Highest Grossing Media Franchises of All-Time (June 2023)
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| Franchise | Year of Inception | Total Revenue (est. US$) | Revenue Breakdown (est. US$) | Original Medium | Creator(s) | Owner(s) |
| $50 billion+ | ||||||
| Pokémon | 1996 | $76.4 billion[a] | Licensed merchandise – $69.2 billion [b] Pokémon mobile games – $6.13 billion[c] Box office – $1.156 billion[25] Jet aircraft livery sales – $3 million[d] |
Video game | Satoshi Tajiri Ken Sugimori Junichi Masuda |
The Pokémon Company (Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak) (copyright; trademark in Japan) Nintendo (trademark globally) |
| Mickey Mouse & Friends | 1928 | $52.2 billion | Retail sales – $51.66 billion[e] Box office – $226.7 million[f] VHS & DVD – $323 million[g] |
Animated cartoon | Walt Disney Ub Iwerks |
The Walt Disney Company |
| Star Wars | 1977 | $51.8 billion[h] | Merchandise sales – $29.057 billion[i] Box office – $10.318 billion[48] Home video – $6.366 billion[j] Video games – $4.01 billion[k] Book sales – $1.82 billion[51] TV revenue – $280 million[l] |
Film | George Lucas | Lucasfilm (The Walt Disney Company) |
| $20–50 billion | ||||||
| Winnie the Pooh | 1924 | $48.4 billion | Retail sales – $48.15 billion[m] DVD & Blu-ray – $40 million[57] Box office – $214 million[58] |
Book[59] | A. A. Milne E. H. Shepard |
The Walt Disney Company |
| Disney Princess | 2000 | $45.4 billion | Retail sales – $45.468 billion[n] Home entertainment – $14.7 million[73] |
Animated films | Andy Mooney | The Walt Disney Company |
| Anpanman | 1973 | $38.4 billion | Retail sales – $38.42 billion[o] Museum – $14.5 million[p] |
Picture book | Takashi Yanase | Froebel-kan [ja] (Toppan Printing Co.) |
| Wizarding World (Harry Potter) |
1997 | $34.6 billion | Box office – $9.691 billion[76][q] Book Sales – $8.0164 billion[r] Merchandise sales – $7.11 billion[s] Home entertainment – $4.032 billion[t] Video games – $3.5 billion[u] TV revenue – $1 billion[83] Studio Tour – $975.3 million[89] Stage play – $322 million[v] |
Novel | J. K. Rowling | J. K. Rowling (books) Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films) |
| Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) |
2008 | $31.3 billion | Box office – $28.717 billion[w] Home entertainment – $2.596 billion.[96] |
Film | Marvel Studios Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company) Sony Pictures (Spider-Man films) Universal Pictures (The Incredible Hulk) |
| Call of Duty | 2003 | $31 billion | Video games – $31 billion[x] | Video game | Steve Fukuda Zied Rieke |
Activision (Activision Blizzard) |
| Batman | 1939 | $29.6 billion | Retail sales – $21.329 billion[y] Home video – $1.212 billion[z] Box office – $6.810 billion[104] TV revenue – $340 million[aa] |
Comic book | Bob Kane Bill Finger |
DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Barbie | 1987[ab] | $28.6 billion | Merchandise sales – $28.2 billion[ac] Home video sales – $328 million[126] Box office – $5.5 million[127] |
CGI/computer-animated film series Web series Television specials Television shows |
Ruth Handler | Mattel |
| Transformers | 1984 | ¥2 trillion($25 billion)[ad] | Merchandise sales – $3.97 billion[ae] Box office – $4.846 billion[130] Home entertainment – $906 million[131] |
Animated series | Shōji Kawamori Kazutaka Miyatake |
Takara Tomy Hasbro |
| Cars | 2006 | $21.8 billion | Merchandise sales – $19.114 billion[af] Box office – $2.026 billion[ag] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $654 million[ah] |
Animated film | Pixar John Lasseter |
The Walt Disney Company |
| Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) |
2005 | $20 billion | Computer game – $20 billion[138] | Video game | Neople | Nexon Tencent |
| $10–20 billion | ||||||
| Hello Kitty | 1974 | $19.1 billion | Merchandise sales – $19.1 billion[ai] Box office – $61,487[142] |
Cartoon character[143] | Yuko Shimizu Shintaro Tsuji |
Sanrio |
| Looney Tunes | 1930 | $17.7 billion | Retail sales – $17.077 billion[aj] Box office – $460 million[ak] Home video sales – $209 million[154] |
Animated cartoon | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising |
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Dora the Explorer | 2000 | $15.8 billion | Retail sales – $15.413 billion[al] Home video sales – $250 million[157][am] Box office – $118 million[158] |
Animated series | Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Eric Weiner |
Nickelodeon (Paramount Global) |
| Pac-Man | 1980 | $15.4 billion | Video games – $14.407 billion[an] Merchandise & licensing – $1 billion[165][166] Music sales – $32 million[ao] |
Video game | Toru Iwatani Namco |
Bandai Namco Entertainment (Bandai Namco Holdings) |
| The Lion King | 1994 | $15.2 billion | Musical theatre – $8.1 billion[168] Merchandise sales – $3 billion[ap] Box office – $2.633 billion[170] Home entertainment – $1.5 billion[171] |
Animated film | Roger Allers Rob Minkoff |
The Walt Disney Company |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 1984 | $15 billion | Merchandise sales – $13.2 billion[aq] Box office – $1.15 billion[175] Video games – $450 million[176] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $154 million[177] Video rentals – $67.65 million[106] |
Comic book | Kevin Eastman Peter Laird |
Nickelodeon (Paramount Global) |
| Toy Story | 1995 | $14.8 billion | Retail sales – $11 billion[ar] Box office – $3.273 billion[179] VHS sales – $290 million[42] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $250 million[180] |
Animated film | Pixar John Lasseter |
The Walt Disney Company |
| James Bond | 1953 | $14.4 billion[as] | Box office – $7.879 billion[182] Home video sales – $3.06 billion[181] Merchandise & licensing – $3.06 billion[181] Video games – $500 million[at] |
Novel | Ian Fleming | Jonathan Cape (books) Danjaq and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (films) |
| Peanuts | 1950 | $14.4 billion | Retail sales – $14.19 billion[au] Box office – $250 million[187] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $35 million[187] |
Comic strip | Charles M. Schulz | Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Sony) Peanuts Worldwide LLC (WildBrain) |
| Avengers | 1963 | $14.3 billion | Box office – $7.765 billion[188] Merchandise sales – $6.596 billion[av] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $18 million[aw] |
Comic book | Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Frozen | 2013 | $13.9 billion | Merchandise sales – $10.588 billion[ax] Box office – $2.694 billion[194] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $502 million[195] Musical theatre – $155 million[196] |
Animated film | Chris Buck Jennifer Lee Hans Christian Andersen |
The Walt Disney Company |
| Space Invaders | 1978 | $13.9 billion | Video game – $13.93 billion[159][ay] Music single – $522,000[az] |
Video game | Tomohiro Nishikado | Taito (Square Enix) |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | 1999 | $13.7 billion | Retail sales – $13 billion[ba] Box office – $457 million[200] Musical Theater – $37 million[201] |
Animated series | Stephen Hillenburg | Nickelodeon (Paramount Global) |
| Despicable Me(Minions) | 2010 | $11.3 billion | Retail sales – $6 billion[202] Box office – $4.64 billion[203] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $723 million[203] |
Animated film | Sergio Pablos | Illumination Universal Pictures (Comcast) |
| Street Fighter | 1987 | $10.7 billion | Video Game – $10.61 billion[204] Box office & home video – $211 million[bb] |
Video game | Takashi Nishiyama Hiroshi Matsumoto |
Capcom |
| Star Trek | 1966 | $10.6 billion[bc] | Retail sales – $4.753 billion[bd] TV revenue – $2.3 billion[209] Box office – $2.266 billion[210] VHS sales – $1 billion[209] DVD & Blu-ray – $326 million[211] |
Television series | Gene Roddenberry | Paramount Global |
| Spider-Man | 1962 | $10.5 billion | Box office – $9.798 billion[be] Home video – $785 million[bf] |
Comic book | Stan Lee Steve Ditko |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) Sony Pictures (films) |
| Rilakkuma | 2003 | $10 billion | Merchandise sales – $10 billion[217] | Manga | Aki Kondo | San-X |
| Monster Strike | 2013 | $10 billion | Mobile Game- $10 billion[bg] | Mobile Game | Yoshiki Okamoto | Mixi |
| $5–10 billion | ||||||
| Dragon Ball | 1984 | $9.45 billion | Merchandise sales – $6 billion[bh] Box office - $289 million[227] Home video - $23 million[228] Video games - $3.14 billion[bi] |
Manga | Akira Toriyama | Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio) Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Toei Animation (anime) Bandai Namco |
| Angry Birds | 2009 | $9.19 billion | Merchandise sales – $8.297 billion[bj] Box office – $503 million[232] Video games – $362.5 million[bk] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $35 million[232] |
Video game | Jaakko Iisalo | Rovio Entertainment |
| The Simpsons | 1987 | $8.75 billion | Merchandise sales – $8.073 billion[bl] Box office – $536 million[237] Video games – $141 million[bm] |
Animated series | Matt Groening | 20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 2016 | 8.74 billion | Retail sales- $8.74 billion[239][240] | Manga | Koyoharu Gotōge | Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Toho (Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group) (films) |
| Super Sentai / Power Rangers |
1975 (1993 – Power Rangers) |
$8.7 billion | Licensed merchandise – $8.47 billion[bn] DVD & Blu-ray – $15 million[242] Box office – $218.4 million[243] |
Television series | Shotaro Ishinomori Haim Saban Shuki Levy |
Toei Company (Super Sentai) Bandai Namco Holdings (Super Sentai merchandise) Hasbro (Power Rangers) |
| Jurassic Park | 1990 | $8.67 billion | Box office – $6.012 billion[244] Merchandise sales – $1.706 billion[bo] Home video sales – $959 million[bp] |
Novel | Michael Crichton | Alfred A. Knopf (novel) Universal Pictures (Comcast) Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film) |
| Mario | 1981 | $8.53 billion | Video games – $7.2 billion[bq] Box office – $1.33 billion[br] |
Video game | Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo R&D1 |
Nintendo |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | 2003[bs] | $7.9 billion | Box office – $4.522 billion[254] Home entertainment – $1.781 billion[bt] Merchandise sales – $1.6 billion[257][bu] |
Film | Walt Disney Walt Disney Imagineering Marc Davis Gore Verbinski Jerry Bruckheimer |
The Walt Disney Company |
| Thomas & Friends | 1945 | $7.86 billion | Retail sales – $7.847 billion[bv] Box office – $19.7 million[258] |
Book | Wilbert Awdry Christopher Awdry |
Egmont Group Mattel |
| Ben 10 | 2005 | $7.85 billion | Retail sales – $7.853 billion[bw] | Animated series | Man of Action Studios | Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Fast & Furious | 2001 | $7.8 billion | Box office – $7.210 billion[261] Home entertainment – $595 million[262] |
Film | Gary Scott Thompson | Universal Pictures (Comcast) |
| Sesame Street (The Muppets) |
1955 | $7.72 billion | Merchandise sales – $7.05 billion[bx] Box office – $481 million[by] TV licensing – $96 million[267] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $98 million[268] |
Television series | Jim Henson Joan Ganz Cooney Lloyd Morrisett |
The Muppets Studio (The Walt Disney Company) Sesame Workshop |
| DC Extended Universe (DCEU) |
2013 | $7.48 billion | Box office – $6.313 billion[269] Home video sales – $672 million[270] Merchandise sales – $500 million[271] |
Film | DC Entertainment | DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Ultra Series (Ultraman) |
1966 | $7.4 billion | Merchandise sales – $7.4 billion[ca] | Television series | Eiji Tsuburaya | Tsuburaya Productions (Bandai Namco Holdings) |
| PAW Patrol | 2013 | $7 billion | Retail sales – $7 billion[274][275] | Animated series | Keith Chapman | Spin Master |
| Madden NFL | 1998 | $7 billion | Video games – $7 billion[276] | Video game | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts National Football League (NFL) |
| Superman | 1938 | $6.9 billion | Retail sales – $4.032 billion[cb] Box office – $2.553 billion[277] DVD & Blu-ray - $356 million[277] |
Comic book | Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster |
DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| X-Men | 1963 | $6.9 billion | Box office – $6.073 billion[278] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $823 million[279] |
Comic book | Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Halo | 2001 | $6.5 billion | Games & consoles – $5 billion[280] Home video & merchandise – $1.5 billion[281] |
Video game | Bungie 343 Industries |
Microsoft |
| Ice Age | 2002 | $6.42 billion[cc] | Box office – $2.9 billion[284] Retail sales – $1.3 billion[284] Home entertainment – $347 million[285] |
Animated film | Michael J. Wilson Blue Sky Studios |
20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Shrek | 1990 | $6.2 billion | Box office – $4.020 billion[286] Home entertainment – $1.922 billion[cd] Merchandise sales – $275 million[72] Broadway musical – $46.3 million[288] |
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[ce] Box office – $155 million[290] |
Musical theatre | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Middle-earth (The Lord of the Rings) |
1937 | $5.8 billion | Box office – $5.896 billion[291] | 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) |
| Avatar | 2009 | $5.78 billion | Box office – $5.2 billion[cf] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $429 million[294] Merchandise sales – $153 million[295] |
Film | James Cameron | 20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | 1991 | $5.76 billion | Video games – $5 billion[296] Box office – $707 million[297] Blu-ray & DVD sales – $62 million[298] |
Video game | Sonic Team Hirokazu Yasuhara Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima |
Sega (Sega Sammy Holdings) |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! | 1996 | $5.25 billion | Licensed merchandise – $5 billion[cg] Video games – $213 million[ci] Anime box office – $39.3 million[cj] |
Manga | Kazuki Takahashi | Kazuki Takahashi Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Konami (games and cards) |
| Mortal Kombat | 1992 | $5.06 billion[ck] | Video games – $4.054 billion[cl] Box office – $176 million[cm] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $2.9 million[306] |
Video game | Midway Games Chicago Ed Boon John Tobias |
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Gundam | 1979 | $5 billion | Retail sales – $5 billion[cn] | Anime series | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Bandai Namco Filmworks, directly and through Sotsu (Bandai Namco Holdings) |
| The Sims | 2000 | $5 billion | Video games – $5 billion[310] | Video game | Will Wright | Electronic Arts |
| Bob the Builder | 1998 | $5 billion | Retail sales – $5 billion[311] | Animated series | Keith Chapman | WildBrain |
| $2–5 billion | ||||||
| My Little Pony | 1984 | $4.99 billion | Retail sales – $4.916 billion[co] Box office – $67.3 million[cp] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $4.3 million[318] |
Animated cartoon | Lauren Faust Bonnie Zacherle |
Hasbro |
| Scooby-Doo | 1969 | $4.69 billion | Retail sales – $4.15 billion[cq] Box office – $483.4 million[323] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $58 million[cr] |
Animated series | Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Beyblade | 1999 | $4.61 billion | Merchandise sales – $4.6 billion[324][cs] Box office – $9 million[ct] |
Manga | Takao Aoki | Takao Aoki Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group) |
| The Big Bang Theory | 2007 | $4.57 billion | TV advertising – $3.57 billion[cu] TV syndication – $1 billion[328] |
Television series | Chuck Lorre Bill Prady |
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Seinfeld | 1989 | $4.56 billion | TV revenue – $4.06 billion[329] TV streaming – $500 million[330] |
Television series | Larry David Jerry Seinfeld |
Sony Pictures Television (Sony) |
| Twilight | 2005 | $4.31 billion | Box office – $3.314 billion[331] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $1 billion[332] |
Novel | Stephenie Meyer | Little, Brown and Company Summit Entertainment |
| Minecraft | 2009 | $4.3 billion | Merchandise sales – $4.328 billion[cv] | Video game | Markus Persson | Mojang Studios (Xbox Game Studios) |
| Mission: Impossible | 1966 | $4 billion[cw] | Box office – $3.578 billion[335] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $180 million[336] |
Television series | Bruce Geller | Paramount Pictures (Paramount Global) |
| Strawberry Shortcake | 1979 | $4 billion | Retail sales – $4 billion[186] DVD sales – $2.6 million[337] |
Greeting card | American Greetings | WildBrain |
| Gran Turismo | 1997 | $4 billion | Video games – $4 billion[338] | Video game | Kazunori Yamauchi Polyphony Digital |
Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sony) |
| The Smurfs | 1958 | $4 billion[cx] | Box office - $1.109 billion[340] Home media - $98.4 million[cy] |
Comic | Peyo | Studio Peyo |
| G.I. Joe | 1967 | $3.95 billion | Merchandise sales – $3.105 billion[cz] Box office – $712 million[346] DVD & Blu-ray – $134 million[347] |
Comic | Stan Weston | Hasbro |
| Skylanders | 2011 | $3.5 billion[348] | Licensed merchandise – $1.858 billion[da] | Video game | Toys for Bob | Activision (Activision Blizzard) |
| The Hunger Games | 2008 | $3.47 billion | Box office – $2.956 billion[349] DVD & Blu-ray – $520 million[350] |
Novel | Suzanne Collins | Scholastic Corporation (books) Lionsgate (films) |
| Titanic | 1997 | $3.42 billion | Box office – $2.222 billion[351] VHS & DVD sales – $1.2 billion[352] |
Film | James Cameron | Paramount Pictures (North America) 20th Century Studios (international) (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Hamtaro | 1997 | $3.02 billion | Retail sales – $3 billion[353] Box office – $25 million[db] |
Manga | Ritsuko Kawai | Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group) |
| Terminator | 1984 | $3 billion[dc] | Box office – $2.074 billion[356] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $136 million[357] |
Film | James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd |
Skydance Media |
| Astro Boy | 1952 | $3 billion | Merchandise sales – $3 billion[358] Box office – $42 million[359] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $10.2 million[359] |
Manga | Osamu Tezuka | Tezuka Productions |
| Thor | 1962 | $2.98 billion | Box office – $2.705 billion[360] Home entertainment – $279 million[361] |
Comic book | Stan Lee Larry Lieber Jack Kirby |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Iron Man | 1963 | $2.89 billion | Box office – $2.421 billion[362] Home entertainment – $471 million[363] |
Comic book | Stan Lee Jack Kirby Larry Lieber Don Heck |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Madagascar | 2005 | $2.59 billion | Box office – $2.270 billion[364] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $329 million[365] |
Animated film | Tom McGrath Eric Darnell |
DreamWorks Animation (Comcast) |
| Captain America | 1941 | $2.55 billion | Box office – $2.236 billion[366] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $317 million[367] |
Comic book | Joe Simon Jack Kirby |
Marvel Comics (The Walt Disney Company) |
| The Powerpuff Girls | 1998 | $2.52 billion | Retail sales – $2.5 billion[368][dd] Box office – $16.4 million[369] |
Animated series | Craig McCracken | Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Winx Club | 2004 | $2.5 billion | Retail sales – $2.5 billion[370][de] | Animated series | Iginio Straffi | Rainbow S.p.A. Paramount Global (copyright for seasons 5–7) |
| Friends | 1994 | $2.5 billion | TV syndication – $1.5 billion[371] TV advertising – $1 billion[df] Box office – $89,007[373] |
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[374] | Manga | Naoko Takeuchi | Naoko Takeuchi Kodansha (manga) Toei Animation (anime) |
| Grand Theft Auto (GTA) |
1997 | $2.38 billion | Video games – $2.38 billion[dg] | Video game | DMA Design David Jones Mike Dailly |
Rockstar Games (Take-Two Interactive) |
| The Incredibles | 2004 | $2.37 billion | Box office – $1.874 billion[379] Merchandise sales – $370 million[dh] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $127 million[380] |
Animated film | Pixar | The Walt Disney Company |
| Kumamon | 2010 | $2.36 billion | Retail sales – $2.36 billion[di] | Cartoon | Kumamoto Prefecture | Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Indiana Jones | 1981 | $2.35 billion | Box office – $1.961 billion[383] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $396 million[384] |
Film | George Lucas Steven Spielberg |
Lucasfilm (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Black Panther | 1966 | $2.29 billion | Box office – $2.190 billion[385] Home video – $104 million[386] |
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[387] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $157 million[388] |
Novel | Pierre Boulle | Éditions Julliard (book) 20th Century Studios (Disney) (films) |
| Jumanji | 1981 | $2.24 billion | Box office – $2.089 billion[389] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $155 million[390] |
Picture book | Chris Van Allsburg | Sony |
| The Conjuring Universe | 2013 | $2.18 billion | Box office – $2.107 billion[391] Home media – $79 million[392] |
Film | James Wan | Warner Brothers |
| Finding Nemo | 2003 | $2.15 billion | Box office – $1.961 billion[393] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $196 million[394] |
Animated film | Andrew Stanton | The Walt Disney Company |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 1969 | $2.15 billion | Box office – $1.922 billion[395] Home video – $231 million[396] |
Comic book | Marvel Comics | Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
| MonsterVerse | 2014 | $2.09 billion | Box office – $1.94 billion[397] Home media – $159 million[398] |
Film | Thomas Tull Ishirō Honda (Godzilla) Edgar Wallace (King Kong) Merian C. Cooper (King Kong) |
Warner Brothers Legendary Entertainment Toho (Godzilla) |
| Yo-kai Watch | 2013 | $2.09 billion | Merchandise sales – $2 billion[399] Box office – $99.4 million[400] |
Video game | Level-5 | Level-5 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia | 2005 | $2.06 billion | Box office - $1.556 billion[401] Home media - $506 million[402] |
Film | C. S. Lewis Andrew Adamson |
Netflix |
| Kung Fu Panda | 2008 | $2.05 billion | Box office – $1.817 billion[403] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $234 million[404] |
Animated film | Ethan ReiffCyrus Voris | Universal Pictures (Comcast) |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | $2.04 billion | Merchandise sales – $1 billion[405] Box office – $797 million[406] VHS sales – $250 million[407] |
Film | Steven Spielberg | Universal Pictures (Comcast) |
| Bourne | 1980 | $2.03 billion | Box office – $1.665 billion[408] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $374 million[409] |
Novel | Robert Ludlum | Eric Van Lustbader (books) Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films) |
| Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | $2.03 billion | Box office – $1.689 billion[dj] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $432.6 million[dk] |
Animated film | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve |
The Walt Disney Company |
| Care Bears | 1981 | $2.03 billion | Retail sales – $2 billion[dl] Box office – $34 million[dm] |
Greeting card | American Greetings | American Greetings |
| Men in Black | 1990 | $2.02 billion | Box office – $1.940 billion[416] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $83 million[417] |
Comic book | Lowell Cunningham | Marvel Comics (Disney) (comics) Sony (films) |
| Ghostbusters | 1984 | $2.02 billion | Merchandise sales – $1 billion[418] Box office – $943 million[419] Home media – $82 million[420] |
Film | Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis |
Sony |
| Guitar Hero | 2005 | $2 billion | Video games – $2 billion[421] | Video game | Harmonix | Activision (Activision Blizzard) |
| Lego | 1995 | $2 billion | Video games – $2 billion[422][dn] | Video game | Lego Interactive (The Lego Group) | TT Games (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| NBA Jam | 1993 | $2 billion | Video games – $2 billion[423] | Video game | Midway Games | Electronic Arts National Basketball Association (NBA) |
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