Movie Franchises: The Highest Grossing of All Time - From Marvel to James Bond
Movie Franchises: The Highest Grossing of All Time - From Marvel to James Bond

Movie Franchises: The Highest Grossing of All Time - From Marvel to James Bond

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Movie Franchises: The Highest Grossing of All Time - From Marvel to James Bond

The Independent
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No prizes for guessing that the highest-grossing movie franchises of all time is the Marvel Cinematic Universe followed by Star Wars, both of which fall under the Disney umbrella. Here are some of the highest-earning franchises of all time, from Hollywood, to grace the screens:
  1. Marvel Cinematic Universe
MCU is unquestionably the king of lucrative movie franchises. Based on the Marvel comic books and superheroes, the MCU is the highest-grossing film franchise in history. The 23 MCU movies have earned $22.5 billion worldwide, and the franchise has grossed over $10 billion worldwide. This is mostly due to the Avengers movies, which have earned $7.7 billion from over four films.
  1. Star Wars
Disney's property Star Wars is the second-highest-grossing franchise in the world by box office revenue. In total, all 12 movies grossed $10.32 billion. The highest-grossing Star Wars film by nominal revenue is the 2017’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens made slightly more than $2 billion worldwide. In 2012, Disney acquired LucasFilm which owned the rights to the Star Wars franchise for $4 billion. Factoring in merchandise and licensing sales, the investment in this movie franchise paid off big time.
  1. Harry Potter
At number 3 in the list of top-earning movie franchises is the Harry Potter series, which includes the original eight Harry Potter movies as well as the spin-off series, Fantastic Beasts. Based on J.K Rowling’s books, the franchise gained steam steadily. In total, the franchise made $9.2 billion.
  1. Spider-Man
The fourth highest-grossing franchise is Spider-Man. These movie franchises Spider-Man films have grossed $7.2 billion worldwide. Of these, the most recent installment Spider-Man: Far From Home is the highest earner with more than $1 billion at the box office.
  1. James Bond
Based on the novels by Ian Fleming, the James Bond movie franchise is the fifth highest in terms of revenue. Although the first James Bond film only grossed $59 million in 1962, the latest one Spectre grossed nearly a billion dollars. In total, the franchise has made $7.1 billion in total with over 24 movies. Of these, the highest-earning film was Skyfall in 2012 with $1.1 billion globally. The post The highest grossing movie franchises of all time appeared first on The Independent World News. Read also: Joker is highest grossing R-rated movie of all time - Singapore News  Marvel's first Chinese superhero Shang-Chi gets China excited - Singapore News  Zoe Saldana hailed real winner by fans after 'Avatar' reclaims top-grossing movie of all time from 'Avengers: Endgame' - Singapore News 

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