41]
    • 2017 – $180 million[41]
    • 2018 – $192 million[119]
    • Up until 2011 - $5 billion[242]
    • 2022-2023 - ¥139 billion($1 billion)[243][244]
  44. Street Fighter box office and home video revenue:
  45. Jurassic Park merchandise:
    • Up until 2001 – $2.5 billion[255]
    • 2017 – $353 million[119]
    • 2018 – $353 million[119]
  46. $545 million up until 2004.[256] $414 million since 2015.[254]
  47. Grand Theft Auto:
  48. Monster Strike:
    • Up until October 2018 – $7.2 billion[269]
    • November 2018 – $52 million+[270]
    • December 2018 – $68 million+[271]
    • 2019 – $932 million[272]
    • 2020 – $958 million[272]
    • 2021 – $702 million[273]
    • Up to September 2022 – $10 billion[274]
  49. Up until 1997
  50. GoldenEye$500 million[278]
  51. Mario video games:
  52. Mario franchise box office:
    • 2011 - $600 million[288]
    • 2012 - $1.849 billion[38]
    • 2013 - $1.882 billion[38]
    • 2014 - $1.16 billion[56]
    • 2015 - $1.065 billion[40]
    • 2016 - $1.277 billion[41]
    • 2017 - $814 million[41]
    • Up until 1997 - $1 billion[292]
    • 2000 - $260 million in North America[293]
    • 2010 - $1.2 billion[80]
    • 2011 - $390 million[37]
    • 2012 - $998 million[38]
    • 2013 - $926 million[38]
    • 2014 - $935 million[56]
    • 2015 - $960 million[40]
    • 2016 - $985 million[41]
    • 2017 - $726 million[41]
    • 2018 - $727 million[119]
  53. 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
      • 2012 – $300 million[38]
      • 2013 – $333 million[38]
      • 2014 – $326 million[56]
      • 2015 – $330 million[40]
      • 2016–2017 – $909 million[41]
      • 2018 – $281 million[119]
    • 1994 – $85 million[305]
  54. X-Men video games:
    • 2010 - $280 million[80]
    • 2012 – $277 million[38]
    • 2013 - $277 million[38]
    • 2014 - $305 million[56]
    • 2015 - $725 million[40]
    • 2016 - $812 million[41]
    • 2017 - $722 million[41]
    • 2018 - $634 million[119]
  55. Started as an unpublished children's book in 1985.
  56. Lilo & Stitch / Stitch retail sales:
    • Up to the 2024 fiscal year: over $2.6 billion.[313]
    • 2025 fiscal year: over $4 billion.[314]
  57. Lilo & Stitch theatrical films' box office:
  58. Pirates of the Caribbean became a media franchise with the debut of the film series in 2003.
  59. $1.75 billion up until May 2017.[319] $31 million DVD and Blu-ray sales since September 2017.[320]
  60. Merchandise retail sales up until 2011.
    • Up until 2013 – $6 billion[322]
    • 2014 – $681 million[323]
    • 2015 – $569 million[40]
    • 2016 – $603 million[40]
    • 2010 – $900 million[80]
    • 2011 – $515 million[37]
    • 2012 – $893 million[38]
    • 2013 – $923 million[38]
    • 2014 – $828 million[56]
    • 2015 – $792 million[40]
    • 2016 – $775 million[41]
    • 2017 – $724 million[41]
    • 2018 – $700 million[119]
  61. Muppets franchise box office:
  62. Sales in Japan only
  63. Ultraman merchandise sales:
  64. Ice Age:
  65. First two films grossed $1.6 billion.[353] Later films grossed $322 million.[352]
  66. Shrek video games:
    • 1980s - $1 billion[357]
    • 2012 - $260 million[38]
    • 2013 - $650 million[13]
    • 2014 - $1 billion[358]
    • 2015 - $1.2 billion[15]
    • 2016 - $456 million[41]
    • 2017 - $660 million[41]
    • 2018 - $690 million[119]
  67. My Little Pony box office gross:
  68. Yu-Gi-Oh licensed merchandise sales:
    • Up until January 2012 – $5 billion[372]
  69. $284 million, collecting data from 2016, 2018, 2019, and the first half of 2021[373][374][375][376]
  70. Yu-Gi-Oh video games:
  71. Yu-Gi-Oh Box Office:
  72. Mortal Kombat franchise:
  73. Mortal Kombat video games:
  74. Gundam retail sales:
    • Merchandise sales during 1979–1999 – $5 billion[388][389]
    • 1990 – $750 million[393]
    • 1993 – $250 million[394]
    • 2008 – $750 million[395]
    • During 2012–2013 – $725 million[38]
    • 2014 – $390 million[56]
    • 2015 – $396 million[40]
    • During 2016–2017 – $707 million[41]
    • 2018 – $255 million[119]
  75. The Simpsons video games:
  76. $4730800000(€4 billion) franchise revenue from 2014 to 2024[398]
  77. Assassin's Creed video games:
  78. $4 billion franchise revenue up until 2011[401]
  79. Mission: Impossible video games:
  80. Mission: Impossible television revenue:
  81. Sales up until 2015
  82. $1.74 billion in 2015. $1.83 billion in 2016.[409]
    • $1 million as of 2012.[413]
    • 2013 – $300 million[38]
    • 2014 – $407 million[56]
    • 2015 – $549 million[40]
    • 2016 – $700 million[41]
    • 2017 – $679 million[41]
    • 2018 – $731 million[42]
  83. $4 billion franchise revenue up until 2008[420]
  84. as a media franchise
    • up until 1994 – $2.6 billion[425]
    • 2001 – $80 million[426]
    • 2009 – $125 million[427]
    • 2010 – $300 million[80]
  85. up until 2015
  86. Beauty and the Beast DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • 2013 – $500 million[38]
    • 2014 – $495 million[56]
    • 2015 – $471 million[40]
    • 2016 – $392 million[40]
    • 2002 – $650 million[442]
    • 2004 – $2.5 billion[100]
    • Main series – $2.981 billion[445]
    • Other – $243 million[446]
  87. Care Bears retail sales:
    • 1980s – $2 billion[448]
    • 2002 – $70 million[449]
    • 2003 – $350 million[450]
    • 2005 – $600 million[451]
  88. Care Bears films at box office:
  89. $3 billion franchise revenue up until 2010.[455]
  90. The Elder Scrolls video game revenue:
  91. Retail sales up until 2010.
  92. Winx Club franchise box office:
  93. Retail sales up until 2014.
  94. More than $1 billion in the 1990s.[491]
    • 2017 - $185 million[42]
    • 2018 - $185 million[42]
  95. Kumamon retail sales:
    • 2011–2012 – $1.2 billion[496]
    • 2016 – $1.16 billion[497]
  96. Aladdin Franchise Box Office:
  97. $2 billion franchise revenue up until 1992[508]
  98. The Matrix video games:
  99. as of 2019
  100. Franchise revenue up until 2006[547]
  101. Neon Genesis Evangelion:

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