List of highest-grossing media franchises

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

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franchises
Franchise Year of
inception 		Total revenue (est. US$) Revenue breakdown
(est. US$) 		Original medium Creator(s) Owner(s)

$50 billion+

Pokémon 1996 $115 billion
  • Retail sales – $103.6 billion
  • Mobile games – $10.23 billion
  • Box office – $1.16 billion
  • Home video – $40 million
  • Jet aircraft livery sales – $3 million
 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
  • Box office – $226.7 million
  • VHS & DVD – $323 million
 Animated cartoon Walt Disney
Ub Iwerks 		The Walt Disney Company
Winnie the Pooh 1924 $50.2 billion
  • Retail sales – $49.66 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray – $40 million
  • Box office – $545 million
 Book A. A. Milne
E. H. Shepard 		The Walt Disney Company

$20–50 billion

Star Wars 1977 $46.7 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $29.057 billion
  • Box office – $10.343 billion
  • Home video – $1.275 billion
  • Video games – $4.01 billion
  • Book sales – $1.82 billion
  • TV revenue – $280 million
 Film George Lucas Lucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Company)
Disney Princess 2000 $45.4 billion
  • Retail sales – $45.468 billion
  • Home entertainment – $14.7 million
 Animated films Andy Mooney The Walt Disney Company
Anpanman 1973 $38.4 billion
  • Retail sales – $38.42 billion
  • Museum – $14.5 million
 Picture book Takashi Yanase Froebel-kan (ja)
(Toppan Printing Co.)
Barbie 1987 $36.3 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $34.6 billion
  • Home video sales – $328 million
  • Box office – $1.439 billion
 Television special Ruth Handler Mattel
Marvel Cinematic Universe
(MCU) 		2008 $35.2 billion
  • Box office – $32.367 billion
  • Home entertainment – $2.786 billion
 Film Marvel Studios
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby 		Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)
Sony Pictures (Spider-Man films)
Wizarding World
(Harry Potter) 		1997 $34.7 billion
  • Box office – $9.656 billion
  • Book sales – $8.0777 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $7.11 billion
  • Home entertainment – $4.032 billion
  • Video games – $3.5 billion
  • TV revenue – $1 billion
  • Studio tour – $975.3 million
  • Stage play – $427 million
 Novel J. K. Rowling J. K. Rowling (books)
Warner Bros.
(Warner Bros. Discovery) (films)
Hello Kitty 1974 $33.5 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $33.5 billion
  • Box office – $61,487
 Cartoon character Yuko Shimizu
Shintaro Tsuji 		Sanrio
Call of Duty 2003 $31 billion
  • Video games – $31 billion
 Video game Infinity Ward Activision Blizzard
(Microsoft Gaming)
Batman 1939 $29.9 billion
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion
    • Home video – $1.212 billion
  • Box office – $7.051 billion
  • TV revenue – $340 million
 Comic book Bob Kane
Bill Finger 		DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Spider-Man 1962 $26.8 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $14.526 billion
  • Box office – $11.125 billion
  • Home video – $787 million
  • Video games – $210 million
  • Broadway musical – $212 million
 Comic book Stan Lee
Steve Ditko 		Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Sony Pictures (films)
Transformers 1984 $25 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3.97 billion
  • Box office – $5.260 billion
  • Home entertainment – $906 million
 Animated series Shōji Kawamori
Kazutaka Miyatake 		Takara Tomy
Hasbro
Dungeon Fighter Online
(DFO) 		2005 $22 billion
  • Computer game – $22 billion
 Video game Neople Nexon
Tencent
Cars 2006 $21.5 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $19.114 billion
  • Box office – $1.799 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $634 million
 Animated film Pixar
John Lasseter 		Pixar
(The Walt Disney Company)
Candy Crush 2012 $20 billion
  • Video games – $20 billion
 Video game King Activision Blizzard
(Microsoft Gaming)

$10–19 billion

Looney Tunes 1930 $17.46 billion
  • Retail sales – $16.777 billion
  • Box office – $482 million
  • Home video sales – $209 million
 Animated cartoon Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising 		Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1984 $17.4 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $15.4 billion
  • Box office – $1.329 billion
  • Video games – $450 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $154 million
  • Video rentals – $67.65 million
 Comic book Kevin Eastman
Peter Laird 		Nickelodeon
(Paramount Skydance)
The Lion King 1994 $15.9 billion
  • Musical theatre – $8.1 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3 billion
  • Box office – $3.352 billion
  • Home entertainment – $1.5 billion
 Animated film Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff 		The Walt Disney Company
Dora the Explorer 2000 $15.8 billion
  • Retail sales – $15.413 billion
  • Home video sales – $250 million
  • Box office – $118 million
 Animated series Chris Gifford
Valerie Walsh
Eric Weiner 		Nickelodeon
(Paramount Skydance)
Pac-Man 1980 $15.43 billion
  • Video games – $14.407 billion
  • Merchandise & licensing – $1 billion
  • Music sales – $32 million
 Video game Toru Iwatani
Namco 		Bandai Namco Entertainment
(Bandai Namco Holdings)
Toy Story 1995 $14.8 billion
  • Retail sales – $11 billion
  • Box office – $3.273 billion
  • VHS sales – $290 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $250 million
 Animated film Pixar
John Lasseter 		The Walt Disney Company
Peanuts 1950 $14.4 billion
  • Retail sales – $14.19 billion
  • Box office – $267 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $35 million
 Comic strip Charles M. Schulz Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Sony)
Peanuts Worldwide LLC (WildBrain)
Paw Patrol 2013 $14.4 billion
  • Retail sales – $14 billion
  • Box office – $373.7 million
  • Home media – $39 million
 Animated series Keith Chapman Spin Master
Avengers 1963 $14.3 billion
  • Box office – $7.707 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $6.596 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $18 million
 Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby 		Marvel Entertainment
(The Walt Disney Company)
Frozen 2013 $13.9 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $10.588 billion
  • Box office – $2.694 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $502 million
  • Musical theatre – $155 million
 Animated film Chris Buck
Jennifer Lee
Hans Christian Andersen 		The Walt Disney Company
Space Invaders 1978 $13.9 billion
  • Video game – $13.93 billion
 Video game Tomohiro Nishikado Taito
(Square Enix)
SpongeBob SquarePants 1999 $13.7 billion
  • Retail sales – $13 billion
  • Box office – $457 million
  • Musical Theater – $37 million
 Animated series Stephen Hillenburg Nickelodeon
(Paramount Skydance)
Warcraft 1994 $12.4 billion
  • Video games – $12 billion
  • Box office – $438 million
  • Home entertainment – $17.4 million
 Video game Blizzard Entertainment Activision Blizzard
(Microsoft Gaming)
Despicable Me
(Minions) 		2010 $12.3 billion
  • Retail sales – $6 billion
  • Box office – $5.61 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $725 million
 Animated film Sergio Pablos Illumination
Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Star Trek 1966 $11.2 billion
  • Retail sales – $5.253 billion
  • TV revenue – $2.3 billion
  • Box office – $2.266 billion
  • VHS sales – $1 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray – $426 million
 Television series Gene Roddenberry Paramount Skydance
Dragon Ball 1984 $10.7 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $6 billion
  • Box office - $317 million
  • Home video - $29 million
  • Video games – $4.4 billion
 Manga Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio)
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Toei Animation (anime) Fuji TV (anime)
Bandai Namco
Street Fighter 1987 $10.7 billion
  • Video Game – $10.61 billion
  • Box office & home video – $211 million
 Video game Takashi Nishiyama
Hiroshi Matsumoto 		Capcom
Jurassic Park 1990 $10.1 billion
  • Box office – $6.343 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3.2 billion
  • Home video sales – $418 million
  • TV revenue – $150 million
 Novel Michael Crichton Alfred A. Knopf (novel)
Universal Pictures (Comcast)
Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2016 $10 billion
  • Retail sales- $8.74 billion
  • Box office – $1.29 billion
  • Home media – $4.8 million
 Manga Koyoharu Gotōge Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
ufotable (anime)

Aniplex (anime)

Grand Theft Auto
(GTA) 		1997 $10 billion
  • Video games – $10 billion
 Video game DMA Design
David Jones
Mike Dailly 		Rockstar Games
(Take-Two Interactive)
Rilakkuma 2003 $10 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $10 billion
 Manga Aki Kondo San-X
Monster Strike 2013 $10 billion
  • Mobile Game- $10 billion
 Video game Yoshiki Okamoto Mixi

$5–9 billion

James Bond 1953 $9.75 billion
  • Box office – $7.879 billion
  • Home entertainment – $373 million
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion
  • Video games – $500 million
 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
  • Box office – $503 million
  • Video games – $362.5 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $35 million
 Video game Jaakko Iisalo Rovio Entertainment
(Sega Sammy Holdings)
Thomas & Friends 1945 $9.12 billion
  • Retail sales – $9.107 billion
  • Box office – $19.7 million
 Book Wilbert Awdry
Christopher Awdry 		Egmont Group
Mattel
Fortnite 2017 $9 billion
  • Video games – $9 billion
 Video game Epic Games Epic Games
Tencent
Mario 1981 $8.75 billion
  • Video games – $7.33 billion
  • Box office – $1.3 billion
  • Home media – $21 million
 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
  • DVD & Blu-ray – $18 million
  • Box office – $182 million
 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
  • Box office – $5.968 billion
  • Home media – $995 million
 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
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $823.6 million
  • Merchandise sales - $85 million
  • Video games – $28 million
 Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby 		Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Superman 1938 $8.2 billion
  • Retail sales – $4.032 billion
  • Box office – $3.833 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray - $356 million
 Comic book Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster 		DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
DC Extended Universe
(DCEU) 		2013 $8 billion
  • Box office – $7.191 billion
  • Home video sales – $709.4 million
  • Merchandise sales – $100 million
 Film DC Entertainment DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Fast & Furious 2001 $7.98 billion
  • Box office – $7.333 billion
  • Home entertainment – $595 million
 Film Gary Scott Thompson Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Pirates of the Caribbean 2003 $7.9 billion
  • Box office – $4.522 billion
  • Home entertainment – $1.781 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1.6 billion
 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
 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
  • Box office – $481 million
  • TV licensing – $96 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $98 million
 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
  • Box office – $1.1 million
  • Home media – $1.4 million
 Television series Eiji Tsuburaya Tsuburaya Productions
(Bandai Namco Holdings)
Sonic the Hedgehog 1991 $7.37 billion
  • Video games – $5 billion
  • Box office – $1.196 billion
  • Licensing – $1 billion
  • Home entertainment – $180 million
 Video game Sonic Team
Hirokazu Yasuhara
Yuji Naka
Naoto Ohshima 		Sega
(Sega Sammy Holdings)
Madden NFL 1998 $7 billion
  • Video games – $7 billion
 Video game Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
National Football League (NFL)
Fate
(Fate/stay night) 		2004 $7 billion
  • Mobile game – $7 billion
 Video game Type-Moon Type-Moon (video game)
Aniplex (Sony Music Japan) (anime & mobile game)
Halo 2001 $6.8 billion
  • Games & consoles – $5 billion
  • Home video & merchandise – $1.8 billion
 Video game Bungie Xbox Game Studios
(Microsoft Gaming)
Ice Age 2002 $6.42 billion
  • Box office – $3.2 billion
  • Retail sales – $1.3 billion
  • Home entertainment – $347 million
 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
  • Home entertainment – $1.922 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $275 million
  • Broadway musical – $46.4 million
  • Video games – $38.9 million
 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
  • Box office – $155 million
 Musical theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber
My Little Pony 1984 $5.98 billion
  • Retail sales – $5.916 billion
  • Box office – $67.3 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $4.3 million
 Animated cartoon Lauren Faust
Bonnie Zacherle 		Hasbro
Avatar 2009 $5.78 billion
  • Box office – $5.243 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $429 million
  • Merchandise sales – $153 million
 Film James Cameron 20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
Scooby-Doo 1969 $5.43 billion
  • Retail sales – $4.9 billion
  • Box office – $483.4 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $54 million
 Animated series Joe Ruby
Ken Spears 		Warner Bros.
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Yu-Gi-Oh! 1996 $5.42 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $5 billion
  • Video games – $387 million
  • Anime box office – $39.3 million
 Manga Kazuki Takahashi Kazuki Takahashi
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Konami (games and cards)
Mamma Mia 1975 $5.16 billion
  • Musical theatre – $4 billion
  • Film box office – $988 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $180 million
 Song ABBA Polar / Epic (Sony) (song)
Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)
Mortal Kombat 1992 $5.06 billion
  • Video games – $4.054 billion
  • Box office – $256 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $2.9 million
 Video game Midway Games Chicago
Ed Boon
John Tobias 		Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Gundam 1979 $5 billion
  • Retail sales – $5 billion
 Anime series Yoshiyuki Tomino Bandai Namco Filmworks, directly and through Sotsu
(Bandai Namco Holdings)
Genshin Impact 2020 $5 billion
  • Video game – $5 billion
 Video game miHoYo
Cai Haoyu 		miHoYo
The Sims 2000 $5 billion
  • Video games – $5 billion
 Video game Will Wright Electronic Arts
Bob the Builder 1998 $5 billion
  • Retail sales – $5 billion
 Animated series Keith Chapman Mattel
MapleStory 2003 $5 billion
  • Video games – $5 billion
 Video game Nexon Nexon

$2–4 billion

The Simpsons 1987 $4.9 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $4.223 billion
  • Box office – $536 million
  • Video games – $141 million
 Animated series Matt Groening 20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
Assassin's Creed 2007 $4.7 Billion (2014-2024)
  • Video games – $1 billion
  • Box office – $240 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $12 million
 Video game Patrice Désilets
Jade Raymond
Corey May 		Ubisoft
Mission: Impossible 1966 $4.7 billion
  • Box office – $4.392 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $193 million
  • Video games – $24 million
  • TV revenue – $100 million
 Television series Bruce Geller Paramount Pictures
(Paramount Skydance)
Beyblade 1999 $4.6 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $4.6 billion
  • Box office – $9.7 million
 Manga Takao Aoki Takao Aoki
Shogakukan
(Hitotsubashi Group)
The Big Bang Theory 2007 $4.57 billion
  • TV advertising – $3.57 billion
  • TV syndication – $1 billion
 Television series Chuck Lorre
Bill Prady 		Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Seinfeld 1989 $4.56 billion
  • TV revenue – $4.06 billion
  • TV streaming – $500 million
 Television series Larry David
Jerry Seinfeld 		Sony Pictures Television
(Sony)
Minecraft 2009 $4.32 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3.367 billion
  • Box office – $956 million
 Video game Markus Persson Mojang Studios
Xbox Game Studios
(Microsoft Gaming)
Twilight 2005 $4.31 billion
  • Box office – $3.314 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $1 billion
 Novel Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown and Company
Summit Entertainment
Gran Turismo 1997 $4.1 billion
  • Video games – $4 billion
  • Box office - $117 million
 Video game Kazunori Yamauchi
Polyphony Digital 		Sony Interactive Entertainment
(Sony)
Strawberry Shortcake 1979 $4 billion
  • Retail sales – $4 billion
  • DVD sales – $2.6 million
 Greeting card American Greetings WildBrain
The Smurfs 1958 $4 billion
  • Box office - $1.109 billion
  • Home media - $98.4 million
 Comic Peyo Studio Peyo
Cabbage Patch Kids 1982 $4 billion
  • Retail sales – $4 billion
 television special Coleco Wicked Cool Toys
(Berkshire Hathaway)
G.I. Joe 1967 $3.95 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3.105 billion
  • Box office – $712 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray – $134 million
 Comic Stan Weston Hasbro
Lilo & Stitch
(Stitch) 		2002 $3.92 billion
  • Retail sales – $2.6 billion
  • Box office - $1.31 billion
  • Home media - $15.9 million
 Animated film Chris Sanders The Walt Disney Company
The Hunger Games 2008 $3.83 billion
  • Box office – $3.317 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray – $520 million
 Novel Suzanne Collins Scholastic Corporation (books)
Lionsgate (films)
Blue's Clues 1996 $3.6 billion
  • Retail sales – $3.6 billion
 Television series Traci Paige Johnson
Todd Kessler
Angela C. Santomero 		Nickelodeon
(Paramount Skydance)
Beauty and the Beast 1991 $3.52 billion
  • Box office – $1.689 billion
  • Musical - $1.4 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $432.6 million
 Animated film Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise
Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve 		The Walt Disney Company
Skylanders 2011 $3.5 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $1.858 billion
 Video game Toys for Bob Activision Blizzard
(Microsoft Gaming)
Titanic 1997 $3.45 billion
  • Box office – $2.257 billion
  • VHS & DVD sales – $1.2 billion
 Film James Cameron Paramount Pictures (North America) (Paramount Skydance)
20th Century Studios (international) (The Walt Disney Company)
Titanfall 2014 $3.4 billion
  • Video games - $3.4 billion
 Video game Respawn Entertainment Electronic Arts
Bratz 2001 $3.23 billion
  • Retail sales – $3.15 billion
  • Box office – $26 million
  • Home entertainment – $56.7 million
 Doll Carter Bryant MGA Entertainment
Fengshen Cinematic Universe 2019 $3.2 billion
  • Box office – $3.22 billion
  • Home Media – $1.2 million
 Film Jiaozi Beijing Enlight Pictures
Care Bears 1981 $3.05 billion
  • Retail sales – $3.02 billion
  • Box office – $34 million
 Greeting card American Greetings Cloudco Entertainment
Hamtaro 1997 $3.02 billion
  • Retail sales – $3 billion
  • Box office – $25 million
 Manga Ritsuko Kawai Shogakukan
(Hitotsubashi Group)
Terminator 1984 $3 billion
  • Box office – $2.074 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $136 million
 Film James Cameron
Gale Anne Hurd 		Skydance Media
Astro Boy 1952 $3 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3 billion
  • Box office – $42 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $10.2 million
 Manga Osamu Tezuka Tezuka Productions
Thor 1962 $2.98 billion
  • Box office – $2.710 billion
  • Home entertainment – $279 million
 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
  • Home entertainment – $471 million
 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
  • Home video – $232 million
 Comic book Roy Thomas
Arnold Drake
Gene Colan 		Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Inside Out 2015 $2.67 billion
  • Box office - $2.549 billion
  • Home media - $122.2 million
 Film Pete Docter Pixar (The Walt Disney Company
The Elder Scrolls 1994 $2.65 billion
  • Video games – $2.65 billion
 Video game Bethesda Softworks ZeniMax Media
(Microsoft Gaming)
Godzilla
(Gojira) 		1954 $2.63 billion
  • Box office – $2.495 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $136.4 million
 Film Ishirō Honda Toho
Indiana Jones 1981 $2.6 billion
  • Box office – $2.210 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $396 million
 Film George Lucas
Steven Spielberg 		Lucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Company)
Madagascar 2005 $2.59 billion
  • Box office – $2.270 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $329 million
 Animated film Tom McGrath
Eric Darnell 		DreamWorks Animation
(Comcast)
Captain America 1941 $2.55 billion
  • Box office – $2.239 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $317 million
 Comic book Joe Simon
Jack Kirby 		Marvel Comics
(The Walt Disney Company)
Kung Fu Panda 2008 $2.54 billion
  • Box office – $2.306 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $234 million
 Animated film Ethan Reiff
Cyrus Voris 		Universal Pictures (Comcast)
Winx Club 2004 $2.53 billion
  • Retail sales – $2.5 billion
  • Box office – $34 million
 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
  • Box office – $16.4 million
 Animated series Craig McCracken Cartoon Network
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Friends 1994 $2.5 billion
  • TV syndication – $1.5 billion
  • TV advertising – $1 billion
  • Box office – $89,007
 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
 Manga Naoko Takeuchi Naoko Takeuchi
Kodansha (manga)
Toei Animation (anime)
The Incredibles 2004 $2.37 billion
  • Box office – $1.875 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $370 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $127 million
 Animated film Brad Bird The Walt Disney Company
Kumamon 2010 $2.36 billion
  • Retail sales – $2.36 billion
 Cartoon Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto Prefecture
Aladdin 1992 $2.33 billion
  • Box office – $1.554 billion
  • Broadway musical – $571.8 million
  • Video games – $200 million
 Animated film Hanna Diyab
Walt Disney Animation 		The Walt Disney Company
Black Panther 1966 $2.31 billion
  • Box office – $2.209 billion
  • Home video – $104 million
 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
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $157 million
 Novel Pierre Boulle Éditions Julliard (book)
20th Century Studios (Disney) (films)
Jumanji 1981 $2.24 billion
  • Box office – $2.089 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $155 million
 Picture book Chris Van Allsburg Sony
The Little Mermaid 1989 $2.21 billion
  • Box office – $782 million
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $349 million
  • Musical - $83 million
 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
  • Home media – $79 million
 Film James Wan Warner Bros.
Ghostbusters 1984 $2.18 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion
  • Box office – $1.1 billion
  • Home media – $85 million
 Film Dan Aykroyd
Harold Ramis 		Sony
Finding Nemo 2003 $2.15 billion
  • Box office – $1.961 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $196 million
 Animated film Andrew Stanton The Walt Disney Company
Rocky 1976 $2.11 billion
  • Box office - $1.993 billion
  • Home media - $119.5 million
 Film Sylvester Stallone Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon)
MonsterVerse 2014 $2.09 billion
  • Box office – $1.94 billion
  • Home media – $159 million
 Film Thomas Tull
Ishirō Honda (Godzilla)
Edgar Wallace (King Kong)
Merian C. Cooper (King Kong) 		Warner Bros.
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Legendary Entertainment
Toho (Godzilla)
Yo-kai Watch 2013 $2.09 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $2 billion
  • Box office – $99.4 million
 Video game Level-5 Level-5
The Matrix 1999 $2.06 billion
  • Video games – $250 million
  • Box office – $1.791 billion
  • Home media – $26 million
 Film The Wachowskis Warner Bros.
The Chronicles of Narnia 2005 $2.06 billion
  • Box office - $1.556 billion
  • Home media - $506 million
 Film C. S. Lewis
Andrew Adamson 		Netflix
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 $2.04 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion
  • Box office – $797 million
  • VHS sales – $250 million
 Film Steven Spielberg Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Robert Langdon
The Da Vinci Code 		2000 $2.04 billion
  • Book sales – $400 million
  • Box office - $1.478 billion
  • Home media - $164.1 million
 Book Dan Brown Doubleday
Sony (film series)
Bourne 1980 $2.03 billion
  • Box office – $1.665 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $374 million
 Novel Robert Ludlum Eric Van Lustbader (books)
Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)
Men in Black 1990 $2.02 billion
  • Box office – $1.940 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $83 million
 Comic book Lowell Cunningham Marvel Comics (Disney) (comics)
Sony (films)
Resident Evil
(Biohazard) 		1996 $2 billion
  • Video games – $600 million
  • Box office – $1.271 billion
  • Home video – $132 million
 Video game Shinji Mikami
Tokuro Fujiwara 		Capcom
Guitar Hero 2005 $2 billion
  • Video games – $2 billion
 Video game Harmonix Activision Blizzard
(Microsoft Gaming)
Lego 1995 $2 billion
  • Video games – $2 billion
 Video game Lego Interactive (The Lego Group) TT Games (Warner Bros. Discovery)
NBA Jam 1993 $2 billion
  • Video games – $2 billion
 Video game Midway Games Electronic Arts
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Neon Genesis Evangelion 1994 $2 billion
  • TV revenue - $1.4 billion
  • Retail sales - $255 million
  • Box office - $254 million
 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

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