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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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*[[Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum & Mall|Museum]] – {{US$|25 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{¥|2 billion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=IR Information |url=http://www.ntvhd.co.jp/english/ir/info/pdf/irinformation018.pdf |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |work=Investor Relations |agency=[[Nippon Television Network Corporation]] |year=2007
 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420104628/https://www.ntvhd.co.jp/english/ir/info/pdf/irinformation018.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|2000|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}}).}}
| [[Manga]]
| [[Takashi Yanase]]
| Froebel-kan
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| ''[[Disney Princess]]''
| 2000
| {{sort | 46374 | {{estimation}} $46 billion}}
|
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*TV revenue – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Vogel"/>
*[[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child|Stage play]] – {{US$|108 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Broadway Grosses - HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grossesshow.cfm?show=HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-CURSED-CHILDPARTS-ONE-AND-TWO&year=2019&allall=on|website=[[Broadway World]]|accessdate=25 March 2019
|archive-date=May 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520141241/https://www.broadwayworld.com/grossesshow.cfm?show=HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-CURSED-CHILDPARTS-ONE-AND-TWO&year=2019&allall=on|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Novel]]
| [[J. K. Rowling]]
| [[J. K. Rowling]] {{small|(books)}} <br> [[Warner Bros.]] {{small|([[AT&T]])}} {{small|(films)}}
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|''[[Transformers]]'' <br> (''[[Diaclone]] / [[Microman]]'')
| 1984
| {{sort | 29611 | {{estimation}} $30 billion}}{{efn|''Transformers'' franchise (including Japanese ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Microman]]'' by [[Takara Tomy]])
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*[[Pachinko]] sales – {{US$|308 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Pachinko|See {{Section link|Pachinko|Franchises}}.}}
*[[Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark|Broadway musical]] – {{US$|212 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK Broadway Grosses |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grossesshow.cfm?show=SPIDER-MAN-TURN-OFF-THE-DARK&allall=on |website=Broadway World |date=January 5, 2014 |accessdate=September 19, 2018
 |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521081527/https://www.broadwayworld.com/grossesshow.cfm?show=SPIDER-MAN-TURN-OFF-THE-DARK&allall=on |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[Comic book]]
| [[Stan Lee]] <br>[[Steve Ditko]]
| [[Marvel Entertainment]] {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}} <br> [[Sony]] {{small|(films)}}
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| ''[[Batman franchise media|Batman]]''
| 1939
| {{sort | 27728 | {{estimation}} $28 billion}}
(contracted; show full)-games-with-toy-story-4-in-2017|title=More Disney Fun and Games With 'Toy Story 4' in 2017|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|date=November 6, 2014|accessdate=January 1, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="euromonitor">{{cite book |title=Licensing: Billion Dollar Character Franchises |date=September 2016 |publisher=Euromonitor International |url=https://www.euromonitor.com/licensing-billion-dollar-character-franchises/report
 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420105702/https://www.euromonitor.com/licensing-billion-dollar-character-franchises/report |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
*Box office – {{US$|3.044 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film}}
*TV revenue – {{US$|{{#expr:1700-1067}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Yamazaki|first=Makiko|title=Nintendo's Mario eyes a Mickey Mouse merchandising makeover|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nintendo-pokemon-ip-idUSKCN1072T1|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=July 28, 2016}}</ref>{{efn|name=Film}}
(contracted; show full)lling trading card game company - cumulative|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]]|date=March 31, 2011|accessdate=March 5, 2014}}</ref> $3.99 per 9-card pack)<ref>{{cite news |title=Card game from Japan fuels new obsession |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/136758434/ |work=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |date=July 29, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME |url=http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/products/bp-crms.html |website=[[Konami]] |accessdate=June 21, 2018
 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420105932/https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/products/bp-crms.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|4.777 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Yu-Gi-Oh'' merchandise sales:
*Japan sales up until 2002 – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Yu-Gi-Oh! still on the go |url=http://www.giftsanddec.com/article/418626-yu-gi-oh-still-on-the-go/ |work=[[Playthings (magazine)|Gifts & Dec]] |date=August 1, 2003}}</ref>
*Worldwide sales in 2003 – {{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}}<ref name="infoplease"/>
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*[[A Cruel Angel's Thesis|Karaoke music]] – {{US$|750 million|long=no}}{{efn|"[[A Cruel Angel's Thesis]]" song played an estimated 300{{nbsp}}million times at Japanese [[karaoke]] venues up until 2016,<ref>{{cite news |title=及川眠子の印税がエヴァ作詞でヤバイ！年収3千万以上を25年間保つ！ |url=https://entert.jyuusya-yoshiko.com/oikawa-inzei/ |work=従者ヨシコの芸能ブログ |date=December 20, 2016 |language=ja-JP
 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925141942/https://entert.jyuusya-yoshiko.com/oikawa-inzei/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> at an average price of {{¥|250}} ($2.50) per playback,<ref>{{cite news |title=Kings of KARAOKE |url=https://japan.stripes.com/news/kings-karaoke |work=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |date=July 17, 2017 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=October 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013081927/http://japan.stripes.com/news/kings-karaoke |url-status=dead }}</ref> generating an estimated revenue of {{US$|{{#expr:300*2.5}} million|long=no}}.}}
*[[Music of Neon Genesis Evangelion|Music CD sales]] – {{US$|226.2 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Music of Neon Genesis Evangelion|Release details}}.}}
*[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)#Films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|198.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
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**April 2014 to March 2016 – {{¥|1.287 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|1287|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2016">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year 2016.3（Apr. 1, 2015 to Mar. 31, 2016）
  |url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2016 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 16, 2016 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611192234/http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**April 2016 to March 2018 – {{¥|{{#expr:429+367}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|796|JPN}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2017">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year 2017.3（Apr. 1, 2016 to Mar. 31, 2017）|url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/files/IR/29_4Q/201703_4Q_keisu.pdf |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 15, 2017}}</ref><ref name="toei2018">{{cite web |title=Data Sheets: A Fiscal Year 2018.3（Apr. 1, 2017 to Mar. 31, 2018） |url=http://(contracted; show full)One)]] – 100,000 units in Australia,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Phantom Acts Creating Strong Aussie Presence |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 11, 1980 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EiUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT86 }}</ref> grossed approximately {{US$|{{#expr:100000*5.22}}|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |title="Space Invaders" by Player One |url=http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/hardfindsongs/space_invaders.html |website=Lachlan |accessdate=June 14, 2018
 |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402110212/http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/hardfindsongs/space_invaders.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
| Video game
| [[Tomohiro Nishikado]]
| [[Taito]] <br>{{small|([[Square Enix]])}}
|-
| ''[[Frozen (franchise)|Frozen]]''
| 2013
| {{sort | 12344 | {{estimation}} $13.4 billion}}
(contracted; show full)te news |title='Frozen' economic impact on Denver – $30 million |url=https://www.denvercenter.org/blog-posts/news-center/2017/10/13/frozen-economic-impact-on-denver-30-million |work=[[Denver Center for the Performing Arts]] |date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|52 million|long=no}} Broadway gross revenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=FROZEN Broadway Grosses - 2018 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grossesshow.cfm?show=FROZEN&year=2018 |website=Broadway World |accessdate=September 9, 2018
 |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520125327/https://www.broadwayworld.com/grossesshow.cfm?show=FROZEN&year=2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
| Animated film
| [[Chris Buck]] <br> [[Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)|Jennifer Lee]]
| The Walt Disney Company
|-
| ''[[Dungeon Fighter Online]]'' <br> (''DFO'')
|  2005
| {{sort | 11800 | {{estimation}} $13.4 billion}}
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*[[Dragon Quest#Manga|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|471.2 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=DQ|''Dragon Quest'' manga tankōbon volume sales:
*''[[Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken]]'' – 50{{nbsp}}million copies<ref name=yamagata>{{cite web | url=http://www2.lib.yamagata-u.ac.jp/kiyou/kiyoued/kiyoued-15-2/image/kiyoued-15-2-119to129.pdf | script-title=ja:漫画の登場人物の顔の分析 | publisher=[[Yamagata University]] | date=February 2011 | accessdate=2013-11-29
| | language=Japanese| | pages=121–122 | archive-date=December 20, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220030453/http://www2.lib.yamagata-u.ac.jp/kiyou/kiyoued/kiyoued-15-2/image/kiyoued-15-2-119to129.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> – {{¥|25,630 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|25630|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
**Tankōbon volumes before 2003 – 30{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref name="comipress"/> {{¥|421}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=DRAGON　QUEST（1）　（ジャンプコミックス） |url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/1071067/ |website=[[Rakuten]] |accessdate=July 1, 2018 |language=ja}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:30*421}} million}}
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*Japan licensed merchandise sales between 1999 and 2012 – {{¥|188.94 billion|long=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|188.94|JPN|year=2012}} billion|long=no}})
**1999 – {{¥|{{#expr:2100*(0.96/100)+13.46}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/><ref>{{cite web |author=Yuko Tsukada |title=Action! Report: 市場環境を調べる |url=https://jieigaku.net/report3-2.htm |website=Creative Work Station |accessdate=September 8, 2018
 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420111216/https://jieigaku.net/report3-2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**2001 – {{¥|22.33 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2003 – {{¥|{{#expr:16.83+2.55}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2004 – {{¥|30.21 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2005 – {{¥|{{#expr:14.17+3.38+2.09}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2006 – {{¥|{{#expr:9.45+3.36}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:11+1.91}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
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| ''[[Kumamon]]''
| 2010
| {{sort | 07170 | {{estimation}} $7.17 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|7.1 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Kumamon'' retail sales:
*2011–2012 – {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Ofo to launch bikes with Japanese bear icon |url=http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/business/12/20180116/78893.html |work=China Plus |agency=[[China Radio International]] |date=January 16, 2018
 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420112021/http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/business/12/20180116/78893.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2013–2014 – {{¥|124.4 billion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Mascot Kumamon generates Y124.4 bil over two years |url=https://japantoday.com/category/national/mascot-kumamon-generates-y124-4-bil-over-two-years |work=[[Japan Today]] |date=December 29, 2014}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|124400|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*2015 – {{¥|100.7 billion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Kumamon product sales top ¥100 billion in 2015 for first time |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/03/03/national/kumamon-product-sales-top-%C2%A5100-billion-2015-first-time/ |work=[[Japan Times]] |date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|100700|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*2016 – {{US$|1.16 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Kumamon plots global takeover to avoid slipping in popularity |url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201709220008.html |work=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |date=September 22, 2017 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=February 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208083112/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201709220008.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2017{{ndash}}2018 {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:140874200000+150556550000}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|291.43075|JPN}} billion|long=no}})<ref>{{cite news |title=くまモン売上１４０８億円　１７年、過去最高更新　海外で倍増 |url=https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/n/402481/ |accessdate=22 February 2020 |work=[[Nishinippon Shimbun]] |date=2018-03-20 |language=ja-JP}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=くまモン売上高、初の１５００億円突破 海外解禁が後押し |url=https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/n/491532/ |accessdate=22 February 2020 |work=[[Nishin(contracted; show full)
*Up until March 2012 – 78{{nbsp}}million units<ref>{{cite news |title=Bandai to launch new lifestyle Tamagotchi brand |url=http://www.ltwmag.com/news/news_2012/bandai_to_launch_new_lifestyle_tamagotchi_brand.aspx |work=LTW Magazine |date=May 22, 2012
 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701030943/http://www.ltwmag.com/news/news_2012/bandai_to_launch_new_lifestyle_tamagotchi_brand.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:78*2916}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|227448|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*Between April 2013 and September 2017 – {{#expr:82-78}}{{nbsp}}million units – {{¥|{{#expr:4*2916}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|11664|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
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*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|3.081 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Tamagotchi'' licensed merchandise sales:
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| American Greetings
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| ''[[The Sims]]'' 
| 2000
| {{sort | 05000 | {{estimation}} $5 billion}} 
|
*Video games – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Lifetime Sales">{{cite web|author=James O'Connor|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-sims-series-has-surpassed-5-billion-in-lifetim/1100-647112
  |title=The Sims Series Has Surpassed $5 Billion In Lifetime Sales|website=[[GameSpot]]|date=November 3, 2019|accessdate=May 9, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| Video game
| [[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]]
| [[Electronic Arts]]
|-
| ''[[Bob the Builder]]''
| 1998
| {{sort | 05000 | {{estimation}} $5 billion}}
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*Home video sales – {{US$|1.35 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Aladdin|See ''{{Section link|Aladdin (franchise)|Reception}}''}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="latimes95"/>
*[[Aladdin (2011 musical)|Broadway musical]] – {{US$|450 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=ALADDIN Broadway Grosses|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/grossesshow.cfm?show=ALADDIN&allall=on|website=Broadway World|accessdate=December 29, 2019
|archive-date=May 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521003329/https://www.broadwayworld.com/grossesshow.cfm?show=ALADDIN&allall=on|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Video games – $200{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite book|last=Beder|first=Sharon|title=This Little Kiddy Went to Market|date=2010|publisher=ReadHowYouWant|isbn=9781459604995|page=52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYSmym5v2bYC&pg=PA52}}</ref>
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| ''[[Yo-kai Watch]]''
| 2013
| {{sort | 04372 | {{estimation}} $4.37 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|3.484 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Yo-kai Watch' merchandise sales:

*Up until 2014 – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/yo-kai-watch-season-two-premieres-on-disney-xd-monday-august-1st-at-1230-etpt-with-50-episodes-300286926.html|title=Yo-kai Watch Season Two Premieres On Disney XD Monday, August 1st At 12:30 ET/PT With 50 Episodes!|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|publisher=[[Cision Inc.|Cision]]|date=June 20, 2016|accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=YO-KAI WATCH video game launches on Nov. 6 |url=https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/j1m0iAajJd-khn-rPcQfGY5iu_YnV_Nm |work=Nintendo Official Site |publisher=[[Nintendo]] |date=August 19, 2015 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617093951/https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/j1m0iAajJd-khn-rPcQfGY5iu_YnV_Nm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nintendo Hopes Its $2 Billion Yo-Kai Watch Franchise Can Be the Next Pokémon|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg7qnb/can-nintendo-make-yo-kai-watch-a-pokmon-for-the-mobile-generation|work=[[Vice Media|Vice]]|date=November 7, 2015}}</ref> 
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[[Category:Mass media lists|Highest-grossing media franchises]]
[[Category:Economy-related lists of superlatives|Media franchises]]
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