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List of highest-grossing media franchises

List of highest-grossing media franchises

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

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  1. Pokémon franchise:
    • The Pokémon Company no longer mentions how much the franchise has earned on their website, as of May 2019
    • $10 billion revenue up until 2001[1]
    • over ¥6.0 trillion($50 billion) revenue up until March 2017[2]
  2. Pokémon merchandise sales:
    • Until 2005 – $25 billion[3][4][5]
    • 2006 – $1.3 billion[6]
    • 2007 – $1.4 billion[7]
    • 2008 – $1.4 billion[8]
    • 2009 – $1.4 billion[9]
    • 2010 – $2.5 billion[10]
    • 2011 – $1.5 billion[11]
    • 2012 – $1.6 billion[12]
    • 2013 – $1.5 billion[13]
    • 2014 – $2 billion[14]
    • 2015 – $2.1 billion[15]
    • 2016 – $3.3 billion[16]
    • 2017 – $3.5 billion[17]
    • 2018 – $2.98 billion[18]
    • 2019 – $4.2 billion[19]
    • 2020 – $5.1 billion[20]
    • 2021 – $8.5 billion[21]
    • 2022 – $11.6 billion[22]
  3. Pokémon Go – $6 billion[23]
  4. Pokémon Jet aircraft sales in Japan as of 2004 – ¥300 million[27] ($3 million)
  5. Mickey Mouse & Friends retail sales:
    • 2002 – $4.7 billion[28]
    • 2003 – $5.8 billion[29]
    • 2005 – $6 billion[30]
    • 2007 – $6 billion[31]
    • 2011 – $750 million in North America.[32]
    • 2012 – $4.122 billion[33]
    • 2013 – $4.568 billion[33]
    • 2014 – $4.719 billion[34]
    • 2015 – $4.262 billion[35]
    • 2016 – $4.247 billion[35]
    • 2017 – $3.233 billion[36]
    • 2018 – $3.265 billion[37]
    • 1991 VHS release of Fantasia earned $209 million in sales[43]
    • Others since 2001 – $114 million[44]
  8. Clothing line only
  9. Winnie the Pooh retail sales:
    • 1986 – $100 million[45][lower-alpha 8]
    • 1997 – $4 billion[46]
    • 2002– $7 billion[47]
    • 2003 – $5.6 billion[29]
    • 2005 – $6 billion[30]
    • 2006 – $6.9 billion[48]
    • 2011 – $1.09 billion in North America.[32]
    • 2012 – $3.17 billion[33]
    • 2013 – $2.808 billion[33]
    • 2014 – $2.732 billion[49]
    • 2015 – $2.74 billion[35]
    • 2016 – $2.791 billion[36]
    • 2017 – $1.649 billion[36]
    • 2018 – $1.675 billion[37]
  10. $6.6 billion franchise revenue up until May 1987.[53]
  12. Star Wars video games:
    • Up until December 2015 – $3 billion[58]
    • Mobile (2013–2019) – $1 billion[59]
  13. Star Wars television revenue:
    • Clone Wars (as of 2015) – $4.5 million[58]
    • Television rights (2016) – $275 million[60]
    • 2000 – $200 million[61]
    • 2001 – $300 million[62]
    • 2002 – $1 billion[63]
    • 2003 – $1.3 billion[64]
    • 2004 – $2 billion[65]
    • 2005 – $3 billion[66][67]
    • 2006 – $3 billion[68]
    • 2007 – $4 billion[69]
    • 2008 – $4 billion[70]
    • 2009 – $3.7 billion.[71][72]
    • 2010 – $3.250 billion[73]
    • 2011 – $1.6 billion[32]
    • 2012 – $2.896 billion[33]
    • 2013 – $2.885 billion[33]
    • 2014 – $2.568 billion.[49]
    • 2015 – $2.635 billion[35]
    • 2016 – $2.724 billion[36]
    • 2017 – $2.133 billion[36]
    • 2018 – $1.686 billion[37]
  15. ¥150 billion+ annual sales for nearly 30 years - ¥3,750 billion+ ($38.42 billion+)[75]
  16. ¥1.5 billion[76] ($14.51 million).
  17. Books - $7.7 billion, 1997-2016[78] eBooks and Audiobooks (Pottermore)
    • $127.1 million (£95.1 million), 2016-2018[79]
    • $40.3 million (£31.5 million), 2019[80]
    • $149 million (£110.7 million), 2020–2022[81]
  18. Harry Potter merchandise:
    • 2002 – $2.9 billion[28]
    • 2003 – $2.8 billion[29]
    • 2010 – $300 million[73]
    • 2011 – $100 million[82]
    • 2017–2018 – $1.01 billion[83]
  19. $3.9 billion Harry Potter home entertainment revenue up until 2014.[84] $71 million Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2017.[85] $44 million Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2018.[86] $17 million Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2022 .[87]
  20. Harry Potter video games:
  21. Palace Theater, London (presales), $32 million[91] Broadway, New York (2018–2020), $174 million[92] Broadway, New York (2021–present), $132 million[93] Curran Theater, San Francisco, $2 million [94]
  22. The Barbie brand began expansion to a media franchise in 1987 with two TV specials and video games, culminating with the launch of the well-known 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[95]
    • 1988 - $450 million[96]
    • 1989 – $600 million[97]
    • 1990 – $700 million[97]
    • 1991 - $840 million[98]
    • 1992 - $1 billion[99][100]
    • 1993 – $1 billion[95]
    • 1994 - $1 billion[101]
    • 1995 - $1.2 billion[102]
    • 1996 - $1.7 billion[103]
    • 1997 – $1.9 billion[104]
    • 1998 - $1.9 billion[105]
    • 1999 - $1.5 billion[106]
    • 2000 - $1.5 billion[107]
    • 2001 - $1.5 billion[108]
    • 2002 – $1.52 billion[109]
    • 2003 – $3.6 billion[110]
    • 2004 – $3 billion[111]
    • 2005 – $1 billion[112]
    • 2008 – $3.3 billion[113]
    • 2010 – $550 million[73]
    • 2014 – $1.1 billion[114]
    • 2016 – $1 billion[115]
  26. Call of Duty video game revenue:
  27. Batman retail sales:
    • As of 2012 – $16 billion[124]
    • Merchandise sales during 2013–2018 – $5.017 billion
      • 2013 – $494 million[125]
      • 2014 – $578 million[49]
      • 2015 – $982 million[35]
      • 2016 – $1.1 billion[36]
      • 2017 – $1.024 billion[36]
      • 2018 – $839 million[83]
    • Home video sales between September 2012 and January 2020 – $312 million[126]
  28. $650 million VHS and DVD sales for Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin up until 2005.[127] $562 million DVD and Blu-ray sales for films released since 2008.[128]
  29. Batman television revenue:
    • 1986 – $477.8 million[132]
    • 1987 – $506 million[132]
    • 2000 – $1.2 billion[133]
    • 2002 – $1 billion[134][135]
    • 2003 – $500 million in the United States[136]
    • 2011 – $4.100 billion[82]
    • 2012 – $4.039 billion[33]
    • 2013 – $8 billion[137]
    • 2015 – $3.756 billion[35]
    • 2017 – $2.663 billion[36]
    • 2018 – $2.645 billion[37]
    • 2002 – $2.7 billion[140]
    • 2003 – $1.3 billion[141]
    • 2010 – $590 million[73]
    • 2011 – $325 million[32]
    • 2012 – $1.285 billion[33]
    • 2013 – $1.333 billion[33]
    • 2014 – $1.453 billion[49]
    • 2015 – $1.512 billion[35]
    • 2016 – $1.551 billion[36]
    • 2017 – $1.402 billion[36]
    • 2018 – $1.075 billion[37]
  32. Box office gross of Spider-Man films:
  33. Spider-Man home video revenue:
  34. Spider-Man video games:
  35. ¥2 trillion ($25 billion) Transformers franchise revenue up until 2011.[149]
  36. Transformers merchandise sales:
    • 1984–1992 – $1 billion US toy sales[150]
    • 2012 – $314 million[33]
    • 2013 – $304 million[33]
    • 2014 – $410 million[49]
    • 2015 – $430 million[35]
    • 2016 – $446 million[35]
    • 2017 – $652 million[36]
    • 2018 – $423 million[83]
  37. $10 billion up until 2011.[154] $2.527 billion in 2012. $2.3 billion in 2013.[33] $2.025 billion in 2014.[49] $1 billion in 2015.[155] $588 million in 2016. $674 million in 2017.[36]
    • Cars series – $1.405 billion[156]
    • Planes series – $394 million[157]
    • Cars series – $513 million[158]
    • Planes series – $121 million[159]
    • Up until 1994 – $6 billion[161]
    • 2003–2005 – $1 billion[162]
    • 2009–2012 – $475 million[163]
    • 2012–2022 – $8 billion[164]
  41. Looney Tunes franchise retail sales:
    • 1978 – $100 million[168]
    • 1993 – $1 billion[169]
    • 1994 – $2 billion[169]
    • 1995 – $2.5 billion[170]
    • 1996 – $3.5 billion[171]
    • 2010 – $603 million[73]
    • 2012 – $624 million[33]
    • 2013 – $617 million[33]
    • 2014 – $628 million[49]
    • 2015 – $639 million[35]
    • 2016 – $645 million[36]
    • 2017 – $624 million[36]
    • 2018 – $597 million[83]
    • Space Jam – $1.2 billion[172]
    • Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1992) – $78,350[173]
    • 1995 Bugs Bunny Film Festival (1995) – $19,587[174]
    • Space Jam (1996) – $230 million[175]
    • 1998 Bugs Bunny Film Festival (1998) – $413,076[176]
    • Looney Tunes Back In Action (2003) – $68 million[177]
    • Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) – $162 million[178]
    • Up until 2014 – $13 billion[180]
    • 2015 – $933 million[181]
    • 2016 – $915 million[181]
    • 2017 – $565 million[36]
  44. Home Entertainment Sales up until 2005
  45. Pac-Man video game revenue:
  46. Buckner & Garcia's Pac-Man Fever album and "Pac-Man Fever" single – $32 million[192]
  47. $3 billion up until 1998.[194]
  49. In October 2015, it was projected that the James Bond franchise would be worth an estimated £13 billion ($19.9 billion) after the release of Spectre.[200]
  50. GoldenEye – $500 million[202]
  51. Peanuts retail sales:
    • 1986 – $1 billion[203]
    • 1997 – $1.1 billion[204][205]
    • 2010 – $2 billion[73]
    • US sales in 2011 – $600 million[32]
    • 2012 – $1.141 billion[33]
    • 2013 – $1.167 billion[33]
    • 2014 – $1.194 billion[49]
    • 2015 – $1.3 billion[206]
    • 2016 – $1.468 billion[36]
    • 2017 – $1.558 billion[36]
    • 2018 – $1.662 billion[37]
    • 2013 - $325 million[125]
    • 2014 - $1 billion[212]
    • 2015 – $1.004 billion[35]
    • 2016 – $1.242 billion[36]
    • 2017 – $1.227 billion[36]
    • 2018 – $1.798 billion[37]
  53. Avengers DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • Ultimate Avengers - The Movie (2006) – $6.7 million[213]
    • Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006) – $7.8 million[214]
    • The Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008) – $4.1 million[215]
    • 2014 – $5 billion[216]
    • 2015 – $1.573 billion[35]
    • 2016 – $1.598 billion[36]
    • 2017 – $1.404 billion[36]
    • 2018 – $1.013 billion[37]
  55. Arcade and software revenue up until 2016
  56. $13 billion up until 2018.[220]
  57. Revenue up until 2016[223]
  58. $7.8 billion franchise revenue up until December 1998.[227]
  59. $3.5 billion retail sales up until 1998.[227] Licensed merchandise sold $150 million in 2010,[73] $275 million during 2012–2013,[33] $148 million in 2014,[49] $149 million in 2015,[35] $159 million in 2016, $180 million in 2017,[36] and $192 million in 2018.[83]
  60. Street Fighter box office and home video revenue:
  61. Monster Strike:
    • Up until October 2018 – $7.2 billion[235]
    • November 2018 – $52 million+[236]
    • December 2018 – $68 million+[237]
    • 2019 – $932 million[238]
    • 2020 – $958 million[238]
    • 2021 – $702 million[239]
    • Up to September 2022 – $10 billion[240]
  62. Grand Theft Auto:
    • Up until 2011 - $5 billion[246]
    • 2022-2023 - ¥139 billion($1 billion)[247][248]
  65. $250 million in 2011.[253] $1.849 billion in 2012. $1.882 billion in 2013.[33] $1.16 billion in 2014.[49] $1.065 billion in 2015.[35] $1.277 billion in 2016. $814 million in 2017.[36]
    • Up until 1997 - $1 billion[257]
    • 2000 - $260 million in North America[258]
    • 2010 - $1.2 billion[73]
    • 2011 - $390 million[32]
    • 2012 - $998 million[33]
    • 2013 - $926 million[33]
    • 2014 - $935 million[49]
    • 2015 - $960 million[35]
    • 2016 - $985 million[36]
    • 2017 - $726 million[36]
    • 2018 - $727 million[83]
  68. Jurassic Park merchandise:
    • 1993–1995 – $1 billion[262]
    • 2017 – $353 million[83]
    • 2018 – $353 million[83]
  69. $545 million up until 2004.[263] $414 million since 2015.[261]
  70. Power Rangers licensed merchandise sales:
    • Power Rangers licensed toy sales during 1993–1999 – $6 billion wholesale revenue[268]
    • Power Rangers licensed merchandise sales during 2012–2018 – $2.479 billion
      • 2012 – $300 million[33]
      • 2013 – $333 million[33]
      • 2014 – $326 million[49]
      • 2015 – $330 million[35]
      • 2016–2017 – $909 million[36]
      • 2018 – $281 million[83]
  71. Mario video games:
  72. Mario Franchise Box Office:
  74. Pirates of the Caribbean became a media franchise with the debut of the film series in 2003.
  75. $1.75 billion up until May 2017.[286] $31 million DVD and Blu-ray sales since September 2017.[287]
  76. Merchandise retail sales up until 2011.
    • Up until 2013 – $6 billion[289]
    • 2014 – $681 million[290]
    • 2015 – $569 million[35]
    • 2016 – $603 million[35]
    • 2010 – $900 million[73]
    • 2011 – $515 million[32]
    • 2012 – $893 million[33]
    • 2013 – $923 million[33]
    • 2014 – $828 million[49]
    • 2015 – $792 million[35]
    • 2016 – $775 million[36]
    • 2017 – $724 million[36]
    • 2018 – $700 million[83]
  79. Muppets franchise box office:
  80. Sales in Japan only
  81. Ultraman merchandise sales:
    • 1994 – $85 million[303]
  83. X-Men video games:
    • 2010 - $280 million[73]
    • 2012 – $277 million[33]
    • 2013 - $277 million[33]
    • 2014 - $305 million[49]
    • 2015 - $725 million[35]
    • 2016 - $812 million[36]
    • 2017 - $722 million[36]
    • 2018 - $634 million[83]
  85. Ice Age:
  86. First two films grossed $1.6 billion.[316] Later films grossed $322 million.[315]
  87. Shrek video games:
  89. Avatar Franchise Box Office:
  90. Yu-Gi-Oh licensed merchandise sales:
    • Up until January 2012 – $5 billion[327]
  91. $110 million in the first half of 2021.[329]
  92. Yu-Gi-Oh video games:
  93. Yu-Gi-Oh Box Office:
  94. Mortal Kombat franchise:
  95. Mortal Kombat video games:
  96. Gundam retail sales:
    • Merchandise sales during 1979–1999 – $5 billion[340][341]
    • 2012 - $260 million[33]
    • 2013 - $650 million[13]
    • 2014 - $1 billion[344]
    • 2015 - $1.2 billion[15]
    • 2016 - $456 million[36]
    • 2017 - $660 million[36]
    • 2018 - $690 million[83]
  98. My Little Pony box office gross:
    • 1990 – $750 million[351]
    • 1993 – $250 million[352]
    • 2008 – $750 million[353]
    • During 2012–2013 – $725 million[33]
    • 2014 – $390 million[49]
    • 2015 – $396 million[35]
    • During 2016–2017 – $707 million[36]
    • 2018 – $255 million[83]
  100. The Simpsons video games:
  102. Sales up until 2015
  104. $1.74 billion in 2015. $1.83 billion in 2016.[365]
  105. $4 billion franchise revenue up until 2011[371]
  106. $4 billion franchise revenue up until 2008[377]
  108. as a media franchise
    • up until 1994 – $2.6 billion[382]
    • 2001 – $80 million[383]
    • 2009 – $125 million[384]
    • 2010 – $300 million[73]
  111. up until 2015
  112. Beauty and the Beast DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • 2013 – $500 million[33]
    • 2014 – $495 million[49]
    • 2015 – $471 million[35]
    • 2016 – $392 million[35]
    • $1 million as of 2012.[399]
    • 2013 – $300 million[33]
    • 2014 – $407 million[49]
    • 2015 – $549 million[35]
    • 2016 – $700 million[36]
    • 2017 – $679 million[36]
    • 2018 – $731 million[37]
    • 2002 – $650 million[400]
    • 2004 – $2.5 billion[111]
  117. $3 billion franchise revenue up until 2010.[405]
  118. Care Bears retail sales:
    • 1980s – $2 billion[412]
    • 2003 – $350 million[413]
    • 2005 – $600 million[414]
  119. Care Bears films at box office:
  120. The Elder Scrolls video game revenue:
  121. Retail sales up until 2010.
  122. Winx Club Franchise Box Office:
  123. Retail sales up until 2014.
  124. More than $1 billion in the 1990s.[441]
    • 2017 - $185 million[37]
    • 2018 - $185 million[37]
  126. Kumamon retail sales:
    • 2011–2012 – $1.2 billion[446]
    • 2016 – $1.16 billion[447]
  127. Aladdin Franchise Box Office:
  128. $2 billion franchise revenue up until 1992[460]
  129. as of 2019
  130. Franchise revenue up until 2006[488]

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