List of highest-grossing media franchises

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

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List of highest-grossing media franchises

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

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List of highest-grossing media franchises

<table><thead><tr><th>Franchise</th><th>Year of inception</th><th>Total revenue (est. US$)</th><th>Revenue breakdown (est. US$)</th><th>Original medium</th><th>Creator(s)</th><th>Owner(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>$50 billion+</td></tr><tr><td>Pokémon</td><td>1996</td><td>$115 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Satoshi Tajiri</td><td>The Pokémon Company (Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak) (copyright; trademark in Japan) Nintendo (trademark globally)</td></tr><tr><td>Mickey Mouse & Friends</td><td>1928</td><td>$61.2 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated cartoon</td><td>Walt Disney Ub Iwerks</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Winnie-the-Pooh (original books and Disney franchise)</td><td>1924 (original books) 1966 (Disney franchise)</td><td>$50.2 billion</td><td></td><td>Book</td><td>A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard (original books) Walt Disney Animation Studios (Disney franchise)</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>$20–49 billion</td></tr><tr><td>Star Wars</td><td>1977</td><td>$46.7 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>George Lucas</td><td>Lucasfilm (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Disney Princess</td><td>2000</td><td>$45.4 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated films</td><td>Andy Mooney</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Anpanman</td><td>1973</td><td>$38.4 billion</td><td></td><td>Picture book</td><td>Takashi Yanase</td><td>Froebel-kan (Toppan Printing Co.)</td></tr><tr><td>Barbie</td><td>1987</td><td>$36.3 billion</td><td></td><td>Television special</td><td>Ruth Handler</td><td>Mattel</td></tr><tr><td>Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)</td><td>2008</td><td>$35.2 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>Marvel Studios Stan Lee Jack Kirby</td><td>Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company) Sony Pictures (Spider-Man films)</td></tr><tr><td>Wizarding World (Harry Potter)</td><td>1997</td><td>$34.7 billion</td><td></td><td>Novel</td><td>J. K. Rowling</td><td>J. K. Rowling (books) Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films)</td></tr><tr><td>Hello Kitty</td><td>1974</td><td>$33.5 billion</td><td></td><td>Cartoon character</td><td>Yuko Shimizu Shintaro Tsuji</td><td>Sanrio</td></tr><tr><td>Call of Duty</td><td>2003</td><td>$31 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Infinity Ward</td><td>Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming)</td></tr><tr><td>Batman</td><td>1939</td><td>$29.9 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Bob Kane Bill Finger</td><td>DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery)</td></tr><tr><td>Spider-Man</td><td>1962</td><td>$26.8 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Stan Lee Steve Ditko</td><td>Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) Sony Pictures (films)</td></tr><tr><td>Transformers</td><td>1984</td><td>$25 billion</td><td></td><td>Toy line</td><td>Shōji Kawamori Kazutaka Miyatake</td><td>Takara Tomy Hasbro</td></tr><tr><td>Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO)</td><td>2005</td><td>$22 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Neople</td><td>Nexon Tencent</td></tr><tr><td>Cars</td><td>2006</td><td>$21.5 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Pixar John Lasseter</td><td>Pixar (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Candy Crush</td><td>2012</td><td>$20 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>King</td><td>Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming)</td></tr><tr><td>$10–19 billion</td></tr><tr><td>Looney Tunes</td><td>1930</td><td>$17.46 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated cartoon</td><td>Leon Schlesinger Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising</td><td>Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)</td></tr><tr><td>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</td><td>1984</td><td>$17.4 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Kevin Eastman Peter Laird</td><td>Nickelodeon (Paramount Skydance)</td></tr><tr><td>SpongeBob SquarePants</td><td>1999</td><td>$16.6 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated series</td><td>Stephen Hillenburg</td><td>Nickelodeon (Paramount Skydance)</td></tr><tr><td>The Lion King</td><td>1994</td><td>$15.9 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Roger Allers Rob Minkoff</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Dora the Explorer</td><td>2000</td><td>$15.8 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated series</td><td>Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Eric Weiner</td><td>Nickelodeon (Paramount Skydance)</td></tr><tr><td>Pac-Man</td><td>1980</td><td>$15.43 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Toru Iwatani Namco</td><td>Bandai Namco Entertainment (Bandai Namco Holdings)</td></tr><tr><td>Paw Patrol</td><td>2013</td><td>$15.4 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated series</td><td>Keith Chapman</td><td>Spin Master</td></tr><tr><td>Toy Story</td><td>1995</td><td>$14.8 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Pixar John Lasseter</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Peanuts</td><td>1950</td><td>$14.4 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic strip</td><td>Charles M. Schulz</td><td>Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Sony) Peanuts Worldwide LLC (WildBrain)</td></tr><tr><td>Avengers</td><td>1963</td><td>$14.3 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Stan Lee Jack Kirby</td><td>Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Frozen</td><td>2013</td><td>$13.9 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Chris Buck Jennifer Lee Hans Christian Andersen</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Space Invaders</td><td>1978</td><td>$13.9 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Tomohiro Nishikado</td><td>Taito (Square Enix)</td></tr><tr><td>Warcraft</td><td>1994</td><td>$12.4 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Blizzard Entertainment</td><td>Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming)</td></tr><tr><td>Despicable Me (Minions)</td><td>2010</td><td>$12.3 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Sergio Pablos</td><td>Illumination Universal Pictures (Comcast)</td></tr><tr><td>Star Trek</td><td>1966</td><td>$11.2 billion</td><td></td><td>Television series</td><td>Gene Roddenberry</td><td>Paramount Skydance</td></tr><tr><td>Dragon Ball</td><td>1984</td><td>$10.7 billion</td><td></td><td>Manga</td><td>Akira Toriyama</td><td>Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio) Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Toei Animation (anime) Fuji TV (anime) Bandai Namco</td></tr><tr><td>Street Fighter</td><td>1987</td><td>$10.7 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Takashi Nishiyama Hiroshi Matsumoto</td><td>Capcom</td></tr><tr><td>Jurassic Park</td><td>1990</td><td>$10.1 billion</td><td></td><td>Novel</td><td>Michael Crichton</td><td>Alfred A. Knopf (novel) Universal Pictures (Comcast) Amblin (Reliance / Hasbro / Alibaba) (film)</td></tr><tr><td>Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba</td><td>2016</td><td>$10 billion</td><td></td><td>Manga</td><td>Koyoharu Gotōge</td><td>Koyoharu Gotōge and Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) ufotable (anime) Aniplex (anime)</td></tr><tr><td>Grand Theft Auto (GTA)</td><td>1997</td><td>$10 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>DMA Design David Jones Mike Dailly</td><td>Rockstar Games (Take-Two Interactive)</td></tr><tr><td>Rilakkuma</td><td>2003</td><td>$10 billion</td><td></td><td>Manga</td><td>Aki Kondo</td><td>San-X</td></tr><tr><td>Monster Strike</td><td>2013</td><td>$10 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Yoshiki Okamoto</td><td>Mixi</td></tr><tr><td>$5–9 billion</td></tr><tr><td>James Bond</td><td>1953</td><td>$9.75 billion</td><td></td><td>Novel</td><td>Ian Fleming</td><td>Danjaq Ian Fleming Publications (books) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon MGM Studios) (films)</td></tr><tr><td>Angry Birds</td><td>2009</td><td>$9.54 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Jaakko Iisalo</td><td>Rovio Entertainment (Sega Sammy Holdings)</td></tr><tr><td>The Railway Series / Thomas & Friends</td><td>1945 (The Railway Series) 1984 (Thomas & Friends)</td><td>$9.12 billion</td><td></td><td>Book</td><td>Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry (The Railway Series) Britt Allcroft (Thomas & Friends)</td><td>Mattel</td></tr><tr><td>Fortnite</td><td>2017</td><td>$9 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Epic Games</td><td>Epic Games Tencent</td></tr><tr><td>Mario</td><td>1981</td><td>$8.75 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo R&D1</td><td>Nintendo</td></tr><tr><td>Super Sentai / Power Rangers</td><td>1975 (Super Sentai) 1993 (Power Rangers)</td><td>$8.67 billion</td><td></td><td>Television series</td><td>Shotaro Ishinomori Haim Saban Shuki Levy</td><td>Toei Company (Super Sentai; Power Rangers co-ownership, trademark in Asia) Bandai Namco Holdings (Super Sentai merchandise) Hasbro (Power Rangers co-ownership, international trademark)</td></tr><tr><td>Middle-earth (The Lord of the Rings)</td><td>1937</td><td>$8.46 billion</td><td></td><td>Novel</td><td>J. R. R. Tolkien</td><td>Tolkien Estate (books) Middle-earth Enterprises (Embracer Freemode) (ownership of IP outside of books) New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Discovery) (films, under sublicense of Middle-earth Enterprises)</td></tr><tr><td>X-Men</td><td>1963</td><td>$8.35 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Stan Lee Jack Kirby</td><td>Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Superman</td><td>1938</td><td>$8.2 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster</td><td>DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery)</td></tr><tr><td>DC Extended Universe (DCEU)</td><td>2013</td><td>$8 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>DC Entertainment</td><td>DC Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery)</td></tr><tr><td>Fast & Furious</td><td>2001</td><td>$7.98 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>Gary Scott Thompson</td><td>Universal Pictures (Comcast)</td></tr><tr><td>Lilo & Stitch (Stitch)</td><td>2002</td><td>$7.92 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Chris Sanders</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Pirates of the Caribbean</td><td>2003</td><td>$7.9 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>Walt Disney Walt Disney Imagineering Marc Davis Gore Verbinski Jerry Bruckheimer</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Ben 10</td><td>2005</td><td>$7.85 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated series</td><td>Man of Action Studios Cartoon Network Studios</td><td>Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery)</td></tr><tr><td>Sesame Street (The Muppets)</td><td>1955</td><td>$7.72 billion</td><td></td><td>Television series</td><td>Jim Henson Joan Ganz Cooney Lloyd Morrisett</td><td>The Muppets Studio (The Walt Disney Company) Sesame Workshop</td></tr><tr><td>Ultra Series (Ultraman)</td><td>1966</td><td>$7.4 billion</td><td></td><td>Television series</td><td>Eiji Tsuburaya</td><td>Tsuburaya Productions (Bandai Namco Holdings)</td></tr><tr><td>Sonic the Hedgehog</td><td>1991</td><td>$7.37 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Sonic Team Hirokazu Yasuhara Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima</td><td>Sega (Sega Sammy Holdings)</td></tr><tr><td>Avatar</td><td>2009</td><td>$7.32 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>James Cameron</td><td>20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Madden NFL</td><td>1998</td><td>$7 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Electronic Arts</td><td>Electronic Arts National Football League (NFL)</td></tr><tr><td>Fate</td><td>2004</td><td>$7 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Type-Moon</td><td>Type-Moon (video game) Aniplex (Sony Music Japan) (anime & mobile game)</td></tr><tr><td>Halo</td><td>2001</td><td>$6.8 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Bungie</td><td>Xbox Game Studios (Microsoft Gaming)</td></tr><tr><td>Ice Age</td><td>2002</td><td>$6.42 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Michael J. Wilson Blue Sky Studios</td><td>20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Genshin Impact</td><td>2020</td><td>$6.3 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>miHoYo Cai Haoyu</td><td>miHoYo</td></tr><tr><td>Shrek</td><td>1990</td><td>$6.3 billion</td><td></td><td>Picture book</td><td>William Steig DreamWorks Animation</td><td>Farrar, Straus and Giroux (book) Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)</td></tr><tr><td>The Phantom of the Opera</td><td>1986</td><td>$6.15 billion</td><td></td><td>Musical theatre</td><td>Andrew Lloyd Webber</td><td>Andrew Lloyd Webber</td></tr><tr><td>My Little Pony</td><td>1984</td><td>$5.98 billion</td><td></td><td>Toy line</td><td>Lauren Faust Bonnie Zacherle</td><td>Hasbro</td></tr><tr><td>Scooby-Doo</td><td>1969</td><td>$5.43 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated series</td><td>Joe Ruby Ken Spears</td><td>Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)</td></tr><tr><td>Yu-Gi-Oh!</td><td>1996</td><td>$5.42 billion</td><td></td><td>Manga</td><td>Kazuki Takahashi</td><td>Kazuki Takahashi Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Konami (games and cards)</td></tr><tr><td>Mamma Mia</td><td>1975</td><td>$5.16 billion</td><td></td><td>Song</td><td>ABBA</td><td>Polar / Epic (Sony) (song) Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)</td></tr><tr><td>Mortal Kombat</td><td>1992</td><td>$5.06 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Midway Games Chicago Ed Boon John Tobias</td><td>Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)</td></tr><tr><td>Gundam</td><td>1979</td><td>$5 billion</td><td></td><td>Anime series</td><td>Yoshiyuki Tomino</td><td>Bandai Namco Filmworks, directly and through Sotsu (Bandai Namco Holdings)</td></tr><tr><td>The Sims</td><td>2000</td><td>$5 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Will Wright</td><td>Electronic Arts</td></tr><tr><td>Bob the Builder</td><td>1998</td><td>$5 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated series</td><td>Keith Chapman</td><td>Mattel</td></tr><tr><td>MapleStory</td><td>2003</td><td>$5 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Nexon</td><td>Nexon</td></tr><tr><td>$2–4 billion</td></tr><tr><td>The Simpsons</td><td>1987</td><td>$4.9 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated series</td><td>Matt Groening</td><td>20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Assassin's Creed</td><td>2007</td><td>$4.7 Billion ≠</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Patrice Désilets Jade Raymond Corey May</td><td>Ubisoft</td></tr><tr><td>Mission: Impossible</td><td>1966</td><td>$4.7 billion</td><td></td><td>Television series</td><td>Bruce Geller</td><td>Paramount Pictures (Paramount Skydance)</td></tr><tr><td>Beyblade</td><td>1999</td><td>$4.6 billion</td><td></td><td>Manga</td><td>Takao Aoki</td><td>Takao Aoki Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group)</td></tr><tr><td>The Big Bang Theory</td><td>2007</td><td>$4.57 billion</td><td></td><td>Television series</td><td>Chuck Lorre Bill Prady</td><td>Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)</td></tr><tr><td>Seinfeld</td><td>1989</td><td>$4.56 billion</td><td></td><td>Television series</td><td>Larry David Jerry Seinfeld</td><td>Sony Pictures Television (Sony)</td></tr><tr><td>Minecraft</td><td>2009</td><td>$4.32 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Markus Persson</td><td>Mojang Studios Xbox Game Studios (Microsoft Gaming)</td></tr><tr><td>Twilight</td><td>2005</td><td>$4.31 billion</td><td></td><td>Novel</td><td>Stephenie Meyer</td><td>Little, Brown and Company Summit Entertainment</td></tr><tr><td>Gran Turismo</td><td>1997</td><td>$4.1 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Kazunori Yamauchi Polyphony Digital</td><td>Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sony)</td></tr><tr><td>Strawberry Shortcake</td><td>1979</td><td>$4 billion</td><td></td><td>Greeting card</td><td>American Greetings</td><td>WildBrain</td></tr><tr><td>The Smurfs</td><td>1958</td><td>$4 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic</td><td>Peyo</td><td>Studio Peyo</td></tr><tr><td>Cabbage Patch Kids</td><td>1982</td><td>$4 billion</td><td></td><td>television special</td><td>Coleco</td><td>Wicked Cool Toys (Berkshire Hathaway)</td></tr><tr><td>G.I. Joe</td><td>1967</td><td>$3.95 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic</td><td>Stan Weston</td><td>Hasbro</td></tr><tr><td>The Hunger Games</td><td>2008</td><td>$3.83 billion</td><td></td><td>Novel</td><td>Suzanne Collins</td><td>Scholastic Corporation (books) Lionsgate (films)</td></tr><tr><td>Blue's Clues</td><td>1996</td><td>$3.6 billion</td><td></td><td>Television series</td><td>Traci Paige Johnson Todd Kessler Angela C. Santomero</td><td>Nickelodeon (Paramount Skydance)</td></tr><tr><td>Beauty and the Beast</td><td>1991</td><td>$3.52 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Skylanders</td><td>2011</td><td>$3.5 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Toys for Bob</td><td>Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming)</td></tr><tr><td>Titanic</td><td>1997</td><td>$3.45 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>James Cameron</td><td>Paramount Pictures (North America) (Paramount Skydance) 20th Century Studios (international) (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Titanfall</td><td>2014</td><td>$3.4 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Respawn Entertainment</td><td>Electronic Arts</td></tr><tr><td>Bratz</td><td>2001</td><td>$3.23 billion</td><td></td><td>Doll</td><td>Carter Bryant</td><td>MGA Entertainment</td></tr><tr><td>Fengshen Cinematic Universe</td><td>2019</td><td>$3.2 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>Jiaozi</td><td>Beijing Enlight Pictures</td></tr><tr><td>Care Bears</td><td>1981</td><td>$3.05 billion</td><td></td><td>Greeting card</td><td>American Greetings</td><td>Cloudco Entertainment</td></tr><tr><td>Hamtaro</td><td>1997</td><td>$3.02 billion</td><td></td><td>Manga</td><td>Ritsuko Kawai</td><td>Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group)</td></tr><tr><td>Terminator</td><td>1984</td><td>$3 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd</td><td>Skydance Media</td></tr><tr><td>Astro Boy</td><td>1952</td><td>$3 billion</td><td></td><td>Manga</td><td>Osamu Tezuka</td><td>Tezuka Productions</td></tr><tr><td>Thor</td><td>1962</td><td>$2.98 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Stan Lee Larry Lieber Jack Kirby</td><td>Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Zootopia (Zootropolis)</td><td>2016</td><td>$2.9 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>Byron Howard</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Iron Man</td><td>1963</td><td>$2.89 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Stan Lee Jack Kirby Larry Lieber Don Heck</td><td>Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Guardians of the Galaxy</td><td>1969</td><td>$2.71 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Roy Thomas Arnold Drake Gene Colan</td><td>Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Out</td><td>2015</td><td>$2.67 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>Pete Docter</td><td>Pixar (The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>The Elder Scrolls</td><td>1994</td><td>$2.65 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Bethesda Softworks</td><td>ZeniMax Media (Microsoft Gaming)</td></tr><tr><td>Godzilla (Gojira)</td><td>1954</td><td>$2.63 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>Ishirō Honda</td><td>Toho</td></tr><tr><td>Indiana Jones</td><td>1981</td><td>$2.6 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>George Lucas Steven Spielberg</td><td>Lucasfilm (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Madagascar</td><td>2005</td><td>$2.59 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Tom McGrath Eric Darnell</td><td>DreamWorks Animation (Comcast)</td></tr><tr><td>Captain America</td><td>1941</td><td>$2.55 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Joe Simon Jack Kirby</td><td>Marvel Comics (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Kung Fu Panda</td><td>2008</td><td>$2.54 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Ethan Reiff Cyrus Voris</td><td>Universal Pictures (Comcast)</td></tr><tr><td>Winx Club</td><td>2004</td><td>$2.53 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated series</td><td>Iginio Straffi</td><td>Rainbow S.p.A. Paramount Global (copyright for seasons 5–7)</td></tr><tr><td>The Powerpuff Girls</td><td>1998</td><td>$2.52 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated series</td><td>Craig McCracken</td><td>Cartoon Network (Warner Bros. Discovery)</td></tr><tr><td>Friends</td><td>1994</td><td>$2.5 billion</td><td></td><td>Television series</td><td>David Crane Marta Kauffman</td><td>Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)</td></tr><tr><td>Sailor Moon</td><td>1991</td><td>$2.5 billion</td><td></td><td>Manga</td><td>Naoko Takeuchi</td><td>Naoko Takeuchi Kodansha (manga) Toei Animation (anime)</td></tr><tr><td>The Incredibles</td><td>2004</td><td>$2.37 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Brad Bird</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Kumamon</td><td>2010</td><td>$2.36 billion</td><td></td><td>Cartoon</td><td>Kumamoto Prefecture</td><td>Kumamoto Prefecture</td></tr><tr><td>Aladdin</td><td>1992</td><td>$2.33 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Hanna Diyab Walt Disney Animation</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Black Panther</td><td>1966</td><td>$2.31 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Stan Lee Jack Kirby</td><td>Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)</td></tr><tr><td>Planet of the Apes</td><td>1963</td><td>$2.27 billion</td><td></td><td>Novel</td><td>Pierre Boulle</td><td>Éditions Julliard (book) 20th Century Studios (Disney) (films)</td></tr><tr><td>Jumanji</td><td>1981</td><td>$2.24 billion</td><td></td><td>Picture book</td><td>Chris Van Allsburg</td><td>Sony</td></tr><tr><td>The Little Mermaid</td><td>1989</td><td>$2.21 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Hans Christian Andersen Ron Clements John Musker</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>The Conjuring Universe</td><td>2013</td><td>$2.18 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>James Wan</td><td>Warner Bros.</td></tr><tr><td>Ghostbusters</td><td>1984</td><td>$2.18 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis</td><td>Sony</td></tr><tr><td>Finding Nemo</td><td>2003</td><td>$2.15 billion</td><td></td><td>Animated film</td><td>Andrew Stanton</td><td>The Walt Disney Company</td></tr><tr><td>Rocky</td><td>1976</td><td>$2.11 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>Sylvester Stallone</td><td>Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon)</td></tr><tr><td>MonsterVerse</td><td>2014</td><td>$2.09 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>Thomas Tull Ishirō Honda (Godzilla) Edgar Wallace (King Kong) Merian C. Cooper (King Kong)</td><td>Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery) Legendary Entertainment Toho (Godzilla)</td></tr><tr><td>Yo-kai Watch</td><td>2013</td><td>$2.09 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Level-5</td><td>Level-5</td></tr><tr><td>The Matrix</td><td>1999</td><td>$2.06 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>The Wachowskis</td><td>Warner Bros.</td></tr><tr><td>The Chronicles of Narnia</td><td>2005</td><td>$2.06 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>C. S. Lewis Andrew Adamson</td><td>Netflix</td></tr><tr><td>E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial</td><td>1982</td><td>$2.04 billion</td><td></td><td>Film</td><td>Steven Spielberg</td><td>Universal Pictures (Comcast)</td></tr><tr><td>Robert Langdon The Da Vinci Code</td><td>2000</td><td>$2.04 billion</td><td></td><td>Book</td><td>Dan Brown</td><td>Doubleday Sony (film series)</td></tr><tr><td>Bourne</td><td>1980</td><td>$2.03 billion</td><td></td><td>Novel</td><td>Robert Ludlum</td><td>Eric Van Lustbader (books) Universal Pictures (Comcast) (films)</td></tr><tr><td>Men in Black</td><td>1990</td><td>$2.02 billion</td><td></td><td>Comic book</td><td>Lowell Cunningham</td><td>Marvel Comics (Disney) (comics) Sony (films)</td></tr><tr><td>Resident Evil (Biohazard)</td><td>1996</td><td>$2 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Shinji Mikami Tokuro Fujiwara</td><td>Capcom</td></tr><tr><td>Guitar Hero</td><td>2005</td><td>$2 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Harmonix</td><td>Activision Blizzard (Microsoft Gaming)</td></tr><tr><td>Lego</td><td>1995</td><td>$2 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Lego Interactive (The Lego Group)</td><td>TT Games (Warner Bros. Discovery)</td></tr><tr><td>NBA Jam</td><td>1993</td><td>$2 billion</td><td></td><td>Video game</td><td>Midway Games</td><td>Electronic Arts National Basketball Association (NBA)</td></tr><tr><td>Neon Genesis Evangelion</td><td>1994</td><td>$2 billion</td><td></td><td>Anime</td><td>Hideaki Anno</td><td>Khara</td></tr></tbody></table>