List of highest-grossing media franchises

This is a list of the highest-grossing media franchises. This includes media franchises that started as a book, film, video game, comic book, animated film or television series and have expanded to other forms of media.
For each franchise listed below the revenue total includes revenue from movie tickets, home entertainment, video games, merchandise, and any other franchise-related products when such information is available.
The list includes the total estimated revenue figure and the revenue breakdown. Estimates are based on combined revenue from different media and merchandise, based on publicly available data.

At least $20 billion

Franchise	Year of inception	Total revenue	Revenue breakdown	Original media	Creator	Owner
Pokémon	1996		Licensed merchandise – Video games – Card game – Box office – Manga magazine – Home entertainment – Manga volumes –	Video game	Satoshi Tajiri Ken Sugimori	Nintendo The Pokémon Company
Hello Kitty	1974		Merchandise sales – Manga magazine – Music CD sales –	Cartoon character	Yuko Shimizu Shintaro Tsuji	Sanrio
Winnie the Pooh	1924		Retail sales – *DVD & Blu-ray – Box office –	Book	A. A. Milne E. H. Shepard	The Walt Disney Company
Mickey Mouse & Friends	1928		Retail sales – Box office – VHS & DVD – Comic books – $460,000	Animated cartoon	Walt Disney Ub Iwerks	The Walt Disney Company
Star Wars	1977		Merchandise sales – Box office – Home video – Video games – Book sales – TV revenue –	Film	George Lucas	Lucasfilm
Anpanman	1973		Retail sales – Box office – Museum –	Manga	Takashi Yanase	Froebel-kan
Disney Princess	2000		Retail sales – Home entertainment –	Animated series	Andy Mooney	The Walt Disney Company
Jump Comics	1968		Manga magazines – Manga volumes – Video games –	Manga	Shueisha	Shueisha Bandai Namco
Mario	1981		Video games – Licensed merchandise – Manga magazine – Box office –	Video game	Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo R&D1	Nintendo
Marvel Cinematic Universe	2008		Box office – Merchandise sales – Home entertainment – Comic volumes – $520,000	Film	Marvel Studios	Walt Disney Studios Sony Universal Pictures
Wizarding World	1997		Box office – Merchandise sales – Book sales – Home entertainment – Video games – TV revenue – Stage play –	Novel	J. K. Rowling	J. K. Rowling Warner Bros.
Transformers	1984		Merchandise sales – Box office – Home entertainment –	Toy Animated series	Takara Hasbro Shōji Kawamori	Takara Tomy Hasbro
Spider-Man	1962		Merchandise sales – Box office – Home video sales – Video games – Comic sales – TV revenue – Pachinko sales – –	Comic book	Stan Lee Steve Ditko	Marvel Entertainment Sony
Batman	1939		Retail sales – *Home video – Box office – TV revenue –	Comic book	Bob Kane Bill Finger	DC Entertainment
Gundam	1979		Retail sales – Manga magazine – Pachinko sales – Anime box office –	Anime	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Sunrise
Dragon Ball	1984		Manga magazines – Video games – Merchandise sales – Manga volumes – Home entertainment – Trading card sales – Box office – Music sales –	Manga	Akira Toriyama	Akira Toriyama Shueisha Toei Animation Bandai Namco
Barbie	1987		Merchandise sales – Home video sales – Box office –	Animated film	Ruth Handler	Mattel
Fist of the North Star	1983		Pachinko & arcades – Manga magazine – Manga volumes – Console games – Anime DVD & Blu-ray – Licensed merchandise – Anime box office –	Manga	Buronson Tetsuo Hara	Buronson Tetsuo Hara Shueisha Toei Animation Sega Sammy Holdings
Toy Story	1995		Retail sales – Box office – TV revenue – VHS sales – DVD & Blu-ray sales –	Animated film	Pixar	The Walt Disney Company
Cars	2006		Merchandise sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales –	Animated film	Pixar John Lasseter	The Walt Disney Company
One Piece	1997		Manga magazine – Merchandise sales – Manga volumes – Video games – Home entertainment – Anime box office –	Manga	Eiichiro Oda	Eiichiro Oda Shueisha Toei Animation Bandai Namco
Yu-Gi-Oh!	1996		Card game – Merchandise sales – Manga magazine – Video games – Manga volumes – Anime TV revenue – Anime box office – $42million	Manga	Kazuki Takahashi	Kazuki Takahashi Shueisha Konami
Call of Duty	2003		Video games –	Video game	Infinity Ward	Activision

At least $10 billion

Franchise	Year of inception	Total revenue	Revenue breakdown	Original media	Creator	Owner
Middle-earth	1937		Book sales – Box office – $5.896 billion Home video sales – Merchandise sales – Licensing – –	Novel	J. R. R. Tolkien	Tolkien Estate Warner Bros.
James Bond	1953		Box office – $7.078billion Home video sales – $billion Merchandise & licensing – $billion Book sales – $550million Video games –	Novel	Ian Fleming	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Peanuts	1950		Retail sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales –	Comic strip	Charles M. Schulz	Sony Music Entertainment Japan WildBrain 20th Century Studios
Super Sentai	1975		Retail sales – Licensed merchandise – DVD & Blu-ray – Box office –	Television series	Shotaro Ishinomori Haim Saban Shuki Levy	Toei Company Hasbro Bandai Namco
Neon Genesis Evangelion	1994		Pachinko sales – Merchandise sales – Home entertainment – Karaoke music – Music CD sales – Anime box office – Manga sales – Video games – Music royalties –	Anime	Hideaki Anno Gainax Tatsunoko Production	Khara
KochiKame	1976		Manga magazine – Manga volumes – Box office –	Manga	Osamu Akimoto	Osamu Akimoto Shueisha
Dora the Explorer	2000		Retail sales – Home video sales – Box office –	Animated series	Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Eric Weiner	Nickelodeon
The Simpsons	1987		Merchandise sales – TV advertising – TV syndication – Home video sales – Box office – Video games –	Animated series	Matt Groening	20th Century Studios
The Lion King	1994		Musical theatre – Merchandise sales – Box office – Home entertainment – $1.5billion	Animated film	Roger Allers Rob Minkoff	The Walt Disney Company
Avengers	1963		Box office – Merchandise sales – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Comic sales –	Comic book	Stan Lee Jack Kirby	Marvel Entertainment
Pac-Man	1980		Video games – Merchandise & licensing – Music sales –	Video game	Toru Iwatani Namco	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Looney Tunes	1930		Retail sales – Box office – Home video sales –	Animated cartoon	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.
SpongeBob SquarePants	1999		Retail sales – Box office –	Animated series	Stephen Hillenburg	Nickelodeon
Wii series	2006		Video games –	Video game	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	1984		Merchandise sales – Box office – $1.15billion Video games – $450million DVD & Blu-ray sales – $154million – Video rentals –	Comic book	Kevin Eastman Peter Laird	Nickelodeon
Sailor Moon	1991		Merchandise sales – Home entertainment – Manga magazine – Video games – Manga volumes – Anime box office –	Manga	Naoko Takeuchi	Naoko Takeuchi Kodansha Toei Animation
Space Invaders	1978		Video game – $13.93 billion Music single – $522,000	Video game	Tomohiro Nishikado	Taito
Frozen	2013		Merchandise sales – Box office – $2.32billion DVD & Blu-ray sales – $391million Musical theatre –	Animated film	Chris Buck Jennifer Lee	The Walt Disney Company
Dungeon Fighter Online	2005		Computer game – $13.4 billion	Video game	Neople	Nexon Tencent
Dragon Quest	1986		Video games – Manga magazine – Merchandise sales – Manga volumes – – DVD sales –	Video game	Yuji Horii Koichi Nakamura Akira Toriyama	Square Enix Yuji Horii Akira Toriyama Koichi Sugiyama
Street Fighter	1987		Video games – Box office & home video – Pachinko – Soundtrack album –	Video game	Takashi Nishiyama Hiroshi Matsumoto	Capcom
Final Fantasy	1987		Video games – Licensed merchandise – Home video sales – Book sales – Music sales – Box office – – Card game –	Video game	Hironobu Sakaguchi Hiromichi Tanaka Nasir Gebelli	Square Enix
CrossFire	2007		Computer game –	Video game	Smilegate	Smilegate Tencent
Warcraft	1994		Video games – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales –	Video game	Allen Adham Frank Pearce Michael Morhaime	Blizzard Entertainment
Ultra Series	1966		Merchandise sales – Pachinko sales – Home video sales –	Television series	Eiji Tsuburaya	Tsuburaya Productions
FIFA	1993		Video games –	Video game	EA Canada	Electronic Arts
Superman	1938		Retail sales – *Merchandise sales – Box office – Comic issues – DVD & Blu-ray sales – TV revenue – Comic magazine – VHS sales & rentals – Video game –	Comic book	Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster	DC Entertainment
Star Trek	1966		Retail sales – TV revenue – $2.3 billion Box office – $2.266billion VHS sales – $1billion DVD & Blu-ray –	Television series	Gene Roddenberry	ViacomCBS
Naruto	1999		Manga magazine – Manga volumes – Licensed merchandise – Video games – Anime box office – Home entertainment –	Manga	Masashi Kishimoto	Masashi Kishimoto Shueisha Pierrot Bandai Namco
League of Legends	2009		Video games –	Video game	Riot Games	Tencent

At least $5 billion

Franchise	Year of inception	Total revenue	Revenue breakdown	Original media	Creator	Owner
Grand Theft Auto	1997		Video games –	Video game	David Jones Mike Dailly	Rockstar Games
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure	1987		Manga magazine – Manga volumes – Video games – Anime DVD & Blu-ray – Licensed merchandise – –	Manga	Hirohiko Araki	Hirohiko Araki Shueisha Bandai Namco
Lineage	1998		Video games –	Video game	Jake Song	NCSoft
Thomas & Friends	1946		Retail sales – Box office –	Book	Wilbert Awdry Christopher Awdry	Egmont Group Mattel
Angry Birds	2009		Merchandise sales – Box office – Video games – DVD & Blu-ray sales –	Video game	Jaakko Iisalo	Rovio Entertainment
Sesame Street	1955		Merchandise sales – Box office – TV licensing – DVD & Blu-ray sales – VHS sales –	Television series	Jim Henson Joan Ganz Cooney Lloyd Morrisett	The Muppets Studio Sesame Workshop
Despicable Me	2010		Merchandise sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales –	Animated film	Sergio Pablos	Illumination Entertainment Universal Pictures
Monster Strike	2013		Video games – Anime box office –	Video game	Yoshiki Okamoto	Mixi
Pirates of the Caribbean	2003		Box office – $4.524billion Home entertainment – Merchandise sales – $1.6billion	Film	Walt Disney Imagineering Marc Davis Gore Verbinski Jerry Bruckheimer	The Walt Disney Company
Ben 10	2005		Retail sales –	Animated series	Man of Action Studios	Cartoon Network
Puzzle & Dragons	2012		Video games –	Video game	GungHo Online	GungHo Online
X-Men	1963		Box office – Retail sales – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Comic sales –	Comic book	Stan Lee Jack Kirby	Marvel Entertainment 20th Century Studios
Sonic the Hedgehog	1991		Video games – Merchandise sales – Box office – Comic sales –	Video game	Sonic Team Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima Hirokazu Yasuhara	Sega
Pretty Cure	2004		Merchandise sales – Video games – Anime box office –	Anime	Izumi Todo Toei Animation	Toei Company Asahi Broadcasting Corporation Asatsu-DK
Candy Crush	2012		Mobile games –	Video game	King	King
Doraemon	1969		Licensed merchandise – Anime box office –	Manga	Fujiko F. Fujio	Fujiko F. Fujio Shogakukan
Jurassic Park	1990		Box office – Merchandise sales – Home video sales –	Novel	Michael Crichton	Alfred A. Knopf Universal Pictures
Bleach	2001		Manga magazine – Manga volumes – Licensed merchandise – Box office – Anime DVD & Blu-ray –	Manga	Tite Kubo	Tite Kubo Shueisha Pierrot
Minecraft	2009		Merchandise sales – Video games –	Video game	Markus Persson	Microsoft Studios
Kumamon	2010		Retail sales – –	Cartoon	Kumamoto Prefecture	Kumamoto Prefecture
PAW Patrol	2013		Retail sales –	Animated series	Keith Chapman	Nickelodeon
Donkey Kong	1981		Video games – Licensed merchandise –	Video game	Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo R&D1	Nintendo
The Big Bang Theory	2007		TV advertising – TV streaming – TV syndication –	Television series	Chuck Lorre Bill Prady	Warner Bros.
Westward Journey	2001		Video games –	Video game	NetEase	NetEase
Halo	2001		Games & consoles – Home video & merchandise –	Video game	Bungie 343 Industries	Microsoft
DC Extended Universe	2013		Box office – Home video sales – Merchandise sales –	Film	DC Entertainment	DC Entertainment
Ice Age	2002		Box office – Retail sales – Home entertainment –	Animated film	Blue Sky Studios	20th Century Studios
Twilight	2005		Box office – Book sales – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Merchandise sales – Video rentals –	Novel	Stephenie Meyer	Little, Brown and Company Summit Entertainment
Digimon	1997		Licensed merchandise – Digital pets – Manga & comic sales – Anime box office – Console games – Home entertainment –	Digital pet	Akiyoshi Hongo Toei Animation Bandai	Bandai Namco Holdings Toei Animation
Fast & Furious	2001		Box office – Home entertainment –	Film	Gary Scott Thompson	Universal Pictures
The Phantom of the Opera	1986		Musical theatre – Box office –	Musical theatre	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tamagotchi	1996		Digital pets – Licensed merchandise – Console games – –	Digital pet	:de:Aki Maita\|Aki Maita :ja:横井昭裕\|Akihiro Yokoi Bandai	Bandai Namco Holdings
Pro Evolution Soccer / Winning Eleven	1995		Video games –	Video game	Konami	Konami
Mortal Kombat	1992		Video games – Box office – –	Video game	Midway Games Chicago Ed Boon John Tobias	Warner Bros.
Detective Conan	1994		Manga magazine – Manga volumes – Anime box office – Licensed merchandise – Music sales – Home entertainment –	Manga	Gosho Aoyama	Gosho Aoyama Shogakukan TMS Entertainment
A Song of Ice and Fire	1996		TV revenue – Book sales – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Video games – Box office –	Novel	George R. R. Martin	Random House WarnerMedia
Shrek	1990		Box office – Home entertainment – Merchandise sales – Broadway musical	Novel	William Steig DreamWorks Animation	Universal Pictures
Resident Evil	1996		Video games – Box office – Pachinko sales – DVD & Blu-ray sales –	Video game	Shinji Mikami Tokuro Fujiwara	Capcom
Friends	1994		TV syndication – TV advertising – TV streaming – Box office – $445,037	Television series	David Crane Marta Kauffman	Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions Warner Bros.
Madden NFL	1998		Video games –	Video game	Electronic Arts	Electronic Arts
Care Bears	1981		Retail sales – Box office –	Greeting card	American Greetings	American Greetings
The Sims	2000		Video games –	Video game	Will Wright	Electronic Arts
Bob the Builder	1998		Retail sales –	Animated series	Keith Chapman	WildBrain

At least $4 billion

Franchise	Year of inception	Total revenue	Revenue breakdown	Original media	Creator	Owner
My Little Pony	1984		Retail sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales –	Animated cartoon	Lauren Faust Bonnie Zacherle	Hasbro
Slam Dunk	1990		Manga magazine – Manga volumes – Anime box office – Anime DVD & Blu-ray –	Manga	Takehiko Inoue	Takehiko Inoue Shueisha
Fate	2004		Video games – Home entertainment – Licensed merchandise – Manga magazine – Anime box office –	Visual novel	Type-Moon	Type-Moon Aniplex
Beyblade	1999		Merchandise sales – Box office –	Manga	Takao Aoki	Takao Aoki Shogakukan
Aladdin	1992		Box office – Home video sales – Merchandise sales – Broadway musical – Video games – $200million Soundtrack album –	Animated film	Walt Disney Animation Hanna Diyab	The Walt Disney Company
Seinfeld	1989		TV revenue – $4.06 billion TV streaming –	Television series	Larry David Jerry Seinfeld	Sony Pictures Television
Kamen Rider	1971		Licensed merchandise – Box office –	Television series	Shotaro Ishinomori Ishimori Productions Toei Company	Ishimori Productions Toei Company TV Asahi Asatsu-DK
Yo-kai Watch	2013		Merchandise sales – Video games – Anime box office – Pachinko sales – Home entertainment –	Video game	Level-5	Level-5
Assassin's Creed	2007		Video games – $4.091billion Box office – $241 million DVD & Blu-ray sales – $12.4million	Video game	Patrice Désilets Jade Raymond Corey May	Ubisoft
Rurouni Kenshin	1994		Manga magazine – Manga volumes – Box office – Anime video sales –	Manga	Nobuhiro Watsuki	Nobuhiro Watsuki Shueisha
Fortnite	2017		Video games –	Video game	Epic Games	Epic Games
Hunter × Hunter	1998		Manga magazine – Manga volumes – Anime box office – Anime DVD & Blu-ray –	Manga	Yoshihiro Togashi	Yoshihiro Togashi Shueisha
Need for Speed	1994		Video games – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales –	Video game	EA Canada	Electronic Arts
The Hunger Games	2008		Box office – DVD & Blu-ray –	Novel	Suzanne Collins	Scholastic Corporation Lionsgate
The Legend of Zelda	1986		Video games – Merchandise sales – Manga sales –	Video game	Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
'	1993		Card game – –	Card game	Richard Garfield	Wizards of the Coast
'	1966		– –	Television series	Bruce Geller	Paramount Pictures
Strawberry Shortcake	1979		Retail sales – DVD sales –	Greeting card	American Greetings	WildBrain
Gran Turismo	1997		Video games –	Video game	Kazunori Yamauchi Polyphony Digital	Sony

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