Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office. With its 3d visuals and fullydigital world, the film. It includes the alltime highest grossing anime films, the highest grossing anime films by year and the highest grossing anime film franchises. The final film in the series was its most successful and allowed fans a chance to see more of their favorite story come to life. The highest grossing movies worldwide of all time at the box office include a lot of disney, superhero movies, and hit franchises. The 25 most successful movie franchises of all time. The highestgrossing horror film franchises of all time at. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020 statista.
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. Most successful movie franchises in box office history looper. The top star wars movie is oldest but the fourth chronologically in lucas universe. Included on the list are charts of the top box office earners ranked by both the nominal and real value of their revenue, a chart of high grossing films by calendar year, a timeline showing the transition of the highest grossing film record, and a chart of the highest grossing film franchises and series. Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home. The small sliver on the right is the clone wars, a 2008 theatrical release for the. Are your favorite movies among the top boxoffice successes. Included on the list are charts of the top box office earners ranked by both the. Alltime highest grossing films by genre type or subgenre. We ran the totals from worldwide box office returns to find out the 10 highest grossing movie franchises and the numbers might just surprise you. Highestgrossing animated franchises and film series. Top 10 grossing horrormovie franchises of all time.
The next highestgrossing movie of all time is jurassic world. Sep 12, 2019 here are the current top 20 highest grossing movies of alltime. The 20 highestgrossing video game franchises, from microsoft. Here are the 10 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time, based on worldwide. Highestgrossing movies of all time these 26 movies brought in the most domestic revenue in film history. The top six are among the highest grossing film franchises of all time and, respectively, are ranked 15th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, and 23rd of all time. For each franchise listed below the revenue total includes revenue from movie tickets, home entertainment, video games.
A few other sites post alltime boxoffice information, including the internet movie database,, and. List of highestgrossing video game franchises wikipedia. Top 50 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time. Top grossing movie franchises of all time 247 wall st. For earlier years the total box office is sometimes assigned to the release year of a movie, while the box office amount could have been earned during two or even more years.
Coming up weve the top 25 most successful film series of all time from harry potter to the mcu, these. This is a list of the highestgrossing media franchises. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as sid vicious in sid and nancy 1986. The following chart is a list of the highestgrossing animated film franchises. Officially the highestgrossing film of all time without adjusting for inflation, avatar marked another massive success for james cameron. The 25 highestgrossing movies of all time worldwide. In many cases, motion pictures have become events, multimillion dollar spectacles that involve red carpets, press.
As halloween approaches, i take a look at the highestgrossing horror franchises of all time. Heres a countdown of the 26 highestearning horror movie franchises according to unadjusted domestic box office gross. Jul 22, 2015 movies these days get a heck of a lot money from people going to see them at the cinema. As halloween approaches, i take a look at the highest grossing horror franchises of all time. It includes the alltime highestgrossing anime films, the highestgrossing anime films by year and the highestgrossing anime film franchises. This chart contains the top movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office. Third highest grossing in history december 29, 2017 after two consecutive recordbreaking years at the domestic box office, 2017 was the year the momentum slowed even with the late adrenaline boost of a new star wars film.
The movie featured one of the gutsiest cliffhangers in any franchises history, leaving audiences to wait in shock for an entire year to discover how phase 3 of the epic series would end. The top 5 highestgrossing film series and franchises of. The highestgrossing movies worldwide of all time at the box office include a lot of disney, superhero movies, and hit franchises. Frozen became the movie if 2014, absolutely taking the world by storm. Most popular movie the year you were born readers digest. 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. The highestgrossing horror film franchises of all time. Scarlett johansson is now the highestgrossing female. Scarlett johansson has now become the highestgrossing female movie star of all time. Jul, 2017 the top 25 box office blockbusters of the 21st century. Sep 12, 2019 its no surprise that nine out of the 10 highestgrossing movies of 2019 so far are based on existing properties, whether sequels, extensions of a franchise or adaptations of a game or comic book.
Menu icon a vertical stack of three evenly spaced horizontal lines. It is the third highest selling franchise in the world and is one of the most liked franchises by the people all over the world. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office business. Scary good 26 most successful horror film franchises imdb. We love some, we hate some and we cant help but throw our money at some. We take a look at the highest grossing movies of the 21st century so far, from the grinch to black panther, and rank them from worst to best. All time single market all time animated worldwide all time sequel worldwide all time nonsequel worldwide top 2019 worldwide top 2020 worldwide. The following chart is a list of the highest grossing animated film franchises. Of the 10 highestgrossing franchises, jurassic park has the fewest number of movies in its arsenal with just five and another on the way. Subsequent installments introduced new directors and takes on the universe before finding its stride with david yates who joined the crew on movie number five the order of the phoenix. Top 10 highest grossing movies of all time gameranx. Jul 25, 2015 top 10 highest grossing movie franchises worldwide.
Highest grossing actors of all time at the box office. A film series or movie series is a collection of related films in succession that share the same. Top films by decade and year highestgrossing films by genre type greatest boxoffice bombs. Infinity war and other movies from the marvel universe made a strong showing in the list of the 50 highestgrossing movies in history. Some of these series are surprising entries to the list, while others are nobrainers. The 23 most successful movie franchises of all time. Horror fans will remember each of these franchises as classics and the amount of money they made suggests theyll go down in horror history. So lets get into the top 10 grossing films of all time. The most successful movie franchises in box office history. Here are the 15 highest grossing actors of all time at the worldwide box office, which includes several actors from the marvel cinematic universe. Jun 24, 2019 officially the highest grossing film of all time without adjusting for inflation, avatar marked another massive success for james cameron. The 25 highestgrossing movies of all time worldwide mental. The top 25 box office blockbusters of the 21st century. The small sliver on the right is the clone wars, a 2008 theatrical release for the pilot of.
There are also plans for episodes vii through ix and spinoff movies beginning in 2015 going deeper. Top 30 highestgrossing movies of all time adjusted for. The left gray sliver is the original casino royale from 1967 with david niven as 007. Worlds top 10 highest grossing hollywood movies of all time. This article only covers box office revenue, and does not include ancillary revenue from other sources such as home entertainment or merchandise. These are the top, highestgrossing domestic films in all the various subcategories or genres types of films. As of february 2020, the top7 and 28 of the top50 are animated films, marked with a in the type column. The following are lists of highest grossing anime films. It does not include documentaries that were released only on dvd or the web. The 32 most successful movie franchises of all time. Compare that with a superhero movie or science fiction movie, where the tenth highest grossing film is making three times that figure, and one quickly realizes that war movies dont bring audiences streaming into the cinema. Whether it was john carpenter, or a suddenly competent rob zombie, halloween has always been the deadliestand one of the most profitableof holidays. 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.
Top 15 highest grossing video game franchises of all time. Highest grossing animated franchises and film series. The 20 highestgrossing video game franchises, from. This list includes only the first 100 documentary films that have played in movie theaters. 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.
But it wasnt too difficult for these movies, which are the top 10 highest grossing movies of all time worldwide, unadjusted for inflation. We only have detailed box office data from 1977 onwards. Find out what the highestgrossing movie was the year you were born. The top 5 highestgrossing film series and franchises of all time. The following are lists of highestgrossing anime films. All time worldwide box office where data and the movie. These are the top, highest grossing domestic films in all the various subcategories or genres types of films. With data from a subsidiary of imdb, we decided to take a look at the ten highest grossing superhero franchises of all time, five of.
The top six are among the highestgrossing film franchises of all time and, respectively, are ranked 15th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, and 23rd of all time. This ranking, courtesy of box office mojo, has been adjusted for inflation. This is a list of the highest grossing media franchises. Individual sequels are relatively common, but are not always successful enough to spawn further installments the marvel cinematic universe is the highest grossing film series. The marvel cinematic universe series was the highest grossing film franchise in the world as of april 2020, with total worldwide box office.
Maybe its the dynamic characters that somehow know how to keep on saving the day. Top 10 highest grossing franchise in hollywood best. Sometimes the work is conceived from the beginning as a multiple film work for example, the three colours series but in most cases the success of the original film inspires further films to be made. Theres something about a movie franchise that makes us come back over and over again. This gallery runs through the most successful franchises in movie history, showing how much they have made at the u. Top 10 highest grossing movie franchises worldwide. Oct 27, 2015 top 10 grossing horrormovie franchises of all time. Heres a look at history s most successful video game franchises many of which will make an appearance at e3 2016. Gary oldman is a talented english movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. The 25 highestgrossing movies of all time updated 2020. Or maybe its a beloved book series with fans across the world. Whatever the case, film studios depend on franchises to make a good chunk of their money. Here are the current top 20 highestgrossing movies of alltime. Though the franchises critical returns have diminished since the first exhilarating entry, the pirates films could now comprise johnny depp.
They are a mix highly enjoyable movies and some films that we can only shake our heads at. Well, everyone obviously, but do you know which movie franchises have made the most money. According to box office mojo, johannson has surpassed cameron diaz for the top slot thanks to captain america. Bond and star trek films are still being released periodically. Traditionally, war films, musicals, and historical dramas have been the most popular genres, but franchise films. Box office, worldwide box office, first year, last year, no. This listing does not include all nonfiction films such as concert and music eg woodstock, or comedy performances.
Its no surprise that nine out of the 10 highestgrossing movies of 2019 so far are based on existing properties, whether sequels, extensions. Jun 16, 2019 10 highest grossing horror franchises of all time. Highest grossing movies of the 21st century ranked worst. List of highestgrossing media franchises wikipedia. Its also the sequel to the jurrasic world and the second in the threepart planned trilogy of jurassic world. Fallen kingdom was released in 2018 and is an american science fiction adventure film. The highestgrossing movie franchises of all time work.
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