Putting a spin on marvels other cinematic universe, the xmen films have shown flexibility in their timelines since days of future past, making a concerted effort to display different films in the past, present, and future, keeping the. Most successful movie franchises in box office history looper. This episode of speedrank looks at movie franchises and the everch. So far, furious 7 has proven the highestgrossing film of 2015 and propelled the franchise into billion dollar territory. The 27 greatest movie franchises of all time, according to critics. A film series or movie series also referred to as a film franchise or movie franchise is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe, or are marketed as a series. Browse the list below if you would like to learn more information about the worlds most successful franchises. The 12 longest running film franchises planet of the apes 8 films. The 25 highestgrossing media franchises of all time by mighty max. Films directed by steven spielberg have been the highestgrossing film of the year on six. The highest grossing movie franchises buzzfeed news. Sure, marvel is the biggest movie franchise at the moment, but it wasnt. 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.
And with three franchises in the top 20jones 1, star wars 4, and the jack ryan series 15harrison ford is the greatest franchise star of alltime. Franchisors of convenience goods and services seemed to be popping up on every corner. Launched on july 6, 2016, a recordbreaking million people downloaded the free app. The small sliver on the right is the clone wars, a 2008 theatrical release for the pilot of. The 25 most successful movie franchises of all time. Episode vii the force awakens 2015 but gone with the wind 1939. The original five movies, starting with planet of the apes 1968, invented the modern franchise template, telling one largescale story over several movies. This is a list of the highestgrossing media franchises.
Greatest movie franchises of all time, according to. This gallery runs through the most successful franchises in movie history, showing how much they have made at the u. Hollywood has a long tradition of producing franchise films related motion. Top 100 greatest movies of all time the ultimate list imdb. Starting in 2000 with xmen and still going strong today, foxs mutant franchise has become the seventh highestgrossing series in box office history. It does so in a way that feels punitive, almost as if to change is an offensive notion for the biggest movie franchise in history. The 10 biggest movie franchises today top movie theaters. The marvel cinematic universe is the highest grossing film series even when adjusted for inflation. Horror fans love these franchises, but the franchises dont always love them back, sometimes preferring the makeabuck motto of hollywood and rushing a film to hit a halloween friendly release date. 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. Join as we count down our picks for the top 10 longest running movie franchises. The 20 greatest scifi franchises of all time screenrant.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. Inflation, filming techniques and external market forces affect the economics of film production. Highest grossing film franchises and series worldwide 2020 statista. List of highestgrossing media franchises wikipedia. Top movie franchises of all time speedrank youtube. Here are the us domestic rankings adjusted for inflation with a short summary description of each film, to fairly accurately show which films have been the largest blockbusters over a long period of time. Regardless, a seminal horror movie is a seminal horror movie no matter how much a series or character has been exploited. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Ben fritz of the wall street journal reports this weekends furious 7 audience was 75% nonwhite, and with last years largest movie going audience being hispanic women, the film.
Franchise direct has compiled its ranking of the top 100 global franchises. John lynch contributed to a previous version of this post. The best multiple franchise actoractress in history. Well see, as i present to you the top 10 most financially successful highestgrossing horror film franchises note. List of highestgrossing video game franchises wikipedia. Top 50 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time. The highestgrossing horror film franchises of all time. Following tim burtons 2001 misfire, the series righted itself with the excellent rise of the planet of the apes 2011 and dawn of the planet of the apes 2014. Furious 7 marks universals biggest franchise ever forbes. Though it seems a bit unfair, the whole of the marvel cinematic universe. This total includes batman vs superman, the lego batman film, mask of the phantasm and the burtonschumacher films. Box office, worldwide box office, first year, last year, no. The top star wars movie is oldest but the fourth chronologically in lucas universe. Due to the secretive nature of hollywood accounting it is not clear which film is the most expensive film ever made.
Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office. Age of ultron, the 11th movie in the marvel cinematic. While the franchise has been on hiatus since 2011, when stargate universe ended its run, it continues to be a fanfavourite. So, we did a deep tomatometer dive into over 80 action franchises and found 12 fresh series that punched, kicked. The top 15 best action movie franchises of all time. Franchise year of inception lifetime revenue revenue breakdown franchise owners original platforms original genres one piece. Coming up weve the top 25 most successful film series of all time from harry. This post has been updated from its original version.
There are also plans for episodes vii through ix and spinoff movies beginning in 2015 going deeper. The following franchise brands lead the pack according to the franchise times top 200 guide for 2014. With the exception of titanic and two disney films, all of the biggest box office movies are part of a franchise, making us believe that there were probably some studio execs at. As everyone should know, the top moneymaking film of alltime is not star wars. Well, everyone obviously, but do you know which movie franchises have made the most money. Traditionally, war films, musicals, and historical dramas have been the most popular genres, but franchise films have been among the best performers in the 21st.
Franchise direct has compiled this list after examining franchise brands from around the world. Infinity war, the marvel cinematic universes catalog of films gives it a commanding lead among the top movie franchises of all time. A film series or movie series is a collection of related films in succession that share the same. Top 10 highestgrossing horror franchises listverse. The marvel cinematic universe series was the highest grossing film franchise in the world as of april 2020, with total worldwide box office. The 32 most successful movie franchises of all time. This week, it could overtake harry potter as the biggest film franchise in history. The greatest movie franchises of all time the atlantic. Two recognisable franchises minimum and 2 movies each from those franchise even those in postproductionfilming the likes of ryan reynoldshalle berry are exempted due to them being in only one film in a franchise. The godzilla franchise takes the title as the film series with the most sequels 29 movies total, but what other movies come close.
Franchising really began to blossom in the postwar 1950s and 1960s. Back in september, for the seventh harry potter film s release, we used a formula that took both box office and critics score into account to rank the 50 greatest movie franchises of all time. And it certainly is among the mostquoted movies ever. Half of these brands have representation in south africa, including mcdonalds, kfc, pizza hut, subway and burger king. The first half of the movie is so incredibly rushed that the characters are essentially racing to get from one point to the other. Here are the 27 greatest movie franchises of all time, according to critics. The totals for the batman franchise will be different if the animated films are not included of course. The franchise is comprised of eleven films altogether, the most recent being the 2018 sequel to the original 1970 film. The sequel quickly became the highestgrossing movie in the franchise with original star jamie lee curtis and cocreator, john carpenter, returning.
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