Top Grossing Movie Franchises

These are the domestic box office returns for franchises as defined by the-numbers.com, which counts smaller sub-franchises within connected universes (take note, superhero fans) for BOTH the sub-franchise and the connected universe. Predominant (current) movie studios provided as a hint.
Franchises include both canonical and non-canon entries. Updated through 9/11/2025.
Number of movies has been adjusted from the source to include only theatrically released films.
Grosses are not inflation-adjusted and may include re-releases, special editions, etc.
Franchises that are all animation are marked with (a), and franchises that include a mix of animated and live action features are marked with (m).
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# Movies
Latest Release
Domestic Box Office
Studio
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38
2025
$13.099 B
Disney
Marvel Cinematic Universe
12 (m)
2019
$5.136 B
Disney
Star Wars
10 (m)
2023
$3.700 B
Sony
Spider-Man
17 (m)
2024
$3.553 B
WB
Batman
14
2024
$3.095 B
Fox/Disney
X-Men
11
2022
$2.890 B
WB
Harry Potter
15
2023
$2.781 B
WB
DCEU (Snyderverse)
4
2019
$2.620 B
Disney
Avengers
7
2025
$2.612 B
Universal
Jurassic Park
27
2021
$2.298 B
MGM
James Bond
11
2023
$2.010 B
Universal
Fast and the Furious
6 (a)
2024
$1.953 B
Universal
Despicable Me
7 (m)
2024
$1.871 B
New Line
Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson)
9 (m)
2024
$1.799 B
Paramount
Transformers
10
2025
$1.735 B
WB
Superman
5
2023
$1.618 B
Lionsgate
Hunger Games
5
2017
$1.452 B
Disney
Pirates of the Caribbean
6 (a)
2022
$1.605 B
Dreamworks
Shrek
8
2025
$1.524 B
Paramount
Mission: Impossible
2
2022
$1.469 B
Fox/Disney
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3 Comments
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Level 75
Sep 20, 2022
How are MCU and Avengers separate franchises?
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Level 93
Sep 20, 2022
Tried to clarify this in the comments - the source double-counts entries that span multiple franchises. The four Avengers movies are a sub-component of the MCU, just as the three Iron Man movies are. Unfortunately, the source also counts a ton of not-yet-released movies, special format re-releases, direct-to-video movies, etc. toward the total number of movies. And I just realized that I forgot to change the # of movies for Avengers - it should be 4, not 6.
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Level 89
Dec 30, 2022
I would add that you accept just the word Marvel for the MCU but you don't accept just DC for the DC extended universe. please be consistent. I would also agree with the first comment that Avengers is just as much a part of the MCU as iron man, or Thor or guardians of the galaxy, etc. etc. should be 33 movies. good quiz otherwise. even if I take those two my score still was only 16/20 so good challenge.