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List of highest-grossing media franchises

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This Wikipedia reference article compiles and ranks the world's highest-grossing cross-media entertainment franchises, aggregating total cumulative revenue from all their associated products and services including video games, films, merchandise, licensing, and broadcast media. It serves as a standardized benchmark for comparing the commercial success of global entertainment properties across decades and industry verticals.

Key moments

  • 1977Star Wars debuts, pioneering the modern transmedia franchise model
  • 1996Pokémon launches in Japan, later becoming the top-ranked franchise on the list
  • 1981Super Mario makes its first arcade appearance, launching one of gaming's longest-running franchises
  • 2025-11The list receives a major update with latest global revenue data

Core Scope and Metrics

Unlike single-medium rankings, this list tracks total global gross revenue across every official extension of a franchise, including box office, game sales and microtransactions, official merchandise, theme park attractions, and broadcast rights. This provides a full view of a franchise's overall commercial impact rather than just one revenue stream.

Dominant Franchise Groups

Rankings are divided by revenue tiers, with top entries split between Japanese gaming/anime franchises (like Pokémon, Dragon Ball), Western Disney and film properties (like Mickey Mouse, Star Wars), and long-running gaming series (like Call of Duty, Minecraft). Chinese franchises such as League of Legends and 梦幻西游 have also entered lower tiers in recent years, reflecting the growth of Asian global entertainment reach.

Evolution of Franchise Success

The list highlights a common pattern for top-performing properties: starting in one medium and expanding across others. For example, Pokémon began as a video game series but now earns most of its revenue from trading cards and merchandise, while the Marvel Cinematic Universe grew from comic books to a dominant global film and television franchise. This shows the value of long-term cross-media brand expansion for sustained commercial success.

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

List

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:none; color: inherit;" !Franchise !Year of inception !data-sort-type="number" | Total revenue ( US$) ! Revenue breakdown ( US$) !Original medium !Creator(s) !Owner(s)

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$50 billion+

! scope=row | Pokémon (Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak) (copyright; trademark in Japan) Nintendo (trademark globally) ! scope=row | Mickey Mouse & Friends Ub Iwerks ! scope=row | Winnie-the-Pooh (original books and Disney franchise) Walt Disney Animation Studios (Disney franchise) ! colspan="7" |

  • -
  • 1996
  • $115 billion
  • Retail sales – US$103.6 billion
  • Mobile games – US$10.23 billion
  • Box office – US$1.16 billion[29]
  • Home video – US$40 million
  • Jet aircraft livery sales – US$3 million
  • Video game
  • Satoshi Tajiri
  • The Pokémon Company
  • -
  • 1928
  • $61.2 billion
  • Retail sales – US$60.66 billion
  • Box office – US$226.7 million
  • VHS & DVD – US$323 million
  • Animated cartoon
  • Walt Disney
  • 1924 (original books) 1966 (Disney franchise)
  • $50.2 billion
  • Retail sales – US$49.66 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray – US$40 million[54]
  • Box office – US$545 million[55]
  • Book[56]
  • A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard (original books)
  • The Walt Disney Company
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$20–49 billion

! scope=row | Star Wars (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Disney Princess ! scope=row | Anpanman (Toppan Printing Co.) ! scope=row | Barbie ! scope=row | Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Stan Lee Jack Kirby Sony Pictures (Spider-Man films) ! scope=row | Wizarding World (Harry Potter) Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films) ! scope=row |Hello Kitty Shintaro Tsuji ! scope=row | Call of Duty (Microsoft Gaming) ! scope=row | Batman Bill Finger (Warner Bros. Discovery) ! scope=row | Spider-Man Steve Ditko Sony Pictures (films) ! scope=row |Transformers Kazutaka Miyatake Hasbro ! scope=row | Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) Tencent ! scope=row | Cars John Lasseter (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row |Candy Crush (Microsoft Gaming) ! colspan="7" |

  • -
  • 1977
  • $46.7 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$29.057 billion
  • Box office – US$10.343 billion[60]
  • Home video – US$1.275 billion[61]
  • Video games – US$4.01 billion
  • Book sales – US$1.82 billion[63]
  • TV revenue – US$280 million
  • Film
  • George Lucas
  • Lucasfilm
  • -
  • 2000
  • $45.4 billion
  • Retail sales – US$45.468 billion
  • Home entertainment – US$14.7 million[77]
  • Animated films
  • Andy Mooney
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • -
  • 1973
  • $38.4 billion
  • Retail sales – US$38.42 billion
  • Museum – US$14.5 million
  • Picture book
  • Takashi Yanase
  • Froebel-kan
  • -
  • 2008
  • $35.2 billion
  • Box office – US$32.367 billion
  • Home entertainment – US$2.786 billion
  • Film
  • Marvel Studios
  • -
  • 1997
  • $34.7 billion
  • Box office – US$9.656 billion[108]
  • Book sales – US$8.0777 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$7.11 billion
  • Home entertainment – US$4.032 billion
  • Video games – US$3.5 billion
  • TV revenue – US$1 billion[115]
  • Studio tour – US$975.3 million[121]
  • Stage play – US$427 million
  • Novel
  • J. K. Rowling
  • J. K. Rowling (books)
  • -
  • 1974
  • $33.5 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$33.5 billion
  • Box office – $61,487[134]
  • Cartoon character[135]
  • Yuko Shimizu
  • -
  • 1939
  • $29.9 billion
  • Retail sales – US$21.329 billion
  • Home video – US$1.212 billion
  • Box office – US$7.051 billion
  • TV revenue – US$340 million
  • Comic book
  • Bob Kane
  • -
  • 1962
  • $26.8 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$14.526 billion
  • Box office – US$11.125 billion
  • Home video – US$787 million
  • Video games – US$210 million
  • Broadway musical – US$212 million[153]
  • Comic book
  • Stan Lee
  • -
  • 1984
  • $25 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$3.97 billion
  • Box office – US$5.260 billion[156]
  • Home entertainment – US$906 million[157]
  • Toy line
  • Shōji Kawamori
  • Takara Tomy
  • -
  • 2005
  • $22 billion
  • Computer game – US$22 billion[158]
  • Video game
  • Neople
  • Nexon
  • -
  • 2006
  • $21.5 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$19.114 billion
  • Box office – US$1.799 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$634 million
  • Animated film
  • Pixar
  • -
  • 2012
  • $20 billion
  • Video games – US$20 billion[164]
  • Video game
  • King
  • Activision Blizzard
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$10–19 billion

! scope=row | Looney Tunes Rudolf Ising ! scope=row | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Peter Laird (Paramount Skydance) ! scope=row | SpongeBob SquarePants (Paramount Skydance) ! scope=row | The Lion King Rob Minkoff ! scope=row | Dora the Explorer Valerie Walsh Eric Weiner (Paramount Skydance) ! scope=row | Pac-Man Namco (Bandai Namco Holdings) ! scope=row | Paw Patrol ! scope=row | Toy Story John Lasseter ! scope=row | Peanuts ! scope=row | Avengers Jack Kirby (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Frozen Jennifer Lee Hans Christian Andersen ! scope=row | Space Invaders (Square Enix) ! scope=row | Warcraft (Microsoft Gaming) ! scope=row | Despicable Me (Minions) Universal Pictures (Comcast) ! scope=row | Star Trek ! scope=row | Dragon Ball Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Toei Animation (anime) Fuji TV (anime) Bandai Namco ! scope=row |Street Fighter Hiroshi Matsumoto ! scope=row | Jurassic Park Universal Pictures (Comcast) Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film) ! scope="row" |Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ufotable (anime) Aniplex (anime) ! scope=row | Grand Theft Auto (GTA) David Jones Mike Dailly (Take-Two Interactive) ! scope=row | Rilakkuma ! scope=row |Monster Strike ! colspan="7" |

  • -
  • 1930
  • $17.46 billion
  • Retail sales – US$16.777 billion
  • Box office – US$482 million
  • Home video sales – US$209 million[176]
  • Animated cartoon
  • Leon Schlesinger Hugh Harman
  • Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
  • -
  • 1984
  • $17.4 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$15.4 billion
  • Box office – US$1.329 billion[181]
  • Video games – US$450 million[182]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$154 million[183]
  • Video rentals – US$67.65 million[144]
  • Comic book
  • Kevin Eastman
  • Nickelodeon
  • -
  • 1999
  • $16.6 billion
  • Retail sales – US$16 billion
  • Box office – US$630 million[185]
  • Musical Theater – US$37 million[186]
  • Animated series
  • Stephen Hillenburg
  • Nickelodeon
  • -
  • 1994
  • $15.9 billion
  • Musical theatre – US$8.1 billion[187]
  • Merchandise sales – US$3 billion
  • Box office – US$3.352 billion[189]
  • Home entertainment – $1.5billion[190]
  • Animated film
  • Roger Allers
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • -
  • 2000
  • $15.8 billion
  • Retail sales – US$15.413 billion
  • Home video sales – US$250 million[193]
  • Box office – US$118 million[194]
  • Animated series
  • Chris Gifford
  • Nickelodeon
  • -
  • 1980
  • $15.43 billion
  • Video games – US$14.407 billion
  • Merchandise & licensing – US$1 billion[199][200]
  • Music sales – US$32 million
  • Video game
  • Toru Iwatani
  • -
  • 2013
  • $15.4 billion
  • Retail sales – US$15 billion[202]
  • Box office – US$373.7 million[203]
  • Home media – US$39 million[204]
  • Animated series
  • Keith Chapman
  • Spin Master
  • -
  • 1995
  • $14.8 billion
  • Retail sales – US$11 billion
  • Box office – US$3.273 billion[207]
  • VHS sales – US$290 million[208]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$250 million[209]
  • Animated film
  • Pixar
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • -
  • 1950
  • $14.4 billion
  • Retail sales – US$14.19 billion
  • Box office – US$267 million[215]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$35 million[215]
  • Comic strip
  • Charles M. Schulz
  • Peanuts Worldwide LLC
  • -
  • 1963
  • $14.3 billion
  • Box office – US$7.707 billion[216]
  • Merchandise sales – US$6.596 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$18 million
  • Comic book
  • Stan Lee
  • Marvel Entertainment
  • -
  • 2013
  • $13.9 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$10.588 billion
  • Box office – US$2.694 billion[223]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$502 million[224]
  • Musical theatre – US$155 million[225]
  • Animated film
  • Chris Buck
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • -
  • 1978
  • $13.9 billion
  • Video game – $13.93 billion[226]
  • Video game
  • Tomohiro Nishikado
  • Taito
  • -
  • -
  • 2010
  • $12.3 billion
  • Retail sales – US$6 billion[229]
  • Box office – US$5.61 billion[230]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$725 million[231]
  • Animated film
  • Sergio Pablos
  • Illumination
  • -
  • 1966
  • $11.2 billion
  • Retail sales – US$5.253 billion
  • TV revenue – $2.3 billion[233]
  • Box office – $2.266billion[234]
  • VHS sales – $1billion[233]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$426 million[235]
  • Television series
  • Gene Roddenberry
  • Paramount Skydance
  • -
  • 1984
  • $10.7 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$6 billion
  • Box office - US$317 million[239]
  • Home video - US$29 million[240]
  • Video games – US$4.4 billion
  • Manga
  • Akira Toriyama
  • Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio)
  • -
  • 1990
  • $10.1 billion
  • Box office – US$6.343 billion[247]
  • Merchandise sales – US$3.2 billion
  • Home video sales – US$418 million
  • TV revenue – US$150 million[250][251]
  • Novel
  • Michael Crichton
  • Alfred A. Knopf (novel)
  • -
  • 2016
  • $10 billion
  • Retail sales- US$8.74 billion[252][253]
  • Box office – US$1.29 billion[254]
  • Home media – US$4.8 million[255]
  • Manga
  • Koyoharu Gotōge
  • Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
  • -
  • 1997
  • $10 billion
  • Video games – US$10 billion
  • Video game
  • DMA Design
  • -
  • 2003
  • $10 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$10 billion[261]
  • Manga
  • Aki Kondo
  • San-X
  • -
  • 2013
  • $10 billion
  • Mobile Game- US$10 billion
  • Video game
  • Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Mixi
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$5–9 billion

! scope=row | James Bond Ian Fleming Publications (books) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon MGM Studios) (films) ! scope=row | Angry Birds (Sega Sammy Holdings) ! scope=row | The Railway Series / Thomas & Friends Britt Allcroft (Thomas & Friends) ! scope=row | Fortnite Tencent ! scope="row" | Mario Nintendo R&D1 ! scope=row | Super Sentai / Power Rangers 1993 (Power Rangers) Haim Saban Shuki Levy Bandai Namco Holdings (Super Sentai merchandise) Hasbro (Power Rangers co-ownership, international trademark) ! scope="row" | Middle-earth (The Lord of the Rings) Middle-earth Enterprises (Embracer Freemode) (ownership of IP outside of books) New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films, under sublicense of Middle-earth Enterprises) ! scope="row" | X-Men Jack Kirby ! scope=row | Superman Joe Shuster (Warner Bros. Discovery) ! scope=row | DC Extended Universe (DCEU) (Warner Bros. Discovery) ! scope=row | Fast & Furious (Comcast) ! scope=row |Lilo & Stitch (Stitch) ! scope=row | Pirates of the Caribbean Walt Disney Imagineering Marc Davis Gore Verbinski Jerry Bruckheimer ! scope=row | Ben 10 ! scope=row | Sesame Street (The Muppets) Joan Ganz Cooney Lloyd Morrisett (The Walt Disney Company) Sesame Workshop ! scope=row | Ultra Series (Ultraman) (Bandai Namco Holdings) ! scope="row" | Sonic the Hedgehog Hirokazu Yasuhara Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima (Sega Sammy Holdings) ! scope=row | Avatar (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Madden NFL National Football League (NFL) ! scope=row | Fate Aniplex (Sony Music Japan) (anime & mobile game) ! scope=row | Halo (Microsoft Gaming) ! scope=row | Ice Age Blue Sky Studios (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Genshin Impact Cai Haoyu ! scope=row | Shrek DreamWorks Animation Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films) ! scope=row | The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux Gaston Leroux ! scope=row | My Little Pony Bonnie Zacherle ! scope=row | Scooby-Doo Ken Spears (Warner Bros. Discovery) ! scope=row | Yu-Gi-Oh! Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Konami (games and cards) ! scope=row |Mamma Mia Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films) ! scope=row | Mortal Kombat Ed Boon John Tobias ! scope=row | Gundam (Bandai Namco Holdings) ! scope=row | The Sims ! scope=row | Bob the Builder ! scope=row | MapleStory ! colspan="7" |

  • -
  • 1953
  • $9.75 billion
  • Box office – $7.879billion[268]
  • Home entertainment – US$373 million[269]
  • Merchandise sales – US$1 billion[270]
  • Video games – US$500 million
  • Novel
  • Ian Fleming
  • Danjaq
  • -
  • 2009
  • $9.54 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$8.647 billion
  • Box office – US$503 million[273]
  • Video games – US$362.5 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$35 million[273]
  • Video game
  • Jaakko Iisalo
  • Rovio Entertainment
  • -
  • 1945 (The Railway Series) 1984 (Thomas & Friends)
  • $9.12 billion
  • Retail sales – US$9.107 billion
  • Box office – US$19.7 million[278]
  • Book
  • Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry (The Railway Series)
  • 2017
  • $9 billion
  • Video games – US$9 billion[279]
  • Video game
  • Epic Games
  • Epic Games
  • -
  • 1981
  • $8.75 billion
  • Video games – US$7.33 billion
  • Box office – US$1.3 billion
  • Home media – US$21 million[287]
  • Video game
  • Shigeru Miyamoto
  • 1975 (Super Sentai)
  • $8.67 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – US$8.47 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray – US$18 million[289]
  • Box office – US$182 million[290]
  • Television series
  • Shotaro Ishinomori
  • Toei Company (Super Sentai; Power Rangers co-ownership, trademark in Asia)
  • -
  • 1937
  • $8.46 billion
  • Retail sales – US$1.5 billion[291][292]
  • Box office – US$5.968 billion[293]
  • Home media – US$995 million[294]
  • Novel
  • J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Tolkien Estate (books)
  • -
  • 1963
  • $8.35 billion
  • Box office – US$7.422 billion[295]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$823.6 million[296]
  • Merchandise sales - US$85 million
  • Video games – US$28 million
  • Comic book
  • Stan Lee
  • 1938
  • $8.2 billion
  • Retail sales – US$4.032 billion
  • Box office – US$3.833 billion[298]
  • DVD & Blu-ray - US$356 million[298]
  • Comic book
  • Jerry Siegel
  • DC Entertainment
  • -
  • 2013
  • $8 billion
  • Box office – US$7.191 billion[299]
  • Home video sales – US$709.4 million
  • Merchandise sales – US$100 million[302]
  • Film
  • DC Entertainment
  • DC Entertainment
  • -
  • 2001
  • $7.98 billion
  • Box office – US$7.333 billion[303]
  • Home entertainment – US$595 million[304]
  • Film
  • Gary Scott Thompson
  • Universal Pictures
  • -
  • 2002
  • $7.92 billion
  • Retail sales – US$6.6 billion
  • Box office - US$1.31 billion
  • Home media - US$15.9 million[309]
  • Animated film
  • Chris Sanders
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • -
  • 2003
  • $7.9 billion
  • Box office – $4.522billion[310]
  • Home entertainment – US$1.781 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1.6billion[313]
  • Film
  • Walt Disney
  • 1955
  • $7.72 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$7.05 billion
  • Box office – US$481 million
  • TV licensing – US$96 million[320]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$98 million[321]
  • Television series
  • Jim Henson
  • -
  • -
  • 1991
  • $7.37 billion
  • Video games – US$5 billion[326]
  • Box office – US$1.196 billion[327]
  • Licensing – US$1 billion[328]
  • Home entertainment – US$180 million[329]
  • Video game
  • Sonic Team
  • -
  • 2009
  • $7.32 billion
  • Box office – US$6.709 billion[330]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$459 million[331]
  • Merchandise sales – US$153 million[332]
  • Film
  • James Cameron
  • 20th Century Studios
  • -
  • -
  • 2004
  • $7 billion
  • Mobile game – US$7 billion[334]
  • Video game
  • Type-Moon
  • Type-Moon (video game)
  • -
  • -
  • 2002
  • $6.42 billion
  • Box office – US$3.2 billion[339]
  • Retail sales – US$1.3 billion[340]
  • Home entertainment – US$347 million[341]
  • Animated film
  • Michael J. Wilson
  • 20th Century Studios
  • -
  • 2020
  • $6.3 billion
  • Video game – US$6.3 billion[342]
  • Video game
  • miHoYo
  • miHoYo
  • -
  • 1990
  • $6.3 billion
  • Box office – US$4.020 billion[343]
  • Home entertainment – US$1.922 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$275 million[213]
  • Broadway musical – US$46.4 million[345]
  • Video games – US$38.9 million
  • Picture book
  • William Steig
  • Farrar, Straus and Giroux (book)
  • -
  • 1986
  • $6.15 billion
  • Musical theatre – US$6 billion
  • Box office – US$155 million[347]
  • Gothic horror novel
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • -
  • 1984
  • $5.98 billion
  • Retail sales – US$5.916 billion
  • Box office – US$67.3 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$4.3 million[355]
  • Toy line
  • Lauren Faust
  • Hasbro
  • -
  • 1969
  • $5.43 billion
  • Retail sales – US$4.9 billion
  • Box office – US$483.4 million[361]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $54 million[362]
  • Animated series
  • Joe Ruby
  • Warner Bros.
  • -
  • 1996
  • $5.42 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – US$5 billion
  • Video games – US$387 million
  • Anime box office – US$39.3 million
  • Manga
  • Kazuki Takahashi
  • Kazuki Takahashi
  • -
  • 1975
  • $5.16 billion
  • Musical theatre – US$4 billion[373][374]
  • Film box office – US$988 million[375]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$180 million[376]
  • Song
  • ABBA
  • Polar / Epic (Sony) (song)
  • -
  • Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
  • -
  • -
  • 1998
  • $5 billion
  • Retail sales – US$5 billion[384]
  • Animated series
  • Keith Chapman
  • Mattel
  • -
  • 2003
  • $5 billion
  • Video games – US$5 billion[385]
  • Video game
  • Nexon
  • Nexon
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  • - class="sortbottom"

$2–4 billion

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  • -
  • 1987
  • $4.9 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$4.223 billion
  • Box office – US$536 million[390]
  • Video games – US$141 million
  • Animated series
  • Matt Groening
  • 20th Century Studios
  • -
  • 2007
  • $4.7 Billion ≠
  • Video games – US$1 billion
  • Box office – US$240 million[394]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$12 million[394]
  • Video game
  • Patrice Désilets
  • 1966
  • $4.7 billion
  • Box office – US$4.392 billion[396]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$193 million[397]
  • Video games – US$24 million
  • TV revenue – US$100 million
  • Television series
  • Bruce Geller
  • Paramount Pictures
  • -
  • 1999
  • $4.6 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$4.6 billion[400]
  • Box office – US$9.7 million
  • Manga
  • Takao Aoki
  • Takao Aoki
  • -
  • 2007
  • $4.57 billion
  • TV advertising – US$3.57 billion
  • TV syndication – US$1 billion[404]
  • Television series
  • Chuck Lorre
  • Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
  • -
  • 1989
  • $4.56 billion
  • TV revenue – $4.06 billion[405]
  • TV streaming – US$500 million[406]
  • Television series
  • Larry David
  • -
  • -
  • 2005
  • $4.31 billion
  • Box office – US$3.314 billion[409]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$1 billion[410]
  • Novel
  • Stephenie Meyer
  • Little, Brown and Company
  • -
  • 1997
  • $4.1 billion
  • Video games – US$4 billion[411]
  • Box office - US$117 million[412]
  • Video game
  • Kazunori Yamauchi
  • -
  • 1958
  • $4 billion
  • Box office - US$1.109 billion[415]
  • Home media - US$98.4 million
  • Comic
  • Peyo
  • Studio Peyo
  • -
  • 1982
  • $4 billion
  • Retail sales – US$4 billion[418]
  • television special
  • Coleco
  • Wicked Cool Toys
  • -
  • 1967
  • $3.95 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$3.105 billion
  • Box office – US$712 million[422]
  • DVD & Blu-ray – US$134 million[423]
  • Comic
  • Stan Weston
  • Hasbro
  • -
  • -
  • 1996
  • $3.6 billion
  • Retail sales – US$3.6 billion[426]
  • Television series
  • Traci Paige Johnson
  • Nickelodeon
  • -
  • 1991
  • $3.52 billion
  • Box office – US$1.689 billion
  • Musical - US$1.4 billion[429]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$432.6 million
  • Animated film
  • Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • -
  • 2011
  • $3.5 billion[432]
  • Licensed merchandise – US$1.858 billion
  • Video game
  • Toys for Bob
  • Activision Blizzard
  • -
  • 1997
  • $3.45 billion
  • Box office – $2.257 billion[433]
  • VHS & DVD sales – US$1.2 billion[434]
  • Film
  • James Cameron
  • Paramount Pictures (North America) (Paramount Skydance)
  • -
  • 2014
  • $3.4 billion
  • Video games - US$3.4 billion
  • Video game
  • Respawn Entertainment
  • Electronic Arts
  • -
  • 2019
  • $3.2 billion
  • Box office – US$3.22 billion
  • Home Media – US$1.2 million[441]
  • Film
  • Jiaozi
  • Beijing Enlight Pictures
  • -
  • 1997
  • $3.02 billion
  • Retail sales – US$3 billion[447]
  • Box office – US$25 million
  • Manga
  • Ritsuko Kawai
  • Shogakukan
  • -
  • 1984
  • $3 billion
  • Box office – US$2.074 billion[450]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$136 million[451]
  • Film
  • James Cameron
  • 1952
  • $3 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$3 billion[452]
  • Box office – US$42 million[453]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$10.2 million[453]
  • Manga
  • Osamu Tezuka
  • Tezuka Productions
  • -
  • 1962
  • $2.98 billion
  • Box office – US$2.710 billion[454]
  • Home entertainment – US$279 million[455]
  • Comic book
  • Stan Lee
  • Marvel Entertainment
  • -
  • 1963
  • $2.89 billion
  • Box office – US$2.425 billion[458]
  • Home entertainment – US$471 million[459]
  • Comic book
  • Stan Lee
  • Marvel Entertainment
  • -
  • 1969
  • $2.71 billion
  • Box office – US$2.485 billion[460]
  • Home video – US$232 million[461]
  • Comic book
  • Roy Thomas
  • 2015
  • $2.67 billion
  • Box office - US$2.549 billion[462]
  • Home media - US$122.2 million[463]
  • Film
  • Pete Docter
  • Pixar (The Walt Disney Company
  • -
  • -
  • 1954
  • $2.63 billion
  • Box office – US$2.495 billion[468]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$136.4 million[469]
  • Film
  • Ishirō Honda
  • Toho
  • -
  • 1981
  • $2.6 billion
  • Box office – US$2.210 billion[470]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$396 million[471]
  • Film
  • George Lucas
  • Lucasfilm
  • -
  • 2005
  • $2.59 billion
  • Box office – US$2.270 billion[472]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$329 million[473]
  • Animated film
  • Tom McGrath
  • -
  • 1941
  • $2.55 billion
  • Box office – US$2.239 billion[474]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$317 million[475]
  • Comic book
  • Joe Simon
  • -
  • 2008
  • $2.54 billion
  • Box office – US$2.306 billion[476]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$234 million[477]
  • Animated film
  • [[Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris|Ethan Reiff
  • Universal Pictures (Comcast)
  • -
  • 2004
  • $2.53 billion
  • Retail sales – $2.5 billion[478]
  • Box office – US$34 million
  • Animated series
  • Iginio Straffi
  • Rainbow S.p.A.
  • -
  • 1998
  • $2.52 billion
  • Retail sales – $2.5 billion[482]
  • Box office – US$16.4 million[483]
  • Animated series
  • Craig McCracken
  • Cartoon Network
  • -
  • 1994
  • $2.5 billion
  • TV syndication – US$1.5 billion[484]
  • TV advertising – US$1 billion
  • Box office – $89,007[486]
  • Television series
  • David Crane
  • Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions
  • -
  • 1991
  • $2.5 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$2.5 billion[487]
  • Manga
  • Naoko Takeuchi
  • Naoko Takeuchi
  • -
  • 2004
  • $2.37 billion
  • Box office – US$1.875 billion[488]
  • Merchandise sales – US$370 million
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$127 million[489]
  • Animated film
  • Brad Bird
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • -
  • 2010
  • $2.36 billion
  • Retail sales – US$2.36 billion
  • Cartoon
  • Kumamoto Prefecture
  • Kumamoto Prefecture
  • -
  • 1992
  • $2.33 billion
  • Box office – US$1.554 billion
  • Broadway musical – US$571.8 million[494]
  • Video games – US$200 million[495]
  • Animated film
  • Hanna Diyab
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • -
  • 1966
  • $2.31 billion
  • Box office – US$2.209 billion[496]
  • Home video – US$104 million[497]
  • Comic book
  • Stan Lee
  • 1963
  • $2.27 billion
  • Box office – US$2.115 billion[498]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$157 million[499]
  • Novel
  • Pierre Boulle
  • Éditions Julliard (book)
  • -
  • 1981
  • $2.24 billion
  • Box office – US$2.089 billion[500]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$155 million[501]
  • Picture book
  • Chris Van Allsburg
  • Sony
  • -
  • 1989
  • $2.21 billion
  • Box office – US$782 million[503]
  • Merchandise sales – US$1 billion[504]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$349 million[505]
  • Musical - US$83 million[506]
  • Animated film
  • Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • -
  • 2013
  • $2.18 billion
  • Box office – US$2.107 billion[507]
  • Home media – US$79 million[508]
  • Film
  • James Wan
  • Warner Bros.
  • -
  • 1984
  • $2.18 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$1 billion[509]
  • Box office – US$1.1 billion[510]
  • Home media – US$85 million[511]
  • Film
  • Dan Aykroyd
  • Sony
  • -
  • 2003
  • $2.15 billion
  • Box office – US$1.961 billion[512]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$196 million[513]
  • Animated film
  • Andrew Stanton
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • -
  • 2014
  • $2.09 billion
  • Box office – US$1.94 billion[516]
  • Home media – US$159 million[517]
  • Film
  • Thomas Tull
  • Warner Bros.
  • -
  • 2013
  • $2.09 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$2 billion[518]
  • Box office – US$99.4 million[519]
  • Video game
  • Level-5
  • Level-5
  • -
  • 1999
  • $2.06 billion
  • Video games – US$250 million
  • Box office – US$1.791 billion[521]
  • Home media – US$26 million[522]
  • Film
  • The Wachowskis
  • Warner Bros.
  • -
  • 2005
  • $2.06 billion
  • Box office - US$1.556 billion[523]
  • Home media - US$506 million[524]
  • Film
  • C. S. Lewis
  • Netflix
  • -
  • 1982
  • $2.04 billion
  • Merchandise sales – US$1 billion[525]
  • Box office – US$797 million[526]
  • VHS sales – US$250 million[527]
  • Film
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Universal Pictures
  • -
  • 2000
  • $2.04 billion
  • Book sales – US$400 million[528]
  • Box office - US$1.478 billion[529]
  • Home media - US$164.1 million[530]
  • Book
  • Dan Brown
  • Doubleday
  • -
  • 1980
  • $2.03 billion
  • Box office – US$1.665 billion[531]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$374 million[532]
  • Novel
  • Robert Ludlum
  • Eric Van Lustbader (books)
  • -
  • 1990
  • $2.02 billion
  • Box office – US$1.940 billion[533]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$83 million[534]
  • Comic book
  • Lowell Cunningham
  • Marvel Comics (Disney) (comics)
  • -
  • Capcom
  • -
  • 2005
  • $2 billion
  • Video games – US$2 billion[538]
  • Video game
  • Harmonix
  • Activision Blizzard
  • -
  • 1995
  • $2 billion
  • Video games – US$2 billion[539]
  • Video game
  • Lego Interactive (The Lego Group)
  • TT Games (Warner Bros. Discovery)
  • -
  • -
  • 1994
  • $2 billion
  • TV revenue - US$1.4 billion[542]
  • Retail sales - US$255 million[543]
  • Box office - US$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
  • List of best-selling films in the United States
  • List of films by box office admissions
  • List of highest-grossing films
  • List of highest-grossing animated films
  • List of highest-grossing Japanese films
  • List of highest-grossing non-English films

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