Top Grossing Movie Franchises of All Time (1974-2024)

Thid video shows the highest grossing movie franchises of all time, from years 1974 to 2024, in US dollars (lifetime grosses, inflation adjusted). Movie franchises included in this video are: Marvel Comic Universe (MCU), Star Wars, Harry Potter, Avatar, Spider-Man, Batman and many others.

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[deyoungyoung]

MCU and Harry Potter are my favorites, but props to James Bond for being number one for 4 decades.

[UnclePooSniff]

James Bond and Harry Potter literally carrying the entire UK movie industry 🇬🇧

[DM-tyjb]

As impressive the MCU franchise has done in its 15 year run so far, I'm also impressed at how James Bond the earliest franchise here has remained in the top 5 for 50 years.

Of course the way MCU is going, it will likely remain number one 50 years from now.

[ABI-qwbj]

7:26 I'm surprised Jurassic Park didn't jump up like 5 spots?, Jurassic World was the 3rd highest grossing film when it came out.

[HiroBrown]

Was cool seeing Lotr go right back up for their 10 year anniversary. Still holds up!

[courtney]

Avatar on this list with only two movies is crazy!

[bob_]

Had no idea James Bond was top grossing franchise for like 40 years. Idk if that's possible again

[FTATF]

Pirates of the Caribbean made 4.5 billion and Disney bailed on Depp.if I was a Disney stock holder I wouldn't be confident.

[BrandonHanson]

While number two and number three were not that great. Surprised Smokey and The Bandit didn’t get anywhere on this chart.

[cryoraptoratm]

Nice to see that "Sherk" defeated all original Disney properties aside from PoC in the end.

In theory, as the previous Spiderman properties were canonised to the MCU, that franchise could also be included in its total. You could even count X-Men in the MCU as it's been essentially confirmed that it's canon (we all know the two properties will meet in the Multiverse saga). Even without them though, adjusted for inflation I don't think anything will ever beat the MCU.

[pagodakid]

I take it these dollar amounts include initial release, DVD sales, syndication, streaming, etc. throughout the world?

[pagodakid]

Did the 'Rocky' series include the 3 'Creed' movies?

[s-nih]

Why wasn't Back to the Future included in this?

[Deborah-gsqv]

Fo all of the Disney movies next pls 😊

[jokerwhy]

Umm where is back to the future, hunger games, mission impossible, despicable me, Twilight, planet of the apes, Ghostbusters, godfather, terminator, lethal weapon, it looks like you did this wrong and according to the actual highlights groceries franchise list mcu1# star wars#2 James bond#3 batman #4 spiderman #5 harry potter#6 jurassic park #7 x-men #8 DCU #9

[MzrAdemXD]

Can you please make the top 10 Turkish Tiktok channels?🥺🇹🇷

[amireallythatgrumpy]

I've never heard of "Sherk".

[GRADYSULLY]

It’s because MCU puts out several films
Per year

[slaku]

I'd like to see the MCU chart after Disney took over.

[ArthurGabrichGames]

didnt the despicable me franchise make like, 5 billion dolars with 5 movies?