List of highest-grossing media franchises

This article lists notable highest-grossing media franchises that have grossed $2 billion and more. The list includes the total estimated revenue figure and revenue breakdown based on publicly available data.

List
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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 $77.1 billion[lower-alpha 1] 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 Animated cartoon Walt Disney
Ub Iwerks		 The Walt Disney Company
Star Wars 1977 $51.8 billion[lower-alpha 8] Film George Lucas Lucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Company)

$20–50 billion

Winnie the Pooh 1924 $48.4 billion Book[53] A. A. Milne
E. H. Shepard		 The Walt Disney Company
Disney Princess 2000 $45.4 billion Animated films Andy Mooney The Walt Disney Company
Anpanman 1973 $44.7 billion Picture book Takashi Yanase Froebel-kan
(Toppan Printing Co.)
Marvel Cinematic Universe
(MCU)		 2008 $40.8 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)
Wizarding World
(Harry Potter)		 1997 $33.9 billion Novel J. K. Rowling J. K. Rowling (books)
Warner Bros.
(Warner Bros. Discovery) (films)
Call of Duty 2003 $31 billion Video game Steve Fukuda
Zied Rieke		 Activision
(Activision Blizzard)
Batman 1939 $28.5 billion Comic book Bob Kane
Bill Finger		 DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Transformers 1984 ¥2 trillion($25 billion)[lower-alpha 32] Animated series Shōji Kawamori
Kazutaka Miyatake		 Takara Tomy
Hasbro
Cars 2006 $21.8 billion Animated film Pixar
John Lasseter		 The Walt Disney Company
Dungeon Fighter Online
(DFO)		 2005 $20 billion
  • Computer game – $20 billion[110]
 Video game Neople Nexon
Tencent

$10–20 billion

Hello Kitty 1974 $19.1 billion Cartoon character[114] Yuko Shimizu
Shintaro Tsuji		 Sanrio
Looney Tunes 1930 $17.5 billion Animated cartoon Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising		 Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Dragon Ball 1984 $17.2 billion Manga Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio)
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Toei Animation (anime)
Bandai Namco
Yu-Gi-Oh! 1996 $16.3 billion Manga Kazuki Takahashi Kazuki Takahashi
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Konami (games and cards)
Barbie 1987[lower-alpha 52] $16 billion
Ruth Handler Mattel
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)
Avengers 1963 $15.3 billion Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby		 Marvel Entertainment
(The Walt Disney Company)
The Lion King 1994 $15.2 billion Animated film Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff
William Shakespeare		 The Walt Disney Company
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1984 $15 billion Comic book Kevin Eastman
Peter Laird		 Nickelodeon
(Paramount Global)
Fist of the North Star
(Hokuto no Ken)		 1983 $14.8 billion Manga Buronson
Tetsuo Hara		 Buronson
Tetsuo Hara
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Toei Animation (anime)
Sega Sammy Holdings (pachinko)
Toy Story 1995 $14.5 billion Animated film Pixar
John Lasseter		 The Walt Disney Company
James Bond 1953 $14.4 billion[lower-alpha 65] 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)
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)
Sailor Moon 1991 $13 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $13 billion[193]
 Manga Naoko Takeuchi Naoko Takeuchi
Kodansha (manga)
Toei Animation (anime)
Neon Genesis Evangelion
(Shinseiki Evangelion)		 1994 $11.7 billion Manga/Anime series Hideaki Anno
Gainax
Tatsunoko Production		 Khara[lower-alpha 75][199][200]
One Piece 1997 $11.2 billion Manga Eiichiro Oda Eiichiro Oda
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Toei Animation (anime)
Bandai Namco (games)
Street Fighter 1987 $10.8 billion Video game Takashi Nishiyama
Hiroshi Matsumoto		 Capcom
Star Trek 1966 $10.6 billion[lower-alpha 82] Television series Gene Roddenberry Paramount Global
Rilakkuma 2003 $10 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $10 billion[218]
 Manga Aki Kondo San-X
Monster Strike 2013 $10 billion Mobile Game Yoshiki Okamoto Mixi

$5–10 billion

Despicable Me
(Minions)		 2010 $9.31 billion Animated film Sergio Pablos Illumination
Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Angry Birds 2009 $9.19 billion Video game Jaakko Iisalo Rovio Entertainment
The Simpsons 1987 $8.75 billion Animated series Matt Groening 20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
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
(1993 – Power Rangers)		 $8.7 billion Television series Shotaro Ishinomori
Haim Saban
Shuki Levy		 Toei Company (Super Sentai)
Bandai Namco Holdings (Super Sentai merchandise)
Hasbro (Power Rangers)
Pretty Cure
(Glitter Force)		 2004 $8.68 billion Anime series Izumi Todo
Toei Animation
Bandai		 Toei Company
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Asatsu-DK
Bandai
Jurassic Park 1990 $8.67 billion Novel Michael Crichton Alfred A. Knopf (novel)
Universal Pictures (Comcast)
Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film)
Pirates of the Caribbean 2003[lower-alpha 95] $7.9 billion Film Walt Disney
Walt Disney Imagineering
Marc Davis
Gore Verbinski
Jerry Bruckheimer		 The Walt Disney Company
Thomas & Friends 1945 $7.86 billion Book Wilbert Awdry
Christopher Awdry		 Egmont Group
Mattel
Ben 10 2005 $7.85 billion Animated series Man of Action 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
DC Extended Universe
(DCEU)		 2013 $7.48 billion
  • Box office – $6.313 billion[256]
  • Home video sales – $672 million[257]
  • Merchandise sales – $500 million[258]
 Film DC Entertainment DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Ultra Series
(Ultraman)		 1966 $7.4 billion Television series Eiji Tsuburaya Tsuburaya Productions
(Bandai Namco Holdings)
Doraemon 1969 $7.29 billion Manga Fujiko F. Fujio Fujiko F. Fujio
Shogakukan
(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Fast & Furious 2001 $7.2 billion
  • Box office – $6.612 billion[261]
  • Home entertainment – $594 million[262]
 Film Gary Scott Thompson Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Mario 1981 $7.2 billion Video game Shigeru Miyamoto
Nintendo R&D1		 Nintendo
Kumamon 2010 $7.17 billion Cartoon Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto Prefecture
PAW Patrol 2013 $7 billion Animated series Keith Chapman Spin Master
Madden NFL 1998 $7 billion
  • Video games – $7 billion[278]
 Video game Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
National Football League (NFL)
Superman 1938 $6.9 billion Comic book Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster		 DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Halo 2001 $6.5 billion Video game Bungie
343 Industries		 Microsoft
Ice Age 2002 $6.42 billion[lower-alpha 111]
  • 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 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
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 Film James Cameron 20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
Mortal Kombat 1992 $5.06 billion[lower-alpha 115] 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 games – $5 billion[301]
 Video game Will Wright Electronic Arts
Bob the Builder 1998 $5 billion
  • Retail sales – $5 billion[302]
 Animated series Keith Chapman WildBrain

$2–5 billion

My Little Pony 1984 $4.99 billion Animated cartoon Lauren Faust
Bonnie Zacherle		 Hasbro
Scooby-Doo 1969 $4.69 billion Animated series Joe Ruby
Ken Spears		 Warner Bros.
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Beyblade 1999 $4.61 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
Minecraft 2009 $4.3 billion Video game Markus Persson Mojang Studios
(Xbox Game Studios)
Mission: Impossible 1966 $4 billion[lower-alpha 127] Television series Bruce Geller Paramount Pictures
(Paramount Global)
Strawberry Shortcake 1979 $4 billion
  • Retail sales – $4 billion[182]
  • DVD sales – $2.6 million[328]
 Greeting card American Greetings WildBrain
Gran Turismo 1997 $4 billion
  • Video games – $4 billion[329]
 Video game Kazunori Yamauchi
Polyphony Digital		 Sony Interactive Entertainment
(Sony)
G.I. Joe 1967 $3.95 billion Comic Stan Weston Hasbro
Skylanders 2011 $3.5 billion[335] Video game Toys for Bob Activision (Activision Blizzard)
The Hunger Games 2008 $3.47 billion Novel Suzanne Collins Scholastic Corporation (books)
Lionsgate (films)
Hamtaro 1997 $3.02 billion Manga Ritsuko Kawai Shogakukan
(Hitotsubashi Group)
Terminator 1984 $3 billion[lower-alpha 131]
  • Box office – $2.074 billion[341]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $136 million[342]
 Film James Cameron
Gale Anne Hurd		 Skydance Media
Astro Boy 1952 $3 billion Manga Osamu Tezuka Tezuka Productions
The Powerpuff Girls 1998 $2.52 billion Animated series Craig McCracken Cartoon Network
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Winx Club 2004 $2.5 billion Animated series Iginio Straffi Rainbow S.p.A.
Paramount Global (copyright for seasons 5–7)
Friends 1994 $2.5 billion Television series David Crane
Marta Kauffman		 Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Indiana Jones 1981 $2.38 billion Film George Lucas
Steven Spielberg		 Lucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Company)
Grand Theft Auto
(GTA)		 1997 $2.38 billion Video game DMA Design
David Jones
Mike Dailly		 Rockstar Games
(Take-Two Interactive)
Jumanji 1981 $2.24 billion
  • Box office – $2.089 billion[356]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $155 million[357]
 Picture book Chris Van Allsburg Sony
The Conjuring Universe 2013 $2.18 billion
  • Box office – $2.107 billion[358]
  • Home media – $79 million[359]
 Film James Wan Warner Brothers
MonsterVerse 2014 $2.09 billion
  • Box office – $1.94 billion[360]
  • Home media – $159 million[361]
 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
Kung Fu Panda 2008 $2.05 billion
  • Box office – $1.817 billion[364]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $234 million[365]
 Animated film Ethan Reiff
Cyrus Voris		 Universal Pictures (Comcast)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 $2.04 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion[366]
  • Box office – $797 million[367]
  • VHS sales – $250 million[368]
 Film Steven Spielberg Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Care Bears 1981 $2.03 billion Greeting card American Greetings American Greetings
Men in Black 1990 $2.02 billion Comic book Lowell Cunningham Marvel Comics (Disney) (comics)
Sony (films)
Ghostbusters 1984 $2.02 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion[373]
  • Box office – $943 million[374]
  • Home media – $82 million[375]
 Film Dan Aykroyd
Harold Ramis		 Sony
The Incredibles 2004 $2 billion
  • Box office – $1.874 billion[376]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $127 million[377]
 Animated film Pixar The Walt Disney Company
Guitar Hero 2005 $2 billion
  • Video games – $2 billion[378]
 Video game Harmonix Activision (Activision Blizzard)
Lego 1995 $2 billion Video game Lego Interactive (The Lego Group) TT Games (Warner Bros. Discovery)
NBA Jam 1993 $2 billion
  • Video games – $2 billion[380]
 Video game Midway Games Electronic Arts
National Basketball Association (NBA)

See also

Notes
  1. Pokemon franchise:
    • The Pokémon Company no longer mentions how much the franchise has earned on their website, as of May 2019
    • $10 billion revenue up until 2001[1]
    • over ¥6.0 trillion($50 billion) revenue up until March 2017[2]
  2. Pokemon merchandise sales:
    • Until 2005 – $25 billion[3][4][5]
    • 2006 – $1.3 billion [6]
    • 2007 – $1.4 billion [7]
    • 2008 – $1.4 billion [8]
    • 2009 – $1.4 billion [9]
    • 2010 – $2.5 billion [10]
    • 2011 – $1.5 billion [11]
    • 2012 – $1.6 billion [12]
    • 2013 – $1.5 billion [13]
    • 2014 – $2 billion [14]
    • 2015 – $2.1 billion [15]
    • 2016 – $3.3 billion [16]
    • 2017 – $3.5 billion [17]
    • 2018 – $2.98 billion [18]
    • 2019 – $4.2 billion [19]
    • 2020 – $5.1 billion [20]
    • 2021 – $8.5 billion [21]
  3. Pokémon Go – $6 billion[22]
  4. See List of Pokémon films § Box office performance
  5. Pokémon Jet aircraft sales in Japan as of 2004 – ¥300 million[25] ($3 million)
  6. Mickey Mouse & Friends retail sales:
    • 2002 – $4.7 billion[26]
    • 2003 – $5.8 billion[27]
    • 2005 – $6 billion[28]
    • 2007 – $6 billion[29]
    • 2011 – $750 million in North America.[30]
    • 2012 – $4.122 billion[31]
    • 2013 – $4.568 billion[31]
    • 2014 – $4.719 billion[32]
    • 2015 – $4.262 billion[33]
    • 2016 – $4.247 billion[33]
    • 2017 – $3.233 billion[34]
    • 2018 – $3.265 billion[35]
  8. $6.6 billion franchise revenue up until May 1987.[39]
  10. See List of highest-grossing films § Highest-grossing franchises and film series
  11. Star Wars home video revenue:
    • DVD sales – $6.032 billion
      • $6 billion up until 2017.[43] $32 million since March 2018.[44]
    • Blu-ray sales – $334 million[44]
  12. Star Wars video games:
    • Up until December 2015 – $3 billion[45]
    • Mobile (2013–2019) – $1 billion[46]
  13. Star Wars television revenue:
    • Clone Wars (as of 2015) – $4.5 million[45]
    • Television rights (2016) – $275 million[47]
  14. Winnie the Pooh retail sales:
    • 1997 – $4 billion[48]
    • 2002– $7 billion[49]
    • 2003 – $5.6 billion[27]
    • 2005 – $6 billion[28]
    • 2006 – $6.9 billion[50]
    • 2011 – $1.09 billion in North America.[30]
    • 2012 – $3.17 billion[31]
    • 2013 – $2.808 billion[31]
    • 2014 – $2.732 billion[42]
    • 2015 – $2.74 billion[33]
    • 2016 – $2.791 billion[34]
    • 2017 – $1.649 billion[34]
    • 2018 – $1.675 billion[35]
    • 2000 – $200 million[54]
    • 2001 – $300 million[55]
    • 2002 – $1 billion[56]
    • 2003 – $1.3 billion[57]
    • 2004 – $2 billion[58]
    • 2005 – $3 billion[59][60]
    • 2006 – $3 billion[61]
    • 2007 – $4 billion[62]
    • 2008 – $4 billion[63]
    • 2009 – $3.7 billion.[64][65]
    • 2010 – $3.250 billion[66]
    • 2011 – $1.6 billion[30]
    • 2012 – $2.896 billion[31]
    • 2013 – $2.885 billion[31]
    • 2014 – $2.568 billion.[42]
    • 2015 – $2.635 billion[33]
    • 2016 – $2.724 billion[34]
    • 2017 – $2.133 billion[34]
    • 2018 – $1.686 billion[35]
  16. See Anpanman § Retail sales.
  17. ¥1.5 billion[68] ($14.51 million).
  18. MCU films – $27.982 billion[69]
    Inhumans – $3.5 million[70]
  19. Avengers merchandise sales:
    • $325 million in 2013.[94] $1 billion in 2014.[158] $1.004 billion in 2015.[33] $1.242 billion in 2016. $1.227 billion in 2017.[34] $1.798 billion in 2018.[35]
  20. Marvel merchandise sales:
  21. $5 billion up until April 2018.[71] $254 million since May 2018.[72]
  22. Have to click each individual link and change from original releases to all releases to find out the total box office.
  23. Books - $7.7 billion, 1997-2016 [74] eBooks and Audiobooks (Pottermore)
    • $127.1 million (£95.1 million), 2016-2018 [75]
    • $40.3 million (£31.5 million), 2019 [76]
    • $149 million (£110.7 million), 2020-2022 [77]
  24. Harry Potter merchandise:
    • 2002 – $2.9 billion[26]
    • 2003 – $2.8 billion[27]
    • 2010 – $300 million[66]
    • 2011 – $100 million[78]
    • 2017–2018 – $1.01 billion[79]
  25. $3.9 billion Harry Potter home entertainment revenue up until 2014.[80] $71 million Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2017.[81] $44 million Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2018.[82] $13 million Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2022 .[83]
  26. Harry Potter video games:
  27. Palace Theater, London (presales), $32 million [87] Broadway, New York (2018–2020), $174 million [88] Broadway, New York (2021–present), $90 million [89] Curran Theater, San Francisco, $2 million [90]
  28. Call of Duty video game revenue:
  29. Batman retail sales:
    • As of 2012 – $16 billion[93]
    • Merchandise sales during 2013–2018 – $5.017 billion
      • 2013 – $494 million[94]
      • 2014 – $578 million[42]
      • 2015 – $982 million[33]
      • 2016 – $1.1 billion[34]
      • 2017 – $1.024 billion[34]
      • 2018 – $839 million[79]
    • Home video sales between September 2012 and January 2020 – $312 million[95]
  30. $650 million VHS and DVD sales for Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin up until 2005.[96] $562 million DVD and Blu-ray sales for films released since 2008.[97]
  31. Batman television revenue:
  32. Transformers franchise revenue up until 2011.[100]
  33. Transformers merchandise sales:
    • 1984–1992 – $1 billion US toy sales[101]
    • 2012 – $314 million[31]
    • 2013 – $304 million[31]
    • 2014 – $410 million[42]
    • 2015 – $430 million[33]
    • 2016 – $446 million[33]
    • 2017 – $652 million[34]
    • 2018 – $423 million[79]
  34. $10 billion up until 2011.[104] $2.527 billion in 2012. $2.3 billion in 2013.[31] $2.025 billion in 2014.[42] $1 billion in 2015.[105] $588 million in 2016. $674 million in 2017.[34]
  35. Cars series grossed $1.408 billion.[106] Planes series grossed $391 million.[107]
  36. Cars series grossed $537 million.[108] Planes series grossed $117 million.[109]
    • 1986 – $477.8 million[111]
    • 1987 – $506 million[111]
    • 2002 – $1 billion[112]
    • 2011 – $4.100 billion[78]
    • 2012 – $4.039 billion[31]
    • 2015 – $3.756 billion[33]
    • 2017 – $2.663 billion[34]
    • 2018 – $2.645 billion[35]
  38. Looney Tunes franchise retail sales:
    • 1978 – $100 million[115]
    • 1995 – $2.5 billion[116]
    • 1996 – $3.5 billion[117]
    • 2010 – $603 million[66]
    • 2012 – $624 million[31]
    • 2013 – $617 million[31]
    • 2014 – $628 million[42]
    • 2015 – $639 million[33]
    • 2016 – $645 million[34]
    • 2017 – $624 million[34]
    • 2018 – $597 million[79]
    • Space Jam – $6 billion[118]
  39. See List of Looney Tunes feature films § Box office.
  40. See Dragon Ball § Cultural impact
  41. Dragon Ball merchandise sales:
    • Merchandise sales up until 2011 – $5 billion[120]
    • Bandai Namco's net income from Dragon Ball toy sales during January–March 2013 – ¥600 million[121] ($6.15 million)
    • Bandai Namco's net income from Dragon Ball toy sales from April 2013 to December 2019 – ¥85.9 billion ($793.6 million)[lower-alpha 40]
    • Toei Animation's Dragon Ball licensed merchandise sales in 2019 – $1.95 billion+[122]
  42. See List of Dragon Ball video games § Commercial reception
  43. See List of Dragon Ball anime § Commercial reception
  44. See List of Dragon Ball films § Box office performance
  45. Dragon Ball home entertainment media revenue:
  46. Dragon Ball trading card sales:
  47. Approximately $11,161,168,406 up until 2011 (25,175,567,833 card sales,[125] $3.99 per 9-card pack)[126][127]
  48. Yu-Gi-Oh licensed merchandise sales:
    • Up until January 2012 – $5 billion[128]
  49. $110 million in the first half of 2021.[131]
  50. Yu-Gi-Oh video games:
  51. Yu-Gi-Oh Box Office:
  52. The Barbie brand began expansion to a media franchise in 1987 with two TV specials and video games, culminating with the launch of the well-known CGI/computer-animated film series. Since 2012, the franchise expanded even further to include television shows, web series, short films and streaming media content. Earlier Excluding pre-1987 Barbie toy sales.
    • 1987 – $430 million[135]
    • 1989 – $600 million[136]
    • 1990 – $700 million[136]
    • 1993 – $1 billion[135]
    • 1997 – $1.9 billion[137]
    • 2002 – $1.52 billion[138]
    • 2003 – $3.6 billion[139]
    • 2008 – $3.3 billion[140]
    • 2010 – $550 million[66]
    • 2014 – $1.1 billion[141]
    • 2016 – $1 billion[142]
    • Up until 2014 – $13 billion[145]
    • 2015 – $933 million[146]
    • 2016 – $915 million[146]
    • 2017 – $565 million[34]
  55. Home Entertainment Sales up until 2005
  56. Pac-Man video game revenue:
  57. Buckner & Garcia's Pac-Man Fever album and "Pac-Man Fever" single – $32 million[156]
  58. Avengers DVD and Blu-ray sales:
  59. $3 billion up until 1998.[164]
  60. $6 billion up until 1994.[167] $1 billion during 2003–2005.[168] $475 million during 2009–2012.[169] $850 million in 2013.[31] $1.026 billion in 2014.[42] $1.021 billion in 2015.[33] $1.093 billion in 2016. $823 million in 2017.[34] $912 million in 2018.[79]
  61. See Fist of the North Star § Pachinko
  62. See Fist of the North Star § Films and OVAs
  63. New Fist of the North Star (DVD) – ¥230 million[173] ($2.23 million)
  65. In October 2015, it was projected that the James Bond franchise would be worth an estimated £13 billion ($19.9 billion) after the release of Spectre.[177]
  66. GoldenEye – $500 million[179]
  67. Peanuts retail sales:
    • 1986 – $1 billion[180]
    • 1997 – $1.1 billion[181]
    • 2010 – $2 billion[66]
    • US sales in 2011 – $600 million[30]
    • 2012 – $1.141 billion[31]
    • 2013 – $1.167 billion[31]
    • 2014 – $1.194 billion[42]
    • 2015 – $1.3 billion[182]
    • 2016 – $1.468 billion[34]
    • 2017 – $1.558 billion[34]
    • 2018 – $1.662 billion[35]
    • 2014 – $5 billion[184]
    • 2015 – $1.573 billion[33]
    • 2016 – $1.598 billion[34]
    • 2017 – $1.404 billion[34]
    • 2018 – $1.013 billion[35]
  69. Arcade and software revenue up until 2016
  70. "Space Invaders" (Player One) – 100,000 units in Australia,[188] grossed approximately $522,000.[189]
  71. $13 billion up until 2018.[190]
  72. See Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise) § Pachinko
  73. Evangelion merchandise sales as of 2012 – ¥150 billion[194] ($1.88 billion)
  74. Evangelion home entertainment sales:
    • Video sales up until 1997 – $800 million[195]
    • DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States between March 2011 and June 2018 – $11 million[196]
    • 2013 home entertainment media sales in Japan – ¥3,968.5 million[197] ($37.46 million)
  75. Formerly Gainax.
  76. See One Piece § Merchandise
  77. See List of One Piece video games § Commercial reception
  78. See One Piece (TV series) § Reception
  79. One Piece home entertainment media:
    • One Piece anime content revenue in Japan between 2012 and 2020 – $1.467 billion+[lower-alpha 78]
    • Toei Animation's One Piece anime earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) between April 2003 and December 2021 – $956 million[lower-alpha 78]
    • DVD & Blu-ray sales of Strong World film in Japan during August 23–29 week of 2010 – ¥2.16 billion[201] ($27.07 million)
    • DVD & Blu-ray sales of film releases in the United States since 2012 – $2.2 million[202][203][204]
    • Home entertainment media sales in Japan during 2013–2018 – ¥37,368,916,771
    ($413 million)
      • 2013 – ¥11,061.3 million[197] ($113.34 million)
      • 2015–2016 – ¥13,847,321,193[205][206] ($127,281,479)
      • 2017–2018 – ¥12,460,295,578[207][208] ($113,533,445)
  80. See Street Fighter (1994 film) § Release
  81. Street Fighter box office and home video revenue:
  82. $7.8 billion franchise revenue up until December 1998.[215]
  83. $3.5 billion retail sales up until 1998.[215] Licensed merchandise sold $150 million in 2010,[66] $275 million during 2012–2013,[31] $148 million in 2014,[42] $149 million in 2015,[33] $159 million in 2016, $180 million in 2017,[34] and $192 million in 2018.[79]
  84. Monster Strike:
    • Up until October 2018 – $7.2 billion[219]
    • November 2018 – $52 million+[220]
    • December 2018 – $68 million+[221]
    • 2019 – $932 million[222]
    • 2020 – $958 million[222]
    • 2021 – $702 million[223]
    • Up to September 2022 – $10 billion[224]
    • 2013 - $370 million[31]
    • 2014 - $667 million[225]
    • 2015 - $1.264 billion[33]
    • 2016 - $1.322 billion[34]
    • 2017 - $327 million[34]
  86. $250 million in 2011.[227] $1.849 billion in 2012. $1.882 billion in 2013.[31] $1.16 billion in 2014.[42] $1.065 billion in 2015.[33] $1.277 billion in 2016. $814 million in 2017.[34]
    • 1993 – $250 million[231]
    • 2008 – $750 million[232]
    • During 2012–2013 – $725 million[31]
    • 2014 – $390 million[42]
    • 2015 – $396 million[33]
    • During 2016–2017 – $707 million[34]
    • 2018 – $255 million[79]
  89. The Simpsons video games:
  90. Power Rangers licensed merchandise sales:
    • Power Rangers licensed toy sales during 1993–1999 – $6 billion wholesale revenue[238]
    • Power Rangers licensed merchandise sales during 2012–2018 – $2.479 billion
      • 2012 – $300 million [31]
      • 2013 – $333 million[31]
      • 2014 – $326 million[42]
      • 2015 – $330 million[33]
      • 2016–2017 – $909 million[34]
      • 2018 – $281 million[79]
  91. See Pretty Cure § Merchandise.
  92. See Pretty Cure § Reception.
  93. Jurassic Park merchandise:
    • 1993–1995 – $1 billion[242]
    • 2017 – $353 million[79]
    • 2018 – $353 million[79]
  94. $545 million up until 2004.[243] $414 million since 2015.[241]
  95. Pirates of the Caribbean became a media franchise with the debut of the film series in 2003.
  96. $1.75 billion up until May 2017.[245] $31 million DVD and Blu-ray sales since September 2017.[246]
  97. Merchandise retail sales up until 2011.
    • 2010 - $1.2 billion[66]
    • 2011 - $390 million[30]
    • 2012 - $998 million[31]
    • 2013 - $926 million[31]
    • 2014 - $935 million[42]
    • 2015 - $960 million[33]
    • 2016 - $985 million[34]
    • 2017 - $726 million[34]
    • 2018 - $727 million[79]
    • Up until 2013 – $6 billion[249]
    • 2014 – $681 million[225]
    • 2015 – $569 million[33]
    • 2016 – $603 million[33]
    • 2010 – $900 million[66]
    • 2011 – $515 million[30]
    • 2012 – $893 million[31]
    • 2013 – $923 million[31]
    • 2014 – $828 million[42]
    • 2015 – $792 million[33]
    • 2016 – $775 million[34]
    • 2017 – $724 million[34]
    • 2018 – $700 million[79]
  101. Muppets franchise box office:
  102. Sales in Japan only
  103. Ultraman merchandise sales:
  104. See Doraemon § Merchandise
  105. See List of Doraemon films § Box office performance
  106. Mario video games:
  107. Mario Franchise Box Office:
  108. Kumamon retail sales:
    • 2011–2012 – $1.2 billion[269]
    • 2013–2014 – ¥124.4 billion[270] ($1,174 million)
    • 2015 – ¥100.7 billion[271] ($926 million)
    • 2016 – $1.16 billion[272]
    • 2017–2018 – ¥291,430,750,000 ($2.66 billion)[273][274]
  109. Appeared in Yo-kai Watch: The Movie, which grossed $65 million in Japan.[275]
    • 2010 - $280 million[66]
    • 2012 – $277 million[31]
    • 2013 - $277 million[31]
    • 2014 - $305 million[42]
    • 2015 - $725 million[33]
    • 2016 - $812 million[34]
    • 2017 - $722 million[34]
    • 2018 - $634 million[79]
  111. Ice Age:
  112. First two films grossed $1.6 billion.[287] Later films grossed $322 million.[286]
  114. Avatar Franchise Box Office:
  115. Mortal Kombat franchise:
  116. Mortal Kombat video games:
  117. See Mortal Kombat (film series) § Box office performance
  118. Gundam retail sales:
    • Merchandise sales during 1979–1999 – $5 billion[299][300]
    • 2012 - $260 million[31]
    • 2013 - $650 million[13]
    • 2014 - $1 billion[303]
    • 2015 - $1.2 billion[15]
    • 2016 - $456 million[34]
    • 2017 - $660 million[34]
    • 2018 - $690 million[79]
  120. My Little Pony box office gross:
  122. Scooby-Doo DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • Films – $53.4 million[314]
  123. Sales up until 2015
  124. Beyblade: Fierce Battle grossed $3,216,050.[316] Beyblade: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader grossed $5,737,369.[317]
  125. $1.74 billion in 2015. $1.83 billion in 2016.[318]
    • $1 million as of 2012.[324]
    • 2013 – $300 million[31]
    • 2014 – $407 million[42]
    • 2015 – $549 million[33]
    • 2016 – $700 million[34]
    • 2017 – $679 million[34]
    • 2018 – $731 million[35]
  127. $4 billion franchise revenue up until 2011[325]
    • up until 1994 – $2.6 billion[330]
    • 2001 – $80 million[331]
    • 2009 – $125 million[332]
    • 2010 – $300 million[66]
    • 2013 – $500 million[31]
    • 2014 – $495 million[42]
    • 2015 – $471 million[33]
    • 2016 – $392 million[33]
  131. $3 billion franchise revenue up until 2010.[340]
  132. Retail sales up until 2014.
  133. Retail sales up until 2010.
  134. More than $1 billion in the 1990s.[349]
  135. See Indiana Jones § Box office performance
  136. Grand Theft Auto:
  137. Care Bears retail sales:
    • 1980s – $2 billion[369]
  138. Care Bears films at box office:
  139. as of 2019

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