This is a list of media franchises that have grossed more than $2 billion.
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+FranchiseYear ofinception Total revenue ( ) Revenue breakdown( )Original mediumCreator(s)Owner(s) $50 billion+ Pokémon 1996 Retail sales – Mobile games – Box office – Home video – Jet aircraft livery sales – Video game Satoshi Tajiri The Pokémon Company Nintendo Mickey Mouse & Friends 1928 Retail sales – Box office – VHS & DVD – Animated cartoon Walt Disney Ub Iwerks The Walt Disney Company Winnie-the-Pooh 1924 1966 Retail sales – DVD & Blu-ray – Box office – Book A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard Walt Disney Animation Studios The Walt Disney Company $20–49 billion Star Wars 1977 Merchandise sales – Box office – Home video – Video games – Book sales – TV revenue – Film George Lucas Lucasfilm Disney Princess 2000 Retail sales – Home entertainment – Animated films Andy Mooney The Walt Disney Company Anpanman 1973 Retail sales – Museum – Picture book Takashi Yanase Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) 2008 Box office – Home entertainment – Film Marvel StudiosStan LeeJack Kirby Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Barbie 1987 Merchandise sales – Home video sales – Box office – Television special Ruth Handler Mattel Wizarding World (Harry Potter) 1997 Box office – Book sales – Merchandise sales – Home entertainment – Video games – TV revenue – Studio tour – Stage play – Novel J. K. Rowling J. K. Rowling Warner Bros. Hello Kitty 1974 Merchandise sales – Box office – $61,487Cartoon characterYuko Shimizu Shintaro TsujiSanrio Call of Duty 2003 Video games – Video game Infinity Ward Activision Blizzard Batman 1939 Retail sales – Home video – Box office – TV revenue – Comic book Bob Kane Bill Finger DC Entertainment Spider-Man 1962 Merchandise sales – Box office – Home video – Video games – Broadway musical – Comic book Stan Lee Steve Ditko Marvel Entertainment Sony Pictures Transformers 1984 Merchandise sales – Box office – Home entertainment – Toy line Shōji Kawamori Kazutaka Miyatake Takara Tomy HasbroNaruto1999Retail sales – Video games – MangaMasashi KishimotoMasashi Kishimoto (manga) Shueisha Studio Pierrot (anime) TV Tokyo (anime) Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) 2005 Computer game – Video game Neople Nexon Tencent Cars 2006 Merchandise sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Animated film PixarJohn Lasseter PixarCandy Crush 2012 Video games – Video game King Activision Blizzard $10–19 billion Looney Tunes 1930 Retail sales – Box office – Home video sales – Animated cartoon Leon SchlesingerHugh HarmanRudolf Ising Warner Bros. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1984 Merchandise sales – Box office – Video games – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Video rentals – Comic book Kevin Eastman Peter Laird Nickelodeon SpongeBob SquarePants 1999 Retail sales – Box office – Musical Theater – Animated series Stephen Hillenburg Nickelodeon Toy Story 1995 Retail sales – Box office – VHS sales – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Animated film PixarJohn Lasseter The Walt Disney Company The Lion King 1994 Musical theatre – Merchandise sales – Box office – Home entertainment – $1.5billion Animated film Roger Allers Rob Minkoff The Walt Disney Company Dora the Explorer 2000 Retail sales – Home video sales – Box office – Animated series Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Eric Weiner Nickelodeon Pac-Man 1980 Video games – Merchandise & licensing – Music sales – Video game Toru Iwatani Namco Bandai Namco Entertainment Paw Patrol 2013 Retail sales – Box office – Home media – Animated series Keith Chapman Spin Master Peanuts 1950 Retail sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Comic strip Charles M. Schulz Peanuts Holdings Avengers 1963 Box office – Merchandise sales – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Comic book Stan Lee Jack Kirby Marvel Entertainment Frozen 2013 Merchandise sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Musical theatre – Animated film Chris Buck Jennifer Lee Hans Christian Andersen The Walt Disney Company Space Invaders 1978 Video game – $13.93 billion Video game Tomohiro Nishikado Taito Warcraft 1994 Video games – Box office – Home entertainment – Video game Blizzard Entertainment Activision Blizzard Despicable Me (Minions) 2010 Retail sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Animated film Sergio Pablos Illumination Universal Pictures Star Trek 1966 Retail sales – TV revenue – $2.3 billion Box office – $2.266billion VHS sales – $1billion DVD & Blu-ray sales – Television series Gene Roddenberry Paramount Skydance Dragon Ball 1984 Merchandise sales – Box office - Home video - Video games – Manga Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio)Shueisha Toei Animation Fuji TV (anime)Bandai NamcoStreet Fighter 1987 Video Game – Box office & home video – Video game Takashi Nishiyama Hiroshi Matsumoto Capcom Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 1997 Video games – Video game DMA Design David Jones Mike Dailly Rockstar Games Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba2016Retail sales- Box office – Home media – Manga Koyoharu Gotōge Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha ufotable (anime) Aniplex (anime) Jurassic Park 1990 Box office – Merchandise sales – Home video sales – TV revenue – Novel Michael Crichton Alfred A. Knopf Universal Pictures Amblin Rilakkuma 2003 Merchandise sales – Manga Aki Kondo San-X Monster Strike2013 Mobile Game- Video gameYoshiki Okamoto Mixi $5–9 billion James Bond 1953 Box office – $7.879billion Home entertainment – Merchandise sales – Video games – Novel Ian Fleming Danjaq Ian Fleming Publications Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mario 1981 Video games – Box office – Home media – Video game Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo Angry Birds 2009 Merchandise sales – Box office – Video games – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Video game Jaakko Iisalo Rovio Entertainment The Railway Series / Thomas & Friends 1945 1984 Retail sales – Box office – Book Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry Britt Allcroft Mattel Fortnite 2017 Video games – Video game Epic Games Epic Games Super Sentai / Power Rangers 1975 1993 Licensed merchandise – DVD & Blu-ray – Box office – Television series Shotaro Ishinomori Haim Saban Shuki Levy Toei Company Bandai Namco Holdings Hasbro Middle-earth (The Lord of the Rings) 1937 Retail sales – Box office – Home media – Novel J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien Estate Middle-earth Enterprises New Line Cinema X-Men 1963 Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Merchandise sales - Video games – Comic book Stan Lee Jack Kirby Marvel Entertainment Superman 1938 Retail sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray - Comic book Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster DC Entertainment DC Extended Universe (DCEU) 2013 Box office – Home video sales – Merchandise sales – Film DC Entertainment DC Entertainment Fast & Furious 2001 Box office – Home entertainment – Film Gary Scott Thompson Universal Pictures Lilo & Stitch(Stitch) 2002 Retail sales – Box office - Home media - Animated film Chris Sanders The Walt Disney Company Pirates of the Caribbean 2003 Box office – $4.522billion Home entertainment – Merchandise sales – $1.6billion Film Walt DisneyWalt Disney Imagineering Marc Davis Gore Verbinski Jerry Bruckheimer The Walt Disney Company Ben 10 2005 Retail sales – Animated series Man of Action Studios Cartoon Network Studios Cartoon Network Sesame Street (The Muppets) 1955 Merchandise sales – Box office – TV licensing – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Television series Jim Henson Joan Ganz Cooney Lloyd Morrisett The Muppets Studio Sesame Workshop Ultra Series (Ultraman) 1966 Merchandise sales – Box office – Home media – Television series Eiji Tsuburaya Tsuburaya Productions Sonic the Hedgehog 1991 Video games – Box office – Licensing – Home entertainment – Video game Sonic Team Hirokazu Yasuhara Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima Sega Avatar 2009 Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Merchandise sales – Film James Cameron 20th Century Studios Puzzle & Dragons2012 Video games – Video gameGungHo Online EntertainmentGungHo Online Entertainment Madden NFL 1998 Video games – Video game Electronic Arts Electronic Arts National Football League (NFL) Fate 2004 Mobile game – Video game Type-Moon Type-Moon Aniplex Halo 2001 Games & consoles – Home video & merchandise – Video game Bungie Xbox Game Studios Ice Age 2002 Box office – Retail sales – Home entertainment – Animated film Michael J. Wilson Blue Sky Studios 20th Century Studios Genshin Impact 2020 Video game – Video game miHoYoCai Haoyu miHoYo Shrek 1990 Box office – Home entertainment – Merchandise sales – Broadway musical – Video games – Picture book William Steig DreamWorks Animation Farrar, Straus and Giroux Universal Pictures The Phantom of the Opera 1986 Musical theatre – Box office – Gothic horror novel Andrew Lloyd Webber Gaston Leroux Andrew Lloyd Webber Gaston Leroux My Little Pony 1984 Retail sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Toy line Lauren Faust Bonnie Zacherle Hasbro Scooby-Doo 1969 Retail sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – $54 million Animated series Joe Ruby Ken Spears Warner Bros. Yu-Gi-Oh! 1996 Licensed merchandise – Video games – Anime box office – Manga Kazuki Takahashi Kazuki Takahashi Shueisha Konami (games and cards)Mamma Mia 1975 Musical theatre – Film box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Song ABBA Polar / Epic Universal Pictures Mortal Kombat 1992 Video games – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Video game Midway Games Chicago Ed Boon John Tobias Warner Bros. Gundam 1979 Retail sales – Anime series Yoshiyuki Tomino Bandai Namco Filmworks, directly and through Sotsu The Sims 2000 Video games – Video game Will Wright Electronic Arts Bob the Builder 1998 Retail sales – Animated series Keith Chapman Mattel MapleStory 2003 Video games – Video game Nexon Nexon $2–4 billion The Simpsons 1987 Merchandise sales – Box office – Video games – Animated series Matt Groening 20th Century Studios Assassin's Creed 2007 $4.7 Billion Video games – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Video game Patrice DésiletsJade RaymondCorey May Ubisoft Mission: Impossible 1966 Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Video games – TV revenue – Television series Bruce Geller Paramount Pictures Beyblade 1999 Merchandise sales – Box office – Manga Takao Aoki Takao Aoki Shogakukan The Big Bang Theory 2007 TV advertising – TV syndication – Television series Chuck Lorre Bill Prady Warner Bros. Seinfeld 1989 TV revenue – $4.06 billion TV streaming – Television series Larry David Jerry Seinfeld Sony Pictures Television Minecraft 2009 Merchandise sales – Box office – Video game Markus Persson Mojang Studios Twilight 2005 Box office – DVD & Blu-ray sales – Novel Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown and Company Summit Entertainment Gran Turismo 1997 Video games – Box office - Video game Kazunori Yamauchi Polyphony Digital Sony Interactive Entertainment Strawberry Shortcake 1979 Retail sales – DVD sales – Greeting card American Greetings WildBrain The Smurfs 1958 Box office - Home media - Comic Peyo Studio Peyo Cabbage Patch Kids 1982 Retail sales – television special Coleco Wicked Cool Toys G.I. Joe 1967 Merchandise sales – Box office – DVD & Blu-ray – Comic Stan Weston Hasbro The Hunger Games 2008 Box office – DVD & Blu-ray – Novel Suzanne Collins Scholastic Corporation Lionsgate Blue's Clues 1996 Retail sales – Television series Traci Paige JohnsonTodd KesslerAngela C. Santomero Nickelodeon Beauty and the Beast 1991 Box office – Musical - DVD & Blu-ray sales – Animated film Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve The Walt Disney Company Skylanders 2011 Licensed merchandise – Video game Toys for Bob Activision Blizzard Titanic 1997 Box office – $2.257 billion VHS & DVD sales – Film James Cameron Paramount Pictures 20th Century Studios Titanfall 2014 Video games - Video gameRespawn EntertainmentElectronic Arts Bratz 2001 Retail sales – Box office – Home entertainment – Doll Carter Bryant MGA Entertainment Fengshen Cinematic Universe 2019 Box office –