3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice

Facebook

THEGREATESTFILMS The"Greatest"andthe"Best"inCinematicHistory
GREATESTFILMS

THEBEST

OSCARS

QUOTES

GENRES

SCENES

www.filmsite.org

HISTORY

POSTERS

Twitter

DIRECTORS&STARS

REVIEWS

AllTime
TopFilmFranchises
BoxOffice(DomesticGross)
Revenue

GreatestFilmFranchisesAllTimeTopBoxOfficeRevenueResults:Ingeneralterms,
filmfranchisesaremultipicturestories,oftenincludingsomeofthesamecharactersfromfilmto
film.
1.theynormallyhaveatleastthreeverysignificantfilmsintheseries(includingsequels)
2.themajorfranchisesusuallyhaveacombinedgrossboxoffice(domestic)revenue

income(unadjustedforinflation)ofatleast$450million,althoughsomeoftheolder
franchiseshaven'tattainedthatlevel.[Note:Reissueswereusuallynotincluded,norwere
incometotalsformerchandising.]
3.intermsofgenrepopularity,fantasy/adventure,horrorandscififilmsfarethebestas
crowdpleasingfranchises(withgenerousdosesofaction,violenceandPGrated
content),featuringbignamestarsandbigbudgetproductionvalues
Withthecontinuedreleaseofnewfilmsinmanyofthetopfranchisesseriesfoundbelow,it's
difficulttosaywhenanyonefranchiseattains#1statusintermsofboxoffice,althoughrecentrecordsnowconfirmthatthe
MarvelfranchisehasovertakentheHarryPotterfranchiseasthemostcommerciallysuccessfulmoviefranchiseofalltime,
beatingevenStarWarsandJamesBond,althoughthePixarDisneyanimations(iftheycanbecountedasafranchise)topthem
all.

BoxOfficeIndex
Top100(Domestic)|Top100(InflationAdjusted)|Top100(Worldwide)|FilmFranchisesBoxOffice|SummerBlockbusters
TopFilms(ByDecadeandYear)|HighestGrossingFilmsByGenreType|GreatestBoxOfficeBombs,Disasters,andFlops

GreatestFilmSeriesFranchisesAdditionalSections
Series:Introduction|Series:BoxOffice|Series:AE|Series:FK|Series:LQ|Series:RZ

GreatestFilmSeriesFranchises
AllTimeTopBoxOfficeRevenue
(indescendingorderofboxoffice(domestic)grosstotals,unadjustedforinflation)

Franchises
(Listedchronologically)

ThePixarDisneyAnimations*
ToyStory(1995)
ABug'sLife(1998)
ToyStory2(1999)
Monsters,Inc.(2001)
FindingNemo(2003)
TheIncredibles(2004)
Cars(2006)
Ratatouille(2007)
WALLE(2008)
Up(2009)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

TotalFranchise
Gross
#of
(domestic)
Films
(approximately)

$4.014billion

15

#1Film
inFranchise

Gross(Domestic)
Revenue
of#1Film

ToyStory3(2010)

$415million

1/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
ToyStory3(2010)
Cars2(2011)
Brave(2012)
MonstersUniversity(2013)
InsideOut(2015)
TheGoodDinosaur(2015)
(*ifqualifiedasafranchise,ratherthanasabrand?)
Marvel'sCinematicUniverse
IronMan(2008)
TheIncredibleHulk(2008)
IronMan2(2010)
Thor(2011)
CaptainAmerica:TheFirstAvenger(2011)
Marvel'sTheAvengers(2012)
IronMan3(2013)
Thor:TheDarkWorld(2013)
CaptainAmerica:TheWinterSoldier(2014)
GuardiansoftheGalaxy(2014)
Avengers:AgeofUltron(2015)
AntMan(2015)

$3.594+billion

StarWars
StarWars:EpisodeIVANewHope(1977)
StarWars:EpisodeVTheEmpireStrikesBack
(1980)
StarWars:EpisodeVIReturnoftheJedi(1983)
StarWars:EpisodeIThePhantomMenace(1999)
StarWars:EpisodeIIAttackoftheClones(2002)
StarWars:EpisodeIIIRevengeoftheSith(2005)
StarWars:TheCloneWars(2008)
StarWars:TheForceAwakens(2015)

$2.813+billion
(doesnot
include
rereleases)

HarryPotter
HarryPotterandtheSorcerer'sStone(2001)
HarryPotterandtheChamberofSecrets(2002)
HarryPotterandthePrisonerofAzkaban(2004)
HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire(2005)
HarryPotterandtheOrderofthePhoenix(2007)
HarryPotterandtheHalfBloodPrince(2009)
HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows,Part1(2010)
HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows,Part2(2011)

$2.390+billion

JamesBond
Dr.No(1962)
FromRussiaWithLove(1963)
Goldfinger(1964)
Thunderball(1965)
YouOnlyLiveTwice(1967)
OnHerMajesty'sSecretService(1969)
DiamondsareForever(1971)
LiveandLetDie(1973)
TheManwiththeGoldenGun(1974)
TheSpyWhoLovedMe(1977)
Moonraker(1979)
ForYourEyesOnly(1981)
Octopussy(1983)
AViewtoaKill(1985)
TheLivingDaylights(1987)
LicencetoKill(1989)
GoldenEye(1995)
TomorrowNeverDies(1997)
TheWorldisNotEnough(1999)
DieAnotherDay(2002)
CasinoRoyale(2006)
QuantumofSolace,007(2008)
Skyfall(2012)
Spectre(2015)

12

$623.4million

Marvel'sTheAvengers
(2012)

StarWars:TheForce
Awakens(2015)

$895.4million

$381million
HarryPotterandthe
DeathlyHallows,Part2
(2011)

$2.112+billion

24

$304.4million

Skyfall(2012)

(doesnotincludeunofficialtwononcanonfilms:
CasinoRoyale(1967)
andNeverSayNeverAgain(1983))

Batman
Batman(1989)
BatmanReturns(1992)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

2/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
Batman:MaskofthePhantasm(1993)
BatmanForever(1995)
Batman&Robin(1997)
BatmanBegins(2005)
TheDarkKnight(2008)
TheDarkKnightRises(2012)

$1.898billion

$533.3million

TheDarkKnight(2008)

TheLordoftheRings(orMiddleEarth)
TheLordoftheRings:TheFellowshipoftheRing
(2001)
TheLordoftheRings:TheTwoTowers(2002)
TheLordoftheRings:TheReturnoftheKing(2003)
TheHobbit:AnUnexpectedJourney(2012)
TheHobbit:TheDesolationofSmaug(2013)
TheHobbit:TheBattleoftheFiveArmies(2014)

$1.847+billion

$377million

(doesnotincludeTheLordoftheRings(1978))
TheLordoftheRings:The
ReturnoftheKing(2003)
SpiderMan
SpiderMan(2002)
SpiderMan2(2004)
SpiderMan3(2007)
TheAmazingSpiderMan(2012)
TheAmazingSpiderMan2(2014)

$1.579billion

$403.7million

SpiderMan(2002)

TheHungerGames
TheHungerGames(2012)
TheHungerGames:CatchingFire(2013)
TheHungerGames:MockingjayPart1(2014)
TheHungerGames:MockingjayPart2(2015)

$1.450+billion

$424.7million

TheHungerGames:
CatchingFire(2013)
Shrek
Shrek(2001)
Shrek2(2004)
ShrektheThird(2007)
ShrekForeverAfter(2010)
PussinBoots(2011)

$1.419.6billion

JurassicPark
JurassicPark(1993)
TheLostWorld:JurassicPark(1997)
JurassicParkIII(2001)
JurassicWorld(2015)

$1.419.6million

$441.2million

Shrek2(2004)

$652.3million

JurassicWorld(2015)

TwilightSaga
Twilight(2008)
TheTwilightSaga:NewMoon(2009)
TheTwilightSaga:Eclipse(2010)
TheTwilightSaga:BreakingDawn,Part1(2011)
TheTwilightSaga:BreakingDawn,Part2(2012)

$1.363.5billion

Transformers
Transformers(2007)
Transformers:RevengeoftheFallen(2009)
Transformers:DarkoftheMoon(2011)
Transformers:AgeofExtinction(2014)
(doesnotincludethe1986film)

$1.325+billion

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

$300.5million

TheTwilightSaga:Eclipse
(2010)

$402.1million

3/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
Transformers:Revengeof
theFallen(2009)
XMen
XMen(2000)
X2:XMenUnited(2003)
XMen:TheLastStand(2006)
XMenOrigins:Wolverine(2009)
XMen:FirstClass(2011)
TheWolverine(2013)
XMen:DaysofFuturePast(2014)

$1.299+million

FastandtheFurious
TheFastandtheFurious(2001)
2Fast2Furious(2003)
TheFastandtheFurious:TokyoDrift(2006)
Fast&Furious(2009)
FastFive(2011)
Fast&Furious6(2013)
Fast&Furious7(2015)(akaFurious7)

$1.291+million

PiratesoftheCaribbean
PiratesoftheCaribbean:TheCurseoftheBlack
Pearl(2003)
PiratesoftheCaribbean:DeadMan'sChest(2006)
PiratesoftheCaribbean:AtWorld'sEnd(2007)
PiratesoftheCaribbean:OnStrangerTides(2011)

$1.279+billion

$234.4million

XMen:TheLastStand
(2006)

$353million

Fast&Furious7(2015)

$423.3million

PiratesoftheCaribbean:
DeadMan'sChest(2006)
StarTrek
StarTrek:TheMotionPicture(1979)
StarTrekII:TheWrathofKhan(1982)
StarTrekIII:TheSearchforSpock(1984)
StarTrekIV:TheVoyageHome(1986)
StarTrekV:TheFinalFrontier(1989)
StarTrekVI:TheUndiscoveredCountry(1991)
StarTrek:Generations(1994)
StarTrek:FirstContact(1996)
StarTrek:Insurrection(1998)
StarTrekNemesis(2002)
StarTrek(2009)
StarTrekIntoDarkness(2013)

$1.242+billion

TheDarkKnightTrilogy
(seeabove)
BatmanBegins(2005)
TheDarkKnight(2008)
TheDarkKnightRises(2012)

$1.186+billion

12

$257.7million

StarTrek(2009)

$533.3million

TheDarkKnight(2008)

Avengers(seeabove)
Marvel'sTheAvengers(2012)
Avengers:AgeofUltron(2015)

$1.082+billion

$623.4million

Marvel'sTheAvengers
(2012)

TheLordoftheRings(partofMiddleEarth)(see
above)
TheLordoftheRings:TheFellowshipoftheRing

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

4/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
(2001)
TheLordoftheRings:TheTwoTowers(2002)
TheLordoftheRings:TheReturnoftheKing(2003)

$1.061+billion

$377million

TheLordoftheRings:The
ReturnoftheKing(2003)

IronMan(seeabove)
IronMan(2008)
IronMan2(2010)
IronMan3(2013)

$1.039+billion

$409+million

IronMan3(2013)

DespicableMe
DespicableMe(2010)
DespicableMe2(2013)
Minions(2015)

$955.6million

$368.1million

DespicableMe2(2013)

Mission:Impossible
Mission:Impossible(1996)
Mission:ImpossibleII(2000)
Mission:ImpossibleIII(2006)
Mission:ImpossibleGhostProtocol(2011)
Mission:ImpossibleRogueNation(2015)

$934.9million

IndianaJones
RaidersoftheLostArk(1981)
IndianaJonesandtheTempleofDoom(1984)
IndianaJonesandtheLastCrusade(1989)
IndianaJonesandtheKingdomoftheCrystalSkull
(2008)

$906.4million
(doesnot
includere
releases)

ToyStory(seeabove)
ToyStory(1995)
ToyStory2(1999)
ToyStory3(2010)

$853million
(doesnot
include3D
versions)

$215.4million

Mission:ImpossibleII
(2000)

$317million
IndianaJonesandthe
KingdomoftheCrystal
Skull(2008)

$415million

ToyStory3(2010)

TheHobbit
(partofTheLordoftheRings)
(seeabove)
TheHobbit:AnUnexpectedJourney(2012)
TheHobbit:TheDesolationofSmaug(2013)
TheHobbit:TheBattleoftheFiveArmies(2014)

$816.5million

$303million

TheHobbit:AnUnexpected
Journey(2012)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

5/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
Superman
Superman(1978)
SupermanII(1981)
SupermanIII(1983)
SupermanIV:TheQuestforPeace(1987)
SupermanReturns(2006)
ManofSteel(2013)

$809.2+million

IceAge
IceAge(2002)
IceAge:TheMeltdown(2006)
IceAge3:DawnoftheDinosaurs(2009)
IceAge:ContinentalDrift(2012)

$729.6+million

$291million

ManofSteel(2013)

$196.6million

IceAge3:Dawnofthe
Dinosaurs(2009)
Rocky
Rocky(1976)
RockyII(1979)
RockyIII(1982)
RockyIV(1985)
RockyV(1990)
RockyBalboa(2006)
Creed(2015)

$674.3million

Madagascar
Madagascar(2005)
Madagascar:Escape2Africa(2008)
Madagascar3:Europe'sMostWanted(2012)
PenguinsofMadagascar(2014)

$673.3million

$128million

RockyIV(1985)

$216.4million

Madagascar3:Europe's
MostWanted(2012)

AlvinandtheChipmunks
AlvinandtheChipmunks(2007)
AlvinandtheChipmunks2:TheSqueakquel(2009)
AlvinandtheChipmunks:Chipwrecked(2011)
AlvinandtheChipmunks:TheRoadChip(2015)

$660.1million

(doesnotincludeTheChipmunkAdventure(1987))

$219.6million

AlvinandtheChipmunks2:
TheSqueakquel(2009)

PlanetoftheApes
PlanetoftheApes(1968)
BeneaththePlanetoftheApes(1970)
EscapefromthePlanetoftheApes(1971)
ConquestofthePlanetoftheApes(1972)
BattleforthePlanetoftheApes(1973)
PlanetoftheApes(2001)
RiseofthePlanetoftheApes(2011)
DawnofthePlanetoftheApes(2014)

$647.1million

TheHangover
TheHangover(2009)
TheHangoverPartII(2011)
TheHangoverPartIII(2013)

$644million

$208.5million

DawnofthePlanetofthe
Apes(2014)

$277.3million

TheHangover(2009)

Bourne
TheBourneIdentity(2002)
TheBourneSupremacy(2004)
TheBourneUltimatum(2007)
TheBourneLegacy(2012)

$638.6million

$227.5million

TheBourneUltimatum
(2007)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

6/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
MeninBlack
MeninBlack(1997)
MeninBlackII(2002)
MeninBlack3(2012)

$620.1million

$250.7million

MeninBlack(1997)

TheTerminator
TheTerminator(1984)
Terminator2:JudgmentDay(1991)
Terminator3:RiseoftheMachines(2003)
TerminatorSalvation(2009)
Terminator:Genisys(2015)

$608.7million

$204.8million

Terminator2:Judgment
Day(1991)

TheFockers
MeettheParents(2000)
MeettheFockers(2004)
LittleFockers(2010)

$594million

$279.3million

MeettheFockers(2004)

TheMatrixTrilogy
TheMatrix(1999)
TheMatrixReloaded(2003)
TheMatrixRevolutions(2003)

$592.4million

$282million

TheMatrixReloaded(2003)

TheMummy
TheMummy(1999)
TheMummyReturns(2001)
TheScorpionKing(2002)
TheMummy:TomboftheDragonEmperor(2008)

$550.9million

$202million

TheMummyReturns
(2001)

NightattheMuseum
NightattheMuseum(2006)
NightattheMuseum:BattleoftheSmithsonian
(2009)
NightattheMuseum:SecretoftheTomb(2014)

$541.9+million

$250.9million

NightattheMuseum
(2006)

TheChroniclesofNarniaTrilogy
TheChroniclesofNarnia:
TheLion,TheWitch,andtheWardrobe(2005)
TheChroniclesofNarnia:PrinceCaspian(2008)
TheChroniclesofNarnia:TheVoyageoftheDawn
Treader(2010)

$537.7million

$292million
TheChroniclesofNarnia:
TheLion,TheWitch,and
theWardrobe(2005)

Alien
Alien(1979)
Aliens(1986)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

7/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
Alien3(1992)
AlienResurrection(1997)
AlienVs.Predator(2004)
AliensVs.PredatorRequiem(2007)
Prometheus(2012)

$515.9million

$126.4million

Prometheus(2012)

RushHour
RushHour(1998)
RushHour2(2001)
RushHour3(2007)

$507.5million

$226.2million

RushHour2(2001)

DieHard
DieHard(1988)
DieHard2:DieHarder(1990)
DieHardWithaVengeance(1995)
LiveFreeorDieHard(2007)
AGoodDaytoDieHard(2013)

$502.4+million

TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles
TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles(1990)
TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesII(1991)
TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII(1993)
TMNT(2007)
TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles(2014)

$501.6million

JackRyan
TheHuntforRedOctober(1990)
PatriotGames(1992)
ClearandPresentDanger(1994)
TheSumofAllFears(2002)
JackRyan:ShadowRecruit(2014)

$497million

HomeAlone
HomeAlone(1990)
HomeAlone2:LostinNewYork(1992)
HomeAlone3(1997)
HomeAlone4(2002)(TVmovie)

$490.2million

$134.5million

LiveFreeorDieHard
(2007)

$191.2million

TeenageMutantNinja
Turtles(2014)

$122.2million

ClearandPresentDanger
(1994)

$285.8million

HomeAlone(1990)

LethalWeapon
LethalWeapon(1987)
LethalWeapon2(1989)
LethalWeapon3(1992)
LethalWeapon4(1998)

$487.6million

AustinPowersTrilogy
AustinPowers:InternationalManofMystery(1997)
AustinPowers:TheSpyWhoShaggedMe(1999)
AustinPowersinGoldmember(2002)

$473.2million

$147million
LethalWeapon2(1989)

$213million

AustinPowersin
Goldmember(2002)
ScaryMovie

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

8/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
ScaryMovie(2000)
ScaryMovie2(2001)
ScaryMovie3(2003)
ScaryMovie4(2006)
ScaryMovie5(2013)

$461+million

$157million

ScaryMovie(2000)

AdditionalNoteworthyFranchises
(below$450millionandinclusiveto$300million)
Franchises
(FilmsinFranchise,listedchronologically)

TotalFranchise
Gross(domestic)
(approximately)

#ofFilms

CaptainAmerica(seeabove)
CaptainAmerica:TheFirstAvenger(2011)
CaptainAmerica:TheWinterSoldier(2014)

$436.4+million

#1Film
inFranchise

Gross(Domestic)
Revenue
of#1Film

$258.8million

CaptainAmerica:The
WinterSoldier(2014)

BeverlyHillsCopTrilogy
BeverlyHillsCop(1984)
BeverlyHillsCopII(1987)
BeverlyHillsCopIII(1994)

$431million

$235million

BeverlyHillsCop(1984)

TheKarateKid
TheKarateKid(1984)
TheKarateKidPartII(1986)
TheKarateKidPartIII(1989)
TheNextKarateKid(1994)
TheKarateKid(2010)

$430.4million

$176.6million

TheKarateKid(2010)

Ocean's11
Ocean'sEleven(2001)
Ocean'sTwelve(2004)
Ocean'sThirteen(2007)

$426.1million

$183.4million

Ocean'sEleven(2001)
HannibalLecter
Manhunter(1986)
TheSilenceoftheLambs(1991)
Hannibal(2001)
RedDragon(2002)
HannibalRising(2007)

$425.3million

$165million

Hannibal(2001)

KungFuPanda
KungFuPanda(2008)
KungFuPanda2(2011)
KungFuPanda3(2016)

$421.7million

$215.4million

KungFuPanda(2008)

BacktotheFuture
BacktotheFuture(1985)
BacktotheFuturePartII(1989)
BacktotheFuturePartIII(1990)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

$416.8million

$210million

9/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
BacktotheFuture(1985)
Saw
Saw(2004)
SawII(2005)
SawIII(2006)
SawIV(2007)
SawV(2008)
SawVI(2009)
Saw3D:TheFinalChapter(2010)

$415.9million

AmericanPie
AmericanPie(1999)
AmericanPie2(2001)
AmericanWedding(2003)
AmericanReunion(2012)

$409.2million

$87million

SawII(2005)

$145.1million

AmericanPie2(2001)

Jaws
Jaws(1975)
Jaws2(1978)
Jaws3D(1983)
Jaws:TheRevenge(1987)(akaJaws4)
(doesnotincludeJaws21980reissue)

$404million

$260million

Jaws(1975)
ParanormalActivity
ParanormalActivity(2007)
ParanormalActivity2(2010)
ParanormalActivity3(2011)
ParanormalActivity4(2012)
ParanormalActivity:TheMarkedOnes(2014)
ParanormalActivity:TheGhostDimension(2015)

$401.4million

HowtoTrainYourDragon
HowtoTrainYourDragon(2010)
HowtoTrainYourDragon2(2014)

$394.6million

$107.9million

ParanormalActivity(2007)

$217.6million

HowtoTrainYourDragon
(2010)

NationalTreasure
NationalTreasure(2004)
NationalTreasure:BookofSecrets(2007)

$393million

$220million

NationalTreasure:Bookof
Secrets(2007)

Thor(seeabove)
Thor(2011)
Thor:TheDarkWorld(2013)

$387.4million

Thor:TheDarkWorld
(2013)

$206.4million

Fridaythe13th
Fridaythe13th(1980)
Fridaythe13th,Part2(1981)
Fridaythe13th,Part3(1982)
Fridaythe13th,TheFinalChapter(1984)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

10/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
Fridaythe13thANewBeginning(1985)
JasonLivesFridaythe13th,PartVI(1986)
Fridaythe13th,PartVIITheNewBlood(1988)
Fridaythe13th,PartVIIIJasonTakesManhattan(1989)
JasonGoestoHellTheFinalFriday(1993)
JasonX(2001)(akaFridaythe13th,Part10)
Freddyvs.Jason(2003)(akaFridaythe13th,Part11)
Fridaythe13th(2009)(akaFridaythe13th,Part12)

$380.6million

12

$83million

Freddyvs.Jason(2003)
(akaFridaythe13th,Part
11)

Madea
TylerPerry'sDiaryofaMadBlackWoman(2005)
TylerPerry'sMadea'sFamilyReunion(2006)
TylerPerry'sMadeaGoestoJail(2009)
TylerPerry'sMadea'sBigHappyFamily(2011)
TylerPerry'sMadea'sWitnessProtection(2012)
TylerPerry'sAMadeaChristmas(2013)

$375.9million

Taken
Taken(2009)
Taken2(2012)
Taken3(2015)

$374.1million

$90.5million

TylerPerry'sMadeaGoes
toJail(2009)

$145million

Taken(2009)
ANightmareonElmStreet
ANightmareonElmStreet(1984)
ANightmareonElmStreet2:Freddy'sRevenge(1985)
ANightmareonElmStreet3:DreamWarriors(1987)
ANightmareonElmStreet4:TheDreamMaster(1988)
ANightmareonElmStreet5:TheDreamChild(1989)
Freddy'sDead:TheFinalNightmare(1991)
WesCraven'sNewNightmare(1994)
Freddyvs.Jason(2003)
ANightmareonElmStreet(2010)

$370.5million

TheSantaClause
TheSantaClause(1994)
TheSantaClause2(2002)
TheSantaClause3:TheEscapeClause(2006)

$368.6million

$83million

Freddyvs.Jason(2003)

$144.8million

TheSantaClause(1994)

Jackass
Jackass:TheMovie(2002)
Jackass:NumberTwo(2006)
Jackass3D(2010)
JackassPresents:BadGrandpa(2013)

$356.3million

$117.2million

JackAss3D(2010)
Godzilla
Gojira(1954,Jp.)(akaGodzilla)
Godzilla1985:TheLegendisReborn(1984,Jp.)(aka
Gojira,orTheReturnofGodzilla)
Godzilla(1998)
Godzilla2000(1999,Jp.)
Godzilla(2014)

$351.6million

RobertLangdon
TheDaVinciCode(2006)
Angels&Demons(2009)

$350.9million

$200million

Godzilla(2014)

$217.5million

TheDaVinciCode(2006)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

11/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
SpyKids
SpyKids(2001)
SpyKids2:TheIslandofLostDreams(2002)
SpyKids3D:GameOver(2003)
SpyKids:AlltheTimeintheWorld(2011)(akaSpyKids
4)

$348.9million

$112.7million

SpyKids(2001)

FantasticFour
FantasticFour(2005)
FantasticFour:RiseoftheSilverSurfer(2007)
FantasticFour(2015)

$342.7million

$155million

FantasticFour(2005)
TheMuppets
TheMuppetMovie(1979)
TheGreatMuppetCaper(1981)
TheMuppetsTakeManhattan(1984)
TheMuppetChristmasCarol(1992)
MuppetTreasureIsland(1996)
MuppetsfromSpace(1999)
TheMuppets(2011)
MuppetsMostWanted(2014)

$340million

Scream
Scream(1996)
Scream2(1997)
Scream3(2000)
Scream4(2011)

$331.7million

$88.6million

TheMuppets(2011)

$103million

Scream(1996)

HotelTransylvania
HotelTransylvania(2012)
HotelTransylvania2(2015)

$317.8million

$169.5million

HotelTransylvania2(2015)

CrocodileDundee
CrocodileDundee(1986)
CrocodileDundeeII(1988)
CrocodileDundeeinLosAngeles(2001)

$309.7million

$174.8million

CrocodileDundee(1986)
Halloween
Halloween(1978)
HalloweenII(1981)
HalloweenIII:SeasonoftheWitch(1982)
Halloween4:TheReturnofMichaelMyers(1988)
Halloween5:TheRevengeofMichaelMyers(1989)
Halloween6:TheCurseofMichaelMyers(1995)
HalloweenH20:TwentyYearsLater(1998)
Halloween:Resurrection(2002)
Halloween(2007)
HalloweenII(2009)

$308.5million

10

$58.3million

Halloween(2007)

OtherFranchises
(between$300and$200million)
Franchises

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

TotalFranchise

#1Film

Gross(Domestic)

12/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
(FilmsinFranchise,listedchronologically)

Rambo
FirstBlood(1982)
Rambo:FirstBloodPartII(1985)
RamboIII(1988)
Rambo(2008)

Gross(domestic)
(approximately)

#ofFilms

$294.1million

inFranchise

Revenue
of#1Film

$150.4million

Rambo:FirstBloodPartII
(1985)
TheExorcist
TheExorcist(1973)
ExorcistII:TheHeretic(1977)
TheExorcistIII(1990)
Exorcist:TheBeginning(2004)(akaExorcistIV)
Dominion:PrequeltoTheExorcist(2005)
(doesnotincludeTheExorcist(Dir.Cut)(2000))

$291.9million

ThePinkPanther
ThePinkPanther(1963)
AShotintheDark(1964)
ReturnofthePinkPanther(1975)
ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain(1976)
RevengeofthePinkPanther(1978)
TrailofthePinkPanther(1982)
CurseofthePinkPanther(1983)
SonofthePinkPanther(1993)
ThePinkPanther(2006)
ThePinkPanther2(2009)

$282.6million

Divergent
Divergent(2014)
Insurgent(2015)

$281.1million

$193million

TheExorcist(1973)

10

$82.2million

ThePinkPanther(2006)

$150.9million

Divergent(2014)

Vacation
(NationalLampoon's)Vacation(1983)
(NationalLampoon's)EuropeanVacation(1985)
(NationalLampoon's)ChristmasVacation(1989)
VegasVacation(1997)
Vacation(2015)

$277.4million

TheHulk(seeabove)
Hulk(2003)
TheIncredibleHulk(2008)

$267million

$71.3million

(NationalLampoon's)
ChristmasVacation(1989)

$134.8million

TheIncredibleHulk(2008)

Predator
Predator(1987)
Predator2(1990)
AlienVs.Predator(2004)
AlienVs.Predator:Requiem(2007)
Predators(2010)

$264.5million

$80.3million

AlienVs.Predator(2004)

FinalDestination
FinalDestination(2000)
FinalDestination2(2003)
FinalDestination3(2006)
TheFinalDestination(2009)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

$263.5million

TheFinalDestination
(2009)

$66.5million

13/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
FinalDestination5(2011)

PitchPerfect
PitchPerfect(2012)
PitchPerfect2(2015)

$249.3million

$184.3million

PitchPerfect2(2015)

TheGodfather
TheGodfather(1972)
TheGodfather,PartII(1974)
TheGodfather,PartIII(1990)

$247.9million

$134million

TheGodfather(1972)

ResidentEvil
ResidentEvil(2002)
ResidentEvil:Apocalypse(2004)
ResidentEvil:Extinction(2007)
ResidentEvil:Afterlife(2010)
ResidentEvil:Retribution(2012)

$244.4million

DumbandDumber
Dumb&Dumber(1994)
DumbandDumberer:WhenHarryMetLloyd(2003)
DumbandDumberTo(2014)

$239.7million

$60.1million

ResidentEvil:Afterlife
(2010)

$127.2million

Dumb&Dumber(1994)
PoliceAcademy
PoliceAcademy(1984)
PoliceAcademy2:TheirFirstAssignment(1985)
PoliceAcademy3:BackinTraining(1986)
PoliceAcademy4:CitizensonPatrol(1987)
PoliceAcademy5:Assignment:MiamiBeach(1988)
PoliceAcademy6:CityUnderSiege(1989)
PoliceAcademy:MissiontoMoscow(1994)

$239.6million

DirtyHarry
DirtyHarry(1971)
MagnumForce(1973)
TheEnforcer(1976)
SuddenImpact(1983)
TheDeadPool(1988)

$227.5million

$81.2million

PoliceAcademy(1984)

$67.6million

SuddenImpact(1983)

TheExpendables
TheExpendables(2010)
TheExpendables2(2012)
TheExpendables3(2014)

$227.4million

$103.1million

TheExpendables(2010)

BigMomma
BigMomma'sHouse(2000)
BigMomma'sHouse2(2006)
BigMommas:LikeFather,LikeSon(2011)

$225.6million

$117.6million

BigMomma'sHouse(2000)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

14/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
TheSmurfs
TheSmurfsandtheMagicFlute(1983)
TheSmurfs(2011)
TheSmurfs2(2013)

$224.9million

$142.6million

TheSmurfs(2011)

Underworld
Underworld(2003)
Underworld:Evolution(2006)
Underworld:RiseoftheLycans(2009)
UnderworldAwakening(2012)

$222.4million

$62.3million

UnderworldAwakening
(2012)

MadMax
MadMax(1979,Australia)
MadMax2(1981,Australia)(akaTheRoadWarrior
(1982))
MadMaxBeyondThunderdome(1985)
MadMax:FuryRoad(2015)

$222.3million

$153.6million

MadMax:FuryRoad(2015)

TheNakedGun
TheNakedGun:FromtheFilesofPoliceSquad!(1988)
TheNakedGun21/2:TheSmellofFear(1991)
TheNakedGun331/3:TheFinalInsult(1994)

$216.8million

$86.9million

TheNakedGun21/2:The
SmellofFear(1991)

Rugrats
TheRugratsMovie(1998)
RugratsinParis:TheMovie(2000)
RugratsGoWild(2003)

$216.4million

$100.5million

TheRugratsMovie(1998)
StepUp
StepUp(2006)
StepUp2theStreets(2008)
StepUp3D(2010)
StepUpRevolution(2012)
StepUpAllIn(2014)

$215.7million

$65.3million

StepUp(2006)

Blade
Blade(1998)
BladeII(2002)
Blade:Trinity(2004)

HerbietheLoveBug
TheLoveBug(1969)
HerbieRidesAgain(1974)
HerbieGoestoMonteCarlo(1977)
HerbieGoesBananas(1980)
Herbie:FullyLoaded(2005)

$204.8million

$82.3million
BladeII(2002)

$200.5million

$66million

Herbie:FullyLoaded(2005)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

15/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice

MoreFranchises
(between$200millionand$100million)
Franchises
(FilmsinFranchise,listedchronologically)

TotalFranchise
Gross(domestic)
(approximately)

#ofFilms

TexasChainsawMassacre
TheTexasChainSawMassacre(1974)
TheTexasChainsawMassacre2(1986)
Leatherface:TexasChainsawMassacreIII(1990)
ReturnoftheTexasChainsawMassacre(1994)
TheTexasChainsawMassacre(2003)
TheTexasChainsawMassacre:TheBeginning(2006)
TexasChainsaw3D(2013)

$199.1million

SmokeyandtheBandit
SmokeyandtheBandit(1977)
SmokeyandtheBanditII(1980)
SmokeyandtheBanditPart3(1983)

$198.5million

#1Film
inFranchise

Gross(Domestic)
Revenueof#1Film

$80.6million

TheTexasChainsaw
Massacre(2003)

$126.7million

SmokeyandtheBandit
(1977)

LookWho'sTalking
LookWho'sTalking(1989)
LookWho'sTalkingToo(1990)
LookWho'sTalkingNow(1993)

$198.2million

$140.1million

LookWho'sTalking(1989)

Insidious
Insidious(2010)
Insidious:Chapter2(2013)
Insidious:Chapter3(2015)

$189.8million

$83.6million

Insidious:Chapter2(2013)

MazeRunner
TheMazeRunner(2014)
MazeRunner:TheScorchTrials(2015)

$184.1million

$102.4million

TheMazeRunner(2014)

Poltergeist
Poltergeist(1982)
PoltergeistII:TheOtherSide(1986)
PoltergeistIII(1988)
Poltergeist(2015)

$179.1million

$76.6million

Poltergeist(1982)

Barbershop
Barbershop(2002)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

$177.2million

Barbershop(2002)

$75.8million

16/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
Barbershop2:BackinBusiness(2004)
BeautyShop(2005)

Amityville
TheAmityvilleHorror(1979)
AmityvilleII:ThePossession(1982)
Amityville3D(1983)
TheAmityvilleHorror(2005)

$170.5million

$86.4million

TheAmityvilleHorror(1979)

RoboCop
RoboCop(1987)
Robocop2(1990)
RoboCop3(1993)
RoboCop(2014)

$168.4million

$58.6million

RoboCop(2014)

DiaryofaWimpyKid
DiaryofaWimpyKid(2010)
DiaryofaWimpyKid:RodrickRules(2011)
DiaryofaWimpyKid:DogDays(2012)

$165.7million

$64million

DiaryofaWimpyKid
(2010)

TheOmen
TheOmen(1976)
Damien:OmenII(1978)
TheFinalConflict(1981)(akaOmenIII)
TheOmen(2006)

$162.5million

$60.9million

TheOmen(1976)

AlexCross
KisstheGirls(1997)
AlongCameaSpider(2001)
AlexCross(2012)

$160.5million

$74.1million

AlongCameASpider
(2001)

Porky's
Porky's(1982)
Porky'sII:TheNextDay(1983)
Porky'sRevenge(1985)(akaPorky's3)

$159.8million

$105.5million

Porky's(1982)

Pokemon
Pokemon:TheFirstMovie(1999,Jp./US)
Pokemon:TheMovie2000(1999,Jp./US)
Pokemon3:TheMovie(2001,Jp./US)
Pokemon4Ever(2002,Jp./US)
PokemonHeroes(2003,Jp./US)(akaPokemon5)

Arthur
Arthur(1981)
Arthur2:OntheRocks(1988)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

$149million

$85.7million

Pokemon:TheFirstMovie
(1999)

$143.2million

$95.5million

17/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
Arthur(2011)

Arthur(1981)

Riddick
PitchBlack(2000)
TheChroniclesofRiddick(2004)
Riddick(2013)

$139million

ThePurge
ThePurge(2013)
ThePurge:Anarchy(2014)

$136.4million

$57.8million
TheChroniclesofRiddick
(2004)

$72million

ThePurge:Anarchy(2014)
Child'sPlay(akaChucky)
Child'sPlay(1988)
Child'sPlay2(1990)
Child'sPlay3(1991)
BrideofChucky(1998)
SeedofChucky(2004)

$126.2million

$33.2million

Child'sPlay(1988)

TheMightyDucks
TheMightyDucks(1992)
D2:TheMightyDucks(1994)
D3:TheMightyDucks(1996)

$119.3million

$50.8million

TheMightyDucks(1992)

Friday
Friday(1995)
NextFriday(2000)
FridayAfterNext(2002)

$118million

$57.3million

NextFriday(2000)

Transporter
TheTransporter(2002)
Transporter2(2005)
Transporter3(2008)
TheTransporterRefueled(2015)

$116.1million

$43.1million

Transporter2(2005)

BridgetJones
BridgetJones'sDiary(2001)
BridgetJones:TheEdgeofReason(2004)

$111.8million

$71.5million

BridgetJones'sDiary
(2001)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

18/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice

FreeWilly
FreeWilly(1993)
FreeWilly2:TheAdventureHome(1995)
FreeWilly3:TheRescue(1997)

$111.2million

$77.7million

FreeWilly(1993)

BestMan
TheBestMan(1999)
TheBestManHoliday(2013)

$104.6million

$70.5million

TheBestManHoliday
(2013)

WitchMountain
EscapetoWitchMountain(1975)
ReturnfromWitchMountain(1978)
RacetoWitchMountain(2009)

$103.6million

$67.2million

RacetoWitchMountain
(2009)

Psycho
Psycho(1960)
PsychoII(1983)
PsychoIII(1986)
Psycho(1998)

$102.7million

$34.7million

PsychoII(1983)

AdditionalSelectedFranchises
(below$100million)

Ernest
ErnestGoestoCamp(1987)
ErnestSavesChristmas(1988)
ErnestGoestoJail(1990)
ErnestScaredStupid(1991)
ErnestRidesAgain(1993)

$92.3million

Conan
ConantheBarbarian(1982)
ConantheDestroyer(1984)
ConantheBarbarian(2011)

$91.9million

$28.2million

ErnestSavesChristmas
(1988)

$39.6million

ConantheBarbarian(1982)

HaroldandKumar
HaroldandKumarGotoWhiteCastle(2004)
HaroldandKumarEscapefromGuantanamoBay(2008)
AVeryHarold&Kumar3DChristmas(2011)

$91.4million

$38.1million
HaroldandKumarEscape
fromGuantanamoBay
(2008)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

19/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
TheBadNewsBears
TheBadNewsBears(1976)
TheBadNewsBearsinBreakingTraining(1977)
TheBadNewsBearsGotoJapan(1978)
BadNewsBears(2005)

$91.3million

$32.9million

BadNewsBears(2005)

Benji
Benji(1974)
FortheLoveofBenji(1977)
OhHeavenlyDog(1980)
BenjitheHunted(1987)
BenjiOfftheLeash!(2004)

$89.6million

$39.6million

Benji(1974)

MajorLeague
MajorLeague(1989)
MajorLeagueII(1994)
MajorLeague:BacktotheMinors(1998)

$84million

$49.8million

MajorLeague(1989)

ElMariachi
ElMariachi(1992)
Desperado(1995)
OnceUponaTimeinMexico(2003)

$83.8million

$56.4million

OnceUponaTimein
Mexico(2003)

Species
Species(1995)
SpeciesII(1998)

$79.3million

$60.1million

Species(1995)

Oh,God!
Oh,God!(1977)
Oh,God!BookII(1980)
Oh,God!YouDevil(1984)

$77.7million

$41.7million

Oh,God!(1977)

EvilDead
TheEvilDead(1981)
EvilDeadII:DeadbyDawn(1987)
ArmyofDarkness(1993)
EvilDead(2013)

$74.1million

$54.2million

EvilDead(2013)

HouseParty
HouseParty(1990)
HouseParty2:ThePajamaJam!(1991)
HouseParty3(1994)

$65.1million

$26.4million

HouseParty(1990)

LakePlacid
LakePlacid(1999)
LakePlacid2(2007)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

20/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
LakePlacid3(2010)
LakePlacid:TheFinalChapter(2012)(akaLakePlacid4)

$56.8million

$31.7million

LakePlacid(1999)

DragonHeart
DragonHeart(1996)
Dragonheart:ANewBeginning(2000)(akaDragonHeart
II)(video)
DragonHeart3:TheSorcerer'sCurse(2015)(video)

$51.4+million

$51.4million

DragonHeart(1996)

Meatballs
Meatballs(1979)
MeatballsII(1984)
MeatballsIII:SummerJob(1986)
Meatballs4:TotheRescue(1992)

$50.6+million

$43million

Meatballs(1979)

Hellraiser
Hellraiser(1987)
Hellbound:HellraiserII(1988)
HellraiserIII:HellonEarth(1992)
Hellraiser:Bloodline(1996)

$48.5million

$14.6million

Hellraiser(1987)

UniversalSoldier
UniversalSoldier(1992)
UniversalSoldier:TheReturn(1999)
UniversalSoldier:Regeneration(2009)
UniversalSoldier:DayofReckoning(2012)

$47+million

$36.3million

UniversalSoldier(1992)

Highlander
Highlander(1986)
HighlanderII:TheQuickening(1991)
Highlander:TheFinalDimension(1994)
Highlander:Endgame(2000)

$46.6million

$15.6million

HighlanderII:The
Quickening(1991)

FrightNight
FrightNight(1985)
FrightNightPart2(1988)
FrightNight(2011)
FrightNight2:NewBlood(2013)

$46.2+million

$24.9million

FrightNight(1985)
Romero's"Dead"ZombieFilms
NightoftheLivingDead(1968)
DawnoftheDead(1978)
DayoftheDead(1985)
LandoftheDead(2005)
DiaryoftheDead(2007)
SurvivaloftheDead(2009)

$45million

$21million

LandoftheDead(2005)

3Ninjas
3Ninjas(1992)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

21/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice
3NinjasKickBack(1994)
3NinjasKnuckleUp(1995)
3Ninjas:HighNoonatMegaMountain(1998)

$41.6million

$29million

3Ninjas(1992)

MissinginAction
MissinginAction(1984)
MissinginAction2:TheBeginning(1985)
Braddock:MissinginActionIII(1988)

$39.8million

$22.8million

MissinginAction(1984)

TheNeverEndingStory
TheNeverEndingStory(1984)
TheNeverendingStoryII:TheNextChapter(1990)
TheNeverendingStoryIII:EscapeFromFantasia(1994)

$37.5million

$20.2million

TheNeverEndingStory
(1984)

IronEagle
IronEagle(1986)
IronEagleII(1988)
Aces:IronEagleIII(1992)
IronEagleIV(1995)

$37.2million

$24.2million

IronEagle(1986)

CareBears
TheCareBearsMovie(1985)
CareBearsMovieII:ANewGeneration(1986)
TheCareBearsAdventureinWonderland(1987)
(theatricalreleasesonly)

$34.1million

$22.9million

TheCareBearsMovie
(1985)

ReturnoftheLivingDead
TheReturnoftheLivingDead(1985)
ReturnoftheLivingDeadPartII(1988)
ReturnoftheLivingDeadIII(1993)
ReturnoftheLivingDead:Necropolis(2005)
ReturnoftheLivingDead:RavetotheGrave(2005)

$23.5million

Millennium
TheGirlWiththeDragonTattoo(2009,Swe.)
TheGirlWhoPlayedWithFire(2009,Swe.)
TheGirlWhoKickedtheHornet'sNest(2009,Swe.)

$22.9million

$14.2million

TheReturnoftheLiving
Dead(1985)

$10.1million

TheGirlWiththeDragon
Tattoo(2009,Swe.)

BeforeTrilogy
BeforeSunrise(1995)
BeforeSunset(2004)
BeforeMidnight(2013)

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

$19.5million

BeforeMidnight(2013)

$8.1million

22/23

3/1/2016

AllTimeTopFilmFranchisesBoxOffice

AmericanNinja
AmericanNinja(1985)
AmericanNinja2:TheConfrontation(1987)
AmericanNinja3:BloodHunt(1989)
AmericanNinja4:TheAnnihilation(1990)
AmericanNinjaV(1993)

$15.8million

$12.5million

AmericanNinja(1985)

AtlasShrugged
AtlasShrugged(2011)
AtlasShruggedII:TheStrike(2012)
AtlasShruggedIII:WhoIsJohnGalt?(2014)

$8.8million

$4.6million

AtlasShrugged(2011)

GreatestFilmSeriesFranchisesSections
Series:Introduction|Series:BoxOffice|Series:AE|Series:FK|Series:LQ|Series:RZ

GREATESTFILMS

BESTOF...

AMCFILMSITE:HOME

OSCARS

QUOTES

ABOUT&CONTACT

GENRES
SITEMAP

SCENES
FAQ

HISTORY
REFERENCE

POSTERS

DIRECTORS&STARS

PRIVACYPOLICY

COOKIES

REVIEWS

VIDEO

TERMSOFUSE

SITES:
AMCtv.com
Filmsite.org
Copyright2016AmericanMovieClassicsCompanyLLC.Allrightsreserved.

http://www.filmsite.org/seriesboxoffice.html

23/23