Highest-Grossing Video Game Franchises by Total Revenue

About This Dataset

This chart ranks video game franchises by estimated total lifetime revenue in US dollars, including game sales plus related merchandise, trading cards, mobile and other media. Figures are published estimates and differ from pure game-sales rankings.

✨ AI Insight

Pokemon towers over every other franchise with an estimated 115 billion dollars in total revenue, more than three times the second-place Call of Duty at 31 billion. Much of Pokemon's lead comes from merchandise and trading cards rather than game sales alone, which is why it ranks far higher here than in unit-sales charts. Dungeon Fighter Online and Candy Crush, both driven by microtransactions, reach 22 and 20 billion despite lower cultural profiles in the West. Notably Mario appears at just 9.74 billion here despite leading all franchises in units sold, underscoring how revenue measured across merchandise and media tells a very different story from copies sold.

Source: Wikipedia (List of highest-grossing media franchises)

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Pokemon leads with 115 in All Time.

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Average value in All Time: 26 · median: 15.

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Gap in All Time: Pokemon is 15.6× larger than Sonic the Hedgehog.