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)
Pokémon	1996	$98.9 billion [a]	Retail sales – $91.6 billion [b] Mobile games – $6.13 billion [c] Box office – $1.156 billion [27] Home video – $38 million [d] Jet aircraft livery sales – $3 million [e]	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	Retail sales – $60.66 billion [f] Box office – $226.7 million [g] VHS & DVD – $323 million [h]	Animated cartoon	Walt Disney Ub Iwerks	The Walt Disney Company
Winnie the Pooh	1924	$48.8 billion	Retail sales – $48.25 billion [j] DVD & Blu-ray – $40 million [53] Box office – $545 million [54]	Book [55]	A. A. Milne E. H. Shepard	The Walt Disney Company
Star Wars	1977	$46.7 billion [k]	Merchandise sales – $29.057 billion [l] Box office – $10.343 billion [59] Home video – $1.275 billion [60] Video games – $4.01 billion [m] Book sales – $1.82 billion [61] TV revenue – $280 million [n]	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 [77]	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	$34.7 billion	Box office – $9.656 billion [80] Book sales – $8.0777 billion [s] Merchandise sales – $7.11 billion [t] Home entertainment – $4.032 billion [u] Video games – $3.5 billion [v] TV revenue – $1 billion [88] Studio tour – $975.3 million [94] Stage play – $427 million [w]	Novel	J. K. Rowling	J. K. Rowling (books) Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)(films)
Barbie	1987 [x]	$33.9 billion	Merchandise sales – $32.2 billion [y] Home video sales – $328 million [120] Box office – $1.439 billion [121]	Television special	Ruth Handler	Mattel
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)	2008	$33.8 billion	Box office – $31.16 billion [z] Home entertainment – $2.734 billion [aa]	Film	Marvel Studios Stan Lee Jack Kirby	Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company) Sony Pictures (Spider-Man films)
Hello Kitty	1974	$32.8 billion	Merchandise sales – $32.8 billion [ab] Box office – $61,487 [133]	Cartoon character [134]	Yuko Shimizu Shintaro Tsuji	Sanrio
Call of Duty	2003	$31 billion	Video games – $31 billion [ac]	Video game	Steve Fukuda Zied Rieke	Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming)
Batman	1939	$29.8 billion	Retail sales – $21.329 billion [ad] Home video – $1.212 billion [ae] Box office – $7.010 billion [142] TV revenue – $340 million [af]	Comic book	Bob Kane Bill Finger	DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Spider-Man	1962	$26.8 billion	Merchandise sales – $14.526 billion [ag] Box office – $11.125 billion [ah] Home video – $787 million [ai] Video games – $210 million [aj] Broadway musical – $212 million [153]	Comic book	Stan Lee Steve Ditko	Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) Sony Pictures (films)
Transformers	1984	$25 billion [ak]	Merchandise sales – $3.97 billion [al] Box office – $5.260 billion [156] Home entertainment – $906 million [157]	Animated series	Shōji Kawamori Kazutaka Miyatake	Takara Tomy Hasbro
Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO)	2005	$22 billion	Computer game – $22 billion [158]	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 [165]	Video game	King	Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming)
Looney Tunes	1930	$17.46 billion	Retail sales – $16.777 billion [ap] Box office – $482 million [aq] Home video sales – $209 million [177]	Animated cartoon	Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising	Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	1984	$17.4 billion	Merchandise sales – $15.4 billion [ar] Box office – $1.329 billion [182] Video games – $450 million [183] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $154 million [184] Video rentals – $67.65 million [144]	Comic book	Kevin Eastman Peter Laird	Nickelodeon (Paramount Global)
Dora the Explorer	2000	$15.8 billion	Retail sales – $15.413 billion [as] Home video sales – $250 million [187] [at] Box office – $118 million [188]	Animated series	Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Eric Weiner	Nickelodeon (Paramount Global)
The Lion King	1994	$15.7 billion	Musical theatre – $8.1 billion [189] Merchandise sales – $3 billion [au] Box office – $3.132 billion [191] Home entertainment – $1.5 billion [192]	Animated film	Roger Allers Rob Minkoff	The Walt Disney Company
Pac-Man	1980	$15.43 billion	Video games – $14.407 billion [av] Merchandise & licensing – $1 billion [199] [200] Music sales – $32 million [aw]	Video game	Toru Iwatani Namco	Bandai Namco Entertainment (Bandai Namco Holdings)
Toy Story	1995	$14.8 billion	Retail sales – $11 billion [ax] Box office – $3.273 billion [203] VHS sales – $290 million [46] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $250 million [204]	Animated film	Pixar John Lasseter	The Walt Disney Company
Peanuts	1950	$14.4 billion	Retail sales – $14.19 billion [ay] Box office – $267 million [209] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $35 million [209]	Comic strip	Charles M. Schulz	Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Sony) Peanuts Worldwide LLC (WildBrain)
PAW Patrol	2013	$14.4 billion	Retail sales – $14 billion [210] Box office – $373.7 million [211] Home media – $39 million [212]	Animated series	Keith Chapman	Spin Master
Avengers	1963	$14.3 billion	Box office – $7.707 billion [213] 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	Merchandise sales – $10.588 billion [bb] Box office – $2.694 billion [219] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $502 million [220] Musical theatre – $155 million [221]	Animated film	Chris Buck Jennifer Lee Hans Christian Andersen	The Walt Disney Company
Space Invaders	1978	$13.9 billion	Video game – $13.93 billion [193] [bc]	Video game	Tomohiro Nishikado	Taito (Square Enix)
SpongeBob SquarePants	1999	$13.7 billion	Retail sales – $13 billion [bd] Box office – $457 million [223] Musical Theater – $37 million [224]	Animated series	Stephen Hillenburg	Nickelodeon (Paramount Global)
Warcraft	1994	$12.4 billion	Video games – $12 billion [be] Box office – $438 million [226] Home entertainment – $17.4 million [226]	Video game	Allen Adham Frank Pearce Michael Morhaime	Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming)
Despicable Me (Minions)	2010	$12.3 billion	Retail sales – $6 billion [227] Box office – $5.61 billion [228] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $725 million [229]	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 [230] Box office – $2.266 billion [232] VHS sales – $1 billion [230] DVD & Blu-ray – $426 million [233]	Television series	Gene Roddenberry	Paramount Global
Street Fighter	1987	$10.7 billion	Video Game – $10.61 billion [193] Box office & home video – $211 million [bh]	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 [244]	Manga	Aki Kondo	San-X
Monster Strike	2013	$10 billion	Mobile Game- $10 billion [bj]	Video game	Yoshiki Okamoto	Mixi
Jurassic Park	1990	$9.79 billion	Box office – $6.026 billion [251] Merchandise sales – $3.2 billion [bk] Home video sales – $418 million [bl] TV revenue – $150 million [254] [255]	Novel	Michael Crichton	Alfred A. Knopf (novel) Universal Pictures (Comcast) Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film)
James Bond	1953	$9.75 billion	Box office – $7.879 billion [256] Home entertainment – $373 million [257] Merchandise sales – $1 billion [258] [bm] Video games – $500 million [bn]	Novel	Ian Fleming	Danjaq Ian Fleming Publications (books) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon MGM Studios)(films)
Angry Birds	2009	$9.54 billion	Merchandise sales – $8.647 billion [bo] Box office – $503 million [261] Video games – $362.5 million [bp] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $35 million [261]	Video game	Jaakko Iisalo	Rovio Entertainment (Sega Sammy Holdings)
Dragon Ball	1984	$9.54 billion	Merchandise sales – $6 billion [bq] Box office - $317 million [267] Home video - $29 million [268] Video games – $3.2 billion [br]	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 [271] [272] Box office – $579 million [273] Home media – $4.8 million [274]	Manga	Koyoharu Gotōge	Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) ufotable (anime) Aniplex (anime)
Thomas & Friends	1945	$9.12 billion	Retail sales – $9.107 billion [bs] Box office – $19.7 million [277]	Book	Wilbert Awdry Christopher Awdry	Egmont Group Mattel
Fortnite	2017	$9 billion	Video games – $9 billion [278]	Video game	Epic Games	Epic Games Tencent
Mario	1981	$8.75 billion	Video games – $7.33 billion [bt] Box office – $1.3 billion [bu] Home media – $21 million [286]	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 [288] Box office – $182 million [289]	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 [290] [291] Box office – $5.968 billion [292] Home media – $995 million [293]	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 [294] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $823.6 million [295] Merchandise sales - $85 million [bw] Video games – $28 million [bx]	Comic book	Stan Lee Jack Kirby	Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
DC Extended Universe (DCEU)	2013	$8 billion	Box office – $7.191 billion [297] Home video sales – $709.4 million [by] Merchandise sales – $100 million [300]	Film	DC Entertainment	DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Fast & Furious	2001	$7.98 billion	Box office – $7.333 billion [301] Home entertainment – $595 million [302]	Film	Gary Scott Thompson	Universal Pictures (Comcast)
Pirates of the Caribbean	2003 [bz]	$7.9 billion	Box office – $4.522 billion [303] Home entertainment – $1.781 billion [ca] Merchandise sales – $1.6 billion [306] [cb]	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 [cc]	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 [cd] Box office – $481 million [ce] TV licensing – $96 million [313] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $98 million [314]	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 [cg] Box office – $1.1 million [317] Home media – $1.4 million [318]	Television series	Eiji Tsuburaya	Tsuburaya Productions (Bandai Namco Holdings)
Madden NFL	1998	$7 billion	Video games – $7 billion [319]	Video game	Electronic Arts	Electronic Arts National Football League (NFL)
Fate (Fate/stay night)	2004	$7 billion	Mobile game – $7 billion [320]	Video game	Type-Moon	Type-Moon (video game) Aniplex (Sony Music Japan)(anime & mobile game)
Superman	1938	$6.9 billion	Retail sales – $4.032 billion [ch] Box office – $2.554 billion [321] DVD & Blu-ray - $356 million [321]	Comic book	Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster	DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Halo	2001	$6.8 billion	Games & consoles – $5 billion [322] Home video & merchandise – $1.8 billion [323]	Video game	Bungie 343 Industries	Microsoft Gaming
Ice Age	2002	$6.42 billion [ci]	Box office – $2.9 billion [326] Retail sales – $1.3 billion [326] Home entertainment – $347 million [327]	Animated film	Michael J. Wilson Blue Sky Studios	20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company)
Shrek	1990	$6.3 billion	Box office – $4.020 billion [328] Home entertainment – $1.922 billion [cj] Merchandise sales – $275 million [76] Broadway musical – $46.4 million [330] Video games – $38.9 million [ck]	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 – $6 billion [cl] Box office – $155 million [332]	Musical theatre	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sonic the Hedgehog	1991	$6.09 billion	Video games – $5 billion [333] Box office – $918.5 million [334] Home entertainment – $180 million [335]	Video game	Sonic Team Hirokazu Yasuhara Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima	Sega (Sega Sammy Holdings)
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 [343]	Animated cartoon	Lauren Faust Bonnie Zacherle	Hasbro
Avatar	2009	$5.78 billion	Box office – $5.243 billion [co] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $429 million [346] Merchandise sales – $153 million [347]	Film	James Cameron	20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company)
Scooby-Doo	1969	$5.43 billion	Retail sales – $4.9 billion [cp] Box office – $483.4 million [353] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $54 million [354]	Animated series	Joe Ruby Ken Spears	Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Yu-Gi-Oh!	1996	$5.42 billion	Licensed merchandise – $5 billion [cq] Video games – $387 million [cs] Anime box office – $39.3 million [ct]	Manga	Kazuki Takahashi	Kazuki Takahashi Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Konami (games and cards)
Mamma Mia	1975	$5.16 billion	Musical theatre – $4 billion [363] Film box office – $988 million [364] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $180 million [365]	Song	ABBA	Polar / Epic (Sony) (song) Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)
Mortal Kombat	1992	$5.06 billion [cu]	Video games – $4.054 billion [cv] Box office – $256 million [369] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $2.9 million [367]	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 [372]	Video game	miHoYo Cai Haoyu	miHoYo
The Sims	2000	$5 billion	Video games – $5 billion [373]	Video game	Will Wright	Electronic Arts
Bob the Builder	1998	$5 billion	Retail sales – $5 billion [374]	Animated series	Keith Chapman	Mattel
The Simpsons	1987	$4.9 billion	Merchandise sales – $4.223 billion [cx] Box office – $536 million [378] Video games – $141 million [cy]	Animated series	Matt Groening	20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company)
Assassin's Creed	2007	$4.7 billion [cz]	Box office – $240 million [381] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $12 million [381] Video games – $1 billion [da]	Video game	Patrice Désilets Jade Raymond Corey May	Ubisoft
Beyblade	1999	$4.6 billion	Merchandise sales – $4.6 billion [383] [db] Box office – $9.7 million [dc]	Manga	Takao Aoki	Takao Aoki Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group)
The Big Bang Theory	2007	$4.57 billion	TV advertising – $3.57 billion [dd] TV syndication – $1 billion [387]	Television series	Chuck Lorre Bill Prady	Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Seinfeld	1989	$4.56 billion	TV revenue – $4.06 billion [388] TV streaming – $500 million [389]	Television series	Larry David Jerry Seinfeld	Sony Pictures Television (Sony)
Mission: Impossible	1966	$4.34 billion [de]	Box office – $4.142 billion [391] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $180 million [392] Video games – $24 million [df]	Television series	Bruce Geller	Paramount Pictures (Paramount Global)
Twilight	2005	$4.31 billion	Box office – $3.314 billion [394] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $1 billion [395]	Novel	Stephenie Meyer	Little, Brown and Company Summit Entertainment
Gran Turismo	1997	$4.1 billion	Video games – $4 billion [396] Box office - $117 million [397]	Video game	Kazunori Yamauchi Polyphony Digital	Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sony)
Strawberry Shortcake	1979	$4 billion	Retail sales – $4 billion [208] DVD sales – $2.6 million [398]	Greeting card	American Greetings	WildBrain
The Smurfs	1958	$4 billion [dg]	Box office - $1.109 billion [400] Home media - $98.4 million [dh]	Comic	Peyo	Studio Peyo
Cabbage Patch Kids	1982 [di]	$4 billion	Retail sales – $4 billion [403]	television special	Coleco	Wicked Cool Toys (Berkshire Hathaway)
G.I. Joe	1967	$3.95 billion	Merchandise sales – $3.105 billion [dj] Box office – $712 million [407] DVD & Blu-ray – $134 million [408]	Comic	Stan Weston	Hasbro
The Hunger Games	2008	$3.83 billion	Box office – $3.317 billion [409] DVD & Blu-ray – $520 million [410]	Novel	Suzanne Collins	Scholastic Corporation (books) Lionsgate (films)
Blue's Clues	1996	$3.6 billion	Retail sales – $3.6 billion [411]	Television series	Traci Paige Johnson Todd Kessler Angela C. Santomero	Nickelodeon (Paramount Global)
Beauty and the Beast	1991	$3.52 billion	Box office – $1.689 billion [dk] Musical - $1.4 billion [414] [dl] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $432.6 million [dm]	Animated film	Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve	The Walt Disney Company
Skylanders	2011	$3.5 billion [417]	Licensed merchandise – $1.858 billion [dn]	Video game	Toys for Bob	Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming)
Titanic	1997	$3.45 billion	Box office – $2.257 billion [418] VHS & DVD sales – $1.2 billion [419]	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 [do]	Video Game	Respawn Entertainment	Electronic Arts
Minecraft	2009	$3.3 billion	Merchandise sales – $3.367 billion [dp]	Video game	Markus Persson	Mojang Studios (Xbox Game Studios)
Bratz	2001	$3.23 billion	Retail sales – $3.15 billion [dq] Box office – $26 million [423] Home entertainment – $56.7 million [424]	Doll	Carter Bryant	MGA Entertainment
Care Bears	1981	$3.05 billion	Retail sales – $3.02 billion [dr] Box office – $34 million [ds]	Greeting card	American Greetings	American Greetings
Hamtaro	1997	$3.02 billion	Retail sales – $3 billion [430] Box office – $25 million [dt]	Manga	Ritsuko Kawai	Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group)
Terminator	1984	$3 billion [du]	Box office – $2.074 billion [433] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $136 million [434]	Film	James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd	Skydance Media
Astro Boy	1952	$3 billion	Merchandise sales – $3 billion [435] Box office – $42 million [436] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $10.2 million [436]	Manga	Osamu Tezuka	Tezuka Productions
Thor	1962	$2.98 billion	Box office – $2.710 billion [437] Home entertainment – $279 million [438]	Comic book	Stan Lee Larry Lieber Jack Kirby	Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Iron Man	1963	$2.89 billion	Box office – $2.425 billion [439] Home entertainment – $471 million [440]	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 [441] Home video – $232 million [442]	Comic book	Roy Thomas Arnold Drake Gene Colan	Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
The Elder Scrolls	1994	$2.65 billion	Video games – $2.65 billion [dv]	Video game	Bethesda Softworks	ZeniMax Media (Microsoft Gaming)
Godzilla (Gojira)	1954	$2.63 billion	Box office – $2.495 billion [447] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $136.4 million [448]	Film	Ishirō Honda	Toho
Inside Out	2015	$2.61 billion	Box office - $2.497 billion [449] Home media - $122.2 million [450]	Film	Pete Docter	Pixar (The Walt Disney Company
Indiana Jones	1981	$2.6 billion	Box office – $2.210 billion [451] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $396 million [452]	Film	George Lucas Steven Spielberg	Lucasfilm (The Walt Disney Company)
Madagascar	2005	$2.59 billion	Box office – $2.270 billion [453] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $329 million [454]	Animated film	Tom McGrath Eric Darnell	DreamWorks Animation (Comcast)
Captain America	1941	$2.55 billion	Box office – $2.239 billion [455] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $317 million [456]	Comic book	Joe Simon Jack Kirby	Marvel Comics (The Walt Disney Company)
Kung Fu Panda	2008	$2.54 billion	Box office – $2.306 billion [457] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $234 million [458]	Animated film	Ethan Reiff Cyrus Voris	Universal Pictures (Comcast)
Winx Club	2004	$2.53 billion	Retail sales – $2.5 billion [459] [dw] Box office – $34 million [dx]	Animated series	Iginio Straffi	Rainbow S.p.A. Paramount Global (copyright for seasons 5–7)
The Powerpuff Girls	1998	$2.52 billion	Retail sales – $2.5 billion [463] [dy] Box office – $16.4 million [464]	Animated series	Craig McCracken	Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Friends	1994	$2.5 billion	TV syndication – $1.5 billion [465] TV advertising – $1 billion [dz] Box office – $89,007 [467]	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 [468]	Manga	Naoko Takeuchi	Naoko Takeuchi Kodansha (manga) Toei Animation (anime)
The Incredibles	2004	$2.37 billion	Box office – $1.875 billion [469] Merchandise sales – $370 million [ea] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $127 million [470]	Animated film	Brad Bird	The Walt Disney Company
Kumamon	2010	$2.36 billion	Retail sales – $2.36 billion [eb]	Cartoon	Kumamoto Prefecture	Kumamoto Prefecture
Aladdin	1992	$2.33 billion	Box office – $1.554 billion [ec] Broadway musical – $571.8 million [475] Video games – $200 million [476]	Animated film	Hanna Diyab Walt Disney Animation	The Walt Disney Company
Black Panther	1966	$2.31 billion	Box office – $2.209 billion [477] Home video – $104 million [478]	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 [479] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $157 million [480]	Novel	Pierre Boulle	Éditions Julliard (book) 20th Century Studios (Disney) (films)
Jumanji	1981	$2.24 billion	Box office – $2.089 billion [481] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $155 million [482]	Picture book	Chris Van Allsburg	Sony
The Little Mermaid	1989	$2.21 billion [ed]	Box office – $782 million [484] Merchandise sales – $1 billion [485] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $349 million [486] Musical - $83 million [487]	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 [488] Home media – $79 million [489]	Film	James Wan	Warner Brothers
Ghostbusters	1984	$2.18 billion	Merchandise sales – $1 billion [490] Box office – $1.1 billion [491] Home media – $85 million [492]	Film	Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis	Sony
Finding Nemo	2003	$2.15 billion	Box office – $1.961 billion [493] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $196 million [494]	Animated film	Andrew Stanton	The Walt Disney Company
Rocky	1976	$2.11 billion	Box office - $1.993 billion [495] Home media - $119.5 million [496]	Film	Sylvester Stallone	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( Amazon )
MonsterVerse	2014	$2.09 billion	Box office – $1.94 billion [497] Home media – $159 million [498]	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	Merchandise sales – $2 billion [499] Box office – $99.4 million [500]	Video game	Level-5	Level-5
The Matrix	1999	$2.06 billion	Video games – $250 million [ee] Box office – $1.791 billion [502] Home media – $26 million [503]	Film	The Wachowskis	Warner Bros
The Chronicles of Narnia	2005	$2.06 billion	Box office - $1.556 billion [504] Home media - $506 million [505]	Film	C. S. Lewis Andrew Adamson	Netflix
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982	$2.04 billion	Merchandise sales – $1 billion [506] Box office – $797 million [507] VHS sales – $250 million [508]	Film	Steven Spielberg	Universal Pictures (Comcast)
Bourne	1980	$2.03 billion	Box office – $1.665 billion [509] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $374 million [510]	Novel	Robert Ludlum	Eric Van Lustbader (books) Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)
Men in Black	1990	$2.02 billion	Box office – $1.940 billion [511] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $83 million [512]	Comic book	Lowell Cunningham	Marvel Comics (Disney) (comics) Sony (films)
Resident Evil (Biohazard)	1996	$2 billion	Video games – $600 million [513] Box office – $1.271 billion [514] Home video – $132 million [515]	Video game	Shinji Mikami Tokuro Fujiwara	Capcom
Guitar Hero	2005	$2 billion	Video games – $2 billion [516]	Video game	Harmonix	Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming)
Lego	1995	$2 billion	Video games – $2 billion [517] [ef]	Video game	Lego Interactive (The Lego Group)	TT Games (Warner Bros. Discovery)
NBA Jam	1993	$2 billion	Video games – $2 billion [518]	Video game	Midway Games	Electronic Arts National Basketball Association (NBA)
Neon Genesis Evangelion	1994	$2 billion [eg]	TV revenue - $1.4 billion [520] Retail sales - $255 million [521] Box office - $254 million [eh]	Anime	Hideaki Anno	Khara

See also

• List of best-selling comic series
  • List of best-selling manga
  • List of best-selling light novels
• List of best-selling video game franchises
• Lists of multimedia franchises
• Lists of highest-grossing films
  • List of best-selling films in the United States
  • List of films by box office admissions
  • List of highest-grossing films
  • List of highest-grossing animated films
  • List of highest-grossing Japanese films
  • List of highest-grossing non-English films

Notes

1. 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 ¥6.0 trillion ($50 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]
3. Pokémon Go – $6 billion ^[24]
   • Pokémon Duel , Pokémon Shuffle Mobile , Magikarp Jump – $48.6 million ^[25]
   • Pokémon Quest – $10 million ^[26]
   • Pokémon Masters – $75 million ^[26]
4. Pokémon home video sales:
   • Detective Pikachu : ^[28]
     • DVD sales as of June 4,2023 ^[update] – $17.9 million
     • Blu-ray as of February 14,2021 ^[update] – $20.3 million
5. Pokémon Jet aircraft sales in Japan as of 2004 ^[update] – ¥300 million ^[29] ($3 million)
6. Mickey Mouse & Friends retail sales:
   • 2002 – $4.7 billion ^[30]
   • 2003 – $5.8 billion ^[31]
   • 2005 – $6 billion ^[32]
   • 2007 – $6 billion ^[33]
   • 2010 – $9 billion ^[34]
   • 2011 – $750 million in North America. ^[35]
   • 2012 – $4.122 billion ^[36]
   • 2013 – $4.568 billion ^[36]
   • 2014 – $4.719 billion ^[37]
   • 2015 – $4.262 billion ^[38]
   • 2016 – $4.247 billion ^[38]
   • 2017 – $3.233 billion ^[39]
   • 2018 – $3.265 billion ^[40]
7. • Fantasia (1940) – $83 million ^[41]
   • DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) – $18.1 million ^[42]
   • A Goofy Movie (1995) – $35 million ^[43]
   • Fantasia 2000 (1999) – $90 million ^[44]
   • Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) – $623,190 ^[45]
8. • 1991 VHS release of Fantasia earned $209 million in sales ^[46]
   • Others since 2001 – $114 million ^[47]
9. Clothing line only
10. Winnie the Pooh retail sales:
    • 1986 – $100 million ^{[48] [i]}
    • 1997 – $4 billion ^[49]
    • 2002– $7 billion ^[50]
    • 2003 – $5.6 billion ^[31]
    • 2005 – $6 billion ^[32]
    • 2006 – $6.9 billion ^[51]
    • 2011 – $1.09 billion in North America. ^[35]
    • 2012 – $3.17 billion ^[36]
    • 2013 – $2.808 billion ^[36]
    • 2014 – $2.732 billion ^[52]
    • 2015 – $2.74 billion ^[38]
    • 2016 – $2.791 billion ^[39]
    • 2017 – $1.649 billion ^[39]
    • 2018 – $1.675 billion ^[40]
11. $6.6 billion franchise revenue up until May 1987. ^[56]
12. • Up until 2006 – $12 billion ^[57]
      • Original trilogy – $5.8 billion ^[57]
      • Prequel trilogy – $6.2 billion ^[57]
        • The Phantom Menace – $2 billion ^{[57] [58]}
        • Attack of the Clones – $1.2 billion ^{[57] [58]}
        • Revenge of the Sith – $3 billion ^{[57] [58]}
    • 2012 – $2.266 billion ^[36]
    • 2013 – $2.200 billion ^[36]
    • 2014 – $2.374 billion ^[52]
    • 2015 – $2.842 billion ^[38]
    • 2016 – $3.049 billion ^[39]
    • 2017 – $2.403 billion ^[39]
    • 2018 – $1.923 billion ^[40]
13. Star Wars video games:
    • Up until December 2015 – $3 billion ^[61]
    • Mobile (2013–2019) – $1 billion ^[62]
14. Star Wars television revenue:
    • Clone Wars (as of 2015) – $4.5 million ^[61]
    • Television rights (2016) – $275 million ^[63]
15. The first film featuring a Disney Princess character, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , was released in 1937.
16. • 2000 – $200 million ^[64]
    • 2001 – $300 million ^[65]
    • 2002 – $1 billion ^[66]
    • 2003 – $1.3 billion ^[67]
    • 2004 – $2 billion ^[68]
    • 2005 – $3 billion ^{[69] [70]}
    • 2006 – $3 billion ^[71]
    • 2007 – $4 billion ^[72]
    • 2008 – $4 billion ^[73]
    • 2009 – $3.7 billion. ^{[74] [75]}
    • 2010 – $3.250 billion ^[76]
    • 2011 – $1.6 billion ^[35]
    • 2012 – $2.896 billion ^[36]
    • 2013 – $2.885 billion ^[36]
    • 2014 – $2.568 billion. ^[52]
    • 2015 – $2.635 billion ^[38]
    • 2016 – $2.724 billion ^[39]
    • 2017 – $2.133 billion ^[39]
    • 2018 – $1.686 billion ^[40]
17. ¥150 billion+ annual sales for nearly 30 years - ¥3,750 billion+ ($38.42 billion+) ^[78]
18. ¥1.5 billion ^[79] ($14.51 million).
19. Books - $7.7 billion, 1997-2016 ^[81] Ebooks and Audiobooks (Pottermore)
    • $127.1 million (£95.1 million), 2016-2018 ^[82]
    • $40.3 million (£31.5 million), 2019 ^[83]
    • $149 million (£110.7 million), 2020–2022 ^[84]
    • $61.3 million (£48.2 million), 2022–2023 ^[85]
20. Harry Potter merchandise:
    • 2002 – $2.9 billion ^[30]
    • 2003 – $2.8 billion ^[31]
    • 2010 – $300 million ^[76]
    • 2011 – $100 million ^[86]
    • 2017–2018 – $1.01 billion ^[87]
21. $3.9 billion Harry Potter home entertainment revenue up until 2014. ^[88] $71 million Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2017. ^[89] $44 million Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2018. ^[90] $17 million Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2022 . ^[91]
22. Harry Potter video games:
    • • Up until 2014 – $1.5 billion ^[88]
      • Mobile games (2018 to October 2022) – $1 billion ^[92]
      • Hogwarts Legacy – $1 billion ^[93]
23. Palace Theater, London (presales), $32 million ^[95] Broadway, New York (2018–2020), $174 million ^[96] Broadway, New York (2021–present), $219 million ^[97] Curran Theater, San Francisco, $2 million ^[98]
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. • 1987 – $430 million ^[99]
    • 1988 - $450 million ^[100]
    • 1989 – $600 million ^[101]
    • 1990 – $700 million ^[101]
    • 1991 - $840 million ^[102]
    • 1992 - $1 billion ^{[103] [104]}
    • 1993 – $1 billion ^[99]
    • 1994 - $1 billion ^[105]
    • 1995 - $1.2 billion ^[106]
    • 1996 - $1.7 billion ^[107]
    • 1997 – $1.9 billion ^[108]
    • 1998 - $1.9 billion ^[109]
    • 1999 - $1.5 billion ^[110]
    • 2000 - $1.5 billion ^[111]
    • 2001 - $1.5 billion ^[112]
    • 2002 – $1.52 billion ^[113]
    • 2003 – $3.6 billion ^[114]
    • 2004 – $3 billion ^[115]
    • 2005 – $1 billion ^[116]
    • 2008 – $3.3 billion ^[117]
    • 2010 – $550 million ^[76]
    • 2014 – $1.1 billion ^[118]
    • 2016 – $1 billion ^[119]
26. • MCU films – $31.056 billion ^[122]
    • Inhumans (premiere) – $3.5 million ^[123]
27. • Home media – $2.634 billion ^[124]
    • Black Widow (digital sales) – $125 million ^[125]
28. • 1986 – $477.8 million ^[126]
    • 1987 – $506 million ^[126]
    • 2000 – $1.2 billion ^[127]
    • 2002 – $1 billion ^{[128] [129]}
    • 2003 – $4 billion ^[130]
    • 2005 – $500 million ^[131]
    • 2011 – $4.100 billion ^[86]
    • 2012 – $4.039 billion ^[36]
    • 2013 – $8 billion ^[132]
    • 2015 – $3.756 billion ^[38]
    • 2017 – $2.663 billion ^[39]
    • 2018 – $2.645 billion ^[40]
29. Call of Duty video game revenue:
    • Up until 2022 – $30 billion ^[135]
    • Modern Warfare II (2022) – $1 billion ^[136]
30. Batman retail sales:
    • As of 2012 ^[update] – $16 billion ^[137]
    • Merchandise sales during 2013–2018 – $5.017 billion
      • 2013 – $494 million ^[138]
      • 2014 – $578 million ^[52]
      • 2015 – $982 million ^[38]
      • 2016 – $1.1 billion ^[39]
      • 2017 – $1.024 billion ^[39]
      • 2018 – $839 million ^[87]
    • Home video sales between September 2012 and January 2020 – $312 million ^[139]
31. $650 million VHS and DVD sales for Batman , Batman Returns , Batman Forever and Batman & Robin up until 2005. ^[140] $562 million DVD and Blu-ray sales for films released since 2008. ^[141]
32. Batman television revenue:
    • 1960s TV series – $300 million ^[143]
    • 1989 film – $40 million ^[144]
33. • 2002 – $2.7 billion ^[145]
    • 2003 – $1.3 billion ^[146]
    • 2010 – $590 million ^[76]
    • 2011 – $325 million ^[35]
    • 2012 – $1.285 billion ^[36]
    • 2013 – $1.333 billion ^[36]
    • 2014 – $1.453 billion ^[52]
    • 2015 – $1.512 billion ^[38]
    • 2016 – $1.551 billion ^[39]
    • 2017 – $1.402 billion ^[39]
    • 2018 – $1.075 billion ^[40]
34. Box office gross of Spider-Man films:
    • • 2002–2023 films – $8.974 billion ^[147]
      • Sony's Spider-Man Universe – $2.15 billion
35. Spider-Man home video revenue:
    • • 2002-2023 films - $665 million ^[148]
      • Sony's Marvel Universe - $121 million ^[149]
      • The Spectacular Spider-Man – $1 million ^[150]
36. Spider-Man video games:
    • Spider-Man: The Movie (2002) – $100 million ^[151]
    • Spider-Man 2 (2004) – $110 million ^[152]
37. ¥2 trillion ($25 billion) Transformers franchise revenue up until 2011. ^[154]
38. Transformers merchandise sales:
    • 1984–1992 – $1 billion US toy sales ^[155]
    • 2012 – $314 million ^[36]
    • 2013 – $304 million ^[36]
    • 2014 – $410 million ^[52]
    • 2015 – $430 million ^[38]
    • 2016 – $446 million ^[38]
    • 2017 – $652 million ^[39]
    • 2018 – $423 million ^[87]
39. $10 billion up until 2011. ^[159] $2.527 billion in 2012. $2.3 billion in 2013. ^[36] $2.025 billion in 2014. ^[52] $1 billion in 2015. ^[160] $588 million in 2016. $674 million in 2017. ^[39]
40. • Cars series – $1.405 billion ^[161]
    • Planes series – $394 million ^[162]
41. • Cars series – $513 million ^[163]
    • Planes series – $121 million ^[164]
42. Looney Tunes franchise retail sales:
    • 1978 – $100 million ^[166]
    • 1993 – $1 billion ^[167]
    • 1994 – $2 billion ^[167]
    • 1995 – $2.5 billion ^[168]
    • 1996 – $5 billion ^[169]
    • 2010 – $603 million ^[76]
    • 2012 – $624 million ^[36]
    • 2013 – $617 million ^[36]
    • 2014 – $628 million ^[52]
    • 2015 – $639 million ^[38]
    • 2016 – $645 million ^[39]
    • 2017 – $624 million ^[39]
    • 2018 – $597 million ^[87]
    • Space Jam – $1.2 billion ^[170]
43. • Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1992) – $78,350 ^[171]
    • 1995 Bugs Bunny Film Festival (1995) – $19,587 ^[172]
    • Space Jam (1996) – $250 million ^[173]
    • 1998 Bugs Bunny Film Festival (1998) – $413,076 ^[174]
    • Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) – $68.5 million ^[175]
    • Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) – $162 million ^[176]
44. • Up until 1994 – $6 billion ^[178]
    • 2003–2005 – $1 billion ^[179]
    • 2009–2012 – $475 million ^[180]
    • 2012–2022 – $8 billion ^[181]
45. • Up until 2014 – $13 billion ^[185]
    • 2015 – $933 million ^[186]
    • 2016 – $915 million ^[186]
    • 2017 – $565 million ^[39]
46. Home entertainment sales up until 2005
47. $3 billion up until 1998. ^[190]
48. Pac-Man video game revenue:
    • Pac-Man – $12.81 billion ^[193]
    • Ms. Pac-Man – $1.5 billion ^[194]
    • Other games (US) – $97.3 million
      • Pac-Mania (arcade) – $2.82 million ^[195]
      • Microsoft Return of Arcade (PC) – $9.5 million ^[196]
      • Pac-Man Collection (GBA) – $25 million ^[197]
      • Namco Museum (GBA) – $37 million ^[197]
      • Pac-Man World 2 (PS2) – $23 million ^[198]
49. Buckner & Garcia's Pac-Man Fever album and "Pac-Man Fever" single – $32 million ^[201]
50. • Toy Story 3 (2010) – $10 billion up until 2014. ^[202]
    • 2015 – $1 billion ^[160]
51. Peanuts retail sales:
    • 1986 – $1 billion ^[205]
    • 1997 – $1.1 billion ^{[206] [207]}
    • 2010 – $2 billion ^[76]
    • US sales in 2011 – $600 million ^[35]
    • 2012 – $1.141 billion ^[36]
    • 2013 – $1.167 billion ^[36]
    • 2014 – $1.194 billion ^[52]
    • 2015 – $1.3 billion ^[208]
    • 2016 – $1.468 billion ^[39]
    • 2017 – $1.558 billion ^[39]
    • 2018 – $1.662 billion ^[40]
52. • 2013 - $325 million ^[138]
    • 2014 - $1 billion ^[214]
    • 2015 – $1.004 billion ^[38]
    • 2016 – $1.242 billion ^[39]
    • 2017 – $1.227 billion ^[39]
    • 2018 – $1.798 billion ^[40]
53. Avengers DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • Ultimate Avengers – The Movie (2006) – $6.7 million ^[215]
    • Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006) – $7.8 million ^[216]
    • The Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008) – $4.1 million ^[217]
54. • 2014 – $5 billion ^[218]
    • 2015 – $1.573 billion ^[38]
    • 2016 – $1.598 billion ^[39]
    • 2017 – $1.404 billion ^[39]
    • 2018 – $1.013 billion ^[40]
55. Arcade and software revenue up until 2016
56. $13 billion up until 2018. ^[222]
57. Revenue up until 2016 ^[225]
58. $7.8 billion franchise revenue up until December 1998. ^[230]
59. • Up until 2002 - $4 billion ^[231]
    • 2010 – $150 million ^[76]
    • 2012-2013 – $275 million ^[36]
    • 2014 – $148 million ^[52]
    • 2015 – $149 million ^[38]
    • 2016 – $159 million ^[39]
    • 2017 – $180 million ^[39]
    • 2018 – $192 million ^[87]
60. Street Fighter box office and home video revenue:
    • Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) $16 million
      • Japan box office – $16 million ^[234]
    • Street Fighter (1994) – $99.4 million
      • Box office - $99.4 million ^[235]
    • Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) – $18,832,933
      • Worldwide box office – $12,764,201 ^[236]
      • US DVD sales – $6,068,732 ^[237]
61. Grand Theft Auto:
    • Grand Theft Auto III (2001) - $350 million ^[238]
    • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) - $300 million ^[198]
    • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) - $235 million ^[239]
    • Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) - $48 million (United States) ^[240]
    • Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) - $500 million ^[241]
    • Grand Theft Auto V (2013) - $8.5 billion ^[242]
    • Mobile revenue - $100 million ^[243]
62. Monster Strike:
    • Up until October 2018 – $7.2 billion ^[245]
    • November 2018 – $52 million+ ^[246]
    • December 2018 – $68 million+ ^[247]
    • 2019 – $932 million ^[248]
    • 2020 – $958 million ^[248]
    • 2021 – $702 million ^[249]
    • Up to September 2022 – $10 billion ^[250]
63. Jurassic Park merchandise:
    • Up until 2001 – $2.5 billion ^[252]
    • 2017 – $353 million ^[87]
    • 2018 – $353 million ^[87]
64. $545 million up until 2004. ^[253] $414 million since 2015. ^[251]
65. Up until 1997
66. GoldenEye – $500 million ^[259]
67. • 2011 - $600 million ^[260]
    • 2012 - $1.849 billion ^[36]
    • 2013 - $1.882 billion ^[36]
    • 2014 - $1.16 billion ^[52]
    • 2015 - $1.065 billion ^[38]
    • 2016 - $1.277 billion ^[39]
    • 2017 - $814 million ^[39]
68. • Angry Birds 2 (2015) - $332.5 million. ^[262]
    • Angry Birds Evolution (2017) - $30 million. ^[263]
69. • Up until 2011 - $5 billion ^[264]
    • 2022-2023 - ¥139 billion($1 billion) ^{[265] [266]}
70. • Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku (2002) - $35 million (United States) ^[240]
    • Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu (2003) - $14 million (United States) ^[240]
    • Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II (2003) - $16 million (United States) ^[240]
    • Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle (2015) - $3 billion ^[269]
    • Dragon Ball Z Legends – $140 million ^[270]
71. • Up until 1997 - $1 billion ^[275]
    • 2000 - $260 million in North America ^[276]
    • 2010 - $1.2 billion ^[76]
    • 2011 - $390 million ^[35]
    • 2012 - $998 million ^[36]
    • 2013 - $926 million ^[36]
    • 2014 - $935 million ^[52]
    • 2015 - $960 million ^[38]
    • 2016 - $985 million ^[39]
    • 2017 - $726 million ^[39]
    • 2018 - $727 million ^[87]
72. Mario video games:
    • Up until 2002 – $7 billion ^{[279] [280] [281]}
    • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003) – $26 million(United States) ^[198]
    • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) – $30 million(United States) ^[240]
    • Super Mario 64 DS (2004) – $42 million(United States) ^[240]
    • Mario Kart DS (2005) – $31 million(United States) ^[240]
    • Mario Kart Tour (2019 to April 2021) – $200 million ^[282]
    • Dr. Mario World (2019) – $4.8 million ^[283]
73. Mario franchise box office:
    • Super Mario Bros. (1993) – $38.9 million ^[284]
    • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) – $1.360 billion ^[285]
74. Power Rangers licensed merchandise sales:
    • Power Rangers licensed toy sales during 1993–1999 – $6 billion wholesale revenue ^[287]
    • Power Rangers licensed merchandise sales during 2012–2018 – $2.479 billion
      • 2012 – $300 million ^[36]
      • 2013 – $333 million ^[36]
      • 2014 – $326 million ^[52]
      • 2015 – $330 million ^[38]
      • 2016–2017 – $909 million ^[39]
      • 2018 – $281 million ^[87]
75. • 1994 – $85 million ^[296]
76. X-Men video games:
    • X-Men Legends – $28 million(United States) ^[198]
77. • Main films - $693.2 million ^[298]
    • Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) – $16.2 million ^[299]
78. Pirates of the Caribbean became a media franchise with the debut of the film series in 2003.
79. $1.75 billion up until May 2017. ^[304] $31 million DVD and Blu-ray sales since September 2017. ^[305]
80. Merchandise retail sales up until 2011.
81. • Up until 2013 – $6 billion ^[307]
    • 2014 – $681 million ^[308]
    • 2015 – $569 million ^[38]
    • 2016 – $603 million ^[38]
82. • 2010 – $900 million ^[76]
    • 2011 – $515 million ^[35]
    • 2012 – $893 million ^[36]
    • 2013 – $923 million ^[36]
    • 2014 – $828 million ^[52]
    • 2015 – $792 million ^[38]
    • 2016 – $775 million ^[39]
    • 2017 – $724 million ^[39]
    • 2018 – $700 million ^[87]
83. Muppets franchise box office:
    • • The Muppets film series – $456 million ^[309]
      • Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985) – $13.9 million ^[310]
      • Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011) – $310,812 ^[311]
      • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) – $11.6 million ^[312]
84. Sales in Japan only
85. Ultraman merchandise sales:
    • Up until 1987 – $7.4 billion ^{[cf] [315] [316]}
86. • 2010 - $280 million ^[76]
    • 2012 – $277 million ^[36]
    • 2013 - $277 million ^[36]
    • 2014 - $305 million ^[52]
    • 2015 - $725 million ^[38]
    • 2016 - $812 million ^[39]
    • 2017 - $722 million ^[39]
    • 2018 - $634 million ^[87]
87. Ice Age:
    • As of April 2016 ^[update] – $6 billion ^[324]
    • Ice Age: Collision Course (June 2016) – $420 million ^[325]
88. First two films grossed $1.6 billion. ^[329] Later films grossed $322 million. ^[328]
89. Shrek video games:
    • Shrek 2 (2004) – $38.9 million ^[152]
90. • The Phantom of the Opera (1986) – $6 billion until 2017 ^[331]
91. • 1980s - $1 billion ^[336]
    • 2012 - $260 million ^[36]
    • 2013 - $650 million ^[13]
    • 2014 - $1 billion ^[337]
    • 2015 - $1.2 billion ^[15]
    • 2016 - $456 million ^[39]
    • 2017 - $660 million ^[39]
    • 2018 - $690 million ^[87]
92. My Little Pony box office gross:
    • My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) – $6 million ^[338]
    • My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013) – $483,752 ^[339]
    • My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks (2014) – $347,511 ^[340]
    • My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games (2015) – $194,807 ^[341]
    • My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) – $60.3 million ^[342]
93. Avatar Franchise Box Office:
    • Avatar (2009) – $2.9 billion ^[344]
    • Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) – $2.3 billion ^[345]
94. • 1984 - $1 billion ^[348]
    • 1999 – $800 million ^{[349] [350]}
    • 2002 – $750 million ^[351]
    • 2004 – $1 billion ^[352]
    • 2015 – $496 million ^[38]
    • 2016 – $501 million ^[39]
    • 2017 – $353 million ^[39]
95. Yu-Gi-Oh licensed merchandise sales:
    • Up until January 2012 – $5 billion ^[355]
96. $284 million, collecting data from 2016, 2018, 2019, and the first half of 2021 ^{[356] [357] [358] [359]}
97. Yu-Gi-Oh video games:
    • Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul (GBA) – $38 million (United States) ^[240]
    • Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards (GBA) – $32 million (United States) ^[240]
    • Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses (PS2) – $33 million (United States) ^[198]
    • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (mobile) – $284 million ^[cr]
98. Yu-Gi-Oh Box Office:
    • Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light (2004) – $29.2 million ^[360]
    • Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time (2010) – $2.6 million ^[361]
    • Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016) – $7.5 million ^[362]
99. Mortal Kombat franchise:
    • Up until 2000 – $5 billion ^[366]
    • Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (2002) video game – $54 million ^[198]
    • Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020) DVD and Blu-ray sales – $2.9 million ^[367]
100. Mortal Kombat video games:
     • Up until 1995 – $4 billion ^[368]
     • Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (2002) – $54 million ^[198]
101. Gundam retail sales:
     • Merchandise sales during 1979–1999 – $5 billion ^{[370] [371]}
102. • 1990 – $750 million ^[375]
     • 1993 – $250 million ^[376]
     • 2008 – $750 million ^[377]
     • During 2012–2013 – $725 million ^[36]
     • 2014 – $390 million ^[52]
     • 2015 – $396 million ^[38]
     • During 2016–2017 – $707 million ^[39]
     • 2018 – $255 million ^[87]
103. The Simpsons video games:
     • The Simpsons: Road Rage (2001) – $41 million ^[198]
     • The Simpsons: Tapped Out (2012) – $100 million ^[379]
104. $4730800000(€4 billion) franchise revenue from 2014 to 2024 ^[380]
105. Assassin's Creed video games:
     • Assassin's Creed Valhalla – $1 billion ^[382]
106. Sales up until 2015
107. • Beyblade: Fierce Battle (2002) – $3.5 million ^[384]
     • Metal Fight Beyblade vs the Sun: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader (2010) – $6.2 million. ^[385]
108. $1.74 billion in 2015. $1.83 billion in 2016. ^[386]
109. $4 billion franchise revenue up until 2011 ^[390]
110. Mission: Impossible video games:
     • Mission: Impossible 1998 – $24 million ^[393]
111. $4 billion franchise revenue up until 2008 ^[399]
112. • • Films $98.1 million ^[401]
       • The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow – $1.3 million ^[402]
113. as a media franchise
114. • up until 1994 – $2.6 billion ^[404]
     • 2001 – $80 million ^[405]
     • 2009 – $125 million ^[406]
     • 2010 – $300 million ^[76]
115. • Beauty and the Beast (1991) - $425 million ^[412]
     • Beauty and the Beast (2017) - $1.264 billion ^[413]
116. up until 2015
117. Beauty and the Beast DVD and Blu-ray sales:
     • Animated films – $343.6 million ^[415]
     • Beauty and the Beast (2017) – $89 million ^[416]
118. • 2013 – $500 million ^[36]
     • 2014 – $495 million ^[52]
     • 2015 – $471 million ^[38]
     • 2016 – $392 million ^[38]
119. • Apex Legends – $3.4 billion ^[420]
120. • $1 million as of 2012 ^[update] . ^[421]
     • 2013 – $300 million ^[36]
     • 2014 – $407 million ^[52]
     • 2015 – $549 million ^[38]
     • 2016 – $700 million ^[39]
     • 2017 – $679 million ^[39]
     • 2018 – $731 million ^[40]
121. • 2002 – $650 million ^[422]
     • 2004 – $2.5 billion ^[115]
122. Care Bears retail sales:
     • 1980s – $2 billion ^[425]
     • 2002 – $70 million ^[426]
     • 2003 – $350 million ^[427]
     • 2005 – $600 million ^[428]
123. Care Bears films at box office:
     • The Care Bears Movie – $34 million ^[429]
124. • Adventures in Ham-Ham Land (2001) – $25 million ^[431]
125. $3 billion franchise revenue up until 2010. ^[432]
126. The Elder Scrolls video game revenue:
     • The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994) – $6.16 million ^[443]
       • 1994 – $4.6 million ^[443]
       • 1995 – $1.23 million ^[443]
       • 1996 – $330,000 ^[443]
     • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) – $650 million ^[444]
     • The Elder Scrolls Online (2014) – $2 billion ^[445]
     • The Elder Scrolls: Blades (2020) – $1.5 million ^[446]
127. Retail sales up until 2010.
128. Winx Club franchise box office:
     • Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom (2007) – $18 million ^[460]
     • Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure (2010) – $11 million ^[461]
     • Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss (2014) – $5 million ^[462]
129. Retail sales up until 2014.
130. More than $1 billion in the 1990s. ^[466]
131. • 2017 - $185 million ^[40]
     • 2018 - $185 million ^[40]
132. Kumamon retail sales:
     • 2011–2012 – $1.2 billion ^[471]
     • 2016 – $1.16 billion ^[472]
133. Aladdin Franchise Box Office:
     • Aladdin (1992) – $504 million ^[473]
     • Aladdin (2019) – $1.050 billion ^[474]
134. $2 billion franchise revenue up until 1992 ^[483]
135. The Matrix video games:
     • Enter the Matrix – (2003) $250 million ^[501]
136. as of 2019
137. Franchise revenue up until 2006 ^[519]
138. Neon Genesis Evangelion:
     • Death & Rebirth (1997) – $15 million (¥1.87 billion) ^[522]
     • End of Evangelion (1997) – $21 million (¥2.47 billion) ^[523]
     • Rebuild of Evangelion :
       • Evangelion 1.0 (2007) – $17 million (¥2.0 billion) ^[524]
       • Evangelion 2.0 (2009) – $42 million (¥4.0 billion) ^[525]
       • Evangelion 3.0 (2012) – $65 million (¥5.3 billion) ^[526]
       • Evangelion 3.0+1.0 (2021) – $94 million (¥10.28 billion) ^[527]

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