List of highest-grossing media franchises

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

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$50 billion+
! scope=row | Pokémon (Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak) (copyright; trademark in Japan) Nintendo (trademark globally) ! scope=row | Mickey Mouse & Friends Ub Iwerks ! colspan="7" |
 * 1996
 * $88 billion
 * Licensed merchandise – US$80.8 billion
 * Mobile games – US$6.13 billion
 * Box office – US$1.156 billion
 * Jet aircraft livery sales – US$3 million
 * Video game
 * Satoshi Tajiri
 * The Pokémon Company
 * The Pokémon Company
 * 1928
 * $52.2 billion
 * Retail sales – US$51.66 billion
 * Box office – US$226.7 million
 * VHS & DVD – US$323 million
 * Animated cartoon
 * Walt Disney
 * Walt Disney
 * The Walt Disney Company
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$20–50 billion
! scope=row | Winnie the Pooh E. H. Shepard ! scope=row | Star Wars (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Disney Princess ! scope=row | Anpanman (Toppan Printing Co.) ! scope=row | Wizarding World (Harry Potter) Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films) ! scope=row | Barbie ! scope=row | Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Stan Lee Jack Kirby Sony Pictures (Spider-Man films) ! scope=row | Call of Duty Zied Rieke (Microsoft Gaming) ! scope=row | Batman Bill Finger (Warner Bros. Discovery) ! scope=row |Hello Kitty Shintaro Tsuji ! scope=row | Spider-Man Steve Ditko Sony Pictures (films) ! scope=row |Transformers Kazutaka Miyatake Hasbro ! scope=row | Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) Tencent ! scope=row | Cars John Lasseter (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row |Candy Crush (Microsoft Gaming) ! colspan="7" |
 * 1924
 * $48.5 billion
 * Retail sales – US$48.25 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray – US$40 million
 * Box office – US$214 million
 * Book
 * A. A. Milne
 * A. A. Milne
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 1977
 * $46.7 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$29.057 billion
 * Box office – US$10.318 billion
 * Home video – US$1.274 billion
 * Video games – US$4.01 billion
 * Book sales – US$1.82 billion
 * TV revenue – US$280 million
 * Film
 * George Lucas
 * Lucasfilm
 * Lucasfilm
 * 2000
 * $45.4 billion
 * Retail sales – US$45.468 billion
 * Home entertainment – US$14.7 million
 * Animated films
 * Andy Mooney
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 1973
 * $38.4 billion
 * Retail sales – US$38.42 billion
 * Museum – US$14.5 million
 * Picture book
 * Takashi Yanase
 * Froebel-kan
 * Froebel-kan
 * 1997
 * $34.5 billion
 * Box office – US$9.584 billion
 * Book Sales – US$8.0164 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$7.11 billion
 * Home entertainment – US$4.032 billion
 * Video games – US$3.5 billion
 * TV revenue – US$1 billion
 * Studio Tour – US$975.3 million
 * Stage play – US$340 million
 * Novel
 * J. K. Rowling
 * J. K. Rowling (books)
 * J. K. Rowling (books)
 * 1987
 * $33.9 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$32.2 billion
 * Home video sales – US$328 million
 * Box office – US$1.439 billion
 * Television special
 * Ruth Handler
 * Mattel
 * Mattel
 * 2008
 * $32.4 billion
 * Box office – US$29.73 billion
 * Home entertainment – US$2.734 billion
 * Film
 * Marvel Studios
 * Marvel Studios
 * Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)
 * 2003
 * $31 billion
 * Video games – US$31 billion
 * Video game
 * Steve Fukuda
 * Steve Fukuda
 * Activision Blizzard
 * 1939
 * $29.6 billion
 * Retail sales – US$21.329 billion
 * Home video – US$1.212 billion
 * Box office – US$6.810 billion
 * TV revenue – US$340 million
 * Comic book
 * Bob Kane
 * Bob Kane
 * DC Entertainment
 * 1974
 * $28.8 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$28.8 billion
 * Box office – $61,487
 * Cartoon character
 * Yuko Shimizu
 * Yuko Shimizu
 * Sanrio
 * 1962
 * $25.5 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$14.526 billion
 * Box office – US$9.798 billion
 * Home video – US$787 million
 * Video games – US$210 million
 * Broadway musical – US$212 million
 * Comic book
 * Stan Lee
 * Stan Lee
 * Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
 * 1984
 * $25 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$3.97 billion
 * Box office – US$5.260 billion
 * Home entertainment – US$906 million
 * Animated series
 * Shōji Kawamori
 * Shōji Kawamori
 * Takara Tomy
 * 2005
 * $22 billion
 * Computer game – US$22 billion
 * Video game
 * Neople
 * Nexon
 * Nexon
 * 2006
 * $21.5 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$19.114 billion
 * Box office – US$1.799 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$634 million
 * Animated film
 * Pixar
 * Pixar
 * Pixar
 * 2012
 * $20 billion
 * Video games – US$20 billion
 * Mobile game
 * King
 * Activision Blizzard
 * Activision Blizzard
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$10–19 billion
! scope=row | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Peter Laird (Paramount Global) ! scope=row | Looney Tunes Rudolf Ising ! scope=row | Dora the Explorer Valerie Walsh Eric Weiner (Paramount Global) ! scope=row | Pac-Man Namco (Bandai Namco Holdings) ! scope=row | The Lion King Rob Minkoff ! scope=row | Toy Story John Lasseter ! scope=row | Peanuts Peanuts Worldwide LLC (WildBrain) ! scope=row | PAW Patrol ! scope=row | Avengers Jack Kirby (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Frozen Jennifer Lee Hans Christian Andersen ! scope=row | Space Invaders (Square Enix) ! scope=row | SpongeBob SquarePants (Paramount Global) ! scope=row | Warcraft (Microsoft Gaming) ! scope=row | Despicable Me (Minions) Universal Pictures (Comcast) ! scope=row | Star Trek ! scope=row |Street Fighter Hiroshi Matsumoto ! scope=row | Rilakkuma ! scope=row |Monster Strike ! colspan="7" |
 * 1984
 * $17.4 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$15.4 billion
 * Box office – US$1.311 billion
 * Video games – US$450 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$154 million
 * Video rentals – US$67.65 million
 * Comic book
 * Kevin Eastman
 * Kevin Eastman
 * Nickelodeon
 * 1930
 * $15.9 billion
 * Retail sales – US$15.277 billion
 * Box office – US$460 million
 * Home video sales – US$209 million
 * Animated cartoon
 * Hugh Harman
 * Hugh Harman
 * Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
 * 2000
 * $15.8 billion
 * Retail sales – US$15.413 billion
 * Home video sales – US$250 million
 * Box office – US$118 million
 * Animated series
 * Chris Gifford
 * Chris Gifford
 * Nickelodeon
 * 1980
 * $15.4 billion
 * Video games – US$14.407 billion
 * Merchandise & licensing – US$1 billion
 * Music sales – US$32 million
 * Video game
 * Toru Iwatani
 * Toru Iwatani
 * Bandai Namco Entertainment
 * 1994
 * $15.2 billion
 * Musical theatre – US$8.1 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$3 billion
 * Box office – US$2.633 billion
 * Home entertainment – $1.5billion
 * Animated film
 * Roger Allers
 * Roger Allers
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 1995
 * $14.8 billion
 * Retail sales – US$11 billion
 * Box office – US$3.273 billion
 * VHS sales – US$290 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$250 million
 * Animated film
 * Pixar
 * Pixar
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 1950
 * $14.4 billion
 * Retail sales – US$14.19 billion
 * Box office – US$250 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$35 million
 * Comic strip
 * Charles M. Schulz
 * Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Sony)
 * Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Sony)
 * 2013
 * $14.4 billion
 * Retail sales – US$14 billion
 * Box office – US$373.7 million
 * Home media – US$39 million
 * Animated series
 * Keith Chapman
 * Spin Master
 * Spin Master
 * 1963
 * $14.3 billion
 * Box office – US$7.765 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$6.596 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$18 million
 * Comic book
 * Stan Lee
 * Stan Lee
 * Marvel Entertainment
 * 2013
 * $13.9 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$10.588 billion
 * Box office – US$2.694 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$502 million
 * Musical theatre – US$155 million
 * Animated film
 * Chris Buck
 * Chris Buck
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 1978
 * $13.9 billion
 * Video game – $13.93 billion
 * Video game
 * Tomohiro Nishikado
 * Taito
 * Taito
 * 1999
 * $13.7 billion
 * Retail sales – US$13 billion
 * Box office – US$457 million
 * Musical Theater – US$37 million
 * Animated series
 * Stephen Hillenburg
 * Nickelodeon
 * Nickelodeon
 * 1994
 * $12.4 billion
 * Video games – US$12 billion
 * Box office – US$438 million
 * Home entertainment – US$17.4 million
 * Video game
 * Allen Adham Frank Pearce Michael Morhaime
 * Activision Blizzard
 * Activision Blizzard
 * 2010
 * $11.6 billion
 * Retail sales – US$6 billion
 * Box office – US$4.88 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$725 million
 * Animated film
 * Sergio Pablos
 * Illumination
 * Illumination
 * 1966
 * $11.2 billion
 * Retail sales – US$5.253 billion
 * TV revenue – $2.3 billion
 * Box office – $2.266billion
 * VHS sales – $1billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray – US$426 million
 * Television series
 * Gene Roddenberry
 * Paramount Global
 * Paramount Global
 * 1987
 * $10.7 billion
 * Video Game – US$10.61 billion
 * Box office & home video – US$211 million
 * Video game
 * Takashi Nishiyama
 * Takashi Nishiyama
 * Capcom
 * 2003
 * $10 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$10 billion
 * Manga
 * Aki Kondo
 * San-X
 * San-X
 * 2013
 * $10 billion
 * Mobile Game- US$10 billion
 * Mobile Game
 * Yoshiki Okamoto
 * Mixi
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$5–9 billion
! scope=row | Grand Theft Auto (GTA) David Jones Mike Dailly (Take-Two Interactive) ! scope=row | James Bond Danjaq and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (films) ! scope=row | Dragon Ball Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Toei Animation (anime) Fuji TV (anime) Bandai Namco ! scope=row |Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ufotable (anime) Aniplex (anime) ! scope=row | Angry Birds (Sega Sammy Holdings) ! scope=row | Thomas & Friends Christopher Awdry Mattel ! scope=row | Fortnite Tencent ! scope=row | Jurassic Park Universal Pictures (Comcast) Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film) ! scope=row | Super Sentai / Power Rangers 1993 (Power Rangers) Haim Saban Shuki Levy Bandai Namco Holdings (Super Sentai merchandise) Hasbro (Power Rangers co-ownership, international trademark) ! scope=row | Mario Nintendo R&D1 ! scope=row | DC Extended Universe (DCEU) (Warner Bros. Discovery) ! scope=row | Fast & Furious (Comcast) ! scope=row | Pirates of the Caribbean Walt Disney Imagineering Marc Davis Gore Verbinski Jerry Bruckheimer ! scope=row | Ben 10 ! scope=row | Sesame Street (The Muppets) Joan Ganz Cooney Lloyd Morrisett (The Walt Disney Company) Sesame Workshop ! scope=row | Ultra Series (Ultraman) (Bandai Namco Holdings) ! scope=row | X-Men Jack Kirby ! scope=row | Madden NFL National Football League (NFL) ! scope=row | Fate (Fate/stay night) Aniplex (Sony Music Japan) (anime & mobile game) ! scope=row | Superman Joe Shuster (Warner Bros. Discovery)
 * 1997
 * $9.98 billion
 * Video games – US$9.98 billion 2023
 * Video game
 * DMA Design
 * DMA Design
 * Rockstar Games
 * 1953
 * $9.75 billion
 * Box office – $7.879billion
 * Home entertainment – US$373 million
 * Merchandise sales – US$1 billion
 * Video games – US$500 million
 * Novel
 * Ian Fleming
 * Jonathan Cape (books)
 * Jonathan Cape (books)
 * 1984
 * $9.48 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$6 billion
 * Box office - US$317 million
 * Home video - US$28 million
 * Video games - US$3.14 billion
 * Manga
 * Akira Toriyama
 * Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio)
 * Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio)
 * 2016
 * $9.32 billion
 * Retail sales- US$8.74 billion
 * Box office – US$579 million
 * Home media – US$4.8 million
 * Manga
 * Koyoharu Gotōge
 * Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
 * Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)
 * 2009
 * $9.19 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$8.297 billion
 * Box office – US$503 million
 * Video games – US$362.5 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$35 million
 * Video game
 * Jaakko Iisalo
 * Rovio Entertainment
 * Rovio Entertainment
 * 1945
 * $9.12 billion
 * Retail sales – US$9.107 billion
 * Box office – US$19.7 million
 * Book
 * Wilbert Awdry
 * Wilbert Awdry
 * Egmont Group
 * 2017
 * $9 billion
 * Video games – US$9 billion
 * Video game
 * Epic Games
 * Epic Games
 * Epic Games
 * 1990
 * $8.82 billion
 * Box office – US$6.012 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$1.706 billion
 * Home video sales – US$959 million
 * TV revenue – US$150 million
 * Novel
 * Michael Crichton
 * Alfred A. Knopf (novel)
 * Alfred A. Knopf (novel)
 * 1975 (Super Sentai)
 * $8.67 billion
 * Licensed merchandise – US$8.47 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray – US$18 million
 * Box office – US$182 million
 * Television series
 * Shotaro Ishinomori
 * Shotaro Ishinomori
 * Toei Company (Super Sentai; Power Rangers co-ownership, trademark in Asia)
 * 1981
 * $8.61 billion
 * Video games – US$7.2 billion
 * Box office – US$1.4 billion
 * Home media – US$19 million
 * Video game
 * Shigeru Miyamoto
 * Shigeru Miyamoto
 * Nintendo
 * 2013
 * $7.95 billion
 * Box office – US$7.141 billion
 * Home video sales – US$709.4 million
 * Merchandise sales – US$100 million
 * Film
 * DC Entertainment
 * DC Entertainment
 * DC Entertainment
 * 2001
 * $7.91 billion
 * Box office – US$7.321 billion
 * Home entertainment – US$595 million
 * Film
 * Gary Scott Thompson
 * Universal Pictures
 * Universal Pictures
 * 2003
 * $7.9 billion
 * Box office – $4.522billion
 * Home entertainment – US$1.781 billion
 * Merchandise sales – $1.6billion
 * Film
 * Walt Disney
 * Walt Disney
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 2005
 * $7.85 billion
 * Retail sales – US$7.853 billion
 * Animated series
 * Man of Action Studios Cartoon Network Studios
 * Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery)
 * Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery)
 * 1955
 * $7.72 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$7.05 billion
 * Box office – US$481 million
 * TV licensing – US$96 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$98 million
 * Television series
 * Jim Henson
 * Jim Henson
 * The Muppets Studio
 * 1966
 * $7.4 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$7.4 billion
 * Box office – US$1.1 million
 * Home media – US$1.4 million
 * Television series
 * Eiji Tsuburaya
 * Tsuburaya Productions
 * Tsuburaya Productions
 * 1963
 * $7 billion
 * Box office – US$6.073 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$823.6 million
 * Merchandise sales - US$85 million
 * Video games – US$28 million
 * Comic book
 * Stan Lee
 * Stan Lee
 * Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
 * 1998
 * $7 billion
 * Video games – US$7 billion
 * Video game
 * Electronic Arts
 * Electronic Arts
 * Electronic Arts
 * 2004
 * $7 billion
 * Mobile game – US$7 billion
 * Video game
 * Type-Moon
 * Type-Moon (video game)
 * Type-Moon (video game)
 * 1938
 * $6.9 billion
 * Retail sales – US$4.032 billion
 * Box office – US$2.553 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray - US$356 million
 * Comic book
 * Jerry Siegel
 * Jerry Siegel
 * DC Entertainment

! scope=row | Middle-earth (The Lord of the Rings) Middle-earth Enterprises (Embracer Freemode) (ownership of IP outside of books) New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films, under sublicense of Middle-earth Enterprises) ! scope=row | Halo 343 Industries ! scope=row | Ice Age Blue Sky Studios (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Shrek DreamWorks Animation Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films) ! scope=row | The Phantom of the Opera ! scope=row | My Little Pony Bonnie Zacherle ! scope=row | Avatar (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Sonic the Hedgehog Hirokazu Yasuhara Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima (Sega Sammy Holdings) ! scope=row | Yu-Gi-Oh! Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Konami (games and cards) ! scope=row |Mamma Mia Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films) ! scope=row | Mortal Kombat Ed Boon John Tobias ! scope=row | Gundam (Bandai Namco Holdings) ! scope=row | Genshin Impact Cai Haoyu ! scope=row | The Sims ! scope=row | Bob the Builder ! colspan="7" |
 * 1937
 * $6.84 billion
 * Box office – US$5.846 billion
 * Home media – US$995 million
 * Novel
 * J. R. R. Tolkien
 * Tolkien Estate (books)
 * Tolkien Estate (books)
 * 2001
 * $6.5 billion
 * Games & consoles – US$5 billion
 * Home video & merchandise – US$1.5 billion
 * Video game
 * Bungie
 * Bungie
 * Microsoft Gaming
 * 2002
 * $6.42 billion
 * Box office – US$2.9 billion
 * Retail sales – US$1.3 billion
 * Home entertainment – US$347 million
 * Animated film
 * Michael J. Wilson
 * Michael J. Wilson
 * 20th Century Studios
 * 1990
 * $6.3 billion
 * Box office – US$4.020 billion
 * Home entertainment – US$1.922 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$275 million
 * Broadway musical – US$46.4 million
 * Video games – US$38.9 million
 * Picture book
 * William Steig
 * William Steig
 * Farrar, Straus and Giroux (book)
 * 1986
 * $6.15 billion
 * Musical theatre – US$6 billion
 * Box office – US$155 million
 * Musical theatre
 * Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * 1984
 * $5.98 billion
 * Retail sales – US$5.916 billion
 * Box office – US$67.3 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$4.3 million
 * Animated cartoon
 * Lauren Faust
 * Lauren Faust
 * Hasbro
 * 2009
 * $5.78 billion
 * Box office – US$5.2 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$429 million
 * Merchandise sales – US$153 million
 * Film
 * James Cameron
 * 20th Century Studios
 * 20th Century Studios
 * 1991
 * $5.76 billion
 * Video games – US$5 billion
 * Box office – US$707 million
 * Blu-ray & DVD sales – US$62 million
 * Video game
 * Sonic Team
 * Sonic Team
 * Sega
 * 1996
 * $5.25 billion
 * Licensed merchandise – US$5 billion
 * Video games – US$213 million
 * Anime box office – US$39.3 million
 * Manga
 * Kazuki Takahashi
 * Kazuki Takahashi
 * Kazuki Takahashi
 * 1975
 * $5.16 billion
 * Musical theatre – US$4 billion
 * Film box office – US$988 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$180 million
 * Song
 * ABBA
 * Polar / Epic (Sony) (song)
 * Polar / Epic (Sony) (song)
 * 1992
 * $5.06 billion
 * Video games – US$4.054 billion
 * Box office – US$256 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$2.9 million
 * Video game
 * Midway Games Chicago
 * Midway Games Chicago
 * Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
 * 1979
 * $5 billion
 * Retail sales – US$5 billion
 * Anime series
 * Yoshiyuki Tomino
 * Bandai Namco Filmworks, directly and through Sotsu
 * Bandai Namco Filmworks, directly and through Sotsu
 * 2020
 * $5 billion
 * Video game – US$5 billion
 * Video game
 * miHoYo
 * miHoYo
 * miHoYo
 * 2000
 * $5 billion
 * Video games – US$5 billion
 * Video game
 * Will Wright
 * Electronic Arts
 * Electronic Arts
 * 1998
 * $5 billion
 * Retail sales – US$5 billion
 * Animated series
 * Keith Chapman
 * Mattel
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$2–4 billion
! scope=row | The Simpsons (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Scooby-Doo Ken Spears (Warner Bros. Discovery) ! scope=row | Beyblade Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group) ! scope=row | The Big Bang Theory Bill Prady ! scope=row | Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld (Sony) ! scope=row | Twilight Summit Entertainment ! scope=row | Mission: Impossible (Paramount Global) ! scope=row | Gran Turismo Polyphony Digital (Sony) ! scope=row | Strawberry Shortcake ! scope=row | The Smurfs ! scope=row | Cabbage Patch Kids (Berkshire Hathaway) ! scope=row | G.I. Joe ! scope=row | Blue's Clues Todd Kessler Angela C. Santomero (Paramount Global) ! scope=row | Beauty and the Beast Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve ! scope=row | Skylanders (Microsoft Gaming) ! scope=row | The Hunger Games Lionsgate (films) ! scope=row | Titanic 20th Century Studios (international) (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row |Titanfall ! scope=row | Minecraft (Xbox Game Studios) ! scope=row | Bratz ! scope=row | Hamtaro (Hitotsubashi Group) ! scope=row | Terminator Gale Anne Hurd ! scope=row | Astro Boy ! scope=row | Thor Larry Lieber Jack Kirby (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Care Bears ! scope=row | Iron Man Jack Kirby Larry Lieber Don Heck (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Guardians of the Galaxy ! scope=row | The Elder Scrolls (Microsoft Gaming) ! scope=row | Godzilla (Gojira) ! scope=row | Indiana Jones Steven Spielberg (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Madagascar Eric Darnell (Comcast) ! scope=row | Captain America Jack Kirby (The Walt Disney Company) ! scope=row | Kung Fu Panda Cyrus Voris]] ! scope=row | Winx Club Paramount Global (copyright for seasons 5–7) ! scope=row | The Powerpuff Girls (Warner Bros. Discovery) ! scope=row | Friends Marta Kauffman Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) ! scope=row | Sailor Moon Kodansha (manga) Toei Animation (anime) ! scope=row | The Incredibles ! scope=row | Kumamon ! scope=row | Aladdin Hanna Diyab ! scope=row | Black Panther Jack Kirby ! scope=row | Planet of the Apes 20th Century Studios (Disney) (films) ! scope=row | Jumanji ! scope=row | Inside Out ! scope=row | The Little Mermaid John Musker ! scope=row | The Conjuring Universe ! scope=row | Ghostbusters Harold Ramis ! scope=row | Finding Nemo ! scope=row | Rocky ! scope=row | MonsterVerse Ishirō Honda (Godzilla) Edgar Wallace (King Kong) Merian C. Cooper (King Kong) Legendary Entertainment Toho (Godzilla) ! scope=row | Yo-kai Watch ! scope=row | The Chronicles of Narnia Andrew Adamson ! scope=row | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Comcast) ! scope=row | Bourne Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films) ! scope=row | Men in Black Sony (films) ! scope=row | Resident Evil (Biohazard) Tokuro Fujiwara ! scope=row | Guitar Hero (Microsoft Gaming) ! scope=row | Lego ! scope=row | NBA Jam National Basketball Association (NBA) ! scope=row | Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * 1987
 * $4.9 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$4.223 billion
 * Box office – US$536 million
 * Video games – US$141 million
 * Animated series
 * Matt Groening
 * 20th Century Studios
 * 20th Century Studios
 * 1969
 * $4.68 billion
 * Retail sales – US$4.15 billion
 * Box office – US$483.4 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – $54 million
 * Animated series
 * Joe Ruby
 * Joe Ruby
 * Warner Bros.
 * 1999
 * $4.6 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$4.6 billion
 * Box office – US$9.7 million
 * Manga
 * Takao Aoki
 * Takao Aoki
 * Takao Aoki
 * 2007
 * $4.57 billion
 * TV advertising – US$3.57 billion
 * TV syndication – US$1 billion
 * Television series
 * Chuck Lorre
 * Chuck Lorre
 * Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
 * 1989
 * $4.56 billion
 * TV revenue – $4.06 billion
 * TV streaming – US$500 million
 * Television series
 * Larry David
 * Larry David
 * Sony Pictures Television
 * 2005
 * $4.31 billion
 * Box office – US$3.314 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$1 billion
 * Novel
 * Stephenie Meyer
 * Little, Brown and Company
 * Little, Brown and Company
 * 1966
 * $4.1 billion
 * Box office – US$3.949 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$180 million
 * Television series
 * Bruce Geller
 * Paramount Pictures
 * Paramount Pictures
 * 1997
 * $4.1 billion
 * Video games – US$4 billion
 * Box office - US$117 million
 * Video game
 * Kazunori Yamauchi
 * Kazunori Yamauchi
 * Sony Interactive Entertainment
 * 1979
 * $4 billion
 * Retail sales – US$4 billion
 * DVD sales – US$2.6 million
 * Greeting card
 * American Greetings
 * WildBrain
 * WildBrain
 * 1958
 * $4 billion
 * Box office - US$1.109 billion
 * Home media - US$98.4 million
 * Comic
 * Peyo
 * Studio Peyo
 * Studio Peyo
 * 1982
 * $4 billion
 * Retail sales – US$4 billion
 * television special
 * Coleco
 * Wicked Cool Toys
 * Wicked Cool Toys
 * 1967
 * $3.95 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$3.105 billion
 * Box office – US$712 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray – US$134 million
 * Comic
 * Stan Weston
 * Hasbro
 * Hasbro
 * 1996
 * $3.6 billion
 * Retail sales – US$3.6 billion
 * Television series
 * Traci Paige Johnson
 * Traci Paige Johnson
 * Nickelodeon
 * 1991
 * $3.52 billion
 * Box office – US$1.689 billion
 * Musical - US$1.4 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$432.6 million
 * Animated film
 * Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise
 * Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 2011
 * $3.5 billion
 * Licensed merchandise – US$1.858 billion
 * Video game
 * Toys for Bob
 * Activision Blizzard
 * Activision Blizzard
 * 2008
 * $3.47 billion
 * Box office – US$2.956 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray – US$520 million
 * Novel
 * Suzanne Collins
 * Scholastic Corporation (books)
 * Scholastic Corporation (books)
 * 1997
 * $3.42 billion
 * Box office – $2.222 billion
 * VHS & DVD sales – US$1.2 billion
 * Film
 * James Cameron
 * Paramount Pictures (North America)
 * Paramount Pictures (North America)
 * 2014
 * $3.4 billion
 * Video games - US$3.4 billion
 * Video Game
 * Respawn Entertainment
 * Electronic Arts
 * Electronic Arts
 * 2009
 * $3.3 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$3.367 billion
 * Video game
 * Markus Persson
 * Mojang Studios
 * Mojang Studios
 * 2001
 * $3.23 billion
 * Retail sales – US$3.15 billion
 * Box office – US$26 million
 * Home entertainment – US$56.7 million
 * Doll
 * Carter Bryant
 * MGA Entertainment
 * MGA Entertainment
 * 1997
 * $3.02 billion
 * Retail sales – US$3 billion
 * Box office – US$25 million
 * Manga
 * Ritsuko Kawai
 * Shogakukan
 * Shogakukan
 * 1984
 * $3 billion
 * Box office – US$2.074 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$136 million
 * Film
 * James Cameron
 * James Cameron
 * Skydance Media
 * 1952
 * $3 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$3 billion
 * Box office – US$42 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$10.2 million
 * Manga
 * Osamu Tezuka
 * Tezuka Productions
 * Tezuka Productions
 * 1962
 * $2.98 billion
 * Box office – US$2.705 billion
 * Home entertainment – US$279 million
 * Comic book
 * Stan Lee
 * Stan Lee
 * Marvel Entertainment
 * 1981
 * $2.98 billion
 * Retail sales – US$2.95 billion
 * Box office – US$34 million
 * Greeting card
 * American Greetings
 * American Greetings
 * American Greetings
 * 1963
 * $2.89 billion
 * Box office – US$2.421 billion
 * Home entertainment – US$471 million
 * Comic book
 * Stan Lee
 * Stan Lee
 * Marvel Entertainment
 * 1969
 * $2.71 billion
 * Box office – US$2.485 billion
 * Home video – US$232 million
 * Comic book
 * Marvel Comics
 * Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
 * Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
 * 1994
 * $2.65 billion
 * Video games – US$2.65 billion
 * Video game
 * Bethesda Softworks
 * ZeniMax Media
 * ZeniMax Media
 * 1954
 * $2.63 billion
 * Box office – US$2.495 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$136.4 million
 * Film
 * Ishirō Honda
 * Toho
 * Toho
 * 1981
 * $2.6 billion
 * Box office – US$2.210 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$396 million
 * Film
 * George Lucas
 * George Lucas
 * Lucasfilm
 * 2005
 * $2.59 billion
 * Box office – US$2.270 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$329 million
 * Animated film
 * Tom McGrath
 * Tom McGrath
 * DreamWorks Animation
 * 1941
 * $2.55 billion
 * Box office – US$2.236 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$317 million
 * Comic book
 * Joe Simon
 * Joe Simon
 * Marvel Comics
 * 2008
 * $2.54 billion
 * Box office – US$2.306 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$234 million
 * Animated film
 * [[Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris|Ethan Reiff
 * [[Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris|Ethan Reiff
 * Universal Pictures (Comcast)
 * 2004
 * $2.53 billion
 * Retail sales – $2.5 billion
 * Box office – US$34 million
 * Animated series
 * Iginio Straffi
 * Rainbow S.p.A.
 * Rainbow S.p.A.
 * 1998
 * $2.52 billion
 * Retail sales – $2.5 billion
 * Box office – US$16.4 million
 * Animated series
 * Craig McCracken
 * Cartoon Network
 * Cartoon Network
 * 1994
 * $2.5 billion
 * TV syndication – US$1.5 billion
 * TV advertising – US$1 billion
 * Box office – $89,007
 * Television series
 * David Crane
 * David Crane
 * Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions
 * 1991
 * $2.5 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$2.5 billion
 * Manga
 * Naoko Takeuchi
 * Naoko Takeuchi
 * Naoko Takeuchi
 * 2004
 * $2.37 billion
 * Box office – US$1.874 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$370 million
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$127 million
 * Animated film
 * Pixar
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 2010
 * $2.36 billion
 * Retail sales – US$2.36 billion
 * Cartoon
 * Kumamoto Prefecture
 * Kumamoto Prefecture
 * Kumamoto Prefecture
 * 1992
 * $2.33 billion
 * Box office – US$1.554 billion
 * Broadway musical – US$571.8 million
 * Video games – US$200 million
 * Animated film
 * Walt Disney Animation
 * Walt Disney Animation
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 1966
 * $2.29 billion
 * Box office – US$2.190 billion
 * Home video – US$104 million
 * Comic book
 * Stan Lee
 * Stan Lee
 * Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
 * 1963
 * $2.27 billion
 * Box office – US$2.115 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$157 million
 * Novel
 * Pierre Boulle
 * Éditions Julliard (book)
 * Éditions Julliard (book)
 * 1981
 * $2.24 billion
 * Box office – US$2.089 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$155 million
 * Picture book
 * Chris Van Allsburg
 * Sony
 * Sony
 * 2015
 * $2.24 billion
 * Box office - US$2.122 billion
 * Home media - US$122.2 million
 * Film
 * Pete Docter
 * Pixar (The Walt Disney Company
 * Pixar (The Walt Disney Company
 * 1989
 * $2.21 billion
 * Box office – US$782 million
 * Merchandise sales – US$1 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$349 million
 * Musical - US$83 million
 * Animated film
 * Ron Clements
 * Ron Clements
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 2013
 * $2.18 billion
 * Box office – US$2.107 billion
 * Home media – US$79 million
 * Film
 * James Wan
 * Warner Brothers
 * Warner Brothers
 * 1984
 * $2.18 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$1 billion
 * Box office – US$1.1 billion
 * Home media – US$85 million
 * Film
 * Dan Aykroyd
 * Dan Aykroyd
 * Sony
 * 2003
 * $2.15 billion
 * Box office – US$1.961 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$196 million
 * Animated film
 * Andrew Stanton
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 1976
 * $2.11 billion
 * Box office - US$1.993 billion
 * Home media - US$119.5 million
 * Film
 * Sylvester Stallone
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon)
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon)
 * 2014
 * $2.09 billion
 * Box office – US$1.94 billion
 * Home media – US$159 million
 * Film
 * Thomas Tull
 * Thomas Tull
 * Warner Brothers
 * 2013
 * $2.09 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$2 billion
 * Box office – US$99.4 million
 * Video game
 * Level-5
 * Level-5
 * Level-5
 * 2005
 * $2.06 billion
 * Box office - US$1.556 billion
 * Home media - US$506 million
 * Film
 * C. S. Lewis
 * C. S. Lewis
 * Netflix
 * 1982
 * $2.04 billion
 * Merchandise sales – US$1 billion
 * Box office – US$797 million
 * VHS sales – US$250 million
 * Film
 * Steven Spielberg
 * Universal Pictures
 * Universal Pictures
 * 1980
 * $2.03 billion
 * Box office – US$1.665 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$374 million
 * Novel
 * Robert Ludlum
 * Eric Van Lustbader (books)
 * Eric Van Lustbader (books)
 * 1990
 * $2.02 billion
 * Box office – US$1.940 billion
 * DVD & Blu-ray sales – US$83 million
 * Comic book
 * Lowell Cunningham
 * Marvel Comics (Disney) (comics)
 * Marvel Comics (Disney) (comics)
 * 1996
 * $2 billion
 * Video games – US$600 million
 * Box office – US$1.271 billion
 * Home video – US$132 million
 * Video game
 * Shinji Mikami
 * Shinji Mikami
 * Capcom
 * 2005
 * $2 billion
 * Video games – US$2 billion
 * Video game
 * Harmonix
 * Activision Blizzard
 * Activision Blizzard
 * 1995
 * $2 billion
 * Video games – US$2 billion
 * Video game
 * Lego Interactive (The Lego Group)
 * TT Games (Warner Bros. Discovery)
 * TT Games (Warner Bros. Discovery)
 * 1993
 * $2 billion
 * Video games – US$2 billion
 * Video game
 * Midway Games
 * Electronic Arts
 * Electronic Arts
 * 1994
 * $2 billion
 * TV revenue - US$1.4 billion
 * Retail sales - US$255 million
 * Manga
 * Hideaki Anno
 * Khara
 * }
 * }