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This is a '''list of the highest-grossing media franchises'''. This includes [[media franchise]]s that started as a [[book]], [[film]], [[video game]], [[comic book]], [[animation|animated]] [[film]] or [[Television show|television series]] and have expanded to other forms of [[Media (communication)|media]].
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**2004–2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:144.66+98.05+92.58+104.7 round 0}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2008 – {{¥|{{#expr:1540.6*(6.37/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2008">{{cite news |title=Japan's Character Products Market in 2008 |url=http://www.licensing.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/japan-character-product.doc |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |website=[[Licensing Industry Merchandiser's Association]]
  |publisher=Character Databank (CharaBiz)   |year=2010 |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908094344/http://www.licensing.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/japan-character-product.doc |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**2012 – {{¥|87.44 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*Overseas sales in 2002 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pellitteri |first1=Marco |last2=Bouissou |first2=Jean-Marie |last3=Fratta |first3=Gianluca Di |last4=Martorella |first4=Cristiano |last5=Suvilay |first5=Bounthavy |title=The Dragon and the Dazzle: Models, Strategies, and Identities of Japanese Imagination : a European Perspective |date=2010 |publisher=[[:it:Tunué|Tunué]] |isbn=9788889613894 |page=(contracted; show full)e Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8783?entry_id=5900|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Bandai2019">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2020|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/9684?entry_id=6622|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|date=February 6, 2020|accessdate=February 20, 2020
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*[[List of One Piece manga volumes|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|2.707 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=OnePiece|''One Piece'' manga tankōbon volume sales:
*Japan – 383,770,897 copies,{{efn|See {{Section link|List of best-selling manga|At least 100 million copies}}.}} {{¥|410}} ($5.10) price<ref name="156mil"/> – {{US$|{{#expr:383770897*5.10 round 0}}|long=no}}
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 |archive-date=October 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007004046/http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IR Library – 2018 |url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2018 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |accessdate=24 March 2019 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027203329/http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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*[[Nakayoshi|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|346 million|long=no}}{{efn|Sales of ''[[Nakayoshi]]'' issues serializing ''Sailor Moon'' manga from December 1991 to February 1997 – {{formatnum:{{#expr:1200000+94200000+(780000*2)}}|}} copies,{{efn|See {{Section link|Nakayoshi|Circulation}}.}} {{¥|400}} price<ref name="Dreamland Japan p 94">{{cite book  | last = Schodt  | first = Frederik  | authorlink = Frederik L. Schodt  | title = Dreamland Ja(contracted; show full)
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[[Category:Mass media lists|Highest-grossing media franchises]]
[[Category:Economy-related lists of superlatives|Media franchises]]
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