Movie Franchises
Ranked by estimated profitability. Re-releases are excluded from the aggregate franchise totals below.
Franchises
315
Movies in Franchises
1,128
Total Domestic
$147B
Total Worldwide
$356B
Total Budget
$90B
Total Profit (Est.)
$206B
ROI
229.7%
Franchise Categories
Action Franchise Ranking
Top franchises sorted by estimated profit across all imported films in each series.
| Poster | Franchise | Genre | Movies | Total Worldwide | Total Budget | Total Profit (Est.) |
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Marvel Cinematic Universe | Action | 38 | $35B | $8B | $22B |
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Spider-Man | Action | 11 | $11B | $2B | $8B |
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Star Wars | Action | 11 | $8B | $2B | $6B |
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Avengers | Action | 4 | $8B | $1B | $6B |
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The Fast and the Furious | Action | 11 | $7B | $2B | $5B |
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Jurassic Park | Action | 6 | $5B | $1B | $3B |
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X-Men | Action | 13 | $6B | $2B | $3B |
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Transformers | Action | 9 | $5B | $1B | $3B |
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DC Extended Universe | Action | 16 | $7B | $3B | $3B |
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Pirates of the Caribbean | Action | 5 | $5B | $1B | $3B |
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James Bond | Action | 17 | $5B | $2B | $3B |
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Batman | Action | 11 | $5B | $1B | $3B |
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The Hunger Games | Action | 5 | $3B | $593M | $2B |
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Deadpool | Action | 3 | $3B | $368M | $2B |
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Mission: Impossible | Action | 8 | $4B | $2B | $2B |
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The Dark Knight Trilogy | Action | 3 | $2B | $585M | $2B |
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Black Panther | Action | 2 | $2B | $450M | $1B |
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Guardians of the Galaxy | Action | 3 | $2B | $620M | $1B |
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Avatar | Action | 1 | $2B | $460M | $1B |
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Thor | Action | 4 | $3B | $750M | $1B |
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Iron Man | Action | 3 | $2B | $540M | $1B |
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Planet of the Apes | Action | 5 | $2B | $673M | $1B |
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Planet of the Apes (2011-2017) | Action | 5 | $2B | $673M | $1B |
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The Incredibles | Action | 2 | $2B | $292M | $1B |
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Captain America | Action | 4 | $3B | $740M | $1B |
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Top Gun | Action | 2 | $2B | $192M | $1B |
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Jumanji | Action | 3 | $2B | $280M | $1B |
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Kung Fu Panda | Action | 4 | $2B | $575M | $1B |
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Superman | Action | 7 | $2B | $910M | $1B |
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King Kong | Action | 5 | $2B | $760M | $1B |
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The Matrix | Action | 4 | $2B | $553M | $1B |
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Aquaman | Action | 2 | $2B | $415M | $950M |
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Bourne | Action | 5 | $2B | $490M | $873M |
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Indiana Jones | Action | 5 | $2B | $666M | $822M |
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Doctor Strange | Action | 2 | $2B | $580M | $811M |
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Wolverine | Action | 3 | $1B | $367M | $804M |
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Resident Evil | Action | 6 | $1B | $288M | $778M |
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Zootopia | Action | 1 | $1B | $150M | $735M |
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Star Wars Anthology | Action | 2 | $1B | $475M | $734M |
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Sonic the Hedgehog | Action | 3 | $1B | $317M | $710M |
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Alien | Action | 8 | $1B | $551M | $690M |
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Taken | Action | 3 | $929M | $118M | $688M |
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How to Train Your Dragon | Action | 2 | $1B | $274M | $684M |
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Star Trek | Action | 13 | $2B | $873M | $674M |
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Maze Runner | Action | 3 | $949M | $157M | $662M |
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Sherlock Holmes | Action | 2 | $1B | $215M | $658M |
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Monsterverse | Action | 5 | $2B | $865M | $624M |
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Bad Boys | Action | 4 | $1B | $339M | $621M |
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Fantastic Four | Action | 3 | $992M | $250M | $611M |
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Venom | Action | 2 | $986M | $230M | $609M |
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John Wick | Action | 4 | $1B | $235M | $598M |
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Men in Black | Action | 3 | $1B | $475M | $595M |
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Ant-Man | Action | 3 | $2B | $713M | $562M |