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This is a list of media franchises that have grossed $2 billion and more.
Franchise | Year of inception | Total revenue (est. US$) | Revenue breakdown (est. US$) | Original medium | Creator(s) | Owner(s) |
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$50 billion+ | ||||||
Pokémon | 1996 | $88 billion |
|
Video game | Satoshi Tajiri | The Pokémon Company (Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak) (copyright; trademark in Japan) Nintendo (trademark globally) |
Mickey Mouse & Friends | 1928 | $52.2 billion |
|
Animated cartoon | Walt Disney Ub Iwerks |
The Walt Disney Company |
$20–50 billion | ||||||
Winnie the Pooh | 1924 | $48.5 billion | Book | A. A. Milne E. H. Shepard |
The Walt Disney Company | |
Star Wars | 1977 | $46.7 billion |
|
Film | George Lucas | Lucasfilm (The Walt Disney Company) |
Disney Princess | 2000 | $45.4 billion | Animated films | Andy Mooney | The Walt Disney Company | |
Anpanman | 1973 | $38.4 billion |
|
Picture book | Takashi Yanase | Froebel-kan (Toppan Printing Co.) |
Wizarding World (Harry Potter) |
1997 | $34.5 billion |
|
Novel | J. K. Rowling | J. K. Rowling (books) Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films) |
Barbie | 1987 | $33.9 billion |
|
Television special | Ruth Handler | Mattel |
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) |
2008 | $32.4 billion |
|
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 game | Steve Fukuda Zied Rieke |
Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming) | |
Batman | 1939 | $29.6 billion |
|
Comic book | Bob Kane Bill Finger |
DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
Hello Kitty | 1974 | $28.8 billion | Cartoon character | Yuko Shimizu Shintaro Tsuji |
Sanrio | |
Spider-Man | 1962 | $25.4 billion |
|
Comic book | Stan Lee Steve Ditko |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) Sony Pictures (films) |
Transformers | 1984 | $25 billion |
|
Animated series | Shōji Kawamori Kazutaka Miyatake |
Takara Tomy Hasbro |
Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) |
2005 | $22 billion | Video game | Neople | Nexon Tencent | |
Cars | 2006 | $21.5 billion | Animated film | Pixar John Lasseter |
Pixar
(The Walt Disney Company) | |
Candy Crush | 2012 | $20 billion | Mobile game | King | Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming) | |
$10–19 billion | ||||||
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 1984 | $17.4 billion |
|
Comic book | Kevin Eastman Peter Laird |
Nickelodeon (Paramount Global) |
Looney Tunes | 1930 | $15.9 billion |
|
Animated cartoon | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising |
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
Dora the Explorer | 2000 | $15.8 billion |
|
Animated series | Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Eric Weiner |
Nickelodeon (Paramount Global) |
Pac-Man | 1980 | $15.4 billion |
|
Video game | Toru Iwatani Namco |
Bandai Namco Entertainment (Bandai Namco Holdings) |
The Lion King | 1994 | $15.2 billion |
|
Animated film | Roger Allers Rob Minkoff |
The Walt Disney Company |
Toy Story | 1995 | $14.8 billion | Animated film | Pixar John Lasseter |
The Walt Disney Company | |
James Bond | 1953 | $14.4 billion |
|
Novel | Ian Fleming | Jonathan Cape (books) Danjaq and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (films) |
Peanuts | 1950 | $14.4 billion |
|
Comic strip | Charles M. Schulz | Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Sony) Peanuts Worldwide LLC (WildBrain) |
PAW Patrol | 2013 | $14.4 billion | Animated series | Keith Chapman | Spin Master | |
Avengers | 1963 | $14.3 billion |
|
Comic book | Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
Frozen | 2013 | $13.9 billion |
|
Animated film | Chris Buck Jennifer Lee Hans Christian Andersen |
The Walt Disney Company |
Space Invaders | 1978 | $13.9 billion | Video game | Tomohiro Nishikado | Taito (Square Enix) | |
SpongeBob SquarePants | 1999 | $13.7 billion |
|
Animated series | Stephen Hillenburg | Nickelodeon (Paramount Global) |
Warcraft | 1994 | $12.4 billion |
|
Video game | Allen Adham Frank Pearce Michael Morhaime |
Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming) |
Despicable Me (Minions) |
2010 | $11.3 billion | Animated film | Sergio Pablos | Illumination Universal Pictures (Comcast) | |
Star Trek | 1966 | $10.7 billion |
|
Television series | Gene Roddenberry | Paramount Global |
Street Fighter | 1987 | $10.7 billion |
|
Video game | Takashi Nishiyama Hiroshi Matsumoto |
Capcom |
Rilakkuma | 2003 | $10 billion | Manga | Aki Kondo | San-X | |
Monster Strike | 2013 | $10 billion | Mobile Game | Yoshiki Okamoto | Mixi | |
$5–9 billion | ||||||
Grand Theft Auto (GTA) |
1997 | $9.98 billion | Video game | DMA Design David Jones Mike Dailly |
Rockstar Games (Take-Two Interactive) | |
Dragon Ball | 1984 | $9.48 billion | Manga | Akira Toriyama | Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio) Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Toei Animation (anime) Bandai Namco | |
Angry Birds | 2009 | $9.19 billion |
|
Video game | Jaakko Iisalo | Rovio Entertainment (Sega Sammy Holdings) |
Thomas & Friends | 1945 | $9.12 billion |
|
Book | Wilbert Awdry Christopher Awdry |
Egmont Group Mattel |
Fortnite | 2017 | $9 billion | Video game | Epic Games | Epic Games Tencent | |
Jurassic Park | 1990 | $8.82 billion | Novel | Michael Crichton | Alfred A. Knopf (novel) Universal Pictures (Comcast) Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film) | |
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 2016 | $8.74 billion | Manga | Koyoharu Gotōge | Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Toho (Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group) (films) | |
Super Sentai / Power Rangers |
1975 (Super Sentai) 1993 (Power Rangers) |
$8.67 billion | Television series | Shotaro Ishinomori Haim Saban Shuki Levy |
Toei Company (Super Sentai; Power Rangers co-ownership, trademark in Asia) Bandai Namco Holdings (Super Sentai merchandise) Hasbro (Power Rangers co-ownership, international trademark) | |
Mario | 1981 | $8.61 billion | Video game | Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo R&D1 |
Nintendo | |
DC Extended Universe (DCEU) |
2013 | $7.95 billion | Film | DC Entertainment | DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery) | |
Fast & Furious | 2001 | $7.91 billion | Film | Gary Scott Thompson | Universal Pictures (Comcast) | |
Pirates of the Caribbean | 2003 | $7.9 billion |
|
Film | Walt Disney Walt Disney Imagineering Marc Davis Gore Verbinski Jerry Bruckheimer |
The Walt Disney Company |
Ben 10 | 2005 | $7.85 billion | Animated series | Man of Action Studios Cartoon Network Studios | Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery) | |
Sesame Street (The Muppets) |
1955 | $7.72 billion | Television series | Jim Henson Joan Ganz Cooney Lloyd Morrisett |
The Muppets Studio (The Walt Disney Company) Sesame Workshop | |
Ultra Series (Ultraman) |
1966 | $7.4 billion | Television series | Eiji Tsuburaya | Tsuburaya Productions (Bandai Namco Holdings) | |
X-Men | 1963 | $7 billion |
|
Comic book | Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
Madden NFL | 1998 | $7 billion | Video game | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts National Football League (NFL) | |
Fate (Fate/stay night) |
2004 | $7 billion |
|
Video game | Type-Moon | Type-Moon (video game) Aniplex (Sony Music Japan) (anime & mobile game) |
Superman | 1938 | $6.9 billion |
|
Comic book | Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster |
DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
Middle-earth (The Lord of the Rings) |
1937 | $6.84 billion | 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) | |
Halo | 2001 | $6.5 billion |
|
Video game | Bungie 343 Industries |
Microsoft Gaming |
Ice Age | 2002 | $6.42 billion | Animated film | Michael J. Wilson Blue Sky Studios |
20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company) | |
Shrek | 1990 | $6.3 billion |
|
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 | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Avatar | 2009 | $5.78 billion | Film | James Cameron | 20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company) | |
Sonic the Hedgehog | 1991 | $5.76 billion |
|
Video game | Sonic Team Hirokazu Yasuhara Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima |
Sega (Sega Sammy Holdings) |
Yu-Gi-Oh! | 1996 | $5.25 billion |
|
Manga | Kazuki Takahashi | Kazuki Takahashi Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Konami (games and cards) |
Mamma Mia | 1975 | $5.16 billion |
|
Song | ABBA | Polar / Epic (Sony) (song) Universal Pictures (AT&T) (films) |
Mortal Kombat | 1992 | $5.06 billion |
|
Video game | Midway Games Chicago Ed Boon John Tobias |
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
Gundam | 1979 | $5 billion | Anime series | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Bandai Namco Filmworks, directly and through Sotsu (Bandai Namco Holdings) | |
The Sims | 2000 | $5 billion | Video game | Will Wright | Electronic Arts | |
Bob the Builder | 1998 | $5 billion | Animated series | Keith Chapman | Mattel | |
$2–4 billion | ||||||
My Little Pony | 1984 | $4.99 billion | Animated cartoon | Lauren Faust Bonnie Zacherle |
Hasbro | |
The Simpsons | 1987 | $4.9 billion |
|
Animated series | Matt Groening | 20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company) |
Scooby-Doo | 1969 | $4.68 billion |
|
Animated series | Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
Beyblade | 1999 | $4.6 billion | Manga | Takao Aoki | Takao Aoki Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group) | |
The Big Bang Theory | 2007 | $4.57 billion | Television series | Chuck Lorre Bill Prady |
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) | |
Seinfeld | 1989 | $4.56 billion |
|
Television series | Larry David Jerry Seinfeld |
Sony Pictures Television (Sony) |
Twilight | 2005 | $4.31 billion |
|
Novel | Stephenie Meyer | Little, Brown and Company Summit Entertainment |
Mission: Impossible | 1966 | $4.1 billion |
|
Television series | Bruce Geller | Paramount Pictures (Paramount Global) |
Gran Turismo | 1997 | $4.1 billion |
|
Video game | Kazunori Yamauchi Polyphony Digital |
Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sony) |
Strawberry Shortcake | 1979 | $4 billion | Greeting card | American Greetings | WildBrain | |
The Smurfs | 1958 | $4 billion | Comic | Peyo | Studio Peyo | |
Cabbage Patch Kids | 1982 | $4 billion | television special | Coleco | Wicked Cool Toys (Berkshire Hathaway) | |
G.I. Joe | 1967 | $3.95 billion |
|
Comic | Stan Weston | Hasbro |
Genshin Impact | 2020 | $3.6 billion | Video game | miHoYo Cai Haoyu |
miHoYo | |
Blue's Clues | 1996 | $3.6 billion | Television series | Traci Paige Johnson Todd Kessler Angela C. Santomero |
Nickelodeon (Paramount Global) | |
Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | $3.52 billion |
|
Animated film | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve |
The Walt Disney Company |
Skylanders | 2011 | $3.5 billion | Video game | Toys for Bob | Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming) | |
The Hunger Games | 2008 | $3.47 billion |
|
Novel | Suzanne Collins | Scholastic Corporation (books) Lionsgate (films) |
Titanic | 1997 | $3.42 billion | Film | James Cameron | Paramount Pictures (North America) 20th Century Studios (international) (The Walt Disney Company) | |
Minecraft | 2009 | $3.3 billion | Video game | Markus Persson | Mojang Studios (Xbox Game Studios) | |
Bratz | 2001 | $3.23 billion | Doll | Carter Bryant | MGA Entertainment | |
Hamtaro | 1997 | $3.02 billion | Manga | Ritsuko Kawai | Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group) | |
Terminator | 1984 | $3 billion | Film | James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd |
Skydance Media | |
Astro Boy | 1952 | $3 billion |
|
Manga | Osamu Tezuka | Tezuka Productions |
Thor | 1962 | $2.98 billion | Comic book | Stan Lee Larry Lieber Jack Kirby |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) | |
Care Bears | 1981 | $2.98 billion | Greeting card | American Greetings | American Greetings | |
Iron Man | 1963 | $2.89 billion |
|
Comic book | Stan Lee Jack Kirby Larry Lieber Don Heck |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
Guardians of the Galaxy | 1969 | $2.71 billion | Comic book | Marvel Comics | Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) | |
Resident Evil (Biohazard) |
1996 | $2.7 billion |
|
Video game | Shinji Mikami Tokuro Fujiwara |
Capcom |
The Elder Scrolls | 1994 | $2.65 billion | Video game | Bethesda Softworks | ZeniMax Media (Microsoft Gaming) | |
Indiana Jones | 1981 | $2.6 billion | Film | George Lucas Steven Spielberg |
Lucasfilm (The Walt Disney Company) | |
Madagascar | 2005 | $2.59 billion | Animated film | Tom McGrath Eric Darnell |
DreamWorks Animation (Comcast) | |
Captain America | 1941 | $2.55 billion |
|
Comic book | Joe Simon Jack Kirby |
Marvel Comics (The Walt Disney Company) |
Kung Fu Panda | 2008 | $2.54 billion | Animated film | Ethan Reiff Cyrus Voris |
Universal Pictures (Comcast) | |
Winx Club | 2004 | $2.53 billion | Animated series | Iginio Straffi | Rainbow S.p.A. Paramount Global (copyright for seasons 5–7) | |
The Powerpuff Girls | 1998 | $2.52 billion |
|
Animated series | Craig McCracken | Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
Godzilla (Gojira) |
1954 | $2.5 billion | Film | Ishirō Honda | Toho | |
Friends | 1994 | $2.5 billion | Television series | David Crane Marta Kauffman |
Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) | |
Sailor Moon | 1991 | $2.5 billion | Manga | Naoko Takeuchi | Naoko Takeuchi Kodansha (manga) Toei Animation (anime) | |
The Incredibles | 2004 | $2.37 billion | Animated film | Pixar | The Walt Disney Company | |
Kumamon | 2010 | $2.36 billion | Cartoon | Kumamoto Prefecture | Kumamoto Prefecture | |
Aladdin | 1992 | $2.33 billion |
|
Animated film | Walt Disney Animation Hanna Diyab |
The Walt Disney Company |
Black Panther | 1966 | $2.29 billion | Comic book | Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) | |
Planet of the Apes | 1963 | $2.27 billion | Novel | Pierre Boulle | Éditions Julliard (book) 20th Century Studios (Disney) (films) | |
Jumanji | 1981 | $2.24 billion | Picture book | Chris Van Allsburg | Sony | |
The Little Mermaid | 1989 | $2.21 billion |
|
Animated film | Ron Clements John Musker |
The Walt Disney Company |
The Conjuring Universe | 2013 | $2.18 billion | Film | James Wan | Warner Brothers | |
Ghostbusters | 1984 | $2.18 billion | Film | Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis |
Sony | |
Finding Nemo | 2003 | $2.15 billion | Animated film | Andrew Stanton | The Walt Disney Company | |
MonsterVerse | 2014 | $2.09 billion | 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 |
|
Video game | Level-5 | Level-5 |
The Chronicles of Narnia | 2005 | $2.06 billion | Film | C. S. Lewis Andrew Adamson |
Netflix | |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | $2.04 billion | Film | Steven Spielberg | Universal Pictures (Comcast) | |
Bourne | 1980 | $2.03 billion |
|
Novel | Robert Ludlum | Eric Van Lustbader (books) Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films) |
Men in Black | 1990 | $2.02 billion |
|
Comic book | Lowell Cunningham | Marvel Comics (Disney) (comics) Sony (films) |
Guitar Hero | 2005 | $2 billion | Video game | Harmonix | Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming) | |
Lego | 1995 | $2 billion | Video game | Lego Interactive (The Lego Group) | TT Games (Warner Bros. Discovery) | |
NBA Jam | 1993 | $2 billion | Video game | Midway Games | Electronic Arts National Basketball Association (NBA) | |
Neon Genesis Evangelion | 1994 | $2 billion | Manga | Hideaki Anno | Khara |
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