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This is a list of [[media franchises]] that have grossed $2 billion and more.

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This is a '''list of the highest-grossing media franchises'''. This includes [[media franchises]] that started as a [[book]], [[film]], [[video game]], [[comic book]], [[animation]], and [[television show]], its have expanded to other forms of [[Media (communication)|media]]. For each franchise listed below, the estimated 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.


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=== $50 billion+ ===
=== $50 billion+ ===

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| ''[[Pokémon]]''
| ''[[Pokémon]]''

| 1996
| 1996

| {{sort |88089|$88 billion}}{{efn|''Pokemon'' franchise:
* [[The Pokémon Company]] no longer mentions how much the franchise has earned on their website, {{as of|2019|5|lc=y}}
| {{sort | 99999 | {{estimation}} $105 billion}}{{efn|[[The Pokémon Company]] no longer mentions how much the franchise has earned on their website, {{as of|2019|5|lc=y}}.}}

* {{US$|10 billion|long=no}} revenue up until 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtryx.com/pdf/Retail_Letter.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010613015837/http://www.virtryx.com:80/pdf/Retail_Letter.pdf|title=4Kids Entertainment Retail Report|page=1|archivedate=June 13, 2001|accessdate=February 13, 2023}}</ref>
* over ¥6.0 trillion($50 billion) revenue up until March 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/en/data/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122142832/http://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/en/data/|title=Pokémon in Figures|website=pokemon.co.jp|archivedate=November 22, 2017|date=March 2017|accessdate=February 13, 2023}}</ref>}}
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* Licensed merchandise – {{US$|80.8 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Pokemon'' merchandise sales:
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|81.1 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Pokemon|See {{Section link|The Pokémon Company|Licensed merchandise}}.}}
* Until 2005 – {{US$|25 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20051223005061/en/Pokemon-USA-Moves-Licensing-In-House-2006-4Kids|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908054329/http://www.businesswire.com:80/news/home/20051223005061/en/Pokemon-USA-Moves-Licensing-In-House-2006-4Kids|title=Pokemon USA Moves Licensing In-House in 2006; 4Kids Entertainment to Transition Its Representation of Pokemon|website=[[Business Wire]]|archivedate=September 8, 2016|date=December 23, 2005|access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Grala|first=Alyson|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/pocketing-profits|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315085801/http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/pocketing-profits|title=Pocketing Profits|website=licensemag.com|archivedate=March 15, 2017|date=February 1, 2006|accessdate=March 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-02-13/pokemon-kicks-off-10th-anniversary-worldwide|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224115341/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-02-13/pokemon-kicks-off-10th-anniversary-worldwide|title=Pokemon Kicks Off 10th Anniversary Worldwide|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archivedate=February 24, 2008|date=February 13, 2006|accessdate=February 5, 2023}}</ref>

* 2006 – {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilensky|first=Dawn|url=http://www.licensemag.com/licensemag/data/articlestandard//licensemag/142007/416989/article.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711141010/http://www.licensemag.com/licensemag/data/articlestandard//licensemag/142007/416989/article.pdf|title=103 Leading Licensing Companies|website=licensemag.com (archived)|archivedate=July 11, 2011|date=April 1, 2007|accessdate=April 30, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Pokémon (video game series)|Video games]] – {{US$|23.508 billion|long=no}}{{efn|[[Pokémon (video game series)|''Pokémon'' video games]]:
* 2007 – {{US$|1.4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-100-licensors|title=TOP 100 Licensors|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309171049/http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-100-licensors|website=licensemag.com|archivedate=March 9, 2014|date=April 1, 2008|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref>

* 2008 – {{US$|1.4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-100-global-licensors|title=Top 100 Global Licensors|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608025922/http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-100-global-licensors|website=licensemag.com|archivedate=June 8, 2015|date=April 1, 2009|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref>
*Up until 2006 – {{US$|15 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Newman |first1=James |last2=Simons |first2=Iain |title=100 Videogames |date=14 February 2007 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |isbn=978-1-84457-161-1 |page=150 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SuInAQAAIAAJ |quote=Indeed, in the ten years since Pikachu and his first 150 friends were released into the world, they have become one of the largest grossing videogame series with sales topping {{US$|15 billion|long=no}} from a total of {{nowrap|150 million}} games sold.}}</ref>
* 2009 – {{US$|1.4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-125-global-licensors|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120231447/http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-125-global-licensors|title=TOP 125 Global Licensors|website=licensemag.com|archivedate=November 20, 2014|date=March 1, 2010|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref>

* 2010 – {{US$|2.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-125|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308081906/http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-125|title=TOP 125 |website=licensemag.com|archivedate=March 8, 2016|date=May 1, 2011|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref>
*Japan retail sales during 2007–2009 – {{¥|49 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|49000|JPN|year=2009|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
* 2011 – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Lisanti|first=Tony|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-125-global-licensors-0|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404033930/http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-125-global-licensors-0|title=Top 125 Global Licensors |website=licensemag.com|archivedate=April 4, 2013|date=May 10, 2012|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref>

* 2012 – {{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610070818/http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors|title=Top 150 Global Licensors|website=licensemag.com|archivedate=June 10, 2013|date=May 1, 2013|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref>
**2007 – {{¥|13 billion}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Year Ended March 31, 2008: Annual Report 2008 |url=https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/2008annual/e2008annual.pdf#page=26 |website=[[Capcom]] |page=23 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
* 2013 – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="License Global 2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-0|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519034903/http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-0|title=The Top 150 Global Licensors|website=licensemag.com|archivedate=May 19, 2014|date=May 1, 2014|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref>

* 2014 – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827021911/http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-1|title=The Top 150 Global Licensors|website=licensemag.com|archivedate=August 27, 2016|date=May 1, 2015|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref>
**2008 – {{¥|15 billion}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Year Ended March 31, 2009: Annual Report 2009 |url=https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/2009annual/e2009annual.pdf#page=30 |website=[[Capcom]] |page=27 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
* 2015 – {{US$|2.1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="License Global 2016">{{cite web |url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-2|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512084855/http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-2|title=The Top 150 Global Licensors|website=licensemag.com|archivedate=May 12, 2016|date=May 1, 2016|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref>

* 2016 – {{US$|3.3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-3|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414082257/http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-3|title=The Top 150 Global Licensors|website=licensemag.com|archivedate=April 14, 2017|date=April 1, 2017|accessdate=April 13, 2017}}</ref>
**2009 – {{¥|21 billion}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Year Ended March 31, 2010: Annual Report 2010 |url=https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/annual/2010/annual_2010_01.pdf#page=32 |website=[[Capcom]] |page=31 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
* 2017 – {{US$|3.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Robert|last=Hutchins|url=https://www.licensing.biz/la-compagnie-des-petits-gets-new-pokemon-clothing-collection-for-kids/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001221321/https://www.licensing.biz/la-compagnie-des-petits-gets-new-pokemon-clothing-collection-for-kids/|title=La Compagnie des Petits gets new Pokémon clothing collection for kids|website=licensing.biz|archivedate=October 1, 2020|date=June 18, 2018|accessdate=November 25, 2022}}</ref>

* 2018 – {{US$|2.98 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/disney-repeats-as-top-global-licensor-547b-retail-sales-1229916/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613084512/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/disney-repeats-as-top-global-licensor-547b-retail-sales-1229916/|title=Disney Consumer Products Hits $54.7B in Retail Sales as Top Global Licensor of 2018|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archivedate=June 13, 2021|date=August 8, 2019|accessdate=November 25, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Virtual Console]] digital sales in 2009 – {{US$|4.2 million|long=no}}<ref name="vc2009">{{cite news |last=Hatfield |first=Daemon |title=WiiWare, Virtual Console Sales Exposed |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/02/23/wiiware-virtual-console-sales-exposed |work=[[IGN]] |date=February 23, 2010}}</ref>
* 2019 – {{US$|4.2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-21/sanrio-pokemon-company-toei-more-listed-as-top-150-global-licensors-of-2020/.163167|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823091743/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-21/sanrio-pokemon-company-toei-more-listed-as-top-150-global-licensors-of-2020/.163167|title=Sanrio, Pokémon Company, Toei, More Listed as Top 150 Global Licensors of 2020|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archivedate=August 23, 2020|date=August 21, 2020|accessdate=November 25, 2022}}</ref>

* 2020 – {{US$|5.1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210624005291/en/License-Global-Announces-the-Top-Global-Licensors-Featuring-75-Brands-that-Prevailed-During-a-Year-of-Chaos|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624101406/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210624005291/en/License-Global-Announces-the-Top-Global-Licensors-Featuring-75-Brands-that-Prevailed-During-a-Year-of-Chaos/|title=License Global Announces the Top Global Licensors Featuring 75 Brands that Prevailed During a Year of Chaos|website=[[Business Wire]]|archivedate=June 24, 2021|date=June 24, 2021|accessdate=November 25, 2022}}</ref>
*Japan sales during 2010–2012 – {{US$|594 million|long=no}}
* 2021 – {{US$|8.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disneys-56-2b-in-retail-sales-leads-global-brand-licensing-race-1235176561/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707162820/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disneys-56-2b-in-retail-sales-leads-global-brand-licensing-race-1235176561/|title=Disney's $56.2B in Retail Sales Leads Global Brand Licensing Race|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archivedate=July 7, 2022|date=July 7, 2022|accessdate=November 25, 2022}}</ref>

* 2022 – {{US$|11.6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/reports/top-global-licensors-report-cites-273-4-billion-in-sales-for-world-s-top-brands|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727142231/https://www.licenseglobal.com/reports/top-global-licensors-report-cites-273-4-billion-in-sales-for-world-s-top-brands|title=Top Global Licensors Report Cites $273.4 Billion in Sales for World's Top Brands|website=License Global|archivedate=July 27, 2023|date=July 27, 2023|accessdate=July 27, 2023}}</ref>
**2010 – {{US$|{{#expr:3600*0.084 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Year Ended March 31, 2011: Annual Report 2011 |url=https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/annual/2011/annual_2011_01.pdf |website=[[Capcom]] |pages=30–1 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

**2011 – {{US$|{{#expr:3500*0.021 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Year Ended March 31, 2012: Annual Report 2012 |url=https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/annual/2012/annual_2012_01.pdf |website=[[Capcom]] |pages=34–5 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

**2012 – {{US$|{{#expr:3400*0.064 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Year Ended March 31, 2013: Annual Report 2013 |url=https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/annual/2013/annual_2013_01.pdf |website=[[Capcom]] |pages=33 & 37 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

*''[[Pokémon Go]]'' mobile game – {{US$|7.252 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Mobile|See ''{{Section link|List of highest-grossing mobile games|List}}''}}

*Other mobile games – {{US$|133.6 million|long=no}}

**''[[Pokémon Duel]]'', ''[[Pokémon Shuffle Mobile]]'', ''[[Magikarp Jump]]'' – {{US$|48.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Pokémon Quest Catches 10 Million Downloads, $9.5 Million in Player Spending |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/pokemon-quest-10-million-downloads |access-date=22 January 2019 |work=Sensor Tower |date=21 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010731/https://sensortower.com/blog/pokemon-quest-10-million-downloads |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

**''[[Pokémon Quest]]'' – {{US$|10 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chapple |first1=Craig |title=Pokémon Masters EX Catches $75 Million Player Spending in First Year |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/pokemon-masters-revenue-75-million |access-date=16 January 2021 |work=Sensor Tower |date=September 4, 2020}}</ref>

**''[[Pokémon Masters]]'' – {{US$|75 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Partleton |first1=Kayleigh |title=Pokemon Masters EX catches $75 million in its first year |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/74400/pokemon-masters-ex-catches-75-million-in-its-first-year/ |access-date=16 January 2021 |work=[[Pocket Gamer]] |date=September 4, 2020}}</ref>

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* Mobile games – {{US$|6.13 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*[[List of Pokémon films|Box office]] – {{US$|1.838 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|List of Pokémon films|Box office performance}}''}}
''[[Pokémon Go]]'' – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Craig|last=Chapple|url=https://sensortower.com/blog/pokemon-go-6-billion-revenue|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606123143/https://sensortower.com/blog/pokemon-go-6-billion-revenue/|title=Pokémon GO Catches $6 Billion in Lifetime Player Spending|website=sensortower.com|archivedate=June 6, 2022|date=June 2022|accessdate=February 7, 2023}}</ref>

* ''[[Pokémon Duel]]'', ''[[Pokémon Shuffle Mobile]]'', ''[[Magikarp Jump]]'' – {{US$|48.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Pokémon Quest Catches 10 Million Downloads, $9.5 Million in Player Spending |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/pokemon-quest-10-million-downloads |access-date=February 13, 2023 |work=Sensor Tower |date=January 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010731/https://sensortower.com/blog/pokemon-quest-10-million-downloads |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Home entertainment – {{US$|144.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=PokemonAnime|''Pokemon'' home entertainment media ([[home video]], music, [[novels]], [[manga]]) sales:
* ''[[Pokémon Quest]]'' – {{US$|10 million|long=no}}<ref name="PM Sensor Tower">{{cite news |last1=Chapple |first1=Craig |title=Pokémon Masters EX Catches $75 Million Player Spending in First Year |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/pokemon-masters-revenue-75-million|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908021106/https://sensortower.com/blog/pokemon-masters-revenue-75-million|access-date=February 13, 2023 |work=Sensor Tower|archivedate=September 8, 2020|date=September 4, 2020}}</ref>

* ''[[Pokémon Masters]]'' – {{US$|75 million|long=no}}<ref name="PM Sensor Tower"/>}}
* [[List of Pokémon films|Box office]] – {{US$|1.156 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Pokemon#tab=summary|title=Pokemon Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 10, 2023}}</ref>
*''[[Pokémon: The First Movie]]'' anime film [[VHS]] sales in the United States during 2000 – {{US$|58.8 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Pokemon: The First Movie (1999) - Marché Vidéo |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2720&view=31 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=October 29, 2018}}</ref>

* [[Pokémon Jet|Jet aircraft livery sales]] – {{US$|3 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[Pokémon Jet]] aircraft sales in Japan {{as of|2004|lc=y}} – {{¥|300 million}}<ref name="Nakagawa">{{cite web |title=Nakagawa Report ~ Toward a Sustainable and Competitive Industrial Structure ~ (Summary) |url=https://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/bbl/04070101.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051018180817/https://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/bbl/04070101.pdf|website=Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RETI) |publisher=[[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry]] (METI) |archivedate=October 18, 2005|date=May 2004 |page=11 |language=ja |access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|300|JPN|year=2004|round=yes}} million|long=no}})}}
*[[Pokémon (anime)|''Pokémon'' anime]] VHS and [[DVD]] sales in Japan up until 2004 – {{¥|3 billion}}<ref name="Nakagawa">{{cite web |title=Nakagawa Report ~ Toward a Sustainable and Competitive Industrial Structure ~ (Summary) |url=https://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/bbl/04070101.pdf#page=11 |website=Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RETI) |publisher=[[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry]] (METI) |date=May 2004 |page=10 |language=ja |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|3000|JPN|year=2004|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

*Japan home entertainment media (home video, music, novels, manga) sales between January 2017 and June 2018 – {{¥|2,563,357,348}} ({{US$|{{To USD|2563357348|JPN|year=2018|round=yes}}|long=no}})

**2017 – {{¥|1,744,502,029}}<ref name="japan2017">{{cite news|title=Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2017|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-23/top-selling-media-franchises-in-japan-2017/.125682|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2017-12-23}}</ref>

**January–June 2018 – {{¥|818,855,319}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2018 (First Half) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-26/top-selling-media-franchises-in-japan-2018/.133430 |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

*United States DVD and [[Blu-ray]] releases during 2017–2019 – {{US$|34.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Pokemon Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Pokemon#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

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*[[Strategy guide]] books – {{US$|142 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Pokémon'' game strategy guide book sales in Japan {{as of|2004|lc=y}} – {{¥|15.4 billion}}<ref name="Nakagawa"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|15400|JPN|year=2004|round=yes}} million|long=no}})}}

*[[Pokémon Jet|Jet aircraft sales]] – {{US$|3 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[Pokémon Jet]] aircraft sales in Japan {{as of|2004|lc=y}} – {{¥|300 million}}<ref name="Nakagawa"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|300|JPN|year=2004|round=yes}} million|long=no}})}}

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| [[Satoshi Tajiri]] <br> [[Ken Sugimori]]
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|''[[Hello Kitty]]''

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|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|84.515 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Hello Kitty|Sales}}''}}

|[[Character (arts)|Cartoon character]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Hello Kitty {{!}} cartoon character |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hello-Kitty |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |access-date=September 8, 2018 |quote=Sanrio created Hello Kitty as part of a line of cartoon characters}}</ref>

|[[Yuko Shimizu]] <br> [[Shintaro Tsuji]]

|[[Sanrio]]

|-

| ''[[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]''

| 1924

| {{sort | 80347 | {{estimation}} $80.3 billion}}

|

*Retail sales – {{US$|79.823 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Winnie the Pooh'' retail sales:

*Up until 1997 – {{US$|7 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Kamboj">{{cite journal |last1=Kamboj |first1=Nick H. |title=Disney's Influence on the Enactment of the Copyright Term Extension Act ("CTEA"), as Well as the CTEA's Retrospective and Prospective Impact. |date=9 October 2018 |page=75 |publisher=[[Harvard Library]] |url=http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42004051}}</ref>

*1998 – {{US$|3.3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="losan02">{{cite book |title=Los Angeles Magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Cl4EAAAAMBAJ/page/n159 |work=Los Angeles |date=August 8, 2002|last1 = Communications|first1 = Emmis|page = 156}}</ref>

*1999 – {{¥|{{#expr:2100*(4.59/100)}} billion}} ({{US$|{{#expr:96390/113.907 round 0}} million|long=no}})<ref name="Japan1999">{{cite book |last=Tsukada |first=Yuko |chapter=Action! Report No.3: 市場環境を調べる |title=クリエイターのための自営学 |chapter-url=https://jieigaku.net/report3-2.htm |publisher=Creative Work Station / [[:ja:明日香出版社|Asuka Publishing]] |date=September 7, 2001 |isbn=4756911501 |language=ja |access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref><ref name="JPY1999">{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1999&locations=JP&start=1998 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=1999 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

*2000s – {{US$|44.025 billion|long=no}}

**{{USD|6 billion|long=no}} in 2000.<ref name="bearbrand">{{cite news |title=Feature Article by Terry & Doris Michaud |url=https://www.bearsandbuds.com/Michauds-articles/HireATeddyBearbytheMichaudsonBearsandBudsTeddyBearMagazineMarch2011.asp |work=Bears & Buds® |year=2011}}</ref> {{US$|5 billion|long=no}} in 2001.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Aaron |title=Everyone Wants a Piece of Pooh: Winnie, from Adaptation to Market Saturation |url=https://www.academia.edu/6148601 |date=2005}}</ref> {{US$|7 billion|long=no}} in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |last=Levy |first=Andrew |title=PROMOTIONS & INCENTIVES LICENSING PORTFOLIO 2003: Licensing - An overview |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/promotions-incentives-licensing-portfolio-2003-licensing-overview/191642 |date=October 1, 2003}}</ref> {{US$|5.6 billion|long=no}} in 2003.<ref name="infoplease"/> {{US$|5.3 billion|long=no}} in 2004.<ref name="chinadaily05">{{cite news |title=Disney gives Pooh a makeover for 80th anniversary |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/12/content_502627.htm |work=CHINADAIRY |date=December 12, 2005}}</ref> {{US$|6 billion|long=no}} in 2005.<ref name="compelo05">{{cite news |last=Smithers |first=Amy |title=Behind the staggering figure of the AA Milne Net Worth |url=https://www.compelo.com/aa-milne-net-worth/ |work=COMPELO |date=January 18, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920195449/https://www.compelo.com/aa-milne-net-worth/ |archive-date=September 20, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{US$|6.9 billion|long=no}} in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bringing up Baby – Infant Lines need care to Grow |url=http://kidscreen.com/2007/04/01/baby-20070401/ |work=Kidscreen |publisher=[[Brunico Communications]] |date=April 1, 2007}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2007.<ref name="telegraph07">{{cite news |last=Gleadell |first=Colin |title=Winnie-the-Pooh at Sotheby's |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/3563599/Winnie-the-Pooh-at-Sothebys.html |work=The Telegraph |date=November 25, 2008}}</ref> {{¥|{{#expr:1540600*(4.26/100)}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|65629.56|JPN|year=2008|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) in 2008.<ref name="charabiz2008">{{cite news |title=Japan's Character Products Market in 2008 |url=http://www.licensing.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/japan-character-product.doc |access-date=September 7, 2018 |website=[[Licensing Industry Merchandiser's Association]] |publisher=Character Databank (CharaBiz) |year=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908094344/http://www.licensing.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/japan-character-product.doc |archive-date=September 8, 2018 }}</ref> {{¥|{{#expr:1577000*(3.5/100)}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|55195|JPN|year=2009|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) in 2009.<ref name="charabiz2009">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2010⑨ |date=2010 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=3198 |language=ja}}</ref>

*2010 – {{US$|5.7 billion|long=no}}<ref name="markethack"/>

*2011 – {{US$|1.09 billion|long=no}}<ref name="forbes2011">{{cite news |last=Goudreau |first=Jenna |title=Disney Princess Tops List Of The 20 Best-Selling Entertainment Products |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/09/17/disney-princess-tops-list-of-the-20-best-selling-entertainment-products/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=September 17, 2012}}</ref>

*2012 – {{US$|3.17 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013">{{cite news |title=44 entertainment/character properties reach $100 m in sales of licensed merchandise |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/44+entertainment%2Fcharacter+properties+reach+%24100+m+in+sales+of...-a0438689353 |work=The Licensing Letter |publisher=[[The Free Library]] |date=November 3, 2014}}</ref>

*2013–2017 – {{US$|12.72 billion|long=no}}

**{{US$|2.808 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|2.732 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014">{{cite news |title=42 entertainment character properties reach $100 million in sales of licensed merchandise; "Frozen" debuts at No. 6 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/42+entertainment+character+properties+reach+%24100+million+in+sales+of...-a0439804356 |work=The Licensing Letter |publisher=[[The Free Library]] |date=December 1, 2015}}</ref> {{US$|2.74 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |access-date=May 31, 2018 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202013647/http://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |archive-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref> {{US$|2.791 billion|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|1.649 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |access-date=August 12, 2018 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=July 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509194639/http://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |archive-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>

*2018 – {{US$|1.675 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018">{{cite news |title=32 Entertainment/Character Properties Make the Cut for $100MM List for 2018 |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/32-entertainment-character-properties-make-the-cut-for-100mm-list-for-2018/ |access-date=23 November 2019 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=18 November 2019}}</ref>

*2019 – {{¥|{{#expr:1550*(2.09/100) round 1}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2019">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2020(19) |date=May 2020 |publisher=Character Databank |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=11267 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="cna">{{cite news |title=Content Tokyo 2020 》Vtuber、疫情中重塑品牌、以AI創作,日本內容產業熱議的3件事 |trans-title=Content Tokyo 2020 》Vtuber, Rebranding During the Epidemic, Creating With AI, 3 Things That Are Hotly Discussed in the Japanese Content Industry |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/culture/article/20201230w002 |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=[[Central News Agency (Taiwan)]] |date=30 December 2020 |language=zh}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|32400|JPN|year=2019|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

}}

*Box office – {{US$|460 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Winnie the Pooh Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=winniethepooh.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=March 24, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525072254/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=winniethepooh.htm |archive-date=May 25, 2019 }}</ref>

*[[DVD]] & [[Blu-ray]] sales – {{US$|64 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Winnie the Pooh Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Winnie-the-Pooh#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Robin (2018) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Christopher-Robin-(2018)#tab=video-sales |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

| [[Book]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Winnie-the-Pooh |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Winnie-the-Pooh-childrens-stories-by-Milne |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |access-date=November 8, 2018}}</ref>

| [[A. A. Milne]] <br> [[E. H. Shepard]]

| [[The Walt Disney Company]]

|-

| ''[[Mickey Mouse universe|Mickey Mouse & Friends]]''
| ''[[Mickey Mouse universe|Mickey Mouse & Friends]]''

| 1928
| 1928

| {{sort | 52209 | $52.2 billion}}
| {{sort | 80281 | {{estimation}} $80.3 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|51.66 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Mickey Mouse & Friends'' retail sales:
*Retail sales – {{US$|79.531 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Mickey Mouse & Friends'' retail sales:
*2002 – {{US$|4.7 billion|long=no}}<ref name="ann2002">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-11-07/anime-characters-in-top-earning-fictional-characters|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012115147/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-11-07/anime-characters-in-top-earning-fictional-characters|title=Anime Characters in Top Earning Fictional Characters|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archivedate=October 12, 2007|date=November 7, 2003|accessdate=July 23, 2023}}</ref>

*2003 – {{US$|5.8 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Forbes 2003">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2004/10/19/cz_04fiction_toptenslide.html?sh=664c4874ebe3|title=Top-Earning Fictional Characters|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=October 19, 2004|accessdate=April 8, 2023}}</ref>
*2005 – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref name="compelo05"/>
*Up until 1997 – {{US$|8 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Kamboj"/>

*2007 – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Batchelor|first=Bob|title=Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream|date=2011|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|isbn=9780313357817|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqd92sX1hAoC&pg=RA2-PA103}}</ref>
*2011 – {{US$|750 million|long=no}} in North America.<ref name="forbes2011"/>
*1999{{¥|{{#expr:2100*(6.33+1.40)/100}} billion}}<ref name="Japan1999"/> ({{US$|{{#expr:162.33/113.907 round 3}} billion|long=no}})<ref name="JPY1999"/>

*2000 – {{¥|120 billion}}<ref name="Yano">{{cite book |title=Market Share in Japan |date=2005 |publisher=Yano Research Institute |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppOyAAAAIAAJ}}</ref> ({{US$|{{#expr:120/107.765 round 3}} billion|long=no}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) (Japan) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2000&locations=JP&start=1999 |publisher=[[World Bank]] |year=2000 |access-date=August 13, 2018 }}</ref>

*2002–2009 – {{US$|29.688 billion|long=no}}

**{{US$|4.7 billion|long=no}} in 2002.<ref name="ann2002">{{cite news |title=Anime Characters in Top Earning Fictional Characters |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-11-07/anime-characters-in-top-earning-fictional-characters |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=2003-11-07}}</ref> {{US$|5.8 billion|long=no}} in 2003.<ref name="infoplease">{{cite news |title=The Top Ten: Highest Earning Fictional Characters |url=https://www.infoplease.com/top-ten-highest-earning-fictional-characters-1 |access-date=June 1, 2018 |work=[[Time Almanac with Information Please|InfoPlease]] |date=December 17, 2003}}</ref> {{US$|5.3 billion|long=no}} in 2004.<ref name="chinadaily05"/> {{US$|6 billion|long=no}} in 2005.<ref name="compelo05"/> {{US$|6 billion|long=no}} in 2007.<ref>{{cite book|last=Batchelor|first=Bob|title=Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream|date=2011|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|isbn=9780313357817|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqd92sX1hAoC&pg=RA2-PA103}}</ref> {{¥|{{#expr:1540600*(5.72/100)}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|88122.32|JPN|year=2008|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) in 2008.<ref name="charabiz2008"/> {{¥|{{#expr:1577000*(6.14/100)}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|96827.8|JPN|year=2009|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) in 2009.<ref name="charabiz2009"/>

*2010 – {{US$|9 billion|long=no}}<ref name="markethack">{{cite news |title=自社キャラクターに集中投資することでデジタル・コンテンツの消費形態の多様化に備えるディズニー |url=http://markethack.net/archives/51776372.html |work=Market Hack |date=October 15, 2011}}</ref>

*2011 – {{US$|750 million|long=no}}<ref name="forbes2011"/>

*2012 – {{US$|4.122 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*2012 – {{US$|4.122 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

*2013 – {{US$|4.568 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*2013–2017 – {{US$|21.029 billion|long=no}}
*2014 – {{US$|4.719 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=42 Entertainment Character Properties Reach $100 Million in Sales of Licensed Merchandise; "Frozen" Debuts at No. 6 |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/42-entertainment-character-properties-reach-100-million-in-sales-of-licensed-merchandise-frozen-debuts-at-no-6/ |work=The Licensing Letter |date=November 27, 2015}}</ref>

*2015 – {{US$|{{#expr:3.999+0.263}} billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
**{{US$|4.568 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|4.719 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=42 Entertainment Character Properties Reach $100 Million in Sales of Licensed Merchandise; "Frozen" Debuts at No. 6 |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/42-entertainment-character-properties-reach-100-million-in-sales-of-licensed-merchandise-frozen-debuts-at-no-6/ |work=The Licensing Letter |date=November 27, 2015}}</ref> {{US$|{{#expr:3.999+0.263}} billion|long=no}} in 2015. {{US$|{{#expr:3.983+0.264}} billion|long=no}} in 2016.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|3.233 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2016 – {{US$|{{#expr:3.983+0.264}} billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>

*2017 – {{US$|3.233 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2018 – {{US$|3.265 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>
*2018 – {{US$|3.265 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100MM+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://archive.org/details/retail-sales-of-licensed-merchandise-based-on-100-mm-entertainment-character-pro/mode/2up |access-date=January 2, 2024 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=November 18, 2019}}</ref>

}}
*2019 – {{¥|{{#expr:1550*(6.19+1.81)/100 round 1}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2019"/><ref name="cna"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|124000|JPN|year=2019|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|226.7 million|long=no}}{{efn|

*[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]] (1940) – {{US$|83 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Fantasia#tab=summary | title=Fantasia (1940) – Financial Information|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 8, 2023 }}</ref>
*[[DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp]] (1990) – {{US$|18.1 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ducktalesthemovie.htm |title=Duck Tales: The Movie (1990) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 1, 2012}}</ref>
*[[A Goofy Movie]] (1995) – {{US$|35 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0113198/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=A Goofy Movie (1995)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Fantasia 2000]] (1999) - {{US$|90 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3830482433/weekend/|title=Fantasia 2000 Box Office|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (film)|Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers]] (2022) - {{US$|623,190|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt3513500/|title=Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Box Office|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
}}
}}

*[[VHS]] & DVD – {{US$|323 million|long=no}}{{efn|
*[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|457.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|<ref>Maltin, Leonard (2000). ''The Disney Films'', p. 46. (Fourth edition.) New York: Disney Editions. {{ISBN|0-7868-8527-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Richard B. Jewell's RKO film grosses, 1929–51: The C. J. Trevlin Ledger: A comment. | publisher=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1994.}}</ref><ref>https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Fantasia#tab=summary</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Sedgwick|first=John|title=Richard B. Jewell's RKO Film Grosses, 1929–51: The C. J. Trevlin Ledger: A comment.|journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television|volume=14|issue=1|pages=51–8|year=1994|doi=10.1080/01439689400260041}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ducktalesthemovie.htm |title=Duck Tales: The Movie (1990) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=2012-08-01}}</ref>}}
*1991 VHS release of Fantasia earned $209 million in sales<ref name="Wroot"/>

*Others since 2001 – {{US$|114 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Mickey Mouse Franchise Box Office History – Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mickey-Mouse#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref>}}
*[[Home video]] sales – {{US$|293 million|long=no}}{{efn|1991 VHS release of ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'' earned {{US$|209 million|long=no}} in sales.<ref name="Wroot">{{cite book|last1=Wroot|first1=Jonathan|last2=Willis|first2=Andy|title=DVD, Blu-ray and Beyond: Navigating Formats and Platforms within Media Consumption|date=2017|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]]|isbn=9783319627588|page=22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-M8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA22}}</ref> {{US$|84 million|long=no}} DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mickey Mouse Franchise Box Office History - Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mickey-Mouse#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>}}

| [[Animated cartoon]]
| [[Animated cartoon]]

| [[Walt Disney]] <br> [[Ub Iwerks]]
| [[Walt Disney]] <br> [[Ub Iwerks]]

| The Walt Disney Company
| The Walt Disney Company
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| colspan="6" style="border: none; background: none; height: 0.5em;" |
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan="7" |


|-
=== $20–50 billion ===

| ''[[Wonder Woman]]''

| 1941

| {{sort | 68716 | {{estimation}} $67.7 billion}}{{efn|{US$|6.6 billion|long=no}}

|

* Retail sales – $21.329 billion<sup>[an]</sup>

** Home video – $1.212 billion<sup>[ao]</sup>

** Video game – $600 million<sup>[115]</sup>

* Box office – $6.059 billion<sup>[p]</sup>

* TV revenue – $340 million

| Comic book

| [[William Moulton Marston]] <br> [[H. G. Peter]]

| [[DC Entertainment]] {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}


|-
|-

| ''[[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]''
| ''[[Popeye]]''
| 1924

| {{sort | 48504 | $48.5 billion}}
| 1929

| {{sort | 68716 | {{estimation}} $67.7 billion}}{{efn|{US$|6.6 billion|long=no}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|48.25 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Winnie the Pooh'' retail sales:
* Retail sales – $21.329 billion<sup>[an]</sup>
*1986 – {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel/130392004/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821151359/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel/130392004/|title=Clothes|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|page=38|archivedate=August 21, 2023|date=July 22, 1987|accessdate=August 21, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>{{efn|Clothing line only}}

*1997 – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/business/1998/05/21/size-does-matter|title=Size does matter|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=May 21, 1998|accessdate=July 23, 2023|archive-date=April 10, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230410111342/https://www.economist.com/business/1998/05/21/size-does-matter|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
** Home video – $1.212 billion<sup>[ao]</sup>
*2002– {{US$|7 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|first=Andrew|last=Levy|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/promotions-incentives-licensing-portfolio-2003-licensing-overview/191642|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521192151/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/promotions-incentives-licensing-portfolio-2003-licensing-overview/191642|title=PROMOTIONS & INCENTIVES LICENSING PORTFOLIO 2003: Licensing – An overview|archivedate=May 21, 2019|date=October 1, 2003|accessdate=August 5, 2023}}</ref>

*2003 – {{US$|5.6 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Forbes 2003"/>
** Video game – $600 million<sup>[115]</sup>
*2005 – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref name="compelo05">{{cite news |last=Smithers |first=Amy |title=Behind the staggering figure of the AA Milne Net Worth |url=https://www.compelo.com/aa-milne-net-worth/ |work=COMPELO |date=January 18, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920195449/https://www.compelo.com/aa-milne-net-worth/ |archive-date=September 20, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*2006 – {{US$|6.9 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Bringing up Baby – Infant Lines need care to Grow |url=http://kidscreen.com/2007/04/01/baby-20070401/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923010016/http://kidscreen.com/2007/04/01/baby-20070401/|work=Kidscreen |publisher=[[Brunico Communications]] |archivedate=September 23, 2018|date=April 1, 2007}}</ref>
* Box office – $6.059 billion<sup>[p]</sup>
*2011 – {{US$|1.09 billion|long=no}} in North America.<ref name="forbes2011">{{cite news|first=Jenna|last=Goudreau|url=https://archive.today/4zPwR/|title=Disney Princess Tops List Of The 20 Best-Selling Entertainment Products|website=[[Forbes]]|date=September 17, 2012|accessdate=July 31, 2023}}</ref>

*2012 – {{US$|3.17 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013">{{cite news |title=44 entertainment/character properties reach $100 m in sales of licensed merchandise; 50% of sales are Disney's |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/44+entertainment%2Fcharacter+properties+reach+%24100+m+in+sales+of...-a0438689353 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929194551/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/44+entertainment%2Fcharacter+properties+reach+%24100+m+in+sales+of...-a0438689353|work=The Licensing Letter |via=[[The Free Library]] |archivedate=September 29, 2018|date=November 3, 2014}}</ref>
* TV revenue – $340 million
*2013 – {{US$|2.808 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

*2014 – {{US$|2.732 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014">{{cite news |title=42 entertainment character properties reach $100 million in sales of licensed merchandise; "Frozen" debuts at No. 6 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/42+entertainment+character+properties+reach+%24100+million+in+sales+of...-a0439804356 |work=The Licensing Letter |publisher=[[The Free Library]] |date=December 1, 2015}}</ref>
| Comic strip
*2015 – {{US$|2.74 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |access-date=May 31, 2018 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202013647/http://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |archive-date=February 2, 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

*2016 – {{US$|2.791 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
| [[E. C. Segar]]
*2017 – {{US$|1.649 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

*2018 – {{US$|1.675 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>
| [[King Features Syndicate]]
}}

*[[DVD]] & [[Blu-ray]] – {{US$|40 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Winnie-the-Pooh#tab=video|title=Winnie the Pooh Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 8, 2023}}</ref>
|-
*Box office – {{US$|214 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Winnie-the-Pooh#tab=summary|title=Winnie the Pooh Movies at the Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=November 28, 2022}}</ref>

| [[Book]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Winnie-the-Pooh |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Winnie-the-Pooh-childrens-stories-by-Milne |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |access-date=November 8, 2018}}</ref>
| ''[[Betty Boop]]''
| [[A. A. Milne]] <br> [[E. H. Shepard]]

| 1930

| {{sort | 68716 | {{estimation}} $67.7 billion}}{{efn|{US$|6.6 billion|long=no}}

|

* Retail sales – $21.329 billion<sup>[an]</sup>

** Home video – $1.212 billion<sup>[ao]</sup>

** Video game – $600 million<sup>[115]</sup>

* Box office – $6.059 billion<sup>[p]</sup>

* TV revenue – $340 million

| Animated film

| [[Max Fleischer]] <br> [[Grim Natwick]]

| [[Fleischer Studios]]

|-

| ''[[Felix the Cat]]''

| 1919

| {{sort | 68716 | {{estimation}} $67.7 billion}}{{efn|{US$|6.6 billion|long=no}}

|

* Retail sales – $21.329 billion<sup>[an]</sup>

** Home video – $1.212 billion<sup>[ao]</sup>

** Video game – $600 million<sup>[115]</sup>

* Box office – $6.059 billion<sup>[p]</sup>

* TV revenue – $340 million

| Animated film

| [[Pat Sullivan]] <br> [[Otto Messmer]]

| [[Felix the Cat Productions]]

|-

| ''[[The Smurfs]]''

| 1958

| {{sort | 68716 | {{estimation}} $67.7 billion}}{{efn|{US$|6.6 billion|long=no}}

|

* Retail sales – $21.329 billion<sup>[an]</sup>

** Home video – $1.212 billion<sup>[ao]</sup>

** Video game – $600 million<sup>[115]</sup>

* Box office – $6.059 billion<sup>[p]</sup>

* TV revenue – $340 million

| Comic strip

| [[Peyo]]

| [[Studio Peyo]]

|-

| ''[[Garfield]]''

| 1978

| {{sort | 68716 | {{estimation}} $67.7 billion}}{{efn|{US$|6.6 billion|long=no}}

|

* Retail sales – $21.329 billion<sup>[an]</sup>

** Home video – $1.212 billion<sup>[ao]</sup>

** Video game – $600 million<sup>[115]</sup>

* Box office – $6.059 billion<sup>[p]</sup>

* TV revenue – $340 million

| Comic strip

| [[Jim Davis]]

| [[Paws, Inc.]] {{small|(Paramount Global)}}

|-

| ''[[Snow White (franchise)|Snow White]]''

| 1937

| {{sort | 68713 | {{estimation}} $67.10 billion}}

|

* Retail sales – $46.331 billion<sup>[t]</sup>

* Home entertainment – $14.7 million

| Animated film

| [[Walt Disney]]

| [[The Walt Disney Company]]
| [[The Walt Disney Company]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Cinderella (Disney franchise)|Cinderella]]''

| 1950

| {{sort | 68720 | {{estimation}} $67.11 billion}}

|

* Retail sales – $46.331 billion<sup>[t]</sup>

* Home entertainment – $14.7 million

| Animated film

| [[Walt Disney]]

| [[The Walt Disney Company]]

|-

| ''[[The Little Mermaid (franchise)|The Little Mermaid]]''

| 1989

| {{sort | 68729 | {{estimation}} $67.19 billion}}

|

* Retail sales - $46.331 billion

* Home entertainment - $14.7 million

| Animated film

| [[Walt Disney Animation]] <br> [[Hans Christian Andersen]]

| [[The Walt Disney Company]]

|-

| ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''

| 1964

| {{sort | 68729 | {{estimation}} $46.332 billion}}

|

* Retail sales $46.332 billion

* Home entertainment - $18.5 million

| Film

| [[Walt Disney]] <br> [[P.L. Travers]] <br> [[Mary Shepard]]

| [[The Walt Disney Company]]

|-

| ''[[Maya the Bee]]''

| 1975

| {{sort | 68729 | {{estimation}} $47.480 billion}}

|

* Retail sales $47.480 billion

* Home entertainment - $19.120 million

| Animated film, anime and TV show

| [[Waldemar Bonsels]] <br> Masahiro Endō <br> Hiroshi Saitō

| Apollo Film <br> [[Nippon Animation]] <br> [[Studio 100]]

|-

| ''[[Star Wars]]''
| ''[[Star Wars]]''

| 1977
| 1977

| {{sort | 46759 | $46.7 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|6.6 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until May 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107448487/the-montana-standard/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127032038/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107448487/the-montana-standard/|title=Fans space out over Star Wars convention|newspaper=[[The Montana Standard]]|page=6|archivedate=November 27, 2022|date=May 25, 1987|accessdate=November 27, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>}}
| {{sort | 68714 | {{estimation}} $68.7 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|6.6 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until May 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lPdVAAAAIBAJ&q=convention+celebrates+star+wars+milestone&pg=PA2|title=Convention celebrates 'Star Wars milestone|newspaper=[[The Register-Guard|Eugene Register-Guard]]|date=May 25, 1987|access-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref> {{US$|42 billion|long=no}} up until 2014.<ref name="marketplace">{{cite news |title=That's no moon... it's all the money 'Star Wars' made |url=https://www.marketplace.org/2014/10/01/world/thats-no-moon-its-all-money-star-wars-made |work=[[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]] |date=October 1, 2014}}</ref>}}

|
|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|29.057 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|42.217 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|32 billion|long=no}} up until 2014.<ref name="marketplace"/> $2.842{{nbsp}}billion in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $3.049{{nbsp}}billion in 2016. {{US$|2.403 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|1.923 billion|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018"/>}}
* Up until 2006 - {{US$|12 billion|long=no}}<ref name="LSJ Star Wars">{{cite web|first=Anne|last=Dinnocenzio|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120555617/lansing-state-journal/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310144151/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120555617/lansing-state-journal/|title=Retailers align with big films of summer to sell merchandise|newspaper=[[Lansing State Journal]]|page=36|archivedate=March 10, 2023|date=May 12, 2006|accessdate=March 10, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

**[[Original Trilogy]] - {{US$|5.8 billion|long=no}}<ref name="LSJ Star Wars"/>
*[[List of Star Wars films and television series|Box office]] – {{US$|10.316 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film|See ''{{Section link|List of highest-grossing films|Highest-grossing franchises and film series}}''}}
**[[Prequel trilogy]] - {{US$|6.2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="LSJ Star Wars"/>

***[[The Phantom Menace]] - {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="LSJ Star Wars"/><ref name="Star Wars LA Times">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-12-fi-merchandise12-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125010430/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-12-fi-merchandise12-story.html|title=Retailers Hope to See Summer Blockbusters|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=January 25, 2021|date=May 12, 2006|accessdate=March 10, 2023}}</ref>
***[[Attack of the Clones]] - {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="LSJ Star Wars"/><ref name="Star Wars LA Times"/>
*[[List of Star Wars films and television series|Home video]] {{US$|9.071 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Star Wars'' home video revenue:

***[[Revenge of the Sith]] - {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="LSJ Star Wars"/><ref name="Star Wars LA Times"/>
* [[VHS]] and [[Digital distribution|digital sales]] – {{US$|1.816 billion|long=no}}<ref name="sw-statistic">{{cite web |title=Star Wars Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/star-wars-total-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211162228/http://www.statisticbrain.com/star-wars-total-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2016 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=January 22, 2016 |access-date=December 11, 2016}}</ref>
* 2012 - {{US$|2.266 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

* 2013 - {{US$|2.200 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
* 2014 - {{US$|2.374 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>
* [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] sales – {{US$|6.038 billion|long=no}}

* 2015 - {{US$|2.842 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
** Up until 2017 – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Landry |first1=Paula |last2=Greenwald |first2=Stephen |title=The Business of Film: A Practical Introduction |date=2018 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=9781351334549 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WJgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT171}}</ref>
* 2016 - {{US$|3.049 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

* 2017 - {{US$|2.403 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
** DVD and Blu-ray sales between March 2018 and May 2020 – {{US$|38 million|long=no}}<ref name="sw-numbers">{{cite web |title=Star Wars Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Wars#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506075713/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Wars#tab=video |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |access-date=3 February 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2018 - {{US$|1.923 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>}}

*[[List of Star Wars films and television series|Box office]] – {{US$|10.318 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Wars#tab=summary|title=Star Wars Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 10, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Video rental|DVD rentals]] – {{US$|875 million|long=no}}<ref name="sw-statistic"/>
*[[List of Star Wars films and television series|Home video]] – {{US$|1.274 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Wars#tab=video|title=Star Wars Franchise Box Office History - Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref>

* [[List of Star Wars video games|Video games]] – {{US$|4.01 billion|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Star Wars video games|''Star Wars'' video games]]:
* Up until December 2015 – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="fortune"/>
* [[Blu-ray]] sales – {{US$|342 million|long=no}}<ref name="sw-numbers"/>

* Mobile (2013–2019) – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Matthew|last=Forde|url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/72229/star-wars-mobile-games-1-billion-lifetime-revenue/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224155717/https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/72229/star-wars-mobile-games-1-billion-lifetime-revenue/|title=Star Wars mobile games force their way to $1 billion in revenue|website=[[Pocket Gamer]]|archivedate=December 24, 2019|date=December 23, 2019|accessdate=November 26, 2022}}</ref>
}}
}}

*[[List of Star Wars books|Book sales]] – {{US$|1.82 billion|long=no}}<ref name="fortune">{{cite web|last=Chew|first=Jonathan|url=http://fortune.com/2015/12/24/star-wars-value-worth/|title=Star Wars Franchise Worth More Than Harry Potter and James Bond, Combined|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=December 24, 2015|access-date=August 1, 2023|archive-date=January 21, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160121191016/http://fortune.com/2015/12/24/star-wars-value-worth/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*[[List of Star Wars video games|Video games]] – {{US$|5.01 billion|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Star Wars video games|''Star Wars'' video games]]:

*Up until July 2015 – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="fortune">{{cite web|last=Chew|first=Jonathan|url=http://fortune.com/2015/12/24/star-wars-value-worth/|title=Star Wars Franchise Worth More Than Harry Potter and James Bond, Combined|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=December 24, 2015|access-date=November 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520092405/http://fortune.com/2015/12/24/star-wars-value-worth|archive-date=2017-05-20}}</ref>

*August–December 2015 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Disney's Star Wars movie propels sales of licensed games. |url=http://fortune.com/2015/12/30/star-wars-video-game-sales/ |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=December 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230212031/http://fortune.com/2015/12/30/star-wars-video-game-sales/ |archive-date=December 30, 2015 |access-date=1 February 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>

*Mobile (2016–2019) – {{US$|1.01 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Star Wars Mobile Games Rise Past $1 Billion in Lifetime Revenue |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/star-wars-mobile-game-revenue-one-billion |website=Sensor Tower |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref>

}}

*[[List of Star Wars books|Book sales]] – {{US$|1.82 billion|long=no}}<ref name="fortune"/>

*TV revenue – {{US$|280 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Star Wars'' television revenue:
*TV revenue – {{US$|280 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Star Wars'' television revenue:

*''Clone Wars'' (as of 2015) – {{US$|4.5 million|long=no}}<ref name="fortune"/>
*''Clone Wars'' (as of 2015) – {{US$|4.5 million|long=no}}<ref name="fortune"/>

*Television rights (2016) – {{US$|275 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Flint|url=https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/coming-soon-to-tnt-the-star-wars-films-1473861602|title=Coming Soon to TNT: The 'Star Wars' Films|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=September 14, 2016|access-date=August 1, 2023|archive-date=August 1, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230801154638/https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/coming-soon-to-tnt-the-star-wars-films-1473861602|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*Television rights (2016) – {{US$|275 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Flint|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/coming-soon-to-tnt-the-star-wars-films-1473861602|title=Coming Soon to TNT: The 'Star Wars' Films|url-access=subscription|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=September 14, 2016|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>

}}
}}

| [[Film]]
| [[Film]]

| [[George Lucas]]
| [[George Lucas]]

| [[Lucasfilm]] <br /> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
| [[Lucasfilm]] <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}

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|- class="sortbottom"

! colspan="7" |



=== $20–50 billion ===

|-
|-

| ''[[Disney Princess]]''
| ''[[Disney Princess]]''

| 2000
| 2000

| {{sort | 45482 | $45.4 billion}}
| {{sort | 46374 | {{estimation}} $46.4 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|45.468 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Retail sales – {{US$|46.331 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|300 million|long=no}} up until 2001.<ref name="forbes102">{{cite news |last=Pomerantz |first=Dorothy |title=Disney Getting Out of the Princess Business? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2010/11/22/disney-getting-out-of-the-princess-business/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=November 22, 2010}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2002.<ref name="buybuybabyss">{{cite book |author=Susan Gregory Thomas |title=Buy, Buy Baby: How Consumer Culture Manipulates Parents and Harms Young Minds |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oh6fKUalrLwC&q=disney+princess+billion+2002&pg=PA137 |date=2007|isbn=978-0618463510 }}</ref> {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}} in 2003.<ref name="forbes102"/> {{US$|2 billion|long=no}} in 2004.<ref name="race0">{{cite book |author=Glenda Mac Naughton |title=Race and Early Childhood Education: An International Approach to Identity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XbrFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA73 |date=2009 |isbn=9780230623750 |page=73}}</ref> {{US$|3 billion|long=no}} in 2005.<ref name="buybuybabyss"/> {{US$|3.4 billion|long=no}} in 2006.<ref name="sexua">{{cite book |author=Sharna Olfman |title=The Sexualization of Childhood |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XfcrGojmbh0C&q=disney+princess+billion+2006&pg=PA40 |date=2009|isbn=9780275999858 }}</ref> {{US$|4 billion|long=no}} in 2007.<ref name="getr">{{cite book|author=Emily W. Kane|title=The Gender Trap: Parents and the Pitfalls of Raising Boys and Girls|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJoUCgAAQBAJ&q=disney+princess+billion+2007&pg=PA248|date=2012|isbn=9780814748824}}</ref> {{US$|4 billion|long=no}} in 2008.<ref name="blpri">{{cite news|last=Wallace|first=David|title=Disney To Feature First Black Princess In New Film|url=https://www.disneyorama.com/2009/02/disney-to-feature-first-black-princess-in-new-film/|work=Disney O Rama|date=February 16, 2009}}</ref> {{US$|3.7 billion|long=no}} in 2009.<ref name="salon09">{{cite news|last=HARDING|first=KATE|title=Disney doesn't want princess cooties|url=https://www.salon.com/2010/03/10/disney_princess|work=Salon|date=March 10, 2010}}</ref> {{US$|4.4 billion|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="markethack"/> {{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}} in 2011.<ref name="forbes2011"/> {{US$|3 billion|long=no}} in 2012.<ref name="rsgate">{{cite news|last=Rasmussen|first=Eric|title=Pretty as a Princess: Longitudinal Effects of Engagement With Disney Princesses on Gender Stereotypes, Body Esteem, and Prosocial Behavior in Children|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304071159|work=ResearchGate|date=July 7, 2016}}</ref> {{US$|2.885 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|2.568 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|2.635 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|2.724 billion|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|2.133 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|1.686 billion|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018"/>}}
*2000 – {{US$|200 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122432640/st-cloud-times/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407113911/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122432640/st-cloud-times/|title=Disney Princess culture enters enters its Golden Age|newspaper=[[St. Cloud Times]]|page=6|archivedate=April 7, 2023|date=August 28, 2004|accessdate=April 7, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

*2001 – {{US$|300 million|long=no}}<ref name="forbes102">{{cite news |last=Pomerantz |first=Dorothy |title=Disney Getting Out of the Princess Business? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2010/11/22/disney-getting-out-of-the-princess-business/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=November 22, 2010}}</ref>
*Home entertainment – {{US$|14.7 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Princess Enchanted Tales - Follow Your Dreams (2007)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Disney-Princess-Enchanted-Tales-Follow-Your-Dreams#tab=summary|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref>
*2002 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="buybuybabyss">{{cite book |author=Susan Gregory Thomas |title=Buy, Buy Baby: How Consumer Culture Manipulates Parents and Harms Young Minds |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oh6fKUalrLwC&q=disney+princess+billion+2002&pg=PA137 |date=2007|isbn=978-0618463510 }}</ref>

*2003 – {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122432417/the-atlanta-constitution/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407113909/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122432417/the-atlanta-constitution/|title=Playing Princess is big business|newspaper=[[The Atlanta Constitution]]|page=L6|archivedate=April 7, 2023|date=June 13, 2004|accessdate=April 7, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| [[Animated series]]
*2004 – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book|author=Glenda Mac Naughton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XbrFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815170740/https://books.google.lv/books?id=XbrFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA73&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Race and Early Childhood Education: An International Approach to Identity|date=2009|isbn=9780230623750 |page=73|archivedate=August 15, 2023|accessdate=August 15, 2023}}</ref>

*2005 – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Jodi|last=Kantor|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122432682/chicago-tribune/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407120012/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122432682/chicago-tribune/|title=Bling takes over a famous tale of rags to riches|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|page=8|archivedate=April 7, 2023|date=November 9, 2005|accessdate=April 7, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kim|last=Christensen|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-11-fi-disney11-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801150928/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-11-fi-disney11-story.html|title=Pixar Shines at Disney's Shareholder Meetingl|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=August 1, 2023|date=March 11, 2006|accessdate=August 1, 2023}}</ref>
*2006 – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Burris|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122432769/the-tampa-tribune/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407113912/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122432769/the-tampa-tribune/|title=Disney Treads Carefully Creating 1st Black Princess|newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|page=34|archivedate=April 7, 2023|date=April 11, 2007|accessdate=April 7, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*2007 – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Dawn|last=Chmielewski|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-04-fi-fairies4-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026144212/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-04-fi-fairies4-story.html|title=Franchise rests on Tink's shoulders|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=October 26, 2020|date=August 4, 2008|accessdate=August 1, 2023}}</ref>
*2008 – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/122432448/iowa-city-press-citizen/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801151753/https://www.newspapers.com/article/122432448/iowa-city-press-citizen/|title=Princess Tiana joins Disney family|newspaper=[[Iowa City Press-Citizen]]|page=2|archivedate=August 1, 2023|date=February 16, 2009|accessdate=August 1, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*2009 – {{US$|3.7 billion|long=no}}.<ref name="salon09">{{cite news|last=HARDING|first=KATE|title=Disney doesn't want princess cooties|url=https://www.salon.com/2010/03/10/disney_princess|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517201631/http://www.salon.com/2010/03/10/disney_princess/|work=Salon|archivedate=May 17, 2012|date=March 10, 2010|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dawn|last=Chmielewski|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-09-la-fi-ct-disney9-2010mar09-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831130718/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-09-la-fi-ct-disney9-2010mar09-story.html|title=Disney restyles 'Rapunzel' to appeal to boys|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=August 31, 2019|date=March 9, 2010|accessdate=August 1, 2023}}</ref>
*2010 – {{US$|3.250 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>
*2011 – {{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}}<ref name="forbes2011"/>
*2012 – {{US$|2.896 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*2013 – {{US$|2.885 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*2014 – {{US$|2.568 billion|long=no}}.<ref name="tll2014"/>
*2015 – {{US$|2.635 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
*2016 – {{US$|2.724 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2017 – {{US$|2.133 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2018 – {{US$|1.686 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>}}
*Home entertainment – {{US$|14.7 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Princess Enchanted Tales – Follow Your Dreams (2007)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Disney-Princess-Enchanted-Tales-Follow-Your-Dreams#tab=summary|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref>
| [[Animated film]]s
| [[Andy Mooney]]
| [[Andy Mooney]]

| The Walt Disney Company
| The Walt Disney Company

|-
|-

| ''[[Anpanman]]''
| ''[[Anpanman]]''

| 1973
| 1973

| {{sort | 38434 | $38.4 billion}}
| {{sort | 44852 | {{estimation}} $44.9 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|38.42 billion|long=no}}{{efn|¥150 billion+ annual sales for nearly 30 years - ¥3,750 billion+ ($38.42 billion+)<ref>{{cite news |title=横浜に新しいアンパンマン恒久施設を建設へ 過去最大規模に(THE PAGE)|url=https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140807-00000018-wordleaf-bus_all |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407050414/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/aac04e674c52706ce573a7dd520c85ccf6532379|work=[[Yahoo! Japan]] |archivedate=April 7, 2022|date=2014-08-07 |language=ja-JP}}</ref>}}
*Retail sales – {{US$|44.76 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Anpanman|Sales}}''}}
* [[Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum & Mall|Museum]] – {{US$|14.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{¥|1.5 billion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=IR Information |url=http://www.ntvhd.co.jp/english/ir/info/pdf/irinformation018.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908131100/http://www.ntvhd.co.jp/english/ir/info/pdf/irinformation018.pdf|access-date=November 27, 2022 |work=Investor Relations |agency=[[Nippon Television Network Corporation]] |archivedate=September 8, 2018|year=2007|page=2}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|1500|JPN|year=2008}} million|long=no}}).}}

*Box office – {{US$|67 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing anime films|Highest-grossing anime film franchises and film series}}.}}

*[[Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum & Mall|Museum]] – {{US$|25 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{¥|2 billion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=IR Information |url=http://www.ntvhd.co.jp/english/ir/info/pdf/irinformation018.pdf |access-date=September 7, 2018 |work=Investor Relations |agency=[[Nippon Television Network Corporation]] |year=2007}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|2000|JPN|year=2008}} million|long=no}}).}}

| [[Picture book]]
| [[Picture book]]

| [[Takashi Yanase]]
| [[Takashi Yanase]]

| {{ill|Froebel-kan|ja|フレーベル館}}<br>{{small|([[Toppan|Toppan Printing Co.]])}}
| Froebel-kan

|-
|-

| ''[[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]'' <br> (''MCU'')

| 2008

| {{sort | 35312 | {{estimation}} $35.4 billion}}

|

*[[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|Box office]] – {{US$|22.592 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Marvel Cinematic Universe'' box office:

*[[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|''MCU'' films]] – {{US$|22.588 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film|See ''{{Section link|List of highest-grossing films|Highest-grossing franchises and film series}}''}}

*''[[Inhumans premiere|Inhumans]]'' – {{US$|3.5 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/imax-marvel-inhumans-experiment-1202196112/|title=Imax Concedes 'Marvel Inhumans' Experiment Let Down Moviegoers|last=Hayes|first=Dade|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 27, 2017|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6uXKlaX5B?url=http://deadline.com/2017/10/imax-marvel-inhumans-experiment-1202196112/|archive-date=October 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

}}

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|7.228 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Marvel merchandise sales:

*[[Iron Man]] – {{US$|300 million|long=no}} (2010)<ref name="tll2010">{{cite news |title=$100 million club: TLL ranks leading entertainment/character properties |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%24100+million+club%3a+TLL+ranks+leading+entertainment%2f+character...-a0267332982 |work=The Licensing Letter |publisher=[[The Free Library]] |date=September 5, 2011}}</ref>

*[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] – {{US$|6.928 billion|long=no}} (2012–2018){{efn|name=Avengers}}

}}

*Home entertainment – {{US$|5.617 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Marvel Cinematic Universe'' home entertainment:

*Up until April 2018 – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title=The Marvel Cinematic Universe Ranked From Best To Worst |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2018/04/26/the-marvel-cinematic-universe-ranked-from-best-to-worst/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=April 26, 2018}}</ref>

*May 2018 to February 2021 – {{US$|492 million|long=no}}<ref name="mcu-video">{{cite web |title=Marvel Cinematic Universe Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Marvel-Cinematic-Universe#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref>

* [[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]] [[List of Disney+ Premier Access releases|Disney+ Premier Access]] streaming and digital downloads. $125 million Up until August 15, 2021.<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-makes-first-move-in-scarlett-johanssons-black-widow-suit-1235001093/</ref>

}}

| Film

| [[Marvel Studios]]<br>[[Stan Lee]]<br>[[Jack Kirby]]

| [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}} <br> [[Sony]] {{small|([[Spider-Man in film|''Spider-Man'' films]])}} <br> [[Universal Pictures]] <small>([[The Incredible Hulk (film)|''The Incredible Hulk'']])</small>

|-

| ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''

| 1981

| {{sort | 34757 | {{estimation}} $34.8 billion}}

|

*[[List of video games featuring Mario|Video games]] – {{US$|30.205 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Mario'' video game revenue:

*Up until 2018 – {{US$|30 billion|long=no}}<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |last1=Adler |first1=Matthew |title=How Mario Outsells Every Other Game Franchise |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/11/15/mario-sales-competition-infographic |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=1 February 2021 |date=15 November 2019}}</ref>

*''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2019 to April 2021) – {{US$|200 million|long=no}}<ref name="MKT">{{cite news |last1=Chapple |first1=Craig |title=Mario Kart Tour Surpasses 200 Million Downloads and $200 Million in Lifetime Revenue |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/mario-kart-tour-200-million-downloads |access-date=26 April 2021 |work=Sensor Tower |date=21 April 2021}}</ref>

*''[[Dr. Mario World]]'' (2019) – {{US$|4.8 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Valentine |first1=Rebekah |title=Nintendo mobile games have brought in $1b in lifetime revenue |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-01-28-nintendo-mobile-games-have-brought-in-usd1b-in-lifetime-revenue |access-date=20 March 2020 |work=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |date=28 January 2020}}</ref>

}}

*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|4.514 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Mario'' licensed merchandise sales:

*''[[Donkey Kong (video game)|Donkey Kong]]'' – {{US$|8.5 million|long=no}} royalties ({{as of|1983|lc=y}})<ref name="DK-Merchandise">{{cite book |title=Decisions of the United States Courts Involving Copyright, 1983 |date=1988 |publisher=[[United States Copyright Office]] |page=1132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z7pGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1132 |quote=Nintendo has licensed its trademark in the Donkey Kong name and characters to over 50 licensees for use in connection with a large variety of products and has received over {{US$|8.5 million|long=no}} in royalties for such licenses.}}</ref>

*''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' – {{US$|4.505 billion|long=no}}

**Japan (2005, 2007–2008, 2010, 2012) – {{¥|280.1 billion}}+ ({{US$|{{To USD|280.1|JPN|year=2012}} billion|long=no}})

***2005 – {{¥|{{#expr:1610*(0.73/100) round 1}} billion}}<ref name="Japan2005">{{cite web |title=日本のアニメ・マンガを取り巻く状況 |url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/souhatu/h18seika/01anime/01_sousei_09honpen3.pdf#page=15 |website=[[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]] (MLIT) |pages=25–6 |date=6 March 2007 |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

***2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:1600*(8.41/100) round 0}} billion}}<ref name="Japan2007">{{cite news |title=キャラクターが日本を救う |trans-title=Characters Save Japan |url=https://research.nttcoms.com/database/data/000938/ |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=[[:ja:NTTコム オンライン・マーケティング・ソリューション|NTTCom Online Marketing Solutions]] |publisher=[[NTT Communications]] |date=26 January 2009 |language=ja}}</ref>

***2008 – {{¥|{{#expr:1540.6*(3.03/100) round 1}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2008"/>

***2010 – {{¥|{{#expr:1617*(2.82/100) round 1}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2010">{{cite book |title=コンテンツ2次利用市場(ライセンス市場)に係る 競争環境及び海外市場動向実態調査 |date=2011 |publisher=[[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry]] (METI) |pages=22–23 |url=https://www.kanto.meti.go.jp/kankobutu/data/contents_kaigaishijyo_chousa.pdf#page=24 |language=ja |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

***2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:1534*(2.67/100) round 1}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2012">{{cite journal |title=慶應義塾大学学術情報リポジトリ(KOARA) |journal=KeiO Associated Repository of Academic Resources |date=2015 |pages=8–9 |publisher=[[Keio University]] |url=https://koara.lib.keio.ac.jp/xoonips/modules/xoonips/detail.php?koara_id=KO40003001-00002015-3073 |language=ja}}</ref>

**Japan (2013) – {{¥|{{#expr:1570000*(2.36/100)}} million}}<ref name="charabiz2013">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2014(13) |year=2014 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=6568 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|37052|JPN|year=2013|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

**Overseas (as of 2016) – {{US$|400 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Super Mario Bros. |url=http://paladone.com/brands/Super-Mario-Bros |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325204414/http://paladone.com/brands/Super-Mario-Bros |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |website=Paladone Products Ltd |access-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref>

**Japan (2018–2019) – {{¥|{{#expr:<!--2018-->1533*(1.77/100)+<!--2019-->1550*(2.54/100) round 0}} billion}}<ref name="cna"/><ref name="charabiz2018">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2019(18) |date=May 2019 |publisher=Character Databank |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=10493 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="charabiz2019"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|67000|JPN|year=2019|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

}}

*[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Box office]] – {{US$|38 million|long=no}}<ref name="ww">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=1|date=January 3, 1994|title=Int'l top 100 earn $8 bil|last=Klady|first=Leonard}}</ref>

| Video game

| [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] <br> [[Nintendo R&D1]]

| [[Nintendo]]

|-

| ''[[Fantastic Four]]''

| 1961

| {{sort | 32242 | {{estimation}} $32.4 billion}}

|

* Retail sales – $21.329 billion<sup>[an]</sup>

** Home video – $1.212 billion<sup>[ao]</sup>

** Video game – $600 million<sup>[115]</sup>

* Box office – $6.059 billion<sup>[p]</sup>

* TV revenue – $340 million

| Comic book

| [[Stan Lee]] <br> [[Jack Kirby]]

| [[Marvel Entertainment]] (The Walt Disney Company)

|-

| ''[[Hulk]]''

| 1962

| {{sort | 32243 | {{estimation}} $32.3 billion}}

|

* Retail sales – $21.329 billion<sup>[an]</sup>

** Home video – $1.212 billion<sup>[ao]</sup>

** Video game – $600 million<sup>[115]</sup>

* Box office – $6.059 billion<sup>[p]</sup>

* TV revenue – $340 million

| Comic book

| [[Stan Lee]] <br> [[Jack Kirby]]

| [[Marvel Entertainment]] (The Walt Disney Company)

|-

| ''[[Wizarding World]]'' <br> (''[[Harry Potter]]'')
| ''[[Wizarding World]]'' <br> (''[[Harry Potter]]'')

| 1997
| 1997

| {{sort |34557| $34.5 billion}}
| {{sort | 32241 | {{estimation}} $32.2 billion}}

|
|
*Box office – {{US$|9.584 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Harry-Potter#tab=summary|title=Harry Potter Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=July 31, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Harry Potter|Book Sales]] – {{US$|8.0164 billion|long=no}}{{Efn|Books - $7.7 billion, 1997-2016<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=James B. |date=November 24, 2016 |title=In the Chamber of Secrets: J.K. Rowling's Net Worth |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/business/in-the-chamber-of-secrets-jk-rowlings-net-worth.html |access-date=November 30, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


*Box office – {{US$|9.194 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film}}
eBooks and Audiobooks (Pottermore)

* $127.1 million (£95.1 million), 2016-2018<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue drop at Pottermore 'in line with expectations' |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/revenue-drop-pottermore-line-expectations-923791 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|8.318 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Harry Potter'' merchandise:
* $40.3 million (£31.5 million), 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pottermore records ¬£31.5m sales |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/pottermore-records-315m-sales-1147261 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}</ref>

* $149 million (£110.7 million), 2020–2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pottermore profits drop by 40% as lockdown sales bounce 'unwinds' |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/pottermore-profits-drop-by-40-as-lockdown-sales-bounce-unwinds |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}</ref>}}
*1997–2016 – {{US$|7.308 billion|long=no}}<ref name="potter">{{cite web |title=Total Harry Potter Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/total-harry-potter-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627165241/http://www.statisticbrain.com/total-harry-potter-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|7.11 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Harry Potter'' merchandise:

*2002 – {{US$|2.9 billion|long=no}}<ref name="ann2002"/>
*2003 – {{US$|2.8 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Forbes 2003"/>
*2010 – {{US$|300 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>
* 2011 – {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref name="The Licensing Letter">{{cite news |title=37 entertainment/character properties surpass $100m each in licensed merchandise sales at retail |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/37+entertainment%2fcharacter+properties+surpass+%24100m+each+in+licensed...-a0303450327 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930115929/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/37+entertainment%2fcharacter+properties+surpass+%24100m+each+in+licensed...-a0303450327|archivedate=September 30, 2018|work=The Licensing Letter |date=September 17, 2012|accessdate=November 4, 2022|via=[[The Free Library]]}}</ref>
*2017–2018 – {{US$|1.01 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>
*2017–2018 – {{US$|1.01 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>

}}
}}
*[[Home video|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|4.032 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|3.9 billion|long=no}} ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' home entertainment revenue up until 2014.<ref name="Vogel">{{cite book |last=Vogel |first=Harold L. |title=Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis |date=2014 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=9781107075290 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-JmiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA184|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818085024/https://books.google.lv/books?id=-JmiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA184&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|archivedate=August 18, 2023|page=184}}</ref> {{US$|71 million|long=no}} ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Fantastic-Beasts-and-Where-to-Find-Them |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref>


*[[Harry Potter|Book sales]] – {{US$|7.743 billion|long=no}}<ref name="potter"/>
{{US$|44 million|long=no}} ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald]]'' DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Fantastic-Beasts-The-Crimes-of-Grindelwald-(2018) |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=The Numbers}}</ref>

*Home entertainment – {{US$|3.966 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|3.9 billion|long=no}} ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' home entertainment revenue up until 2014.<ref name="Vogel">{{cite book |last=Vogel |first=Harold L. |title=Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis |date=2014 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=9781107075290 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-JmiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA184}}</ref> {{US$|66 million|long=no}} ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Fantastic-Beasts-and-Where-to-Find-Them |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=26 March 2019}}</ref>}}

*[[Harry Potter video games|Video games]] – {{US$|1.846 billion|long=no}}{{efn|[[Harry Potter video games|''Harry Potter'' video games]]:

*Up until 2014 – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Vogel"/>

*Mobile games (2018 to January 2021) – {{US$|346 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Forde |first1=Matthew |title=Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells storms to $40 million revenue, surpasses Wizards Unite after four months |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/75568/harry-potter-puzzles-and-spells-storms-to-40-million-revenue-already-surpasses-wizards-unite/ |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=[[Pocket Gamer]] |date=January 21, 2021}}</ref>

}}

*TV revenue – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Vogel"/>

*[[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child|Broadway stage play]] – {{US$|174 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One And Two: Broadway Grosses |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-CURSED-CHILDPARTS-ONE-AND-TWO |website=Broadway World |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>


{{US$|17 million|long=no}} ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore]]'' DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2022
.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Fantastic-Beasts-The-Secrets-of-Dumbledore-(2021) |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=The Numbers}}</ref>}}
* [[Harry Potter video games|Video games]] – {{US$|3.5 billion|long=no}}{{efn|[[Harry Potter video games|''Harry Potter'' video games]]:
** Up until 2014 – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Vogel"/>
** Mobile games (2018 to October 2022) – {{US$|1 billion |long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|first=Craig|last=Chapple|title=Harry Potter Mobile Games Magic Up $1 Billion in Global Player Spending|url=https://sensortower.com/blog/harry-potter-mobile-games-1-billion-revenue|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007163949/https://sensortower.com/blog/harry-potter-mobile-games-1-billion-revenue|work=Sensor Tower|archivedate=October 7, 2022|date=October 2022|access-date=November 30, 2022}}</ref>
** [[Hogwarts Legacy]] – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ivan |first=Tom |date=2023-05-05 |title=Hogwarts Legacy has topped 15 million sales and grossed over $1 billion |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hogwarts-legacy-has-topped-15-million-sales-and-grossed-over-1-billion/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505193556/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hogwarts-legacy-has-topped-15-million-sales-and-grossed-over-1-billion/ |archive-date=2023-05-05 |access-date=June 1, 2023 |website=[[Video Games Chronicle]]}}</ref>}}
*TV revenue – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Vogel" />
*[[Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden|Studio Tour]] – {{US$|975.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Caroline |title=Warner's UK Studios Report Record Revenue |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2023/01/28/warners-uk-studios-report-record-revenue/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child|Stage play]] – {{US$|340 million|long=no}}{{Efn|Palace Theater, London (presales), $32 million<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-07-22 |title='Harry Potter' play could reach Broadway next season |url=https://nypost.com/2016/07/22/new-harry-potter-play-is-londons-hamilton/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Broadway, New York (2018–2020), $174 million<ref>{{cite web |title=Broadway Grosses – HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grossesshow.cfm?show=HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-CURSED-CHILDPARTS-ONE-AND-TWO&year=2019&allall=on |access-date=March 25, 2019 |website=[[Broadway World]]}}</ref>
Broadway, New York (2021–present), $132 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Broadway Grosses |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-CURSED-CHILD |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=www.broadwayworld.com}}</ref>
Curran Theater, San Francisco, $2 million
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |title=HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Sets Records in Both New York and San Francisco |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-CURSED-CHILD-Sets-Records-in-Both-New-York-and-San-Francisco-20191230 |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>}}
| [[Novel]]
| [[Novel]]

| [[J. K. Rowling]]
| [[J. K. Rowling]]

| [[J. K. Rowling]] {{small|(books)}} <br /> [[Warner Bros.]] <br>{{small|([[Warner Bros. Discovery]])}} {{small|(films)}}
| [[J. K. Rowling]] {{small|(books)}} <br> [[Warner Bros.]] {{small|([[Warner Bros. Discovery]])}} {{small|(films)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Barbie (media franchise)|Barbie]]''
| ''[[The Flintstones]]''
| 1987{{efn|The ''Barbie'' brand began expansion to a media franchise in 1987 with two TV specials and video games, culminating with the launch of [[list of Barbie films|the well-known CGI/computer-animated film series]]. Since 2012, the franchise expanded even further to include television shows, web series, short films and streaming media content. Earlier Excluding pre-1987 [[Barbie]] toy sales.}}

| {{sort | 33967 | $33.9 billion}}
| 1960

| {{sort | 20059 | {{estimation}} $30.4 billion}}

|
|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|32.2 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
* Box office – $1.968 billion
*1987 – {{US$|430 million|long=no}}<ref name="Barbie 87 and 93">{{cite web|first=Nancy|last=Nottinggham|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122323003/the-billings-gazette/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405171620/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122323003/the-billings-gazette/|title=Collectors clamor for holiday Barbie|newspaper=[[The Billings Gazette]]|page=1|archivedate=April 5, 2023|date=December 12, 1995|accessdate=April 5, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

*1988 - {{US$|450 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Marilou|last=Berry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press/126780118/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620111809/https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press/126780118/|title=Oh! what a doll|newspaper=[[Evansville Courier & Press]]|page=10|archivedate=June 20, 2023|date=March 9, 1989|accessdate=June 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* Box office – $1.968 billion<sup>[hb]</sup>
*1989 – {{US$|600 million|long=no}}<ref name="Barbie 89 and 90">{{cite web|first=Nancy|last=Rivera|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-10-fi-4639-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512125848/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-10-fi-4639-story.html|title=Barbie's Doting Sister : Toys: Jill Elikann Barad is guiding Mattel's legendary doll into the 1990s after solid successes with other lines|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=May 12, 2021|date=December 10, 1990|accessdate=August 1, 2023}}</ref>

*1990 – {{US$|700 million|long=no}}<ref name="Barbie 89 and 90"/>
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – $810 million<sup>[hc]</sup>
*1991 - {{US$|840 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Marcie|last=Alvarado|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-democrat/126780152/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620111807/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-democrat/126780152/|title=Oh what a doll|newspaper=[[The Star Democrat]]|page=21|archivedate=June 20, 2023|date=November 29, 1992|accessdate=June 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

*1992 - {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Linell|last=Smith|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/126780169/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620111808/https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/126780169/|title=She's a Barbie boomer|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|page=52|archivedate=June 20, 2023|date=August 26, 1993|accessdate=June 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Irene|last=Lacher|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-13-vw-1334-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801163332/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-13-vw-1334-story.html|title=Barbie's Still a Babe|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=August 1, 2023|date=January 13, 1993|accessdate=August 1, 2023}}</ref>
* VHS revenue – $100 million<sup>[523]</sup>
*1993 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Barbie 87 and 93"/>

*1994 - {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Carol|last=Lawson|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-beaufort-gazette/126780512/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620110304/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-beaufort-gazette/126780512/|title=Devotion to Barbie dolls not just child's play anymore|newspaper=[[The Beaufort Gazette]]|page=18|archivedate=June 20, 2023|date=November 26, 1995|accessdate=June 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| Animated series
*1995 - {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/126779799/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620100134/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/126779799/|title=Move Over Ken, it's The Buzz and Barbie Show|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|page=13|archivedate=June 20, 2023|date=December 20, 1996|accessdate=June 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

*1996 - {{US$|1.7 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee/126780187/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620111812/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee/126780187/|title=Barbie:Many relate to pop culture icon|newspaper=[[The Modesto Bee]]|page=12|archivedate=June 20, 2023|date=November 24, 1997|accessdate=June 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| [[William Hanna]] <br> [[Joseph Barbera]]
*1997 – {{US$|1.9 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Doll power: Barbie celebrates 50th anniversary and toy world dominance |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4014779/Doll-power-Barbie-celebrates-50th-anniversary-and-toy-world-dominance.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=December 29, 2008 |accessdate=August 1, 2023 |archive-date=July 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130707061228/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4014779/Doll-power-Barbie-celebrates-50th-anniversary-and-toy-world-dominance.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

*1998 - {{US$|1.9 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times/126780204/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620111806/https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times/126780204/|title=Barbie|newspaper=[[Corpus Christi Caller-Times]]|page=20|archivedate=June 20, 2023|date=February 16, 1999|accessdate=June 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| [[Hanna-Barbera]] {{small|([[Warner Bros.]] owned by Warner Bros. Discovery)}}
*1999 - {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-gazette/126780218/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620110308/https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-gazette/126780218/|title=News Action dolls show it's not just a Barbie world|newspaper=[[The Journal Gazette]]|page=18|archivedate=June 20, 2023|date=October 16, 2000|accessdate=June 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

*2000 - {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Lisa|last=Bannon|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel/126780248/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620110306/https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel/126780248/|title=Barbie dolls up for Firm|newspaper=[[South Florida Sun Sentinel]]|page=106|archivedate=June 20, 2023|date=February 11, 2001|accessdate=June 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*2001 - {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Abilgail|last=Goldman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/northwest-herald/126780270/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620110304/https://www.newspapers.com/article/northwest-herald/126780270/|title=Mattel hopes Barbie update boosts business|newspaper=[[Northwest Herald]]|page=16|archivedate=June 20, 2023|date=February 26, 2002|accessdate=June 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*2002 – {{US$|1.52 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kapner |first1=Suzanne |title=Mattel's Barbie gets a makeover |url=http://archive.fortune.com/2009/07/09/news/companies/mattel_barbie_makeover.fortune/index.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924033420/http://archive.fortune.com/2009/07/09/news/companies/mattel_barbie_makeover.fortune/index.htm|magazine=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |archivedate=September 24, 2018|date=July 10, 2009|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
*2003 – {{US$|3.6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Mattel's 2004 Line Showcases Strength of Barbie, Fisher-Price, and Hot Wheels Brands, Growing Entertainment Muscle and Seamless Technology |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040212005225/en/Mattels-2004-Line-Showcases-Strength-Barbie-Fisher-Price |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822214019/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040212005225/en/Mattels-2004-Line-Showcases-Strength-Barbie-Fisher-Price|website=[[Business Wire]]|archivedate=August 22, 2018|date=February 12, 2004|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
*2004 – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Barbie 2004">{{cite web|first=Melinda|last=Fulmer|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-01-fi-bratz1-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710125205/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-01-fi-bratz1-story.html|title=Bratz Dolls' Maker Plays to Win in Battle With Barbie|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=July 10, 2023|date=August 1, 2005|accessdate=July 10, 2023}}</ref>
*2005 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Charles|last=Duhigg|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-fi-sonic3-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011185311/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-fi-sonic3-story.html|title=Sonic Brand' Marketer Pitches Barbie's Song|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=October 11, 2019|date=July 3, 2006|accessdate=July 10, 2023}}</ref>
*2008 – {{US$|3.3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122320204/star-tribune/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405164152/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122320204/star-tribune/|title=2008's biggest moneymakers Idol and Barbie|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|page=A2|archivedate=April 5, 2023|date=April 10, 2009|accessdate=April 5, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*2010 – {{US$|550 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>
*2014 – {{US$|1.1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barbiemedia.com/about-barbie/fast-facts.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208113119/http://www.barbiemedia.com/about-barbie/fast-facts.html|title=Facts About Barbie|website=barbiemedia.com(official website)|archivedate=February 8, 2016|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
*2016 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Biers|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/22/17/star-wars-overtakes-barbie-with-5-b-us-toy-sales|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522033707/https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/22/17/star-wars-overtakes-barbie-with-5-b-us-toy-sales|title=Star Wars overtakes Barbie with $5-B US toy sales|website=[[ABS-CBN News]]|archivedate=May 22, 2017|date=May 22, 2017|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
}}
*[[Barbie (media franchise)#Reception|Home video sales]] – {{US$|328 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Barbie#tab=video|title=Barbie Franchise video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Barbie (media franchise)#Reception|Box office]] – {{US$|1.439 billion|long=no}}<ref name="barbie-numbers">{{cite web |title=Barbie Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Barbie |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=October 5, 2023}}</ref>
||[[Television special]]
| [[Ruth Handler]]
| [[Mattel]]
|-
|-

| [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] <br> (MCU)
|''[[Transformers]]''
| 2008

| {{sort | 32348 | $32.3 billion}}
| 1984

| {{sort | 29551 | {{estimation}} $29.6 billion}}{{efn|''Transformers'':

*Up until 2011 – {{¥|2 trillion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=政府、ハリウッドにアニメ・玩具セールス 国策会社設立 |url=http://digital.asahi.com/articles/TKY201111020783.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402201834/http://digital.asahi.com/articles/TKY201111020783.html |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |date=2011-11-03 |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|2000|JPN|year=2011|round=yes}} billion|long=no}})

*Retail sales (2012–2018) – {{US$|2.979 billion|long=no}}

**2012–2013 – {{US$|618 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

**2014 – {{US$|410 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>

**2015 – {{US$|430 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>

**2016 – {{US$|446 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>

**2017 – {{US$|652 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

**2018 – {{US$|423 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>

*Box office (2014–2019) – {{US$|1.572 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film}}

}}

|
|

*[[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|Box office]] – {{US$|29.73 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|11.752 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Transformers|''Transformers'' merchandise sales:
*[[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|MCU films]] – {{US$|29.736 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Marvel Cinematic Universe Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Marvel-Cinematic-Universe |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=November 28, 2023}}</ref>

*[[Inhumans premiere|Inhumans]] – {{US$|3.5 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/imax-marvel-inhumans-experiment-1202196112/|title=Imax Concedes 'Marvel Inhumans' Experiment Let Down Moviegoers|last=Hayes|first=Dade|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 27, 2017|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6uXKlaX5B?url=http://deadline.com/2017/10/imax-marvel-inhumans-experiment-1202196112/|archive-date=October 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
*Home entertainment – {{US$|2.609 billion|long=no}}<ref name="mcu-video">{{cite web |title=Marvel Cinematic Universe Franchise Box Office History Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Marvel-Cinematic-Universe#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=November 28, 2023}}</ref>
*1984–1992 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} US [[Transformers (toy line)|toy sales]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Suellentrop |first=Chris |title=How an Obscure Collection of Japanese Action Figures Changed the Way We Play |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/06/trans-toy/ |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=June 26, 2007}}</ref>

| Film
*2006 – {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Toys get a boost from Hollywood |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20090713/281977488615341 |access-date=January 26, 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 13, 2009}}</ref>
| [[Marvel Studios]]<br />[[Stan Lee]]<br />[[Jack Kirby]]

| [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}} <br /> [[Sony Pictures]] {{small|([[Spider-Man in film|''Spider-Man'' films]])}} <br /> [[Universal Pictures]] <small>([[The Incredible Hulk (film)|''The Incredible Hulk'']])</small>
*2007–2016 – {{US$|10 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Licensing Source Book Europe: Hasbro Supplement, Autumn 2017 |date=September 27, 2017 |publisher=Max Publishing |url=https://issuu.com/maxpublishing/docs/hasbro_supplement_2017}}</ref>

*2017 – {{US$|652 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

*2018 – {{US$|423 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>

}}

*[[Transformers (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|4.853 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film}}

*Home entertainment – {{US$|874 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Transformers'' home entertainment:

*June 2007 to June 2014 – {{US$|740 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Lang|first=Brent|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/transformers-the-anatomy-of-a-cross-platform-money-maker-1201245881/|title='Transformers': The Anatomy of a Cross-Platform Money Maker|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 25, 2014|access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref>

*September 2014 to February 2020 – {{US$|134 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Transformers Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Transformers#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref>

}}

| Comic book

| [[Takara]] <br> [[Hasbro]] <br> [[Shōji Kawamori]] <br> [[Bob Budiansky]]

| [[Takara Tomy]] <br> [[Hasbro]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Call of Duty]]''
| ''[[Spider-Man (franchise)|Spider-Man]]''
| 2003

| {{sort | 31000 | $31 billion}}
| 1962

| {{sort | 27900 | {{estimation}} $27.9 billion}}

|
|

* Video games – {{US$|31 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Call of Duty'' video game revenue:
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|16.387 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1 billion|long=no}} licensed merchandise sales for [[Sony Pictures]] during 1999–2001.<ref name="license2002">{{cite news |title=Industry Annual Report |url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/industry-annual-report |work=License Global |date=October 1, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522014437/http://www.licenseglobal.com/industry-annual-report |archive-date=2019-05-22 |access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref> {{US$|2.7 billion|long=no}} in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top-Earning Fictional Characters - Spider-Man |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2004/10/19/cz_04fiction_toptenslide_8.html |work=[[Forbes]] |date=October 19, 2004}}</ref> {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}} in 2003.<ref>{{cite book |last=Moskowitz |first=Milton |title=The Executive's Almanac: A Diverse Portfolio of Eclectic Business Trivia |date=2006 |publisher=[[Quirk Books]] |isbn=9781594741012 |page=136 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SgIq79u_QpMC&pg=PA136}}</ref> {{US$|70 million|long=no}} ''[[Spider-Man 3]]'' pre-release US toy sales in 2007.<ref>{{cite book |last=Alter |first=Ethan |title=Film Firsts: The 25 Movies That Created Contemporary American Cinema |date=2014 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=9781440801884 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B46OAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA18}}</ref> {{US$|590 million|long=no}} Spider-Man merchandise sales in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spider-Man's 50-Year History: How Peter Parker Became a Billion-Dollar Franchise |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/spider-man-50-years-andrew-garfield-343141/13-spiderman-toys |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=June 29, 2012}}</ref> {{US$|325 million|long=no}} in 2011.<ref name="forbes2011"/> {{US$|1.285 billion|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|1.333 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|1.453 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> $1.512{{nbsp}}billion in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $1.551{{nbsp}}billion in 2016. {{US$|1.402 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|1.075 billion|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018"/> {{US$|{{#expr:1900-1109}} million|long=no}} ''[[Spider-Man: Far From Home]]'' (2019) merchandise sales.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dohnert |first1=James |title=Out of the Spider-Verse: Why Sony Split from Disney on Spider-Man |url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/analysis/out-spider-verse-why-sony-split-disney-spider-man |access-date=5 February 2021 |work=License Global |date=22 August 2019}}</ref>}}
* Up until 2022 – {{US$|30 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/06/08/call-duty-future-modern-warfare-2-warzone-2/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608175049/https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/06/08/call-duty-future-modern-warfare-2-warzone-2/|title=The future of Call of Duty and 'Warzone|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|archivedate=June 8, 2022|date=June 8, 2022|accessdate=November 24, 2022}}</ref>

* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022 video game)|Modern Warfare II]]'' (2022) – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Eddie|last=Makuch|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-hits-1-billion-in-revenue-in-10-days-faster-than-any-past-cod-title/1100-6508942/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107142405/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-hits-1-billion-in-revenue-in-10-days-faster-than-any-past-cod-title/1100-6508942/|title=Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Hits $1 Billion In Revenue In 10 Days, Faster Than Any Past CoD Title|website=[[GameSpot]]|archivedate=November 7, 2022|date=November 7, 2022|accessdate=November 26, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Spider-Man in film|Box office]] – {{US$|7.236 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Box office gross of [[Spider-Man in film|''Spider-Man'' films]]:

*[[Spider-Man (1977 film)|1977 film]] – {{US$|9 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book| last=Hofius |first=Jason | title = Age Of TV Heroes: The Live-Action Adventures Of Your Favorite Comic Book Characters | publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]] | year =2010 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5pSt_4L0Y4IC&pg=PA95 | isbn = 978-1605490106 | page = 95}}</ref>

*2002–2019 films – {{US$|7.227 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Spider-Man Franchise Box Office History|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Spider-Man|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=22 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218120031/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Spider-Man|archive-date=February 18, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

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}}

| Video game
*[[List of Spider-Man video games|Video games]] – {{US$|1.71 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Spider-Man'' video games:
| Steve Fukuda <br /> Zied Rieke

| [[Activision Blizzard]] <br /> {{small|([[Microsoft Gaming]])}}
*1982–2003 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Raviv |first=Dan |title=Comic Wars: Marvel's Battle For Survival |date=April 2004 |publisher=BookBaby |isbn=9780985437855 |page=279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AdFUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT279}}</ref>

*''[[Spider-Man 2 (video game)|Spider-Man 2]]'' (2004) – {{US$|110 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Best Selling Games – Best-Selling Movie-Based Games of 2004/2005 |url=https://www.forbes.com/2006/03/21/best_selling_games_slide/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=March 21, 2006}}</ref>

*''[[Spider-Man (2018 video game)|Spider-Man]]'' (2018) – {{US$|600 million|long=no}}+<ref name="Arkham">{{cite news |title=Arkham City records over 12.5 million copies and over $600 million |url=https://exbulletin.com/tech/247603/ |access-date=5 February 2021 |work=ExBulletin |date=27 July 2020}}</ref>

}}

*[[Spider-Man in film|Home video]] – {{US$|1.475 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Spider-Man'' home video revenue:

*''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' (2002) – $690,919,075 (video sales and rentals)

**Up until 2006 (DVD & VHS) – {{US$|{{#expr:1500*0.46}} million|long=no}}<ref name="Botti">{{cite book |last=Botti |first=Timothy J. |title=Envy of the World: A History of the U.S. Economy & Big Business |date=2006 |publisher=Algora Publishing |isbn=9780875864310 |page=581 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mhNBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA581}}</ref>

**2012 (DVD & Blu-ray sales) – $919,075<ref>{{cite web |title=Spider-Man (2002) - Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Spider-Man#tab=video-sales |website=The Numbers |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref>

*''[[Spider-Man 2]]'' (2004) – $187,989,563 (video sales)

**Up until 2006 (DVD & VHS) – $185,260,344<ref>{{cite web |title=Spider-Man 2 (2004) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1047&view=31 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=November 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125163007/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1047&view=31 |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

**2007–2012 (DVD & Blu-ray) – $2,729,219<ref>{{cite web |title=Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Spider-Man-2#tab=video-sales |website=The Numbers |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref>

*Later ''Spider-Man'' films and compilations (2007–2019) – {{US$|596 million|long=no}} (DVD & Blu-ray sales)<ref>{{cite web|title=Spider-Man Franchise - Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Spider-Man#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref>

}}

*[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|TV revenue]] – {{US$|880 million|long=no}}<ref name="Botti"/>

*[[Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark|Broadway musical]] – {{US$|212 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK Broadway Grosses |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/SPIDER-MAN-TURN-OFF-THE-DARK |website=Broadway World |date=January 5, 2014 |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref>

| [[Comic book]]

| [[Stan Lee]] <br>[[Steve Ditko]]

| [[Marvel Entertainment]] {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}} <br> [[Sony]] {{small|(films, video games)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Batman (franchise)|Batman]]''
| ''[[Batman franchise media|Batman]]''

| 1939
| 1939

| {{sort | 29691 | $29.6 billion}}
| {{sort | 27728 | {{estimation}} $27.7 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|21.329 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Batman'' retail sales:
*Retail sales – {{US$|21.329 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Batman'' retail sales:

*{{As of|2012}} – {{US$|16 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Szalai|first=Georg|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacoms-nickelodeon-put-spotlight-new-286540|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204053814/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com:80/news/viacoms-nickelodeon-put-spotlight-new-286540|title=Viacom's Nickelodeon to Put Spotlight on New 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' at Toy Fair|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archivedate=February 4, 2012|date=February 1, 2012|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref>
*Up until 2012 – {{US$|16 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Szalai|first=Georg|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacoms-nickelodeon-put-spotlight-new-286540|title=Viacom's Nickelodeon to Put Spotlight on New 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' at Toy Fair|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 1, 2012|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref>

*Merchandise sales during 2013–2018 – {{US$|5.017 billion|long=no}}
*Merchandise sales during 2013–2018 – {{US$|5.017 billion|long=no}}

**2013 – {{US$|494 million|long=no}}<ref name="hollywoodreporter"/>
**2013 – {{US$|494 million|long=no}}<ref name="hollywoodreporter"/>

**2014 – {{US$|578 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>
**2014 – {{US$|578 million|long=no}}<ref name="hollywoodreporter"/>

**2015 – {{US$|982 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
**2015 – {{US$|982 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>

**2016 – {{US$|1.1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
**2016 – {{US$|1.1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

**2017 – {{US$|1.024 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
**2017 – {{US$|1.024 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

**2018 – {{US$|839 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |access-date=December 31, 2019 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=November 18, 2019}}</ref>
**2018 – {{US$|839 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |access-date=December 31, 2019 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=November 18, 2019}}</ref>

*Home video sales between September 2012 and January 2020 – {{US$|312 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Batman Franchise Box Office History – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Batman#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref>
*Home video sales between September 2012 and January 2020 – {{US$|312 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Batman Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Batman#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>

}}
}}

**Home video – {{US$|1.212 billion|long=no}}{{efn|$650{{nbsp}}million VHS and DVD sales for ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'', ''[[Batman Returns]]'', ''[[Batman Forever]]'' and ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'' up until 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050801005252/en/Powerful-Fearless-Dedicated-Daring...BATMAN-Motion-Picture-Anthology|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328021136/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050801005252/en/Powerful-Fearless-Dedicated-Daring...BATMAN-Motion-Picture-Anthology|title=Powerful, Fearless, Dedicated and Daring...''BATMAN: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989–1997''|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|archivedate=March 28, 2017|date=August 1, 2005|access-date=March 27, 2017}}</ref> $562{{nbsp}}million DVD and Blu-ray sales for films released since 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Batman Franchise Box Office History – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Batman#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>}}
**Home video – {{US$|1.212 billion|long=no}}{{efn|$650{{nbsp}}million VHS and DVD sales for ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'', ''[[Batman Returns]]'', ''[[Batman Forever]]'' and ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'' up until 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050801005252/en/Powerful-Fearless-Dedicated-Daring...BATMAN-Motion-Picture-Anthology|title=Powerful, Fearless, Dedicated and Daring...''BATMAN: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997''|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|date=August 1, 2005|access-date=March 27, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328021136/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050801005252/en/Powerful-Fearless-Dedicated-Daring...BATMAN-Motion-Picture-Anthology|archive-date=March 28, 2017}}</ref> $562{{nbsp}}million DVD and Blu-ray sales for films released since 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Batman Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Batman#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>}}
*[[Batman in film|Box office]] – {{US$|6.810 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Batman#tab=summary|title=Batman Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 10, 2023}}</ref>

**[[Batman: Arkham City|Video game]] – {{US$|600 million|long=no}}<ref name="Arkham"/>

*[[Batman in film|Box office]] – {{US$|6.059 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film}}

*TV revenue – {{US$|340 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Batman'' television revenue:
*TV revenue – {{US$|340 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Batman'' television revenue:

*[[Batman (TV series)|1960s TV series]] – {{US$|300 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113706386/the-los-angeles-times/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127075628/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113706386/the-los-angeles-times/|title=Boy Wonder Still Climbing Walls|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|page=65|archivedate=November 27, 2022|date=August 8, 1975|accessdate=November 27, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*[[Batman (1989 film)|1989 film]] – {{US$|40 million|long=no}}<ref name="Hall">{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Sheldon |title=Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History |date=2010 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn=978-0814336977 |page=305 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA305|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815171544/https://books.google.lv/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA305&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|archivedate=August 15, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Batman (TV series)|1960s TV series]] – {{US$|300 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5T41AAAAIBAJ&q=batman+television+series+%24300+million&pg=PA11|title=Acting Days Long Gone For 'Boy Wonder'|newspaper=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]|page=11|date=August 29, 1975|access-date=November 5, 2019}}</ref>

*[[Batman (1989 film)|1989 film]] – {{US$|40 million|long=no}}<ref name="Hall">{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Sheldon |title=Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History |date=2010 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn=978-0814336977 |page=305 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA305}}</ref>

}}
}}

| Comic book
| Comic book

| [[Bob Kane]] <br> [[Bill Finger]]
| [[Bob Kane]] <br> [[Bill Finger]]

| [[DC Entertainment]] <br /> {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}
|[[DC Entertainment]] <br> {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}

|-
|-

|''[[Hello Kitty]]''
| ''[[Dragon Ball]]''
| 1974

|{{sort | 28886 | $28.8 billion}}
| 1984

| {{sort | 27720 | {{estimation}} $27.7 billion}}{{efn|''Dragon Ball'' franchise:

*Up until 2018 – {{US$|23 billion|long=no}}<ref name="sfchronicle">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=G. Allen |title='Dragon Ball Super: Broly,' 20th film of anime empire, opens in Bay Area |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/dragon-ball-super-broly-20th-film-of-anime-empire-opens-in-bay-area |access-date=January 23, 2019 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=January 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116024917/http://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/dragon-ball-super-broly-20th-film-of-anime-empire-opens-in-bay-area |archive-date=January 16, 2019}}</ref>

*2019–2020 – {{US$|4.72 billion|long=no}}

**Video game revenue – {{US$|2.194 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Games}}

**Merchandise sales – {{US$|2.096 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Merch}}

**Toei Animation's ''Dragon Ball'' anime earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) – {{US$|321 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Anime}}

**''[[Dragon Ball Super: Broly]]'' international box office (outside Japan) – {{US$|88 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Film}}

**''Dragon Ball Z'' anime DVD and Blu-ray releases in the United States – {{US$|21 million|long=no}}

}}

|
|

* Merchandise sales – {{US$|28.8 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|7.781 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Merch|See ''{{Section link|Dragon Ball|Merchandise}}''}}
* 1986 – {{US$|477.8 million|long=no}}<ref name="HL 86 and 87">{{cite web|first=Beth|last=Hughes|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/119813312/the-san-francisco-examiner/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728074831/https://www.newspapers.com/article/119813312/the-san-francisco-examiner/|title=Business|newspaper=[[The San Francisco Examiner]]|page=45|archivedate=July 28, 2023|date=April 24, 1988|accessdate=February 27, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* 1987 – {{US$|506 million|long=no}}<ref name="HL 86 and 87"/>
*[[List of Dragon Ball video games|Video games]] – {{US$|5.559 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Games|See ''{{Section link|List of Dragon Ball video games|Commercial reception}}''}}
* 2000 – {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2001/02/22/the-meow-mix-here-kitty-kitty-a-cute-cartoon-kitten-that-grew-up-to-become-a-global-craze-has-landed-in-times-square/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929110612/https://www.nydailynews.com/2001/02/22/the-meow-mix-here-kitty-kitty-a-cute-cartoon-kitten-that-grew-up-to-become-a-global-craze-has-landed-in-times-square/|title=The Meow Mix Here Kitty, Kitty: A cute cartoon kitten that grew up to become a global craze has landed in Times Square|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|archivedate=September 29, 2023|date=February 22, 2001|accessdate=September 29, 2023}}</ref>

* 2002 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Wendy|last=Solomon|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114187622/star-tribune/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206104107/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114187622/star-tribune/|title=Hello Kitty merchandise becoming a must have|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|page=E6|archivedate=December 6, 2022|date=February 24, 2003|accessdate=December 6, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Wendy|last=Solomon|url=http://www.nwaonline.com/pdfarchive/2003/march/23/3-23-03%20E6.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030908041053/http://www.nwaonline.com:80/pdfarchive/2003/march/23/3-23-03%20E6.pdf|title=Hello Kitty Goes High Fashion|archivedate=September 8, 2003|date=March 23, 2003|accessdate=June 20, 2023}}</ref>
*Home entertainment – {{US$|2.152 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Dragon Ball'' home entertainment media revenue:
* 2003 – {{US$|500 million|long=no}} in the United States<ref>{{cite web|first=Tamara|last=Chuang|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ventura-county-star/142026131/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225000651/https://www.newspapers.com/article/ventura-county-star/142026131/|title=Stationery items just scratch the surface of Kitty merchandise|newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]]|page=64|archivedate=February 25, 2024|date=October 31, 2004|accessdate=February 25, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* 2011 – {{US$|4.100 billion|long=no}}<ref name="The Licensing Letter">{{cite news |title=37 entertainment/character properties surpass $100m each in licensed merchandise sales at retail |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/37+entertainment%2fcharacter+properties+surpass+%24100m+each+in+licensed...-a0303450327 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930115929/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/37+entertainment%2fcharacter+properties+surpass+%24100m+each+in+licensed...-a0303450327|archivedate=September 30, 2018|work=The Licensing Letter |date=September 17, 2012|accessdate=November 4, 2022|via=[[The Free Library]]}}</ref>
*[[Toei Animation]]'s [[List of Dragon Ball anime|''Dragon Ball'' anime]] earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) between April 2003 and September 2020 – {{US$|1.033 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Anime|See ''{{Section link|List of Dragon Ball anime|Commercial reception}}''}}
* 2012 – {{US$|4.039 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

* 2013 – {{US$|8 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Martinez|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/01/us/hello-kitty-convention-40th-year/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102040925/https://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/01/us/hello-kitty-convention-40th-year/index.html|title=Hello Kitty turns 40, draws 25,00 fans to Hello Kitty Con|website=[[CNN]]|archivedate=November 2, 2014|date=November 2, 2014|accessdate=September 29, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Toei Animation]]'s [[List of Dragon Ball anime|''Dragon Ball'' anime]] DVD and Bluray sales {{US$|1.119 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Anime|See ''{{Section link|List of Dragon Ball anime|Commercial reception}}''}}
* 2015 – {{US$|3.756 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>

* 2017 – {{US$|2.663 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
}}
* 2018 – {{US$|2.645 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>}}

* Box office – $61,487<ref>{{cite web |title=Hello Kitty (2019) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Hello-Kitty-(2019) |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Manga book sales]] – {{US$|1 billion+|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump|{{¥|100 billion}}+<ref name="livedoor">{{cite news |title=「ワンピース」でも「鬼滅」でもなく…史上最も稼いだ意外なジャンプ作品 |url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/19610252/ |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=[[Livedoor News]] |publisher=[[Livedoor]] |date=29 January 2021 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|1 Billion|long=no}}+)<ref name="JPY-2021-01">{{cite web |title=Historical exchange rates (100,000 JPY to USD) |url=https://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=100000&C1=JPY&C2=USD&MA=1&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2021&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=29&MM2=01&YYYY2=2021 |website=fxtop.com |date=January 2021 |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>}}
|Cartoon character<ref>{{cite web |title=Hello Kitty {{!}} cartoon character |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hello-Kitty |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |access-date=September 8, 2018 |quote=Sanrio created Hello Kitty as part of a line of cartoon characters}}</ref>

|[[Yuko Shimizu]] <br /> [[Shintaro Tsuji]]
*[[List of Dragon Ball films|Box office]] – {{US$|837 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Film|See ''{{Section link|List of Dragon Ball films|Box office performance}}''}}
|[[Sanrio]]

*[[Dragon Ball Heroes|Trading card sales]] – {{US$|460 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Dragon Ball Heroes]]'' card sales – {{¥|{{#expr:(500*100)/1000}} billion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=「スーパードラゴンボールヒーローズ」の稼働日が11月17日に決定。6周年&出荷5億枚達成の記念イベントも |url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/122/G012264/20161021049/ |work=[[4Gamer.net]] |date=2016-10-10 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|50000|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}})}}

| Manga

| [[Akira Toriyama]]

| [[Akira Toriyama]] ([[Bird Studio]])<br>Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}} <br>[[Toei Animation]] {{small|(anime)}} <br>[[Bandai Namco]] {{small|(games)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Spider-Man (franchise)|Spider-Man]]''
| ''[[Call of Duty]]'' <br> (''COD'')
| 1962

| {{sort |25433| $25.4 billion}}
| 2003

| {{sort | 27000 |{{estimation}} $27 billion}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Q4 2020 Earnings Call |url=https://investor.activision.com/static-files/f7a64a6d-7121-4012-a79c-2b6182e48c7f |website=[[Activision]] |publisher=[[Activision Blizzard]] |date=4 February 2021 |page=7 |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>

|
|

* Merchandise sales – {{US$|14.526 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Video games – {{US$|22.527 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Call of Duty'' video game revenue:
*2002 – {{US$|2.7 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/2004/10/19/cz_04fiction_toptenslide.html?sh=2bc049284ebe|title=Top-Earning Fictional Characters - Spider-Man|website=[[Forbes]]|date=October 19, 2004|accessdate=July 25, 2023}}</ref>

*2003 – {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Moskowitz |first=Milton |title=The Executive's Almanac: A Diverse Portfolio of Eclectic Business Trivia |date=2006 |publisher=[[Quirk Books]] |isbn=9781594741012 |page=136 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SgIq79u_QpMC&pg=PA136}}</ref>
*Up until 2016 – {{US$|15 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160211006451/en|title=Activision Blizzard Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Financial Results|publisher=[[Business Wire]]|date=February 11, 2016|access-date=December 5, 2016}}</ref>
*2010 – {{US$|590 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>

*2011 – {{US$|325 million|long=no}}<ref name="forbes2011"/>
*''[[Black Ops 3]]'' and ''[[Infinite Warfare]]'' (2017) – {{US$|449 million|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2017">{{cite web |title=2017 Year in Review: Digital Games and Interactive Media |url=http://strivesponsorship.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/SuperData-2017-year-in-review-digital-games-and-interactive-media.pdf |publisher=[[SuperData Research]] |date=January 25, 2018 |access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref>
*2012 – {{US$|1.285 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

*2013 – {{US$|1.333 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*2014 – {{US$|1.453 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>
*''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]'' – {{US$|1.506 billion|long=no}}

*2015 – {{US$|1.512 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
**2017 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Makuch |first=Eddie |date=December 20, 2017 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-ww-2-passes-1-billion-in-worldwide-sa/1100-6455775/ |title=Call Of Duty: WW 2 Passes $1 Billion In Worldwide Sales |website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
*2016 – {{US$|1.551 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

*2017 – {{US$|1.402 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
**2018 – {{US$|506 million|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2018">{{cite web |title=Market Brief – 2018 Digital Games & Interactive Entertainment Industry Year In Review |url=https://www.superdataresearch.com/market-data/market-brief-year-in-review/ |website=[[SuperData Research]] |access-date=19 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121010757/https://www.superdataresearch.com/market-data/market-brief-year-in-review/ |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2018 – {{US$|1.075 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>}}

* [[Spider-Man in film|Box office]] – {{US$|9.798 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Box office gross of [[Spider-Man in film|''Spider-Man'' films]]:
*''[[Black Ops 4]]'' – {{US$|1.487 billion|long=no}}
**2002–2021 films – {{US$|8.278 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Spider-Man#tab=summary|title=Spider-Man Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>

**[[Sony's Spider-Man Universe]] – {{US$|1.520 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Sonys-Marvel-Universe#tab=summary|title=Sony's Spider-Man Universe Franchise|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
**2018 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 makes over $1 billion in under a month to become best-selling game of 2018 |url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/esports/callofduty/982991/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-makes-over-1-billion-in-under-a-month-to-become-best-selling-game-of-2018/ |work=[[Fox Sports]] |date=24 November 2018}}</ref>

**2019 – {{US$|487 million|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2019">{{cite web |title=2019 Year In Review: Digital Games and Interactive Media |url=https://www.superdataresearch.com/2019-year-in-review/ |website=[[SuperData Research]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Media Research]] |date=2 January 2020 |url-access=registration |access-date=12 January 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409122229/https://www.superdataresearch.com/2019-year-in-review/ |archive-date=April 9, 2020 }}</ref>

*''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019 video game)|Modern Warfare]]'' (2019) – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |date=December 18, 2019 |url=https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/call-duty-modern-warfare-1-most-played-call-duty-multiplayer |title=Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is #1 Most Played Call of Duty Multiplayer of This Console Generation |publisher=[[Activision]] |access-date=January 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113125220/https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/call-duty-modern-warfare-1-most-played-call-duty-multiplayer |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

*''[[Call of Duty: Mobile]]'' (2019–2020) – {{US$|494 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Mobile}}

*''[[Call of Duty: Warzone]]'', ''Modern Warfare'', ''[[Black Ops Cold War]]'' (2020) – {{US$|2.591 billion|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2020">{{cite web |title=Games and interactive media earnings rose 12% to $139.9B in 2020 |url=https://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/2020-year-in-review |website=[[SuperData Research]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |date=6 January 2021 |url-access=registration |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>

}}
}}

* Home video – {{US$|787 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Spider-Man'' home video revenue:
| Video game
** 2002-2021 films - {{US$|665 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Spider-Man#tab=video|title=Spider-Man Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>

** Sony’s Marvel Universe - {{US$|121 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Sonys-Marvel-Universe#tab=video|title=Sony's Marvel Universe Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
| [[Infinity Ward]] <br> Steve Fukuda <br> Zied Rieke
** [[The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)|The Spectacular Spider-Man]] -{{US$|1 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/tv-show/Spectacular-Spider-Man-The#tab=summary|title=The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008) Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>}}

*[[List of Spider-Man video games|Video games]] – {{US$|110 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Spider-Man'' video games:
| [[Activision]] <br> {{small|([[Activision Blizzard]])}}
* ''[[Spider-Man 2 (2004 video game)|Spider-Man 2]]'' (2004) – {{US$|110 million|long=no}}<ref name="Forbes Video Games">{{cite news |title=Best Selling Games {{ndash}} Best-Selling Movie-Based Games of 2004/2005 |url=https://www.forbes.com/2006/03/21/best_selling_games_slide/ |website=[[Forbes]] |date=March 21, 2006 |language=en |access-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921155057/https://www.forbes.com/2006/03/21/best_selling_games_slide/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

*[[Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark|Broadway musical]] – {{US$|212 million|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/SPIDER-MAN-TURN-OFF-THE-DARK|title=SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK Broadway Grosses|website=Broadway World|accessdate=July 24, 2023}}</ref>
| [[Comic book]]
| [[Stan Lee]] <br />[[Steve Ditko]]
| [[Marvel Entertainment]] {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}} <br /> [[Sony Pictures]] {{small|(films)}}
|-
|-

|''[[Transformers]]''
| ''[[Barbie#Media franchise|Barbie]]''
| 1984

| {{sort | 25000 | $25 billion}}{{efn|¥2 trillion ($25 billion) Transformers franchise revenue up until 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=政府、ハリウッドにアニメ・玩具セールス 国策会社設立 |url=http://digital.asahi.com/articles/TKY201111020783.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402201834/http://digital.asahi.com/articles/TKY201111020783.html |access-date=February 24, 2020 |work=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |language=Japanese|date=November 3, 2011 |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
| 1959{{efn|''Barbie'' became a media franchise starting in 1987, with the debut of the [[Barbie (film series)|''Barbie'' animated film series]]. Earlier [[Barbie]] toy sales prior to 1987 are not included here.}}

| {{sort | 24852 | {{estimation}} $24.9 billion}}

|
|

* Merchandise sales – {{US$|3.97 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Transformers merchandise sales:
*[[Barbie|Merchandise sales]] – {{US$|23.883 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}} between 1987 and 1994.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Graves |first=Earl G. |title=Mattel Inc. |journal=[[Black Enterprise]] |date=October 1994 |volume=25 |issue=3 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA106 |publisher=Earl G. Graves, Ltd.}}</ref> {{US$|1.9 billion|long=no}} in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |title=Doll power: Barbie celebrates 50th anniversary and toy world dominance |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4014779/Doll-power-Barbie-celebrates-50th-anniversary-and-toy-world-dominance.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=December 29, 2008}}</ref> {{US$|1.52 billion|long=no}} in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kapner |first1=Suzanne |title=Mattel's Barbie gets a makeover |url=http://archive.fortune.com/2009/07/09/news/companies/mattel_barbie_makeover.fortune/index.htm |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=July 10, 2009}}</ref> {{US$|3.6 billion|long=no}} in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mattel's 2004 Line Showcases Strength of Barbie, Fisher-Price, and Hot Wheels Brands, Growing Entertainment Muscle and Seamless Technology |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040212005225/en/Mattels-2004-Line-Showcases-Strength-Barbie-Fisher-Price |work=[[Business Wire]] |date=February 12, 2004}}</ref> {{US$|3.3 billion|long=no}} in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=2008's big moneymakers: 'Idol' and Barbie |url=http://www.startribune.com/2008-s-big-moneymakers-idol-and-barbie/42826012/ |work=[[Star Tribune]] |date=April 10, 2009}}</ref> {{US$|550 million|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=FAST FACTS ABOUT BARBIE |url=http://www.barbiemedia.com/about-barbie/fast-facts.html |website=Barbie Media |publisher=[[Mattel]] |year=2016 |access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> {{US$|1,275.3 million|long=no}} sales in 2012.<ref name="barbie">{{cite web |last=Bedford |first=Emma |title=Gross sales of Mattel's Barbie brand worldwide from 2012 to 2019 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/370361/gross-sales-of-mattel-s-barbie-brand/ |website=[[Statista]] |date=March 3, 2020 |access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref> {{US$|3 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mattel Is Banking On Barbie Being The Next Big Movie Franchise |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/mattel-is-banking-on-barbie-being-the-next-big-movie-franchise-2014-4 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=April 2014}}</ref> {{US$|1,934.5 million|long=no}} during 2014–2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Barbie Doll Statistics |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/barbie-doll-statistics/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624012119/http://www.statisticbrain.com/barbie-doll-statistics/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 24, 2018 |access-date=June 22, 2018 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Biers |first=John |title=Star Wars overtakes Barbie with $5-B US toy sales |url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/22/17/star-wars-overtakes-barbie-with-5-b-us-toy-sales |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |date=May 22, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|3,203.61 million|long=no}} during 2017–2019.<ref name="barbie"/>}}
* 1984–1992 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} US toy sales<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Suellentrop |first=Chris |title=How an Obscure Collection of Japanese Action Figures Changed the Way We Play |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/06/trans-toy/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113110515/https://www.wired.com/2007/06/trans-toy/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |archivedate=January 13, 2016|date=June 26, 2007|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}</ref>

* 2012 – {{US$|314 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
* 2013 – {{US$|304 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*[[Barbie (film series)|Home video sales]] – {{US$|964 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Barbie (film series)|Films}}''}}

* 2014 – {{US$|410 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>
*[[Barbie (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|5.1 million|long=no}}<ref name="barbie-numbers">{{cite web |title=Barbie Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Barbie |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=February 6, 2019}}</ref>
* 2015 – {{US$|430 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>

* 2016 – {{US$|446 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
| Animated film
* 2017 – {{US$|652 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

* 2018 – {{US$|423 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
| [[Ruth Handler]]
* [[Transformers (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|5.260 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Transformers#tab=summary|title=Transformers Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=August 5, 2023}}</ref>

* Home entertainment – {{US$|906 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Transformers Franchise Box Office History – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Transformers#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=April 7, 2023}}</ref>
| [[Animated series]]
| [[Mattel]]

| [[Shōji Kawamori]] <br /> [[Kazutaka Miyatake]]
| [[Takara Tomy]] <br /> [[Hasbro]]
|-
|-

| ''[[Dungeon Fighter Online]]'' <br /> (''DFO'')
| ''[[Gundam]]''
| 2005

| {{sort | 22000 | $22 billion}}
| 1979

| {{sort | 23679 | {{estimation}} $23.7 billion}}

|
|

* Computer game – {{US$|22 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pdf.irpocket.com/C3659/dUAy/FXmk/y5Ti.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811160211/https://pdf.irpocket.com/C3659/dUAy/FXmk/y5Ti.pdf|title=Q2 2023 Investor Presentation|website=Nexon Investor Relation|page=33|archivedate=August 11, 2023|accessdate=October 7, 2023}}</ref>
*Retail sales – {{US$|23.538 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Cultural impact of Gundam|Retail sales}}''}}
| Video game

| Neople
*[[Gundam#Media|Anime box office]] – {{US$|141 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
| [[Nexon]] <br />[[Tencent]]

| [[Anime series]]

| [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]

| [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] <br> {{small|([[Bandai Namco Holdings]])}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''

| 1995

| {{sort | 21995 | {{estimation}} $22 billion}}

|

*Retail sales – {{US$|17.778 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Toy Story]]'' and ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' generated {{US$|6.6 billion|long=no}} up until 2009.<ref name="businesswire">{{cite news |title=Disney Consumer Products Poised to Significantly Increase Share of Boys Market |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100603005682/en/Disney-Consumer-Products-Poised-Significantly-Increase-Share |work=[[Business Wire]] |date=June 3, 2010 }}</ref> ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' (2010) generated nearly {{US$|10 billion|long=no}} up until 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Palmeri|first=Christopher|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-11-07/more-disney-fun-and-games-with-toy-story-4-in-2017|title=More Disney Fun and Games With 'Toy Story 4' in 2017|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|date=November 6, 2014|access-date=January 1, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="euromonitor">{{cite book |title=Licensing: Billion Dollar Character Franchises |date=September 2016 |publisher=Euromonitor International |url=https://www.euromonitor.com/licensing-billion-dollar-character-franchises/report}}</ref> {{¥|{{#expr:1550*(1.25/100) round 1}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|19380|JPN|year=2019|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) in 2019.<ref name="charabiz2019"/><ref name="cna"/>

}}

*Box office – {{US$|3.044 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film}}

*TV revenue – {{US$|{{#expr:1700-1067}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Yamazaki|first=Makiko|title=Nintendo's Mario eyes a Mickey Mouse merchandising makeover|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nintendo-pokemon-ip-idUSKCN1072T1|work=[[Reuters]]|date=July 28, 2016}}</ref>{{efn|name=Film}}

*VHS sales – {{US$|290 million|long=no}}<ref name="Wroot"/>

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|250 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Toy Story Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Toy-Story#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=March 31, 2019}}</ref>

| Animated film

| [[Pixar]]<br>[[John Lasseter]]

| The Walt Disney Company

|-

| ''[[Cars (franchise)|Cars]]''
| ''[[Cars (franchise)|Cars]]''

| 2006
| 2006

| {{sort | 21547 | $21.5 billion}}
| {{sort | 21794 | {{estimation}} $21.8 billion}}

|
|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|19.114 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|10 billion|long=no}} up until 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/14209968/pixar-boss-reveals-cars-movie-merchandise-made-10bn|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115233453/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/14209968/pixar-boss-reveals-cars-movie-merchandise-made-10bn|title=Pixar boss reveals Cars movie merchandise made $10bn|website=[[BBC]]|archivedate=January 15, 2016|date=July 21, 2011|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> {{US$|2.527 billion|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|2.3 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|2.025 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="euromonitor"/> $588{{nbsp}}million in 2016. {{US$|674 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|19.114 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|10 billion|long=no}} up until 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/14209968/pixar-boss-reveals-cars-movie-merchandise-made-10bn|title=Pixar boss reveals Cars movie merchandise made $10bn|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=July 21, 2011|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> {{US$|2.527 billion|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|2.3 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|2.025 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="euromonitor"/> $588{{nbsp}}million in 2016. {{US$|674 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*Box office – {{US$|1.799 billion|long=no}}{{efn|

*''Cars'' series – {{US$|1.405 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Cars#tab=summary|title=Cars Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=July 20, 2023}}</ref>
*''Planes'' series {{US$|394 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Planes#tab=summary|title=Planes Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=July 20, 2023}}</ref>}}
*Box office – {{US$|2.026 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Cars'' series grossed {{US$|1.408 billion|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=pixarcars.htm|title=Cars Movies at the Box Office|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> ''Planes'' series grossed {{US$|391 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Planes Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=planes.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref>}}

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|634 million|long=no}}{{efn|
*''Cars'' series {{US$|513 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Cars Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Cars#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|665.6million|long=no}}{{efn|''Cars'' series grossed {{US$|537 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cars Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Cars#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> ''Planes'' series grossed {{US$|117 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Planes Franchise Box Office History – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Planes#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref> ‘’[[Cars Toons]]’’ $11.5 million<ref> https://www.the-numbers.com/tv-show/Cars-Toons#tab=summary</ref>}}

*''Planes'' series – {{US$|121 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Planes Franchise Box Office History – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Planes#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>}}
| Animated film
| Animated film

| [[Pixar]] <br /> John Lasseter
| [[Pixar]]
| [[Pixar]] <br> John Lasseter

{{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
| The Walt Disney Company

|-
|-

|''[[Candy Crush]]''
|- class="sortbottom" <!-- Blank row to make blank space before heading -->
| 2012

| {{sort | 20000 | $20 billion}}
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|

* Video games – {{US$|20 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Jeffrey|last=Rousseau|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/kings-candy-crush-saga-hits-20bn-in-lifetime-revenue|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927183216/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/kings-candy-crush-saga-hits-20bn-in-lifetime-revenue|title=King's Candy Crush Saga hits $20bn in lifetime revenue|website=[[Gameindustry.biz]]|archivedate=September 27, 2023|date=September 27, 2023|accessdate=September 28, 2023}}</ref>
| [[Mobile game]]
| [[King (company)|King]]
| Activision Blizzard <br /> {{small|(Microsoft Gaming)}}
|- class="sortbottom"<!-- Blank row to make blank space before heading -->
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|- class="sortbottom"

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! colspan="7" |



=== $10–19 billion ===

|-
=== $10–20 billion ===
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''

| 1984
|-
| {{sort | 17382 | $17.4 billion}}

| ''[[Middle-earth]]'' <br> (''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'')

| 1937

| {{sort | 19937 | $19.9 billion}}{{efn|''Middle-earth'' (''The Lord of the Rings'') franchise is reported to have grossed {{US$|19.827 billion|long=no}} in total revenue as of January 2018.<ref name="lotr">{{cite web |title=Lord of the Rings Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/lord-of-the-rings-total-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627165316/http://www.statisticbrain.com/lord-of-the-rings-total-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>}}

|
|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|15.4 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Book sales – {{US$|9.125 billion|long=no}}<ref name="lotr"/>
*Up until 1994 – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Anthony|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/22/style/gold-in-bedrock.html?pagewanted=all|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203003117/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/22/style/gold-in-bedrock.html?pagewanted=all|title=Gold In Bedrock?|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|archivedate=February 3, 2017|date=May 22, 1994|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>

*2003–2005 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2005-1103.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614225401/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com:80/docs/news/2005-1103.pdf|title=From the Sewers To The Streets Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Emerge For First Appearance At Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade|website=4kidsentertainment.com|archivedate=June 14, 2006|date=November 3, 2005|accessdate=April 4, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Middle-earth in film|Box office]] – $5.896 billion<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Peter-Jacksons-Lord-of-the-Rings |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*2009–2012 – {{US$|475 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=London Expo: Nickelodeon Touts $475 Million in Retail Sales for Relaunched 'Turtles' Franchise |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/london-expo-nickelodeon-touts-475-649396 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018195422/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/london-expo-nickelodeon-touts-475-649396|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archivedate=October 18, 2013|date=October 18, 2013}}</ref>

*2012–2022 – {{US$|8 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Anthony|last=DAlessandro|url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-retail-sales-1235519233/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814205319/https://deadline.com/2023/08/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-retail-sales-1235519233/|title=Cowabunga! 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Franchise Reignited With $1 Billion-Plus Global Retail Sales For 2023|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|archivedate=August 14, 2023|date=August 14, 2023|accessdate=August 15, 2023}}</ref>}}
*Home video sales – {{US$|4.194 billion|long=no}}<ref name="lotr"/>
*[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|1.311 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=September 13, 2023}}</ref>

*[[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games|Video games]] – {{US$|450 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/theyre-back-playmates-toys-launches-all-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-toys-76318872.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215124944/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/theyre-back-playmates-toys-launches-all-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-toys-76318872.html|title=They're Back!! Playmates Toys Launches All-New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|archive-date=February 15, 2017|date=October 17, 2002|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|435 million|long=no}}<ref name="lotr"/>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|154 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>

*[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Video rentals]] – {{US$|67.65 million|long=no}}<ref name="Hall"/>
*Licensing – {{US$|225 million|long=no}}<ref name="lotr"/>
| Comic book

| [[Kevin Eastman]] <br />[[Peter Laird]]
*[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game)|Video game]] – {{US$|{{#expr:1.4*44 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref name="Marich"/>
| [[Nickelodeon]] <br /> {{small|(Paramount Global)}}

|-
| Novel
| ''[[Looney Tunes]]''

| 1930
| [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]
| {{sort | 15946 | $15.9 billion}}

| [[Tolkien Estate]] {{small|(books)}} <br>Warner Bros. {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}} {{small|(films)}}

|-

| ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''

| 1996

| {{sort | 17095 | {{estimation}} $17.1 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|15.277 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Looney Tunes'' franchise retail sales:
*[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|Trading card game]] – {{US$|9.64 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Over {{¥|1 trillion}}<ref name="livedoor"/><ref>{{cite news |title=『鬼滅の刃』は『ジャンプ』史上最も稼いだマンガではない! 売り上げ1兆円作品とは(週刊女性PRIME) |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c4541ee2ba8e3031080445e9433b1adcfce1fb77?page=2 |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |publisher=[[Yahoo! Japan]] |date=29 January 2021 |page=2 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|9.64 billion|long=no}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical exchange rates (1,000 JPY to USD) |url=https://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=1000&C1=JPY&C2=USD&MA=1&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2021&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=29&MM2=01&YYYY2=2021 |website=fxtop.com |date=January 2021 |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>}}
*1978 – {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113872337/star-tribune/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130200840/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113872337/star-tribune/|title=Cartoons|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|page=58|archivedate=November 30, 2022|date=February 18, 1979|accessdate=November 30, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

*1993 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Looney Tunes 1993 and 1994">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition/128548118/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720105908/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition/128548118/|title=A Hare-Brained Movie|newspaper=[[Newsday (Suffolk Edition)|Newsday]]|page=36|archivedate=July 20, 2023|date=June 21, 1995|accessdate=July 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*1994 – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Looney Tunes 1993 and 1994"/>
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|5.92 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Yu-Gi-Oh'' licensed merchandise sales:

*1995 – {{US$|2.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Harry|last=Berkowitz|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113872360/newsday-nassau-edition/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130200844/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113872360/newsday-nassau-edition/|title=Hollywoods's Slam Dunk|newspaper=[[Newsday (Nassau Edition)|Newsday]]|archivedate=November 30, 2022|page=384,385|date=June 23, 1996|accessdate=November 30, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*Up until January 2012 – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Properties - Yu-Gi-Oh! |url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/property/yu-gi-oh/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114025312/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/property/yu-gi-oh/ |website=[[4Kids Entertainment]] |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 14, 2012 |access-date=14 January 2021 }}</ref>
*1996 – {{US$|3.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last=McCarthy |first=Patti J. |title=The Lucas Effect: George Lucas and the New Hollywood |date=2014 |publisher=Teneo Press |page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ccp1CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT166}}</ref>

*2010 – {{US$|603 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>
*2012 – {{US$|624 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*Licensed merchandise sales outside Asia during 2015–2018 – {{US$|920 million|long=no}}

*2013 – {{US$|617 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
**{{US$|120 million|long=no}} in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-2|title=The Top 150 Global Licensors|website=License Global|date=May 1, 2016|access-date=July 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185242/http://www.licenseglobal.com/magazine-article/top-150-global-licensors-2|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> {{US$|200 million|long=no}} in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-3|title=The Top 150 Global Licensors|website=License Global|date=April 1, 2017|access-date=April 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185025/http://www.licenseglobal.com/magazine-article/top-150-global-licensors-3|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> {{US$|300 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dc.cn.ubm-us.com/i/962166-license-global-april-2018|title=Licence Global - April 2018|website=dc.cn.ubm-us.com|date=April 2018|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502140333/http://dc.cn.ubm-us.com/i/962166-license-global-april-2018|archive-date=May 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> {{US$|300 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0a2d8f9#/b0a2d8f9/60|title=Licence Global - August 2018|work=Licence Global|date=August 2018|page=T32|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref>
*2014 – {{US$|628 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>

*2015 – {{US$|639 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
*2016 – {{US$|645 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2017 – {{US$|624 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2018 – {{US$|597 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>
*''[[Space Jam]]'' – {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Davind|last=Haugh|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-09-10-0909070267-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920130728/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-09-10-0909070267-story.html|title=The accidental movie star goes one-on-one with Bugs Bunny -- and they both prevail|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|archivedate=September 20, 2018|date=September 10, 2009|accessdate=July 31, 2023}}</ref>
}}
}}

* [[List of Looney Tunes feature films|Box office]] – {{US$|460 million|long=no}}{{efn|
*[[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! chapters|Manga sales]] – {{US$|964 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{¥|100 billion}}<ref name="livedoor"/> ({{US$|964 million|long=no}})<ref name="JPY-2021-01"/>}}
*Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1992) – {{US$|78,350|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2655618561/|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>

*1995 Bugs Bunny Film Festival (1995) – {{US$|19,587|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=1995bugsbunnyfilmfestival.htm|title=Bugs Bunny Film Festival (1995)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>
*[[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games|Video games]] – {{US$|377 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games|''Yu-Gi-Oh'' video games]]:
*[[Space Jam]] (1996) – {{US$|230 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3849356801/|title=Space Jam (1996)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>

*1998 Bugs Bunny Film Festival (1998) – {{US$|413,076|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2672395777/|title=Bugs Bunny Film Festival (1998)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>
*''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards]]'' (GBA) – {{US$|60 million|long=no}} (United States)<ref name="nextgensales">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052300/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0 |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0 |title=The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games |author=Keiser, Joe |date=August 2, 2006 |work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>
*Looney Tunes Back In Action (2003) – {{US$|68 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3043067393/|title=Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)|website= Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>

*Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) – {{US$|162 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tttt3554046/|title=Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)|website= Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>
*''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses]]'' (PS2) – {{US$|33 million|long=no}} (United States)<ref name="nextgensales2">{{cite web|url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1|title=The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century|author=Campbell|first=Colin|last2=Keiser|first2=Joe|date=July 29, 2006|work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028115051/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1|archive-date=October 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

*''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]]'' (mobile) – {{US$|284 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links|Reception}}''}}

}}
}}

* [[Space Jam|Home video sales]] – {{US$|209 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Jordan's career spurred $10 billion impact on economy, Fortune says |url=https://www.deseret.com/1998/6/2/19383563/jordan-s-career-spurred-10-billion-impact-on-economy-fortune-says |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153548/https://www.deseret.com/1998/6/2/19383563/jordan-s-career-spurred-10-billion-impact-on-economy-fortune-says|archivedate=December 9, 2019|access-date=January 25, 2020 |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=June 2, 1998}}</ref>
*[[Yu-Gi-Oh!#Anime|Anime TV revenue]] – {{US$|152 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title='Yu-Gi-Oh!' Creator Terminates U.S. Deal and Sues for Millions of Dollars (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/yu-gi-creator-terminates-us-172273 |access-date=2 September 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=29 March 2011}}</ref>
| Animated cartoon

| [[Hugh Harman]]<br>[[Rudolf Ising]]
*[[Yu-Gi-Oh!#Films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|42 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
| Warner Bros. {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}

| Manga

| [[Kazuki Takahashi (manga artist)|Kazuki Takahashi]]

| Kazuki Takahashi <br> Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}}<br>[[Konami]] (games and cards)

|-
|-

| ''[[Peanuts]]''

| 1950

| {{sort | 15969 | {{estimation}} $16.1 billion}}

|

*Retail sales – {{US$|15.684 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Peanuts'' retail sales:

*1990 – {{US$|448 million|long=no}}<ref name="Pictorial">{{cite journal |title=Japan Pictorial |journal=Japan Pictorial |year=1990 |volume=13-15 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TThWAAAAYAAJ |publisher=Japan Graphic |quote=Sales of Hello Kitty goods bring in ¥60 billion (about $448 million) a year, making her the world's third most lucrative character surpassed only by Mickey Mouse and Snoopy.}}</ref>

*Late 1990s – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title='Peanuts' Cartoonist Has Surgery |url=https://apnews.com/a1daaf85b8654644a12b4c43dca45735 |work=[[AP News]] |date=November 17, 1999}}</ref>

*2000–2008 – {{¥|125.94 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|125940|JPN|year=2008|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

**2000 – {{¥|65 billion}}<ref name="Yano"/>

**2003 – {{¥|40 billion}}<ref name="Yano"/>

**2008 – {{¥|20.94 billion}}<ref name="charabiz-2008">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2009⑧ |date=2009 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=2487 |language=ja}}</ref>

*2010 – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>

*2011 – {{US$|600 million|long=no}}<ref name="forbes2011"/>

*2012 – {{US$|1.141 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

*2013–2017 – {{US$|6.887 billion|long=no}}

**{{US$|1.167 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|1.194 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="dhxmedia">{{cite news |title=DHX MEDIA CLOSES ACQUISITION OF PEANUTS AND STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE - DHX Media |url=http://www.dhxmedia.com/newsreleases/dhx-media-closes-acquisition-peanuts-strawberry-shortcake/ |work=[[DHX Media]] |date=June 30, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|1.468 billion|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|1.558 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>

*2018 – {{US$|1.662 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>

*2019 – {{¥|{{#expr:1550*(5.12/100)}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2019"/><ref name="cna"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|79360|JPN|year=2019|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

}}

*Box office – {{US$|261.7 million|long=no}} {{efn| Peanuts filmography}}

*[[The Peanuts Movie|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|103.5 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Peanuts#tab=video|title=Video Release Breakdown for Peanuts Movies|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref>

| [[Comic strip]]

| [[Charles M. Schulz]]

| [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]] {{small|(Sony)}} <br> Peanuts Worldwide LLC {{small|([[Iconix Brand Group]])}} <br>

|-

| ''[[Dora the Explorer]]''
| ''[[Dora the Explorer]]''

| 2000
| 2000

| {{sort | 15663 | $15.8 billion}}
| {{sort | 15663 | {{estimation}} $15.8 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|15.413 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
* Up until 2014 – {{US$|13 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Villarreal|first=Yvonne|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-aging-dora-20140818-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818210122/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-aging-dora-20140818-story.html|title=Dora the Explorer is growing up and getting a spinoff series|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=August 18, 2014|date=August 18, 2014|access-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref>
*Retail sales{{US$|15.413 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|13 billion|long=no}} retail sales up until 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Villarreal|first=Yvonne|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-aging-dora-20140818-story.html|title=Dora the Explorer is growing up and getting a spinoff series|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 18, 2014|access-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|933 million|long=no}} in 2015. {{US$|915 million|long=no}} in 2016.<ref name="preschool">{{cite news |title=Top 20 Preschool Properties in the $12.8 Billion Industry |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/top-20-preschool-properties-in-the-12-8-billion-industry/ |work=The Licensing Letter |date=July 17, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|565 million|long=no}} licensed merchandise sales in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}

* 2015 – {{US$|933 million|long=no}}<ref name="preschool"/>
*[[List of Dora the Explorer home video releases|Home video sales]] – {{US$|250 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Susan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oh6fKUalrLwC&q=dora+the+explorer+%24250+million&pg=PA121|title=Buy, Buy Baby: How Consumer Culture Manipulates Parents and Harms Young Minds|access-date=May 28, 2017|isbn=978-0618463510|year=2007}}</ref>{{efn|Home Entertainment Sales up until 2005}}
* 2016 – {{US$|915 million|long=no}}<ref name="preschool">{{cite news |title=Top 20 Preschool Properties in the $12.8 Billion Industry |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/top-20-preschool-properties-in-the-12-8-billion-industry/ |work=The Licensing Letter |date=July 17, 2017}}</ref>

* 2017 – {{US$|565 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*[[List of Dora the Explorer home video releases|Home video sales]] – {{US$|250 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Susan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oh6fKUalrLwC&q=dora+the+explorer+%24250+million&pg=PA121|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815155459/https://books.google.lv/books?id=oh6fKUalrLwC&q=dora+the+explorer+%24250+million&pg=PA121&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=dora%20the%20explorer%20%24250%20million&f=false|title=Buy, Buy Baby: How Consumer Culture Manipulates Parents and Harms Young Minds|archivedate=August 15, 2023|access-date=May 28, 2017|isbn=978-0618463510|year=2007}}</ref>{{efn|Home Entertainment Sales up until 2005}}
*[[Dora and the Lost City of Gold|Box office]] – {{US$|118 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Dora and the Lost City of Gold|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7547410/?ref_=bo_se_r_3|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Dora and the Lost City of Gold|Box office]] – {{US$|118 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Dora and the Lost City of Gold|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7547410/?ref_=bo_se_r_3|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref>

| Animated series
| Animated series

| [[Chris Gifford (writer)|Chris Gifford]] <br /> Valerie Walsh <br /> [[Eric Weiner]]
| [[Chris Gifford (actor)|Chris Gifford]] <br> Valerie Walsh <br> [[Eric Weiner]]
| [[Nickelodeon]] <br /> {{small|([[Paramount Global]])}}

| [[Nickelodeon]] <br> {{small|(ViacomCBS)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Pac-Man]]''
| ''[[The Simpsons (franchise)|The Simpsons]]''
| 1980

| {{sort | 15439 | $15.4 billion}}
| 1987

| {{sort | 15600 | {{Estimation}} $15.6 billion}}

|
|

* [[List of Pac-Man video games|Video games]] – {{US$|14.407 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Pac-Man'' video game revenue:
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|7.073 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|4.6 billion|long=no}} up until 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Simpsons Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/the-simpsons-total-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420120139/http://www.statisticbrain.com/the-simpsons-total-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2012 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=February 8, 2012 |access-date=April 20, 2012}}</ref> {{US$|{{#expr:352+373}} million|long=no}} during 2012–2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|390 million|long=no}} in 2014,<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|396 million|long=no}} in 2015,<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|{{#expr:410+297}} million|long=no}} during 2016–2017,<ref name="tll2017"/> and {{US$|255 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
* ''[[Pac-Man]]'' – {{US$|12.81 billion|long=no}}<ref name="gamerevolution"/>

* ''[[Ms. Pac-Man]]'' – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Ms. Pac-Man (Coin-Op) |journal=Digital Press |date=March 1995 |issue=24 |page=19 |url=https://archive.org/details/Digital_Press_Issue_24_1995-03_Santulli_Joe_US/page/n18}}</ref>
*[[The Simpsons|TV advertising]] – {{US$|5.76 billion|long=no}}<ref name="simpsons">{{cite web |title=The Simpsons Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/the-simpsons-total-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613161931/http://www.statisticbrain.com/the-simpsons-total-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=May 20, 2017 |access-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref>
* Other games (US) – {{US$|97.3 million|long=no}}

** ''[[Pac-Mania]]'' ([[Arcade game|Arcade]]) – {{US$|{{#expr:(1995*1412)/1000000 round 2}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Atari Production Numbers Memo |url=http://www.atarigames.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47%3Aatari-production-numbers-memo&catid=5%3Aatari-inter-office-memos&Itemid=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120084806/http://www.atarigames.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47%3Aatari-production-numbers-memo&catid=5%3Aatari-inter-office-memos&Itemid=5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |website=[[Atari Games]] |date=January 4, 2010 |access-date=January 20, 2013}}</ref>
*[[The Simpsons|TV syndication]] – {{US$|1.15 billion|long=no}}<ref name="simpsons"/>
** ''[[Microsoft Return of Arcade]]'' (PC) – {{US$|9.5 million|long=no}}<ref name="slow">{{cite news | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508013306/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-03-03/business/fi-34360_1_pc-game/3 |url=https://articles.latimes.com/1997-03-03/business/fi-34360_1_pc-game/3 | title=''Myst'' Opportunities: Game Makers Narrow Their Focus to Search for the Next Blockbuster | date=March 3, 1997 | author=Miller, Greg | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | page=3 | archive-date=May 8, 2018 | url-status=live | access-date=February 20, 2020 }}</ref>

** ''[[Pac-Man Collection]]'' (GBA) – {{US$|25 million|long=no}}<ref name="P Video Game">{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Keiser|url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052300/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0|title=The Century's Top Handheld Games|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|archivedate=October 10, 2007|date=August 5, 2006|accessdate=November 26, 2022}}</ref>
** ''[[Namco Museum]]'' (GBA) – {{US$|37 million|long=no}}<ref name="P Video Game"/>
*[[List of The Simpsons home video releases|Home video sales]] – {{US$|1.091 billion|long=no}}<ref name="simpsons"/>

** ''[[Pac-Man World 2]]'' ([[PS2]]) – {{US$|23 million|long=no}}<ref name="Next Gen July 2006"/>
*[[The Simpsons Movie|Box office]] – {{US$|527 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Simpsons Movie (2007) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Simpsons-Movie-The |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>

*[[List of The Simpsons video games|Video games]] – {{US$|241 million|long=no}}{{efn|''The Simpsons'' video games:

*''[[The Simpsons: Road Rage]]'' – {{US$|41 million|long=no}}<ref name="nextgen-console">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010055400/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=34&pop=1&page=0 |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=34&pop=1&page=0 |title=The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century |author1=Campbell, Colin |author2=Keiser, Joe |date=July 29, 2006 |work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 12, 2018 }}</ref>

}}
}}

*Merchandise & licensing – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Jane|last=Wollman|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_popular-computing_1982-12_2_2/page/n83/mode/2up|title=Pac-Mania|magazine=[[Popular Computing]]|page=81|date=December 1982|accessdate=April 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Kao|last=John|date=1989|title=The Industry |url=https://archive.org/details/entrepreneurship0000kaoj/page/44/mode/2up|publisher=Englewood Cliffs|page=45|accessdate=April 1, 2023}}</ref>
| Animated series
*[[Pac-Man Fever (album)|Music sales]] – {{US$|32 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[Buckner & Garcia]]'s ''[[Pac-Man Fever (album)|Pac-Man Fever]]'' album and "[[Pac-Man Fever (song)|Pac-Man Fever]]" single – {{US$|32 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=mark|last=Faris|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113655363/the-akron-beacon-journal/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126115015/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113655363/the-akron-beacon-journal/|title=Ex-Akronites have a hot little ditty going|newspaper=[[The Akron Beacon-Journal]]|page=13|archivedate=November 26, 2022|date=February 26, 1982|accessdate=November 26, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>}}

| Video game
| [[Matt Groening]]
| [[Toru Iwatani]] <br /> [[Namco]]

| [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]] <br /> {{small|(Bandai Namco Holdings)}}
| [[20th Century Studios]] <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[The Lion King (franchise)|The Lion King]]''
| ''[[The Lion King (franchise)|The Lion King]]''

| 1994
| 1994

| {{sort | 15233 | $15.2 billion}}
| {{sort | 15377 | {{estimation}} $15.4 billion}}

|
|

*[[The Lion King (musical)|Musical theatre]] – {{US$|8.1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seymour |first=Lee |date=December 18, 2017 |title=Over The Last 20 Years, Broadway's 'Lion King' Has Made More Money For Disney Than 'Star Wars' |url=https://archive.today/20240128071822/https://www.forbes.com/sites/leeseymour/2017/12/18/the-lion-king-is-making-more-money-for-disney-than-star-wars/?sh=211f44671ff0 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>
*[[The Lion King (musical)|Musical theatre]] – {{US$|8.252 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Musical|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing musicals|Highest-grossing musical theatre productions}}.}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|3 billion|long=no}} up until 1998.<ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Hay|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113819627/the-sydney-morning-herald/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129112043/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113819627/the-sydney-morning-herald/|title=Wall Street back in love with films|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|page=39|archivedate=November 29, 2022|date=February 9, 1998|accessdate=November 29, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>}}

*Box office – {{US$|2.633 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Lion-King-The#tab=summary|title=The Lion King Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 6, 2023}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="lion">{{cite web|last=Grover|first=Ronald|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1998-02-15/the-entertainment-glut|title=The Entertainment Glut|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|date=February 16, 1998|access-date=May 1, 2017}}</ref>
*Home entertainment – $1.5{{nbsp}}billion<ref name="Pincus-Roth (2006)">{{cite news |first=Zachary |last=Pincus-Roth |title=Movies aren't the only B.O. monsters|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/news/movies-aren-t-the-only-b-o-monsters-1117935611/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510132150/https://variety.com/2006/legit/news/movies-aren-t-the-only-b-o-monsters-1117935611/|archivedate=May 10, 2013|date=January 8, 2006|access-date=September 24, 2014}}</ref>

*Box office – {{US$|2.625 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing musicals|Highest-grossing musical film series and film franchises}}.}}

*Home entertainment – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Pincus-Roth (2006)">{{cite news |first=Zachary |last=Pincus-Roth |title=Movies aren't the only B.O. monsters |date=January 8, 2006 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/news/movies-aren-t-the-only-b-o-monsters-1117935611/ |access-date=September 24, 2014}}</ref>

| Animated film
| Animated film

| [[Roger Allers]] <br /> [[Rob Minkoff]]
| [[Roger Allers]] <br> [[Rob Minkoff]]

| The Walt Disney Company
| The Walt Disney Company

|-
|-

| ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''
| ''[[Super Sentai]]'' <br> (''[[Power Rangers]]'')
| 1995

| {{sort | 14813 | $14.8 billion}}
| 1975

| {{sort | 15362 | {{estimation}} $15.4 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|11 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|15.126 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Super Sentai|Merchandise}}''}}
*[[Toy Story 3]] (2010) – {{US$|10 billion|long=no}} up until 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-walt-disney-toystory-idUSKBN0IQ2MU20141106|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127034936/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-walt-disney-toystory-idUSKBN0IQ2MU20141106|title=Disney announces 'Toy Story 4' for 2017, directed by Lasseter|website=[[Reuters]]|archivedate=November 27, 2022|date=November 7, 2014|accessdate=November 27, 2022}}</ref>

*2015 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="euromonitor">{{cite book |title=Licensing: Billion Dollar Character Franchises |archivedate=November 24, 2016|date=September 2016 |publisher=Euromonitor International |url=https://www.euromonitor.com/licensing-billion-dollar-character-franchises/report|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124193515/https://www.euromonitor.com/licensing-billion-dollar-character-franchises/report}}</ref>}}
*Box office – {{US$|218.6 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Power Rangers|Feature films}}''}}
*Box office – {{US$|3.273 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Toy-Story#tab=summary|title=Toy Story Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 10, 2023}}</ref>

*VHS sales – {{US$|290 million|long=no}}<ref name="Wroot">{{cite book|last1=Wroot|first1=Jonathan|last2=Willis|first2=Andy|title=DVD, Blu-ray and Beyond: Navigating Formats and Platforms within Media Consumption|date=2017|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]]|isbn=9783319627588|page=22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-M8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815173536/https://books.google.lv/books?id=q-M8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA22&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|archivedate=August 15, 2023}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|250 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Toy Story Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Toy-Story#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=March 31, 2019}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|17.4 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Power Rangers Franchise - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Power-Rangers#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>

| Animated film
| [[Pixar]]<br />[[John Lasseter]]
| [[Television series]]

| The Walt Disney Company
| [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] <br> [[Haim Saban]] <br> [[Shuki Levy]]

| [[Toei Company]] {{small|(Visual media, Super Sentai)}} <br> [[Bandai Namco Holdings]] {{small|(Merchandise Media, Super Sentai)}} <br> [[Hasbro]] {{small|(Everything, Power Rangers)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[James Bond]]''
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
| 1953

| {{sort | 14499 | $14.4 billion}}{{efn|In October 2015, it was projected that the ''James Bond'' franchise would be worth an estimated [[Pound sterling|£]]13{{nbsp}}billion ({{US$|19.9 billion|long=no}}) after the release of ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]''.<ref name="ibtimes">{{cite web|last=Adejobi|first=Alicia|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/spectre-movie-james-bond-brand-worth-13bn-off-back-monster-box-office-dvd-sales-1525914|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028133625/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/spectre-movie-james-bond-brand-worth-13bn-off-back-monster-box-office-dvd-sales-1525914|title=Spectre movie: James Bond brand worth £13bn off the back of monster box office and DVD sales|work=[[International Business Times]]|archivedate=October 28, 2015|date=October 27, 2015|access-date=December 5, 2016}}</ref>}}
| 1984

| {{sort | 15360 | {{estimation}} $15.4 billion}}

|
|

*[[James Bond in film|Box office]] – $7.879{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web |title=James Bond Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/James-Bond |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|13.2 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|6 billion|long=no}} up until 1994.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Anthony|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/22/style/gold-in-bedrock.html?pagewanted=all|title=Gold In Bedrock?|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 22, 1994|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} during 2003–2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=FROM THE SEWERS TO THE STREETS … TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES EMERGE FOR FIRST APPEARANCE AT MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE |url=http://www.ninjaturtles.com/html/new.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218221820/http://www.ninjaturtles.com/html/new.htm |archive-date=December 18, 2005 |access-date=2 September 2019 |work=[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] (official site) |publisher=[[Mirage Studios]] |date=November 8, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{US$|475 million|long=no}} during 2009–2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=London Expo: Nickelodeon Touts $475 Million in Retail Sales for Relaunched 'Turtles' Franchise |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/london-expo-nickelodeon-touts-475-649396 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> {{US$|850 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|1.026 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> $1.021{{nbsp}}billion in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $1.093{{nbsp}}billion in 2016. {{US$|823 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|912 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*Home video sales – ${{To USD|2|GBR|year=2015}}{{nbsp}}billion<ref name="ibtimes"/>

*Merchandise & licensing – ${{To USD|2|GBR|year=2015}}{{nbsp}}billion<ref name="ibtimes"/>
*[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film series)|Film revenue]] – {{US$|1.71 billion|long=no}}{{efn|[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film series)|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' films]]:
* Video games – {{US$|500 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye]]'' – {{US$|500 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Joseph|last=Gelmis|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92542306/newsday-suffolk-edition/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114032153/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92542306/newsday-suffolk-edition/|title=Battling Big Biz And Other Evil Life Forms|newspaper=[[Newsday (Suffolk Edition)|Newsday]]|page=142|archivedate=January 14, 2022|date=June 7, 2000|accessdate=November 27, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>}}

| Novel
*Up until 1993 – {{US$|724 million|long=no}}+ (box office and VHS sales & rentals)<ref name="TMNT">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/theyre-back-playmates-toys-launches-all-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-toys-76318872.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215124944/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/theyre-back-playmates-toys-launches-all-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-toys-76318872.html|title=They're Back!! Playmates Toys Launches All-New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|archive-date=February 15, 2017|date=October 17, 2002|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref>
| [[Ian Fleming]]

| [[Jonathan Cape]] {{small|(books)}} <br /> [[Danjaq]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] {{small|(films)}}
*2007 to February 2021 – {{US$|986 million|long=no}} (box office and DVD & Blu-ray sales)<ref>{{cite web |title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>

}}

*[[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games|Video games]] – {{US$|450 million|long=no}}<ref name="TMNT"/>

| Comic book

| [[Kevin Eastman]] <br>[[Peter Laird]]

| [[Nickelodeon]] <br> {{small|(Paramount Global)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Peanuts]]''
| ''[[Dungeon Fighter Online]]'' <br> (''DFO'')
| 1950

| {{sort | 14475 | $14.4 billion}}
| 2005

| {{sort | 15310 | {{estimation}} $15.3 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|14.19 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Peanuts'' retail sales:
*Computer game – {{US$|15.31 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Dungeon Fighter Online'' (''DFO'')
*1986 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Carla|last=Lazzareschi|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-29-fi-25598-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421023750/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-29-fi-25598-story.html|title=Fortune grows from Peanuts for Schulz, A reluctant Tycoon|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=April 21, 2021|date=November 29, 1987|accessdate=July 31, 2023}}</ref>

*1997 – {{US$|1.1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122070341/chicago-tribune/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401160049/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122070341/chicago-tribune/|title=Peanuts gang reprise|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|page=32|archivedate=April 1, 2023|date=December 15, 1999|accessdate=April 1, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1999/03/25/marketing-world-ready-as-peanuts-turns-50/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731150432/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1999/03/25/marketing-world-ready-as-peanuts-turns-50/|title=Marketing World Ready as Peanuts turns 50|newspaper=[[Sun Sentinel]]|archivedate=July 31, 2023|date=March 25, 1999|accessdate=July 31, 2023}}</ref>
*Up until 2016 – {{US$|8.7 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Nexon courts Western game developers with creativity pitch|url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/03/06/nexon-courts-western-game-developers-with-creativity-pitch/|work=[[VentureBeat]]|date=March 6, 2017}}</ref>
*2010 – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010">{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%24100+million+club%3a+TLL+ranks+leading+entertainment%2f+character...-a0267332982|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233318/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%24100+million+club%3a+TLL+ranks+leading+entertainment%2f+character...-a0267332982|title=$100 million club: TLL ranks leading entertainment/ character properties; Disney, Warner dominate|work=The Licensing Letter|archivedate=September 29, 2018|date=September 5, 2011|accessdate=November 25, 2022|via=[[The Free Library]]}}</ref>

*US sales in 2011 – {{US$|600 million|long=no}}<ref name="forbes2011"/>
*2012 – {{US$|1.141 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*2017–2018 – {{US$|3.6 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Niko"/>

*2013 – {{US$|1.167 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*2014 – {{US$|1.194 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>
*2019 – {{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2019"/>

*2015 – {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="dhxmedia">{{cite news |title=DHX Media Closes Acquisition Of Peanuts and Strawberry Shortcake – DHX Media |url=http://www.dhxmedia.com/newsreleases/dhx-media-closes-acquisition-peanuts-strawberry-shortcake/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708194956/https://www.wildbrain.com/newsreleases/dhx-media-closes-acquisition-peanuts-strawberry-shortcake/#|work=[[DHX Media]] |archivedate=July 8, 2020|date=June 30, 2017}}</ref>
*2016 – {{US$|1.468 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2020 – {{US$|1.41 billion|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2020"/>

*2017 – {{US$|1.558 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2018 – {{US$|1.662 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>
}}
}}

*[[The Peanuts Movie|Box office]] – {{US$|250 million|long=no}}<ref name="peanuts">{{cite web |title=The Peanuts Movie (2015) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Peanuts-Movie-The |website=The Numbers |access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>
| Video game
*[[The Peanuts Movie|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|35 million|long=no}}<ref name="peanuts"/>

| [[Comic strip]]
| Neople
| [[Charles M. Schulz]]

| [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]] {{small|(Sony)}} <br /> Peanuts Worldwide LLC {{small|([[WildBrain]])}}
| [[Nexon]] <br>[[Tencent]]

|-
|-

| ''[[PAW Patrol]]''
| ''[[Pac-Man]]''
| 2013

| {{sort | 14412 | $14.4 billion}}
| 1980

| {{sort | 15439 | {{estimation}} $15.4 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|14 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/box-office-paw-patrol-wins-weekend-dumb-money-flops-1235741654/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001162202/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/box-office-paw-patrol-wins-weekend-dumb-money-flops-1235741654/|title=Box Office: 'PAW Patrol' Sequel Wins Weekend With $23 Million Debut, 'Dumb Money' Flops With $3.5 Million|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archivedate=October 1, 2023|date=October 1, 2023|accessdate=October 11, 2023}}</ref>
*[[List of Pac-Man video games|Video games]] – {{US$|14.407 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Pac-Man'' video game revenue:
*Box office – {{US$|373.7 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Paw-Patrol#tab=summary|title=Paw Patrol Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=January 22, 2024}}</ref>

*Home media – {{US$|39 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Paw-Patrol#tab=video|title=Paw Patrol Franchise video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=September 14, 2023}}</ref>
*''[[Pac-Man]]'' – {{US$|12.81 billion|long=no}}<ref name="gamerevolution">{{cite news|title=World of Warcraft Leads Industry With Nearly $10 Billion In Revenue|url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/13510-world-of-warcraft-leads-industry-with-nearly-10-billion-in-revenue|work=[[Game Revolution]]|publisher=[[CraveOnline]]|date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
| Animated series

| [[Keith Chapman]]
*''[[Ms. Pac-Man]]'' – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Ms. Pac-Man (Coin-Op) |journal=Digital Press |date=March 1995 |issue=24 |page=19 |url=https://archive.org/details/Digital_Press_Issue_24_1995-03_Santulli_Joe_US/page/n18}}</ref>
| [[Spin Master]]

*Other games (US) – {{US$|97 million|long=no}}

**''[[Pac-Mania]]'' ([[Arcade game|Arcade]]) – {{US$|{{#expr:(1995*1412)/1000000 round 2}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Atari Production Numbers Memo |url=http://www.atarigames.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47%3Aatari-production-numbers-memo&catid=5%3Aatari-inter-office-memos&Itemid=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120084806/http://www.atarigames.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47%3Aatari-production-numbers-memo&catid=5%3Aatari-inter-office-memos&Itemid=5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |website=[[Atari Games]] |date=January 4, 2010 |access-date=January 20, 2013}}</ref>

**''[[Microsoft Return of Arcade]]'' (PC) – {{US$|9.5 million|long=no}}<ref name="slow">{{cite newspaper | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508013306/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-03-03/business/fi-34360_1_pc-game/3 |url=https://articles.latimes.com/1997-03-03/business/fi-34360_1_pc-game/3 | title=''Myst'' Opportunities: Game Makers Narrow Their Focus to Search for the Next Blockbuster | date=March 3, 1997 | author=Miller, Greg | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | page=3 | archive-date=May 8, 2018 | url-status=live | access-date=February 20, 2020 }}</ref>

**''[[Pac-Man Collection]]'' and ''[[Namco Museum]]'' (GBA) – {{US$|62 million|long=no}}<ref name="nextgensales"/>

**''[[Pac-Man World 2]]'' ([[PS2]]) – {{US$|23 million|long=no}}<ref name="nextgen-console"/>

}}

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Popular Computing |journal=[[Popular Computing]] |year=1982 |volume=2 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=En1VAAAAMAAJ |publisher=McGraw-Hill |quote=Bally introduced the arcade game in the U.S. in 1980 and expects to realize {{US$|10 million|long=no}} in royalties this year on sales of over {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in Pac-Man-themed merchandise. Americans have overwhelmingly embraced Pac-Mania.}}</ref>

*[[Pac-Man Fever (album)|Music sales]] – {{US$|32 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[Buckner & Garcia]]'s ''[[Pac-Man Fever (album)|Pac-Man Fever]]'' album and "[[Pac-Man Fever (song)|Pac-Man Fever]]" single – {{US$|32 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Pac-Man Fever: Ex-Akronites have a hot little ditty going |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/155166281/ |work=[[The Akron Beacon Journal]] |date=February 26, 1982}}</ref>}}

| Video game

| [[Toru Iwatani]] <br> [[Namco]]

| [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]] <br> {{small|(Bandai Namco Holdings)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]''
| ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]''

| 1963
| 1963

| {{sort | 14379 | $14.3 billion}}
| {{sort | 15283 | {{estimation}} $15.3 billion}}

|
|

*[[Avengers (comics) in other media|Box office]] – {{US$|7.765 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Avengers Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Avengers |website=The Numbers |access-date=November 24, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Avengers (comics) in other media|Box office]] – {{US$|7.765 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Avengers Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Avengers |website=The Numbers |access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|6.596 billion|long=no}}{{efn|

*2013 - {{US$|325 million|long=no}}<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite news|title=Which Superhero Earns $1.3 Billion a Year?|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/superhero-earns-13-billion-a-748281|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116023001/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/superhero-earns-13-billion-a-748281|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archivedate=November 16, 2014|date=November 13, 2014|accessdate=April 8, 2023}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|6.928 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Avengers|''Avengers'' merchandise sales:
*2014 - {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Graser |first=Marc|title=Marvel's Merchandise Plan for 'Avengers: Age of Ultron:' 'Make the Big Bigger'|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/marvels-merchandise-plan-for-avengers-age-of-ultron-make-the-big-bigger-1201449832/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312053613/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/marvels-merchandise-plan-for-avengers-age-of-ultron-make-the-big-bigger-1201449832/|magazine=Variety|archivedate=March 12, 2015|date=March 11, 2015|accessdate=April 8, 2023}}</ref>

*2015 – {{US$|1.004 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
*{{US$|332 million|long=no}} in 2012.<ref name="prnewswire2012">{{cite news |title=Disney Princess, Star Wars, Hello Kitty Topped $1B Each In Licensed Merchandise Sales in 2012 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/disney-princess-star-wars-hello-kitty-topped-1b-each-in-licensed-merchandise-sales-in-2012-228647991.html |agency=[[PR Newswire]] |date=October 21, 2013}}</ref> $325{{nbsp}}million in 2013.<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite news|title=Which Superhero Earns $1.3 Billion a Year?|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/superhero-earns-13-billion-a-748281|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=November 13, 2014}}</ref> $1{{nbsp}}billion in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last=Graser |first=Marc |title=Marvel's Merchandise Plan for 'Avengers: Age of Ultron:' 'Make the Big Bigger' |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/marvels-merchandise-plan-for-avengers-age-of-ultron-make-the-big-bigger-1201449832/ |work=Variety |date=March 11, 2015}}</ref> $1.004{{nbsp}}billion in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $1.242{{nbsp}}billion in 2016. {{US$|1.227 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|1.798 billion|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018"/>
*2016 – {{US$|1.242 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

*2017 – {{US$|1.227 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2018 – {{US$|1.798 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>
}}
}}

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|18 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Avengers'' DVD and Blu-ray sales:
*[[Avengers (comics) in other media|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|459 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Avengers'' DVD and Blu-ray sales:
*Ultimate Avengers - The Movie (2006) – {{US$|6.7 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ultimate Avengers – The Movie (2006) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ultimate-Avengers-The-Movie |website=The Numbers |access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref>

*Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006) – {{US$|7.8 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ultimate-Avengers-2-Rise-of-the-Panther |website=The Numbers |access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref>
*The Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008) {{US$|4.1 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008) Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Next-Avengers-Heroes-of-Tomorrow-The |website=The Numbers |access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref>}}
*''[[Marvel Animated Features]]'' films – {{US$|18 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ultimate Avengers - The Movie (2006) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ultimate-Avengers-The-Movie |website=The Numbers |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ultimate-Avengers-2-Rise-of-the-Panther |website=The Numbers |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Next-Avengers-Heroes-of-Tomorrow-The |website=The Numbers |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref>

*''MCU'' live-action films – {{US$|441 million|long=no}}<ref name="mcu-video"/>

}}

*[[Avengers (comics)|Comic sales]] – {{US$|131 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comichron.com/titlespotlights/avengers.html |title=Avengers Annual Sales Figures |work=Comichron |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref>

| Comic book
| Comic book

| Stan Lee <br>Jack Kirby
| Stan Lee <br>Jack Kirby

| Marvel Entertainment <br />{{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
| Marvel Entertainment <br>{{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Looney Tunes]]''

| 1930

| {{sort | 14985 | {{estimation}} $15 billion}}

|

*Retail sales – {{US$|14.477 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Looney Tunes'' franchise retail sales:

*''Looney Tunes'' series – {{US$|8.477 billion|long=no}}

**{{US$|3.5 billion|long=no}} up until 1996.<ref>{{cite book |last=McCarthy |first=Patti J. |title=The Lucas Effect: George Lucas and the New Hollywood |date=2014 |publisher=Teneo Press |page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ccp1CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT166}}</ref> {{US$|603 million|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|624 million|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|617 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|628 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|639 million|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|645 million|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|624 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|597 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>

*''[[Space Jam]]'' – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Let's Be Honest, 'Space Jam' Actually Sucked |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/space-jam-review/ |work=[[Highsnobiety]] |date=September 29, 2018}}</ref>

}}

* [[List of Looney Tunes feature films|Box office]] – {{US$|299 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of Looney Tunes feature films|Box office}}.}}

* [[Space Jam|Home video sales]] – {{US$|209 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Jordan's career spurred $10 billion impact on economy, Fortune says |url=https://www.deseret.com/1998/6/2/19383563/jordan-s-career-spurred-10-billion-impact-on-economy-fortune-says |access-date=25 January 2020 |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=2 June 1998}}</ref>

| Animated cartoon

| [[Warner Bros.]]

| Warner Bros. {{small|([[Warner Bros. Discovery]])}}

|-

| ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''

| 1999

| {{sort | 14841 | {{estimation}} $14.8 billion}}

|

*[[List of SpongeBob SquarePants merchandise|Retail sales]] – {{US$|14.378 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|12 billion|long=no}} up until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gillette|first=Felix|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-29/spongebob-new-movie-12-billion-in-endorsement-deals |title=SpongeBob Muscles Up|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|date=January 29, 2015|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> {{US$|907 million|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|712 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|759 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}

*[[SpongeBob SquarePants (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|465 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=spongebob.htm|title=SpongeBob Series|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref>

| Animated series

| [[Stephen Hillenburg]]

| [[Nickelodeon]] <br> {{small|([[Paramount Global]])}}

|-

| ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' <br> (''Hokuto no Ken'')

| 1983

| {{sort | 14775 | {{estimation}} $14.8 billion}}

|

*[[Pachinko]] sales – {{US$|14.741 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Fist of the North Star|Pachinko}}''}}

*Anime box office – {{US$|32 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Fist of the North Star|Films and OVAs}}''}}

*[[New Fist of the North Star|Anime DVD sales]] – {{US$|2.2 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[New Fist of the North Star]]'' (DVD) – {{¥|230 million}}<ref>{{cite news |title=特集・コラム [ 映画ファンド ] -1- 映画ファンドとは 話題作の「北斗の拳」から仕組みを探る |url=http://money.quick.co.jp/column/topics/moviefunds/11.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219015739/http://money.quick.co.jp/column/topics/moviefunds/11.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2007 |access-date=December 19, 2007 |agency=[[QUICK Corp]] |date=February 8, 2007}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|230|JPN|year=2008}} million|long=no}})}}

| Manga

| [[Buronson]] <br>[[Tetsuo Hara]]

| Buronson <br> Tetsuo Hara <br> Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}} <br>Toei Animation {{small|(anime)}} <br>[[Sega Sammy Holdings]] {{small|(pachinko)}}

|-

| ''[[James Bond]]''

| 1953

| {{sort | 14193 | {{estimation}} $14.2 billion}}{{efn|In October 2015, it was projected that the ''James Bond'' franchise would be worth an estimated {{£|13 billion|long=no|link=yes}} ({{US$|19.9 billion|long=no}}) after the release of ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]''.<ref name="ibtimes">{{cite web|last=Adejobi|first=Alicia|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/spectre-movie-james-bond-brand-worth-13bn-off-back-monster-box-office-dvd-sales-1525914|title=Spectre movie: James Bond brand worth £13bn off the back of monster box office and DVD sales|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=October 27, 2015|access-date=December 5, 2016}}</ref>}}

|

*[[List of James Bond films|Box office]] – {{US$|7.112 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=James Bond Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/James-Bond |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=January 31, 2021}}</ref>

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|3.098 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''James Bond'' DVD and Blu-ray sales:

*DVD sales up until 2015 – {{£|2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="ibtimes"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|2|GBR|year=2015}} billion|long=no}})

*DVD and Blu-ray sales between January 2016 and January 2021 – {{US$|38 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=James Bond Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/James-Bond#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=January 31, 2021}}</ref>

}}

*Merchandise & licensing – {{US$|{{To USD|2|GBR|year=2015}} billion|long=no}}<ref name="ibtimes"/>

*[[List of James Bond novels and short stories|Book sales]] – $550{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite web |title=James Bond 007 Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/james-bond-007-total-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824195605/http://www.statisticbrain.com/james-bond-007-total-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 24, 2015 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |access-date=August 24, 2015}}</ref>

*[[James Bond in video games|Video games]] – {{US$|373 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[James Bond in video games|''James Bond'' video games]]:

*United States sales (1997–2004) – {{US$|{{#expr:(5*50)+(1.4*32)+(1.4*40) round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref name="Marich">{{cite book |last1=Marich |first1=Robert |title=Marketing to Moviegoers: A Handbook of Strategies Used by Major Studios and Independents |date=2005 |publisher=[[CRC Press]] |isbn=9781136068621 |page=121 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XZ7cAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA121}}</ref>

*''[[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye 007]]'' sales in Europe (1998) – {{€|19 million}}+ ({{US$|{{#expr:19*1.13 round 1}} million|long=no}}+)<ref name="ECCSELL">{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990830171428/http://www.gamespot.com/milia/0212/ecc/index.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com/milia/0212/ecc/index.html | title=Milia News: ECCSELL Awards Name Winners | work=[[GameSpot]] | date=February 12, 1999 | archive-date=August 30, 1999 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 5, 2019 }}</ref>

}}

| Novel

| [[Ian Fleming]]

| [[Jonathan Cape]] {{small|(books)}} <br> [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] {{small|(Sony) (films)}}

|-

| ''[[Frozen (franchise)|Frozen]]''
| ''[[Frozen (franchise)|Frozen]]''

| 2013
| 2013

| {{sort | 13939 | $13.9 billion}}
| {{sort | 14092 | {{estimation}} $14.1 billion}}

|
|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|10.588 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*2014 – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=A Breakdown of 'Star Wars' Merchandise Sales This Year |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-breakdown-star-wars-merchandise-849861|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219073113/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-breakdown-star-wars-merchandise-849861|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archivedate=December 19, 2015|date=December 17, 2015|access-date=January 17, 2020}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales{{US$|10.588 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|5 billion|long=no}} merchandise sales up until 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Breakdown of 'Star Wars' Merchandise Sales This Year |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-breakdown-star-wars-merchandise-849861|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=December 17, 2015|access-date=January 17, 2020}}</ref> $1.573{{nbsp}}billion licensed merchandise sales in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $1.598{{nbsp}}billion in 2016. {{US$|1.404 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|1.013 billion|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018"/>}}

*2015 – {{US$|1.573 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
*2016 – {{US$|1.598 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*Box office – {{US$|2.74 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film}}

*2017 – {{US$|1.404 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2018 – {{US$|1.013 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>}}
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|579 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Frozen'' DVD and Blu-ray sales:

*Box office – {{US$|2.694 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Frozen#tab=summary|title=Frozen Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=November 27, 2022}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|502 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Frozen#tab=video|title=Frozen Movies Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=April 7, 2023}}</ref>
*United States – {{US$|498 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Frozen Franchise – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Frozen#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>

*[[Frozen (musical)|Musical theatre]] – {{US$|155 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=FROZEN Broadway Grosses – 2018 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grossesshow.cfm?show=FROZEN&year=2018 |website=Broadway World |access-date=April 7, 2023}}</ref>
*Japan (2014) – {{US$|81 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=Frozen Sells All-Time Record of 2.269 Million BD/DVD Sets to Top Spirited Away, Madoka Magica |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-24/frozen-sells-all-time-record-of-2.269-million-bd-dvd-sets-to-top-spirited-away-madoka-magica/.82603 |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=2014-12-24}}</ref>

}}

*[[Frozen (musical)|Musical theatre]] – {{US$|185 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|30 million|long=no}} pre-Broadway gross revenue.<ref>{{cite news |title='Frozen' economic impact on Denver – $30 million |url=https://www.denvercenter.org/blog-posts/news-center/2017/10/13/frozen-economic-impact-on-denver-30-million |work=[[Denver Center for the Performing Arts]] |date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|155 million|long=no}} Broadway gross revenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=FROZEN Broadway Grosses |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/FROZEN |website=Broadway World |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>}}

| Animated film
| Animated film

| [[Chris Buck]] <br /> [[Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)|Jennifer Lee]] <br /> [[Hans Christian Andersen]]
| [[Chris Buck]] <br> [[Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)|Jennifer Lee]]

| The Walt Disney Company
| The Walt Disney Company

|-
|-

| ''[[Space Invaders]]''
| ''[[Space Invaders]]''

| 1978
| 1978

| {{sort | 13930 | $13.9 billion}}
| {{sort | 13931 | {{estimation}} $13.9 billion}}

|
|

*Video game – $13.93 billion<ref name="gamerevolution">{{cite news|title=World of Warcraft Leads Industry With Nearly $10 Billion In Revenue|url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/13510-world-of-warcraft-leads-industry-with-nearly-10-billion-in-revenue|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605213422/http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/13510-world-of-warcraft-leads-industry-with-nearly-10-billion-in-revenue|work=[[Game Revolution]]|publisher=[[CraveOnline]]|archivedate=June 5, 2017|date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Arcade and software revenue up until 2016}}
*Video game – $13.93 billion<ref name="gamerevolution"/>{{efn|Arcade and software revenue up until 2016}}

*[[Space Invaders (Player One song)|Music single]] – $522,000{{efn|[[Space Invaders (Player One song)|"Space Invaders" (Player One)]] – 100,000 units in Australia,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Phantom Acts Creating Strong Aussie Presence |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 11, 1980 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EiUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT86 }}</ref> grossed approximately {{US$|{{#expr:100000*5.22}}|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |title="Space Invaders" by Player One |url=http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/hardfindsongs/space_invaders.html |website=Lachlan |access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref>}}

| Video game
| Video game

| [[Tomohiro Nishikado]]
| [[Tomohiro Nishikado]]

| [[Taito]] <br>{{small|([[Square Enix]])}}
| [[Taito]] <br>{{small|([[Square Enix]])}}

|-
|-

| ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (franchise)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]''
| ''[[Warcraft]]''
| 1999

| {{sort | 13494 | $13.7 billion}}
| 1994

| {{sort | 13406 | {{estimation}} $13.4 billion}}

|
|

*[[List of SpongeBob SquarePants merchandise|Retail sales]] – {{US$|13 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|13 billion|long=no}} up until 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/character/spongebob-squarepants-turns-15|title=SpongeBob SquarePants Turns 15|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528040828/https://www.licenseglobal.com/character/spongebob-squarepants-turns-15|magazine=License Global|archivedate=May 28, 2022|date=April 6, 2018|accessdate=November 27, 2022}}</ref>}}
*Video games – {{US$|12.955 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Warcraft'' video games:
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|457 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/SpongeBob-SquarePants#tab=summary|title=SpongeBob SquarePants Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=November 26, 2022}}</ref>

*Musical Theater – {{US$|37 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical |url=https://playbill.com/production/spongebobopening |accessdate=February 21, 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref>
*''[[Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness]]'' – {{US$|34.5 million|long=no}}<ref name="slow"/>

*''[[World of Warcraft]]'' – {{US$|11.32 billion|long=no}}

**2004 – {{Euro|{{#expr:475*0.06}} million|long=no|link=yes}}<ref name="Vivendi2005">{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2005 |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127055/000095012306007197/y21545exv99w1.htm#127 |website=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |publisher=[[Vivendi Universal]] |year=2006 |page=142 |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|28.5|EUR|year=2004|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

**2005 – {{Euro|{{#expr:641*0.49 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref name="Vivendi2005"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|314|EUR|year=2004|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

**2006–2008 – {{US$|{{#expr:<!--2006-->0.621+<!--2007-->1.024+<!--2008-->1.152}} billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=2008 Annual Report |url=https://investor.activision.com/static-files/6a3821f5-f503-4f4a-a9ea-c9d53c988ccb |website=[[Activision]] |publisher=[[Activision Blizzard]] |year=2009 |page=17 |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref>

**2009–2010 – {{US$|{{#expr:<!--2009-->1.248+<!--2010-->1.230}} billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=2010 Annual Report |url=https://investor.activision.com/static-files/16826db5-3ab6-4234-acaf-e10a1c0119b9 |website=[[Activision]] |publisher=[[Activision Blizzard]] |year=2011 |page=15 |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref>

**2011 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Steve |title=Game Industry Legends: Rob Pardo |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-10-02-game-industry-legends-rob-pardo |access-date=22 January 2020 |work=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |date=3 October 2012}}</ref>

**2012 – {{US$|986 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=2012 Annual Report |url=https://investor.activision.com/static-files/5baf5377-e5c7-4285-bc22-224e1bdd793e |website=[[Activision]] |publisher=[[Activision Blizzard]] |year=2013 |pages=13–4 |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref>

**2013 – {{US$|1.041 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pereira |first1=Chris |title=WoW Was the Top Subscription MMO in 2013, Star Wars: The Old Republic #4 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wow-was-the-top-subscription-mmo-in-2013-star-wars/1100-6421191/ |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=[[GameSpot]] |date=July 18, 2014}}</ref>

**2014 – {{US$|728 million|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2014"/>

**2015 – {{US$|814 million|long=no}}<ref name="cnbc">{{cite news|last=DiChristopher|first=Tom|title=Digital gaming sales hit record $61B: Report|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/26/digital-gaming-sales-hit-record-61-billion-in-2015-report.html|work=[[CNBC]]|date=January 26, 2016}}</ref>

**2017–2018 – {{US$|1.05 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Niko">{{cite book |title=Special Report: Evolution of Mobile Esports for the Mass Market |url=https://nikopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Evolution-of-Mobile-Esports-for-the-Mass-Market.pdf |publisher=Niko Partners |date=August 2019 |pages=18–9 |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>

*''[[Hearthstone]]'' – {{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}}

**Up until 2017 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="activision-blizzard">{{cite news |title=Eight $1B+ Franchises Across Our Portfolio of Primarily Owned IP |url=https://investor.activision.com/static-files/bbfd4b49-bf78-40bd-aefe-3467f211844b |publisher=[[Activision Blizzard]] |date=August 3, 2017}}</ref>

**2018 – {{US$|600 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deaux |first1=Joe |title=Move Over Monopoly: Hasbro's Next Big Growth Engine Is Magic |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-07/hasbro-s-free-magic-the-gathering-arena-official-launch-is-2019 |access-date=23 November 2019 |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=July 7, 2019}}</ref>

}}

*[[Warcraft (film)|Box office]] – {{US$|434 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=warcraft.htm|title=Warcraft (2016)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=June 3, 2017}}</ref>

*[[Warcraft (film)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|17 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Warcraft (2016) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Warcraft |website=The Numbers |access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref>

| Video game

| Allen Adham <br> Frank Pearce <br> [[Michael Morhaime]]

| [[Blizzard Entertainment]] <br> {{small|(Activision Blizzard)}}

|-

| ''[[Sailor Moon]]''

| 1991

| {{sort | 13066 | {{estimation}} $13.1 billion}}

|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|13 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mohajer-Va-Pesaran |first1=Daphne |title=Happy birthday, Sailor Moon! |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/07/03/general/happy-birthday-sailor-moon/ |access-date=25 May 2019 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |date=3 July 2014}}</ref>

*[[Sailor Moon (TV series)|Anime box office]] – {{US$|42.12 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}

*[[Sailor Moon (TV series)|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|24.1 million|long=no}}{{efn|Toei Animation's ''Sailor Moon'' earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) between April 2009 and March 2018:

*April 2009 to March 2012 – {{¥|154 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|154|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2012">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year 2012.3(Apr. 1, 2011 to Mar. 31, 2012)|url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/files/IR/24_4Q/201203_4Q_keisu.pdf |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 15, 2012}}</ref>

*April 2013 to March 2014 – {{¥|277 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|277|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2014">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year 2014.3(Apr. 1, 2013 to Mar. 31, 2014)|url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2013 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 14, 2014}}</ref>

*April 2014 to March 2016 – {{¥|1.287 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|1287|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2016">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year 2016.3(Apr. 1, 2015 to Mar. 31, 2016)|url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2016 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 16, 2016}}</ref>

*April 2016 to March 2018 – {{¥|{{#expr:429+367}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|796|JPN}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2017">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year 2017.3(Apr. 1, 2016 to Mar. 31, 2017)|url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/files/IR/29_4Q/201703_4Q_keisu.pdf |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 15, 2017}}</ref><ref name="toei2018">{{cite web |title=Data Sheets: A Fiscal Year 2018.3(Apr. 1, 2017 to Mar. 31, 2018) |url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2017 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 16, 2018 |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IR Library – 2018 |url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2018 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref>

}}

| Manga

| [[Naoko Takeuchi]]

| Naoko Takeuchi <br> [[Kodansha]] {{small|(manga)}}<br>Toei Animation {{small|(anime)}}

|-

| ''[[League of Legends]]'' (''LoL'')

| 2009

| {{sort | 12351 | {{estimation}} $12.4 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|12.351 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''League of Legends'':

*2012 – {{US$|200 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Snider |first1=Mike |title='League of Legends' makes big league moves |url=https://usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2013/07/11/league-of-legends-at-staples-center/2504935/ |access-date=22 January 2020 |work=[[USA Today]] |date=July 11, 2013}}</ref>

*2013 – {{US$|624 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maiberg |first1=Emanuel |title=League of Legends revenues for 2013 total $624 million [UPDATE] |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/league-of-legends-revenues-for-2013-total-624-million-update/1100-6417224/ |access-date=26 January 2019 |work=[[GameSpot]] |date=24 January 2014}}</ref>

*2014 – {{US$|946 million|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2014">{{cite news|title=Hearthstone, Dota 2 can't compete with League of Legends in terms of player spending|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/10/23/the-10-highest-grossing-online-pc-games-in-2014-hearthstone-dota-2-cant-compete-with-league-of-legends/|work=[[VentureBeat]]|date=October 23, 2014}}</ref>

*2015 – {{US$|1.628 billion|long=no}}<ref name="cnbc"/>

*2016 – {{US$|1.7 billion|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2016">{{cite web |title=2016 Year in Review: Digital Games and Interactive Media |url=http://strivesponsorship.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/SuperData_Research_Year_in_Review_2016.pdf |website=SuperData Research |date=December 2016 |access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref>

*2017–2018 – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Niko"/>

*2019 – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2019"/>

*2020 – {{US$|1.75 billion|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2020"/>

}}

| Video game

| [[Riot Games]]

| [[Tencent]]

|-

| [[Wii (video game series)|''Wii'' series]]

| 2006

| {{sort | 12330 | {{estimation}} $12.3 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|12.33 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Wii'' series video game sales:

*''[[Wii Sports]]'' – {{US$|6.08 billion|long=no}}<ref name="gamerevolution"/>

*''[[Wii Fit]]'' – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="businessinsider">{{cite news |title=The 11 top-grossing video games of all time |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/the-11-top-grossing-video-games-of-all-time/slidelist/48495665.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113212318/http://www.businessinsider.in/tech/the-11-top-grossing-video-games-of-all-time/1-Space-Invaders-Arcade/slidelist/48495665.cms |url-status=live |archive-date=November 13, 2017 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=August 15, 2015}}</ref>

*''[[Wii Play]]'' – {{US$|1.25 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Square Enix, Nintendo make Asia's most expensive and highest grossing games |url=http://www.techinasia.com/square-enix-nintendo-asias-expensive-highest-grossing-games/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008080309/http://www.techinasia.com/square-enix-nintendo-asias-expensive-highest-grossing-games/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 8, 2013 |work=Tech in Asia |date=October 8, 2013}}</ref>

}}

| Video game

| [[Nintendo EAD]]

| Nintendo

|-

| ''[[South Park]]''

| 1992

| {{sort | 12206 | {{estimation}} $14.40 billion}}

|

* Retail sales – $9.457 billion<sup>[dr]</sup>

* Box office – $32.5 million

| Animated series
| Animated series

| [[Stephen Hillenburg]]
| [[Nickelodeon]] <br> {{small|(Paramount Global)}}
| [[Trey Parker]] <br> [[Matt Stone]]

| [[Comedy Central]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Warcraft]]''
| ''[[CrossFire (video game)|CrossFire]]''

| 2007

| {{sort | 12205 | {{estimation}} $12.2 billion}}

|

*Video game – {{US$|12.205 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''CrossFire'' computer game revenue:

*Up until 2015 – {{US$|6.8 billion|long=no}}<ref name="businessinsider"/>

*2016 – {{US$|1.1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Market Brief — Year in Review 2016 |url=http://www.superdataresearch.com/market-data/market-brief-year-in-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117175005/http://www.superdataresearch.com/market-data/market-brief-year-in-review/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2017 |access-date=January 17, 2017 |work=SuperData Research}}</ref>

*2017 – {{US$|1.605 billion|long=no}}

**PC – {{US$|1.4 billion|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2017"/>

**''CrossFire Mobile'' – {{US$|205 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Special Report: Evolution of Mobile Esports for the Mass Market |url=https://nikopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Evolution-of-Mobile-Esports-for-the-Mass-Market.pdf |publisher=Niko Partners |date=August 2019 |page=19 |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>

*2018 – {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2018"/>

*2019 – {{US$|1.4 billion|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2019"/>

}}

| Video game

| [[Smilegate]]

| [[Smilegate]] <br> [[Tencent]]

|-

| ''[[FIFA (video game series)|FIFA]]''

| 1993

| {{sort | 11934 | {{estimation}} $11.9 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|11.934 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''FIFA'' video games:

*Up until 2013 – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Riley-Smith |first=Ben |title=Fifa 14: the brains behind the $6 billion franchise |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/10339770/Fifa-14-the-brains-behind-the-6-billion-franchise.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=September 27, 2013}}</ref>

*PC and consoles (2015–2020) – {{US$|5,574.4 million|long=no}}

**''[[FIFA 15]]'' and ''[[FIFA 16]]'' (2015) – {{US$|446 million|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2015">{{cite news|last=DiChristopher|first=Tom|title=Digital gaming sales hit record $61B: Report|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/26/digital-gaming-sales-hit-record-61-billion-in-2015-report.html|work=[[CNBC]]|date=January 26, 2016|access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref>

**''FIFA 16'' (2016) – {{US$|387.4 million|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2016"/>

**''[[FIFA 17]]'', ''[[FIFA 18]]'', ''[[FIFA Online 3]]'' (2017) – {{US$|896 million|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2017"/>

**2018 – {{US$|1.472 billion|long=no}}

***''FIFA 18'' and ''[[FIFA 19]]'' – {{US$|1.272 billion|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2018"/>

***''FIFA Online 3'' and ''[[FIFA Online 4]]'' – {{US$|200 million|long=no}}<ref name="Niko"/>

**''FIFA 19'' and ''[[FIFA 20]]'' (2019) – {{US$|1.29 billion|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2019"/>

**''FIFA 20'' (2020) – {{US$|1.083 billion|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2020"/>

*Mobile – {{US$|360 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yeh |first1=Oliver |title=EA Sports Scores More Than $1 Billion from Free-to-Play Titles, Led by Madden |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/ea-sports-mobile-revenue-1-billion |access-date=27 January 2021 |work=Sensor Tower |date=28 January 2019}}</ref>

}}

| Video game

| [[EA Canada]]

| [[Electronic Arts]]

|-

| ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' <br> (''Shinseiki Evangelion'')

| 1994
| 1994

| {{sort | 12455 | $12.4 billion}}
| {{sort | 11920 | {{estimation}} $11.9 billion}}
|

* Video games – {{US$|12 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Revenue up until 2016<ref>{{cite web|first=Nick|last=Wingfield|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/technology/a-new-phase-for-world-of-warcrafts-lead-designer-his-own-start-up.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915093511/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/technology/a-new-phase-for-world-of-warcrafts-lead-designer-his-own-start-up.html|title=A New Phase for World of Warcraft’s Lead Designer: His Own Start-Up|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|archivedate=September 15, 2016|date=September 11, 2016|accessdate=December 25, 2023}}</ref>}}
|
* [[Warcraft (film)|Box office]] – {{US$|438 million|long=no}}<ref name="Warcraft the numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Warcraft#tab=summary|title=Warcraft Summary|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=December 23, 2023}}</ref>

*Home entertainment – {{US$|17.4 million|long=no}}<ref name="Warcraft the numbers"/>
*Pachinko sales – {{US$|8.987 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)|Pachinko}}''}}

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|1.88 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Evangelion'' merchandise sales {{as of|2012|lc=y}} – {{¥|150 billion}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2015: April 1, 2014–March 31, 2015 |url=https://www.fields.biz/ir/j/files/press/2015/press_20151029ae.pdf#page=7 |publisher=[[:ja:フィールズ (企業)|Fields Corporation]] |date=October 29, 2015 |page=5 |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|150|JPN|year=2012}} billion|long=no}})}}

*[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|848.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Evangelion'' home entertainment sales:

*Video sales up until 1997 – {{US$|800 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Interview with Hideaki Anno, director of Neon Genesis Evangelion|url=http://www.evamonkey.com/writings/wong-amos-interview-with-hideaki-anno-director-of-neon-genesis-evangelion.php|work=[[Aerial (magazine)|Aerial]]|date=January 1997}}</ref>

*DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States between March 2011 and June 2018 – {{US$|11 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Evangelion Franchise Box Office History - Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Evangelion#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=June 16, 2018}}</ref>

*2013 home entertainment media sales in Japan – {{¥|3,968.5 million}}<ref name="japan2013"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|3968.5|JPN|year=2014}} million|long=no}})

}}

*[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)#Films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|198.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}

*[[A Cruel Angel's Thesis|Music royalties]] – {{US$|{{#expr:(250000*19+829635)/1000000 round 1}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Evangelion theme song lyricist talks about her annual royalties, buying caves in Turkey |url=https://soranews24.com/2015/09/16/evangelion-theme-song-lyricist-talks-about-her-annual-royalties-buying-caves-in-turkey/ |work=SoraNews24 |date=September 15, 2015}}</ref>

| Anime series

| [[Hideaki Anno]] <br>[[Gainax]] <br>[[Tatsunoko Production]]

| [[Khara (studio)|Khara]]{{efn|Formerly [[Gainax]].}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Bricken|first=Rob|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-original-evangelion-tv-series-is-finally-coming-to-1665689931|title=The Original Evangelion TV Series Is Finally Coming To Blu-ray (io9)|publisher=[[Gizmodo|Gizmodo Media Group]]|date=December 12, 2014|access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://evangelion.co.jp/neon_genesis.html|title=新世紀エヴァンゲリオン|publisher=[[Khara (studio)|Khara, inc.]]|access-date=March 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327085107/http://evangelion.co.jp/neon_genesis.html|archive-date=March 27, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-

| ''[[Final Fantasy]]''

| 1987

| {{sort | 11893 | {{estimation}} $11.9 billion}}

|

*[[List of Final Fantasy video games|Video games]] – {{US$|11.7 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Adler |first1=Matthew |title=Why Final Fantasy is the Biggest RPG Series of All Time |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/why-final-fantasy-is-the-biggest-rpg-series-of-all-time |access-date=22 January 2021 |website=[[IGN]] |date=6 April 2020}}</ref>

*[[List of Final Fantasy media|Box office]] – {{US$|92 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'' grossed $85,131,830 worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=finalfantasy.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV]]'' grossed $6,585,787 worldwide, including {{US$|4.2 million|long=no}} in China,<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV China (2017) |url=http://english.entgroup.cn/652752/ |website=EntGroup |date=March 20, 2017 |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref> $907,524 in Japan, $269,980 in the United States,<ref name="kingsglaive-bom">{{cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=kingsglaive.htm|title= Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV|access-date= July 24, 2016|publisher= [[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403184645/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=kingsglaive.htm|archive-date=April 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and $1,208,283 in other territories.<ref name="kingsglaive-numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Final-Fantasy-XV-Kingsglaive#tab=international |title=Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive (2016) |publisher=The Numbers |access-date=April 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420104708/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Final-Fantasy-XV-Kingsglaive |archive-date=April 20, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="kingsglaive-bom"/>}}

*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|66 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Final Fantasy'' licensed merchandise sales in Japan during 2005 and 2010 – {{¥|5.806 billion}} ({{US$|{{#expr:5806/87.78 round 0}} million|long=no}})<ref name="JPY2010"/>

*2005 – {{¥|{{#expr:1610*(0.22/100)}} billion}}<ref name="Japan2005"/>

*2010 – {{¥|{{#expr:1617*(0.14/100) round 3}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2010"/>

}}

*[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within|Video rentals]] – {{US$|26.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Weekly video report: Top 20 rental titles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g04IAQAAMAAJ&q=spirits+within |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=Wilkerson Daily Corporation |page=452 |date=December 13, 2001}}</ref>

*[[List of Final Fantasy media|Home video sales]] – {{US$|8.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|Video disc sales of [[List of Final Fantasy media|''Final Fantasy'' films]]:

*''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete]]'' (Blu-ray sales in Japan) – {{¥|310 million}}<ref name="ORI2009yen">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-26/2009-top-selling-blu-ray-discs-in-japan-continued |title=2009's Top-Selling Blu-ray Discs in Japan (Continued) |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |date=December 26, 2009 |access-date=December 27, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113155612/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-26/2009-top-selling-blu-ray-discs-in-japan-continued |archive-date=January 13, 2010 }}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|310000000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})

*''Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV'' (DVD & Blu-ray) – $4,549,411 (United States)<ref name="kingsglaive-numbers"/>

}}

| Video game
| Video game

| Allen Adham <br/>Frank Pearce <br/>[[Michael Morhaime]]
| [[Hironobu Sakaguchi]] <br>[[Hiromichi Tanaka]] <br>[[Nasir Gebelli]]
| Activision Blizzard <br /> {{small|(Microsoft Gaming)}}

| Square Enix

|-
|-

| [[Despicable Me|''Despicable Me'' <br> (''Minions'')]]
| ''[[Honor of Kings]]'' <br> (''[[Arena of Valor]]'')
| 2010

| {{sort | 11363 | $11.3 billion}}
| 2015

| {{sort | 11706 | {{estimation}} $11.7 billion }}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=July 2, 2022 |title=''Minions: The Rise Of Gru'' Raising Roof With Record $129M+ 4-Day For Independence Day & Illumination-Universal Pic – Saturday AM Box Office |url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/minions-rise-of-gru-box-office-1235055270/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705014741/https://deadline.com/2022/07/minions-rise-of-gru-box-office-1235055270/ |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
*Video games – {{US$|11.706 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Mobile}}
*Box office – {{US$|4.64 billion|long=no}}<ref name="me">{{cite web |title=Despicable Me Franchise Box Office History – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Despicable-Me |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref>

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|723 million|long=no}}<ref name="me"/>
| Video game
|[[Animated film]]

| [[Sergio Pablos]]
| [[TiMi Studios]]
| [[Illumination (company)|Illumination]] <br /> [[Universal Pictures]] <br /> {{small|([[Comcast]])}}

| [[Tencent]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Star Trek]]''
| ''[[One Piece]]''
| 1966

| {{sort | 10745| $10.7 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|7.8 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until December 1998.<ref name="Trek"/>}}
| 1997

| {{sort | 11425 | {{estimation}} $11.4 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|4.753 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|3.5 billion|long=no}} retail sales up until 1998.<ref name="Trek">{{cite web|last=Eller|first=Claudia|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-11-fi-52785-story.html|title=Lower Costs Energize 'Trek' Film Profit|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 11, 1998|access-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816060306/http://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-11-fi-52785-story.html|archive-date=August 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Licensed merchandise sold {{US$|150 million|long=no}} in 2010,<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|{{#expr:125+150}} million|long=no}} during 2012–2013,<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|148 million|long=no}} in 2014,<ref name="tll2014"/> $149{{nbsp}}million in 2015,<ref name="tll2016"/> $159{{nbsp}}million in 2016, {{US$|180 million|long=no}} in 2017,<ref name="tll2017"/> and {{US$|192 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|5.514 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|One Piece|Merchandise}}''}}
*TV revenue – $2.3 billion<ref name=Trek/>

*[[Star Trek (film series)|Box office]] – $2.266{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web |title=Star Trek Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Trek |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*[[List of One Piece video games|Video games]] – {{US$|2.719 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|List of One Piece video games|Commercial reception}}''}}
*VHS sales – $1{{nbsp}}billion<ref name=Trek/>

*DVD & Blu-ray – {{US$|426 million|long=no}}<ref name="trek-video">{{cite web |title=Star Trek Franchise – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Trek#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=July 7, 2023}}</ref>
*[[List of One Piece manga volumes|Manga volume sales]] – {{US$|1.404 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{As of|2012|2}}.}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Northrop |title=Manga and Anime Go to Hollywood |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-62356-038-6 |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yPDHCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA5}}</ref>
| Television series

| [[Gene Roddenberry]]
*[[One Piece (TV series)|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|1.26 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''One Piece'' home entertainment media:
| [[Paramount Global]]

*Toei Animation's ''One Piece'' anime earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) between April 2003 and September 2020 – {{US$|818 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|One Piece (TV series)|Reception}}''}}

*DVD & Blu-ray sales of ''[[Strong World]]'' film in Japan during August 23–29 week of 2010 – {{¥|2.16 billion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=One Piece DVD/BDs Earn 2.16 Billion Yen in 1 Week (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-31/one-piece-dvd/bds-earn-2.16-billion-yen-in-1-week |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=August 21, 2010}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|2160|JPN|year=2011}} million|long=no}})

*DVD & Blu-ray sales of film releases in the United States since 2012 – $2.2{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite web|title=One Piece Film Z (2012)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/One-Piece-Film-Z|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=One Piece: Strong World (2013)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/One-Piece-Strong-World|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=One Piece Film: Gold (2016)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/One-Piece-Film-Gold-(Japan)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref>

*Home entertainment media sales in Japan during 2013–2018 – {{¥|{{#expr:11061300000+13847321193+12460295578}}}} ({{US$|{{#expr:(113300000+127281479+60843405+111084029)/1000000 round 0}} million|long=no}})

**2013 – {{¥|11,061.3 million}}<ref name="japan2013">{{cite web |title=Recette Totale en Yens pour 2013 par Oricon |url=http://textup.fr/87897UA |website=TextUp |publisher=[[Oricon]] |access-date=June 1, 2018 |language=fr}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|11061.3|JPN|year=2013}} million|long=no}})

**2015–2016 – {{¥|{{#expr:7190781309+6656539884}}|long=no}}<ref name="japan2015">{{cite news|title=Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2015|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-29/top-selling-media-franchises-in-japan-2015/.97051|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2015-12-29}}</ref><ref name="japan2016">{{cite news|title=Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2016|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-29/top-selling-media-franchises-in-japan-2016/.110442|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|13847321193|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}}|long=no}})

**2017–2018 – {{¥|{{#expr:6824804717+5635490861}}|long=no}}<ref name="japan2017"/><ref name="japan2018">{{cite news |title=Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2018 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-19/top-selling-media-franchises-in-japan-2018/.141064 |access-date=21 January 2019 |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=2018-12-20}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|12460295578|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}})

}}

*[[List of One Piece films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|528 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}

| Manga

| [[Eiichiro Oda]]

| Eiichiro Oda <br> Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}}<br>Toei Animation {{small|(anime)}}<br>Bandai Namco {{small|(games)}}

|-
|-

|''[[Street Fighter]]''
| ''[[Lineage (series)|Lineage]]''

| 1998

| {{sort | 11307 | {{estimation}} $11.3 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|11.307 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Lineage'':

*''[[Lineage (video game)|Lineage I]]'' & ''[[Lineage II|II]]'' (PC) – {{US$|5.157 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Lineage (series)|Revenue}}''}}

*''[[Lineage M]]'', ''[[Lineage 2 M]]'', ''[[Lineage 2: Revolution|Revolution]]'' – {{US$|6.15 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Mobile}}

}}

| Video game

| Jake Song

| [[NCSoft]]

|-

| ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' <br> (''GTA'')

| 1997

| {{sort | 10897 | {{estimation}} $10.9 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|10.897 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Grand Theft Auto'':

*Up until March 2005 – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Can A Video Game Lead To Murder? |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-a-video-game-lead-to-murder-04-03-2005/ |work=[[CBS News]] |date=March 4, 2005}}</ref>

*November 2005 to October 2008 – {{US$|{{#expr:1037840000*(22.4/100)+981791000*(13.1/100)+1537530000*(46.2/100)}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Form 10-K: Annual report which provides a comprehensive overview of the company for the past year |url=http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/86/86428/10ks10qs/TTWO-20081219-10K-20081031.pdf |website=Media Corporate IR Net |publisher=[[Take-Two Interactive]] |date=19 December 2008 |pages=5 & 29 |access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref>

*November 2008 to October 2009 – {{US$|{{#expr:968488000*(30.6/100)}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Form 10-K: Annual report which provides a comprehensive overview of the company for the past year |url=http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/86/86428/10ks10qs/TTWO-20091218-10K-20091031.pdf |website=Media Corporate IR Net |publisher=[[Take-Two Interactive]] |date=18 December 2009 |pages=11 & 30 |access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref>

*April 2012 to March 2013 – {{US$|23.4 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Form 10-K: Annual report which provides a continuing view of a company's financial position |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MTg1NzcwfENoaWxkSUQ9LTF8VHlwZT0z&t=1 |website=Phoenix Investor Relations |publisher=[[Take-Two Interactive]] |date=May 2013 |page=39 |access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref>

*''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'' and ''[[GTA Online]]'' – {{US$|7.506 billion|long=no}}

**September 2013 to April 2018 – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Cherney|first=Max A.|title=This violent videogame has made more money than any movie ever|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-violent-videogame-has-made-more-money-than-any-movie-ever-2018-04-06|website=MarketWatch|date=April 9, 2018}}</ref>

**2019 – {{US$|595 million|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2019"/>

**2020 – {{US$|911 million|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2020"/>

}}

| Video game

| [[DMA Design]] <br> [[David Jones (video game developer)|David Jones]] <br> [[Mike Dailly (game designer)|Mike Dailly]]

| [[Rockstar Games]] <br> {{small|([[Take-Two Interactive]])}}

|-

| ''[[Street Fighter]]''

| 1987
| 1987

| {{sort | 10744 | $10.7 billion}}
| {{sort | 10821 | {{estimation}} $10.8 billion}}

|
|

*[[Video Game]] – {{US$|10.61 billion|long=no}}<ref name="gamerevolution"/>
*[[Street Fighter II|Video game]] – {{US$|10.61 billion|long=no}}<ref name="gamerevolution"/>

*[[List of Street Fighter media|Box office & home video]] – {{US$|211 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Street Fighter'' box office and home video revenue:
*[[List of Street Fighter media|Box office & home video]] – {{US$|211 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Street Fighter'' box office and home video revenue:

*''[[Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie]]'' (1994) {{US$|16 million|long=no}}
**Japan box office – {{US$|16 million|long=no}}<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|title=Cassavettes Films Go To Vid; 'Street Fighter II' Debuts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 23, 1995|volume=107|issue=51|page=80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80}}</ref>
*''[[Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie]]'' (1994) – {{US$|16 million|long=no}} (Japan box office)<ref name="billboard">{{cite journal|title=Cassavettes Films Go To Vid; 'Street Fighter II' Debuts|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 23, 1995|volume=107|issue=51|page=80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80}}</ref>

*''[[Street Fighter (1994 film)|Street Fighter]]'' (1994) – {{US$|99.4 million|long=no}}
*''[[Street Fighter (1994 film)|Street Fighter]]'' (1994) – {{US$|165 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Street Fighter (1994 film)|Release}}''}}
**Box office - {{US$|99.4 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1551009281/|title=Street Fighter|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=April 11, 2023}}</ref>

*''[[Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li]]'' (2009) – $18,832,933
*''[[Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li]]'' (2009) – $18,667,800

**Worldwide box office – $12,764,201<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=streetfighter09.htm | title = Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) | work = [[Box Office Mojo]] }}</ref>
**Worldwide box office – $12,764,201<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=streetfighter09.htm | title = Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) | work = [[Box Office Mojo]] }}</ref>

**US DVD sales – $6,068,732<ref>{{cite web|title=Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Street-Fighter-The-Legend-of-Chun-Li|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=April 11, 2023}}</ref>
**US DVD sales – $5,903,599<ref>{{cite web|title=Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Street-Fighter-The-Legend-of-Chun-Li|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref>

}}
}}

| Video game
| Video game

| [[Takashi Nishiyama]] <br> Hiroshi Matsumoto
| [[Takashi Nishiyama]] <br> Hiroshi Matsumoto

| [[Capcom]]
| [[Capcom]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Star Trek]]''

| 1966

| {{sort | 10645 | {{estimation}} $10.6 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|7.8 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until December 1998.<ref name="Trek"/>}}

|

*Retail sales – {{US$|4.753 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|3.5 billion|long=no}} retail sales up until 1998.<ref name="Trek">{{cite web|last=Eller|first=Claudia|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-11-fi-52785-story.html|title=Lower Costs Energize 'Trek' Film Profit|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 11, 1998|access-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816060306/http://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-11-fi-52785-story.html|archive-date=August 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Licensed merchandise sold {{US$|150 million|long=no}} in 2010,<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|{{#expr:125+150}} million|long=no}} during 2012–2013,<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|148 million|long=no}} in 2014,<ref name="tll2014"/> $149{{nbsp}}million in 2015,<ref name="tll2016"/> $159{{nbsp}}million in 2016, {{US$|180 million|long=no}} in 2017,<ref name="tll2017"/> and {{US$|192 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}

*TV revenue – {{US$|2.3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Trek"/>

*[[Star Trek (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|2.266 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Star Trek Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Trek |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>

*VHS sales – $1{{nbsp}}billion<ref name=Trek/>

*DVD & Blu-ray – {{US$|326 million|long=no}}<ref name="trek-video">{{cite web |title=Star Trek Franchise - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Trek#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref>

| Television series

| [[Gene Roddenberry]]

| [[Paramount Global]]

|-

| ''[[Rilakkuma]]''
| ''[[Rilakkuma]]''

| 2003
| 2003

| {{sort | 10000 | $10 billion}}
| {{sort | 10000 | {{estimation}} $10 billion}}

|
|

* Merchandise sales – {{US$|10 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/home/blanc-cerise-inks-deal-rilakkuma |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324093858/https://www.licenseglobal.com/home/blanc-cerise-inks-deal-rilakkuma|title=Blanc Cerise Inks Deal with Rilakkuma|website=License Global|archivedate=March 24, 2020|date=March 23, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|10 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Blanc Cerise Inks Deal with Rilakkuma |url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/home/blanc-cerise-inks-deal-rilakkuma |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=License Global |date=23 March 2020}}</ref>

| Manga
| Manga

| [[Aki Kondo]]
| [[Aki Kondo]]

| [[San-X]]
| [[San-X]]
|-

|''[[Monster Strike]]''
|2013
| {{sort | 10000 | $10 billion}}
|
*Mobile Game- {{US$|10 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=MonsterStrike|''Monster Strike'':
*Up until October 2018 – {{US$|7.2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Monster-Strike">{{cite news|url=https://sensortower.com/blog/monster-strike-revenue|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025110234/https://sensortower.com/blog/monster-strike-revenue|title=Monster Strike Revenue Passes $7.2 Billion, Making It the Highest Earning App of All Time|last=Spannbauer|first=Adam|archivedate=October 25, 2018|date=October 23, 2018|work=Sensor Tower|access-date=October 23, 2020}}</ref>
*November 2018 – {{US$|52 million|long=no}}+<ref name="November-2018">{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Randy |title=The Top Mobile Games for November 2018: Knives Out Takes Down Fortnite and PUBG Mobile |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/top-mobile-games-november-2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421044315/https://sensortower.com/blog/top-mobile-games-november-2018|access-date=30 January 2021 |work=Sensor Tower|archivedate=April 21, 2019|date=December 11, 2018}}</ref>
*December 2018 – {{US$|68 million|long=no}}+<ref name="December-2018">{{cite news|last1=Nelson|first1=Randy|title=The Top Mobile Games for December 2018: Monster Strike Stays on Top, Brawl Stars Debuts with a Bang|url=https://sensortower.com/blog/top-mobile-games-december-2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204200841/https://sensortower.com/blog/top-mobile-games-december-2018|access-date=30 January 2021|work=Sensor Tower|archivedate=February 4, 2021|date=January 17, 2019}}</ref>
*2019 – {{US$|932 million|long=no}}<ref name="PG2020">{{cite news|last1=Forde|first1=Matthew |title=Five mobile games have made more than a billion dollars in 2020 so far |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/news/75317/five-mobile-games-have-made-more-than-a-billion-dollars-in-2020/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216115835/https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/news/75317/five-mobile-games-have-made-more-than-a-billion-dollars-in-2020/|access-date=16 January 2021|work=[[Pocket Gamer]]|date=December 16, 2020|archivedate=December 16, 2020}}</ref>
*2020 – {{US$|958 million|long=no}}<ref name="PG2020"/>
*2021 – {{US$|702 million|long=no}}<ref name="Sensor2021">{{cite book|chapter=Top Games by Monetization Descriptors — How Top Titles Utilize Monetization Features |title=The State of Mobile Game Monetization 2022 — An Analysis of the Latest Mobile Game Monetization Strategies|url=https://go.sensortower.com/rs/351-RWH-315/images/st-state-of-mobile-game-monetization-2022.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303190905/https://go.sensortower.com/rs/351-RWH-315/images/st-state-of-mobile-game-monetization-2022.pdf|access-date=3 March 2022|publisher=Sensor Tower|date=March 2022|pages=12–9|chapter-url=https://go.sensortower.com/rs/351-RWH-315/images/st-state-of-mobile-game-monetization-2022.pdf#page=12|archivedate=March 3, 2022}}</ref>
*Up to September 2022 – {{US$|10 billion|long=no}}<ref name = "Monster Strike 10">{{Cite news|last1=Tsuji|first1=Hideyuki|title =モンストが世界累計収益100億ドルを突破、2022年10月に入って国内ダウンロード成長量でも4位に上昇|url=https://sensortower.com/ja/blog/monster-strike-10b-dollars-revenue|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102231438/https://sensortower.com/ja/blog/monster-strike-10b-dollars-revenue|access-date=November 6, 2022|work=Sensor Tower|language=japanese|date=October 2022|archivedate=November 2, 2022}}</ref>
}}
|[[Mobile Game]]
|[[Yoshiki Okamoto]]
|[[Mixi]]
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=== $5–9 billion ===

=== $5–10 billion ===

|-
|-

| ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' <br /> (''GTA'')
| ''[[Monster Strike]]''
| 1997

| {{sort | 09985 | $9.98 billion}}
| 2013

| {{sort | 09634 | {{estimation}} $9.63 billion }}

|
|

* Video games – {{US$|9.98 billion|2023|link=|long=no}}{{efn|''Grand Theft Auto'':
*Video games – {{US$|9.624 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Mobile}}
* [[Grand Theft Auto III]] (2001) - {{US$|350 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Don|last=Macdonald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88629304/edmonton-journal/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109185056/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88629304/edmonton-journal/|title=Parents take on their game boys|newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]]|archivedate=November 9, 2021|page=28|date=January 3, 2003|accessdate=March 27, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] (2002) - {{US$|300 million|long=no}}<ref name="Next Gen July 2006"/>
*[[Monster Strike (anime)|Anime box office]] – {{US$|10 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Monster Strike (anime)|Films}}''}}
* [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] (2004) - {{US$|235 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Tracy|last=Mayor|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96988901/the-boston-globe/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305205700/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96988901/the-boston-globe/|title=What are Video Games urning us in too?|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|page=317,319|archivedate=March 5, 2022|date=February 20, 2005|accessdate=March 27, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] (2008) - {{US$|500 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Richtell|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/technology/07game.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512055157/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/technology/07game.html|title=A $500 Million Week for Grand Theft Auto|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|archivedate=May 12, 2011|date=May 7, 2008|accessdate=March 27, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Grand Theft Auto V]] (2013) - {{US$|8.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/grand-theft-auto-built-for-the-long-haul-68eff4de |title=Grand Theft Auto: Built For The Long Haul |first=Lucas |last=Erwan |date=4 December 2023 |website=[[Barron's]] |access-date=15 December 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208184459/https://www.barrons.com/news/grand-theft-auto-built-for-the-long-haul-68eff4de |archivedate=8 December 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Mobile revenue - {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Neil|last=Long|url=https://mobilegamer.biz/rockstar-has-earned-way-over-100m-from-gta-on-mobile/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204135227/https://mobilegamer.biz/rockstar-has-earned-way-over-100m-from-gta-on-mobile/|title=Rockstar has earned way over $100m from GTA on mobile|website=mobilegamer.biz|archivedate=December 4, 2023|date=December 4, 2023|accessdate=February 7, 2024}}</ref>}}
| Video game
| Video game

| [[DMA Design]] <br /> [[David Jones (video game developer)|David Jones]] <br /> [[Mike Dailly (game designer)|Mike Dailly]]
| [[Yoshiki Okamoto]]
| [[Rockstar Games]] <br /> {{small|([[Take-Two Interactive]])}}

| [[Mixi]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Dragon Ball]]''
| ''[[Thomas & Friends (franchise)|Thomas & Friends]]''
| 1984

| {{sort |09485 | $9.48 billion}}
| 1945

| {{sort | 09477 | {{estimation}} $9.48 billion}}

|
|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Retail sales – {{US$|9.457 billion|long=no}}{{efn|£1{{nbsp}}billion ({{US$|{{To USD|1|GBR|year=2011}} billion|long=no}}) as of 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thomas the £1billion Tank Engine |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/thomas-the-1billion-tank-engine-196858 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=January 23, 2010}}</ref> {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|390 million|long=no}} in 2011.<ref name="forbes2011"/> {{US$|998 million|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|926 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|935 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|960 million|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|985 million|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|726 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|727 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*Up until 2011 - {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecnl.com/FunimationJan2012Catalog.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613134039/http://www.thecnl.com/FunimationJan2012Catalog.pdf|title=Funimation January 2012 Catalog|website=C&L Internet Club|archivedate=June 13, 2018|access-date=July 30, 2017}}</ref>

*2022-2023 - ¥139 billion($1 billion)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/2022E5B9B4E5BAA63Q_E8A39CE8B6B3E8B387E69699(E88BB1.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412145453/https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/2022E5B9B4E5BAA63Q_E8A39CE8B6B3E8B387E69699(E88BB1.pdf|title=Bandai Namcai Holdigs Inc Financial Highlights for the Third Quearter of the Fiscar Year Ending March 31, 2023|website=bandainamco.co.jp|archivedate=April 12, 2023|date=February 7, 2023|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tweaktown.com/news/90611/new-dragon-ball-budokai-tenkaichi-revealed-dbz-expected-to-hit-1bn-this-year/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306200906/https://www.tweaktown.com/news/90611/new-dragon-ball-budokai-tenkaichi-revealed-dbz-expected-to-hit-1bn-this-year/index.html|title=New Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi revealed, DBZ expected to hit $1bn this year|website=TweakTown|archivedate=March 6, 2023|date=March 6, 2023|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Thomas & Friends (franchise)#Films and specials|Box office]] – {{US$|32.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|See Thomas & Friends (franchise)#Films and specials}}

|[[Book]]

| [[Wilbert Awdry]] <br>[[Christopher Awdry]]

| [[Egmont Group]] <br> [[Mattel]]

|-

| ''[[Candy Crush]]''

| 2012

| {{sort | 09428 | {{estimation}} $9.43 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|9.428 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Candy Crush'' video games:

*''[[Candy Crush Saga]]'' – {{US$|7.07 billion|long=no}}

**Up until October 2018 – {{US$|3.91 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/69228/kings-candy-crush-saga-hits-391-billion-in-lifetime-revenues/|title=King's Candy Crush Saga hits $3.91 billion in lifetime revenues|last1=Harris|first1=Iain|last2=Writer|first2=Staff|website=pocketgamer.biz|date=October 9, 2018|access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref>

**2019 – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2019"/>

**2020 – {{US$|1.66 billion|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2020"/>

*''[[Candy Crush Soda Saga]]'', ''[[Candy Crush Friends Saga]]'', ''[[Candy Crush Jelly Saga]]'' – {{US$|2.358 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Mobile}}

}}
}}

*Box office - {{US$|317 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Dragon-Ball#tab=summary|title=Dragon Ball Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref>
| Video game
*Home video - {{US$|28 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Dragon-Ball#tab=video|title=Dragon Ball Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

*Video games - {{US$|3.14 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
| [[King (company)|King]]
*[[Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle]] - {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sensortower.com/blog/dragon-ball-z-dokkan-battle-3-billion-revenue|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819081816/https://sensortower.com/blog/dragon-ball-z-dokkan-battle-3-billion-revenue|title=Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle Surpasses $3 Billion Spent by Players Since Its 2015 Launch|website=sensortower.com|archivedate=August 19, 2021|date=August 18, 2021|accessdate=April 11, 2023}}</ref>

*Dragon Ball Z Legends - {{US$|140 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Oliver|last=Yeh|url=https://sensortower.com/blog/dragon-ball-legends-revenue-100-million|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003200018/https://sensortower.com/blog/dragon-ball-legends-revenue-100-million|title=Dragon Ball Legends Revenue Passes $100 Million in the U.S. and Japan Faster Than Its Predecessor|website=sensortower.com|archivedate=October 3, 2019|date=February 1, 2019|accessdate=June 13, 2023}}</ref>}}
| [[King (company)|King]] {{small|([[Activision Blizzard]])}}
| [[Manga]]

| [[Akira Toriyama]]
| [[Akira Toriyama]] ([[Bird Studio]])<br />[[Shueisha]] {{small|([[Hitotsubashi Group]]) (manga)}} <br />[[Toei Animation]] {{small|(anime)}} <br />[[Bandai Namco]]
|-
|-

| ''[[Jurassic Park]]''

| 1990

| {{sort | 09382 | {{estimation}} $9.38 billion}}{{efn|''Jurassic Park'' franchise:

*Up until 1999 – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Bryman">{{cite book |last1=Bryman |first1=Alan |title=The Disneyization of Society |date=9 June 2004 |publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-7619-6765-1 |pages=89, 101 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LoHVOCFJprgC&pg=PA89}}</ref>

*Box office and home video sales (July 2001 to February 2021) – {{US$|3.676 billion|long=no}}<ref name="jurassic-numbers"/>

*Merchandise sales (2017–2018) – {{US$|706 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>

}}

|

*Box office – {{US$|5.008 billion|long=no}}<ref name="jurassic-numbers">{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Jurassic-Park |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|2.206 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Jurassic Park'' merchandise:

*Up until 1999 – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Bryman"/>

*2017–2018 – {{US$|706 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>

}}

*Home video sales – {{US$|877 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|545 million|long=no}} up until 1999.<ref name="Bryman"/> {{US$|332 million|long=no}} between December 2001 and February 2021.<ref name="jurassic-numbers"/>}}

| Novel

| [[Michael Crichton]]

| [[Alfred A. Knopf]] {{small|(novel)}} <br>[[Universal Pictures]] {{small|(Comcast)}} <br> [[Amblin Entertainment|Amblin]] {{small|([[Reliance Entertainment|Reliance]] / Hasbro / [[Alibaba Pictures|Alibaba]]) (film)}}

|-

| ''[[Superman (franchise)|Superman]]''

| 1938

| {{sort | 09368 | {{estimation}} $9.37 billion}}

|

*Retail sales – {{US$|5.732 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.7 billion|long=no}} retail sales up until 2006, including comic and merchandise sales.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stanley |first1=T.l. |title=Supercharged: Why Dick Parsons Needs Superman |url=https://adage.com/article/news/supercharged-dick-parsons-superman/107316 |access-date=11 February 2021 |work=[[Advertising Age]] |date=20 March 2006 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://adage.com/node/1418301/printable/print |archive-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Shimpach |first=Shawn |title=Television in Transition: The Life and Afterlife of the Narrative Action Hero |date=2010 |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] |isbn=9781444320688 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZyYz6l1D3UC&pg=PA106}}</ref> Merchandise sold {{US$|280 million|long=no}} in 2010,<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|{{#expr:277+277}} million|long=no}} during 2012–2013,<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|305 million|long=no}} in 2014,<ref name="tll2014"/> $725{{nbsp}}million in 2015,<ref name="tll2016"/> $812{{nbsp}}million in 2016, {{US$|722 million|long=no}} in 2017,<ref name="tll2017"/> and {{US$|634 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}

*[[Superman in film|Box office]] – {{US$|2.554 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Superman in film|Box office performance}}''}}

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|543 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Superman'' DVD and Blu-ray sales:

*[[Superman in film|''Superman'' films]] – {{US$|443 million|long=no}}

**North America – {{US$|343 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Superman Franchise - Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Superman#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>

**''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'' (2013) overseas sales – {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title=Why 'Audience Fatigue' Isn't Really Hurting Spider-Man |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2014/06/13/why-audience-fatigue-isnt-really-hurting-spider-man/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=June 13, 2014}}</ref>

*''Smallville'' (DVD) – {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Geraghty |first=Lincoln |title=The Smallville Chronicles: Critical Essays on the Television Series |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810881310 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7MLn-JkibSYC&pg=PA103}}</ref>

}}

*TV revenue – {{US$|428 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Superman'' television revenue:

*''Superman II'' – {{US$|10 million|long=no}} licensing<ref>{{cite book |last=Rossen |first=Jake |title=Superman Vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon |date=2008 |publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]] |isbn=9781556527319 |page=138 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JXVmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT138}}</ref>

*''[[Smallville]]'' – {{US$|{{#expr:353696456+64400000}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Gordon |first=Ian |title=Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon |date=2017 |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |isbn=9780813587547 |pages=167–168 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4TcTDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |quote=Information on the revenues generated by Smallville is available in a series of documents related to the Siegels' intellectual property case against Warner/DC. Available evidence shows that “gross receipts after accounts receivable” by June 30, 2006, were at least $353,696,456.00, but this amount excluded 50 percent of “merchandising revenue earned by the Series and likely only reports 20% on home video sales.” Indeed, another $64.4 million worth of television sales remained uncollected at the time these figures were calculated.}}</ref>

}}

*VHS sales & rentals – {{US$|110.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Superman'' VHS sales and rentals:

*''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' – {{US$|1 million|long=no}} sales<ref name="billboard1981">{{cite journal |title=RIAA/Video Admits 4 Members |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 31, 1981 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT41 }}</ref>

*''[[Superman II]]'' – {{US$|65 million|long=no}} sales and rentals<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood: winners, lemons|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|page=11|date=January 21, 1984|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/122632938/}}</ref>

*''[[Superman III]]'' – {{US$|36.4 million|long=no}} rentals<ref>{{cite web|first=Aljean|last=Harmetz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOxQAAAAIBAJ&q=hollywood+accountants+pick+winners+of+1983&pg=PA21|title=Hollywood accountants pick winners of 1983|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|via=[[Gainesville Sun]]|date=January 21, 1984|access-date=November 5, 2019}}</ref>

*''[[Superman IV]]'' – {{US$|8.1 million|long=no}} rentals<ref>{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Sheldon |title=Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History |date=2010 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn=978-0814336977 |page=241 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA241}}</ref>

}}

| Comic book

| [[Jerry Siegel]] <br> [[Joe Shuster]]

| DC Entertainment <br> {{small|Warner Bros. Discovery)}}

|-

| ''[[Angry Birds]]''
| ''[[Angry Birds]]''

| 2009
| 2009

| {{sort | 09197| $9.19 billion}}
| {{sort | 9198 | {{estimation}} $9.2 billion}}

|
|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|8.297 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|250 million|long=no}} in 2011.<ref>{{cite book |last=Santo |first=Avi |title=Selling the Silver Bullet: The Lone Ranger and Transmedia Brand Licensing |year=2015 |publisher=[[University of Texas Press]] |isbn=9781477303979 |page=201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hru4BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA201|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519153734/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hru4BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA201#v=onepage&q&f=false|archivedate=May 19, 2019}}</ref> {{US$|1.849 billion|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|1.882 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|1.16 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|1.065 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|1.277 billion|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|814 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|8.297 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|250 million|long=no}} in 2011.<ref>{{cite book |last=Santo |first=Avi |title=Selling the Silver Bullet: The Lone Ranger and Transmedia Brand Licensing |year=2015 |publisher=[[University of Texas Press]] |isbn=9781477303979 |page=201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hru4BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA201}}</ref> {{US$|1.849 billion|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|1.882 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|1.16 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|1.065 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|1.277 billion|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|814 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*[[Angry Birds#Film adaptations|Box office]] – {{US$|503 million|long=no}}<ref name="angry-numbers">{{cite web |title=The Angry Birds Movie Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Angry-Birds-Movie-The |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=April 4, 2020}}</ref>

* Video games – {{US$|362.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|
*''[[Angry Birds 2]]'' (2015) - {{US$|332.5 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web|first=James|last=Batchelor|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-12-11-how-angry-birds-broke-the-limits-for-mobile-games|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016201330/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/how-angry-birds-broke-the-limits-for-mobile-games|title=How Angry Birds broke the limits for mobile games|website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |archivedate=October 16, 2022|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=April 4, 2020}}</ref>
*Box office {{US$|503 million|long=no}}<ref name="angry-numbers">{{cite web |title=The Angry Birds Movie Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Angry-Birds-Movie-The |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref>

*''[[Angry Birds Evolution]]'' (2017) - {{US$|30 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Randy |title=Angry Birds Evolution Revenue Flies Past $30 Million Worldwide |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/angry-birds-evolution-revenue-30-million |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623135142/https://sensortower.com/blog/angry-birds-evolution-revenue-30-million|archivedate=June 23, 2019|access-date=April 4, 2020 |work=Sensor Tower |date=July 9, 2018}}</ref>}}
*Video games – {{US$|362.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Angry Birds 2]]'' grossed {{US$|332.5 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=How Angry Birds broke the limits for mobile games |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-12-11-how-angry-birds-broke-the-limits-for-mobile-games |access-date=4 April 2020 |work=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |date=11 December 2019}}</ref> ''[[Angry Birds Evolution]]'' grossed over {{US$|30 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Randy |title=Angry Birds Evolution Revenue Flies Past $30 Million Worldwide |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/angry-birds-evolution-revenue-30-million |access-date=4 April 2020 |work=Sensor Tower |date=July 9, 2018}}</ref>}}

*[[The Angry Birds Movie|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|35 million|long=no}}<ref name="angry-numbers"/>
*[[The Angry Birds Movie|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|35 million|long=no}}<ref name="angry-numbers"/>

| Video game
| Video game

| [[Jaakko Iisalo]]
| [[Jaakko Iisalo]]

| [[Rovio Entertainment]] <br /><small>([[Sega Sammy Holdings]])</small>
| [[Rovio Entertainment]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Thomas & Friends (franchise)|Thomas & Friends]]''
| ''[[Sesame Street]]'' <br> (''[[The Muppets]]''){{efn|The merchandise sources (including ''The Licensing Letter'') don't give numbers for The Muppets, but only for ''Sesame Street''. This would imply that they're including The Muppets merchandise under the ''Sesame Street'' franchise.}}
| 1945

| {{sort | 09126 | $9.12 billion}}
| 1955

| {{sort | 09185 | {{estimation}} $9.19 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|9.107 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|8.539 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1 billion|long=no}} up until 1997.<ref>{{cite book |title=Issues and Controversies On File |date=1998 |page=324 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RoGw4yBiq6oC |quote=Revenues from "Sesame Street" toys had reached $1 billion annually by 1997}}</ref> {{US$|525 million|long=no}} in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=The $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Licensed Properties Revealed |url=http://www.epmcom.com/public/The_100_Million_EntertainmentCharacter_Licensed_Properties_Revealed.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031010535/http://www.epmcom.com/public/The_100_Million_EntertainmentCharacter_Licensed_Properties_Revealed.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 31, 2011 |access-date=October 31, 2011 |work=The Licensing Letter |publisher=EPM Communications |date=September 6, 2011}}</ref> {{US$|900 million|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|515 million|long=no}} in 2011.<ref name="forbes2011"/> {{US$|893 million|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|923 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|792 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014-2"/> {{US$|792 million|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|775 million|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|724 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|700 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*Up until 1997 - {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-olympian/131432955/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908095732/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-olympian/131432955/|title=Thomas leaves PBS for new depot|newspaper=[[The Olympian]]|page=32|archivedate=September 8, 2023|date=December 19, 1997|accessdate=September 8, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

*2000 - {{US$|260 million|long=no}} in North America<ref>{{cite web|first=Todd|last=Pack|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel/131433539/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908111935/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel/131433539/|title=Untitled|newspaper=[[The Orlando Sentinel]]|page=94|archivedate=September 8, 2023|date=February 19, 2001|accessdate=September 8, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|478 million|long=no}}<ref name="muppets">{{cite web |title=Muppets Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Muppets |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=followthatbird.htm|title=Follow That Bird|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beingelmo.htm|title=Being Elmo A Puppeteer's Journey|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=elmoingrouchland.htm|title=The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref>
*2010 - {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>

*2011 - {{US$|390 million|long=no}}<ref name="forbes2011"/>
*TV licensing – {{US$|96 million|long=no}}<ref>Carvajal, Doreen (12 December 2005). [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/business/media/12sesame.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Sesame Street Goes Global: Let's All Count the Revenue".] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 12 May 2014</ref>
*2012 - {{US$|998 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

*2013 - {{US$|926 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*2014 - {{US$|935 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|71 million|long=no}}<ref name="muppets"/>

*2015 - {{US$|960 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
*2016 - {{US$|985 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*VHS sales – {{US$|2 million|long=no}}<ref name="billboard1981"/>

*2017 - {{US$|726 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
|[[Television series]]
*2018 - {{US$|727 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}

*[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad|Box office]] – {{US$|19.7 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thomasandthemagicrailroad.htm |title=Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=August 28, 2002 |access-date=April 7, 2023}}</ref>
| [[Jim Henson]] <br>[[Joan Ganz Cooney]] <br>[[Lloyd Morrisett]]
| [[Book]]

| [[Wilbert Awdry]] <br />[[Christopher Awdry]]
| [[The Muppets Studio]] <br> {{small|([[The Walt Disney Company]])}} <br> [[Sesame Workshop]]
| [[Egmont Group]] <br /> [[Mattel]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Fortnite]]''
| ''[[Fantasy Westward Journey|Westward Journey]]''
| 2017

| {{sort | 09000 | $9 billion}}
| 2001

| {{sort | 08695 | {{estimation}} $8.7 billion}}

|
|

* Video games – {{US$|9 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Russell|last=Brandom|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22417447/fortnite-revenue-9-billion-epic-games-apple-antitrust-case|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503180540/https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22417447/fortnite-revenue-9-billion-epic-games-apple-antitrust-case|title=Fortnite made more than $9 billion in revenue in its first two years|website=[[The Verge]]|archivedate=May 3, 2021|date=May 3, 2021|accessdate=December 30, 2023}}</ref>
*Video games – {{US$|8.695 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Westward Journey'':

*PC – {{US$|3.995 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|3.9 billion|long=no}} up until 2015.<ref name="businessinsider"/> ''[[Westward Journey Online II]]'' grossed $95{{nbsp}}million during January–April 2016.<ref name="mmo2016">{{cite web |title=The MMO & MOBA Games Market Report, 2016 |url=https://www.superdataresearch.com/market-data/mmo-market/ |website=SuperData Research |access-date=May 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112181218/http://www.superdataresearch.com/market-data/mmo-market/ |archive-date=January 12, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}

*Mobile – {{US$|4.7 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Mobile}}

}}

| Video game
| Video game

| [[Epic Games]]
| [[NetEase]]
| Epic Games <br /> Tencent

| [[NetEase]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Jurassic Park]]''
| ''[[PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds]]'' <br> (''PUBG'')
| 1990

| {{sort | 08827 | $8.82 billion}}
| 2017

| {{sort | 08540 | {{estimation}} $8.54 billion}}

|
|

*Box office – {{US$|6.012 billion|long=no}}<ref name="jurassic-numbers">{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Jurassic-Park |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|1.706 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Jurassic Park'' merchandise:
*Video game – {{US$|8.54 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''PUBG'':

*1993–1995 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="latimes95">{{cite news |title=Just a License to Make Money? Movie merchandise is making more mega-bucks than ever. And now, it can even be a factor as studios decide what movies get made. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-05-ca-39024-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011142112/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-05-ca-39024-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archivedate=October 11, 2019|date=March 5, 1995|accessdate=March 31, 2023}}</ref>
*2017 – {{US$|353 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>
*Premium digital sales on PC and consoles – {{US$|2.34 billion|long=no}}

*2018 – {{US$|353 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>
**2017 – {{US$|900 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Makuch |first1=Eddie |title=PUBG Passes 3 Million Concurrent Users On PC |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pubg-passes-3-million-concurrent-users-on-pc/1100-6455835/ |access-date=11 January 2019 |work=[[GameSpot]] |date=2 January 2018}}</ref>

**2018 – {{US$|1.028 billion|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2018"/>

**2019 – {{US$|288 million|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2019"/>

**2020 (February & May) – {{US$|124 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyons |first1=Bethany |title=The success of Fortnite is big enough to share |url=https://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/the-success-of-fortnite-battle-royale-is-big-enough-to-share |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=[[SuperData Research]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |date=July 17, 2020}}</ref>

*''[[PUBG Mobile]]'' – {{US$|6.2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Top10">{{cite news |last1=Orr |first1=Aaron |title=Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/feature/77017/top-10-highest-grossing-mobile-games-of-all-time/ |access-date=6 September 2021 |work=[[Pocket Gamer]] |date=August 13, 2021}}</ref>

}}
}}

*Home video sales – {{US$|959 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|545 million|long=no}} up until 2004.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bryman |first=Alan |title=The Disneyization of Society |date=2004 |publisher=[[SAGE Publications]] |isbn=9780761967644 |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9diHCUZoNjcC&pg=PT98}}</ref> {{US$|414 million|long=no}} since 2015.<ref name="jurassic-numbers"/>}}
| Video game
*TV revenue – {{US$|150 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/127349229/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630095314/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/127349229/|title=Jurassic Park Track Record|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|page=51|archivedate=June 30, 2023|date=May 30, 1997|accessdate=June 30, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Claudia|last=Eller|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-30-fi-63882-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630100638/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-30-fi-63882-story.html|title=Dino Soars Again : Why Invest in a Sequel? Tour Spielberg's 'World'|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=June 30, 2023|date=May 30, 1997|accessdate=June 30, 2023}}</ref>

| Novel
| [[Brendan Greene]] <br> Jang Tae-seok
| [[Michael Crichton]]

| [[Alfred A. Knopf]] {{small|(novel)}} <br />[[Universal Pictures]] {{small|(Comcast)}} <br /> [[Amblin Entertainment|Amblin]] {{small|([[Reliance Entertainment|Reliance]] / Hasbro / [[Alibaba Pictures|Alibaba]]) (film)}}
| [[PUBG Corporation]] {{small|([[Bluehole (company)|Bluehole]])}} <br> Tencent

|-
|-

|''[[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba]]''
| ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' <br> (''PreCure'')
|2016

|{{sort | 08774 | $8.74 billion}}
| 2004

| {{sort | 08385 | {{estimation}} $8.39 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales- {{US$|8.74 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Harding|first=Daryl|title=Toyo Keizai: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's 2020 Economic Impact Was 1 Trillion Yen|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/10/15-1/toyo-keizai-demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaibas-2020-economic-impact-was-1-trillion-yen|access-date=16 October 2021|website=Crunchyroll}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:鬼滅の刃がTVアニメでもTVの枠にはまらない必然|url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/461664|website=Tokyo Keizai|access-date=October 16, 2021|language=ja|date=October 15, 2021|archive-date=October 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016012447/https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/461664|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|8.074 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Pretty Cure|Merchandise}}.}}
| Manga

| Koyoharu Gotōge
*[[List of Pretty Cure films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|238 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
| Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}}<br>[[Toho]] {{small|([[Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group]]) (films)}}

*Video games – {{US$|73 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Pretty Cure|Reception}}.}}

| Anime series

| [[Izumi Todo]] <br>[[Toei Animation]]

| [[Toei Company]] <br>[[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation]] <br>[[Asatsu-DK]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Super Sentai]]'' / <br /> ''[[Power Rangers]]''
| 1975 {{small|(''Super Sentai'')}} <br /> 1993 {{small|(''Power Rangers'')}}
| [[Despicable Me|''Despicable Me'' <br> (''Minions'')]]

| {{sort | 08670 | $8.67 billion}}
| 2010

| {{sort | 08356 | {{estimation}} $8.36 billion}}

|
|

*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|8.47 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=PowerLicense|''Power Rangers'' licensed merchandise sales:
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|3.95 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|370 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|667 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014-2">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |access-date=December 18, 2015 |work=The Licensing Letter |year=2014}}</ref> {{US$|1.264 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|1.322 billion|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|327 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*''[[Power Rangers]]'' licensed toy sales during 1993–1999 – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}} wholesale revenue<ref>{{cite web|first=Dollan|last=Kerry|url=http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/1126/066.html|title=Beyond Power Rangers|website=[[Forbes]]|date=November 26, 2001|access-date=March 14, 2017|archive-date=September 8, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140908224619/http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/1126/066.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

*''Power Rangers'' licensed merchandise sales during 2012–2018 – {{US$|2.479 billion|long=no}}
*Box office – {{US$|3.72 billion|long=no}}<ref name="me">{{cite web |title=Despicable Me Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Despicable-Me |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 19, 2018}}</ref>
** 2012 – {{US$|300 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

** 2013 – {{US$|333 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
**2014 – {{US$|326 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|686 million|long=no}}<ref name="me"/>

**2015 – $330{{nbsp}}million<ref name="tll2016"/>
| [[Animated film]]
**2016–2017 – {{US$|{{#expr:361+548}} million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

**2018 – {{US$|281 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>
| [[Sergio Pablos]]
}}

*DVD & Blu-ray – {{US$|18 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Power-Rangers#tab=video|title=Power Rangers Franchise video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
| [[Illumination (company)|Illumination]] <br> [[Universal Pictures]] <br> {{small|([[Comcast]])}}
*Box office – {{US$|182 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Power Rangers Franchise Box Office|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Power-Rangers#tab=summary|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>

| [[Television series]]
| [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] <br /> [[Haim Saban]] <br /> [[Shuki Levy]]
| [[Toei Company]] {{small|(''Super Sentai''; ''Power Rangers'' co-ownership, trademark in [[Asia]])}} <br /> [[Bandai Namco Holdings]] {{small|(''Super Sentai'' merchandise)}} <br /> [[Hasbro]] {{small|(''Power Rangers'' co-ownership, international trademark)}}
|-
|-

| ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''
| ''[[Ultra Series]]'' <br> (''[[Ultraman (character)|Ultraman]]'')
| 1981

| {{sort | 08615 | $8.61 billion}}
| 1966

| {{sort | 08319 | {{estimation}} $8.32 billion}}

|
|

* Video games – {{US$|7.2 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Mario'' video games:
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|8.319 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Ultraman'' merchandise sales:
* Up until 2002 – {{US$|7 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Darren|last=Bernhardt|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118831258/star-phoenix/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217103344/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118831258/star-phoenix/|title=Move over pretty boys, Mario the man to beat|newspaper=[[Star Phoenix]]|archivedate=February 17, 2023|date=October 3, 2002|accessdate=February 17, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Robert|last=Guth|url=https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/SB1034543200500992676|title=Nintendo Courts Adult Gamers As Competition Gets Tougher|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=October 14, 2002|accessdate=November 27, 2021|archive-date=September 4, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230904145606/https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/SB1034543200500992676|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020826/260010_1.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021020215227/biz.yahoo.com/bw/020826/260010_1.html|title=World Discovers Key Player in Entertainment Industry is a Plumber Nintendo Video Game Character Mario Surpasses Hollywood's Harrison Ford in Global Revenues|website=[[Business Wire]]|archivedate=October 20, 2002|date=August 26, 2002|accessdate=February 17, 2023}}</ref>

* ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2019 to April 2021) – {{US$|200 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chapple|first1=Craig |title=Mario Kart Tour Surpasses 200 Million Downloads and $200 Million in Lifetime Revenue |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/mario-kart-tour-200-million-downloads |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421103234/https://sensortower.com/blog/mario-kart-tour-200-million-downloads|work=Sensor Tower|archivedate=April 21, 2021|date=April 21, 2021|accessdate=April 9, 2023}}</ref>
*Up until 1987 – {{US$|7.4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/properties/ultraman.html|title=Properties: Ultraman |website=[[4Kids Entertainment]]|access-date=January 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228095359/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/properties/ultraman.html|archive-date=February 28, 2005}}</ref>
* ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'' (2019) – {{US$|4.8 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Valentine |first1=Rebekah |title=Nintendo mobile games have brought in $1b in lifetime revenue |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-01-28-nintendo-mobile-games-have-brought-in-usd1b-in-lifetime-revenue|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910172003/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-mobile-games-have-brought-in-usd1b-in-lifetime-revenue|website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]]|publisher=[[Gamer Network]]|archivedate=September 10, 2022|date=January 28, 2020|accessdate=April 28, 2023}}</ref>

*Japan licensed merchandise sales during 1999, 2005, 2007 and 2010 – {{¥|54.28 billion}} ({{US$|{{#expr:54280/87.78 round 0}} million|long=no}})<ref name="JPY2010">{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2010&locations=JP&start=2009 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=2010 |access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref>

**1999 – {{¥|{{#expr:2100*(0.96/100)}} billion}}<ref name="Japan1999"/>

**2005 – {{¥|{{#expr:1610*(0.88/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="Japan2005"/>

**2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:1600*(0.62/100)}} billion}}<ref name="Japan2007"/>

**2010 – {{¥|{{#expr:1617*(0.62/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2010"/>

*Bandai Namco's net income from Bandai ''Ultraman'' merchandise sales between April 2013 and December 2019 – {{US$|301 million|long=no}}

**April 2013 to March 2014 – {{¥|3.2 billion}} (${{To USD|3200|JPN|year=2014}}{{nbsp}}million)<ref name="bandai2015">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2015|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8154?entry_id=5897|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref>

**April 2014 to March 2016 – {{¥|{{#expr:2.6+3.3}} billion}} (${{To USD|5900|JPN|year=2016}}{{nbsp}}million)<ref name="bandai2017">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2017|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8162?entry_id=5899|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="bandai2015"/>

**April 2016 to December 2019 – {{¥|{{#expr:(4.3+6)+(6.9+6.5)}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|23700|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="bandai2017"/><ref name="bandai2018">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8783?entry_id=5900|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Bandai2019">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2020|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/9684?entry_id=6622|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|date=February 6, 2020|access-date=February 20, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

}}
}}

* Box office – {{US$|1.4 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Mario'' Franchise Box Office:
| Television series
* [[Super Mario Bros. (film)]] (1993) – {{US$|38.9 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=1|date=January 3, 1994|title=Int'l top 100 earn $8 bil|last=Klady|first=Leonard}}</ref>

* [[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]] (2023) – {{US$|1.361 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6718170/|title=The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=June 22, 2023}}</ref><ref name="HM">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Super-Mario-Bros-Movie-The-(2022)#tab=summary|title=The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=March 14, 2024}}</ref>}}
| [[Eiji Tsuburaya]]
* Home media – {{US$|15 million|long=no}}<ref name="HM"/>

| Video game
| [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] <br /> [[Nintendo R&D1]]
| [[Tsuburaya Productions]] <br> {{small|(Bandai Namco Holdings)}}

| [[Nintendo]]
|-
|-

| ''[[Fast & Furious]]''
| ''[[Kumamon]]''
| 2001

| {{sort | 07916 | $7.91 billion}}
| 2010

| {{sort | 08224 | {{estimation}} $8.22 billion}}

|
|

*Box office – {{US$|7.321 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Fast and the Furious Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Fast-and-the-Furious |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
*Retail sales – {{US$|8.159 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Kumamon|Retail sales}}''}}
*Home entertainment – {{US$|595 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Fast and the Furious Franchise Video Sales History|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Fast-and-the-Furious#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 4, 2023}}</ref>

| Film
*[[Yo-kai Watch: The Movie|Anime box office]] – {{US$|65 million|long=no}}{{efn|Appeared in ''[[Yo-kai Watch: The Movie]]'', which grossed {{US$|65 million|long=no}} in Japan.<ref name=ann6>{{cite web |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-01/top-10-grossing-domestic-japanese-films-of-2015-listed/.97030|title= Top 10 Grossing Domestic Japanese Films of 2015 Listed|date= January 1, 2016|access-date= January 1, 2016|work= [[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>}}
| [[Gary Scott Thompson]]

| Universal Pictures <br /> {{small|(Comcast)}}
| [[Cartoon]]

| [[Kumamoto Prefecture]]

| [[Kumamoto Prefecture]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Puzzle & Dragons]]''

| 2012

| {{sort | 08217 | {{estimation}} $8.22 billion}}

|

*Mobile game – {{US$|8.217 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Mobile}}

| Video game

| [[GungHo Online Entertainment|GungHo Online]]

| [[GungHo Online Entertainment|GungHo Online]]

|-

| ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''
| ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''

| 2003{{efn|''Pirates of the Caribbean'' became a media franchise with the debut of the [[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|film series]] in 2003.}}
| 2003{{efn|''Pirates of the Caribbean'' became a media franchise with the debut of the [[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|film series]] in 2003.}}

| {{sort | 07903 | $7.9 billion}}
| {{sort | 07905 | {{estimation}} $7.91 billion}}

|
|

*[[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|Box office]] – $4.522{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Pirates-of-the-Caribbean#tab=summary|title=Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=March 26, 2023}}</ref>
*Home entertainment – {{US$|1.781 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.75 billion|long=no}} up until May 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title=Review: 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' Comes Close To What You Want |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2017/05/25/review-pirates-of-the-caribbean-comes-close-to-what-you-want/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=May 25, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|31 million|long=no}} DVD and Blu-ray sales since September 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise Box Office History Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Pirates-of-the-Caribbean#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=September 30, 2018}}</ref>}}
*[[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|Box office]] – $4.524{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=piratesofthecaribbean.htm|title=Pirates of the Caribbean Movies at the Box Office|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*Home entertainment – {{US$|1.781 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.75 billion|long=no}} up until May 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title=Review: 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' Comes Close To What You Want |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2017/05/25/review-pirates-of-the-caribbean-comes-close-to-what-you-want/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=May 25, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|31 million|long=no}} DVD and Blu-ray sales since September 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Pirates-of-the-Caribbean#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=September 30, 2018}}</ref>}}

*Merchandise sales – $1.6{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web|last=Szalai|first=Georg|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-pirates-caribbean-merchandise-16b-95393|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118231349/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-pirates-caribbean-merchandise-16b-95393|title=Disney: 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Merchandise Has Made $1.6B in Sales|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archivedate=November 18, 2015|date=February 1, 2011|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Merchandise retail sales up until 2011.}}
*Merchandise sales – $1.6{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web|last=Szalai|first=Georg|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-pirates-caribbean-merchandise-16b-95393|title=Disney: 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Merchandise Has Made $1.6B in Sales|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 1, 2011|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Merchandise retail sales up until 2011.}}

| Film
| Film

| [[Walt Disney]]<br />[[Walt Disney Imagineering]] <br /> [[Marc Davis (animator)|Marc Davis]] <br /> [[Gore Verbinski]] <br /> [[Jerry Bruckheimer]]
| [[Walt Disney Imagineering]] <br> [[Marc Davis (animator)|Marc Davis]] <br> [[Gore Verbinski]] <br> [[Jerry Bruckheimer]]

| [[The Walt Disney Company]]
| [[The Walt Disney Company]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Ben 10]]''
| ''[[Ben 10]]''

| 2005
| 2005

| {{sort | 07853 | $7.85 billion}}
| {{sort | 07853 | {{estimation}} $7.85 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|7.853 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
* Up until 2013 – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title='Ben 10 Omniverse: Aliens at War' DVD Announced |url=https://www.awn.com/news/ben-10-omniverse-aliens-war-dvd-announced |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814233044/https://www.awn.com/news/ben-10-omniverse-aliens-war-dvd-announced|website=[[Animation World Network]] |archivedate=August 14, 2018|date=August 16, 2013|accessdate=November 24, 2022}}</ref>
*Retail sales{{US$|7.853 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|6 billion|long=no}} up until 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title='Ben 10 Omniverse: Aliens at War' DVD Announced |url=https://www.awn.com/news/ben-10-omniverse-aliens-war-dvd-announced |work=[[Animation World Network]] |date=August 16, 2013}}</ref> {{US$|681 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014-2"/> {{US$|569 million|long=no}} in 2015. {{US$|603 million|long=no}} in 2016.<ref name="tll2016"/>}}

* 2014 – {{US$|681 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014-2">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |access-date=December 18, 2015 |work=The Licensing Letter |year=2014}}</ref>
| Animated series
* 2015 – {{US$|569 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>

* 2016 – {{US$|603 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>}}
|[[Animated series]]
| [[Man of Action Studios]]

| [[Man of Action Studios]] [[Cartoon Network Studios]]
| [[Cartoon Network]] {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}
| [[Cartoon Network]] {{small|([[Warner Bros. Discovery]])}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Sesame Street]]'' <br> (''[[The Muppets]]'')
| ''[[Clash of Clans]]''
| 1955

| {{sort | 07725 | $7.72 billion}}
| 2012

| {{sort | 07700 | {{estimation}} $7.7 billion}}

|
|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|7.05 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*2010 – {{US$|900 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>
*Video game – {{US$|7.7 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Mobile}}

*2011 – {{US$|515 million|long=no}}<ref name="forbes2011"/>
| Video game
*2012 – {{US$|893 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

*2013 – {{US$|923 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
| [[Supercell (video game company)|Supercell]]
*2014 – {{US$|828 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>

*2015 – {{US$|792 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
| [[Supercell (video game company)|Supercell]] {{small|(Tencent)}}
*2016 – {{US$|775 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

*2017 – {{US$|724 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2018 – {{US$|700 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*Box office – {{US$|481 million|long=no}}{{efn|Muppets franchise box office:
**Muppets Movies – {{US$|456 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Muppets Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Muppets |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=April 7, 2023}}</ref>
**[[Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird]] (1985) – {{US$|13.9 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl122848769/weekend/|title=Follow That Bird|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 7, 2023}}</ref>
**[[Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey]] (2011) – {{US$|310,812|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beingelmo.htm|title=Being Elmo A Puppeteer's Journey|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 7, 2023}}</ref>
**[[The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland]] (1999) – {{US$|11.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=elmoingrouchland.htm|title=The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 7, 2023}}</ref>
}}
*TV licensing – {{US$|96 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Doreen|last=Carvajal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/business/media/sesame-street-goes-global-lets-all-count-the-revenue.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529181549/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/business/media/sesame-street-goes-global-lets-all-count-the-revenue.html|title=Sesame Street Goes Global: Let's All Count the Revenue|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|archivedate=May 29, 2015|date=December 12, 2005|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|98 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Muppets#tab=video|title=Muppets Franchise video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}</ref>
|[[Television series]]
| [[Jim Henson]] <br>[[Joan Ganz Cooney]] <br>[[Lloyd Morrisett]]
| [[The Muppets Studio]] <br /> {{small|([[The Walt Disney Company]])}} <br /> [[Sesame Workshop]]
|-
|-

| [[DC Extended Universe]] <br> (DCEU)
| ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
| 2013

| {{sort | 07635 | $7.63 billion}}
| 1991

| {{sort | 07361 | {{estimation}} $7.36 billion}}

|
|

*Box office – {{US$|6.83 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/DC-Extended-Universe#tab=summary|title=DC Extended Universe Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=December 27, 2023}}</ref>
*[[List of Sonic the Hedgehog video games|Video games]] – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Olivia |title=Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Is Free On Steam, With Other Sonic Games On Sale |url=https://screenrant.com/sonic-hedgehog-2-free-steam-sale/ |access-date=5 February 2021 |work=[[Screen Rant]] |date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
*Home video sales – {{US$|705.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|

*Main films - {{US$|689.2 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=DC Extended Universe Franchise Box Office History – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/DC-Extended-Universe#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=December 27, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Zack Snyder's Justice League]] (2021)- {{US$|16.2 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Zack-Snyders-Justice-League-(2021)#tab=summary|title=Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=July 8, 2023}}</ref>}}
*Licensed merchandise {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=ShoPro on the Go |url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/archive/shopro-go |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=License Global |date=1 May 2004}}</ref>

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-05/wonder-woman-s-secret-power-bridging-the-boy-girl-toy-gap|title=Wonder Woman Tie-Ins Include Action Figures and Eyeshadow|work=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|date=June 5, 2017|accessdate=July 23, 2023|archive-date=January 3, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200103025451/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-05/wonder-woman-s-secret-power-bridging-the-boy-girl-toy-gap|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (film)|Box office]] – {{US$|320 million|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4244997633/|title=Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
| Film

| [[DC Entertainment]]
*Blu-ray & DVD sales – {{US$|41 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Sonic The Hedgehog Franchise – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Sonic-The-Hedgehog#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
| DC Entertainment <br /> {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}

|-
| Video game
| ''[[Ultra Series]]'' <br /> (''[[Ultraman (character)|Ultraman]]'')

| 1966
| [[Sonic Team]] <br> [[Hirokazu Yasuhara]] <br> [[Yuji Naka]] <br> [[Naoto Ohshima]]
| {{sort | 07401 | $7.4 billion}}

|
| [[Sega]] <br><small>([[Sega Sammy Holdings]])</small>
* Merchandise sales – {{US$|7.4 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Ultraman'' merchandise sales:

* Up until 1987 – {{US$|7.4 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Sales in Japan only}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/Retail_Letter.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030408132444/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com:80/docs/Retail_Letter.pdf|title=Brand News|website=4kidsentertainment.com|page=4|archivedate=April 8, 2003|date=2003|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/properties/ultraman.html|title=Properties: Ultraman |website=[[4Kids Entertainment]]|access-date=January 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228095359/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/properties/ultraman.html|archive-date=February 28, 2005}}</ref>
}}
*Box office – {{US$|1.1 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Ultraman#tab=summary|title=Ultraman Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
*Home media – {{US$|863,313|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Ultraman#tab=video|title=Ultraman Franchise video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
| Television series
| [[Eiji Tsuburaya]]
| [[Tsuburaya Productions]] <br /> {{small|(Bandai Namco Holdings)}}
|-
|-

| ''[[X-Men]]''
| ''[[X-Men]]''

| 1963
| 1963

| {{sort | 07009 | $7 billion}}
| {{sort | 07317 | {{estimation}} $7.32 billion}}

|
|

*[[X-Men (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|6.073 billion|long=no}}<ref name="x-numbers">{{cite web |title=X-Men Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/X-Men |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=April 28, 2023}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|823.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/X-Men#tab=summary|title=X-Men Franchise video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 28, 2023}}</ref>
*[[X-Men (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|5.75 billion|long=no}}<ref name="x-numbers">{{cite web |title=X-Men Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/X-Men |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 4, 2018}}</ref>

*Merchandise sales - {{US$|85 million|long=no}}{{efn|
*Retail sales – {{US$|900 million|long=no}}<ref name="infoplease"/>
* 1994 – {{US$|85 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times/129258625/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905084256/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times/129258625/|title=Untitled|newspaper=[[The Roanoke Times]]|page=60|archivedate=September 5, 2023|date=July 30, 1995|accessdate=September 5, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>}}

* Video games – {{US$|28 million|long=no}}{{efn|''X-Men'' video games:
* ''[[X-Men Legends]]'' – {{US$|28 million|long=no}}(United States)<ref name="Next Gen July 2006"/>}}
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|667 million|long=no}}<ref name="x-numbers"/>

| [[Comic book]]
| [[Comic book]]

| [[Stan Lee]] <br> [[Jack Kirby]]
| [[Stan Lee]] <br> [[Jack Kirby]]

| [[Marvel Entertainment]] {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
| [[Marvel Entertainment]] <br> 20th Century Studios {{small|(films)}} <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Madden NFL]]''
| ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' <br> (''[[Masked Rider (TV series)|Masked Rider]]'')
| 1998

| {{sort | 07000 | $7 billion}}
| 1971

| {{sort | 07228 | {{estimation}} $7.23 billion}}

|
|

* Video games – {{US$|7 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/sports/football/john-madden-nfl-video-game.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229224054/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/sports/football/john-madden-nfl-video-game.html|title=How John Madden Became the 'Larger-Than-Life' Face of a Gaming Empire|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|archivedate=December 29, 2021|date=December 29, 2021|accessdate=April 6, 2023}}</ref>
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|6.866 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Kamen Rider|Merchandise}}''}}
| Video game

| [[Electronic Arts]]
*Box office – {{US$|362 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|List of highest-grossing Japanese live-action films|Highest-grossing Japanese live-action film franchises and film series}}''}}
| Electronic Arts <br /> [[National Football League]] (NFL)

| Television series

| [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] <br> [[Ishimori Productions]] <br> [[Toei Company]]

| [[Ishimori Productions]] <br> [[Toei Company]] <br> [[TV Asahi]] <br> [[Asatsu-DK]] <br> Bandai Namco {{small|(toys)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Fate/stay night|''Fate'' <br /> (''Fate/stay night'')]]''
| ''[[PAW Patrol]]''
| 2004

| {{sort | 07000 | $7 billion}}
| 2013

| {{sort | 07000 | {{estimation}} $7.1 billion}}

|
|

*[[Fate/Grand Order|Mobile game]] – {{US$|7 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Hideyuki|last=Tsuji|url=https://sensortower.com/ja/blog/fgo-8th-anniversary|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909204530/https://sensortower.com/ja/blog/fgo-8th-anniversary|title=FGO, which celebrated its 8th anniversary, achieved cumulative global revenue of $7 billion in August 2023, and more than 5% of users spend more than 10 hours per week|website=Sensor Tower|language=Japanese|archivedate=September 9, 2023|date=September 2023|accessdate=September 12, 2023}}</ref>
*Retail sales – {{US$|7 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Paw patrol2">{{cite web |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/paw-patrol-the-last-kids-show-to-dominate-tv-screens |title=Paw Patrol - the last kids' show to dominate TV screens?, Entertainment News & Top Stories |newspaper=The Straits Times |access-date= December 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Paw Patrol 7 billion">{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/i-m-totally-anonymous-the-millionaire-behind-your-children-s-favourite-tv-shows-20181030-p50crh.html |title='I'm totally anonymous': the man who has made millions from your children's favourite TV shows |newspaper=Https |access-date= December 20, 2018}}</ref>
| Video game

| [[Type-Moon]]
* [[PAW Patrol#Film adaptation|Box office]] $26.1 million
| [[Type-Moon]] {{small|(video game)}} <br /> [[Aniplex]] {{small|([[Sony Music Japan]])}} {{small|(anime & mobile game)}}

* Home media sales $27 million

| Animated series

| [[Keith Chapman]]

| [[Spin Master]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Superman (franchise)|Superman]]''
| ''[[Fortnite]]''
| 1938

| {{sort | 06941 | $6.9 billion}}
| 2017

| {{sort || {{estimation}} $6.7 billion}}

|
|

* Retail sales – {{US$|4.032 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Video games – {{US$|6.7 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fortnite tops SuperData's 2018 chart with $2.4 billion digital revenue|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-16-fortnite-tops-2018-superdata-chart-with-usd2-4b-digital-revenue|access-date=2021-07-13|website=GamesIndustry.biz|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-02|title=SuperData: Games hit $120.1 billion in 2019, with Fortnite topping $1.8 billion|url=https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/02/superdata-games-hit-120-1-billion-in-2019-with-fortnite-topping-1-8-billion/|access-date=2021-07-13|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-04|title=How Much Money Does Fortnite Make? - 2020 Revenue Revealed|url=https://www.elecspo.com/games/fortnite/how-much-does-fortnite-make/|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Elecspo|language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2010 - {{US$|280 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>

* 2012 – {{US$|277 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
| Video game
* 2013 - {{US$|277 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

* 2014 - {{US$|305 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>
| [[Epic Games]]
* 2015 - {{US$|725 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>

* 2016 - {{US$|812 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
| Epic Games <br> Tencent
* 2017 - {{US$|722 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
* 2018 - {{US$|634 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
* [[Superman in film|Box office]] – {{US$|2.553 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Superman numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Superman#tab=summary|title=Superman Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=March 26, 2023}}</ref>
* DVD & Blu-ray - {{US$|356 million|long=no}}<ref name="Superman numbers"/>
| Comic book
| [[Jerry Siegel]] <br /> [[Joe Shuster]]
| DC Entertainment <br /> {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}


|-
|-

| ''[[Middle-earth]]'' <br> (''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'')
| ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''
| 1937

| {{sort | 06841 | $6.84 billion}}
| 2007

| {{sort | 06570 | {{estimation}} $6.57 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|5.846 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Peter-Jacksons-Lord-of-the-Rings |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
*TV advertising – {{US$|3.57 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.74 billion|long=no}} in 2015. {{US$|1.83 billion|long=no}} in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Berg |first=Madeline |title='Big Bang' Bucks: Inside The Mega-Money Of CBS' Hit Show |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2017/09/28/big-bang-bucks-inside-the-mega-money-of-cbs-hit-show/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=September 28, 2017}}</ref>}}
* Home media – {{US$|995 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Peter-Jacksons-Lord-of-the-Rings#tab=video|title=Lord of the Rings Franchise video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>

| Novel
*[[HBO Max|TV streaming]] – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |title='Big Bang Theory' Sets Staggering Multi-Billion-Dollar HBO Max Streaming Deal |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/big-bang-theory-sets-staggering-multi-billion-dollar-hbo-max-streaming-deal-1240250 |access-date=24 November 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=17 September 2019}}</ref>
| [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]

| [[Tolkien Estate]] {{small|(books)}} <br />[[Middle-earth Enterprises]] {{small|([[Embracer Group|Embracer Freemode]]) (ownership of IP outside of books)}}<br>[[New Line Cinema]] {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery) (films, under sublicense of Middle-earth Enterprises)}}
*TV syndication – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Big Bang Theory' Renewed For Seasons 11 & 12 By CBS |url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/the-big-bang-theory-renewed-season-11-12-cbs-1202047021/ |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=March 20, 2017}}</ref>

| Television series

| [[Chuck Lorre]] <br> [[Bill Prady]]

| Warner Bros. {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Halo (franchise)|Halo]]''
| ''[[Halo (franchise)|Halo]]''

| 2001
| 2001

| {{sort | 06500 | $6.5 billion}}
| {{sort | 06500 | {{estimation}} $6.5 billion}}

|
|

*[[List of Halo media|Games & consoles]] – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Kastrenakes|first=Jacob|title=The Halo franchise has made more than $5 billion|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/4/9668876/halo-franchise-5-billion-guardians-launch-sales|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104164412/https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/4/9668876/halo-franchise-5-billion-guardians-launch-sales|website=[[The Verge]]|archivedate=November 4, 2015|date=November 4, 2015|access-date=April 5, 2017}}</ref>
*[[List of Halo media|Home video & merchandise]] – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Halo Franchise Fact Sheet |url=https://news.xbox.com/wp-content/uploads/Halo-Franchise-Fact-Sheet_May-2016-FINAL.docx |access-date=April 6, 2019 |work=[[Xbox.com]] |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407060328/https://news.xbox.com/wp-content/uploads/Halo-Franchise-Fact-Sheet_May-2016-FINAL.docx |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[List of Halo media|Games & consoles]] – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Kastrenakes|first=Jacob|title=The Halo franchise has made more than $5 billion|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/4/9668876/halo-franchise-5-billion-guardians-launch-sales|website=[[The Verge]]|date=November 4, 2015|access-date=April 5, 2017}}</ref>

*[[List of Halo media|Home video & merchandise]] – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Halo Franchise Fact Sheet |url=https://news.xbox.com/wp-content/uploads/Halo-Franchise-Fact-Sheet_May-2016-FINAL.docx |access-date=6 April 2019 |work=[[Xbox.com]] |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407060328/https://news.xbox.com/wp-content/uploads/Halo-Franchise-Fact-Sheet_May-2016-FINAL.docx |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| Video game
| Video game

| [[Bungie]] <br /> [[343 Industries]]
| [[Bungie]] <br> [[343 Industries]]
| Microsoft Gaming

| [[Microsoft]]

|-
|-

| ''[[DC Extended Universe]]'' <br> (''DCEU'')

| 2013

| {{sort | 06480 | {{estimation}} $6.48 billion}}

|

*Box office – {{US$|5.276 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=DC Extended Universe Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=dc.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref>

*Home video sales – {{US$|704 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|500 million|long=no}} up until May 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title=How DC Universe Movies Are More Successful Than You Think |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2017/05/25/how-dcu-movies-are-more-successful-than-you-think/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=May 25, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|204 million|long=no}} between August 2017 and May 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=DC Extended Universe Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/DC-Extended-Universe#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 15, 2019}}</ref>}}

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|500 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Wonder Woman Tie-Ins Include Action Figures and Eyeshadow |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-05/wonder-woman-s-secret-power-bridging-the-boy-girl-toy-gap |work=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |date=June 5, 2017}}</ref>

| Film

| [[DC Entertainment]]

| DC Entertainment <br> {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}

|-

| ''[[Digimon]]''

| 1997

| {{sort | 06349 | {{estimation}} $6.42 billion}}

|

*Licensed merchandise {{ndash}} {{US$|5.39 billion|long=no}}{{efn|<ref>{{cite book |title=これがアニメビジネスだ |date=February 8, 2002 |publisher=廣済堂出版 |isbn=9784331508671 |page=88 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVMiAAAACAAJ |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iptvnewswire.com/pr.php?title=Its-Official-Digimon-One-of-Top-Ten-BestSelling-Action-Toys-of-2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203075539/http://www.iptvnewswire.com/pr.php?title=Its-Official-Digimon-One-of-Top-Ten-BestSelling-Action-Toys-of-2000|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2017|title=It's Official! "Digimon" One of Top Ten Best-Selling Action Toys of 2000|website=IPTV Newswire|date=December 11, 2000|access-date=February 2, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bandai.co.jp/e/releases/E2000080101.html|title=Digimon and Gundam shoot to success overseas!|website=[[Bandai]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/|title=Bandai World Sales|website=Bandai Namco Group}}</ref><ref name="charabiz">{{cite news |title=在日本,地位最高的动漫是哆啦a梦么? |url=http://www.taojinjubao.com/zhihu/267465.html |website=Taojinjubao |publisher=Character Databank (CharaBiz) |date=2018-01-06 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-date=September 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909185415/http://www.taojinjubao.com/zhihu/267465.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}

*Digital pets {{ndash}} {{US$|424.1 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[Digital Monster (virtual pet)|Digital Monster]] [[virtual pet]] sales:

*By 2005, Bandai sold more than 24{{nbsp}}million units, at about {{JPY|1260}} price,<ref>{{cite news |title=Bandai Unveils New Digimon Virtual Pets |url=http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives-nov30/ |work=Anime News Service |date=November 11, 2005}}</ref> grossing approximately {{JPY|{{#expr:24*1260}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|30240|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}}).

*Bandai Namco's ''Digimon'' toy sales from April 2005 to March 2007 {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:0.5+3.1}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|3600|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})<ref name="bandai2006">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights and Supplemental Data for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2006|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8118?entry_id=5876|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|date=May 17, 2006}}</ref><ref name="bandai2007">{{cite web|title= Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2007|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8122?entry_id=5877|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|date=May 9, 2007}}</ref>

}}

*Manga & comic sales {{ndash}} {{US$|252 million|long=no}}{{efn|Sales revenue of ''[[V Jump]]'' issues serializing ''Digimon'' manga series:

*November 1998 to March 2012 {{ndash}} 22,055,333 copies, {{JPY|550}} price {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:22055333*550}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|12130433150|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})

**''[[Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01]]'' (November 1998 to August 2003) {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:149833*58}}|}} sales

**''[[Digimon Next]]'' (February 2006 to February 2008) {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:178334*20+366667*7}}|}} sales

**''[[Digimon Fusion]]'' (June 2010 to March 2012) {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:391667*4+3850002+302500*6}}|}} sales

*''[[Digimon World Re:Digitize]]'' from April 2013 to March 2018 {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:(292500*6)*550+6930001650}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|965250000|JPN|year=2013}}+{{To USD|1666500000|JPN|year=2014}}+{{To USD|3245002200|JPN|year=2016}}+{{To USD|2018499450|JPN}} round 0}}|long=no}})

}}

*[[List of Digimon episodes and films|Box office]] {{ndash}} {{US$|203.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing anime films|Highest-grossing anime film franchises and film series}}.}}

*Console games {{ndash}} {{US$|90.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Digimon'' console game retail sales in Japan {{ndash}} $90,467,983

**2000{{ndash}}2002 releases {{ndash}} 216,890 units, average {{JPY|4430}} price {{ndash}} {{JPY|960751800}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bandai (Publisher) |url=http://salesdatabase.net/publisher/bandai/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |access-date=July 2, 2018 |quote=Digimon}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|960751800|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})

**2006{{ndash}}2012 releases {{ndash}} 797,387 units, average {{JPY|5081}} price {{ndash}} {{JPY|4051533280}}<ref name="digimon">{{cite web |title=Bandai Namco Games (Publisher) |url=http://salesdatabase.net/publisher/bandai_namco_games/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |access-date=July 2, 2018 |quote=Digimon}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|4051533280|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})

**2013{{ndash}}2014 releases {{ndash}} 958,518 units, average {{JPY|5911}} price {{ndash}} {{JPY|952385880}}<ref name="digimon"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|952385880|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}}|long=no}})

**2014{{ndash}}2016 releases {{ndash}} 258,702 units, average {{JPY|6637}} price {{ndash}} {{JPY|1717000040}}<ref name="digimon"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|1717000040|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}}|long=no}})

**2017 releases {{ndash}} 51,456 units, average {{JPY|6273}} price {{ndash}} {{JPY|322801200}}<ref name="digimon"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|322801200|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}})

}}

*Home entertainment {{ndash}} {{US$|59.1 million|long=no}} {{efn|''Digimon'' home entertainment media:

*''Digimon'' anime DVD and Blu-ray re-release sales in Japan {{ndash}} {{JPY|1,182,507,200}}<ref name="someanithing334">{{cite web |title=TV Anime, All Re-releases (boxes, re-issued singles, other) |url=http://www.someanithing.com/334 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323013938/http://www.someanithing.com/334 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |website=Someanithing: Anime DVD/BD Sales in Japan |access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|1182.5072|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

*Toei Animation's ''Digimon'' anime earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) from April 2003 to December 2017 {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:2.659+0.399+0.73+0.536}} billion}} ({{US$|44.1 million|long=no}})

**April 2003 to March 2012 {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:1.486+0.301+0.872}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|2659|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})<<ref name="toei2007">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year Results (April 1, April 1, 2006 to March 3 6 to March 31, 2007)|url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/files/IR/19_4Q/en_20070518_keisu_e.pdf |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 18, 2007}}</ref><ref name="toei2008">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year(Apr. 1, 2007 to Mar. 31, 2008)|url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/files/IR/20_4Q/20080515_keisu.pdf |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 15, 2008}}</ref><ref name="toei2012"/>

**April 2012 to March 2013 {{ndash}} {{JPY|399 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|399|JPN|year=2013}} million|long=no}})

**April 2013 to March 2014 {{ndash}} {{JPY|73 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|73000000|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}}|long=no}})<ref name="toei2014"/>

**April 2016 to March 2018 {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:180+211+228}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|619|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2017"/><ref name="toei2018"/>}}

| [[Digital Pet]]

| Akiyoshi Hongo

| Bandai <br> Toei Animation

|-

| ''[[Ice Age (franchise)|Ice Age]]''
| ''[[Ice Age (franchise)|Ice Age]]''

| 2002
| 2002

| {{sort | 06420 | $6.42 billion}}{{efn|''Ice Age'':
| {{sort | 06420 | {{estimation}} $6.42 billion}}{{efn|''Ice Age'':
*{{As of|2016|4}} – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilonsky|first1=Robert|last2=Engel|first2=Clint|url=http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/530876-ashley-ikidz-retailers-get-promotion-latest-ice-age-movie|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428005117/http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/530876-ashley-ikidz-retailers-get-promotion-latest-ice-age-movie|title=Clint Engel Ashley iKidz retailers get promotion for latest 'Ice Age' movie|magazine=[[Furniture Today]]|archivedate=April 28, 2016|date=April 25, 2016|access-date=July 18, 2017}}</ref>

*Up until April 2016 – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilonsky|first1=Robert|last2=Engel|first2=Clint|url=http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/530876-ashley-ikidz-retailers-get-promotion-latest-ice-age-movie|title=Clint Engel Ashley iKidz retailers get promotion for latest 'Ice Age' movie|magazine=[[Furniture Today]]|date=April 25, 2016|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-date=August 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808003236/http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/530876-ashley-ikidz-retailers-get-promotion-latest-ice-age-movie|url-status=dead}}</ref>

*''[[Ice Age: Collision Course]]'' (June 2016) – {{US$|420 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ice-Age-Collision-Course#tab=video-sales|title=Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)|magazine=The Numbers|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>
*''[[Ice Age: Collision Course]]'' (June 2016) – {{US$|420 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ice-Age-Collision-Course#tab=video-sales|title=Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)|magazine=The Numbers|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>

}}
}}

|
|

*Box office – {{US$|2.9 billion|long=no}}<ref name=Age/>
*Box office – {{US$|2.9 billion|long=no}}<ref name=Age/>

*Retail sales – {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Age">{{cite web|url=http://licensingrussia.ru/media/presentations/37e3bd07-1502-4c27-89cd-3ff3144fd487.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323053841/http://licensingrussia.ru/media/presentations/37e3bd07-1502-4c27-89cd-3ff3144fd487.pdf|title=20th Century Fox Consumer Products|website=licensingrussia.ru|page=5|archivedate=March 23, 2017|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref>
*Home entertainment – {{US$|347 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Ice Age Franchise Box Office History – Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Ice-Age#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>
*Retail sales – {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Age">{{cite web|url=http://licensingrussia.ru/media/presentations/37e3bd07-1502-4c27-89cd-3ff3144fd487.pdf|title=20th Century Fox Consumer Products|website=licensingrussia.ru|page=5|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref>

*Home entertainment – {{US$|347 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Ice Age Franchise Box Office History - Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Ice-Age#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>

| Animated film
| Animated film

| [[Michael J. Wilson]] <br /> [[Blue Sky Studios]]
| [[Michael J. Wilson]] <br> [[Blue Sky Studios]]
| 20th Century Studios <br /> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}

| 20th Century Studios <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]''
| ''[[Twilight (novel series)|Twilight]]''
| 1990

| {{sort | 06302 | $6.3 billion}}
| 2005

| {{sort | 06393 | {{estimation}} $6.39 billion}}

|
|

*Box office – {{US$|4.020 billion|long=no}}<ref name="shrek">{{cite web |title=Shrek Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Shrek |website=The Numbers |access-date=March 27, 2023}}</ref>
*[[The Twilight Saga (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|3.344 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Twilight Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=twilight.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*Home entertainment – {{US$|1.922 billion|long=no}}{{efn|First two films grossed {{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050103005538/en/DreamWorks-Shrek-Franchise-Delivers-Record-Setting-1.6-Billion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165757/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050103005538/en/DreamWorks-Shrek-Franchise-Delivers-Record-Setting-1.6-Billion|title=DreamWorks' Shrek Franchise Delivers a Record-Setting $1.6 Billion in Consumer Home Entertainment Spending|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|archive-date=January 3, 2017|date=January 3, 2005|access-date=January 2, 2017}}</ref> Later films grossed {{US$|322 million|long=no}}.<ref name="shrek"/>}}

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|275 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>
*[[Twilight (novel series)|Book sales]] – {{US$|1.661 billion|long=no}}<ref name="twilight">{{cite web |title=Twilight Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/total-twilight-franchise-sales-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613161928/http://www.statisticbrain.com/total-twilight-franchise-sales-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=September 6, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Shrek The Musical|Broadway musical]] – {{US$|46.4 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/SHREK-THE-MUSICAL|title=Shrek The Musical|website=broadwayworld.com|accessdate=November 26, 2022}}</ref>

*Video games – {{US$|38.9 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Shrek'' video games:
*[[The Twilight Saga (film series)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|948 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Twilight Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Twilight#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*''[[Shrek 2 (video game)|Shrek 2]] (2004) – {{US$|38.9 million|long=no}}<ref name="Forbes Video Games"/>

}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|395 million|long=no}}<ref name="twilight"/>
| [[Picture book]]

| [[William Steig]] <br /> [[DreamWorks Animation]]
*[[Video rentals]] – {{US$|45.4 million|long=no}}<ref name="twilight"/>
| [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] {{small|(book)}} <br /> Universal Pictures {{small|(Comcast) (films)}}

| Novel

| [[Stephenie Meyer]]

| [[Little, Brown and Company]] {{small|(books)}} <br> [[Summit Entertainment]] {{small|(films)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Fast & Furious]]''

| 2001

| {{sort | 06349 | {{estimation}} $6.35 billion}}

|

*Box office – {{US$|5.895 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Fast and the Furious Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Fast-and-the-Furious |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 4, 2018}}</ref>

*Home entertainment – {{US$|454 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Fast and the Furious Franchise Video Sales History|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Fast-and-the-Furious#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref>

| Film

| [[Gary Scott Thompson]]

| Universal Pictures <br> {{small|(Comcast)}}

|-



| ''[[Minecraft (franchise)|Minecraft]]''

| 2009

| {{sort | 06328 | {{estimation}} $6.33 billion}}

|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|4.328 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1 million|long=no}} up until 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nunneley |first=Stephany |title=Minecraft hits $80M in sales with over 5M paid downloads |url=http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/24/minecraft-hits-80m-in-sales-with-over-5m-paid-downloads/ |website=[[VG247]] |date=24 March 2012 |access-date=11 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326175441/http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/24/minecraft-hits-80m-in-sales-with-over-5m-paid-downloads/ |archive-date=26 March 2012 }}</ref> {{US$|300 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|407 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> $549{{nbsp}}million in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $700{{nbsp}}million in 2016. {{US$|679 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|731 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}

*Video games – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="IGN"/>

| Video game

| [[Markus Persson]]

| [[Mojang Studios]]<br>([[Xbox Game Studios]])

|-

| ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''
| ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''

| 1986
| 1986

| {{sort | 06150 | $6.15 billion}}
| {{sort | 06215 | {{estimation}} $6.22 billion}}

|
|

*Musical theatre – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Musical theatre – {{US$|6.06 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Musical|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing musicals|Highest-grossing musical theatre productions}}.}}
*[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]] (1986) – $6 billion until 2017<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Gordon |title=''Wicked'' Surpasses ''The Phantom of the Opera'' at the Broadway Box Office |url=https://variety.com/2017/legit/news/wicked-broadway-sales-beat-phantom-1202491570/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711160918/https://variety.com/2017/legit/news/wicked-broadway-sales-beat-phantom-1202491570/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archivedate=July 11, 2017|date=July 11, 2017|accessdate=November 27, 2022}}</ref>

}}
*[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|Box office]] – {{US$|155 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=phantomoftheopera.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 9, 2018}}</ref>
*[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|Box office]] – {{US$|155 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=phantomoftheopera.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 9, 2018}}</ref>

| [[Musical theatre]]
| [[Musical theatre]]

| [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]
| [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]

| [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]
| [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Avatar (franchise)|Avatar]]''
| ''[[Tamagotchi]]''
| 2009

| {{sort | 05782 | $5.78 billion}}
| 1996

| {{sort | 06197 | {{estimation}} $6.2 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|5.2 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Avatar'' Franchise Box Office:
*Licensed merchandise {{ndash}} {{US$|3.081 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Tamagotchi'' licensed merchandise sales:
* ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' (2009) – {{US$|2.9 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0499549/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=Avatar Box Office History|website=[[Box Office Mojo (website)|Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref>

* ''[[Avatar: The Way of Water]]'' (2022) – {{US$|2.3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1630029/?ref_=bo_se_r_2|title=Avatar: The Way of Water Box Office History|website=[[Box Office Mojo (website)|Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref>
*Up until 1999 {{ndash}} {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Cute Inc. |url=https://www.wired.com/1999/12/cute/ |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=December 1, 1999}}</ref>

*Japan sales between 2005 and 2012 {{ndash}} {{JPY|166.109 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|166109|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

**2005{{ndash}}2007 {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:31.07+48.05+18.01}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>

**2008 {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:1540.6*(0.44/100) round 3}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2008"/>

**2010{{ndash}}2012 {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:20.86+22.32+19.02}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>

}}
}}

* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|429 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Avatar#tab=video |title=Avatar Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>
*[[List of Tamagotchi releases|Digital pets]] {{ndash}} {{US$|2.955 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Tamagotchi digital pet sales {{ndash}} 82{{nbsp}}million units up until September 2017, about {{JPY|2,916}} price<ref>{{cite news |title=Tamagotchi 20th Anniversary Edition! |url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/5986?entry_id=5435 |publisher=[[Bandai]] |date=November 15, 2017}}</ref>
* Merchandise sales – {{US$|153 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avatar-merchandise-strategy-going-long-24444|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107190117/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/avatar-merchandise-strategy-going-long-24444/|title='Avatar' merchandise strategy going long-term|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archivedate=November 7, 2021|date=June 9, 2010|accessdate=January 21, 2023}}</ref>

| Film
*Up until March 2012 {{ndash}} 78{{nbsp}}million units<ref>{{cite news |title=Bandai to launch new lifestyle Tamagotchi brand |url=http://www.ltwmag.com/news/news_2012/bandai_to_launch_new_lifestyle_tamagotchi_brand.aspx |work=LTW Magazine |date=May 22, 2012}}</ref> {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:78*2916}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|227448|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
| James Cameron

| 20th Century Studios <br /> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
*Between April 2013 and September 2017 {{ndash}} {{#expr:82-78}}{{nbsp}}million units {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:4*2916}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|11664|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

}}

*[[Tamagotchi#Video games|Console games]] {{ndash}} {{US$|154 million|long=no}}{{efn|Japan console game sales between 2005 and 2008 {{ndash}} 2,434,062 units, {{JPY|5,040}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=All Time Sales Ranking TOP 1000 |url=http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |access-date=August 19, 2018 |quote=Tamagotchi}}</ref> {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:2434062*5040}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|12267672480|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}}).}}

*[[Tamagotchi: The Movie|Box office]] {{ndash}} {{US$|6.8 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Japanese Box Office, January 19–20 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-23/japanese-box-office-january-19-20 |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=January 23, 2008}}</ref>

| [[Digital pet]]

| [[:de:Aki Maita|Aki Maita]] <br>[[:ja:横井昭裕|Akihiro Yokoi]] <br>[[Bandai]]

| Bandai Namco Holdings

|-
|-

| ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
| ''[[Doraemon]]''
| 1991

| {{sort | 05769 | $5.76 billion}}
| 1969

| {{sort | 6043 | {{estimation}} $6.04 billion}}

|
|

* [[List of Sonic the Hedgehog video games|Video games]] – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Gaudiosi|first=John|url=http://fortune.com/2014/07/09/sonic-the-hedgehog-sega/|title=Sonic the Hedgehog still running fast for Sega|magazine=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=July 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528202524/http://fortune.com/2014/07/09/sonic-the-hedgehog-sega/|archive-date=May 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|4.244 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Doraemon'' licensed merchandise sales:
* Box office – {{US$|707 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Sonic-The-Hedgehog#tab=summary|title=Sonic the Hedgehog Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 10, 2023}}</ref>

* Blu-ray & DVD sales – {{US$|62 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Sonic-The-Hedgehog#tab=video|title=Sonic The Hedgehog Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 10, 2023}}</ref>
*Japan (1999–2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010) – {{¥|223.75 billion}} ({{US$|{{#expr:223.75/87.78 round 3}} billion|long=no}})<ref name="JPY2010"/>
| Video game

| [[Sonic Team]] <br /> [[Hirokazu Yasuhara]] <br /> [[Yuji Naka]] <br /> [[Naoto Ohshima]]
**1999 – {{¥|{{#expr:2100*(4.01/100)}} billion}}<ref name="Japan1999"/>
| [[Sega]] <br /><small>([[Sega Sammy Holdings]])</small>

**2000 – {{¥|50 billion}}<ref name="Yano2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppOyAAAAIAAJ|title=Market Share in Japan|date=2005|publisher=Yano Research Institute|page=18|quote=7 {{!}} Doraemon {{!}} 500 [...] 8 {{!}} Doraemon {{!}} 300|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120025656/https://books.google.com/books?id=ppOyAAAAIAAJ|archive-date=November 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

**2003 – {{¥|30 billion}}<ref name="Yano2"/>

**2005 – {{¥|{{#expr:1610*(1.55/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="Japan2005"/>

**2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:1600*(1.10/100)}} billion}}<ref name="Japan2007"/>

**2010 – {{¥|{{#expr:1617*(1.05/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2010"/>

*Worldwide (2015–2016) – {{US$|1.108 billion|long=no}}

**2015 – {{US$|557 million|long=no}}<ref name="preschool2">{{cite news|date=July 17, 2017|title=Top 20 Preschool Properties in the $12.8 Billion Industry|work=The Licensing Letter|url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/top-20-preschool-properties-in-the-12-8-billion-industry/|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623113054/https://www.thelicensingletter.com/top-20-preschool-properties-in-the-12-8-billion-industry/|archive-date=June 23, 2018}}</ref>

**2016 – {{US$|551 million|long=no}}<ref name="preschool2"/>

*Japan (2018–2019) – {{¥|{{#expr:<!--2018-->1533*(1.87/100)+<!--2019-->1550*(2.28/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="cna"/><ref name="charabiz2018"/><ref name="charabiz2019"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|64010|JPN|year=2019|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

}}

*[[List of Doraemon films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|1.799 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}

| Manga

| [[Fujiko Fujio]]

| [[Shogakukan]] <br> {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Trolls (franchise)|Trolls]]''
| ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]''

| 1959
| 1959

| {{sort | 05735 | $5.73 billion}}
| {{sort | 05900 | {{estimation}} $5.9 billion}}

|
|

* Retail sales - {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dicentertainment.com/press/details.php?57|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720234542/http://www.dicentertainment.com/press/details.php?57|title=The Good Luck Trolls are back|website=[[DIC Entertainment]]|archivedate=July 20, 2006|date=May 3, 2005|accessdate=March 10, 2024}}</ref>
* Box office - {{US$|601 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Trolls#tab=summary|title=Trolls Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=March 10, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Manga magazine]] {{US$|{{#expr:4.55*(3800/2942) round 1}} billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Shonen Magazine, Shonen Sunday Mark 50th Anniversary (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-18/shonen-magazine-shonen-sunday-mark-50th-anniversary |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=March 18, 2008 |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>

* Home media - {{US$|134 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Trolls#tab=video|title=Trolls Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=March 10, 2024}}</ref>
| Toy
| Manga

| [[Thomas Dam]]
| [[Kodansha]]
| [[DreamWorks Animation]]{{small|(Universal Pictures)}}

| [[Kodansha]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
| ''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]''
| 1996

| {{sort | 05252 | $5.25 billion}}
| 1990

| {{sort | 05790 | {{estimation}} $5.8 billion}}

|
|

* Licensed merchandise – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Yu-Gi-Oh'' licensed merchandise sales:
* Up until January 2012 – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Properties Yu-Gi-Oh! |url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/property/yu-gi-oh/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114025312/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/property/yu-gi-oh/ |website=[[4Kids Entertainment]] |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 14, 2012 |access-date=January 14, 2021 }}</ref>}}
*Box office – {{US$|3.547 billion|long=no}}<ref name="shrek">{{cite web |title=Shrek Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Shrek |website=The Numbers |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>

* [[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games|Video games]] – {{US$|213 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games|''Yu-Gi-Oh'' video games]]:
*Home entertainment – {{US$|1.922 billion|long=no}}{{efn|First two films grossed {{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050103005538/en/DreamWorks-Shrek-Franchise-Delivers-Record-Setting-1.6-Billion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165757/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050103005538/en/DreamWorks-Shrek-Franchise-Delivers-Record-Setting-1.6-Billion|title=DreamWorks' Shrek Franchise Delivers a Record-Setting $1.6 Billion in Consumer Home Entertainment Spending|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|archive-date=January 3, 2017|date=January 3, 2005|access-date=January 2, 2017}}</ref> Later films grossed {{US$|322 million|long=no}}.<ref name="shrek"/>}}
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul]]'' (GBA) – {{US$|38 million|long=no}} (United States)<ref name="nextgensales"/>

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards]]'' (GBA) – {{US$|32 million|long=no}} (United States)<ref name="nextgensales">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052300/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0 |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0 |title=The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games |author=Keiser, Joe |date=August 2, 2006 |work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|275 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses]]'' (PS2) – {{US$|33 million|long=no}} (United States)<ref name="Next Gen July 2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1|title=The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century|author=Campbell|first1=Colin|last2=Keiser|first2=Joe|date=July 29, 2006|work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028115051/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1|archive-date=October 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]]'' (mobile) – {{US$|110 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|110 million|long=no}} in the first half of 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rabolini |first1=Francisco Vigo |title=Sensor Tower's State of Card Battler Mobile Games 2021 Report: Downloads Rise by 23% in Q2 as the Fastest-Growing Strategy Sub-Genre |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/state-of-card-battler-mobile-games-report-2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721183129/https://sensortower.com/blog/state-of-card-battler-mobile-games-report-2021|access-date=September 11, 2021 |work=Sensor Tower |archivedate=July 21, 2021|date=July 21, 2021}}</ref>}}
* [[Shrek The Musical|Broadway musical]] – {{US$|46.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/SHREK-THE-MUSICAL|title=Shrek The Musical|website=broadwayworld.com|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref>

| [[Picture book]]

| [[William Steig]] <br> [[DreamWorks Animation]]

| [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] {{small|(book)}} <br> Universal Pictures {{small|(Comcast) (films)}}

|-

| ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate]]''

| 2004

| {{sort | 05566 | {{estimation}} $5.57 billion}}

|

*[[Fate/Grand Order|Mobile game]] – {{US$|5.4 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Top10"/>

*Home entertainment – {{US$|99 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Fate/stay night'' home entertainment media sales (Blu-ray, DVD, music, novels, manga)<ref name="japan2015"/> in Japan:

*Home entertainment media sales in 2015 – {{¥|4,018,662,349}}<ref name="japan2015"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|4018662349|JPN|year=2015|round=yes}}|long=no}})

*Home entertainment media sales during 2017–2018 – {{¥|{{#expr:3160089662+3606385840}}|link=no}}<ref name="japan2017"/><ref name="japan2018"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|6766475502|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}})

}}
}}

* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!#Films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|39.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Yu-Gi-Oh'' Box Office:
*Anime box office – {{US$|67 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]'' (2004) – {{US$|29.2 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3833234945/|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=November 27, 2022}}</ref>

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time]]'' (2010) – {{US$|2.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1796441345/weekend/|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=November 27, 2022}}</ref>
| [[Visual novel]]
*''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]'' (2016) – {{US$|7.5 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2248181249/|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=November 27, 2022}}</ref>

| [[Type-Moon]]

| [[Type-Moon]] {{small|(visual novel)}} <br> [[Aniplex]] {{small|([[Sony Music Japan]])}} {{small|(anime & mobile game)}}

|-

| ''[[The Sims]]''

| 2000

| {{sort | 05462 | {{estimation}} $5.46 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|5.462 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''The Sims'':

*Up until 2019 – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Lifetime Sales">{{cite web|author=James O'Connor|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-sims-series-has-surpassed-5-billion-in-lifetim/1100-6471124/ |title=The Sims Series Has Surpassed $5 Billion In Lifetime Sales|website=[[GameSpot]]|date=November 3, 2019|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref>

*''[[The Sims 4]]'' (2020) – {{US$|462 million|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2020"/>

}}
}}

| Manga
| Video game
| [[Kazuki Takahashi (manga artist)|Kazuki Takahashi]]

| Kazuki Takahashi <br /> [[Shueisha]] {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}}<br />[[Konami]] (games and cards)
| [[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]]

| [[Electronic Arts]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Friends]]''

| 1994

| {{sort | 05271 | {{estimation}} $5.27 billion}}

|

*TV syndication – {{US$|3.5 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}} up until 2001.<ref>{{cite news|last=Grego|first=Melissa|title='Friends' looks to top 'Seinfeld's' earnings|url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/friends-looks-to-top-seinfeld-s-earnings-1117797814/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 24, 2001}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=You'll never believe how much money the 'Friends' cast STILL earns today |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/02/27/youll-never-believe-how-much-money-the-friends-cast-still-earns-today/77593556/ |work=[[USA Today]] |date=February 27, 2015}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Courteney Cox's Net Worth (And How Much She Still Makes from 'Friends') |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/courteney-cox-net-worth.html/ |website=The Cheat Sheet |date=September 13, 2018}}</ref>}}

*TV advertising – {{US$|1.166 billion|long=no}}{{efn|More than {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stepakoff |first=Jeffrey |title=Billion-Dollar Kiss: The Kiss That Saved Dawson's Creek, and Other Adventures inTV Writing |date=2007 |publisher=[[Penguin Group|Penguin]] |isbn=9781101216903 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqnbPn2wGuEC&pg=PT18}}</ref> $166,232,281 during 2001–2002.<ref name="license2002"/>}}

*[[TV streaming]] – {{US$|555 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Friends]]'' [[streaming television]] revenue:

*[[Netflix]] – {{US$|130 million|long=no}}<ref name="friends">{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Edmund |title=Netflix Will Keep 'Friends' Through Next Year in a $100 Million Agreement |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/business/media/netflix-friends.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 4, 2018}}</ref>

*[[HBO Max]] – {{US$|425 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title='Friends' Officially Leaving Netflix for WarnerMedia's Streaming Service |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/friends-officially-leaving-netflix-warnermedias-streaming-service-1223151 |access-date=24 November 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=9 July 2019}}</ref>}}

* Dvd & blue ray - $49.8 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/tv-show/Friends#tab=summary|title=Friends Video Release Breakdown|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref>

*[[Box office]] – $445,037 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0108778/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=Friends (1994)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref>

| Television series

| [[David Crane (producer)|David Crane]] <br> [[Marta Kauffman]]

| [[Kevin S. Bright|Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions]] <br> [[Warner Bros.]] {{small|(AT&T)}}

|-

|''[[Mamma Mia (ABBA song)|Mamma Mia]]''
|''[[Mamma Mia (ABBA song)|Mamma Mia]]''

| 1975
| 1975

| {{sort | 05168 | $5.16 billion}}
| {{sort | 05183 | {{estimation}} $5.18 billion}}

|
|

* [[Mamma Mia! (musical)|Musical theatre]] – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Press Centre: Facts & Figures |url=https://www.judycraymer.com/press-centre/facts-and-figures.php |website=Judy Craymer |access-date=July 22, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Mamma Mia! (musical)|Film box office]] – {{US$|988 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mamma-Mia#tab=summary|title=Mamma Mia Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=July 22, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Mamma Mia! (musical)|Musical theatre]] – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Press Centre: Facts & Figures |url=https://www.judycraymer.com/press-centre/facts-and-figures.php |website=Judy Craymer |access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref>

* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|180 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Mamma Mia Franchise - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mamma-Mia#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=July 22, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Mamma Mia! (musical)|Film box office]] – {{US$|1.005 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing musicals|Highest-grossing musical film series and film franchises}}.}}

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|177.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Mamma Mia Franchise - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mamma-Mia#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>

| [[Song]]
| [[Song]]

| [[ABBA]]
| [[ABBA]]

| [[Polar Music|Polar]] / [[Epic Records|Epic]] {{small|(Sony) (song)}} <br> [[Universal Pictures]] {{small|(AT&T) (films)}}
| [[Polar Music|Polar]] / [[Epic Records|Epic]] {{small|(Sony) (song)}} <br> [[Universal Pictures]] {{small|(AT&T) (films)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''
| ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''

| 1992
| 1992

| {{sort | 05069 | $5.06 billion}}{{efn|''Mortal Kombat'' franchise:
| {{sort | 05057 | {{estimation}} $5.06 billion}}{{efn|''Mortal Kombat'' franchise:
* Up until 2000 – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/threshold-digital-research-labs-greenlights-its-first-digitally-animated-feature-film-foodfight-73557002.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108095511/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/threshold-digital-research-labs-greenlights-its-first-digitally-animated-feature-film-foodfight-73557002.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2017|title=Threshold Digital Research Labs Greenlights Its First Digitally Animated Feature Film, 'Foodfight!'|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|publisher=[[Cision Inc.|Cision]]|date=June 13, 2000|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref>

* ''[[Deadly Alliance]]'' (2002) video game – {{US$|54 million|long=no}}<ref name="Next Gen July 2006"/>
*Up until 2000 – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/threshold-digital-research-labs-greenlights-its-first-digitally-animated-feature-film-foodfight-73557002.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108095511/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/threshold-digital-research-labs-greenlights-its-first-digitally-animated-feature-film-foodfight-73557002.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2017|title=Threshold Digital Research Labs Greenlights Its First Digitally Animated Feature Film, 'Foodfight!'|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|publisher=[[Cision Inc.|Cision]]|date=June 13, 2000|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge]]'' (2020) DVD and Blu-ray sales – {{US$|2.9 million|long=no}}<ref name="Scorpion"/>

*''[[Deadly Alliance]]'' (2002) video game – {{US$|54 million|long=no}}<ref name="nextgen-console"/>

*''[[Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge]]'' (2020) DVD and Blu-ray sales – {{US$|2.6 million|long=no}}<ref name="Scorpion"/>

}}
}}

|
|

* [[List of Mortal Kombat media|Video games]] – {{US$|4.054 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Mortal Kombat'' video games:
*[[List of Mortal Kombat media|Video games]] – {{US$|4.054 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Mortal Kombat'' video games:
* Up until 1995 – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|first=Chauncey|last=Hollingsworth|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-06-30-9506300078-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201182506/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-06-30-9506300078-story.html|title=The Whomping Continues with MK3|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|archivedate=December 1, 2022|date=June 30, 1995|accessdate=January 15, 2023}}</ref>

* ''[[Deadly Alliance]]'' (2002) – {{US$|54 million|long=no}}<ref name="Next Gen July 2006"/>
*Up until 1995 – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hollingsworth |first1=Chauncey |title=The Whomping Continues With MK3 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-06-30-9506300078-story.html |access-date=13 February 2021 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 30, 1995}}</ref>

*''[[Deadly Alliance]]'' (2002) – {{US$|54 million|long=no}}<ref name="nextgen-console"/>

}}
}}

* [[List of Mortal Kombat media|Box office]] – {{US$|256 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mortal-Kombat#tab=summary|title=Mortal Kombat Franchise box office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=July 5, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|2.9 million|long=no}}<ref name="Scorpion">{{cite web |title=Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020) Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Mortal-Kombat-Legends-Scorpions-Revenge |website=The Numbers |access-date=January 15, 2023}}</ref>
*[[List of Mortal Kombat media|Box office]] – {{US$|176 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Mortal Kombat (film series)|Box office performance}}''}}
*[[Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|2.6 million|long=no}}<ref name="Scorpion">{{cite web |title=Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Mortal-Kombat-Legends-Scorpions-Revenge |website=The Numbers |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>

| Video game
| Video game

| [[Midway Games|Midway Games Chicago]] <br />[[Ed Boon]] <br />[[John Tobias]]
| [[Midway Games|Midway Games Chicago]] <br>[[Ed Boon]] <br>[[John Tobias]]
| [[Warner Bros.]] {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}

| [[Warner Bros.]] {{small|(AT&T)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Gundam]]''
| ''[[Care Bears]]''
| 1979

| {{sort | 05000 | $5 billion}}
| 1981

| {{sort | 05052 | {{estimation}} $5.05 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Gundam'' retail sales:
*Retail sales – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Care Bears'' retail sales:
*Merchandise sales during 1979–1999 – $5{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000613/ny_bandai_.html|title=Gundam Wing Phenomenon Grows With Addition of New Licensees as Television Ratings and Toy Line Sales Surge|website=[[Business Wire]]|date=June 13, 2000|accessdate=January 8, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000821005011/http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000613/ny_bandai_.html|archivedate=August 21, 2000|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gundam+Wing+Phenomenon+Grows+With+Addition+of+New+Licensees+as...-a062704291|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016114032/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gundam+Wing+Phenomenon+Grows+With+Addition+of+New+Licensees+as...-a062704291|title=Gundam Wing Phenomenon Grows With Addition of New Licensees as Television Ratings and Toy Line Sales Surge.|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|via=[[The Free Dictionary]]|archivedate=October 16, 2012|date=June 13, 2000|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}</ref>

*1980s – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref name=agsite>{{cite web |url=http://corporate.americangreetings.com/aboutus/history.html |title=About Us: History |access-date=February 26, 2006 |publisher=[[American Greetings]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210053021/http://corporate.americangreetings.com/aboutus/history.html |archive-date=December 10, 2005}}</ref>

*2000s–2010s – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Joester, Debra: 'President/CEO'' (The Joester Loria Group) |url=https://licensing19.mapyourshow.com/7_0/sessions/speaker-details.cfm?speakerid=47&CFID=49559999&CFTOKEN=95d5085aad7fe255-931EAF1A-BA89-5504-632029483CFD3CE6 |website=Licensing Expo 2019 Conference Directory |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>

}}
}}

| [[Anime series]]
*Box office – {{US$|52 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Care Bears'' films at box office:
| [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]

| [[Bandai Namco Filmworks]], directly and through [[Sotsu]] <br /> {{small|([[Bandai Namco Holdings]])}}
*''[[The Care Bears Movie]]'' – {{US$|34 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hayden|first=Gene|title=Babar's triumphs|date=August 7, 1989|journal=[[Maclean's]] |publisher=Maclean Hunter Limited|page=48|quote=A year later, Ohio's American Greetings Corp. and Kenner Parker Toys Inc. commissioned Nelvana to produce the animated ''Care Bears Movie''. Earning {{US$|34 million|long=no}} in 1985, it became at the time the world's most profitable non-Disney animated movie.}}</ref>
|-

| ''[[The Sims]]''
*''[[Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation]]'' and ''[[The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland]]'' – {{US$|18 million|long=no}}<ref name="financial-post">{{cite news|last=Lerch|first=Renate|title=Nelvana finds reel success in animated films|date=February 9, 1988|work=[[The Financial Post]]|publisher=Financial Post Ltd.|page=17|quote=The first [Care Bears] movie, released in 1985, grossed $25 million at the box office. Its $3.5-million budget was financed by American Greetings in partnership with Kenner-Parker Toys Inc. of Beverly, Mass. The Americans also funded the sequel, which brought in $12 million. Nelvana financed the third movie itself and it has so far grossed $6 million.}}</ref>
| 2000

| {{sort | 05000 | $5 billion}}
}}
|

*Video games – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Rebekah|last=Valentine|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-sims-franchise-surpasses-usd5b-in-lifetime-sales|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019211911/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-sims-franchise-surpasses-usd5b-in-lifetime-sales|title=The Sims franchise surpasses $5b in lifetime sales|website=[[Gamesindustry.biz]]|archivedate=October 19, 2022|date=October 29, 2019|accessdate=November 26, 2022}}</ref>
| Greeting card
| Video game

| [[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]]
| American Greetings
| [[Electronic Arts]]

| American Greetings

|-
|-

| ''[[Bob the Builder]]''
| ''[[Bob the Builder]]''

| 1998
| 1998

| {{sort | 05000 | $5 billion}}
| {{sort | 05000 | {{estimation}} $5 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Paw patrol1">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44617684|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221143112/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44617684|title=How do you create a hit kids' TV show?|website=[[BBC]]|archivedate=December 21, 2018|date=July 5, 2018|accessdate=November 26, 2022}}</ref>
*Retail sales – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Paw patrol1">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44617684 |title=How do you create a hit kids' TV show? - BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date= December 20, 2018|work=BBC News |date=July 5, 2018 |last1=Espiner |first1=Tom }}</ref>

| Animated series
| Animated series

| [[Keith Chapman]]
| [[Keith Chapman]]

| [[Mattel]]
| [[Mattel]]/[[WildBrain]]

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|- class="sortbottom"

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=== $2–4 billion ===

=== $2–5 billion ===

|-
|-

| ''[[My Little Pony]]''
| ''[[My Little Pony]]''

| 1984
| 1984

| {{sort | 04988 | $4.99 billion}}
| {{sort | 04988 | {{estimation}} $4.99 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|4.916 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Retail sales – {{US$|4.916 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|260 million|long=no}} in 2012.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|650 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-0|title=The Top 150 Global Licensors|work=Global License!|first=Tony|last=Lisanti|date=May 1, 2014|access-date=May 19, 2015}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://screenertv.com/movies/my-little-pony-movie-release-date-kristin-chenoweth/|title=Kristin Chenoweth lending her Golden Pipes to 'My Little Pony' movie|publisher=[[Screenertv.com|ScreenerTV]]|date=November 18, 2015|access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref>{{citation|date=May 2016|page=T9|title=Top 150 Global Licensors|work=Global License!|first=Tony|last=Lisanti|quote=The My Little Pony brand drives over $1.2 billion in retail sales}}</ref> {{US$|456 million|long=no}} merchandise sales in 2016. {{US$|660 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|690 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
* 2012 - {{US$|260 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>

* 2013 - {{US$|650 million|long=no}}<ref name="License Global 2014"/>
* 2014 - {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://screenertv.com/movies/my-little-pony-movie-release-date-kristin-chenoweth/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304184650/http://screenertv.com/movies/my-little-pony-movie-release-date-kristin-chenoweth/|title=Kristin Chenoweth lending her Golden Pipes to 'My Little Pony' movie|publisher=[[Screenertv.com|ScreenerTV]]|archivedate=March 4, 2017|date=November 18, 2015|access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref>
* 2015 - {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="License Global 2016"/>
* 2016 - {{US$|456 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
* 2017 - {{US$|660 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
* 2018 - {{US$|690 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*Box office – {{US$|67.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|''My Little Pony'' box office gross:
*Box office – {{US$|67.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|''My Little Pony'' box office gross:

*''[[My Little Pony: The Movie (1986 film)|My Little Pony: The Movie]]'' (1986) – {{US$|6 million|long=no}}<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mylittlepony.htm|title=My Little Pony: The Movie|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=May 18, 2010}}</ref>
*''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (film)|My Little Pony: Equestria Girls]]'' (2013) – $483,752<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=PE&wk=2013W40&id=_fMYLITTLEPONYEQUE01|title=My Little Pony: Equestria Girls|work=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=January 26, 2015}}</ref>
*''[[My Little Pony: The Movie (1986 film)|My Little Pony: The Movie]]'' (1986) – {{US$|6 million|long=no}}<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mylittlepony.htm|title=My Little Pony: The Movie|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=2010-05-18}}</ref>

*''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks]]'' (2014) – $347,511<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=UK&id=_fMYLITTLEPONYEQUE02|title=My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks|work=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=July 17, 2015}}</ref>
*''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Friendship Games]]'' (2015) – $194,807<ref>{{cite web |title=My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games (2015) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/My-Little-Pony-Equestria-Girls-Friendship-Games |website=The Numbers |access-date=September 30, 2018}}</ref>
*''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (film)|My Little Pony: Equestria Girls]]'' (2013) – $483,752<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=PE&wk=2013W40&id=_fMYLITTLEPONYEQUE01|title=My Little Pony: Equestria Girls|work=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=2015-01-26}}</ref>

*''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks]]'' (2014) – $347,511<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=UK&id=_fMYLITTLEPONYEQUE02|title=My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks|work=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=2015-07-17}}</ref>

*''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games]]'' (2015) – $194,807<ref>{{cite web |title=My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games (2015) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/My-Little-Pony-Equestria-Girls-Friendship-Games |website=The Numbers |access-date=September 30, 2018}}</ref>

*''[[My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film)|My Little Pony: The Movie]]'' (2017) – {{US$|60.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mylittlepony2017.htm|title=My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 19, 2017}}</ref>
*''[[My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film)|My Little Pony: The Movie]]'' (2017) – {{US$|60.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mylittlepony2017.htm|title=My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 19, 2017}}</ref>

}}
}}

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|4.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=My Little Pony Franchise Box Office History – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/My-Little-Pony#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=September 30, 2018}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|4.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=My Little Pony Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/My-Little-Pony#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=September 30, 2018}}</ref>

| Animated cartoon
| Animated cartoon

| [[Lauren Faust]] <br /> [[Bonnie Zacherle]]
| [[Lauren Faust]] <br> [[Bonnie Zacherle]]

| Hasbro
| Hasbro

|-
|-

| ''[[The Simpsons (franchise)|The Simpsons]]''
| ''[[Donkey Kong]]''
| 1987

| {{sort | 04900 | $4.9 billion}}
| 1981

| {{sort | 04971 | {{estimation}} $4.97 billion}}

|
|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|4.223 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Video games – {{US$|4.962 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Donkey Kong'' video games:
* 1990 – {{US$|750 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-19-ca-419-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204025/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-19-ca-419-story.html|title=Ullman Has a Cow Over Simpsons: Lawsuit Alleges She Was Cut Out of Millions in Merchandising Profits|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=June 24, 2021|date=April 19, 1991|accessdate=July 21, 2023}}</ref>

* 1993 – {{US$|250 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Sallie|last=Hofmeister|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/20/business/a-blue-year-for-the-purple-and-green-dinosaur.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328192824/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/20/business/a-blue-year-for-the-purple-and-green-dinosaur.html|title=A Blue Year for the Purple-and-Green Dinosaur|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|archivedate=March 28, 2009|date=October 20, 1994|accessdate=December 3, 2022}}</ref>
*''[[Donkey Kong (video game)|Donkey Kong]]'' (1981) – {{US$|4.4 billion|long=no}} ([[Arcade game|Arcade]]/[[NES]]/[[Coleco]])<ref name="businessinsider"/>
* 2008 – {{US$|750 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114044858/quad-city-times/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203193739/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114044858/quad-city-times/|title=Simpsons|newspaper=[[Quad-City Times]]|page=12|archivedate=December 3, 2022|date=May 17, 2009|accessdate=December 3, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* During 2012–2013 – {{US$|{{#expr:352+373}} million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]) - {{US$|500 million|long=no}}+<ref>{{cite book |title=AIPLA Bulletin |date=1995 |publisher=[[American Intellectual Property Law Association]] |page=433 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f41CAQAAIAAJ |quote=From last November 15th until today, we've sold over {{nowrap|7.5 million}} units of this game around the world - at an average wholesale price of about $70 — or over 500 million dollars in gross sales — all from just one video game. Incidently, that game is called “Donkey Kong Country”.}}</ref>
* 2014 – {{US$|390 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>

* 2015 – {{US$|396 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
*''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' retail sales in Europe (1998) – {{€|15 million}}+ ({{US$|{{#expr:15*1.13 round 0}} million|long=no}}+)<ref name="ECCSELL"/>
* During 2016–2017 – {{US$|{{#expr:410+297}} million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |access-date=August 12, 2018 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=July 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509194639/http://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |archive-date=May 9, 2019|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

* 2018 – {{US$|255 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2]]'' ([[GBA]]) – {{US$|45 million|long=no}} (United States)<ref name="nextgensales"/>
*[[The Simpsons Movie|Box office]] – {{US$|536 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Simpsons Movie (2007) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Simpsons-Movie-The |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>

*[[List of The Simpsons video games|Video games]] – {{US$|141 million|long=no}}{{efn|''The Simpsons'' video games:
*''Donkey Kong'' ([[3DS Virtual Console]]) – $348,000 (2011)<ref name="vc2011">{{cite news |title=Zelda Tops 3DS Downloadable Titles in 2011 |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/161937/Zelda_Tops_3DS_Downloadable_Titles_in_2011.php |work=[[Gamasutra]] |date=February 14, 2012}}</ref>
*''[[The Simpsons: Road Rage]]'' (2001) – {{US$|41 million|long=no}}<ref name="Next Gen July 2006"/>

*''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]'' (2012) – {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Kris|last=Ligman|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-i-the-simpsons-tapped-out-i-surpasses-100-million|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827140723/https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-i-the-simpsons-tapped-out-i-surpasses-100-million|title=The Simpsons: Tapped Out surpasses $100 million|website=[[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]]|archivedate=August 27, 2021|date=October 29, 2013|accessdate=April 1, 2023}}</ref>
}}
}}

| Animated series
*Licensing royalties – {{US$|8.5 million|long=no}}<ref name="DK-Merchandise"/>
| [[Matt Groening]]

| [[20th Century Studios]]<br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
| Video game

| [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] <br> [[Nintendo R&D1]]

| [[Nintendo]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Scooby-Doo]]''
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (franchise)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| 1969

| {{sort | 04691 | $4.69 billion}}
| 1991

| {{sort | 04943 | {{estimation}} $4.94 billion}}

|
|

* Retail sales – {{US$|4.15 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Box office – {{US$|1.689 billion|long=no}}{{efn|$425{{nbsp}}million ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1991) box office gross.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beauty and the Beast (1991)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beautyandthebeast.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref> $1.264{{nbsp}}billion ''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (2017) box office gross.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beauty and the Beast (2017)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beautyandthebeast2017.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref>}}
* 1984 - {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Rick|last=Forchuck|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121674178/the-winnipeg-sun/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326152144/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121674178/the-winnipeg-sun/|title=Scooby does big bucks|newspaper=[[The Winnipeg Sun]]|page=28|archivedate=March 26, 2023|date=December 14, 1984|accessdate=March 26, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* 1999 – $800 million<ref>{{cite web|first=Sally|last=Beatty|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114083392/daily-record/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204133257/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114083392/daily-record/|title=Scooby-Doo, where are you? is everywhere|newspaper=[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]|page=49|archivedate=December 4, 2022|date=July 23, 2000|accessdate=December 4, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Sally|last=Beatty|url=https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/SB961109708963115201|title=Scooby-Doo's Comeback Isn't a Mystery: Halloween Was the Marketing Gimmick|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=June 16, 2000|accessdate=July 23, 2023|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230306211222/https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/SB961109708963115201|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Musical theatre]] – {{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}}<ref name="economist">{{cite news |title=Money, money, money |url=https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2013/05/03/money-money-money |work=[[The Economist]] |date=May 3, 2013}}</ref>
* 2004 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Aloha Scooby-Doo! The Latest Original Full-Length Movie from Warner Home Video; New full-length Scooby-Doo animated movie surfs into stores on February 8, 2005 |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20041208005286/en/Aloha-Scooby-Doo!-Latest-Original-Full-Length-Movie-Warner |work=[[Business Wire]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052430/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20041208005286/en/Aloha-Scooby-Doo!-Latest-Original-Full-Length-Movie-Warner|archivedate=December 22, 2017|date=December 8, 2004|accessdate=March 14, 2022}}</ref>

* 2015 – {{US$|496 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="latimes95">{{cite news |title=Just a License to Make Money? Movie merchandise is making more mega-bucks than ever. And now, it can even be a factor as studios decide what movies get made. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-05-ca-39024-story.html |access-date=11 October 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=5 March 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011142112/http://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-05-ca-39024-story.html |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2016 – {{US$|501 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

* 2017 – {{US$|353 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|336 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Beauty and the Beast'' DVD and Blu-ray sales:
* [[Scooby-Doo in film|Box office]] – {{US$|483.4 million|long=no}}<ref name="scooby">{{cite web |title=Scooby-Doo Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Scooby-Doo |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref>

* DVD & Blu-ray sales – $58 million{{efn|''Scooby-Doo'' DVD and Blu-ray sales:
*''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1991) – {{US$|247 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Beauty-and-the-Beast-(1991)#tab=video-sales |website=The Numbers |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>
*Films – {{US$|53.4 million|long=no}}<ref name="scooby"/>

*''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (2017) – {{US$|89 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Beauty and the Beast (2017) - Financial Information|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Beauty-and-the-Beast-(2017)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref>

*VHS sales – {{US$|318 million|long=no}}<ref name="Wroot"/>

}}
}}

| Animated series
| Animated film
| [[Joe Ruby]] <br /> [[Ken Spears]]

| Warner Bros. <br /> {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}
| [[Don Hahn]] <br> [[Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve]]

| The Walt Disney Company

|-
|-

| ''[[Beyblade (manga)|Beyblade]]''
| ''[[Beyblade (manga)|Beyblade]]''

| 1999
| 1999

| {{sort | 04609 | $4.6 billion }}
| {{sort | 04610 | {{estimation}} $4.61 billion }}

|
|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|4.6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-18/beyblade-burst-gets-tv-anime-by-pokemon-olm-next-spring/.89422|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619092332/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-18/beyblade-burst-gets-tv-anime-by-pokemon-olm-next-spring/.89422|title=Beyblade Burst Gets TV Anime by Pokémon's OLM Next Spring|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archivedate=June 19, 2015|date=June 19, 2015|access-date=March 29, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Sales up until 2015}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|4.6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-18/beyblade-burst-gets-tv-anime-by-pokemon-olm-next-spring/.89422|title=Beyblade Burst Gets TV Anime by Pokémon's OLM Next Spring|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 19, 2015|access-date=March 29, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Sales up until 2015}}
*Box office – {{US$|9.7 million|long=no}}{{efn|

*''[[Beyblade: Fierce Battle]]'' (2002) – {{US$|3.5 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0459080/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle (2002)|access-date=July 14, 2023|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher= [[IMDb]]}}</ref>
*''[[Metal Fight Beyblade vs the Sun: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader]]'' (2010) – {{US$|6.2 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6419640/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=
*Box office – {{US$|9 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Beyblade: Fierce Battle]]'' grossed $3,216,050.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/yearly/?yr=2002|title= 2002 Japan Yearly Box Office Results|access-date=November 16, 2016|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher= [[IMDb]]}}</ref> ''[[Beyblade: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader]]'' grossed $5,737,369.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/yearly/?yr=2010&p=.htm|title= 2010 Japan Yearly Box Office |access-date= 18 August 2015|work= Box Office Mojo}}</ref>}}

Metal Fight Bay Blade the Movie & Duel Masters 2010 (2010) |access-date=July 14, 2023|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>}}
| Manga
| Manga

| Takao Aoki
| Takao Aoki

| Takao Aoki <br /> Shogakukan <br /> {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}}
| Takao Aoki <br> Shogakukan <br> {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}}
|-

| ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''
| 2007
| {{sort | 04570 | $4.57 billion}}
|
*TV advertising – {{US$|3.57 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.74 billion|long=no}} in 2015. {{US$|1.83 billion|long=no}} in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Berg |first=Madeline |title='Big Bang' Bucks: Inside The Mega-Money Of CBS' Hit Show |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2017/09/28/big-bang-bucks-inside-the-mega-money-of-cbs-hit-show/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=September 28, 2017}}</ref>}}
*TV syndication – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Big Bang Theory' Renewed For Seasons 11 & 12 By CBS |url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/the-big-bang-theory-renewed-season-11-12-cbs-1202047021/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320202907/https://deadline.com/2017/03/the-big-bang-theory-renewed-season-11-12-cbs-1202047021/|publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archivedate=March 20, 2017|date=March 20, 2017|accessdate=March 31, 2023}}</ref>
| Television series
| [[Chuck Lorre]] <br> [[Bill Prady]]
| Warner Bros. {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}
|-
|-

| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''

| 1989
| 1989

| {{sort | 00456 | $4.56 billion}}
| {{sort | 04560 | {{estimation}} $4.56 billion}}

|
|

*TV revenue – $4.06 billion<ref>{{cite web|first=Victoria|last=Craw|url=https://nypost.com/2017/02/08/steve-bannon-is-still-making-money-from-seinfeld-reruns/|title=Steve Bannon is still making money from 'Seinfeld' reruns|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=February 8, 2017|access-date=October 8, 2017}}</ref>
*TV revenue – $4.06 billion<ref>{{cite web|first=Victoria|last=Craw|url=https://nypost.com/2017/02/08/steve-bannon-is-still-making-money-from-seinfeld-reruns/|title=Steve Bannon is still making money from 'Seinfeld' reruns|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=February 8, 2017|access-date=October 8, 2017}}</ref>

*[[Netflix|TV streaming]] – {{US$|500 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Netflix Nabs Seinfeld Streaming Rights in $500 Million-Plus Deal |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/seinfeld-netflix-streaming-deal |access-date=November 24, 2019 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=September 16, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Netflix|TV streaming]] – {{US$|500 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nast |first1=Condé |title=Netflix Nabs Seinfeld Streaming Rights in $500 Million-Plus Deal |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/seinfeld-netflix-streaming-deal |access-date=24 November 2019 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=16 September 2019}}</ref>

| Television series
| Television series

| [[Larry David]] <br /> [[Jerry Seinfeld]]
| [[Sony Pictures Television]] <br /> {{small|(Sony)}}
| [[Larry David]] <br> [[Jerry Seinfeld]]

| [[Sony Pictures Television]] <br> {{small|(Sony)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Twilight (novel series)|Twilight]]''
| ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' <br> (''[[Game of Thrones]]'')
| 2005

| {{sort | 04314 | $4.31 billion}}
| 1996

| {{sort | 04407 | {{estimation}} $4.4 billion}}

|
|

*[[The Twilight Saga (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|3.314 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Twilight#tab=summary|title=Twilight Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=November 27, 2022}}</ref>
*[[The Twilight Saga (film series)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Twilight Franchise Box Office History Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Twilight#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Game of Thrones|TV revenue]] – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Game of Thrones - How Many Millions Has It Made So Far? |url=https://www.jobsnhire.com/articles/41731/20160425/game-thrones-how-many-millions-made-so-far.htm |work=Jobs & Hire |date=April 25, 2016|quote=So if "Game of Thrones" makes $1 billion annually, it should have earned at least by now around $4 billion to $5 billion since it premiered in April, 2011.}}</ref>

*[[Game of Thrones|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|280 million|long=no}}{{efn|$66,493,039 in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2012 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2012 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $36,519,093 in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2013 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2013 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $40,928,716 in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2014 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2014 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $34,173,270 in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2015 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2015 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $61,666,926 in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2016 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2016 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $26,215,537 in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2017 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2017 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $6,825,025 during January–June 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2018 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2018 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 25, 2018}}</ref> }}

*[[List of A Song of Ice and Fire video games|Video games]] – {{US$|125 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[List of A Song of Ice and Fire video games|Game of Thrones: Conquest]]'' – {{US$|125 million|long=no}}<ref>[https://sensortower.com/blog/game-of-thrones-conquest-revenue "One Year In, Game of Thrones: Conquest Revenue Tops $125 Million on Constant Growth."]</ref>}}

*Box office – {{US$|1.9 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905171144/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gameofthronesimax.htm |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gameofthronesimax.htm |title=Game of Thrones (IMAX) (2015) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher=[[IMDb]] |date=February 6, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

| Novel
| Novel

| [[Stephenie Meyer]]
| [[George R. R. Martin]]
| [[Little, Brown and Company]] <br> [[Summit Entertainment]]

| [[Random House]] {{small|(books)}} <br> [[WarnerMedia]] {{small|(AT&T) (television)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''

| 2007

| {{sort | 04254 | {{estimation}} $4.25 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Gault |first=Matthew |title=The 'Assassin's Creed' Movie Is the Most Expensive Commercial Ever Made |url=https://medium.com/defiant/the-assassins-creed-movie-is-the-most-expensive-commercial-ever-made-6fb7642f5675 |website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] |publisher=[[Vice Motherboard]] |date=December 22, 2016 |access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref>

*[[Assassin's Creed (film)|Film revenue]] – {{US$|254 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Assassin's Creed (2016) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Assassins-Creed |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>

| Video game

| [[Patrice Désilets]] <br> [[Jade Raymond]] <br> [[Corey May]]

| [[Ubisoft]]

|-

| ''[[Aladdin (franchise)|Aladdin]]''

| 1992

| {{sort | 4248 | {{estimation}} $4.25 billion}}

|

*Box office – {{US$|1.555 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Aladdin|See ''{{Section link|Aladdin (franchise)|Reception}}''}}

*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="latimes95"/>

*VHS sales: – {{US$|930 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Aladdin'' VHS sales:

*''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' (1992) – {{US$|500 million|long=no}} (United States)<ref>{{cite news|title=Aladdin' sales top 21 million|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/12/16/Aladdin-sales-top-21-million/3823756018000/|access-date=May 27, 2018|work=[[United Press International]]|date=December 16, 1993}}</ref>

*''[[Return of Jafar]]'' – {{US$|300 million|long=no}}<ref name="Chicago">{{cite news|title=Straight-to-video: Straight to the bank|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/231370902/|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=August 4, 2005}}</ref>

*''[[Aladdin and the King of Thieves]]'' – {{US$|130 million|long=no}} (United States)<ref>{{cite web|author1=Richard Roehl|author2=Hal R. Varian|title=Circulating Libraries and Video Rental Stores|url=http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~hal/Papers/history/history.pdf|website=[[University of California, Berkeley School of Information]]|date=March 9, 2000}}</ref>

}}

*[[Aladdin (2011 musical)|Broadway musical]] – {{US$|462 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=ALADDIN Broadway Grosses |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/ALADDIN |website=Broadway World |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>

*Video games – {{US$|200 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Beder|first=Sharon|title=This Little Kiddy Went to Market|date=2010|publisher=ReadHowYouWant|isbn=9781459604995|page=52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYSmym5v2bYC&pg=PA52}}</ref>

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|101 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Aladdin'' DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States:

*''Aladdin'' (1992) – {{US$|57 million|long=no}}<ref name="jp-aladdin">{{cite web |title=Aladdin (1992) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=4791&view=31 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>

*''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]'' (2019) – {{US$|44 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Aladdin (2019) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Aladdin-(2019) |website=The Numbers |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>

}}

| Animated film

| [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Animation]] <br> [[Hanna Diyab]]

| The Walt Disney Company

|-

| ''[[Need for Speed]]'' <br> (''NFS'')

| 1994

| {{sort | 04214 | {{estimation}} $4.21 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=McClintock|first=Pamela|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-need-speed-sputters-688906|title=Box Office: 'Need for Speed' Sputters With $17.8 million, Loses to 'Peabody' and '300' Sequel|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=March 16, 2014|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>

*[[Need for Speed (film)|Box office]] – {{US$|203 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=needforspeed.htm|title=Need for Speed (2014)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref>

*[[Need for Speed (film)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|11 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Need for Speed (2014) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Need-for-Speed |website=The Numbers |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref>

| Video game

| [[EA Canada]]

| Electronic Arts

|-

| ''[[Peter Pan (Disney franchise)|Peter Pan]] '' <br> (''[[Disney Fairies]]'')

| 1953

| {{sort | 04113 | {{estimation}} $4.11 billion}}

|

*Retail sales – {{US$|3.332 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}} 2008-09.<ref name="businesswire"/> {{US$|950 million|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|435 million|long=no}} in 2011.<ref name="forbes2011"/> {{US$|212 million|long=no}} in 2012.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|435 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy: Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tinker-bell-pirate-fairy-film-688597 |access-date=January 28, 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=March 18, 2014}}</ref>}}

*Box office – {{US$|446 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Tinkerbell|See {{Section link|Tinker Bell (film series)|Commercial performance}}.}} {{efn|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86554/Peter-Pan/notes.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217120336/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86554/Peter-Pan/notes.html|title=Notes|website=tcm.com|archivedate=February 17, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=returntoneverland.htm|title=Peter Pan 2: Return to Never Land|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref>}}

*[[Tinker Bell (film series)|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|335.3million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Tinkerbell}} {{efn|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Peter-Pan-(1953)#tab=summary|title=Peter Pan (1953)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Peter-Pan-Return-to-Neverland#tab=summary|title=Peter Pan: Return to Neverland (2002)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref>}}

| Film

| [[Andy Mooney]] <br> [[J. M. Barrie]]

| The Walt Disney Company

|-

| ''[[The Hunger Games]]''

| 2008

| {{sort | 04052 | {{estimation}} $4.05 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|4 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until March 2016.<ref name="hunger-hughes">{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title='The Hunger Games' Brings Home One Of The Best Modern Franchises In Style |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2016/03/26/the-hunger-games-brings-home-one-of-the-best-modern-franchises-in-style/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=March 26, 2016}}</ref>}}

|

*[[The Hunger Games (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|2.968 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hunger Games Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=hungergames.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>

*[[The Hunger Games (film series)|DVD & Blu-ray]] – {{US$|483 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hunger Games Movies in Video Sales|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Hunger-Games#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref>

| Novel

| [[Suzanne Collins]]

| [[Scholastic Corporation]] {{small|(books)}} <br>[[Lionsgate]] {{small|(films)}}

|-

| ''[[Mission: Impossible]]''
| ''[[Mission: Impossible]]''

| 1966
| 1966

| {{sort | 04129 | $4.1 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|4 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until 2011<ref>{{cite web|last=Barone|first=Matt|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/11/paula-patton-complex-cover-story-2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116193835/http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/11/paula-patton-complex-cover-story-2011|title=Paula Patton: The P Is Free (2011/2012 Cover Story)|magazine=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=[[Verizon Hearst Media Partners]]|archivedate=November 16, 2011|date=November 15, 2011|access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>}}
| {{sort | 04000 | $4 billion}}{{efn|As of November 2011}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Barone|first=Matt|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/11/paula-patton-complex-cover-story-2011|title=Paula Patton: The P Is Free (2011/2012 Cover Story)|magazine=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=[[Verizon Hearst Media Partners]]|date=November 15, 2011|access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>

|
|

*[[Mission: Impossible (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|3.949 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Mission: Impossible Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mission-Impossible#tab=summary |website=The Numbers |access-date=July 26, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Mission: Impossible (film series)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|180 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office History for Mission: Impossible Movies Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mission-Impossible#tab=video|website=The Numbers|access-date=December 3, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Mission: Impossible (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|3.578 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Mission: Impossible Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mission-Impossible |website=The Numbers |access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>

*[[Mission: Impossible (film series)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|152 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office History for Mission: Impossible Movies – Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mission-Impossible#tab=video|website=The Numbers|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>

| Television series
| Television series

| [[Bruce Geller]]
| [[Bruce Geller]]

| Paramount Pictures <br /> {{small|(Paramount Global)}}
| Paramount Pictures <br> {{small|(ViacomCBS)}}
|-

| ''[[Gran Turismo (series)|Gran Turismo]]''
| 1997
| {{sort | 04117 | $4.1 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title='Forza' is a billion-dollar success story for Microsoft |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/14/forza-is-a-billion-dollar-success-story-for-microsoft/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214170600/https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/14/forza-is-a-billion-dollar-success-story-for-microsoft/|website=[[Engadget]] |archivedate=February 14, 2017|date=February 14, 2017|accessdate=November 25, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Gran Turismo (film)|Box office]] - {{US$|117 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Gran-Turismo-Based-on-a-True-Story-(2023)#tab=summary|title=Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story (2023)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
| Video game
| [[Kazunori Yamauchi]] <br> [[Polyphony Digital]]
| [[Sony Interactive Entertainment]] <br /> {{small|(Sony)}}
|-
|-

| ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]''
| ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]''

| 1979
| 1979

| {{sort | 04003 | $4 billion}}
| {{sort | 04003 | {{estimation}} $4 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref name="dhxmedia"/>
*Retail sales – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref name="dhxmedia"/>

*DVD sales – {{US$|2.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Strawberry Shortcake: The Berryfest Princess Movie (2010) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Strawberry-Shortcake-The-Berryfest-Princess-Movie |website=The Numbers |access-date=October 1, 2018}}</ref>
*DVD sales – {{US$|2.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Strawberry Shortcake: The Berryfest Princess Movie (2010) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Strawberry-Shortcake-The-Berryfest-Princess-Movie |website=The Numbers |access-date=October 1, 2018}}</ref>

| [[Greeting card]]
| [[Greeting card]]

| [[American Greetings]]
| [[American Greetings]]

| [[WildBrain]]
| [[WildBrain]]

|-
|-

| ''[[The Smurfs]]''
| ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' <br> (''Zelda no Densetsu'')
| 1958

| {{sort |04000 | $4 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|4 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until 2008<ref>{{cite web|first=Philip|last=Blenkinsop|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-smurfs-idUSL1434082320080114|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522152733/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-smurfs-idUSL1434082320080114|title=Smurfs braced for movie and more females|website=[[Reuters]]|archivedate=May 22, 2022|date=January 14, 2008|accessdate=May 22, 2023}}</ref>}}
| 1986

| {{sort | 04000 | {{estimation}} $4 billion}}

|
|

*Box office - {{US$|1.109 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Smurfs-The#tab=summary|title=The Smurfs Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=May 22, 2023}}</ref>
*Home media - {{US$|98.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|
*[[List of The Legend of Zelda games|Video games]] – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref name="IGN"/>

**Films {{US$|98.1 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Smurfs-The#tab=video|title=The Smurfs Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=May 22, 2023}}</ref>
| Video game
**[[The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow]] - {{US$|1.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Smurfs-the-Legend-of-Smurfy-Hollow-The#tab=summary|title=The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=May 22, 2023}}</ref>}}

| [[Comic]]
| Shigeru Miyamoto <br> [[Takashi Tezuka]] <br> [[Nintendo EAD]]
| [[Peyo]]

| Studio Peyo
| Nintendo

|-
|-

| ''[[Cabbage Patch Kids]]''
| ''[[Madden NFL]]''
| 1982{{efn|as a media franchise}}

| {{sort | 04000 | $4 billion}}
| 1998

| {{sort | 04000 | {{estimation}} $4 billion}}

|
|

* Retail sales – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.megabloks.com/en/corpo/pdf/Megabloks_CPK_press_release_5.03.05.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508171501/http://www.megabloks.com:80/en/corpo/pdf/Megabloks_CPK_press_release_5.03.05.pdf|title=Mega Bloks Obtains Worldwide English-Speaking Rights To Highly Sought-After Franchise|website=megabloks.com|archivedate=May 8, 2005|date=May 3, 2005|accessdate=July 25, 2023}}</ref>
*Video games – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Madden">{{cite web|last=Gaudiosi|first=John|url=https://money.cnn.com/2013/09/05/technology/innovation/madden-25/|title=Madden: The $4 billion video game franchise|website=[[CNNMoney]]|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=September 5, 2013|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref>
| [[television special]]

| [[Coleco]]
| Video game
| [[Wicked Cool Toys]] <br> {{small|([[Berkshire Hathaway]])}}

| [[Electronic Arts]]

| Electronic Arts <br> [[National Football League]] (NFL)

|-
|-

| ''[[Gran Turismo (series)|Gran Turismo]]''

| 1997

| {{sort | 04000 | {{estimation}} $4 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title='Forza' is a billion-dollar success story for Microsoft |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/14/forza-is-a-billion-dollar-success-story-for-microsoft/ |website=[[Engadget]] |date=February 14, 2017}}</ref>

| Video game

| [[Kazunori Yamauchi]] <br> [[Polyphony Digital]]

| [[Sony Interactive Entertainment]] <br> {{small|(Sony)}}

|-

| ''[[Yo-kai Watch]]''

| 2013

| {{sort | 03978 | {{estimation}} $3.98 billion}}

|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|3.78 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Yo-kai Watch'' merchandise sales:

*Up until 2014 – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/yo-kai-watch-season-two-premieres-on-disney-xd-monday-august-1st-at-1230-etpt-with-50-episodes-300286926.html|title=Yo-kai Watch Season Two Premieres On Disney XD Monday, August 1st At 12:30 ET/PT With 50 Episodes!|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|publisher=[[Cision Inc.|Cision]]|date=June 20, 2016|access-date=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=YO-KAI WATCH video game launches on Nov. 6 |url=https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/j1m0iAajJd-khn-rPcQfGY5iu_YnV_Nm |work=Nintendo Official Site |publisher=[[Nintendo]] |date=August 19, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nintendo Hopes Its $2 Billion Yo-Kai Watch Franchise Can Be the Next Pokémon|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg7qnb/can-nintendo-make-yo-kai-watch-a-pokmon-for-the-mobile-generation|work=[[Vice Media|Vice]]|date=November 7, 2015}}</ref>

*Licensed merchandise sales in Japan during 2015–2016 – {{¥|{{#expr:1630*(5.42/100)+1600*(4.37/100)}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2015">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2016⑮ |year=2016 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=7423 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="charabiz2016">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2017(16) |year=2017 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/seminar_detail.php?tab=mem&article_id=9358 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|158266|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

*Licensed merchandise sales in Japan during 2017 – {{¥|{{#expr:1600*(2.26/100)}} billion}}<ref>{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2018⑰ |year=2018 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=9419 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|36160|JPN|year=2017|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

}}

*[[Yo-kai Watch#Anime|Anime box office]] – {{US$|159 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}

*[[List of Yo-kai Watch episodes|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|39 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{¥|4,342,400,408}} ({{US$|{{To USD|4342.400408|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) home entertainment media (Blu-ray, DVD, music, manga) sales in Japan during 2015.<ref name="japan2015"/>}}

| Video game

| [[Level-5 (company)|Level-5]]

| Level-5

|-

| ''[[G.I. Joe]]''
| ''[[G.I. Joe]]''

| 1967
| 1967

| {{sort | 03951 | $3.95 billion}}
| {{sort | 03825 | {{estimation}} $3.83 billion}}

|
|

* Merchandise sales – {{US$|3.105 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
* up until 1994 – {{US$|2.6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113733199/the-daily-advertiser/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405134237/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113733199/the-daily-advertiser/|title=G.I. Joe still fighting at 30|newspaper=[[The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana)|The Daily Advertiser]]|page=3|archivedate=April 5, 2023|date=February 8, 1994|accessdate=November 28, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales{{US$|3.02 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|2.6 billion|long=no}} up until 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title=G.I. Joe still fighting at 30 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/539927397/ |access-date=15 January 2021 |work=[[The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana)|The Daily Advertiser]] |date=February 8, 1994 |location=[[Lafayette, Louisiana]] |page=3}}</ref> {{US$|120 million|long=no}} during 2000–2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=Reno Gazette-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/150607443/ |access-date=January 28, 2019 |date=November 8, 2001}}</ref> {{US$|300 million|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="tll2010"/>}}

* 2001 – {{US$|80 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113734442/reno-gazette-journal/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128193827/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113734442/reno-gazette-journal/|title=Gi Joe regains popularity with war on terror|newspaper=[[Reno Gazette-Journal]]|page=33|archivedate=November 28, 2022|date=November 8, 2001|accessdate=November 28, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*[[G.I. Joe (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|678 million|long=no}}<ref name="joe">{{cite web |title=G.I. Joe Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/G-I-Joe |website=The Numbers |access-date=June 26, 2018}}</ref>
* 2009 – {{US$|125 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Georg|last=Szalai|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/toy-story-iron-man-be-20529/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809031833/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/toy-story-iron-man-be-20529/|title=Toy Story, Iron Man to be hot at Toy Fair|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archivedate=August 9, 2022|date=February 10, 2010|accessdate=March 10, 2023}}</ref>

* 2010 – {{US$|300 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>}}
* [[G.I. Joe (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|712 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=G.I. Joe Franchise Box Office History|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/G-I-Joe |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=November 28, 2022}}</ref>
*[[G.I. Joe (film series)|DVD & Blu-ray]] – {{US$|127 million|long=no}}<ref name="joe"/>

* [[G.I. Joe (film series)|DVD & Blu-ray]] – {{US$|134 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/G-I-Joe#tab=video|title=G.I. Joe Video Release Breakdown|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=November 28, 2022}}</ref>
| [[Comic]]
| [[Comic]]

| [[Stanley Weston (inventor)|Stan Weston]]
| [[Stanley Weston (inventor)|Stan Weston]]

| [[Hasbro]]
| [[Hasbro]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Genshin Impact]]''
| ''[[The Lego Movie (franchise)|Lego Movie]]''
| 2020

| {{sort | 03600 | $3.6 billion}}
| 2014

| {{sort | 03745 | {{estimation}} $3.75 billion}}

|
|

* Video game – {{US$|3.6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Aaron|last=Astle|url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/79705/genshin-impact-surpasses-36-billion-revenue-ahead-of-second-anniversary/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927025227/https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/79705/genshin-impact-surpasses-36-billion-revenue-ahead-of-second-anniversary/|title=Genshin Impact surpasses $3.6 billion revenue ahead of second anniversary|website=[[Pocket Gamer]]|archivedate=September 27, 2022|date=September 23, 2022|accessdate=August 21, 2023}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|2.46 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''[[The Lego Movie]]'' merchandise grossed up to {{#expr:28.6-25.3}}{{nbsp}}billion{{nbsp}}[[Danish krone|kr]] ({{US$|{{To USD|3300|DNK|year=2014|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Global growth ensures strong 2014 result for the LEGO Group |url=https://www.lego.com/en-gb/aboutus/news-room/2015/february/lego-group-2014-annual-results |publisher=[[The Lego Group]] |date=February 25, 2015}}</ref> ''[[Lego Ninjago Movie]]'' merchandise grossed up to {{#expr:37.9-25.3}}{{nbsp}}billion{{nbsp}}kr ({{US$|{{To USD|12600|DNK|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=LEGO Group reports full year results for 2017 |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news-room/2018/march/annual-results-2017 |publisher=[[The Lego Group]] |date=March 6, 2018}}</ref>}}
| Video game

| [[miHoYo]]<br>Cai Haoyu
*Box office – {{US$|1.092 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Lego Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Lego |website=The Numbers |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
| [[miHoYo]]

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|192.7 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Lego Franchise - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Lego#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>

| Animated film

| [[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller|Phil Lord <br> Christopher Miller]]

| Universal Pictures (Comcast) {{small|(films)}}<br> [[The Lego Group]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Blue's Clues]]''
| ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]]''
| 1996

| {{sort | 03600 | $3.6 billion}}
| 1984

| {{sort | 03734 | {{estimation}} $3.73 billion}}{{efn|''Terminator'' franchise:

*Up until February 2010 – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100217005514/en/Pacificor-Names-Latham-Watkins-Field-Terminator-Inquiries|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306034914/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100217005514/en/Pacificor-Names-Latham-Watkins-Field-Terminator-Inquiries|title=Pacificor Names Latham & Watkins to Field Terminator Inquiries|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|archive-date=March 6, 2017|date=February 17, 2010|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>

*Box office and video sales (2015–2020) – {{US$|734 million|long=no}}<ref name="terminator-numbers"/>

}}

|
|

* Retail sales – {{US$|3.6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Yuri|last=Kageyama|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/142131119/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226131041/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/142131119/|title=Hello Kitty makes US friend, a puzzle-solving blue puppy|newspaper=[[The Miami Herald]]|page=36|archivedate=February 26, 2024|date=October 19, 2006|accessdate=February 26, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|2.074 billion|long=no}}<ref name="terminator-numbers">{{cite web |title=Terminator Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Terminator |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
| Television series

| [[Traci Paige Johnson]]<br>[[Todd Kessler]]<br>[[Angela C. Santomero]]
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|133 million|long=no}}<ref name="terminator-numbers"/>
| [[Nickelodeon]] <br> {{small|(Paramount Global)}}

| Film

| James Cameron <br> [[Gale Anne Hurd]]

| [[Skydance Media]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (franchise)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]''
| 1991

| {{sort | 03521 | $3.52 billion}}
| 1981

| {{sort | 03644 | {{estimation}} $3.64 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|1.689 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Musical theatre – {{US$|3.566 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Musical}}
* ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1991) - {{US$|425 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Beauty and the Beast (1991)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beautyandthebeast.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref>

*''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (2017) - {{US$|1.264 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Beauty and the Beast (2017)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beautyandthebeast2017.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref>}}
*[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Musical]] - {{US$|1.4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald/127617157/|title=Beauty musical has grossed over $1.4 billion|newspaper=[[Calgary Herald]]|page=26|date=February 14, 2015|accessdate=July 4, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>{{efn|up until 2015}}
*[[Cats (2019 film)|Film revenue]] {{US$|78 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Cats (2019) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Cats-(2019) |website=The Numbers |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>

* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|432.6 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Beauty and the Beast'' DVD and Blu-ray sales:
| Musical theatre
* ''animated films'' – {{US$|343.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Beauty-and-the-Beast-(1991)#tab=video-sales |website=The Numbers |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref>

* ''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (2017) – {{US$|89 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Beauty and the Beast (2017) - Financial Information|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Beauty-and-the-Beast-(2017)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref>
| [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]
}}

| Animated film
| [[Really Useful Group]]
| [[Gary Trousdale]] [[Kirk Wise]] <br /> [[Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve]]

| The Walt Disney Company
|-
|-

| ''[[The Wicked Years]]''

| 1995

| {{sort | 03530 | {{estimation}} $3.53 billion}}

|

*[[Wicked (musical)|Musical theatre]] – {{US$|3.53 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Musical}}

| Novel

| [[Gregory Maguire]]

| [[HarperCollins]]

|-

| ''[[Skylanders]]''
| ''[[Skylanders]]''

| 2011
| 2011

| {{sort | 03500 | $3.5 billion}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Dean|last=Takahashi|url=https://venturebeat.com/games/born-from-games-skylanders-academy-tv-show-gets-extended-for-3rd-season-on-netflix/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131110951/https://venturebeat.com/games/born-from-games-skylanders-academy-tv-show-gets-extended-for-3rd-season-on-netflix/|title=Born from games, Skylanders Academy TV show gets extended for 3rd season on Netflix|website=[[VentureBeat]]|archivedate=January 31, 2023|date=February 2, 2017|accessdate=January 31, 2023}}</ref>
| {{sort | 03500 | $3.5 billion}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170112006170/en/Award-Winning-Skylanders-Imaginators-Lands-Highly-Anticipated-Nintendo-Switch|title=Award-Winning Skylanders Imaginators Lands on Highly-Anticipated Nintendo Switch|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|date=January 13, 2017|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref>

|
|

* Licensed merchandise – {{US$|1.858 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
* 2013 – {{US$|500 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*Licensed merchandise{{US$|1.858 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|500 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|495 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> $471{{nbsp}}million in 2015. $392{{nbsp}}million in 2016.<ref name="tll2016"/>}}

* 2014 – {{US$|495 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>
* 2015 – {{US$|471 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
* 2016 – {{US$|392 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>}}
| Video game
| Video game

| [[Toys for Bob]]
| [[Toys for Bob]]

| Activision Blizzard <br /> {{small|(Microsoft Gaming)}}
| Activision {{small|(Activision Blizzard)}}
|-

| ''[[The Hunger Games]]''
| 2008
| {{sort | 03476 | $3.47 billion}}
|
*[[The Hunger Games (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|2.956 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Hunger-Games#tab=summary|title=Hunger Games Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=March 31, 2023}}</ref>
*[[The Hunger Games (film series)|DVD & Blu-ray]] – {{US$|520 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hunger Games Movies in Video Sales|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Hunger-Games#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref>
| Novel
| [[Suzanne Collins]]
| [[Scholastic Corporation]] {{small|(books)}} <br />[[Lionsgate]] {{small|(films)}}
|-
|-

| ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''
| ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''

| 1997
| 1997

| {{sort | 03422 | $3.42 billion}}
| {{sort | 03482 | {{estimation}} $3.48 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|2.222 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Titanic-(1997)#tab=summary|title=Titanic (1997) Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
* VHS & DVD sales – {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/news/movies-aren-t-the-only-b-o-monsters-1117935611/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510132150/https://variety.com/2006/legit/news/movies-aren-t-the-only-b-o-monsters-1117935611/|title=Movies aren't the only B.O. monsters|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archivedate=May 10, 2013|date=January 8, 2006|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|2.194 billion|long=no}}<ref name="bom">{{cite web |title=Titanic (1997)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0120338/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030074558/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0120338/ |archive-date=October 30, 2020}}</ref>

*Home video – {{US$|1.233 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Titanic'' home video revenue:

*VHS & DVD sales and rentals up until 2006 – {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="titanic-sales">{{cite journal |first=Zachary |last=Pincus-Roth |title=Movies aren't the only B.O. monsters |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/news/movies-aren-t-the-only-b-o-monsters-1117935611/ |date=January 8, 2006 |access-date=February 2, 2014}}</ref>

*US DVD & Blu-ray sales during 2012–2020 – {{US$|33.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Titanic (1997) - Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Titanic-(1997)#tab=video-sales |website=The Numbers |access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>

}}

*TV rights – {{US$|55 million|long=no}}<ref name="titanic-sales" />

| Film
| Film

| [[James Cameron]]
| [[James Cameron]]

| Paramount Pictures {{small|(North America)}} <br /> 20th Century Studios {{small|(international) (The Walt Disney Company)}}
| Paramount Pictures {{small|(North America)}} <br> 20th Century Studios {{small|(international) (The Walt Disney Company)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Minecraft (franchise)|Minecraft]]''
| ''[[Garena Free Fire]]''

| 2017

| {{sort | 03409 | {{estimation}} $3.41 billion}}

|

*Mobile game – {{US$|3.409 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Mobile}}

| Video game

| 111 Dots Studio

| [[Garena]]

|-

| ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]''

| 2009
| 2009

| {{sort | 03367 | $3.3 billion}}
| {{sort | 03372 | {{estimation}} $3.37 billion}}

|
|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|3.367 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Box office – {{US$|2.79 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Lifetime Grosses (Worldwide) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/?area=XWW |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
* {{US$|1 million|long=no}} {{as of|2012|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nunneley |first=Stephany |title=Minecraft hits $80M in sales with over 5M paid downloads |url=http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/24/minecraft-hits-80m-in-sales-with-over-5m-paid-downloads/ |website=[[VG247]] |date=March 24, 2012 |access-date=November 11, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326175441/http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/24/minecraft-hits-80m-in-sales-with-over-5m-paid-downloads/ |archive-date=March 26, 2012 }}</ref>

* 2013 – {{US$|300 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|429 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Avatar (2009) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Avatar |website=The Numbers |access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
* 2014 – {{US$|407 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>

* 2015 – {{US$|549 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|153 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title='Avatar' merchandise strategy going long-term |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avatar-merchandise-strategy-going-long-24444 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=June 9, 2010}}</ref>
* 2016 – {{US$|700 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>

* 2017 – {{US$|679 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
| Film
* 2018 – {{US$|731 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>}}

| James Cameron

| 20th Century Studios <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}

|-

| ''[[Roblox]]''

| 2006

| {{sort | 03369 | {{estimation}} $3.37 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|3.369 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Roblox'' video game revenue:

*{{As of|2019|11}} – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roblox-mobile-crosses-1b-lifetime-revenue-1257935|title='Roblox Mobile' Crosses $1B in Lifetime Revenue|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|last1=Shanley|first1=Patrick|date=November 25, 2019|access-date=June 15, 2020}}</ref>

*December 2019 – {{US$|79 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chapple |first1=Craig |title=Roblox Mobile Builds Past $2 Billion as It Sets a Strong Foundation for Impending IPO |url=https://sensortower.com/blog/roblox-revenue-two-billion |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=Sensor Tower |date=21 October 2020}}</ref>

*2020 – {{US$|2.29 billion|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2020"/>

}}

| Video game
| Video game

| [[Markus Persson]]
| [[Mojang Studios]]<br />([[Xbox Game Studios]])
| [[David Baszucki]] <br> Erik Cassel

| [[Roblox Corporation]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Bratz]]''
| ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]''
| 2001

| {{sort | 03232 | $3.23 billion}}
| 1980

| {{sort | 03233 | {{estimation}} $3.23 billion}}

|
|

* Retail sales – {{US$|3.15 billion|long=no}}{{efn|
*Musical theatre – {{US$|2.709 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Musical}}
* 2002 – {{US$|650 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press/136375922/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206174129/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press/136375922/|title=Toys|newspaper=[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]]|page=30|archivedate=December 6, 2023|date=February 20, 2003|accessdate=December 6, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* 2004 – {{US$|2.5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Barbie 2004"/>}}
* Box office – {{US$|26 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Bratz#tab=summary|title=Bratz Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=December 6, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Film box office]] – {{US$|442 million|long=no}}<ref name="miserables">{{cite web |title=Les Miserables (2012) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Miserables-Les-(2012) |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 11, 2018}}</ref>

* Home entertainment – {{US$|56.7 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Bratz#tab=video|title=Bratz Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=December 6, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|82 million|long=no}}<ref name="miserables"/>
| Doll

| [[Carter Bryant]]
| Musical theatre
| [[MGA Entertainment]]

| [[Alain Boublil]] <br> [[Victor Hugo]]

| [[Cameron Mackintosh|Cameron Mackintosh Overseas]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Iron Man]]''

| 1963

| {{sort | 3186 | {{estimation}} $3.19 billion}}

|

*[[Iron Man in other media|Box office]] – {{US$|2.424 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Iron Man Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=ironmanfranchise.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref>

*[[Iron Man in other media|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|462 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Iron Man'' DVD and Blu-ray sales:

*''[[Marvel Animated Features|The Invincible Iron Man]]'' – {{US$|5 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Invincible Iron Man (2007) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Invincible-Iron-Man-The |website=The Numbers |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref>

*''MCU'' live-action films – {{US$|457 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Iron Man Franchise Box Office – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Iron-Man#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref>

}}

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|300 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>

| Comic book

| Stan Lee <br> Jack Kirby

| Marvel Entertainment <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}

|-

| ''[[Astro Boy]]''

| 1952

| {{sort | 03153 | {{estimation}} $3.15 billion}}

|

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040127005559/en/SEGA-Propels-Astro-Boy-U.S.-Playstation-2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020064145/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040127005559/en/SEGA-Propels-Astro-Boy-U.S.-Playstation-2|title=Sega Propels ''Astro Boy'' to U.S. on Playstation 2 & GBA; Partners with Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Tezuka Productions; Yuji Naka to Supervise PS2 Development at Sonic Team|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|archive-date=October 20, 2016|date=January 27, 2004|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref>

*[[List of Astro Boy chapters|Manga sales]] – {{US$|100.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Astro Boy'' manga sales – 100{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref>{{cite book | script-title=ja:戦後マンガ民俗史 | publisher=Kawai Publishing | year=1990 | isbn=978-4879990242 | language=ja | pages=328, 360 | author=Fujishima, Sorasaku}}</ref> average {{JPY|80}} price<ref>{{cite news |title=An Analysis of Weekly Manga Magazines Price for the Past 30 Years |url=https://www.comipress.com/article/2007/04/06/1777.html |work=ComiPress |date=2007-04-06}}</ref> – {{JPY|8 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|8000|JPN|year=2012}} billion|long=no}}).}}

*[[Astro Boy (film)|Box office]] – {{US$|42 million|long=no}}<ref name="astro">{{cite web |title=Astro Boy (2009) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Astro-Boy |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref>

*[[Astro Boy (film)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|10.2 million|long=no}}<ref name="astro"/>

| Manga

| [[Osamu Tezuka]]

| [[Tezuka Productions]]

|-

| ''[[Hamtaro]]''
| ''[[Hamtaro]]''

| 1997
| 1997

| {{sort | 03025 | $3.02 billion}}
| {{sort | 03054 | {{estimation}} $3.05 billion}}

|
|

* Retail sales – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|first=Ryan|last=Ball|title=Hamtaro Treats to Haunt Burger King This Halloween|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/licensing/hamtaro-treats-to-haunt-burger-king-this-halloween/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824034147/http://www.animationmagazine.net/licensing/hamtaro-treats-to-haunt-burger-king-this-halloween/|work=[[Animation Magazine]] |archivedate=August 24, 2018|date=August 26, 2003|accessdate=December 7, 2022}}</ref>
*Retail sales – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Hamtaro Treats to Haunt Burger King This Halloween |url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/licensing/hamtaro-treats-to-haunt-burger-king-this-halloween/ |work=[[Animation Magazine]] |date=August 26, 2003 |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>
* Box office – {{US$|25 million|long=no}}{{efn|

* [[Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land|Adventures in Ham-Ham Land]] (2001) – {{US$|25 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fass |first1=Allison |title=FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; Move Over, Pocket Monsters; Here Come the Little Hamsters |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/16/tv/for-young-viewers-move-over-pocket-monsters-here-come-the-little-hamsters.html |accessdate=December 7, 2022 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=16 June 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527210716/www.nytimes.com/2002/06/16/tv/for-young-viewers-move-over-pocket-monsters-here-come-the-little-hamsters.html |archive-date=2015-05-27}}</ref>}}
*[[List of Hamtaro episodes|Box office]] – {{US$|54 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|List of Hamtaro episodes|Box office}}''}}

| Manga
| Manga

| [[Ritsuko Kawai]]
| [[Ritsuko Kawai]]

| Shogakukan <br /> {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}}
| Shogakukan <br> {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]]''
| ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' <br> (''Gojira'')
| 1984

| {{sort | 03734 | $3 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|3 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100217005514/en/Pacificor-Names-Latham-Watkins-Field-Terminator-Inquiries|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306034914/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100217005514/en/Pacificor-Names-Latham-Watkins-Field-Terminator-Inquiries|title=Pacificor Names Latham & Watkins to Field Terminator Inquiries|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|archive-date=March 6, 2017|date=February 17, 2010|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>}}
| 1954

| {{sort | 03030 | {{estimation}} $3.03 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|2.074 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Terminator Franchise Box Office History|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Terminator#tab=summary |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|2.056 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Godzilla (franchise)|Box office performance}}''}}
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|136 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Terminator#tab=video|title=Terminator Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=December 3, 2022}}</ref>

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|898 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Godzilla'' merchandise sales:

*Late 1970s – {{US$|33 million|long=no}} (annual sales)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kalat |first1=David |title=A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series, 2d ed. |date=2017 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=978-1-4766-3265-0 |page=257 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsE8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT257 |quote=The failure of the late-seventies films was a stumbling block that needed to be overcome. The licensing of the monster's image for merchandising had turned into a {{US$|33 million|long=no}}-a-year industry.}}</ref>

*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984) – {{US$|230 million|long=no}} (Japan)<ref>{{cite news |title=Godzilla Returns in New Movie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/216454588/ |work=The Town Talk |date=November 29, 1984}}</ref>

*Japan (1985) – {{US$|33 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Doug |title=Godzilla? Yup |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-11-12-8603250639-story.html |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=November 12, 1986}}</ref>

*''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1998) – {{US$|400 million|long=no}} (North America)<ref>{{cite book |last=King |first=Geoff |title=New Hollywood Cinema: An Introduction |date=2002 |publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]] |isbn=9781860647505 |page=72 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DsGTm5DfY1kC&pg=PA72}}</ref>

*Japan (2016) – {{JPY|7 billion}}<ref>『日経MJ』2017年11月24日付、3頁。</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|7000|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

*Japan (2017) – {{JPY|15 billion}}<ref>『日経エンタテインメント!』2018年4月号、45頁。</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|15000|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

}}

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|43 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Godzilla Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Godzilla#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>

*[[Godzilla (1998 film)|TV broadcast]] – {{US$|25 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/179835924/ |date=June 22, 1998}}</ref>

*[[Godzilla (1998 film)|VHS rentals]] – {{US$|8 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last=King |first=Geoff |title=New Hollywood Cinema: An Introduction |date=2002 |publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]] |isbn=9781860647505 |page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DsGTm5DfY1kC&pg=PA69}}</ref>

| Film
| Film

| James Cameron <br /> [[Gale Anne Hurd]]
| [[Skydance Media]]
| [[Ishirō Honda]]

| [[Toho]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Astro Boy]]''
| ''[[The Matrix (franchise)|The Matrix]]''
| 1952

| {{sort | 03000 | $3 billion}}
| 1999

| {{sort | 03000 | $3 billion}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.optimumreleasing.net/dyn/UNKNOWN%20FINAL%20Production%20Notes.pdf|title=Unknown Productions Notes|website=press.optimumreleasing.net/|page=8|access-date=January 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116165818/http://press.optimumreleasing.net/dyn/UNKNOWN%20FINAL%20Production%20Notes.pdf|archive-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ramascreen.com/international-buyers-put-blooms-suburbicon-on-the-map-paramount-pictures-acquires-the-u-s-rights/|title=International Buyers Put Bloom's "Suburbicon" On The Map. Paramount Pictures Acquires The U.S. Rights|website=ramascreen.com|date=February 15, 2016|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref>

|
|

* Merchandise sales – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040127005559/en/SEGA-Propels-Astro-Boy-U.S.-Playstation-2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020064145/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040127005559/en/SEGA-Propels-Astro-Boy-U.S.-Playstation-2|title=Sega Propels ''Astro Boy'' to U.S. on Playstation 2 & GBA; Partners with Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Tezuka Productions; Yuji Naka to Supervise PS2 Development at Sonic Team|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|archive-date=October 20, 2016|date=January 27, 2004|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Astro Boy (film)|Box office]] – {{US$|42 million|long=no}}<ref name="astro">{{cite web |title=Astro Boy (2009) Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Astro-Boy |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|1.633 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Matrix Movies at the Box Office |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=matrix.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>

* [[Astro Boy (film)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|10.2 million|long=no}}<ref name="astro"/>
*VHS & DVD – {{US$|677 million|long=no}}<ref name="Cliff">{{cite web|last=Pulley|first=Brett|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2003/1110/100.html|title=Cliff-Hanger|website=[[Forbes]]|publisher=Forbes, Inc.|date=November 10, 2003|access-date=May 5, 2017}}</ref>
| Manga

| [[Osamu Tezuka]]
*[[Enter the Matrix|Video game]] – {{US$|162 million|long=no}}<ref name="Cliff"/>
| [[Tezuka Productions]]

*[[The Matrix Reloaded: The Album|Soundtrack sales]] – {{US$|37 million|long=no}}<ref name="Cliff"/>

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|3.5 million|long=no}}<ref name="Cliff"/>

| Film

| [[The Wachowskis]]

| Warner Bros. <br> {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]''
| ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
| 1962

| {{sort | 02984 | $2.98 billion}}
| 1994

| {{sort | 03000 | {{estimation}} $3 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|2.705 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Thor">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Thor#tab=summary|title=Thor Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=September 20, 2021}}</ref>
* Home entertainment – {{US$|279 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Thor#tab=video&franchise_movies_overview=od5|title=Thor Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
*TV revenue – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Tait |first=R. Colin |title=Marathon Viewing E.R.: Rewatching Television's Greatest Prime-Time Serial |url=https://www.flowjournal.org/2014/11/marathon-viewing-e-r/ |work=[[Flow (journal)|Flow]] |date=November 26, 2014}}</ref>

| Comic book
| Television series
| Stan Lee<br />[[Larry Lieber]]<br />Jack Kirby

| Marvel Entertainment <br /> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
| [[Michael Crichton]]

| [[NBC]] {{small|(Comcast)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Care Bears]]''
| ''[[Clash Royale]]''
| 1981

| {{sort | 02984 | $2.98 billion}}
| 2016

| {{sort | 03000 | {{estimation}} $3 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|2.95 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Care Bears'' retail sales:
*1980s – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref name=agsite>{{cite web |url=http://corporate.americangreetings.com/aboutus/history.html |title=About Us: History |access-date=February 26, 2006 |publisher=[[American Greetings]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210053021/http://corporate.americangreetings.com/aboutus/history.html |archive-date=December 10, 2005}}</ref>
*Video game – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Supercell">{{Cite web|last=Chapple|first=Craig|title=Clash Royale Crosses $3 Billion in Lifetime Player Spending|url=https://sensortower.com/blog/clash-royale-revenue-three-billion|date=July 15, 2020|access-date=2020-07-15|website=Sensor Tower}}</ref>

*2003 – {{US$|350 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/licensemag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=127352&sk=&date=&pageID=7|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505230945/http://www.licensemag.com/licensemag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=127352&sk=&date=&pageID=7|title=License! Industry Annual Report|website=License Global|page=7|archivedate=May 5, 2005|date=October 1, 2004|accessdate=February 16, 2024}}</ref>
| Video game
*2005 – {{US$|600 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dicentertainment.com/press/details.php?88|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060709192213/http://www.dicentertainment.com/press/details.php?88|title=DIC Entertainment re-acquires the rights to over 750 half-hours of animated properties|website=[[DIC Entertainment]]|archivedate=July 9, 2006|date=March 22, 2006|accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref>

| Supercell

| Supercell {{small|(Tencent)}}

|-

| ''[[MapleStory]]''

| 2003

| {{sort | 02981 | {{estimation}} $2.98 billion}}

|

*Computer game – {{US$|2.981 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''MapleStory'' PC game revenue:

*2003–2011 – {{US$|1.8 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|title=MapleStory 2 Coming Soon?|url=https://orangemushroom.net/2012/02/14/maplestory-2-coming-soon/|work=Orange Mushroom|date=February 15, 2012}}</ref>

*2013–2017 – {{US$|{{#expr:0.326+0.24+0.253+0.083+0.279}} billion|long=no}}

**$326{{nbsp}}million in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=China's CrossFire shooter is bigger than League of Legends and World of Tanks|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/01/15/chinas-crossfire-is-bigger-than-league-of-legends-and-world-of-tanks/|work=[[VentureBeat]]|date=January 15, 2014}}</ref> $240{{nbsp}}million in 2014.<ref name="superdata2014"/> $253{{nbsp}}million in 2015.<ref name="cnbc"/> $83{{nbsp}}million in 2016.<ref name="mmo2016"/> $279{{nbsp}}million in 2017.<ref name="SuperData2017"/>

}}
}}

*Box office – {{US$|34 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Care Bears'' films at box office:
| Video game
*''[[The Care Bears Movie]]'' – {{US$|34 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hayden|first=Gene|title=Babar's triumphs|date=August 7, 1989|access-date=November 26, 2022|journal=[[Maclean's]] |page=48|url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1989/8/7/babars-triumphs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610210345/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1989/8/7/babars-triumphs|archive-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref>

}}
| [[Wizet]]
| Greeting card

| [[American Greetings]]
| [[Nexon]]
| American Greetings

|-
|-

| ''[[Iron Man]]''
| ''[[Finding Nemo (franchise)|Finding Nemo]]''
| 1963

| {{sort | 02892 | $2.89 billion}}
| 2003

| {{sort | 02878 | {{estimation}} $2.88 billion}}

|
|

* [[Iron Man in other media|Box office]] – {{US$|2.421 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Iron-Man#tab=summary|title=Iron Man Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 28, 2023}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|1.968 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Finding Nemo (franchise)|Box office performance}}''}}
* [[Iron Man in other media|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|471 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Iron-Man#tab=video|title=Iron Man Franchise video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 28, 2023}}</ref>

| Comic book
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|810 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Finding Nemo'' DVD and Blu-ray sales:
| Stan Lee <br /> Jack Kirby <br /> Larry Lieber <br /> Don Heck

| Marvel Entertainment <br /> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
*''[[Finding Nemo]]'' (DVD) – {{US$|677 million|long=no}}<ref name="topdvd">{{cite web |title=Charts - TOP VENTES DVD |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/topdvd.php |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=November 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162934/http://www.jpbox-office.com/topdvd.php |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

*''Finding Nemo'' (Blu-ray) – {{US$|36 million|long=no}}<ref name="nemo">{{cite web |title=Finding Nemo (2003) - Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Finding-Nemo#tab=video-sales |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=November 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034820/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Finding-Nemo#tab=video-sales |archive-date=November 28, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

*''[[Finding Dory]]'' – {{US$|97 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Finding Dory (2016) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Finding-Dory |website=The Numbers |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>

}}

*[[Finding Nemo|VHS revenue]] – {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref name="nemo-vhs">{{cite web |title=Finding Nemo (2003) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1399&view=31 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=November 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034950/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1399&view=31 |archive-date=November 28, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

| Animated film

| [[Andrew Stanton]]

| The Walt Disney Company

|-
|-

| ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (1969 team)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]''
| ''[[Scooby-Doo]]''

| 1969
| 1969

| {{sort | 02717 | $2.71 billion}}
| {{sort | 02823 | {{estimation}} $2.82 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|2.485 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Guardians-of-the-Galaxy#tab=summary|title=Guardians of the Galaxy Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=January 28, 2024}}</ref>
*Retail sales – {{US$|2.35 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1 billion|long=no}} retail sales up until 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aloha Scooby-Doo! The Latest Original Full-Length Movie from Warner Home Video; New full-length Scooby-Doo animated movie surfs into stores on February 8, 2005 |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20041208005286/en/Aloha-Scooby-Doo!-Latest-Original-Full-Length-Movie-Warner |work=[[Business Wire]] |date=December 8, 2004}}</ref> {{US$|496 million|long=no}} licensed merchandise sales in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|501 million|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|353 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
* Home video – {{US$|232 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Guardians-of-the-Galaxy#tab=video|title=Guardians of the Galaxy Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=January 28, 2024}}</ref>

| [[Comic book]]
*[[Scooby-Doo in film|Box office]] – {{US$|457.5 million|long=no}}<ref name="scooby">{{cite web |title=Scooby-Doo Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Scooby-Doo |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref>
| [[Marvel Comics]]

| [[Marvel Entertainment]] {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|15.4 million|long=no}}<ref name="scooby"/>

| Animated series

| [[Joe Ruby]] <br> [[Ken Spears]]

| Hanna-Barbera <br> {{small|(Warner Bros. owned by Warner Bros. Discovery)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Resident Evil]]'' <br /> (''Biohazard'')
| ''[[Game of War: Fire Age]]''
| 1996

| {{sort | 02701 | $2.7 billion}}
| 2013

| {{sort | 02800 | {{estimation}} $2.8 billion}}

|
|

* [[List of Resident Evil media|Video games]] – {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Jon|last=Ogg|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna45079546|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030072015/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna45079546|title=Zombies worth over $5 billion to economy|website=[[NBC]]|archivedate=October 30, 2020|date=October 30, 2011|accessdate=September 17, 2023}}</ref>
*Mobile game – {{US$|2.8 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Game of War's spoils surpass $2.8 billion revenue worldwide |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/68836/game-of-wars-spoils-surpass-28-billion-revenue-worldwide/ |work=[[Pocket Gamer]] |date=August 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/game-of-war-revenue-1202915706/|title=Mobile App 'Game of War' Surpasses $2.8 Billion After Five Years|last=Fogel|first=Stefanie|date=2018-08-23|website=Variety|access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref>
* [[List of Resident Evil media|Box office]] – {{US$|1.271 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Resident-Evil#tab=summary|title=Resident Evil Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=September 17, 2023}}</ref>

* Home video – {{US$|130 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Resident Evil Franchise video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Resident-Evil#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=September 17, 2023}}</ref>
| Video game
| Video game

| [[Shinji Mikami]] <br />[[Tokuro Fujiwara]]
| [[Machine Zone]]
| Capcom

| [[Machine Zone]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Indiana Jones]]''
| ''[[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba]]''
| 1981

| {{sort | 02606 | $2.6 billion}}
| 2016

| {{sort | 02783 | {{estimation}} $2.78 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|2.210 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Indiana-Jones#tab=summary|title=Indiana Jones Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref>
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|396 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Indiana Jones Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Indiana-Jones#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=November 25, 2022}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales {{US$|1.466 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Demon Slayer'' merchandise sales {{as of|2020|12|4|lc=y}}{{¥|152.49 billion}} ({{US$|1.466 billion|long=no}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical currency converter with official exchange rates (152,490 JPY to USD)|url=https://fxtop.com/en/historical-currency-converter.php?A=152490&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD=04&MM=12&YYYY=2020|website=fxtop.com|date=4 December 2020|access-date=7 December 2020}}</ref>

| Film
*[[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train|Film merchandise]] – {{¥|22.49 billion}} (out of {{¥|50 billion}} film revenue in Japan,<ref name="nippon">{{cite news|title=Demon Slayer Economic Impact Estimated at 270 B. Yen|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2020120401110/|access-date=December 6, 2020|work=Nippon.com|publisher=[[Japan Echo|Nippon Communications Foundation]]|date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> excluding {{¥|27.51 billion}} box office)<ref>{{cite news |title="Demon Slayer" boom continues in Japan as final volume hits bookstores |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/12/b569bcf01943-demon-slayer-boom-continues-in-japan-as-final-volume-hits-bookstores.html |access-date=5 February 2021 |work=[[Kyodo News]] |date=4 December 2020}}</ref>
| George Lucas <br /> [[Steven Spielberg]]

| Lucasfilm <br /> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
*Other merchandise – {{¥|130 billion}}<ref name="nippon"/>

}}

*Book sales – {{US$|{{#expr:85000/104 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|title='Demon Slayer' economic impact estimated at ¥270 billion|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/05/business/demon-slayer-economic-impact/|access-date=December 6, 2020|work=[[The Japan Times]]|date=December 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Historical currency converter with official exchange rates (USD to JPY)|url=https://fxtop.com/en/historical-currency-converter.php?A=1&C1=USD&C2=JPY&DD=05&MM=12&YYYY=2020|website=fxtop.com|date=5 December 2020|access-date=7 December 2020}}</ref>

*[[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train|Anime box office]] – {{US$|500 million|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=2021-06-06|title=Reign Of Horror: 'Conjuring 3' Leads Weekend As Global Cume Hits $57M; 'Quiet Place 2' Grows To $139M WW – International Box Office|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/quiet-place-part-ii-conjuring-3-f9-cruella-demon-slayer-china-global-international-box-office-1234770121/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=2021-06-09}}</ref>

| Manga

| Koyoharu Gotōge

| Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Madagascar (franchise)|Madagascar]]''
| ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' <br> (''Dragon Warrior'')
| 2005

| {{sort | 02599 | $2.59 billion}}
| 1986

| {{sort | 02670 | {{estimation}} $2.67 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|2.270 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Madagascar|title=Madagascar Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
*[[List of Dragon Quest media|Video games]] – {{US$|2.379 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Dragon Quest'' video game revenue in Japan:
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|329 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Madagascar#tab=video|title=Madagascar Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>

| Animated film
*''[[Dragon Quest II]]'' to ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'' (1987–1993) – {{US$|{{#expr:300*4}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheff |first1=David |title=[[Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World]] |year=1994 |orig-year=1993 |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |isbn=978-0-307-80074-9 |chapter=Inside the Mother Brain |page=81 |chapter-url=https://file1.largepdf.com/file/2020/04/08/Game_Over_-_David_Sheff.pdf#page=81 |quote=The “Dragon Quest” sequels grossed several hundred million dollars apiece.}}</ref>
| [[Tom McGrath (animator)|Tom McGrath]] <br /> [[Eric Darnell]]

| [[DreamWorks Animation]] <br /> {{small|(Comcast)}}
*''[[Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road]]'' arcade game (2007–2008) – {{US$|78.2 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road|Reception}}''}}

*Mobile games (2017–2020) – {{US$|1,100.4 million|long=no}}

**2017 – {{¥|29.6 billion|long=no}}<ref name="gamebiz">{{cite news |title=【Mobile Index調査】『ドラクエ』と『FF』のモバイルゲームの売上を分析…『ドラクエ』が296億円、『FF』が288億円に |url=http://gamebiz.jp/?p=213901 |work=Social Game Info |date=June 25, 2018 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|29600|JPN|year=2017|round=yes}} million|long=no}})

**''[[Dragon Quest Walk]]'' and ''Dragon Quest Tact'' (2019–2020) – {{US$|779 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Mobile}}

**''[[Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light]]'' and ''Dragon Quest of the Stars'' (June–December 2020) – {{¥|{{#expr:2049.06+3661.9}} billion}}<ref>{{cite web |title=ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ スーパーライト |url=https://appmedia.jp/app_review/5443522 |website=AppMedia |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=星のドラゴンクエスト |url=https://appmedia.jp/app_review/5444005 |website=AppMedia |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=ja |date=29 September 2020}}</ref> ({{US$|55.4 million|long=no}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical currency converter (5,710.96 JPY to USD) |url=https://fxtop.com/en/historical-currency-converter.php?A=5710.96&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD=31&MM=12&YYYY=2020 |website=fxtop.com |date=31 December 2020 |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>

}}

*Merchandise sales – {{US$|278 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Dragon Quest'' merchandise sales in Japan {{as of|2010|lc=y}} – {{¥|24.44 billion}}+ ({{US$|{{#expr:24440/87.78 round 0}} million|long=no}}+)<ref name="JPY2010"/>

*By 1990 – {{¥|12 billion}}<ref>{{cite book |title=日経産業新聞 |trans-title=[[Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun]] |date=13 March 1990 |page=30}}</ref>

*Licensed merchandise sales in 2005 and 2010 – {{¥|12.44 billion}}

**2005 – {{¥|{{#expr:1610*(0.27/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="Japan2005"/>

**2010 – {{¥|{{#expr:1617*(0.50/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2010" />

}}

*[[Dragon Quest: Your Story|Box office]] – {{US$|{{To USD|1420|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}}<ref name="eiren">{{cite web |title=2019 |url=http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/ |website=Eiren |publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan |access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>

| Video game

| [[Yuji Horii]] <br> [[Koichi Nakamura]] <br> Akira Toriyama

| [[Square Enix]] <br> [[Yuji Horii]] (Armor Project) <br> Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio) <br> [[Koichi Sugiyama]] (Sugiyama Kobo)

|-
|-

| ''[[Resident Evil]]'' <br> (''Biohazard'')

| 1996

| {{sort | 02667 | {{estimation}} $2.67 billion}}

|

*[[List of Resident Evil media|Video games]] – {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Zombies Are Worth Over $5 Billion To The American Economy |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/zombie-nation-is-driving-the-american-economy-2011-10 |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=October 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=America's $5 billion zombie industry: By the numbers |url=https://theweek.com/articles/480679/americas-5-billion-zombie-industry-by-numbers |access-date=30 January 2021 |magazine=[[The Week]] |date=27 October 2011}}</ref>

*[[List of Resident Evil media|Box office]] – {{US$|1.242 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Resident Evil'' films at box office:

*[[Resident Evil (film series)|Live-action film series]] – {{US$|1.238 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Resident Evil (film series)|Box office performance}}''}}

*''[[Resident Evil: Degeneration]]'' – $403,117 (Japan)<ref>{{cite web |title=Resident Evil: Degeneration |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1174954/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

*''[[Resident Evil: Damnation]]'' – {{US$|2.33 million|long=no}} (Japan)<ref>{{cite web |title=Resident Evil: Damnation |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1753496/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=April 13, 2020}}</ref>

*''[[Resident Evil: Vendetta]]'' – {{US$|1.6 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Resident Evil: Vendetta|Reception}}''}}

}}

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|125 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Resident Evil'' films on home video:

*Live-action film series – {{US$|109.4 million|long=no}}<ref name="re-numbers">{{cite web|title=Resident Evil Franchise Box Office History|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Resident-Evil|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref>

*''Degeneration'' – {{US$|11.2 million|long=no}} (United States)<ref>{{cite web |title=Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) - Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Resident-Evil-Degeneration#tab=video-sales |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722145254/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Resident-Evil-Degeneration#tab=video-sales |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |access-date=April 11, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>

*''Damnation'' – {{US$|3.3 million|long=no}} (United States)<ref>{{cite web |title=Resident Evil: Damnation (2012) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Resident-Evil-Damnation |website=The Numbers |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>

*''Vendetta'' – {{US$|1.54 million|long=no}} (United States)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://the-numbers.com/movie/Resident-Evil-Vendetta#tab=summary7 |title=Resident Evil: Vendetta |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>

}}

| Video game

| [[Shinji Mikami]] <br>[[Tokuro Fujiwara]]

| Capcom

|-

| ''[[World of Tanks]]''

| 2010

| {{sort | 02608 | {{estimation}} $2.61 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|2.608 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''World of Tanks'':

*2013 – {{US$|372 million|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2013">{{cite news |title=US digital games market 2013 |url=http://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/us-digital-games-market/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201113556/http://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/us-digital-games-market/ |date=16 January 2014 |access-date=16 January 2020 |work=[[SuperData Research]] |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2014 }}</ref>

*2014 – {{US$|369 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Hearthstone, Dota 2 can't compete with League of Legends in terms of player spending |url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/10/23/the-10-highest-grossing-online-pc-games-in-2014-hearthstone-dota-2-cant-compete-with-league-of-legends/ |access-date=January 22, 2019 |work=[[VentureBeat]] |date=October 23, 2014}}</ref>

*2015 – {{US$|446 million|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2015"/>

*2016 – {{US$|400 million|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2016"/>

*2017 – {{US$|471 million|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2017"/>

*2018 – {{US$|550 million|long=no}}<ref name="Niko"/>

}}

| Video game

| [[Wargaming (company)|Wargaming]]

| [[Wargaming (company)|Wargaming]]

|-

| ''[[Captain America]]''
| ''[[Captain America]]''

| 1941
| 1941

| {{sort | 02553 | $2.55 billion}}
| {{sort | 02551 | {{estimation}} $2.55 billion}}

|
|

* [[Captain America in other media|Box office]] – {{US$|2.236 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Captain-America#tab=summary|title=Captain America Franchise Box office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|317 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Captain-America#tab=video|title=Captain America Franchise video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Captain America in other media|Box office]] – {{US$|2.237 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Captain America Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Captain-America |website=The Numbers |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|314 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Captain America Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Captain-America#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

| Comic book
| Comic book

| [[Joe Simon]] <br /> [[Jack Kirby]]
| [[Marvel Comics]] <br /> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
| [[Joe Simon]] <br> [[Jack Kirby]]
| [[Marvel Comics]] <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}

|-
| ''[[Winx Club]]''
| 2004
| {{sort | 02534 | $2.53 billion}}
|
* Retail sales – $2.5 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/worldscreen/docs/tv-kids-rainbow-anniversary-mipcom-2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908092057/https://issuu.com/worldscreen/docs/tv-kids-rainbow-anniversary-mipcom-2010|title=TV Kids Rainbow Anniversary MIPCOM 2010|page=4|website=issuu.com|archivedate=September 8, 2023|date=September 21, 2010|access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Retail sales up until 2010.}}
* Box office – {{US$|34 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Winx Club'' Franchise Box Office:
* [[Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom]] (2007) – {{US$|18 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl789480705/weekend/|title=Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=March 14, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure]] (2010) – {{US$|11 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl789480705/weekend/|title=Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=March 14, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss]] (2014) – {{US$|5 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl789480705/weekend/|title=Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=March 14, 2024}}</ref>}}
| Animated series
| [[Iginio Straffi]]
| [[Rainbow S.p.A.]] <br /> Paramount Global {{small|(copyright for seasons 5–7)}}
|-
|-

| ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (franchise)|The Powerpuff Girls]]''
| ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (franchise)|The Powerpuff Girls]]''

| 1998
| 1992
| {{sort | 02516 | $2.52 billion}}

| {{sort | 02516 | {{estimation}} $2.52 billion}}

|
|

* Retail sales – $2.5 billion<ref>{{cite web|last=Abrams|first=Abby|url=http://time.com/2882535/powerpuff-girls-returning-new-series-cartoon-network-2016/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616183121/http://time.com/hive.org/web/20140616183121/http://time.com/2882535/powerpuff-girls-returning-new-series-cartoon-network-2016/|title=The Powerpuff Girls Are Coming Back to TV|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|archivedate=June 16, 2014|date=June 16, 2014|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Retail sales up until 2014.}}
*Retail sales – $2.5 billion<ref>{{cite web|last=Abrams|first=Abby|url=http://time.com/2882535/powerpuff-girls-returning-new-series-cartoon-network-2016/|title=The Powerpuff Girls Are Coming Back to TV|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|date=June 16, 2014|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Retail sales up until 2014.}}
* [[The Powerpuff Girls Movie|Box office]] – {{US$|16.4 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Powerpuff Girls Movie |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0289408/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref>

*[[The Powerpuff Girls Movie|Box office]] – {{US$|16.4 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Powerpuff Girls Movie |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0289408/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>

| Animated series
| Animated series

| [[Craig McCracken]]
| [[Craig McCracken]]

| Cartoon Network <br /> {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}
| Cartoon Network <br> {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Friends]]''
| ''[[Idols (franchise)|Idols]]'' <br> (''Idol'')
| 1994

| {{sort | 02500 | $2.5 billion}}
| 2001

| {{sort | 02500 | $2.5 billion}}<ref name="Idol">{{cite news |title='IDOL' FRANCHISE WORTH $2.5 BILLION |url=https://nypost.com/2007/01/09/idol-franchise-worth-2-5-billion/ |work=[[New York Post]] |date=9 January 2007}}</ref>

|
|

*TV syndication – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Grego|first=Melissa|title='Friends' looks to top 'Seinfeld's' earnings|url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/friends-looks-to-top-seinfeld-s-earnings-1117797814/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702173031/https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/friends-looks-to-top-seinfeld-s-earnings-1117797814/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archivedate=July 2, 2016|date=April 24, 2001|accessdate=April 6, 2023}}</ref>
*TV advertising – {{US$|500 million|long=no}}<ref name="Idol"/>
*TV advertising – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}{{efn|More than {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stepakoff |first=Jeffrey |title=Billion-Dollar Kiss: The Kiss That Saved Dawson's Creek, and Other Adventures inTV Writing |date=2007 |publisher=[[Penguin Group|Penguin]] |isbn=9781101216903 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqnbPn2wGuEC&pg=PT18}}</ref>}}

*Box office – $89,007<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0108778/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |title=Friends|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=April 6, 2023}}</ref>
*Sponsorship – {{US$|30 million|long=no}}<ref name="Idol"/>

| [[Reality television]]

| [[Simon Fuller]] <br> [[Simon Cowell]]

| [[Fremantle (company)|Fremantle]] <br> {{small|([[RTL Group]])}}

|-

| ''[[The Cosby Show]]''

| 1984

| {{sort | 02500 | {{estimation}} $2.5 billion}}

|

*TV syndication – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Feldman |first=Dana |title=Cosby On Trial: How Sexual Assault Allegations Have Cost Him A Fortune |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danafeldman/2017/06/08/a-look-into-how-the-criminal-case-against-bill-cosby-is-costing-him-a-fortune/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>

*TV advertising – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rhone |first1=Nedra |title=After verdict, fans struggle with Bill Cosby's guilt, guile |url=https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/after-verdict-fans-struggle-with-bill-cosby-guilt-guile/PezUzcG370RXfEtAGZNrbL/ |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |date=April 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004065101/http://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/after-verdict-fans-struggle-with-bill-cosby-guilt-guile/PezUzcG370RXfEtAGZNrbL/ |archive-date=October 4, 2019 |quote=More than $1 billion in ad revenue for NBC over eight years |url-status=live }}</ref>

| Television series
| Television series

| [[David Crane (producer)|David Crane]] <br /> [[Marta Kauffman]]
| [[Bill Cosby]] <br /> [[Ed. Weinberger]] <br /> [[Michael J. Leeson]]
| [[Kevin S. Bright|Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions]] <br /> [[Warner Bros.]] {{small|(Warner Bros. Discovery)}}

| [[CBS Corporation]] <br> [[Warner Bros.]] {{small|(AT&T)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Sailor Moon]]''
| ''[[Winx Club]]''
| 1991

| {{sort | 02500 | $2.5 billion}}
| 2004

| {{sort | 02500 | {{estimation}} $2.5 billion}}

|
|

* Merchandise sales – {{US$|2.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/123139041/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419060726/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/123139041/|title=Rise and shine with Sailor Moon|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|page=39|archivedate=April 19, 2023|date=May 15, 1996|accessdate=April 26, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*Retail sales – $2.5 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/worldscreen/docs/tv-kids-rainbow-anniversary-mipcom-2010|title=TV Kids Rainbow Anniversary MIPCOM 2010|page=4|website=issuu.com|date=September 21, 2010|access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Retail sales up until 2010.}}
| Manga

| [[Naoko Takeuchi]]
| Animated series
| Naoko Takeuchi <br /> [[Kodansha]] {{small|(manga)}}<br />Toei Animation {{small|(anime)}}

| [[Iginio Straffi]]

| [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]

|-
|-

| ''[[The Incredibles (franchise)|The Incredibles]]''
| ''[[Madagascar (franchise)|Madagascar]]''
| 2004

| {{sort | 02371 | $2.37 billion}}
| 2005

| {{sort | 02480 | {{estimation}} $2.5 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|1.874 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Incredibles-The#tab=summary|title=The Incredibles Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=February 14, 2023}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|2.27 billion|long=no}}<ref name="madagascar">{{cite web |title=Madagascar Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Madagascar |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>
* Merchandise sales – {{US$|370 million|long=no}}{{efn|

*2017 - {{US$|185 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>
*2018 - {{US$|185 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>}}
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|210 million|long=no}}<ref name="madagascar"/>

* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|127 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Incredibles Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Incredibles-The#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref>
| Animated film
| Animated film

| Pixar
| [[Tom McGrath (animator)|Tom McGrath]] <br> [[Eric Darnell]]
| The Walt Disney Company

| [[DreamWorks Animation]] <br> {{small|(Comcast)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Kumamon]]''
| ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''
| 2010

| {{sort | 02360 | $2.36 billion}}
| 1963

| {{sort | 02402 | {{estimation}} $2.4 billion}}

|
|

*Retail sales – {{US$|2.36 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Kumamon'' retail sales:
*Box office – {{US$|2.205 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Planet of the Apes|Box office performance}}''}}
*2011–2012 – {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/business/12/20180116/78893.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120133424/http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/business/12/20180116/78893.html|title=Ofo to launch bikes with Japanese bear icon|work=China Plus|agency=[[China Radio International]]|archivedate=January 20, 2018|date=January 16, 2018|accessdate=April 10, 2023}}</ref>

*2016 – {{US$|1.16 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|first=Shigeo|last=Ohata|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201709220008.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922032530/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201709220008.html|title=Kumamon plots global takeover to avoid slipping in popularity|newspaper=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|archivedate=September 22, 2017|date=September 22, 2017|accessdate=April 10, 2023}}</ref>}}
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|156 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Planet of the Apes Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Planet-of-the-Apes#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
| [[Cartoon]]

| [[Kumamoto Prefecture]]
*[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|DVD rentals]] – {{US$|40.8 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Weekly video report: Top 20 rental titles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g04IAQAAMAAJ |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=Wilkerson Daily Corporation |page=7 |date=December 2001 |quote=Planet of the Apes {{!}} Fox (DVD) (...) Rental revenue to date (...) 40.8}}</ref>
| [[Kumamoto Prefecture]]

| Novel

| [[Pierre Boulle]]

| [[Éditions Julliard]] {{small|(book)}} <br> 20th Century Studios {{small|(Disney) (films)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Aladdin (franchise)|Aladdin]]''
| ''[[Indiana Jones]]''
| 1992

| {{sort | 02323 | $2.33 billion}}
| 1981

| {{sort | 02368 | {{estimation}} $2.37 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|1.554 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Aladdin'' Franchise Box Office:
*Box office – {{US$|1.988 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Indiana Jones|Box office performance}}''}}
* ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' (1992) – {{US$|504 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Aladdin-(1992)#tab=summary|title=Aladdin (1992)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=July 5, 2023}}</ref>

* ''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]'' (2019) – {{US$|1.050 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3246360065/|title=Aladdin (2019)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=October 25, 2019}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|380 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Indiana Jones Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Indiana-Jones#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
}}

* [[Aladdin (2011 musical)|Broadway musical]] – {{US$|571.8 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=ALADDIN Broadway Grosses |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/ALADDIN |website=Broadway World |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref>
| Film
* Video games – {{US$|200 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Beder|first=Sharon|title=This Little Kiddy Went to Market|date=2010|publisher=ReadHowYouWant|isbn=9781459604995|page=52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYSmym5v2bYC&pg=PA52}}</ref>

| Animated film
| George Lucas <br> [[Steven Spielberg]]
| [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Animation]] <br> [[Hanna Diyab]]

| The Walt Disney Company
| Lucasfilm <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Black Panther (character)|Black Panther]]''
| ''[[Tomb Raider]]''
| 1966

| {{sort | 02294| $2.29 billion}}
| 1996

|{{sort | 02289 | {{estimation}} $2.29 billion}}{{efn|''Tomb Raider'' franchise:

*{{As of|2018|3|10}} – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}+<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Gregory |title=17 Crazy Things You Didn't Know About Tomb Raider |url=https://screenrant.com/tomb-raider-movie-game-behind-scenes-trivia-facts/ |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=[[Screen Rant]] |date=11 March 2018}}</ref>

*[[Tomb Raider (film)|''Tomb Raider'' (2018 film)]] – {{US$|289 million|long=no}}

**Box office – {{US$|275 million|long=no}}<ref name="TR-Mojo">{{cite web |title=Tomb Raider Showdown |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=tombraider.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref>

**DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|14 million|long=no}}<ref name="TR-Numbers">{{cite web |title=Tomb Raider (2018) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Tomb-Raider-(2018) |website=The Numbers |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref>

}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|2.190 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Black-Panther#tab=summary|title=Black Panther Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
*[[List of Tomb Raider media|Video games]] – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Tomb Raider reboot: Lara Croft comes of age, from bow to gun (preview) |url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/06/05/tomb-raider-reboot-lara-croft-is-sincerely-sorry-that-she-killed-you-preview/ |work=[[VentureBeat]] |date=June 5, 2012}}</ref>
* Home video – {{US$|104 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Black-Panther#tab=video|title=Black Panther Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>

| [[Comic book]]
*[[List of Tomb Raider media|Box office]] – {{US$|709 million|long=no}}<ref name="TR-Mojo"/>
| [[Stan Lee]] <br />[[Jack Kirby]]

| [[Marvel Entertainment]] {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
*[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider|DVD rentals]] – {{US$|38.5 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Weekly video report: Top 20 rental titles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g04IAQAAMAAJ&q=tomb+raider |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=Wilkerson Daily Corporation |page=19 |date=December 2001}}</ref>

*[[Tomb Raider (film)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|14 million|long=no}}<ref name="TR-Numbers"/>

*

| Video game

| [[Toby Gard]]<br>[[Core Design]]

| [[Square Enix]]

|-
|-

| ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''
| ''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]''
| 1963

| {{sort | 02272 | $2.27 billion}}
| 1962

| {{sort | 02277| {{estimation}} $2.28 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|2.115 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Planet-of-the-Apes#tab=summary|title=Planet of the Apes Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|157 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Planet-of-the-Apes#tab=video|title=Planet of the Apes Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|1.944 billion|long=no}}<ref>https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Thor#tab=summary</ref>

| Novel
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|133 million|long=no}}<ref name="terminator-numbers"/>
| [[Pierre Boulle]]

| [[Éditions Julliard]] {{small|(book)}} <br /> 20th Century Studios {{small|(Disney) (films)}}
| Comic book

| Stan Lee<br>[[Larry Lieber]]<br>Jack Kirby

| Marvel Entertainment <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[NBA 2K]]''

| 1999

| {{sort | 02259 | {{estimation}} $2.26 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|2.259 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''NBA 2K'' video games:

*''[[NBA 2K19]]'' (2019) – {{US$|370 million|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2019"/>

*''[[NBA 2K20]]'' (2019–2020) – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Valentine |first1=Rebekah |title=Take-Two CEO: "It's a matter of time before the business is entirely digital" |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-08-03-take-two-ceo-its-a-matter-of-time-before-the-business-is-entirely-digital |access-date=27 January 2021 |work=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |date=3 August 2020}}</ref>

*''[[NBA 2K21]]'' (2020) – {{US$|889 million|long=no}}<ref name="SuperData2020"/>

}}

| Video game

| [[Visual Concepts]] <br> [[Sega Sports]]

| [[2K Sports]] {{small|(Take-Two Interactive)}} <br> [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA)

|-

| ''[[Jumanji (franchise)|Jumanji]]''
| ''[[Jumanji (franchise)|Jumanji]]''

| 1981
| 1981

| {{sort | 02244 | $2.24 billion}}
| {{sort | 02238 | {{estimation}} $2.24 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|2.089 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Jumanji#tab=summary|title=Jumanji Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|2.089 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Jumanji (franchise)|Box office performance}}''}}
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|155 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Jumanji#tab=video|title=Jumanji Franchise video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|149 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Jumanji Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Jumanji#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>

| Picture book
| Picture book

| [[Chris Van Allsburg]]
| [[Chris Van Allsburg]]

| [[Sony]]
| [[Sony]]

|-
|-

| ''[[The Conjuring Universe]]''
| ''[[Overwatch (video game)|Overwatch]]''
| 2013

| {{sort | 02186 | $2.18 billion}}
| 2016

| {{sort | 02186 | {{estimation}} $2.19 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|2.107 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Conjuring-The#tab=summary|title=The Conjuring Universe Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
*Video games – {{US$|1.429 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Overwatch'' video game revenue:
* Home media – {{US$|79 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Conjuring-The#tab=video|title=The Conjuring Universe Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>

| Film
*{{As of|2017}} (Q1) – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/297480/Activision_Blizzard_sees_record_Q1_earnings__80_of_which_came_from_digital_sales_.php | title = Activision Blizzard sees record Q1 earnings -- 80% of which came from digital sales | first = Alex | last = Wawro | date = May 4, 2017 | access-date = May 4, 2017 | work = [[Gamasutra]] }}</ref>
| [[James Wan]]

| Warner Brothers
*2018 – {{US$|429 million|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2018"/>

}}

*[[Overwatch League|Esports league]] – {{US$|757 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[Overwatch League]] sold 12 teams for {{US$|20 million|long=no}} each, 8 teams for {{US$|50 million|long=no}} each, a {{US$|90 million|long=no}} Twitch deal, and HP Omen and Intel deals worth {{US$|17 million|long=no}} and {{US$|10 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Overwatch League expansion will face serious stumbling blocks overseas |url=https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/22386533/overwatch-league-expansion-face-serious-stumbling-blocks-overseas |access-date=5 February 2021 |work=[[ESPN.com]] |date=10 February 2018}}</ref>}}

| Video game

| [[Alyssa Wong]] <br> [[Jeff Kaplan]] <br> [[Chris Metzen]]

| Blizzard Entertainment <br> {{small|(Activision Blizzard)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Finding Nemo (franchise)|Finding Nemo]]''
| ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''
| 2003

| {{sort | 02157 | $2.15 billion}}
| 1982

| {{sort | 02101 | {{estimation}} $2.1 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|1.961 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Finding-Nemo#tab=summary|title=Finding Nemo Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Knight |first=Bertram T. |title=Steven Spielberg: master of movie magic |date=1998 |publisher=Crestwood House |isbn=9780382395079 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfkinz9_0SQC&q=billion+merchandise |quote=In addition, more than $1 billion in ''E.T.'' merchandise was sold}}</ref>
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|196 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Finding-Nemo#tab=video|title=Finding Nemo Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>

| Animated film
*Box office – {{US$|793 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/ET-The-Extra-Terrestrial |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 10, 2018}}</ref>
| [[Andrew Stanton]]

| The Walt Disney Company
*VHS sales – {{US$|250 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=VCR: a boon for the bargain hunter |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/10/24/VCR-a-boon-for-the-bargain-hunter-Electronics/4030899165864/ |work=[[United Press International]] |date=October 24, 1988 }}</ref>
|-

| ''[[The Little Mermaid (franchise)|The Little Mermaid]]''
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|33 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/ET-The-Extra-Terrestrial#tab=video-sales |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>
| 1989

| {{sort | 02214 | $2.21 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|2 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until 1992<ref>{{cite web|first=Kathryn|last=Harris|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-25-fi-942-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215101431/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-25-fi-942-story.html|title=Warner's Million-Dollar Rabbit : TV's Classic Cartoons Earn Top Ratings, Huge Profits for 32 Years|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archivedate=December 15, 2022|date=September 25, 1992|accessdate=August 1, 2023}}</ref>}}
*[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (video game)|Video game]] – {{US$|25 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Wook |title=E.T. Turns 30: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Our Favorite Extraterrestrial – The Worst Video Game of All Time |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/25/et-at-30/slide/the-worst-video-game-of-all-time/ |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=24 May 2012 |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Kent | first = Steven L. | year = 2001 | chapter = The Fall | title = The Ultimate History of Video Games | url=https://archive.org/details/ultimatehistoryv00kent | url-access = limited | publisher = Prima | location = Roseville, California | isbn = 0-7615-3643-4 | page=237 | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/ultimatehistoryv00kent/page/n252}}</ref>
|

* Box office – {{US$|782 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Little-Mermaid-The#tab=summary|title=The Little Mermaid Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=August 1, 2023}}</ref>
| Film
* Merchandise sales – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/85496445/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626110844/https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/85496445/|title=Top merchandising properties|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|page=87|archivedate=June 26, 2023|date=June 20, 1993|accessdate=June 26, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|349 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Little-Mermaid-The#tab=video|title=The Little Mermaid Franchise video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=June 26, 2023}}</ref>
| Steven Spielberg
* [[The Little Mermaid (musical)|Musical]] - {{US$|83 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/THE-LITTLE-MERMAID|title=The Little Mermaid|website=broadwayworld.com|accessdate=July 4, 2023}}</ref>

| Animated film
| Universal Pictures <br> {{small|(Comcast)}}
| [[Ron Clements]]<br>[[John Musker]]

| The Walt Disney Company
|-
|-

| ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]''
| ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]''

| 2008
| 2008

| {{sort | 02145 | $2.14 billion}}
| {{sort | 02052 | {{estimation}} $2.05 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|1.911 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Kung Fu Panda Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Kung-Fu-Panda |website=The Numbers |access-date=March 13, 2024}}</ref>
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|234 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Kung Fu Panda Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Kung-Fu-Panda#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|1.818 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Kung Fu Panda Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Kung-Fu-Panda |website=The Numbers |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|234 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Kung Fu Panda Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Kung-Fu-Panda#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>

| Animated film
| Animated film

| [[Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris|Ethan Reiff <br /> Cyrus Voris]]
| [[Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris|Ethan Reiff <br> Cyrus Voris]]

| Universal Pictures {{small|(Comcast)}}
| Universal Pictures {{small|(Comcast)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[MonsterVerse]]''
| ''[[MonsterVerse]]''

| 2014
| 2014

| {{sort | 02099 | $2.09 billion}}
| {{sort | 02049 | {{estimation}} $2.04 billion}}

|
|

* Box office – {{US$|1.94 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/MonsterVerse#tab=summary|title=MonsterVerse Franchise Box Office History|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
* Home media – {{US$|159 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/MonsterVerse#tab=video|title=MonsterVerse home media|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
*box office– {{US$|1.9 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/MonsterVerse#tab=summary|title=MonsterVerse|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref>

| Film
* home media -{{US$|112.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/MonsterVerse#tab=video|title=MonsterVerse home media|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Thomas Tull]] <br /> [[Ishirō Honda]] (''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'') <br /> [[Edgar Wallace]] (''[[King Kong (franchise)|King Kong]]'') <br /> [[Merian C. Cooper]] (''King Kong'')

| [[Warner Brothers]] <br /> [[Legendary Entertainment]] <br /> Toho (''Godzilla'')
| film
|-

| ''[[Yo-kai Watch]]''
| [[Thomas Tull]]
| 2013

| {{sort | 02099 | $2.09 billion}}
| [[Warner Bros.]]<br>[[Legendary Entertainment]]
|

* Merchandise sales – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yowieworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Yo-Kai_Watch_License_Agreement_-_26_May_2016.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209113442/https://yowieworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Yo-Kai_Watch_License_Agreement_-_26_May_2016.pdf|title=Yoview Signs Yo-Kai Watch License Agreement|website=yowieworld.com|page=1|archivedate=February 9, 2023|date=May 26, 2016|accessdate=February 9, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Yo-kai Watch: The Movie|Box office]] – {{US$|99.4 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4168022/|title=Yo-kai Watch Movie: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow! (2014)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}</ref>
| Video game
| [[Level-5 (company)|Level-5]]
| Level-5
|-
| ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia (film series)|The Chronicles of Narnia]]''
| 2005
| {{sort | 02062 | $2.06 billion}}
|
* Box office - {{US$|1.556 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Chronicles-of-Narnia#tab=summary|title=Chronicles of Narnia Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
* Home media - {{US$|506 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Chronicles-of-Narnia#tab=video|title=Chronicles of Narnia Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
| Film
| [[C. S. Lewis]] <br /> [[Andrew Adamson]]
| [[Netflix]]
|-
| ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' <br> (''Gojira'')
| 1954
| {{sort | 02053 | $2.05 billion}}
|
* Box office – {{US$|1.917 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Godzilla#tab=summary|title=Godzilla Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|136.4 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Godzilla Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Godzilla#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
| Film
| [[Ishirō Honda]]
| [[Toho]]
|-
| ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''
| 1982
| {{sort | 02047 | $2.04 billion}}
|
* Merchandise sales – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122308749/the-south-bend-tribune/|title=$1 billion seen in E.T merchandise|newspaper=[[The South Bend Tribune]]|page=5|date=August 3, 1982|accessdate=April 5, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* Box office – {{US$|797 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/ET-The-Extra-Terrestrial |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=June 10, 2018}}</ref>
* VHS sales – {{US$|250 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/10/24/VCR-a-boon-for-the-bargain-hunter-Electronics/4030899165864/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905215004/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/10/24/VCR-a-boon-for-the-bargain-hunter-Electronics/4030899165864/|title=VCR: a boon for the bargain hunter|work=[[United Press International]]|archivedate=September 5, 2018|date=October 24, 1988|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
| Film
| Steven Spielberg
| Universal Pictures <br /> {{small|(Comcast)}}
|-
|-

| ''[[Bourne (novel series)|Bourne]]''
| ''[[Bourne (novel series)|Bourne]]''

| 1980
| 1980

| {{sort | 02039 | $2.03 billion}}
| {{sort | 02033 | {{estimation}} $2.03 billion}}

|
|

* [[Bourne (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|1.665 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Bourne|title=Bourne Franchise Box Office|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|374 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Bourne#tab=video|title=Bourne Franchise Video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Bourne (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|1.666 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bourne Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Bourne |website=The Numbers |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|367 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bourne Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Bourne#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

| Novel
| Novel

| [[Robert Ludlum]]
| [[Robert Ludlum]]

| [[Eric Van Lustbader]] {{small|(books)}} <br /> Universal Pictures {{small|(Comcast) (films)}}
| [[Eric Van Lustbader]] {{small|(books)}} <br> Universal Pictures {{small|(Comcast) (films)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Tom Clancy's]]''

| 1987

| {{sort | 02029 | {{estimation}} $2.03 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|2.029 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Tom Clancy's'' video games:

*2002–2006 – {{US$|101 million|long=no}}<ref name="nextgen-console"/>

*''[[Tom Clancy's The Division|The Division]]'' (2016–2018) – {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Tom Clancy's The Division hits 20 million players on second anniversary |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/01/tom-clancys-the-division-hits-20-million-players-on-second-anniversary/ |work=[[VentureBeat]] |date=March 1, 2018 |access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref>

*2019 – {{US$|728 million|long=no}}<ref name="superdata2019"/>

}}

| Video game

| [[Tom Clancy]] <br> [[Red Storm Entertainment]]

| Ubisoft

|-

| ''[[Men in Black (franchise)|Men in Black]]''
| ''[[Men in Black (franchise)|Men in Black]]''

| 1990
| 1990

| {{sort | 02023 | $2.02 billion}}
| {{sort | 02024 | {{estimation}} $2.02 billion}}

|
|

* [[Men in Black (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|1.940 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Men in Black Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Men-in-Black#tab=summary |website=The Numbers |access-date=December 3, 2022}}</ref>
* DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|83 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Men in Black Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Men-in-Black#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Men in Black (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|1.941 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Men in Black Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Men-in-Black |website=The Numbers |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|83 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Men in Black Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Men-in-Black#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

| Comic book
| Comic book

| [[Lowell Cunningham]]
| [[Lowell Cunningham]]

| Marvel Comics {{small|(Disney) (comics)}} <br /> Sony {{small|(films)}}
| Marvel Comics {{small|(Disney) (comics)}} <br> Sony {{small|(films)}}

|-
|-

| ''[[Ghostbusters (franchise)|Ghostbusters]]''
| ''[[The Incredibles (franchise)|The Incredibles]]''
| 1984

| {{sort | 02025| $2.02 billion}}
| 2004

| {{sort | 02003 | {{estimation}} $2 billion}}

|
|

* Merchandise sales – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sierra-entertainment-calls-on-the-ghostbusters-to-save-the-world-again|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313162310/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sierra-entertainment-calls-on-the-ghostbusters-to-save-the-world-again|title=Sierra Entertainment Calls On The Ghostbusters To Save The World Again|website=gamesindustry.biz|archivedate=March 13, 2022|date=November 16, 2007|accessdate=March 13, 2022}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|1.876 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|The Incredibles (franchise)|Box office performance}}''}}
* Box office – $943 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Ghostbusters|title=Box Office History for Ghostbusters Movies|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=December 2, 2022}}</ref>

* Home media – $82 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Ghostbusters|title=Ghostbusters Video Release Breakdown|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=December 2, 2022}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|127 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Incredibles Franchise (Video) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Incredibles-The#tab=video |website=The Numbers |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
| Film

| [[Dan Aykroyd]] <br />[[Harold Ramis]]
| Animated film
| Sony

|-
| ''[[Guitar Hero]]''
| [[Pixar]]

| 2005
| The Walt Disney Company
| {{sort | 02000 | $2 billion}}

|
* Video games – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thorsen |first1=Tor |title=Guitar Hero tops $2 billion, Activision Blizzard earns $981 million in Q1 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/guitar-hero-tops-2-billion-activision-blizzard-earns-981-million-in-q1/1100-6209327/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022054244/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/guitar-hero-tops-2-billion-activision-blizzard-earns-981-million-in-q1/1100-6209327/|website=[[GameSpot]] |archivedate=October 22, 2013|date=May 7, 2009|accessdate=December 2, 2022}}</ref>
| Video game
| [[Harmonix]]
| Activision Blizzard <br /> {{small|(Microsoft Gaming)}}
|-
| ''[[List of Lego video games|Lego]]''
| 1995
| {{sort | 02000 | $2 billion}}
|
* Video games – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|first=James|last=Batchelor|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-07-17-lego-star-wars-rise-of-tt-games|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717160257/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-07-17-lego-star-wars-rise-of-tt-games|title=Lego Star Wars: Rise of TT Games|website=[[Gamesindustry.biz]]|archivedate=July 17, 2019|date=July 17, 2019|accessdate=April 5, 2022}}</ref>{{efn|as of 2019}}
| Video game
| Lego Interactive {{small|(The Lego Group)}}
| [[TT Games]] {{small|([[Warner Bros. Discovery]])}}
|-
|-

| ''[[NBA Jam]]''
| ''[[NBA Jam]]''

| 1993
| 1993

| {{sort | 02000 | $2 billion}}
| {{sort | 02000 | {{estimation}} $2 billion}}

|
|

* Video games – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Leone|first=Matt|title=The Rise, Fall, and Return of NBA Jam|url=http://www.1up.com/features/rise-fall-return-nba-jam?pager.offset=1|publisher=[[1Up.com]]|year=2010|access-date=June 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412043344/http://www.1up.com/features/rise-fall-return-nba-jam?pager.offset=1|archive-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref>
*Video games – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Leone|first=Matt|title=The Rise, Fall, and Return of NBA Jam|url=http://www.1up.com/features/rise-fall-return-nba-jam?pager.offset=1|publisher=[[1Up.com]]|year=2010|access-date=26 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412043344/http://www.1up.com/features/rise-fall-return-nba-jam?pager.offset=1|archive-date=12 April 2013}}</ref>

| Video game
| Video game

| [[Midway Games]]
| [[Midway Games]]

| Electronic Arts <br /> [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA)
| Electronic Arts <br> [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA)
|-

| ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
| 1994
| {{sort | 02000 | $2 billion}}{{efn|Franchise revenue up until 2006<ref>{{cite speech|title=Evangelion – 10 years of Death and Re:Birth|first=Matt|last=Greenfield|author-link=Matt Greenfield|event=[[Tekkoshocon]] 2006|location=Pittsbugh, Pennsylvania|date=April 2, 2006|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJijaSv9pjs|time=3:56|access-date=February 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711033043/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJijaSv9pjs|archive-date=July 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|
* TV revenue - {{US$|1.4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2009/09/11/melvilles-doulos-at-charles/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205141212/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2009/09/11/melvilles-doulos-at-charles/|title=Melville’s ‘Doulos’ At Charles|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|archivedate=February 5, 2024|date=September 11, 2009|accessdate=February 5, 2024}}</ref>
* Retail sales - {{US$|255 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Karen|last=Raugust|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/merchandising-japan-its-big-rewards-and-competition|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729063510/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/merchandising-japan-its-big-rewards-and-competition|title=Merchandising in Japan: It's Big Rewards and Competition|website=[[Animation World Network]]|archivedate=July 29, 2016|date=October 1, 1997|accessdate=February 20, 2024}}</ref>
| Manga
| [[Hideaki Anno]]
| [[Khara (studio)|Khara]]
|-
|-

| ''[[Guitar Hero]]''

| 2005

| {{sort | 02000 | {{estimation}} $2 billion}}

|

*Video games – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thorsen |first1=Tor |title=Guitar Hero tops $2 billion, Activision Blizzard earns $981 million in Q1 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/guitar-hero-tops-2-billion-activision-blizzard-earns-981-million-in-q1/1100-6209327/ |work=[[GameSpot]] |date=August 16, 2010}}</ref>

| Video game

| [[Harmonix]]

| Activision {{small|(Activision Blizzard)}}

|}
|}



==See also==

== See also ==

*[[List of best-selling comic series]]
*[[List of best-selling comic series]]

**[[List of best-selling manga]]
**[[List of best-selling manga]]

**[[List of best-selling light novels]]
*[[List of best-selling video game franchises]]
*[[List of best-selling video game franchises]]

*[[Lists of multimedia franchises]]
*[[List of highest-grossing mobile games]]

*[[List of multimedia franchises]]

*[[Lists of highest-grossing films]]
*[[Lists of highest-grossing films]]

**[[List of best-selling films in the United States]]
**[[List of best-selling films in the United States]]

**[[List of films by box office admissions]]
**[[List of films by box office admissions]]

**[[List of highest-grossing films]]
**[[List of highest-grossing films]]

**[[List of highest-grossing animated films]]
**[[List of highest-grossing animated films]]

**[[List of highest-grossing Japanese films]]
**[[List of highest-grossing anime films]]

**[[List of highest-grossing non-English films]]
**[[List of highest-grossing non-English films]]

*[[Media mix]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==References==
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Revision as of 02:59, 15 March 2024

This is a list of the highest-grossing media franchises. This includes media franchises that started as a book, film, video game, comic book, animation, and television show, its have expanded to other forms of media. For each franchise listed below, the estimated 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.

List

Franchise Year of inception Total revenue (USD) Revenue breakdown (est.) Original media Creator(s) Owner(s)



$50 billion+

Pokémon 1996 est. $105 billion[a]
  • Licensed merchandise – $81.1 billion[b]
  • Home entertainment – $144.3 million[f]
Video game Satoshi Tajiri
Ken Sugimori
The Pokémon Company
(Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures)
(copyright; trademark in Japan)
Nintendo (trademark overseas)
Hello Kitty 1974 est. $84.5 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $84.515 billion[i]
Cartoon character[17] Yuko Shimizu
Shintaro Tsuji
Sanrio
Winnie the Pooh 1924 est. $80.3 billion
  • Retail sales – $79.823 billion[j]
  • Box office – $460 million[41]
Book[44] A. A. Milne
E. H. Shepard
The Walt Disney Company
Mickey Mouse & Friends 1928 est. $80.3 billion
  • Retail sales – $79.531 billion[k]
Animated cartoon Walt Disney
Ub Iwerks
The Walt Disney Company
Wonder Woman 1941 est. $67.7 billion[n]
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion[an]
    • Home video – $1.212 billion[ao]
    • Video game – $600 million[115]
  • Box office – $6.059 billion[p]
  • TV revenue – $340 million
Comic book William Moulton Marston
H. G. Peter
DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Popeye 1929 est. $67.7 billion[o]
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion[an]
    • Home video – $1.212 billion[ao]
    • Video game – $600 million[115]
  • Box office – $6.059 billion[p]
  • TV revenue – $340 million
Comic strip E. C. Segar King Features Syndicate
Betty Boop 1930 est. $67.7 billion[p]
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion[an]
    • Home video – $1.212 billion[ao]
    • Video game – $600 million[115]
  • Box office – $6.059 billion[p]
  • TV revenue – $340 million
Animated film Max Fleischer
Grim Natwick
Fleischer Studios
Felix the Cat 1919 est. $67.7 billion[q]
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion[an]
    • Home video – $1.212 billion[ao]
    • Video game – $600 million[115]
  • Box office – $6.059 billion[p]
  • TV revenue – $340 million
Animated film Pat Sullivan
Otto Messmer
Felix the Cat Productions
The Smurfs 1958 est. $67.7 billion[r]
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion[an]
    • Home video – $1.212 billion[ao]
    • Video game – $600 million[115]
  • Box office – $6.059 billion[p]
  • TV revenue – $340 million
Comic strip Peyo Studio Peyo
Garfield 1978 est. $67.7 billion[s]
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion[an]
    • Home video – $1.212 billion[ao]
    • Video game – $600 million[115]
  • Box office – $6.059 billion[p]
  • TV revenue – $340 million
Comic strip Jim Davis Paws, Inc. (Paramount Global)
Snow White 1937 est. $67.10 billion
  • Retail sales – $46.331 billion[t]
  • Home entertainment – $14.7 million
Animated film Walt Disney The Walt Disney Company
Cinderella 1950 est. $67.11 billion
  • Retail sales – $46.331 billion[t]
  • Home entertainment – $14.7 million
Animated film Walt Disney The Walt Disney Company
The Little Mermaid 1989 est. $67.19 billion
  • Retail sales - $46.331 billion
  • Home entertainment - $14.7 million
Animated film Walt Disney Animation
Hans Christian Andersen
The Walt Disney Company
Mary Poppins 1964 est. $46.332 billion
  • Retail sales $46.332 billion
  • Home entertainment - $18.5 million
Film Walt Disney
P.L. Travers
Mary Shepard
The Walt Disney Company
Maya the Bee 1975 est. $47.480 billion
  • Retail sales $47.480 billion
  • Home entertainment - $19.120 million
Animated film, anime and TV show Waldemar Bonsels
Masahiro Endō
Hiroshi Saitō
Apollo Film
Nippon Animation
Studio 100
Star Wars 1977 est. $68.7 billion[t]
  • Merchandise sales – $42.217 billion[u]
  • TV revenue – $280 million[y]
Film George Lucas Lucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Company)


$20–50 billion

Disney Princess 2000 est. $46.4 billion
  • Retail sales – $46.331 billion[z]
  • Home entertainment – $14.7 million[74]
Animated series Andy Mooney The Walt Disney Company
Anpanman 1973 est. $44.9 billion
  • Retail sales – $44.76 billion[aa]
  • Box office – $67 million[ab]
Picture book Takashi Yanase Froebel-kan
Marvel Cinematic Universe
(MCU)
2008 est. $35.4 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $7.228 billion[af]
  • Home entertainment – $5.617 billion[ag]
Film Marvel Studios
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)
Sony (Spider-Man films)
Universal Pictures (The Incredible Hulk)
Mario 1981 est. $34.8 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $4.514 billion[ai]
Video game Shigeru Miyamoto
Nintendo R&D1
Nintendo
Fantastic Four 1961 est. $32.4 billion
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion[an]
    • Home video – $1.212 billion[ao]
    • Video game – $600 million[115]
  • Box office – $6.059 billion[p]
  • TV revenue – $340 million
Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Hulk 1962 est. $32.3 billion
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion[an]
    • Home video – $1.212 billion[ao]
    • Video game – $600 million[115]
  • Box office – $6.059 billion[p]
  • TV revenue – $340 million
Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Wizarding World
(Harry Potter)
1997 est. $32.2 billion
  • Box office – $9.194 billion[v]
  • Merchandise sales – $8.318 billion[aj]
  • Home entertainment – $3.966 billion[ak]
  • TV revenue – $1 billion[95]
Novel J. K. Rowling J. K. Rowling (books)
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films)
The Flintstones 1960 est. $30.4 billion
  • Box office – $1.968 billion
  • Box office – $1.968 billion[hb]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $810 million[hc]
  • VHS revenue – $100 million[523]
Animated series William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Hanna-Barbera (Warner Bros. owned by Warner Bros. Discovery)
Transformers 1984 est. $29.6 billion[am]
  • Merchandise sales – $11.752 billion[an]
  • Home entertainment – $874 million[ao]
Comic book Takara
Hasbro
Shōji Kawamori
Bob Budiansky
Takara Tomy
Hasbro
Spider-Man 1962 est. $27.9 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $16.387 billion[ap]
Comic book Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Sony (films, video games)
Batman 1939 est. $27.7 billion
  • Retail sales – $21.329 billion[at]
    • Home video – $1.212 billion[au]
  • TV revenue – $340 million[av]
Comic book Bob Kane
Bill Finger
DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Dragon Ball 1984 est. $27.7 billion[ba]
  • Merchandise sales – $7.781 billion[ax]
  • Home entertainment – $2.152 billion[bb]
Manga Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio)
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Toei Animation (anime)
Bandai Namco (games)
Call of Duty
(COD)
2003 est. $27 billion[133]
  • Video games – $22.527 billion[be]
Video game Infinity Ward
Steve Fukuda
Zied Rieke
Activision
(Activision Blizzard)
Barbie 1959[bf] est. $24.9 billion Animated film Ruth Handler Mattel
Gundam 1979 est. $23.7 billion
  • Retail sales – $23.538 billion[bi]
Anime series Yoshiyuki Tomino Sunrise
(Bandai Namco Holdings)
Toy Story 1995 est. $22 billion
  • Retail sales – $17.778 billion[bj]
  • Box office – $3.044 billion[v]
  • VHS sales – $290 million[55]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $250 million[157]
Animated film Pixar
John Lasseter
The Walt Disney Company
Cars 2006 est. $21.8 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $19.114 billion[bk]
  • Box office – $2.026 billion[bl]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $665.6million[bm]
Animated film Pixar
John Lasseter
The Walt Disney Company


$10–20 billion

Middle-earth
(The Lord of the Rings)
1937 $19.9 billion[bn]
  • Book sales – $9.125 billion[164]
  • Home video sales – $4.194 billion[164]
  • Merchandise sales – $435 million[164]
  • Licensing – $225 million[164]
Novel J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien Estate (books)
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films)
Yu-Gi-Oh! 1996 est. $17.1 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $5.92 billion[bp]
Manga Kazuki Takahashi Kazuki Takahashi
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Konami (games and cards)
Peanuts 1950 est. $16.1 billion
  • Retail sales – $15.684 billion[bt]
  • Box office – $261.7 million [bu]
Comic strip Charles M. Schulz Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Sony)
Peanuts Worldwide LLC (Iconix Brand Group)
Dora the Explorer 2000 est. $15.8 billion
  • Retail sales – $15.413 billion[bv]
Animated series Chris Gifford
Valerie Walsh
Eric Weiner
Nickelodeon
(ViacomCBS)
The Simpsons 1987 est. $15.6 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $7.073 billion[bx]
Animated series Matt Groening 20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
The Lion King 1994 est. $15.4 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3 billion[190]
  • Box office – $2.625 billion[ca]
  • Home entertainment – $1.5 billion[191]
Animated film Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff
The Walt Disney Company
Super Sentai
(Power Rangers)
1975 est. $15.4 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $15.126 billion[cb]
  • Box office – $218.6 million[cc]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $17.4 million[192]
Television series Shotaro Ishinomori
Haim Saban
Shuki Levy
Toei Company (Visual media, Super Sentai)
Bandai Namco Holdings (Merchandise Media, Super Sentai)
Hasbro (Everything, Power Rangers)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1984 est. $15.4 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $13.2 billion[cd]
Comic book Kevin Eastman
Peter Laird
Nickelodeon
(Paramount Global)
Dungeon Fighter Online
(DFO)
2005 est. $15.3 billion
  • Computer game – $15.31 billion[cf]
Video game Neople Nexon
Tencent
Pac-Man 1980 est. $15.4 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion[204]
Video game Toru Iwatani
Namco
Bandai Namco Entertainment
(Bandai Namco Holdings)
Avengers 1963 est. $15.3 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $6.928 billion[ae]
Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Marvel Entertainment
(The Walt Disney Company)
Looney Tunes 1930 est. $15 billion
  • Retail sales – $14.477 billion[cj]
Animated cartoon Warner Bros. Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
SpongeBob SquarePants 1999 est. $14.8 billion Animated series Stephen Hillenburg Nickelodeon
(Paramount Global)
Fist of the North Star
(Hokuto no Ken)
1983 est. $14.8 billion
  • Anime box office – $32 million[cn]
Manga Buronson
Tetsuo Hara
Buronson
Tetsuo Hara
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Toei Animation (anime)
Sega Sammy Holdings (pachinko)
James Bond 1953 est. $14.2 billion[cp]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $3.098 billion[cq]
  • Merchandise & licensing – $3.06 billion[219]
Novel Ian Fleming Jonathan Cape (books)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Sony) (films)
Frozen 2013 est. $14.1 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $10.588 billion[cs]
  • Box office – $2.74 billion[v]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $579 million[ct]
Animated film Chris Buck
Jennifer Lee
The Walt Disney Company
Space Invaders 1978 est. $13.9 billion Video game Tomohiro Nishikado Taito
(Square Enix)
Warcraft 1994 est. $13.4 billion
  • Video games – $12.955 billion[cx]
Video game Allen Adham
Frank Pearce
Michael Morhaime
Blizzard Entertainment
(Activision Blizzard)
Sailor Moon 1991 est. $13.1 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $13 billion[243]
Manga Naoko Takeuchi Naoko Takeuchi
Kodansha (manga)
Toei Animation (anime)
League of Legends (LoL) 2009 est. $12.4 billion
  • Video games – $12.351 billion[cz]
Video game Riot Games Tencent
Wii series 2006 est. $12.3 billion
  • Video games – $12.33 billion[da]
Video game Nintendo EAD Nintendo
South Park 1992 est. $14.40 billion
  • Retail sales – $9.457 billion[dr]
  • Box office – $32.5 million
Animated series Trey Parker
Matt Stone
Comedy Central
CrossFire 2007 est. $12.2 billion
  • Video game – $12.205 billion[db]
Video game Smilegate Smilegate
Tencent
FIFA 1993 est. $11.9 billion
  • Video games – $11.934 billion[dc]
Video game EA Canada Electronic Arts
Neon Genesis Evangelion
(Shinseiki Evangelion)
1994 est. $11.9 billion
  • Pachinko sales – $8.987 billion[dd]
  • Merchandise sales – $1.88 billion[de]
Anime series Hideaki Anno
Gainax
Tatsunoko Production
Khara[dg][265][266]
Final Fantasy 1987 est. $11.9 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $66 million[di]
Video game Hironobu Sakaguchi
Hiromichi Tanaka
Nasir Gebelli
Square Enix
Honor of Kings
(Arena of Valor)
2015 est. $11.7 billion
  • Video games – $11.706 billion[c]
Video game TiMi Studios Tencent
One Piece 1997 est. $11.4 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $5.514 billion[dk]
Manga Eiichiro Oda Eiichiro Oda
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
Toei Animation (anime)
Bandai Namco (games)
Lineage 1998 est. $11.3 billion
  • Video games – $11.307 billion[dq]
Video game Jake Song NCSoft
Grand Theft Auto
(GTA)
1997 est. $10.9 billion
  • Video games – $10.897 billion[dr]
Video game DMA Design
David Jones
Mike Dailly
Rockstar Games
(Take-Two Interactive)
Street Fighter 1987 est. $10.8 billion Video game Takashi Nishiyama
Hiroshi Matsumoto
Capcom
Star Trek 1966 est. $10.6 billion[du]
  • Retail sales – $4.753 billion[dv]
  • TV revenue – $2.3 billion[291]
  • VHS sales – $1 billion[291]
  • DVD & Blu-ray – $326 million[293]
Television series Gene Roddenberry Paramount Global
Rilakkuma 2003 est. $10 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $10 billion[294]
Manga Aki Kondo San-X


$5–10 billion

Monster Strike 2013 est. $9.63 billion
  • Video games – $9.624 billion[c]
Video game Yoshiki Okamoto Mixi
Thomas & Friends 1945 est. $9.48 billion
  • Retail sales – $9.457 billion[dx]
Book Wilbert Awdry
Christopher Awdry
Egmont Group
Mattel
Candy Crush 2012 est. $9.43 billion
  • Video games – $9.428 billion[dz]
Video game King King (Activision Blizzard)
Jurassic Park 1990 est. $9.38 billion[ea]
  • Box office – $5.008 billion[298]
  • Merchandise sales – $2.206 billion[eb]
  • Home video sales – $877 million[ec]
Novel Michael Crichton Alfred A. Knopf (novel)
Universal Pictures (Comcast)
Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film)
Superman 1938 est. $9.37 billion
  • Retail sales – $5.732 billion[ed]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $543 million[ef]
  • TV revenue – $428 million[eg]
  • VHS sales & rentals – $110.5 million[eh]
Comic book Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
DC Entertainment
Warner Bros. Discovery)
Angry Birds 2009 est. $9.2 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $8.297 billion[ei]
  • Box office – $503 million[311]
  • Video games – $362.5 million[ej]
Video game Jaakko Iisalo Rovio Entertainment
Sesame Street
(The Muppets)[ek]
1955 est. $9.19 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $8.539 billion[el]
  • TV licensing – $96 million[321]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $71 million[317]
  • VHS sales – $2 million[306]
Television series Jim Henson
Joan Ganz Cooney
Lloyd Morrisett
The Muppets Studio
(The Walt Disney Company)
Sesame Workshop
Westward Journey 2001 est. $8.7 billion
  • Video games – $8.695 billion[en]
Video game NetEase NetEase
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
(PUBG)
2017 est. $8.54 billion
  • Video game – $8.54 billion[eo]
Video game Brendan Greene
Jang Tae-seok
PUBG Corporation (Bluehole)
Tencent
Pretty Cure
(PreCure)
2004 est. $8.39 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $8.074 billion[ep]
  • Video games – $73 million[eq]
Anime series Izumi Todo
Toei Animation
Toei Company
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Asatsu-DK
Despicable Me
(Minions)
2010 est. $8.36 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3.95 billion[er]
  • Box office – $3.72 billion[326]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $686 million[326]
Animated film Sergio Pablos Illumination
Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Ultra Series
(Ultraman)
1966 est. $8.32 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $8.319 billion[es]
Television series Eiji Tsuburaya Tsuburaya Productions
(Bandai Namco Holdings)
Kumamon 2010 est. $8.22 billion
  • Retail sales – $8.159 billion[et]
Cartoon Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto Prefecture
Puzzle & Dragons 2012 est. $8.22 billion
  • Mobile game – $8.217 billion[c]
Video game GungHo Online GungHo Online
Pirates of the Caribbean 2003[ev] est. $7.91 billion
  • Home entertainment – $1.781 billion[ew]
Film Walt Disney Imagineering
Marc Davis
Gore Verbinski
Jerry Bruckheimer
The Walt Disney Company
Ben 10 2005 est. $7.85 billion
  • Retail sales – $7.853 billion[ey]
Animated series Man of Action Studios Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Clash of Clans 2012 est. $7.7 billion
  • Video game – $7.7 billion[c]
Video game Supercell Supercell (Tencent)
Sonic the Hedgehog 1991 est. $7.36 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $1 billion[339]
  • Blu-ray & DVD sales – $41 million[341]
Video game Sonic Team
Hirokazu Yasuhara
Yuji Naka
Naoto Ohshima
Sega
(Sega Sammy Holdings)
X-Men 1963 est. $7.32 billion
  • Retail sales – $900 million[25]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $667 million[342]
Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Marvel Entertainment
20th Century Studios (films)
(The Walt Disney Company)
Kamen Rider
(Masked Rider)
1971 est. $7.23 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $6.866 billion[ez]
  • Box office – $362 million[fa]
Television series Shotaro Ishinomori
Ishimori Productions
Toei Company
Ishimori Productions
Toei Company
TV Asahi
Asatsu-DK
Bandai Namco (toys)
PAW Patrol 2013 est. $7.1 billion
  • Home media sales $27 million
Animated series Keith Chapman Spin Master
Fortnite 2017 est. $6.7 billion Video game Epic Games Epic Games
Tencent
The Big Bang Theory 2007 est. $6.57 billion
  • TV advertising – $3.57 billion[fb]
  • TV syndication – $1 billion[350]
Television series Chuck Lorre
Bill Prady
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Halo 2001 est. $6.5 billion Video game Bungie
343 Industries
Microsoft
DC Extended Universe
(DCEU)
2013 est. $6.48 billion
  • Box office – $5.276 billion[353]
  • Home video sales – $704 million[fc]
  • Merchandise sales – $500 million[356]
Film DC Entertainment DC Entertainment
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Digimon 1997 est. $6.42 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $5.39 billion[fd]
  • Digital pets – $424.1 million[fe]
  • Manga & comic sales – $252 million[ff]
  • Console games – $90.5 million[fh]
  • Home entertainment – $59.1 million [fi]
Digital Pet Akiyoshi Hongo Bandai
Toei Animation
Ice Age 2002 est. $6.42 billion[fj]
  • Box office – $2.9 billion[372]
  • Retail sales – $1.3 billion[372]
  • Home entertainment – $347 million[373]
Animated film Michael J. Wilson
Blue Sky Studios
20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
Twilight 2005 est. $6.39 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $395 million[375]
Novel Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown and Company (books)
Summit Entertainment (films)
Fast & Furious 2001 est. $6.35 billion
  • Box office – $5.895 billion[377]
  • Home entertainment – $454 million[378]
Film Gary Scott Thompson Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Minecraft 2009 est. $6.33 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $4.328 billion[fk]
  • Video games – $2 billion[81]
Video game Markus Persson Mojang Studios
(Xbox Game Studios)
The Phantom of the Opera 1986 est. $6.22 billion
  • Musical theatre – $6.06 billion[bz]
Musical theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tamagotchi 1996 est. $6.2 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $3.081 billion[fl]
Digital pet Aki Maita
Akihiro Yokoi
Bandai
Bandai Namco Holdings
Doraemon 1969 est. $6.04 billion
  • Licensed merchandise – $4.244 billion[fo]
Manga Fujiko Fujio Shogakukan
(Hitotsubashi Group)
Weekly Shōnen Magazine 1959 est. $5.9 billion Manga Kodansha Kodansha
Shrek 1990 est. $5.8 billion
  • Box office – $3.547 billion[389]
  • Home entertainment – $1.922 billion[fp]
  • Merchandise sales – $275 million[77]
Picture book William Steig
DreamWorks Animation
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (book)
Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)
Fate 2004 est. $5.57 billion
  • Home entertainment – $99 million[fq]
  • Anime box office – $67 million[ab]
Visual novel Type-Moon Type-Moon (visual novel)
Aniplex (Sony Music Japan) (anime & mobile game)
The Sims 2000 est. $5.46 billion
  • Video games – $5.462 billion[fr]
Video game Will Wright Electronic Arts
Friends 1994 est. $5.27 billion
  • TV syndication – $3.5 billion[fs]
  • TV advertising – $1.166 billion[ft]
  • Dvd & blue ray - $49.8 million[399]
Television series David Crane
Marta Kauffman
Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions
Warner Bros. (AT&T)
Mamma Mia 1975 est. $5.18 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $177.6 million[402]
Song ABBA Polar / Epic (Sony) (song)
Universal Pictures (AT&T) (films)
Mortal Kombat 1992 est. $5.06 billion[fw] Video game Midway Games Chicago
Ed Boon
John Tobias
Warner Bros. (AT&T)
Care Bears 1981 est. $5.05 billion
  • Retail sales – $5 billion[fz]
  • Box office – $52 million[ga]
Greeting card American Greetings American Greetings
Bob the Builder 1998 est. $5 billion
  • Retail sales – $5 billion[410]
Animated series Keith Chapman Mattel/WildBrain


$2–5 billion

My Little Pony 1984 est. $4.99 billion
  • Retail sales – $4.916 billion[gb]
  • Box office – $67.3 million[gc]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $4.3 million[419]
Animated cartoon Lauren Faust
Bonnie Zacherle
Hasbro
Donkey Kong 1981 est. $4.97 billion
  • Video games – $4.962 billion[gd]
  • Licensing royalties – $8.5 million[84]
Video game Shigeru Miyamoto
Nintendo R&D1
Nintendo
Beauty and the Beast 1991 est. $4.94 billion
  • Box office – $1.689 billion[ge]
  • Licensed merchandise – $1 billion[425]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $336 million[gf]
Animated film Don Hahn
Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
The Walt Disney Company
Beyblade 1999 est. $4.61 billion
  • Box office – $9 million[gh]
Manga Takao Aoki Takao Aoki
Shogakukan
(Hitotsubashi Group)
Seinfeld 1989 est. $4.56 billion
  • TV revenue – $4.06 billion[431]
Television series Larry David
Jerry Seinfeld
Sony Pictures Television
(Sony)
A Song of Ice and Fire
(Game of Thrones)
1996 est. $4.4 billion
  • Box office – $1.9 million[442]
Novel George R. R. Martin Random House (books)
WarnerMedia (AT&T) (television)
Assassin's Creed 2007 est. $4.25 billion
  • Video games – $4 billion[443]
Video game Patrice Désilets
Jade Raymond
Corey May
Ubisoft
Aladdin 1992 est. $4.25 billion
  • Box office – $1.555 billion[gk]
  • Licensed merchandise – $1 billion[425]
  • VHS sales: – $930 million[gl]
  • Video games – $200 million[449]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $101 million[gm]
Animated film Walt Disney Animation
Hanna Diyab
The Walt Disney Company
Need for Speed
(NFS)
1994 est. $4.21 billion
  • Video games – $4 billion[452]
Video game EA Canada Electronic Arts
Peter Pan
(Disney Fairies)
1953 est. $4.11 billion
  • Retail sales – $3.332 billion[gn]
Film Andy Mooney
J. M. Barrie
The Walt Disney Company
The Hunger Games 2008 est. $4.05 billion[gr] Novel Suzanne Collins Scholastic Corporation (books)
Lionsgate (films)
Mission: Impossible 1966 $4 billion[gs][463] Television series Bruce Geller Paramount Pictures
(ViacomCBS)
Strawberry Shortcake 1979 est. $4 billion
  • Retail sales – $4 billion[180]
  • DVD sales – $2.6 million[466]
Greeting card American Greetings WildBrain
The Legend of Zelda
(Zelda no Densetsu)
1986 est. $4 billion Video game Shigeru Miyamoto
Takashi Tezuka
Nintendo EAD
Nintendo
Madden NFL 1998 est. $4 billion
  • Video games – $4 billion[467]
Video game Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
National Football League (NFL)
Gran Turismo 1997 est. $4 billion
  • Video games – $4 billion[468]
Video game Kazunori Yamauchi
Polyphony Digital
Sony Interactive Entertainment
(Sony)
Yo-kai Watch 2013 est. $3.98 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3.78 billion[gt]
Video game Level-5 Level-5
G.I. Joe 1967 est. $3.83 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3.02 billion[gv]
Comic Stan Weston Hasbro
Lego Movie 2014 est. $3.75 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $2.46 billion[gw]
  • Box office – $1.092 million[480]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $192.7 million[481]
Animated film Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)
The Lego Group
Terminator 1984 est. $3.73 billion[gx]
  • Box office – $2.074 billion[483]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $133 million[483]
Film James Cameron
Gale Anne Hurd
Skydance Media
Cats 1981 est. $3.64 billion
  • Musical theatre – $3.566 billion[bz]
Musical theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber Really Useful Group
The Wicked Years 1995 est. $3.53 billion Novel Gregory Maguire HarperCollins
Skylanders 2011 $3.5 billion[485]
  • Licensed merchandise – $1.858 billion[gy]
Video game Toys for Bob Activision (Activision Blizzard)
Titanic 1997 est. $3.48 billion
  • Box office – $2.194 billion[486]
  • Home video – $1.233 billion[gz]
  • TV rights – $55 million[487]
Film James Cameron Paramount Pictures (North America)
20th Century Studios (international) (The Walt Disney Company)
Garena Free Fire 2017 est. $3.41 billion
  • Mobile game – $3.409 billion[c]
Video game 111 Dots Studio Garena
Avatar 2009 est. $3.37 billion
  • Box office – $2.79 billion[489]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $429 million[490]
  • Merchandise sales – $153 million[491]
Film James Cameron 20th Century Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
Roblox 2006 est. $3.37 billion
  • Video games – $3.369 billion[ha]
Video game David Baszucki
Erik Cassel
Roblox Corporation
Les Misérables 1980 est. $3.23 billion
  • Musical theatre – $2.709 billion[bz]
Musical theatre Alain Boublil
Victor Hugo
Cameron Mackintosh Overseas
Iron Man 1963 est. $3.19 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $300 million[77]
Comic book Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Marvel Entertainment
(The Walt Disney Company)
Astro Boy 1952 est. $3.15 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $3 billion[498]
Manga Osamu Tezuka Tezuka Productions
Hamtaro 1997 est. $3.05 billion
  • Retail sales – $3 billion[502]
Manga Ritsuko Kawai Shogakukan
(Hitotsubashi Group)
Godzilla
(Gojira)
1954 est. $3.03 billion
  • Box office – $2.056 billion[he]
  • Merchandise sales – $898 million[hf]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $43 million[509]
Film Ishirō Honda Toho
The Matrix 1999 $3 billion[512][513]
  • Box office – $1.633 billion[514]
  • VHS & DVD – $677 million[515]
  • Merchandise sales – $3.5 million[515]
Film The Wachowskis Warner Bros.
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
ER 1994 est. $3 billion
  • TV revenue – $3 billion[516]
Television series Michael Crichton NBC (Comcast)
Clash Royale 2016 est. $3 billion
  • Video game – $3 billion[517]
Video game Supercell Supercell (Tencent)
MapleStory 2003 est. $2.98 billion
  • Computer game – $2.981 billion[hg]
Video game Wizet Nexon
Finding Nemo 2003 est. $2.88 billion
  • Box office – $1.968 billion[hh]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $810 million[hi]
Animated film Andrew Stanton The Walt Disney Company
Scooby-Doo 1969 est. $2.82 billion
  • Retail sales – $2.35 billion[hj]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $15.4 million[525]
Animated series Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Hanna-Barbera
(Warner Bros. owned by Warner Bros. Discovery)
Game of War: Fire Age 2013 est. $2.8 billion Video game Machine Zone Machine Zone
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2016 est. $2.78 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1.466 billion[hk]
Manga Koyoharu Gotōge Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group)
Dragon Quest
(Dragon Warrior)
1986 est. $2.67 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $278 million[hn]
Video game Yuji Horii
Koichi Nakamura
Akira Toriyama
Square Enix
Yuji Horii (Armor Project)
Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio)
Koichi Sugiyama (Sugiyama Kobo)
Resident Evil
(Biohazard)
1996 est. $2.67 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $125 million[hr]
Video game Shinji Mikami
Tokuro Fujiwara
Capcom
World of Tanks 2010 est. $2.61 billion
  • Video games – $2.608 billion[hs]
Video game Wargaming Wargaming
Captain America 1941 est. $2.55 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $314 million[552]
Comic book Joe Simon
Jack Kirby
Marvel Comics
(The Walt Disney Company)
The Powerpuff Girls 1992 est. $2.52 billion Animated series Craig McCracken Cartoon Network
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Idols
(Idol)
2001 $2.5 billion[555]
  • TV advertising – $500 million[555]
  • Sponsorship – $30 million[555]
Reality television Simon Fuller
Simon Cowell
Fremantle
(RTL Group)
The Cosby Show 1984 est. $2.5 billion
  • TV syndication – $1.5 billion[556]
  • TV advertising – $1 billion[557]
Television series Bill Cosby
Ed. Weinberger
Michael J. Leeson
CBS Corporation
Warner Bros. (AT&T)
Winx Club 2004 est. $2.5 billion Animated series Iginio Straffi Warner Bros. Discovery
Madagascar 2005 est. $2.5 billion
  • Box office – $2.27 billion[559]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $210 million[559]
Animated film Tom McGrath
Eric Darnell
DreamWorks Animation
(Comcast)
Planet of the Apes 1963 est. $2.4 billion
  • Box office – $2.205 billion[hv]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $156 million[560]
Novel Pierre Boulle Éditions Julliard (book)
20th Century Studios (Disney) (films)
Indiana Jones 1981 est. $2.37 billion
  • Box office – $1.988 billion[hw]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $380 million[562]
Film George Lucas
Steven Spielberg
Lucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Company)
Tomb Raider 1996 est. $2.29 billion[hx]
Video game Toby Gard
Core Design
Square Enix
Thor 1962 est. $2.28 billion
  • Box office – $1.944 billion[568]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $133 million[483]
Comic book Stan Lee
Larry Lieber
Jack Kirby
Marvel Entertainment
(The Walt Disney Company)
NBA 2K 1999 est. $2.26 billion
  • Video games – $2.259 billion[hy]
Video game Visual Concepts
Sega Sports
2K Sports (Take-Two Interactive)
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Jumanji 1981 est. $2.24 billion
  • Box office – $2.089 billion[hz]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $149 million[570]
Picture book Chris Van Allsburg Sony
Overwatch 2016 est. $2.19 billion
  • Video games – $1.429 billion[ia]
Video game Alyssa Wong
Jeff Kaplan
Chris Metzen
Blizzard Entertainment
(Activision Blizzard)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 est. $2.1 billion
  • Merchandise sales – $1 billion[573]
  • Box office – $793 million[574]
  • VHS sales – $250 million[575]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $33 million[576]
Film Steven Spielberg Universal Pictures
(Comcast)
Kung Fu Panda 2008 est. $2.05 billion
  • Box office – $1.818 billion[579]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $234 million[580]
Animated film Ethan Reiff
Cyrus Voris
Universal Pictures (Comcast)
MonsterVerse 2014 est. $2.04 billion
  • box office– $1.9 billion[581]
  • home media -$112.6 million[582]
film Thomas Tull Warner Bros.
Legendary Entertainment
Bourne 1980 est. $2.03 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $367 million[584]
Novel Robert Ludlum Eric Van Lustbader (books)
Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)
Tom Clancy's 1987 est. $2.03 billion
  • Video games – $2.029 billion[ic]
Video game Tom Clancy
Red Storm Entertainment
Ubisoft
Men in Black 1990 est. $2.02 billion
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $83 million[587]
Comic book Lowell Cunningham Marvel Comics (Disney) (comics)
Sony (films)
The Incredibles 2004 est. $2 billion
  • Box office – $1.876 billion[id]
  • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $127 million[588]
Animated film Pixar The Walt Disney Company
NBA Jam 1993 est. $2 billion
  • Video games – $2 billion[589]
Video game Midway Games Electronic Arts
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Guitar Hero 2005 est. $2 billion
  • Video games – $2 billion[590]
Video game Harmonix Activision (Activision Blizzard)


See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Pokémon Company no longer mentions how much the franchise has earned on their website, as of May 2019.
  2. ^ See The Pokémon Company § Licensed merchandise.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k See List of highest-grossing mobile games § List
  4. ^ Pokémon video games:
    • Up until 2006 – $15 billion[1]
    • Japan retail sales during 2007–2009 – ¥49 billion ($524 million)
      • 2007 – ¥13 billion[2]
      • 2008 – ¥15 billion[3]
      • 2009 – ¥21 billion[4]
    • Japan sales during 2010–2012 – $594 million
      • 2010 – $302 million[6]
      • 2011 – $74 million[7]
      • 2012 – $218 million[8]
    • Other mobile games – $133.6 million
  5. ^ See List of Pokémon films § Box office performance
  6. ^ Pokemon home entertainment media (home video, music, novels, manga) sales:
    • Japan home entertainment media (home video, music, novels, manga) sales between January 2017 and June 2018 – ¥2,563,357,348 ($23,213,943)
      • 2017 – ¥1,744,502,029[14]
      • January–June 2018 – ¥818,855,319[15]
    • United States DVD and Blu-ray releases during 2017–2019 – $34.3 million[16]
  7. ^ Pokémon game strategy guide book sales in Japan as of 2004¥15.4 billion[13] ($142 million)
  8. ^ Pokémon Jet aircraft sales in Japan as of 2004¥300 million[13] ($3 million)
  9. ^ See Hello Kitty § Sales
  10. ^ Winnie the Pooh retail sales:
    • Up until 1997 – $7 billion[18]
    • 1998 – $3.3 billion[19]
    • 1999 – ¥96.39 billion ($846 million)[20][21]
    • 2000s – $44.025 billion
      • $6 billion in 2000.[22] $5 billion in 2001.[23] $7 billion in 2002.[24] $5.6 billion in 2003.[25] $5.3 billion in 2004.[26] $6 billion in 2005.[27] $6.9 billion in 2006.[28] $1 billion in 2007.[29] ¥65,629.56 million ($635 million) in 2008.[30] ¥55,195 million ($590 million) in 2009.[31]
    • 2010 – $5.7 billion[32]
    • 2011 – $1.09 billion[33]
    • 2012 – $3.17 billion[34]
    • 2013–2017 – $12.72 billion
      • $2.808 billion in 2013.[34] $2.732 billion in 2014.[35] $2.74 billion in 2015.[36] $2.791 billion in 2016. $1.649 billion in 2017.[37]
    • 2018 – $1.675 billion[38]
    • 2019 – ¥32.4 billion[39][40] ($297 million)
  11. ^ Mickey Mouse & Friends retail sales:
    • Up until 1997 – $8 billion[18]
    • 1999 – ¥162.33 billion[20] ($1.425 billion)[21]
    • 2000 – ¥120 billion[45] ($1.114 billion)[46]
    • 2002–2009 – $29.688 billion
      • $4.7 billion in 2002.[47] $5.8 billion in 2003.[25] $5.3 billion in 2004.[26] $6 billion in 2005.[27] $6 billion in 2007.[48] ¥88,122.32 million ($853 million) in 2008.[30] ¥96,827.8 million ($1,035 million) in 2009.[31]
    • 2010 – $9 billion[32]
    • 2011 – $750 million[33]
    • 2012 – $4.122 billion[34]
    • 2013–2017 – $21.029 billion
      • $4.568 billion in 2013.[34] $4.719 billion in 2014.[49] $4.262 billion in 2015. $4.247 billion in 2016.[36] $3.233 billion in 2017.[37]
    • 2018 – $3.265 billion[38]
    • 2019 – ¥124 billion[39][40] ($1,138 million)
  12. ^ [50][51][52][53][54]
  13. ^ 1991 VHS release of Fantasia earned $209 million in sales.[55] $84 million DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2001.[56]
  14. ^ {US$
  15. ^ {US$
  16. ^ {US$
  17. ^ {US$
  18. ^ {US$
  19. ^ {US$
  20. ^ $6.6 billion franchise revenue up until May 1987.[57] $42 billion up until 2014.[58]
  21. ^ $32 billion up until 2014.[58] $2.842 billion in 2015.[36] $3.049 billion in 2016. $2.403 billion in 2017.[37] $1.923 billion in 2018.[38]
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i See List of highest-grossing films § Highest-grossing franchises and film series
  23. ^ Star Wars home video revenue:
      • Up until 2017 – $6 billion[60]
      • DVD and Blu-ray sales between March 2018 and May 2020 – $38 million[61]
  24. ^ Star Wars video games:
    • Up until July 2015 – $3 billion[62]
    • August–December 2015 – $1 billion[63]
    • Mobile (2016–2019) – $1.01 billion[64]
  25. ^ Star Wars television revenue:
    • Clone Wars (as of 2015) – $4.5 million[62]
    • Television rights (2016) – $275 million[65]
  26. ^ $300 million up until 2001.[66] $1 billion in 2002.[67] $1.3 billion in 2003.[66] $2 billion in 2004.[68] $3 billion in 2005.[67] $3.4 billion in 2006.[69] $4 billion in 2007.[70] $4 billion in 2008.[71] $3.7 billion in 2009.[72] $4.4 billion in 2010.[32] $1.6 billion in 2011.[33] $3 billion in 2012.[73] $2.885 billion in 2013.[34] $2.568 billion in 2014.[35] $2.635 billion in 2015.[36] $2.724 billion in 2016. $2.133 billion in 2017.[37] $1.686 billion in 2018.[38]
  27. ^ See Anpanman § Sales
  28. ^ a b c d e f g h i j See List of highest-grossing anime films § Highest-grossing anime film franchises and film series.
  29. ^ ¥2 billion[75] ($19.35 million).
  30. ^ Marvel Cinematic Universe box office:
  31. ^ a b Avengers merchandise sales:
    • $332 million in 2012.[207] $325 million in 2013.[123] $1 billion in 2014.[208] $1.004 billion in 2015.[36] $1.242 billion in 2016. $1.227 billion in 2017.[37] $1.798 billion in 2018.[38]
  32. ^ Marvel merchandise sales:
  33. ^ Marvel Cinematic Universe home entertainment:
    • Up until April 2018 – $5 billion[78]
    • May 2018 to February 2021 – $492 million[79]
  34. ^ Mario video game revenue:
    • Up until 2018 – $30 billion[81]
  35. ^ Mario licensed merchandise sales:
      • Japan (2005, 2007–2008, 2010, 2012) – ¥280.1 billion+ ($3.51 billion)
        • 2005 – ¥11.8 billion[85]
        • 2007 – ¥135 billion[86]
        • 2008 – ¥46.7 billion[30]
        • 2010 – ¥45.6 billion[87]
        • 2012 – ¥41 billion[88]
      • Japan (2013) – ¥37,052 million[89] ($380 million)
      • Overseas (as of 2016) – $400 million[90]
      • Japan (2018–2019) – ¥67 billion[40][91][39] ($615 million)
  36. ^ Harry Potter merchandise:
    • 1997–2016 – $7.308 billion[93]
    • 2017–2018 – $1.01 billion[94]
  37. ^ $3.9 billion Harry Potter home entertainment revenue up until 2014.[95] $66 million Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2017.[96]
  38. ^ Harry Potter video games:
    • Up until 2014 – $1.5 billion[95]
    • Mobile games (2018 to January 2021) – $346 million[97]
  39. ^ Transformers:
    • Up until 2011 – ¥2 trillion[99] ($25 billion)
    • Retail sales (2012–2018) – $2.979 billion
      • 2012–2013 – $618 million[34]
      • 2014 – $410 million[35]
      • 2015 – $430 million[36]
      • 2016 – $446 million[36]
      • 2017 – $652 million[37]
      • 2018 – $423 million[94]
    • Box office (2014–2019) – $1.572 billion[v]
  40. ^ Transformers merchandise sales:
    • 2006 – $100 million[101]
    • 2007–2016 – $10 billion[102]
    • 2017 – $652 million[37]
    • 2018 – $423 million[94]
  41. ^ Transformers home entertainment:
    • June 2007 to June 2014 – $740 million[103]
    • September 2014 to February 2020 – $134 million[104]
  42. ^ $1 billion licensed merchandise sales for Sony Pictures during 1999–2001.[105] $2.7 billion in 2002.[106] $1.3 billion in 2003.[107] $70 million Spider-Man 3 pre-release US toy sales in 2007.[108] $590 million Spider-Man merchandise sales in 2010.[109] $325 million in 2011.[33] $1.285 billion in 2012. $1.333 billion in 2013.[34] $1.453 billion in 2014.[35] $1.512 billion in 2015.[36] $1.551 billion in 2016. $1.402 billion in 2017.[37] $1.075 billion in 2018.[38] $791 million Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) merchandise sales.[110]
  43. ^ Box office gross of Spider-Man films:
    • 2002–2019 films – $7.227 billion[112]
  44. ^ Spider-Man video games:
    • 1982–2003 – $1 billion[113]
  45. ^ Spider-Man home video revenue:
    • Spider-Man (2002) – $690,919,075 (video sales and rentals)
      • Up until 2006 (DVD & VHS) – $690 million[116]
      • 2012 (DVD & Blu-ray sales) – $919,075[117]
      • Up until 2006 (DVD & VHS) – $185,260,344[118]
      • 2007–2012 (DVD & Blu-ray) – $2,729,219[119]
    • Later Spider-Man films and compilations (2007–2019) – $596 million (DVD & Blu-ray sales)[120]
  46. ^ Batman retail sales:
    • Up until 2012 – $16 billion[122]
    • Merchandise sales during 2013–2018 – $5.017 billion
      • 2013 – $494 million[123]
      • 2014 – $578 million[123]
      • 2015 – $982 million[36]
      • 2016 – $1.1 billion[37]
      • 2017 – $1.024 billion[37]
      • 2018 – $839 million[94]
    • Home video sales between September 2012 and January 2020 – $312 million[124]
  47. ^ $650 million VHS and DVD sales for Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin up until 2005.[125] $562 million DVD and Blu-ray sales for films released since 2008.[126]
  48. ^ Batman television revenue:
  49. ^ a b See List of Dragon Ball video games § Commercial reception
  50. ^ a b See Dragon Ball § Merchandise
  51. ^ a b c See List of Dragon Ball anime § Commercial reception
  52. ^ a b See List of Dragon Ball films § Box office performance
  53. ^ Dragon Ball franchise:
    • Up until 2018 – $23 billion[129]
    • 2019–2020 – $4.72 billion
      • Video game revenue – $2.194 billion[aw]
      • Merchandise sales – $2.096 billion[ax]
      • Toei Animation's Dragon Ball anime earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) – $321 million[ay]
      • Dragon Ball Z anime DVD and Blu-ray releases in the United States – $21 million
  54. ^ Dragon Ball home entertainment media revenue:
  55. ^ ¥100 billion+[130] ($1 Billion+)[131]
  56. ^ Dragon Ball Heroes card sales – ¥50 billion[132] ($460 million)
  57. ^ Call of Duty video game revenue:
    • Up until 2016 – $15 billion[134]
      • 2018 – $506 million[137]
      • 2019 – $487 million[139]
  58. ^ Barbie became a media franchise starting in 1987, with the debut of the Barbie animated film series. Earlier Barbie toy sales prior to 1987 are not included here.
  59. ^ $1.6 billion between 1987 and 1994.[142] $1.9 billion in 1997.[143] $1.52 billion in 2002.[144] $3.6 billion in 2003.[145] $3.3 billion in 2008.[146] $550 million in 2010.[77] $1 billion in 2011.[147] $1,275.3 million sales in 2012.[148] $3 billion in 2013.[149] $1,934.5 million during 2014–2015.[150] $1 billion in 2016.[151] $3,203.61 million during 2017–2019.[148]
  60. ^ See Barbie (film series) § Films
  61. ^ See Cultural impact of Gundam § Retail sales
  62. ^ Toy Story and Toy Story 2 generated $6.6 billion up until 2009.[153] Toy Story 3 (2010) generated nearly $10 billion up until 2014.[154] $1 billion in 2015.[155] ¥19.4 billion ($178 million) in 2019.[39][40]
  63. ^ $10 billion up until 2011.[158] $2.527 billion in 2012. $2.3 billion in 2013.[34] $2.025 billion in 2014.[35] $1 billion in 2015.[155] $588 million in 2016. $674 million in 2017.[37]
  64. ^ Cars series grossed $1.408 billion.[159] Planes series grossed $391 million.[160]
  65. ^ Cars series grossed $537 million.[161] Planes series grossed $117 million.[162] ‘’Cars Toons’’ $11.5 million[163]
  66. ^ Middle-earth (The Lord of the Rings) franchise is reported to have grossed $19.827 billion in total revenue as of January 2018.[164]
  67. ^ Over ¥1 trillion[130][167] ($9.64 billion)[168]
  68. ^ Yu-Gi-Oh licensed merchandise sales:
    • Up until January 2012 – $5 billion[169]
    • Licensed merchandise sales outside Asia during 2015–2018 – $920 million
      • $120 million in 2015.[170] $200 million in 2016.[171] $300 million in 2017.[172] $300 million in 2018.[173]
  69. ^ ¥100 billion[130] ($964 million)[131]
  70. ^ See Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links § Reception
  71. ^ Yu-Gi-Oh video games:
  72. ^ Peanuts retail sales:
    • 1990 – $448 million[177]
    • Late 1990s – $1 billion[178]
    • 2000–2008 – ¥125.94 billion ($1,218 million)
      • 2000 – ¥65 billion[45]
      • 2003 – ¥40 billion[45]
      • 2008 – ¥20.94 billion[179]
    • 2010 – $2 billion[77]
    • 2011 – $600 million[33]
    • 2012 – $1.141 billion[34]
    • 2013–2017 – $6.887 billion
      • $1.167 billion in 2013.[34] $1.194 billion in 2014.[35] $1.5 billion in 2015.[180] $1.468 billion in 2016. $1.558 billion in 2017.[37]
    • 2018 – $1.662 billion[38]
    • 2019 – ¥79.36 billion[39][40] ($728 million)
  73. ^ Peanuts filmography
  74. ^ $13 billion retail sales up until 2014.[182] $933 million in 2015. $915 million in 2016.[183] $565 million licensed merchandise sales in 2017.[37]
  75. ^ Home Entertainment Sales up until 2005
  76. ^ $4.6 billion up until 2011.[186] $725 million during 2012–2013.[34] $390 million in 2014,[35] $396 million in 2015,[36] $707 million during 2016–2017,[37] and $255 million in 2018.[94]
  77. ^ The Simpsons video games:
  78. ^ a b c d e See List of highest-grossing musicals § Highest-grossing musical theatre productions.
  79. ^ See List of highest-grossing musicals § Highest-grossing musical film series and film franchises.
  80. ^ See Super Sentai § Merchandise
  81. ^ See Power Rangers § Feature films
  82. ^ $6 billion up until 1994.[193] $1 billion during 2003–2005.[194] $475 million during 2009–2012.[195] $850 million in 2013.[34] $1.026 billion in 2014.[35] $1.021 billion in 2015.[36] $1.093 billion in 2016. $823 million in 2017.[37] $912 million in 2018.[94]
  83. ^ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films:
    • Up until 1993 – $724 million+ (box office and VHS sales & rentals)[196]
    • 2007 to February 2021 – $986 million (box office and DVD & Blu-ray sales)[197]
  84. ^ Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO)
    • Up until 2016 – $8.7 billion[198]
    • 2017–2018 – $3.6 billion[199]
    • 2019 – $1.6 billion[139]
    • 2020 – $1.41 billion[141]
  85. ^ Pac-Man video game revenue:
    • Other games (US) – $97 million
  86. ^ Buckner & Garcia's Pac-Man Fever album and "Pac-Man Fever" single – $32 million[205]
  87. ^ Avengers DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • MCU live-action films – $441 million[79]
  88. ^ Looney Tunes franchise retail sales:
    • Looney Tunes series – $8.477 billion
      • $3.5 billion up until 1996.[213] $603 million in 2010.[77] $624 million in 2012. $617 million in 2013.[34] $628 million in 2014.[35] $639 million in 2015.[36] $645 million in 2016. $624 million in 2017.[37] $597 million in 2018.[94]
  89. ^ See List of Looney Tunes feature films § Box office.
  90. ^ $12 billion up until 2015.[216] $907 million in 2016. $712 million in 2017.[37] $759 million in 2018.[94]
  91. ^ See Fist of the North Star § Pachinko
  92. ^ See Fist of the North Star § Films and OVAs
  93. ^ New Fist of the North Star (DVD) – ¥230 million[218] ($2.23 million)
  94. ^ In October 2015, it was projected that the James Bond franchise would be worth an estimated £13 billion ($19.9 billion) after the release of Spectre.[219]
  95. ^ James Bond DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • DVD sales up until 2015 – £2 billion[219] ($3.06 billion)
    • DVD and Blu-ray sales between January 2016 and January 2021 – $38 million[221]
  96. ^ James Bond video games:
    • United States sales (1997–2004) – $351 million[166]
  97. ^ $5 billion merchandise sales up until 2014.[224] $1.573 billion licensed merchandise sales in 2015.[36] $1.598 billion in 2016. $1.404 billion in 2017.[37] $1.013 billion in 2018.[38]
  98. ^ Frozen DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • United States – $498 million[225]
    • Japan (2014) – $81 million[226]
  99. ^ $30 million pre-Broadway gross revenue.[227] $155 million Broadway gross revenue.[228]
  100. ^ Arcade and software revenue up until 2016
  101. ^ "Space Invaders" (Player One) – 100,000 units in Australia,[229] grossed approximately $522,000.[230]
  102. ^ Warcraft video games:
      • 2004 – 28.5 million[231] ($35 million)
      • 2005 – €314 million[231] ($391 million)
      • 2006–2008 – $2.797 billion[232]
      • 2009–2010 – $2.478 billion[233]
      • 2012 – $986 million[235]
      • 2013 – $1.041 billion[236]
      • 2014 – $728 million[237]
      • 2015 – $814 million[238]
      • 2017–2018 – $1.05 billion[199]
      • Up until 2017 – $1 billion[239]
      • 2018 – $600 million[240]
  103. ^ Toei Animation's Sailor Moon earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) between April 2009 and March 2018:
    • April 2009 to March 2012 – ¥154 million ($2 million)[244]
    • April 2013 to March 2014 – ¥277 million ($3 million)[245]
    • April 2014 to March 2016 – ¥1.287 billion ($12 million)[246]
  104. ^ League of Legends:
    • 2012 – $200 million[250]
    • 2013 – $624 million[251]
    • 2014 – $946 million[237]
    • 2015 – $1.628 billion[238]
    • 2016 – $1.7 billion[252]
    • 2017–2018 – $4 billion[199]
    • 2019 – $1.5 billion[139]
    • 2020 – $1.75 billion[141]
  105. ^ Wii series video game sales:
  106. ^ CrossFire computer game revenue:
    • Up until 2015 – $6.8 billion[253]
    • 2016 – $1.1 billion[255]
    • 2017 – $1.605 billion
      • CrossFire Mobile$205 million[256]
    • 2018 – $1.3 billion[137]
    • 2019 – $1.4 billion[139]
  107. ^ FIFA video games:
    • Up until 2013 – $6 billion[257]
    • PC and consoles (2015–2020) – $5,574.4 million
      • FIFA 16 (2016) – $387.4 million[252]
      • 2018 – $1.472 billion
      • FIFA 20 (2020) – $1.083 billion[141]
    • Mobile – $360 million[259]
  108. ^ See Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise) § Pachinko
  109. ^ Evangelion merchandise sales as of 2012¥150 billion[260] ($1.88 billion)
  110. ^ Evangelion home entertainment sales:
    • Video sales up until 1997 – $800 million[261]
    • DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States between March 2011 and June 2018 – $11 million[262]
    • 2013 home entertainment media sales in Japan – ¥3,968.5 million[263] ($37.46 million)
  111. ^ Formerly Gainax.
  112. ^ Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within grossed $85,131,830 worldwide.[268] Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV grossed $6,585,787 worldwide, including $4.2 million in China,[269] $907,524 in Japan, $269,980 in the United States,[270] and $1,208,283 in other territories.[271][270]
  113. ^ Final Fantasy licensed merchandise sales in Japan during 2005 and 2010 – ¥5.806 billion ($66 million)[272]
    • 2005 – ¥3.542 billion[85]
    • 2010 – ¥2.264 billion[87]
  114. ^ Video disc sales of Final Fantasy films:
    • Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (DVD & Blu-ray) – $4,549,411 (United States)[271]
  115. ^ See One Piece § Merchandise
  116. ^ See List of One Piece video games § Commercial reception
  117. ^ As of February 2012.
  118. ^ See One Piece (TV series) § Reception
  119. ^ One Piece home entertainment media:
    • Toei Animation's One Piece anime earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) between April 2003 and September 2020 – $818 million[dn]
    • DVD & Blu-ray sales of Strong World film in Japan during August 23–29 week of 2010 – ¥2.16 billion[276] ($27.07 million)
    • DVD & Blu-ray sales of film releases in the United States since 2012 – $2.2 million[277][278][279]
    • Home entertainment media sales in Japan during 2013–2018 – ¥37,368,916,771 ($413 million)
      • 2013 – ¥11,061.3 million[263] ($113.34 million)
      • 2015–2016 – ¥13,847,321,193[280][281] ($127,281,479)
      • 2017–2018 – ¥12,460,295,578[14][282] ($113,533,445)
  120. ^ See Lineage (series) § Revenue
  121. ^ Lineage:
  122. ^ Grand Theft Auto:
    • Up until March 2005 – $2 billion[283]
    • November 2005 to October 2008 – $1,071,429,641[284]
    • November 2008 to October 2009 – $296,357,328[285]
    • April 2012 to March 2013 – $23.4 million[286]
      • September 2013 to April 2018 – $6 billion[287]
      • 2019 – $595 million[139]
      • 2020 – $911 million[141]
  123. ^ See Street Fighter (1994 film) § Release
  124. ^ Street Fighter box office and home video revenue:
      • Worldwide box office – $12,764,201[289]
      • US DVD sales – $5,903,599[290]
  125. ^ $7.8 billion franchise revenue up until December 1998.[291]
  126. ^ $3.5 billion retail sales up until 1998.[291] Licensed merchandise sold $150 million in 2010,[77] $275 million during 2012–2013,[34] $148 million in 2014,[35] $149 million in 2015,[36] $159 million in 2016, $180 million in 2017,[37] and $192 million in 2018.[94]
  127. ^ See Monster Strike (anime) § Films
  128. ^ £1 billion ($1.6 billion) as of 2009.[295] $1.2 billion in 2010.[77] $390 million in 2011.[33] $998 million in 2012. $926 million in 2013.[34] $935 million in 2014.[35] $960 million in 2015.[36] $985 million in 2016. $726 million in 2017.[37] $727 million in 2017.[94]
  129. ^ See Thomas & Friends (franchise)#Films and specials
  130. ^ Candy Crush video games:
      • Up until October 2018 – $3.91 billion[296]
      • 2019 – $1.5 billion[139]
      • 2020 – $1.66 billion[141]
  131. ^ Jurassic Park franchise:
    • Up until 1999 – $5 billion[297]
    • Box office and home video sales (July 2001 to February 2021) – $3.676 billion[298]
    • Merchandise sales (2017–2018) – $706 million[94]
  132. ^ Jurassic Park merchandise:
    • Up until 1999 – $1.5 billion[297]
    • 2017–2018 – $706 million[94]
  133. ^ $545 million up until 1999.[297] $332 million between December 2001 and February 2021.[298]
  134. ^ $1.7 billion retail sales up until 2006, including comic and merchandise sales.[299][300] Merchandise sold $280 million in 2010,[77] $554 million during 2012–2013,[34] $305 million in 2014,[35] $725 million in 2015,[36] $812 million in 2016, $722 million in 2017,[37] and $634 million in 2018.[94]
  135. ^ See Superman in film § Box office performance
  136. ^ Superman DVD and Blu-ray sales:
      • North America – $343 million[301]
    • Smallville (DVD) – $100 million[303]
  137. ^ Superman television revenue:
    • Superman II$10 million licensing[304]
  138. ^ Superman VHS sales and rentals:
  139. ^ $250 million in 2011.[310] $1.849 billion in 2012. $1.882 billion in 2013.[34] $1.16 billion in 2014.[35] $1.065 billion in 2015.[36] $1.277 billion in 2016. $814 million in 2017.[37]
  140. ^ Angry Birds 2 grossed $332.5 million.[312] Angry Birds Evolution grossed over $30 million.[313]
  141. ^ The merchandise sources (including The Licensing Letter) don't give numbers for The Muppets, but only for Sesame Street. This would imply that they're including The Muppets merchandise under the Sesame Street franchise.
  142. ^ $1 billion up until 1997.[314] $525 million in 2010.[315] $900 million in 2010.[77] $515 million in 2011.[33] $893 million in 2012. $923 million in 2013.[34] $792 million in 2014.[316] $792 million in 2015.[36] $775 million in 2016. $724 million in 2017.[37] $700 million in 2018.[94]
  143. ^ $3.9 billion up until 2015.[253] Westward Journey Online II grossed $95 million during January–April 2016.[322]
  144. ^ Westward Journey:
    • PC – $3.995 billion[em]
    • Mobile – $4.7 billion[c]
  145. ^ PUBG:
    • Premium digital sales on PC and consoles – $2.34 billion
      • 2017 – $900 million[323]
      • 2018 – $1.028 billion[137]
      • 2019 – $288 million[139]
      • 2020 (February & May) – $124 million[324]
  146. ^ See Pretty Cure § Merchandise.
  147. ^ See Pretty Cure § Reception.
  148. ^ $370 million in 2013.[34] $667 million in 2014.[316] $1.264 billion in 2015.[36] $1.322 billion in 2016. $327 million in 2017.[37]
  149. ^ Ultraman merchandise sales:
    • Up until 1987 – $7.4 billion[327]
    • Japan licensed merchandise sales during 1999, 2005, 2007 and 2010 – ¥54.28 billion ($618 million)[272]
      • 1999 – ¥20.16 billion[20]
      • 2005 – ¥14.17 billion[85]
      • 2007 – ¥9.92 billion[86]
      • 2010 – ¥10.03 billion[87]
    • Bandai Namco's net income from Bandai Ultraman merchandise sales between April 2013 and December 2019 – $301 million
      • April 2013 to March 2014 – ¥3.2 billion ($30.2 million)[328]
      • April 2014 to March 2016 – ¥5.9 billion ($54.23 million)[329][328]
      • April 2016 to December 2019 – ¥23.7 billion ($216 million)[329][330][331]
  150. ^ See Kumamon § Retail sales
  151. ^ Appeared in Yo-kai Watch: The Movie, which grossed $65 million in Japan.[332]
  152. ^ Pirates of the Caribbean became a media franchise with the debut of the film series in 2003.
  153. ^ $1.75 billion up until May 2017.[334] $31 million DVD and Blu-ray sales since September 2017.[335]
  154. ^ Merchandise retail sales up until 2011.
  155. ^ $6 billion up until 2013.[337] $681 million in 2014.[316] $569 million in 2015. $603 million in 2016.[36]
  156. ^ See Kamen Rider § Merchandise
  157. ^ See List of highest-grossing Japanese live-action films § Highest-grossing Japanese live-action film franchises and film series
  158. ^ $1.74 billion in 2015. $1.83 billion in 2016.[348]
  159. ^ $500 million up until May 2017.[354] $204 million between August 2017 and May 2019.[355]
  160. ^ [357][358][359][360][361]
  161. ^ Digital Monster virtual pet sales:
    • By 2005, Bandai sold more than 24 million units, at about ¥1,260 price,[362] grossing approximately ¥30,240 million ($379 million).
    • Bandai Namco's Digimon toy sales from April 2005 to March 2007 – ¥3.6 billion ($45.12 million)[363][364]
  162. ^ Sales revenue of V Jump issues serializing Digimon manga series:
    • November 1998 to March 2012 – 22,055,333 copies, ¥550 price – ¥12,130,433,150 ($152,028,624)
      • Digimon Next (February 2006 to February 2008) – 6,133,349 sales
  163. ^ See List of highest-grossing anime films § Highest-grossing anime film franchises and film series.
  164. ^ Digimon console game retail sales in Japan – $90,467,983
      • 2000–2002 releases – 216,890 units, average ¥4,430 price – ¥960,751,800[365] ($12,040,936)
      • 2006–2012 releases – 797,387 units, average ¥5,081 price – ¥4,051,533,280[366] ($50,777,167)
      • 2013–2014 releases – 958,518 units, average ¥5,911 price – ¥952,385,880[366] ($8,989,455)
      • 2014–2016 releases – 258,702 units, average ¥6,637 price – ¥1,717,000,040[366] ($15,782,280)
      • 2017 releases – 51,456 units, average ¥6,273 price – ¥322,801,200[366] ($2,941,241)
  165. ^ Digimon home entertainment media:
    • Digimon anime DVD and Blu-ray re-release sales in Japan – ¥1,182,507,200[367] ($15 million)
    • Toei Animation's Digimon anime earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) from April 2003 to December 2017 – ¥4.324 billion ($44.1 million)
      • April 2003 to March 2012 – ¥2.659 billion ($33.32 million)<[368][369][244]
      • April 2012 to March 2013 – ¥399 million ($4.09 million)
      • April 2013 to March 2014 – ¥73 million ($689,038)[245]
      • April 2016 to March 2018 – ¥619 million ($6 million)[247][248]
  166. ^ Ice Age:
    • Up until April 2016 – $6 billion[370]
  167. ^ $1 million up until 2012.[379] $300 million in 2013.[34] $407 million in 2014.[35] $549 million in 2015.[36] $700 million in 2016. $679 million in 2017.[37] $731 million in 2018.[37]
  168. ^ Tamagotchi licensed merchandise sales:
    • Up until 1999 – $1 billion[381]
    • Japan sales between 2005 and 2012 – ¥166.109 billion ($2,082 million)
      • 2005–2007 – ¥97.13 billion[361]
      • 2008 – ¥6.779 billion[30]
      • 2010–2012 – ¥62.2 billion[361]
  169. ^ Tamagotchi digital pet sales – 82 million units up until September 2017, about ¥2,916 price[382]
    • Up until March 2012 – 78 million units[383]¥227,448 million ($2,851 million)
    • Between April 2013 and September 2017 – 4 million units – ¥11,664 million ($106 million)
  170. ^ Japan console game sales between 2005 and 2008 – 2,434,062 units, ¥5,040 price[384]¥12,267,672,480 ($153,748,621).
  171. ^ Doraemon licensed merchandise sales:
    • Japan (1999–2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010) – ¥223.75 billion ($2.549 billion)[272]
      • 1999 – ¥84.21 billion[20]
      • 2000 – ¥50 billion[386]
      • 2003 – ¥30 billion[386]
      • 2005 – ¥24.96 billion[85]
      • 2007 – ¥17.6 billion[86]
      • 2010 – ¥16.98 billion[87]
    • Worldwide (2015–2016) – $1.108 billion
      • 2015 – $557 million[387]
      • 2016 – $551 million[387]
    • Japan (2018–2019) – ¥64.01 billion[40][91][39] ($587 million)
  172. ^ First two films grossed $1.6 billion.[390] Later films grossed $322 million.[389]
  173. ^ Fate/stay night home entertainment media sales (Blu-ray, DVD, music, novels, manga)[280] in Japan:
    • Home entertainment media sales in 2015 – ¥4,018,662,349[280] ($33,200,006)
    • Home entertainment media sales during 2017–2018 – ¥6,766,475,502[14][282] ($61,653,535)
  174. ^ The Sims:
    • Up until 2019 – $5 billion[392]
  175. ^ $1.5 billion up until 2001.[393] $1 billion in 2014.[394] $1 billion in 2017.[395]
  176. ^ More than $1 billion in the 1990s.[396] $166,232,281 during 2001–2002.[105]
  177. ^ Friends streaming television revenue:
  178. ^ See List of highest-grossing musicals § Highest-grossing musical film series and film franchises.
  179. ^ Mortal Kombat franchise:
    • Up until 2000 – $5 billion[403]
  180. ^ Mortal Kombat video games:
    • Up until 1995 – $4 billion[405]
  181. ^ See Mortal Kombat (film series) § Box office performance
  182. ^ Care Bears retail sales:
    • 1980s – $2 billion[406]
    • 2000s–2010s – $3 billion[407]
  183. ^ Care Bears films at box office:
  184. ^ $260 million in 2012.[34] $650 million in 2013.[411] $1 billion in 2014.[412] $1.2 billion in 2015.[413] $456 million merchandise sales in 2016. $660 million in 2017.[37] $690 million in 2018.[94]
  185. ^ My Little Pony box office gross:
  186. ^ Donkey Kong video games:
  187. ^ $425 million Beauty and the Beast (1991) box office gross.[422] $1.264 billion Beauty and the Beast (2017) box office gross.[423]
  188. ^ Beauty and the Beast DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • VHS sales – $318 million[55]
  189. ^ Sales up until 2015
  190. ^ Beyblade: Fierce Battle grossed $3,216,050.[429] Beyblade: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader grossed $5,737,369.[430]
  191. ^ $66,493,039 in 2012.[434] $36,519,093 in 2013.[435] $40,928,716 in 2014.[436] $34,173,270 in 2015.[437] $61,666,926 in 2016.[438] $26,215,537 in 2017.[439] $6,825,025 during January–June 2018.[440]
  192. ^ Game of Thrones: Conquest$125 million[441]
  193. ^ See Aladdin (franchise) § Reception
  194. ^ Aladdin VHS sales:
  195. ^ Aladdin DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States:
    • Aladdin (1992) – $57 million[450]
  196. ^ $1.3 billion 2008-09.[153] $950 million in 2010.[77] $435 million in 2011.[33] $212 million in 2012.[34] $435 million in 2013.[455]
  197. ^ a b See Tinker Bell (film series) § Commercial performance.
  198. ^ [456][457]
  199. ^ [458][459]
  200. ^ $4 billion franchise revenue up until March 2016.[460]
  201. ^ As of November 2011
  202. ^ Yo-kai Watch merchandise sales:
    • Licensed merchandise sales in Japan during 2015–2016 – ¥158.266 billion[472][473] ($1,455 million)
    • Licensed merchandise sales in Japan during 2017 – ¥36.16 billion[474] ($322 million)
  203. ^ ¥4,342,400,408 ($40 million) home entertainment media (Blu-ray, DVD, music, manga) sales in Japan during 2015.[280]
  204. ^ $2.6 billion up until 1994.[475] $120 million during 2000–2001.[476] $300 million in 2010.[77]
  205. ^ The Lego Movie merchandise grossed up to 3.3 billion kr ($588 million) in 2014.[478] Lego Ninjago Movie merchandise grossed up to 12.6 billion kr ($1,872 million) in 2017.[479]
  206. ^ Terminator franchise:
    • Up until February 2010 – $3 billion[482]
    • Box office and video sales (2015–2020) – $734 million[483]
  207. ^ $500 million in 2013.[34] $495 million in 2014.[35] $471 million in 2015. $392 million in 2016.[36]
  208. ^ Titanic home video revenue:
    • VHS & DVD sales and rentals up until 2006 – $1.2 billion[487]
    • US DVD & Blu-ray sales during 2012–2020 – $33.3 million[488]
  209. ^ Roblox video game revenue:
    • December 2019 – $79 million[493]
    • 2020 – $2.29 billion[141]
  210. ^ Iron Man DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • MCU live-action films – $457 million[497]
  211. ^ Astro Boy manga sales – 100 million copies,[499] average ¥80 price[500]¥8 billion ($100.26 billion).
  212. ^ See List of Hamtaro episodes § Box office
  213. ^ See Godzilla (franchise) § Box office performance
  214. ^ Godzilla merchandise sales:
    • Late 1970s – $33 million (annual sales)[503]
    • Japan (1985) – $33 million[505]
    • Japan (2016) – ¥7 billion[507] ($64 million)
    • Japan (2017) – ¥15 billion[508] ($137 million)
  215. ^ MapleStory PC game revenue:
    • 2003–2011 – $1.8 billion[518]
    • 2013–2017 – $1.181 billion
      • $326 million in 2013.[519] $240 million in 2014.[237] $253 million in 2015.[238] $83 million in 2016.[322] $279 million in 2017.[135]
  216. ^ See Finding Nemo (franchise) § Box office performance
  217. ^ Finding Nemo DVD and Blu-ray sales:
    • Finding Nemo (Blu-ray) – $36 million[521]
  218. ^ $1 billion retail sales up until 2004.[524] $496 million licensed merchandise sales in 2015.[36] $501 million in 2016. $353 million in 2017.[37]
  219. ^ Demon Slayer merchandise sales as of 4 December 2020¥152.49 billion ($1.466 billion)[528]
    • Other merchandise – ¥130 billion[529]
  220. ^ See Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road § Reception
  221. ^ Dragon Quest video game revenue in Japan:
    • Mobile games (2017–2020) – $1,100.4 million
      • 2017 – ¥29.6 billion[535] ($264 million)
  222. ^ Dragon Quest merchandise sales in Japan as of 2010¥24.44 billion+ ($278 million+)[272]
    • By 1990 – ¥12 billion[539]
    • Licensed merchandise sales in 2005 and 2010 – ¥12.44 billion
      • 2005 – ¥4.35 billion[85]
      • 2010 – ¥8.09 billion[87]
  223. ^ See Resident Evil (film series) § Box office performance
  224. ^ See Resident Evil: Vendetta § Reception
  225. ^ Resident Evil films at box office:
  226. ^ Resident Evil films on home video:
    • Live-action film series – $109.4 million[545]
    • Degeneration$11.2 million (United States)[546]
    • Damnation$3.3 million (United States)[547]
    • Vendetta$1.54 million (United States)[548]
  227. ^ World of Tanks:
    • 2013 – $372 million[549]
    • 2014 – $369 million[550]
    • 2015 – $446 million[258]
    • 2016 – $400 million[252]
    • 2017 – $471 million[135]
    • 2018 – $550 million[199]
  228. ^ Retail sales up until 2014.
  229. ^ Retail sales up until 2010.
  230. ^ See Planet of the Apes § Box office performance
  231. ^ See Indiana Jones § Box office performance
  232. ^ Tomb Raider franchise:
      • Box office – $275 million[564]
      • DVD & Blu-ray sales – $14 million[565]
  233. ^ NBA 2K video games:
  234. ^ See Jumanji (franchise) § Box office performance
  235. ^ Overwatch video game revenue:
    • 2018 – $429 million[137]
  236. ^ Overwatch League sold 12 teams for $20 million each, 8 teams for $50 million each, a $90 million Twitch deal, and HP Omen and Intel deals worth $17 million and $10 million.[572]
  237. ^ Tom Clancy's video games:
    • 2002–2006 – $101 million[189]
    • 2019 – $728 million[139]
  238. ^ See The Incredibles (franchise) § Box office performance

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