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Though its been more than 40 years since the original star wars film hit. Most successful movie franchises in north america 2020. Some of the most successful movies of all time are part of movie franchises, including star wars, jaws, the exorcist, jurassic park, raiders of the lost ark, and the avengers. The most successful instalment in the franchise is rocky iv starring dolph lundgren as balboas soviet rival ivan drago. The 25 most successful movie franchises of all time. The marvel cinematic universe is the most successful. The worlds 25 most successful media franchises, and how they stay relevant. Film the most successful movies of all time two of james camerons works are recordbreaking titles, but overall, the avengers films dominate the list of the worlds top 10 boxoffice hits. The marvel cinematic universe series was the highest grossing film franchise in the world as of april 2020, with total worldwide box office revenue of 22. In fifty years of james bond movies, this is only the second film in which bond suffers a gunshot wound.
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The worlds 25 most successful media franchises, and how. Coming up weve the top 25 most successful film series of all time from harry potter to the mcu, these. Top grossing movie franchises of all time 247 wall st. It won oscars for best film editing, best sound mixing. If ancillary income from merchandise is included, then star wars is the most lucrative property. This includes media franchises that started as a book, film, video game, comic book, animated film or television series and have expanded to other forms of media. Apr 09, 2020 the marvel cinematic universe was the most successful movie franchise in north america as of april 2020, with a combined domestic box office revenue of 8. Dec 21, 2018 there is only one wide release of the week, but it is a potential monster hit. This is a list of the highestgrossing media franchises. Rather, it was the builtin fan base devoted to author j.
Hard to believe this franchise started off as toys. Jj abrams 2009 reboot jumpstarted the film franchise. The most successful movies of all time all media content. Rowlings harry potter saga remains one of the biggest selling literary series of all time, as well as an indomitable pop culture juggernaut. One of the most successful horror franchises of the last decade, the conjuring has established its own miniuniverse of hauntings since the original film in the series in 20. Jurassic world was the most popular screening in all 66 countries where it was released. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020 statista. Most successful sports movie franchise guinness world records.
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Top 100 franchises 2020 the best franchise opportunities. Franchise direct has compiled its ranking of the top 100 global franchises. It is also potentially the last in a very profitable franchise. A fourth michael bay visual spectacular is under works with mark wahlberg in the cast no shia lebeouf or megan fox. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office business. Great stories come and go, but there are a certain few that can truly stand the test of time. So far, six movies have been released the fast and the furious 2001, 2 fast 2 furious 2003, the fast and the furious. Sep 10, 2019 going from one of the most successful book series of all time to one of the most successful film series of all time, harry potter is ingrained in pop culture. Lets face it, its one of the most famous and successful film franchises around. These popular movies have been doing well at the box office. Id say pokemon has the most successful games, rather than the anime itself. Most successful movie franchises of all time gallery wonderwall. We ran the totals from worldwide box office returns to find out the 10 highest grossing movie franchises. Apr, 2015 overall, the marvel cinematic universe series of superhero films including iron man, the avengers and thor.
Top films by decade and year highestgrossing films by genre type. Most successful movie franchises of all time 19772020. Nov 21, 2010 top 20 most successful movie franchises. Browse the list below if you would like to learn more information about the world s most successful franchises. The 5 best and worst james bond movies in the franchises 53year history. Most successful sports movie franchise guinness world. A film series or movie series is a collection of related films in succession that share the same.
Fast and the furious has some good films, but some are bad. The 6 most successful movie franchises based on tv shows. Apr 17, 2020 this was the most successful james bond movie at the international box office in the official film franchise s history. Apart from this, he was shot once in the 1965 film thunderball during the junkanoo chase. Mar 18, 2019 10 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time. Data is from the time period of 1977 thru 2020 and franchises are defined as a movie name brand with at lest two movies released or. Highest grossing franchises of all time at the box office.
Nov 09, 2015 the true mark of a successful film is its ability to transcend audiences and the generations that follow. Well see, as i present to you the top 10 most financially successful highestgrossing horror film franchises note. If ancillary income from merchandise is included, then star wars is the most lucrative. There is only one wide release of the week, but it is a potential monster hit. Yet, even the most world renowned storytellers like disney face pressure to constantly innovate. Because of that, it isnt a surprise to learn that the franchise is one of the highestgrossing in the history of film, with some of the biggest actors and actresses working on them. Top 10 highest grossing movie franchises worldwide.
The film had the biggest opening of the harry potter franchise in 16 of those 63 markets, but ironically not in the u. Tugging on the heartstrings with nostalgic stories can be a powerful tool. Ranking all the movies in the harry potter franchise by how. We decided to explore this topic and have come up with the following list.
So its absolutely worthwhile to study what goes into creating a franchise like the one based on j. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office. The marvel cinematic universe series was the highest grossing film franchise in the world as of april 2020, with total worldwide box. This franchise has earned more than franchises like marvel and star wars. The first two films each won the oscar for best picture, the only time a film and its sequel. Ultraman is an ultrasuccessful japanese franchise that revolves around giant goodguy aliens fighting giant badguy monsters. Yet, even the most worldrenowned storytellers like disney face pressure to constantly innovate. These are the 10 most successful film franchises of all. This record considers the global grossing of each one of the saw movies. Ranking all the movies in the harry potter franchise by. Nov 22, 2019 the world s 25 most successful media franchises, and how they stay relevant. Oct 04, 20 5 things that make a franchise successful. Most successful movie franchises in box office history. Franchise direct is the global leader for connecting potential franchisees with dream franchise opportunities.
Here are the 23 most successful movies franchise of all time at the global box office. Most successful disney franchise in this video it is about the most successful disney franchise. The same can be said for successful film franchises. The bourne ultimatum is damons second highestgrossing film after the martian. The above picture is actually bumblebees new look in the upcoming installment. Going from one of the most successful book series of all time to one of the most successful film series of all time, harry potter is ingrained in pop culture. Film the most successful movies of all time two of james camerons works are recordbreaking titles, but overall, the avengers films dominate the list of the world s top 10 boxoffice hits. The films are based on a trilogy of novels by robert ludlum. Harry potter and the deathly hallows, part i is now the biggest harry potter opening of all time, having smashed box office records with a. The proper chronological viewing order for the conjuring.
Its not magic that made the wizarding world of harry potter the third most successful film franchise in hollywood history. With one of the longestrunning anime series and a vast array of video games and merchandise, pokemon is the most successful anime franchise of all time. The 23 most successful movie franchises of all time. The dark world, is the most successful movie franchise, grossing a. The fast and the furious is a series of action films, which centres on illegal street racing and heists. If you havent heard about the star wars franchise, youve probably been living under a rock. A movie franchise is a series of connected movies that share a common set of characters, universe, and concepts. The road warrior has the best action scenes since nam. Harry potter franchise box office history the numbers. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020. Some of the most successful movies of all time are part of movie franchises, including star wars, jaws, the exorcist, jurassic park. The chronicles of winnie the pooh have transcended time by providing a connection to the innate wonder of childhood.
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