Most Profitable Film Franchises of All Time

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Most Profitable Film Franchises of All Time

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Marvel Cinematic Universe leads in Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) with 30.

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Average Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD): 10.13 · median: 7.55.

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Gap: Marvel Cinematic Universe is 6.3× larger than Transformers.

About This Dataset

Most Profitable Film Franchises of All Time

Movie franchises ranked by total worldwide box office gross across all entries in the series, measured in billions of USD. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the highest-grossing film franchise in history with over $30 billion in cumulative worldwide box office revenue — an achievement built across more than 30 interconnected films released between 2008 and 2025 and spread across a single shared narrative universe.

Analysis

The top three in Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) are Marvel Cinematic Universe (30), Star Wars (10.3) and Harry Potter / Fantastic Beasts (9.80). The 8 entries cover a range of 25.2, from 30 down to 4.80. Most of that gap is between first and second alone (19.7 of 25.2); the other 7 are separated by just 5.50. The other 6 are bunched between 4.80 and 9.80.

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Data Points

8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) · All Time

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Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)

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All Time

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 8 observations
Measure: Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Marvel Cinematic Universe	30
🥈	Star Wars	10.30
🥉	Harry Potter / Fantastic Beasts	9.80
4	James Bond	7.80
5	Fast and Furious	7.30
6	The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit	5.90
7	Jurassic Park / World	5.10
8	Transformers	4.80

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe Visit ↗

2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars Visit ↗

3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_(film_series) Visit ↗

4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond Visit ↗

5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_%26_Furious Visit ↗

6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series) Visit ↗

7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(franchise) Visit ↗

8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_(film_series) Visit ↗

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