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19 franchises racing film by film since 1962. The Marvel Cinematic Universe leads with $35.17 billion worldwide, $24.41 billion ahead of Star Wars. Not adjusted for inflation.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the highest-grossing film franchise, with $35.17 billion worldwide from 38 films.
Listed films that haven't opened yet. Each one's gross will count from its release date.
The franchises nearest to the one above them. Dollars needed are exact, from the films counted so far; no estimate of when.
Each franchise's total from the films counted so far. Select a franchise for its films, or a column to sort.
| # | Franchise | Worldwide | Films | Highest-grossing film | First film | Based on | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $35.17 billion | 38 | Avengers: Endgame ($2.94 billion) | 2008 | Comics | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 2 | $10.76 billion | 13 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.07 billion) | 1977 | Original stories | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 3 | $9.70 billion | 11 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($1.34 billion) | 2001 | Books | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 4 | $7.83 billion | 27 | Skyfall ($1.11 billion) | 1962 | Books | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 5 | $7.34 billion | 11 | Furious 7 ($1.51 billion) | 2001 | Other | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 6 | $7.21 billion | 15 | Aquaman ($1.15 billion) | 2013 | Comics | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 7 | $6.90 billion | 7 | Jurassic World ($1.67 billion) | 1993 | Books | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 8 | $6.75 billion | 3 | Avatar ($2.92 billion) | 2009 | Original stories | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 9 | $6.27 billion | 19 | The Dark Knight Rises ($1.08 billion) | 1966 | Comics | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 10 | $6.16 billion | 7 | Minions ($1.16 billion) | 2010 | Original stories | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 11 | $6.09 billion | 13 | Deadpool 2 ($786.0 million) | 2000 | Comics | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 12 | $5.98 billion | 8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1.15 billion) | 1978 | Books | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 13 | $5.43 billion | 9 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($1.12 billion) | 1986 | Other | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 14 | $4.74 billion | 8 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout ($791.1 million) | 1996 | Other | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 15 | $4.53 billion | 5 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($1.07 billion) | 2003 | Other | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 16 | $4.41 billion | 6 | Toy Story 5 ($1.15 billion) | 1995 | Original stories | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 17 | $4.03 billion | 6 | Shrek 2 ($933.8 million) | 2001 | Books | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 18 | $3.37 billion | 5 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 ($830.6 million) | 2008 | Books | WikipediaTop film's revision | |
| 19 | $3.34 billion | 5 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($869.9 million) | 2012 | Books | WikipediaTop film's revision |
Answered from the same figures as the table, so the answers change when the numbers do.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, with $35.17 billion worldwide from 38 films. Star Wars is second with $10.76 billion and Harry Potter third with $9.70 billion. All figures are in dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation.
The Hunger Games needs $24,227,276 more to pass The Twilight Saga for No. 18. Its next film, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, opens on Nov 20, 2026. Its gross will count from that date, so the race will show the gap close as soon as the film's first box office figure is read.
No. They are worldwide grosses in dollars of the day, as Wikipedia reports them. Older films earned their money when tickets cost far less, so franchises from the 1960s to the 1990s look smaller here than they would at today's prices.
There were many, from Tarzan (1918) and Universal's Frankenstein and Dracula films (1931) to Godzilla (1954). The race covers the top 20 franchises by lifetime worldwide gross in Wikipedia's table, plus The Hunger Games, and the smallest of those, The Twilight Saga, has $3.37 billion. Older series earned their money when tickets cost far less and fewer countries had large cinema markets, so in dollars of the day they fall below that line. Box office records before the 1970s are also patchy: many older films only have studio rentals (the studio's share of ticket sales), not worldwide grosses. James Bond, from 1962, is the oldest franchise in the top 20.
Wikipedia's franchise table counts some films twice: every Avengers film and Spider-Man's four highest-grossing films are also Marvel Cinematic Universe films. So that each film counts once, Avengers and Spider-Man are left out, and the other films listed under two franchises (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Deadpool & Wolverine) count for the higher-ranked one.
Each film's lifetime worldwide gross is added to its franchise on the day it first opened in cinemas. In reality the money comes in over weeks or months, but no free source gives it week by week, so the race moves in steps and never shows an estimate.
Franchise membership comes from the franchise table in Wikipedia's list of highest-grossing films (The Hunger Games, just below the table's cut-off, from its own article). Each film's release date and gross come from the film's own Wikipedia article. Where an article's gross is more than 2% away from the table's, the table's figure counts until the difference is reviewed (17 films right now).
Updates are manual for now. The figures were last read from Wikipedia on Nov 2, 2026.
Every film's figure traces back to a dated Wikipedia revision. Nothing in this race is estimated.
Which films belong to which franchise comes from the franchise table in Wikipedia's list of highest-grossing films, read on . Each film's release date and worldwide gross come from the infobox of its own article, which cites Box Office Mojo or The Numbers. Where that gross is more than 2% away from the table's, the table's counts until the difference is reviewed.
Worldwide gross in dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation. A film the table lists under two franchises counts once, for the higher-ranked one; Avengers and Spider-Man are left out because their biggest films are Marvel Cinematic Universe films. Colors show what each franchise's first film was based on.
Each film's lifetime gross is added to its franchise on the day it first opened in cinemas (the infobox's first release outside premieres), so the bars move in steps. Films still to open are listed but not counted.
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