Follow along to see 24 of the most successful film franchises to ever grace the big screen, ranked by inflationadjusted franchise overall gross. He created music videos for tina turner, meat loaf, lionel richie, wilson phillips, donny osmond and divinyls. Frozen just became the fifth most successful film of alltime, edging its way past iron man 3 and sitting behind harry potter and the deathly hallows part ii, the avengers, titanic, and box office. Ranking all the movies in the harry potter franchise by. Individual sequels are relatively common, but are not always successful enough to spawn further installments. One of the most influential personalities in the history of. To figure out which other film series have made their mark, we turned to box office mojo to rank the most successful film franchises in history by their worldwide box office totals. Rowling penned another seven books, but as it stands, the series remains one of the most consistent and successful in screen history. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office business.
The 32 most successful movie franchises of all time. It is the first ever film in the series that will be set in winter. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. The highestgrossing horror film franchises of all time.
Though based on one of the most successful novels ever, the films triumph. There was an idea, to bring together a group of remarkable people, to see if they could become something more. Id say pokemon has the most successful games, rather than the anime itself. Yet, even the most worldrenowned storytellers like disney face pressure to constantly innovate. The birth of a nation pioneered many of the techniques used in filmmaking today, becoming the most successful film ever made at the time of its release.
Some of the most successful movies of all time are part of movie franchises, including star wars, jaws. The most successful movies of all time all media content. A movie franchise is a series of connected movies that share a common set of characters, universe, and concepts. The eightfilm harry potter saga is one of the more selfcontained series out there. The 23 most successful movie franchises of all time.
The most successful certified rotten movies ever, ranked. The film, much like the video game series, deals with the consequences of the breakout of the zombiecreating tvirus, and the individuals who try to contain the outbreak. Your top box office earners ever worldwide frozen ii enters the top 10 in our guide to the highestgrossing movies of all time from avengers. Tugging on the heartstrings with nostalgic stories can be a powerful tool. Endgame to avatar and the dark knight with key details. Bill condons version of the tale as old as 1991, starring emma watson, was not the first of disneys splashy reimaginings, but it certainly was the most successful at the time, becoming the.
Back in september, for the seventh harry potter films release, we used a formula that took both box office and critics score into account to. The 10 most successful films of alltime when adjusted. Global box office revenue of the most successful movies of all time as of. To me, accuracy when making a top 10top 100 all time list is extremely important. Christopher mckittrick is a film writer whose work has been featured in anthologies such as 100 entertainers who changed america. Top grossing movie franchises of all time 247 wall st. This list we compiled from metacritic ranks prominent film franchises by their average. Though many questioned the need for another toy story movie after seemingly seeing the. 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. Here are the 23 most successful movies franchise of all time at the global box office. The sims is a series of life simulation games primarily for personal computers but later released for game consoles.
The top 15 best action movie franchises of all time. The worlds 25 most successful media franchises, and how. The most recent movie in the harry potter franchise is also, unfortunately, the worst in terms of its gross revenue and in the opinion of many potter fans, the worst in general, with the movie struggling to connect with audiences the movie was a disaster domestically, but fortunately for the fantastic beasts franchise, it was a hit overseas, saving it from totally. Hard to believe this franchise started off as toys. A fourth michael bay visual spectacular is under works with mark wahlberg in the cast no shia lebeouf or megan fox. Top 100 greatest movies of all time the ultimate list imdb. Great stories come and go, but there are a certain few that can truly stand the test of time. The most successful movie franchises in box office history. This franchise has earned more than franchises like marvel and star wars. Greatest movie franchises of all time, according to critics business. List of highestgrossing media franchises wikipedia. Toy story is the most successful film quadrilogy ever cbr. The marvel cinematic universe is the highest grossing film series even when adjusted for inflation, surpassing the wizarding world, star wars, james bond, and j. If were talking the film franchise as a whole, star wars is very inconsistent in terms of quality and reception.
Sometimes movies are so surprisingly successful its scary. Box office revenue of the most successful movie franchises in north. If ancillary income from merchandise is included, then star wars is the most. The greatest movie franchises of all time the atlantic. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office. Though it seems a bit unfair, the whole of the marvel cinematic universe. Perhaps the most successful video game franchise to date began with resident evil, starring milla jovovich. The five highestgrossing disney animated movies ever have all reached a billion dollars around the world, and this list begins with 2016s zootopia. Though many blockbusters these days are action movies or superhero movies, horror movies still get plenty of boxoffice love. Heres a countdown of the 26 highestearning horror movie franchises according to unadjusted domestic box office gross. Most successful movie franchises in north america 2020 statista. Scary good 26 most successful horror film franchises imdb. Iron man was not only the movie that launched the highly successful iron man. At least eleven films have held the record of highestgrossing film since the birth of a nation assumed the top spot in 1915.
This is a list of the highestgrossing media franchises. Here are the 10 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time, based on. A graduate of wesleyan university, michael bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. A film series or movie series is a collection of related films in succession that share the same. The marvel cinematic universe series was the highest grossing film. Especially considering how even the most enthusiastic prognosticators seemed to. Because of extensive merchandising, friday the th is considered among the most successful media franchises in america. List of bestselling video game franchises wikipedia. 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. Movie franchises with the most number of sequels explore. Top films by decade and year highestgrossing films by genre type greatest boxoffice bombs. Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home. The above picture is actually bumblebees new look in the upcoming installment.
The ot, tfa and ro all got greattoexcellent reception from both fans and critics, but the pt and tlj i actually liked tlj g. The 25 most successful movie franchises of all time. The most successful installment of the franchise is batman v superman. For each franchise listed below the revenue total includes revenue from movie tickets, home entertainment, video games, merchandise, and any other franchise related products when.
It is the most successful video game franchise to originate from russia and the former soviet union, and the bestselling puzzle video game series. The worlds 25 most successful media franchises, and how they stay relevant. The marvel cinematic universe is the highest grossing film series even when. The second part is currently the thirdmost successful film of the franchise. What exactly has made the marvel cinematic universe the.
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