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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]].
For each franchise listed below the revenue total includes revenue from movie tickets, home entertainment, video games, merchandise, and any other franchise-related test products when such information is available.
The list includes the total estimated revenue figure and the revenue breakdown. Estimates are based on combined revenue from different media and merchandise, based on publicly available data.
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==At least $20 billion==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Franchise
! style="width:10%;"| Year of inception
! style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number" | Total revenue [[United States dollar|(USD)]]
! style="width:20%;"| Revenue breakdown ({{estimation}})
! style="width:10%;"| Original media
! style="width:10%;"| Creator(s)
! style="width:20%;"| Owner(s)
|-
| ''[[Pokémon]]''
| 1996
| {{sort | 95000 | {{estimation}} $95 billion}}{{efn|{{As of|2019|5}}, [[The Pokémon Company]] no longer mentions how much the franchise has made on their website.}}
|
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|64.015 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Pokemon|See {{Section link|The Pokémon Company|Licensed merchandise}}}}
*[[Pokémon (video game series)|Video games]] – {{US$|19.533 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing video game franchises|List}}.}}
*[[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Card game]] – {{US$|11.491 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=PokemonTCG|''[[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]'' – 28.8{{nbsp}}billion card sales up until September 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/en/services/|title=Pokémon in Figures|website=[[The Pokémon Company]]|date=September 2019|accessdate=December 21, 2019}}</ref> $3.99 per 10-card pack<ref>{{cite web |title=Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon-Forbidden Light Sleeved Booster Pack (10 Cards) |url=https://www.pokemoncenter.com/trading-card-game/tcg-cards/booster-packs/pok%C3%A9mon-tcg%3A-sun---moon-forbidden-light-sleeved-booster-pack-%2810-cards%29-165-80422 |website=Pokémon Center |accessdate=June 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pokemon: latest trend causing quite a stir |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/113544099/ |work=[[The Tennessean]] |date=September 20, 1999}}</ref> – {{US$|{{#expr:28.8*(3.99/10) round 3}} billion|long=no}}.}}
*[[List of Pokémon films|Box office]] – {{US$|1.756 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of Pokémon films|Box office performance}}.}}
*[[CoroCoro Comic|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|1.452 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=PokemonManga|Sales of ''[[CoroCoro Comic]]'' [[manga magazine]] issues serializing ''[[Pocket Monsters (manga)|Pocket Monsters]]'' and ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]'' [[manga]] series – {{¥|530}} price<ref name="coro-price">{{cite news |title=販売中止のコロコロコミック、早くも値段高騰 フリマアプリで２０００円 |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2018/03/06/0011043807.shtml |work=[[:ja:デイリースポーツ|Daily Sports]] |date=2018-03-06 |language=ja-JP}}</ref>
*April 1996 to March 2018 – {{formatnum:{{#expr:(1350000*9)+269271695}}|}} copies{{efn|name=Coro|See {{Section link|CoroCoro Comic|Circulation}}.}} – {{¥|{{#expr:281421695*530}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|228601688|JPN|2012|round=yes}}+{{To USD|7140000|JPN|2013|round=yes}}+{{To USD|9220008|JPN|2014|round=yes}}+{{To USD|22260000|JPN|2016|round=yes}}+{{To USD|14199999|JPN|round=yes}})*530 round 0}}|long=no}})
*April 2017 to December 2019 – 21,170,007 copies{{efn|name=Coro}} – {{¥|{{#expr:21170007*530}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|11220103710|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}})
}}
*[[Pokémon (anime)|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|863 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=PokemonAnime|[[Pokémon (anime)|''Pokemon'' anime]] home entertainment media sales:
*United States [[VHS]] and [[DVD]] sales of TV series in 2000 – 25{{nbsp}}million units,<ref>{{cite journal |title=DVD, VHS Are A Boon For Pioneer |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=January 27, 2001 |volume=113 |issue=4 |page=63 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dhMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63 }}</ref> average ${{#expr:(26.99+22.96+24.98)/3 round 2}} price<ref>{{cite journal |title=Columbia's 'Thomas' Goes Home With Warner's 'Pokemon' |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=September 30, 2000 |volume=112 |issue=40 |page=83 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA83 }}</ref> – {{US$|{{#expr:25*24.98 round 0}} million|long=no}}
*''[[Pokémon: The First Movie]]'' United States VHS sales in 2000 – {{US$|58.8 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Pokemon: The First Movie (1999) - Marché Vidéo |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2720&view=31 |website=JP's Box-Office |accessdate=October 29, 2018}}</ref>
*Japan home video sales up until 2011 – average {{¥|3,144}} price,<ref name="yahoo-pokemon">{{cite web |title=CD＆VIDEO |url=http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Spade/2087/p-cd-video.html |website=GO★GO★POCKET★MONSTERS |publisher=[[Yahoo! Japan]] |accessdate=August 15, 2018}}</ref> 3,963,169 units – {{¥|{{#expr:3963169*3144}}|long=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|12460203336|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
**Up until April 2000 – 3.5{{nbsp}}million units<ref name="yahoo-pokemon"/>
**2004–2011 – average 3,647 sales per volume,<ref name="someanithing312">{{cite web |title=1999 and Earlier, Average Sales (including re-releases) |url=http://www.someanithing.com/312 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927104325/http://www.someanithing.com/312 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2018 |website=Someanithing: Anime DVD/BD Sales in Japan |accessdate=January 19, 2018}}</ref> 127{{nbsp}}volumes – 463,169 units
***2004–2007 – 64{{nbsp}}volumes<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Japanese language Advanced Generation series home video releases |url=https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Japanese_language_Advanced_Generation_series_home_video_releases |website=Bulbapedia |accessdate=August 30, 2018}}</ref>
***2007–2011 – 63{{nbsp}}volumes<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Japanese language Diamond & Pearl series home video releases |url=https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Japanese_language_Diamond_%26_Pearl_series_home_video_releases |website=Bulbapedia |accessdate=August 30, 2018}}</ref>
*Japan home entertainment media sales in 2017 – {{¥|1,744,502,029}}<ref name="japan2017">{{cite news|title=Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2017|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-23/top-selling-media-franchises-in-japan-2017/.125682|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2017-12-23}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|1744502029|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}})
*Japan home entertainment media sales during January–June 2018 – {{¥|818,855,319}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2018 (First Half) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-26/top-selling-media-franchises-in-japan-2018/.133430 |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=June 26, 2018}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|818855319|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}})
}}
*[[List of Pokémon manga|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|72.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Pokémon manga|''Pokémon'' manga]] [[tankobon]] volume sales in the United States up until 2000 – 7.25{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref>{{cite news |title=The last million-selling comic book in North America? It's Batman vs. Pokémon for the title |url=http://blog.comichron.com/2014/05/batman-vs-pokemon-last-million-selling.html |work=Comichron |date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> $9.99 price<ref>{{cite web |title=Pokémon Adventures (Red and Blue), Vol. 1 |url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/pokemon-adventures-volume-1/product/1958 |website=[[Viz Media]] |accessdate=September 7, 2018}}</ref> – {{US$|{{#expr:9.99*7.25 round 2}} million|long=no}}.}}
| [[Video game]]
| [[Satoshi Tajiri]] <br> [[Ken Sugimori]]
| [[Nintendo]] {{small|(trademark)}} <br> [[The Pokémon Company]] <br> {{small|(Nintendo, [[Game Freak]], [[Creatures (company)|Creatures]])}} {{small|(copyright)}}
|-
|''[[Hello Kitty]]''
| 1974
|{{sort | 85858 | {{estimation}} $86 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|85.832 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Hello Kitty'' merchandise retail sales:
*As of 1990 – {{US$|448 million|long=no}}<ref name="Pictorial">{{cite journal |title=Japan Pictorial |journal=Japan Pictorial |year=1990 |volume=13-15 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TThWAAAAYAAJ |publisher=Japan Graphic |quote=Sales of Hello Kitty goods bring in ¥60 billion (about $448 million) a year, making her the world's third most lucrative character surpassed only by Mickey Mouse and Snoopy.}}</ref>
*1994 – {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=World Vid Vendors Fight Over Anime |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=January 28, 1995 |volume=107 |issue=4 |page=71 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71 }}</ref>
*Japan sales during 1996–2002, 2004–2008 and 2012 – {{¥|2,887.58 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|2887.58|JPN|year=2012}} billion|long=no}})
**1996–1999 – {{¥|{{#expr:400*4}} billion}}<ref name="nikkeibp">{{cite news |title=女性の支持集めるヒット商品は"真・近・感" - ニュース |url=http://www.nikkeibp.co.jp/archives/195/195124.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602213321/http://www.nikkeibp.co.jp/archives/195/195124.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-06-02 |accessdate=June 2, 2014 |work=[[Nikkei BP]] |publisher=[[Nikkei Business Publications]] |date=2002-07-09}}</ref>
**2000 – {{¥|360 billion}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Market Share in Japan |date=2005 |publisher=Yano Research Institute |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppOyAAAAIAAJ |quote=Rank _ 1 {{!}} Hello Kitty {{!}} Market Size _ 3,600}}</ref>
**2001–2002 – {{¥|{{#expr:180.77+120.8 round 0}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz">{{cite news |title=在日本，地位最高的动漫是哆啦a梦么？ |url=http://www.taojinjubao.com/zhihu/267465.html |website=Taojinjubao |publisher=Character Databank (CharaBiz) |date=2018-01-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909185415/http://www.taojinjubao.com/zhihu/267465.html |archivedate=2018-09-09 |accessdate=10 April 2020}}</ref>
**2004–2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:144.66+98.05+92.58+104.7 round 0}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2008 – {{¥|{{#expr:1540.6*(6.37/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2008">{{cite news |title=Japan's Character Products Market in 2008 |url=http://www.licensing.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/japan-character-product.doc |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |website=[[Licensing Industry Merchandiser's Association]]|publisher=Character Databank (CharaBiz) |year=2010}}</ref>
**2012 – {{¥|87.44 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*Overseas sales in 2002 – {{US$|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=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FxUZHy9MXgoC&pg=PT90}}</ref>
*Global sales in 2003 and 2009 – {{US$|9.75 billion|long=no}}
**2003 – {{US$|4.75 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Hello Kitty celebrates 30th birthday |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/hello-kitty-celebrates-30th-birthday-1.511279 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=November 1, 2004}}</ref>
**2009 – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Hello Kitty grows up: How Japan's Sanrio has expanded the character's empire |url=https://www.aol.com/2010/03/19/hello-kitty-grows-up-how-japans-sanrio-has-expanded-the-charac/ |work=[[AOL]] |date=March 19, 2010}}</ref>
*Global licensed merchandise sales during 2010–2011 – {{US$|8.2 billion|long=no}}
**2010 – {{US$|4.1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010">{{cite news |title=$100 million club: TLL ranks leading entertainment/character properties |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%24100+million+club%3a+TLL+ranks+leading+entertainment%2f+character...-a0267332982 |work=The Licensing Letter |publisher=[[The Free Library]] |date=September 5, 2011}}</ref>
**2011 – {{US$|4.1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=37 entertainment/character properties surpass $100m each in licensed merchandise sales at retail |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/37+entertainment%2fcharacter+properties+surpass+%24100m+each+in+licensed...-a0303450327 |work=The Licensing Letter |publisher=[[The Free Library]] |date=September 17, 2012}}</ref>
*US sales in 2012 – {{US$|1.08 billion|long=no}}<ref name="prnewswire2012">{{cite news |title=Disney Princess, Star Wars, Hello Kitty Topped $1B Each In Licensed Merchandise Sales in 2012 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/disney-princess-star-wars-hello-kitty-topped-1b-each-in-licensed-merchandise-sales-in-2012-228647991.html |agency=[[PR Newswire]] |date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>
*2013 – {{US$|8 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martinez |first1=Michael |last2=Hurtado |first2=Jaqueline |title=Hello Kitty turns 40, draws 25,000 fans to convention |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/01/us/hello-kitty-convention-40th-year/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=November 2, 2014}}</ref>
*2014 – {{US$|6.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Hello Kitty food truck to stop and say, 'Hello, St. Louis' |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2017/01/31/hello-kitty-food-truck-to-stop-and-say-hello-st.html |work=[[The Business Journals]] |date=January 31, 2017}}</ref>
*Licensed merchandise sales during 2015–2018 – {{US$|13.464 billion|long=no}}
**2015 – {{US$|3.756 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |accessdate=May 31, 2018 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=November 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202013647/http://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |archivedate=February 2, 2018}}</ref>
**2016 – {{US$|4.4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Hello Kitty and her multibillion-dollar success story |url=http://www.afr.com/lifestyle/hello-kittys-multibilliondollar-success-story-20171203-gzxp84 |work=[[Financial Review]] |date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>
**2017 – {{US$|2.663 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |accessdate=August 12, 2018 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=July 23, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509194639/http://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |archivedate=2019-05-09}}</ref>
**2018 – {{US$|2.645 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018">{{cite news |title=32 Entertainment/Character Properties Make the Cut for $100MM List for 2018 |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/32-entertainment-character-properties-make-the-cut-for-100mm-list-for-2018/ |accessdate=23 November 2019 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
}}
*[[Ribon|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|23 million|long=no}}{{efn|Sales of ''[[Ribon]]'' manga magazine issues serializing ''Hello Kitty'' manga series – 4,663,328 copies, {{¥|390}} price<ref>{{cite news |title=May Lottery to Feature 16 Classic Ribon Shōjo Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-04-16/may-lottery-to-feature-16-classic-ribon-shojo-manga/.87184 |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=2015-04-16}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:4663328*390}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|1818697920|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
*''Hello Kitty Doki'' (May 2007 to April 2008) – {{formatnum:{{#expr:(376666*8)+(330000*4)}}|}} copies{{efn|name=Ribon|See {{Section link|Ribon|Circulation}}.}}
*''Hello Kitty Peace'' (June 2008) – 330,000 copies{{efn|name=Ribon}}
}}
*[[Hello Kitty#Music|Music CD sales]] – {{US$|3 million|long=no}}{{efn|Known music [[CD]] sales in Japan – {{¥|{{#expr:(3281*2800)+(168655*1050)+(14503*1050+1344*1575)}}|link=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Hayashibara Megumi Tanoshii Douyou |url=http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Hayashibara_Megumi_Tanoshii_Douyou |website=Generasia |accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Colors ~Melody and Harmony~ / Shelter |url=http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Colors_~Melody_and_Harmony~_/_Shelter |website=Generasia |accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Love & Peace Paradise |url=http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Love_%26_Peace_Paradise |website=Generasia |accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|203.6195|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})}}
|[[Cartoon]] [[Cartoon character|character]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Hello Kitty {{!}} cartoon character |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hello-Kitty |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |accessdate=September 8, 2018 |quote=Sanrio created Hello Kitty as part of a line of cartoon characters}}</ref>
|[[Yuko Shimizu]] <br> [[Shintaro Tsuji]]
|[[Sanrio]]
|-
| ''[[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]''
| 1924
| {{sort | 76650 | {{estimation}} $76 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|76.19 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Winnie the Pooh'' retail sales:
*Up until 2010 – {{US$|56.859 billion|long=no}}
** {{US$|3 billion|long=no}} as of 1995.<ref name="losan02"/> {{US$|3.3 billion|long=no}} in 1998.<ref name="losan02">{{cite book |title=Los Angeles Magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Cl4EAAAAMBAJ |work=Los Angeles |date=August 8, 2002|last1 = Communications|first1 = Emmis|page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Cl4EAAAAMBAJ/page/n159 156]}}</ref> {{¥|95.01 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/> ({{US$|{{#expr:95010/113.91 round 0}} million|long=no}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) (Japan) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1999&locations=JP&start=1998 |publisher=[[World Bank]] |year=2008 |accessdate=August 13, 2018 }}</ref> in 1999. {{USD|6 billion|long=no}} in 2000.<ref name="bearbrand">{{cite news |title=Feature Article by Terry & Doris Michaud |url=https://www.bearsandbuds.com/Michauds-articles/HireATeddyBearbytheMichaudsonBearsandBudsTeddyBearMagazineMarch2011.asp |work=Bears & Buds® |year=2011}}</ref> {{US$|5 billion|long=no}} in 2001.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Aaron |title=Everyone Wants a Piece of Pooh: Winnie, from Adaptation to Market Saturation |url=https://www.academia.edu/6148601 |date=2005}}</ref> {{US$|7 billion|long=no}} in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |last=Levy |first=Andrew |title=PROMOTIONS & INCENTIVES LICENSING PORTFOLIO 2003: Licensing - An overview |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/promotions-incentives-licensing-portfolio-2003-licensing-overview/191642 |date=October 1, 2003}}</ref> {{US$|5.6 billion|long=no}} in 2003.<ref name="infoplease"/> {{US$|5.3 billion|long=no}} in 2004.<ref name="chinadaily05">{{cite news |title=Disney gives Pooh a makeover for 80th anniversary |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/12/content_502627.htm |work=CHINADAIRY |date=December 12, 2005}}</ref> {{US$|6 billion|long=no}} in 2005.<ref name="compelo05">{{cite news |last=Smithers |first=Amy |title=Behind the staggering figure of the AA Milne Net Worth |url=https://www.compelo.com/aa-milne-net-worth/ |work=COMPELO |date=January 18, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920195449/https://www.compelo.com/aa-milne-net-worth/ |archive-date=September 20, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{US$|6.9 billion|long=no}} in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bringing up Baby – Infant Lines need care to Grow |url=http://kidscreen.com/2007/04/01/baby-20070401/ |work=Kidscreen |publisher=[[Brunico Communications]] |date=April 1, 2007}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2007.<ref name="telegraph07">{{cite news |last=Gleadell |first=Colin |title=Winnie-the-Pooh at Sotheby's |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/3563599/Winnie-the-Pooh-at-Sothebys.html |work=The Telegraph |date=November 25, 2008}}</ref> {{¥|{{#expr:1540600*(4.26/100)}} million}}<ref name="charabiz2008"/> ({{US$|{{#expr:65629.56/103.359 round 0}} million|long=no}})<ref name="jpy2008"/> in 2008. {{¥|{{#expr:1577000*(3.5/100)}} million}}<ref name="charabiz2009"/> ({{US$|{{#expr:55195/93.57 round 0}} million|long=no}})<ref name="jpy2009"/> in 2009. {{US$|5.7 billion|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="markethack"/>
*2011 – {{US$|1.09 billion|long=no}} in North America.<ref name="forbes2011">{{cite news |last=Goudreau |first=Jenna |title=Disney Princess Tops List Of The 20 Best-Selling Entertainment Products |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/09/17/disney-princess-tops-list-of-the-20-best-selling-entertainment-products/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=September 17, 2012}}</ref> {{¥|53.96 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|53960|JPN|year=2011|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) in Japan.<ref name="charabiz"/>
*2012 – {{US$|3.17 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013">{{cite news |title=44 entertainment/character properties reach $100 m in sales of licensed merchandise |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/44+entertainment%2Fcharacter+properties+reach+%24100+m+in+sales+of...-a0438689353 |work=The Licensing Letter |publisher=[[The Free Library]] |date=November 3, 2014}}</ref>
*2013–2017 – {{US$|2.808 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|2.732 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014">{{cite news |title=42 entertainment character properties reach $100 million in sales of licensed merchandise; "Frozen" debuts at No. 6 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/42+entertainment+character+properties+reach+%24100+million+in+sales+of...-a0439804356 |work=The Licensing Letter |publisher=[[The Free Library]] |date=December 1, 2015}}</ref> {{US$|2.74 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|2.791 billion|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|1.649 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2018 – {{US$|1.675 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>
}}
**[[DVD]] & [[Blu-ray]] – {{US$|59 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Winnie the Pooh Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Winnie-the-Pooh#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=March 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Robin (2018) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Christopher-Robin-(2018)#tab=video-sales |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=March 24, 2019}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|460 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Winnie the Pooh Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=winniethepooh.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |accessdate=March 24, 2019}}</ref>
| [[Book]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Winnie-the-Pooh |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Winnie-the-Pooh-childrens-stories-by-Milne |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |accessdate=November 8, 2018}}</ref>
| [[A. A. Milne]] <br> [[E. H. Shepard]]
| [[The Walt Disney Company]]
|-
| ''[[Mickey Mouse universe|Mickey Mouse & Friends]]''
| 1928
| {{sort | 74312 | {{estimation}} $74 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|73.115 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Mickey Mouse & Friends'' retail sales:
*As of 1990 – {{US$|448 million|long=no}}<ref name="Pictorial"/>
*1999–2001 – {{¥|336.6 billion}} ({{US$|{{#expr:336.6/121.53 round 3}} billion|long=no}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) (Japan) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2002&locations=JP&start=2001 |publisher=[[World Bank]] |year=2001 |accessdate=August 13, 2018 }}</ref>
** {{¥|131.03 billion}} in 1999.<ref name="charabiz"/> {{¥|120 billion}} in 2000.<ref name="Yano">{{cite book |title=Market Share in Japan |date=2005 |publisher=Yano Research Institute |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppOyAAAAIAAJ}}</ref> {{¥|85.58 billion}} in 2001.<ref name="charabiz"/>
*2002–2010 – {{US$|39.411 billion|long=no}}
**{{US$|4.7 billion|long=no}} in 2002.<ref name="ann2002">{{cite news |title=Anime Characters in Top Earning Fictional Characters |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-11-07/anime-characters-in-top-earning-fictional-characters |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=2003-11-07}}</ref> {{US$|5.8 billion|long=no}} in 2003.<ref name="infoplease">{{cite news |title=The Top Ten: Highest Earning Fictional Characters |url=https://www.infoplease.com/top-ten-highest-earning-fictional-characters-1 |accessdate=June 1, 2018 |work=[[Time Almanac with Information Please|InfoPlease]] |date=December 17, 2003}}</ref> {{US$|5.3 billion|long=no}} in 2004.<ref name="chinadaily05"/> {{US$|6 billion|long=no}} in 2005.<ref name="compelo05"/> {{¥|84.09 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/> ({{US$|{{#expr:84090/116.29 round 0}} million|long=no}})<ref name="JPY2006">{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) (Japan) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2006&locations=JP&start=2004 |publisher=[[World Bank]] |year=2004 |accessdate=August 13, 2018 }}</ref> in 2006. {{US$|6 billion|long=no}} in 2007.<ref>{{cite book|last=Batchelor|first=Bob|title=Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream|date=2011|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|isbn=9780313357817|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqd92sX1hAoC&pg=RA2-PA103}}</ref> {{¥|{{#expr:1540600*(5.72/100)}} million}}<ref name="charabiz2008"/> ({{US$|{{#expr:88122.32/103.359 round 0}} million|long=no}})<ref name="jpy2008">{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) (Japan) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2009&locations=JP&start=2008 |publisher=[[World Bank]] |year=2008 |accessdate=August 13, 2018 }}</ref> in 2008. {{¥|{{#expr:1577000*(6.14/100)}} million}}<ref name="charabiz2009">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2010⑨ |date=2010 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=3198 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{#expr:96827.8/93.57 round 0}} million|long=no}})<ref name="jpy2009">{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) (Japan) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2009&locations=JP&start=2008 |publisher=[[World Bank]] |year=2009 |accessdate=August 13, 2018 }}</ref> in 2009. {{US$|9 billion|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="markethack">{{cite news |title=自社キャラクターに集中投資することでデジタル・コンテンツの消費形態の多様化に備えるディズニー
|url=http://markethack.net/archives/51776372.html |work=Market Hack |date=October 15, 2011}}</ref>
*2011 – {{US$|750 million|long=no}} in North America.<ref name="forbes2011"/> {{¥|105.35 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|105.35|JPN|year=2011}} billion|long=no}}) in Japan.<ref name="charabiz"/>
*2012 – {{US$|4.122 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*2013–2017 – {{US$|4.568 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|4.719 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=42 Entertainment Character Properties Reach $100 Million in Sales of Licensed Merchandise; "Frozen" Debuts at No. 6 |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/42-entertainment-character-properties-reach-100-million-in-sales-of-licensed-merchandise-frozen-debuts-at-no-6/ |work=The Licensing Letter |date=November 27, 2015}}</ref> {{US$|{{#expr:3.999+0.263}} billion|long=no}} in 2015. {{US$|{{#expr:3.983+0.264}} billion|long=no}} in 2016.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|3.233 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2018 – {{US$|3.265 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>
}}
*[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|457.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|<ref>Maltin, Leonard (2000). ''The Disney Films'', p. 46. (Fourth edition.) New York: Disney Editions. {{ISBN|0-7868-8527-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Richard B. Jewell's RKO film grosses, 1929–51: The C. J. Trevlin Ledger: A comment. | publisher=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1994.}}</ref><ref>https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Fantasia#tab=summary</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Sedgwick|first=John|title=Richard B. Jewell's RKO Film Grosses, 1929–51: The C. J. Trevlin Ledger: A comment.|journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television|volume=14|issue=1|pages=51–8|year=1994|doi=10.1080/01439689400260041}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ducktalesthemovie.htm |title=Duck Tales: The Movie (1990) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=2012-08-01}}</ref>}}
*[[VHS]] & DVD – {{US$|280 million|long=no}}{{efn|1991 VHS release of ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'' earned {{US$|209 million|long=no}} in sales.<ref name="Wroot"/> {{US$|71 million|long=no}} DVD sales since 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mickey Mouse Franchise Box Office History - Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mickey-Mouse#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=March 24, 2019}}</ref>}}
* [[DuckTales (2017 TV series)#Comics|Comic books]] – $460,000<ref>See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DuckTales_(2017_TV_series)&oldid=939347166#Comics_sale_figures ''DuckTales'' (2017) comic sale figures]</ref>
| [[Animated cartoon]]
| [[Walt Disney]] <br> [[Ub Iwerks]]
| The Walt Disney Company
|-
| ''[[Star Wars]]''
| 1977
| {{sort | 69716 | {{estimation}} $70 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|6.6 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until May 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/?id=lPdVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=convention+celebrates+star+wars+milestone#v=onepage&q=convention%20celebrates%20star%20wars%20milestone&f=false|title=Convention celebrates 'Star Wars milestone|newspaper=[[The Register-Guard|Eugene Register-Guard]]|date=May 25, 1987|accessdate=March 8, 2020}}</ref>}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|42.217 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|32 billion|long=no}} up until 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=That's no moon... it's all the money 'Star Wars' made |url=https://www.marketplace.org/2014/10/01/world/thats-no-moon-its-all-money-star-wars-made |work=[[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]] |date=October 1, 2014}}</ref> $2.842{{nbsp}}billion in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $3.049{{nbsp}}billion in 2016. {{US$|2.403 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|1.923 billion|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018"/>}}
*[[List of Star Wars films and television series|Box office]] – {{US$|10.312 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film|See ''{{Section link|List of highest-grossing films|Highest-grossing franchises and film series}}''}}
*[[List of Star Wars films and television series|Home video]] – {{US$|9.057 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Star Wars'' home video revenue:
* [[VHS]] and [[Digital distribution|digital sales]] – {{US$|1.816 billion|long=no}}<ref name="sw-statistic">{{cite web |title=Star Wars Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/star-wars-total-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211162228/http://www.statisticbrain.com/star-wars-total-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2016 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=January 22, 2016 |accessdate=December 11, 2016}}</ref>
* [[DVD]] sales – {{US$|6.032 billion|long=no}}
** {{US$|6 billion|long=no}} up until 2017.<ref>{{cite book |last=Landry |first=Paula |last2=Greenwald |first2=Stephen |title=The Business of Film: A Practical Introduction |date=2018 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=9781351334549 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WJgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT171}}</ref> {{US$|32 million|long=no}} since March 2018.<ref name="sw-numbers">{{cite web |title=Star Wars Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Wars#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Video rental|DVD rentals]] – {{US$|875 million|long=no}}<ref name="sw-statistic"/>
* [[Blu-ray]] sales – {{US$|334 million|long=no}}<ref name="sw-numbers"/>
}}
*[[Star Wars video games|Video games]] – {{US$|6.03 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[List of Star Wars books|Book sales]] – {{US$|1.82 billion|long=no}}<ref name="fortune">{{cite web|last=Chew|first=Jonathan|url=http://fortune.com/2015/12/24/star-wars-value-worth/|title=Star Wars Franchise Worth More Than Harry Potter and James Bond, Combined|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=December 24, 2015|accessdate=November 29, 2016}}</ref>
*TV revenue – {{US$|280 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Star Wars'' television revenue:
*''Clone Wars'' (as of 2015) – {{US$|4.5 million|long=no}}<ref name="fortune"/>
*Television rights (2016) – {{US$|275 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Flint|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/coming-soon-to-tnt-the-star-wars-films-1473861602|title=Coming Soon to TNT: The 'Star Wars' Films|url-access=subscription|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=September 14, 2016|accessdate=August 17, 2019}}</ref>
}}
| [[Film]]
| [[George Lucas]]
| [[Lucasfilm]] <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
|-
| ''[[Anpanman]]''
| 1973
| {{sort | 60467 | {{estimation}} $60 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|60.375 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Anpanman|Reception}}.}}
*Box office – {{US$|67 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing anime films|Highest-grossing anime film franchises and film series}}.}}
*[[Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum & Mall|Museum]] – {{US$|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}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|2000|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}}).}}
| [[Manga]]
| [[Takashi Yanase]]
| Froebel-kan
|-
| ''[[Disney Princess]]''
| 2000
| {{sort | 46374 | {{estimation}} $46 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|46.331 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|300 million|long=no}} up until 2001.<ref name="forbes102">{{cite news |last=Pomerantz |first=Dorothy |title=Disney Getting Out of the Princess Business? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2010/11/22/disney-getting-out-of-the-princess-business/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=November 22, 2010}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2002.<ref name="buybuybabyss">{{cite book |author=Susan Gregory Thomas |title=Buy, Buy Baby: How Consumer Culture Manipulates Parents and Harms Young Minds |url=https://books.google.com/?id=oh6fKUalrLwC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=disney+princess+billion+2002#v=onepage&q=disney%20princess%20billion%202002&f=false |date=2007|isbn=978-0618463510 }}</ref> {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}} in 2003.<ref name="forbes102"/> {{US$|2 billion|long=no}} in 2004.<ref name="race0">{{cite book |author=Glenda Mac Naughton |title=Race and Early Childhood Education: An International Approach to Identity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XbrFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA73 |date=2009 |isbn=9780230623750 |page=73}}</ref> {{US$|3 billion|long=no}} in 2005.<ref name="buybuybabyss"/> {{US$|3.4 billion|long=no}} in 2006.<ref name="sexua">{{cite book |author=Sharna Olfman |title=The Sexualization of Childhood |url=https://books.google.com/?id=XfcrGojmbh0C&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=disney+princess+billion+2006#v=onepage&q=disney%20princess%20billion%202006&f=false |date=2009|isbn=9780275999858 }}</ref> {{US$|4 billion|long=no}} in 2007.<ref name="getr">{{cite book|author=Emily W. Kane|title=The Gender Trap: Parents and the Pitfalls of Raising Boys and Girls|url=https://books.google.com/?id=SJoUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&dq=disney+princess+billion+2007#v=onepage&q=disney%20princess%20billion%202007&f=false|date=2012|isbn=9780814748824}}</ref> {{US$|4 billion|long=no}} in 2008.<ref name="blpri">{{cite news|last=Wallace|first=David|title=Disney To Feature First Black Princess In New Film|url=https://www.disneyorama.com/2009/02/disney-to-feature-first-black-princess-in-new-film/|work=Disney O Rama|date=February 16, 2009}}</ref> {{US$|3.7 billion|long=no}} in 2009.<ref name="salon09">{{cite news|last=HARDING|first=KATE|title=Disney doesn't want princess cooties|url=https://www.salon.com/2010/03/10/disney_princess|work=Salon|date=March 10, 2010}}</ref> {{US$|4.4 billion|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="markethack"/> {{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}} in 2011.<ref name="forbes2011"/> {{US$|3 billion|long=no}} in 2012.<ref name="rsgate">{{cite news|last=Rasmussen|first=Eric|title=Pretty as a Princess: Longitudinal Effects of Engagement With Disney Princesses on Gender Stereotypes, Body Esteem, and Prosocial Behavior in Children|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304071159|work=ResearchGate|date=July 7, 2016}}</ref> {{US$|2.885 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|2.568 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|2.635 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|2.724 billion|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|2.133 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|1.686 billion|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018"/>}}
*Home entertainment – {{US$|45 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Princess Enchanted Tales - Follow Your Dreams (2007)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Disney-Princess-Enchanted-Tales-Follow-Your-Dreams#tab=summary|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=March 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ralph Breaks The Internet (2018) - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ralph-Breaks-The-Internet-(2018)#tab=video-sales |website=The Numbers |accessdate=24 February 2020}}</ref>
| [[Animated series]]
| [[Andy Mooney]]
| The Walt Disney Company
|-
| ''[[Jump (magazine line)|Jump Comics]]'' <br> (''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Shōnen Jump]]'')
| 1968
| {{sort | 40031 | {{estimation}} $40 billion}}{{efn|Only includes ''Jump'' [[manga]] comic revenue, including [[Jump (magazine line)|''Jump'' manga magazine]] sales and related ''[[Jump Comics]]'' [[tankōbon]] manga volume sales. Does not include non-manga revenue, such as [[anime]], film, game, [[pachinko]] or merchandise revenue of [[List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Jump|''Shōnen Jump'' manga series]] (e.g. ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', ''[[One Piece]]'', ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', ''[[Naruto]]'', etc.), with the exception of [[Jump (magazine line)#Video games|''Shōnen Jump'' crossover video games]].}}
|
*[[Jump (magazine line)|Manga magazines]] – {{US$|27.003 billion|long=no}}{{efn|[[Jump (magazine line)|''Jump'' manga magazine]] sales:
*''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' – {{US$|20.194 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump|See {{Section link|Weekly Shōnen Jump|Circulation figures}}.}}
*''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'' – {{US$|5.741 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Weekly Young Jump|Circulation}}.}}
*''[[Monthly Shōnen Jump]]'' – {{US$|571 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Monthly Shōnen Jump|Circulation}}''}}
*English ''[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]'' (January 2003 to April 2012) – 245,333 average weekly circulation,<ref name="Viz2008PK"/> {{formatnum:{{#expr:245333*(9*12+4)}}|}} sales, $4.99 price<ref name="Viz2008PK"/>{{efn|name=JumpEnglish}} – {{US$|{{#expr:27477296*4.99 round 0}}|long=no}}
*''[[V Jump]]'' – {{US$|360.1 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=VJump}}
}}
*[[Tankōbon|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|12.811 billion|long=no}}{{efn|[[Tankōbon]] volume sales of [[List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Jump|''Shōnen Jump'' manga]] series:
*''[[One Piece]]'' – {{US$|2.707 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=OnePiece}}
*''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' – {{US$|2.218 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB}}
*''[[Naruto]]'' – {{US$|1.637 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Naruto}}
*''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' – {{US$|1.24 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=FOTNS}}
*''[[KochiKame]]'' – {{US$|807 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=KochiKame}}
*''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]'' – {{US$|740 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Bleach}}
*''[[List of Slam Dunk chapters|Slam Dunk]]'' – {{US$|591.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=SlamDunk}}
*''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' – {{US$|489 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=JoJo}}
*''[[City Hunter]]'' – {{US$|476.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|50{{nbsp}}million [[tankobon]] copies,<ref>{{cite web|title=北条司作品 漫画『シティーハンター』中国で実写映画化へ|url=http://www.hojo-tsukasa.com/cat-c/1784.html|author=Hojo Tsukasa|publisher=Hojo Tsukasa official website|date=2016-10-11|accessdate=2018-03-18|author-link=Hojo Tsukasa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629130759/http://www.hojo-tsukasa.com/cat-c/1784.html|archive-date=June 29, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{¥|760}} price,<ref>{{cite web |title=CITY HUNTER 1 |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-617161-9 |website=[[Shueisha]] |accessdate=December 5, 2018}}</ref> {{¥|{{#expr:760*50}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|38000|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}}) revenue.}}
*''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'' – {{US$|411 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'' manga tankōbon volume sales – 82{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref name="zenkan"/> average {{¥|400}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=キャプテン翼 1 |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-851281-2 |website=[[Shueisha]] |accessdate=September 26, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:82*400}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|32800|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})}}
*''[[Kinnikuman|Kinnikuman / Ultimate Muscle]]'' – {{US$|376 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Muscle|[[List of Kinnikuman chapters|''Kinnikuman / Ultimate Muscle'' manga tankōbon volume]] sales – 75{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/193233 |script-title=ja:「キン肉マン」累計7500万部突破！筋肉アイドル・才木玲佳が超人技に挑戦 |date=2016-07-04 |work=[[Natalie.mu]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=2017-05-10}}</ref> {{¥|400}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=キン肉マン 1 |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-870725-9 |website=[[Shueisha]] |accessdate=September 25, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:100*390}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|30000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})}}
*''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' – {{US$|360 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Kenshin}}
*''[[Hunter × Hunter]]'' – {{US$|324.1 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Hunter}}
*''[[Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken]]'' – {{US$|321.2 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=DQ}}
*''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' – {{US$|196 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=YuGiOh}}
}}
*[[Jump (magazine line)#Video games|Video games]] – {{US$|217.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}{{efn|Only includes video games released under the ''[[Jump (magazine line)#Video games|Jump]]'' title. Does not include other video games based on [[List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Jump|''Shōnen Jump'' manga series]] (e.g. ''[[List of Dragon Ball video games|Dragon Ball]]'', ''[[List of One Piece video games|One Piece]]'', ''[[List of Fist of the North Star video games|Fist of the North Star]]'', ''[[List of Naruto video games|Naruto]]'', etc.).}}
| Manga
| [[Shueisha]]
| [[Shueisha]] {{small|([[Hitotsubashi Group]]) (manga)}} <br> [[Bandai Namco]] {{small|(games)}}
|-
| ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''
| 1981
| {{sort | 38343 | {{estimation}} $38 billion}}
|
*[[List of video games featuring Mario|Video games]] – {{US$|32.4 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|4.323 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Mario'' franchise's licensed merchandise sales:
*''[[Donkey Kong (video game)|Donkey Kong]]'' – {{US$|2.3 million|long=no}} (US sales as of 1985)<ref name="DK-Merchandise">{{cite journal |title=Universal City Studios v. Nintendo Co. Ltd. |journal=[[United States Patents Quarterly]] |year=1985 |volume=227 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tBKAQAAIAAJ |publisher=Associated Industry Publications |quote=Pac Man, the most successful arcade game, is alleged by Nintendo to have generated merchandise licensing revenues of $19 million, while Donkey Kong received $2.3 million}}</ref>
*''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' – {{US$|4.32 billion|long=no}}
**Japan (1999–2012) – {{¥|282,138.2 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|282.1382|JPN|year=2012}} billion|long=no}})
***1999 – {{¥|13.66 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
***2001 – {{¥|23.8 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
***2003 – {{¥|13.77 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
***2005–2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:11.75+35.88+50.04}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
***2008 – {{¥|{{#expr:1540600*(3.03/100) round 1}} million}}<ref name="charabiz2008"/>
***2010 – {{¥|45.6 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
***2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:1534000*(2.67/100) round 0}} million}}<ref name="charabiz2012">{{cite journal |title=慶應義塾大学学術情報リポジトリ（KOARA） |journal=KeiO Associated Repository of Academic Resources |year=2015 |pages=8–9 |publisher=[[Keio University]] |url=http://koara.lib.keio.ac.jp/xoonips/modules/xoonips/detail.php?koara_id=KO40003001-00002015-3073 |language=ja}}</ref>
**Japan (2013) – {{¥|{{#expr:1570000*(2.36/100)}} million}}<ref name="charabiz2013">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2014(13) |year=2014 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=6568 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|37052|JPN|year=2013|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
**Overseas – {{US$|400 million|long=no}} (as of 2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Super Mario Bros. |url=http://paladone.com/brands/Super-Mario-Bros |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325204414/http://paladone.com/brands/Super-Mario-Bros |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |website=Paladone Products Ltd |accessdate=March 25, 2016}}</ref>
}}
*[[Super Mario-kun|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|1.599 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Sales of ''[[CoroCoro Comic]]'' manga magazine issues serializing ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' manga from November 1990 to December 2019 – {{formatnum:{{#expr:(880000*2)+331461701}}|}} copies,{{efn|name=Coro}} {{¥|530}} price<ref name="coro-price"/> – {{¥|{{#expr:321431695*530}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|268611688|JPN|2012}}+{{To USD|7140000|JPN|2013}}+{{To USD|9220008|JPN|2014}}+{{To USD|22260000|JPN|2016}}+{{To USD|25990005|JPN}})*530 round 0}}|long=no}}).}}
*[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Box office]] – {{US$|21 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=supermariobros.htm|title=Super Mario Bros.|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=February 27, 2017}}</ref>
| Video game
| [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] <br> [[Nintendo R&D1]]
| [[Nintendo]]
|-
| ''[[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]'' <br> (''MCU'')
| 2008
| {{sort | 35077 | {{estimation}} $35 billion}}
|
*[[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|Box office]] – {{US$|22.594 billion|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|''MCU'' films]] – {{US$|22.59 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Marvel Cinematic Universe Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Marvel-Cinematic-Universe |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=January 2, 2020}}</ref> <br> ''[[Inhumans premiere|Inhumans]]'' – {{US$|3.5 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/imax-marvel-inhumans-experiment-1202196112/|title=Imax Concedes 'Marvel Inhumans' Experiment Let Down Moviegoers|last=Hayes|first=Dade|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 27, 2017|accessdate=October 27, 2017|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6uXKlaX5B?url=http://deadline.com/2017/10/imax-marvel-inhumans-experiment-1202196112/|archivedate=October 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|7.228 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Marvel merchandise sales:
*[[Iron Man]] – {{US$|300 million|long=no}} (2010)<ref name="tll2010"/>
*[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] – {{US$|6.928 billion|long=no}} (2012–2018){{efn|name=Avengers}}
}}
*Home entertainment – {{US$|5.254 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|5 billion|long=no}} up until April 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title=The Marvel Cinematic Universe Ranked From Best To Worst |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2018/04/26/the-marvel-cinematic-universe-ranked-from-best-to-worst/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=April 26, 2018}}</ref> {{US$|254 million|long=no}} since May 2018.<ref name="mcu-video">{{cite web |title=Marvel Cinematic Universe Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Marvel-Cinematic-Universe#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=April 12, 2019}}</ref>}}
*[[Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-in comics|Comic volumes]] – $520,000{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-in comics|Sales}}''}}
| Film
| [[Marvel Studios]]
| [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}} <br> [[Sony]] {{small|(''Spider-Man'' films)}}[[Universal Pictures]] <small>(Hulk film)</small>
|-
| ''[[Wizarding World]]'' <br> (''[[Harry Potter]]'')
| 1997
| {{sort | 31880 | {{estimation}} $32 billion}}
|
*Box office – {{US$|9.194 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|8.318 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Harry Potter'' merchandise:
*1997–2016 – {{US$|7.308 billion|long=no}}<ref name="potter"/>
*2017–2018 – {{US$|1.01 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>
}}
*[[Harry Potter|Book sales]] – {{US$|7.743 billion|long=no}}<ref name="potter">{{cite web |title=Total Harry Potter Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/total-harry-potter-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627165241/http://www.statisticbrain.com/total-harry-potter-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Home video|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|3.966 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|3.9 billion|long=no}} ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' home entertainment revenue up until 2014.<ref name="Vogel">{{cite book |last=Vogel |first=Harold L. |title=Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis |date=2014 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=9781107075290 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-JmiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA184}}</ref> {{US$|66 million|long=no}} ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Fantastic-Beasts-and-Where-to-Find-Them |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>}}
*[[Harry Potter video games|Video games]] – {{US$|1.555 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*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}}</ref>
| [[Novel]]
| [[J. K. Rowling]]
| [[J. K. Rowling]] {{small|(books)}} <br> [[Warner Bros.]] {{small|([[AT&T]])}} {{small|(films)}}
|-
|''[[Transformers]]'' <br> (''[[Diaclone]] / [[Microman]]'')
| 1984
| {{sort | 29611 | {{estimation}} $30 billion}}{{efn|''Transformers'' franchise (including Japanese ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Microman]]'' by [[Takara Tomy]])
*{{As of|2011}} – {{¥|2 trillion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|2000|JPN|year=2011}} billion|long=no}}) (including Japanese ''Diaclone'' and ''Microman'' by Takara Tomy)<ref>{{cite news |title=政府、ハリウッドにアニメ・玩具セールス 国策会社設立 |url=http://digital.asahi.com/articles/TKY201111020783.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402201834/http://digital.asahi.com/articles/TKY201111020783.html |accessdate=24 February 2020 |work=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |date=2011-11-03 |archivedate=April 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Retail sales (2012–2018) – {{US$|2.979 billion|long=no}}
**2012–2013 – {{US$|618 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
**2014 – {{US$|410 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>
**2015 – {{US$|430 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
**2016 – {{US$|446 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
**2017–2018 – {{US$|1.075 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Transformers}}
*Box office (2014–2019) – {{US$|1.572 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film}}
}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|12.203 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Transformers|''Transformers'' merchandise sales:
*1984–1992 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} US [[Transformers (toy line)|toy sales]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Suellentrop |first=Chris |title=How an Obscure Collection of Japanese Action Figures Changed the Way We Play |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/06/trans-toy/ |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=June 26, 2007}}</ref>
*2005 – {{¥|2.25 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|2250|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}}) in Japan
*2006 – {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Toys get a boost from Hollywood |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20090713/281977488615341 |accessdate=January 26, 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 13, 2009}}</ref>
*2007–2016 – {{US$|10 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Licensing Source Book Europe: Hasbro Supplement, Autumn 2017 |date=September 27, 2017 |publisher=Max Publishing |url=https://issuu.com/maxpublishing/docs/hasbro_supplement_2017}}</ref>
*2017 – {{US$|652 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2018 – {{US$|423 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>
}}
*[[Transformers (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|4.853 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film}}
*Home entertainment – {{US$|874 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Transformers'' home entertainment:
*June 2007 to June 2014 – {{US$|740 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Lang|first=Brent|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/transformers-the-anatomy-of-a-cross-platform-money-maker-1201245881/|title='Transformers': The Anatomy of a Cross-Platform Money Maker|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 25, 2014|accessdate=July 16, 2017}}</ref>
*September 2014 to February 2020 – {{US$|134 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Transformers Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Transformers#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=24 February 2020}}</ref>
}}
| Toy Animated series
| [[Takara]] <br> [[Hasbro]] <br> [[Shōji Kawamori]]
| [[Takara Tomy]] <br> [[Hasbro]]
|-
| ''[[Spider-Man]]''
| 1962
| {{sort | 29472 | {{estimation}} $29 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|15.88 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1 billion|long=no}} licensed merchandise sales for [[Sony]] during 1999–2001.<ref name="license2002">{{cite news |title=Industry Annual Report |url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/industry-annual-report |work=License Global |date=October 1, 2002 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522014437/http://www.licenseglobal.com/industry-annual-report |archivedate=2019-05-22 |accessdate=22 November 2019}}</ref> {{US$|2.7 billion|long=no}} in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top-Earning Fictional Characters - Spider-Man |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2004/10/19/cz_04fiction_toptenslide_8.html |work=[[Forbes]] |date=October 19, 2004}}</ref> {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}} in 2003.<ref>{{cite book |last=Moskowitz |first=Milton |title=The Executive's Almanac: A Diverse Portfolio of Eclectic Business Trivia |date=2006 |publisher=[[Quirk Books]] |isbn=9781594741012 |page=136 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SgIq79u_QpMC&pg=PA136}}</ref> {{¥|{{#expr:18.03+1.92+2.71}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|22660|JPN|year=2011|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) Japan sales during 2005–2007.<ref name="charabiz"/> {{US$|70 million|long=no}} ''[[Spider-Man 3]]'' pre-release US toy sales in 2007.<ref>{{cite book |last=Alter |first=Ethan |title=Film Firsts: The 25 Movies That Created Contemporary American Cinema |date=2014 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=9781440801884 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B46OAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA18}}</ref> {{US$|590 million|long=no}} Spider-Man merchandise sales in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spider-Man's 50-Year History: How Peter Parker Became a Billion-Dollar Franchise |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/spider-man-50-years-andrew-garfield-343141/13-spiderman-toys |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=June 29, 2012}}</ref> {{US$|325 million|long=no}} in 2011.<ref name="forbes2011"/> {{US$|1.285 billion|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|1.333 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|1.453 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> $1.512{{nbsp}}billion in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $1.551{{nbsp}}billion in 2016. {{US$|1.402 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|1.075 billion|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018"/>}}
*[[Spider-Man in film|Box office]] – {{US$|7.236 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Box office gross of [[Spider-Man in film|''Spider-Man'' films]]:
*[[Spider-Man (1977 film)|1977 film]] – {{US$|9 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book| last=Hofius |first=Jason | title = Age Of TV Heroes: The Live-Action Adventures Of Your Favorite Comic Book Characters | publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]] | year =2010 | location = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5pSt_4L0Y4IC&pg=PA95 | isbn = 978-1605490106 | page = 95}}</ref>
*2002–2019 films – {{US$|7.227 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Spider-Man Franchise Box Office History|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Spider-Man|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=22 November 2019}}</ref>
}}
*[[Spider-Man in film|Home video sales]] – {{US$|2.232 billion|long=no}}{{efn|[[Home video]] sales revenue of ''Spider-Man'' films:
*DVD & VHS sales – {{US$|1.966 billion|long=no}}
**''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' (2002) and ''[[Spider-Man 2]]'' (2004) – {{US$|1.723 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of best-selling films in the United States|Best-selling films by format}}.}}
**Later ''Spider-Man'' films (2007–2019) – {{US$|243 million|long=no}} (DVD)<ref name="spiderman-numbers">{{cite web|title=Spider-Man Franchise Box Office History|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Spider-Man|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=16 March 2020}}</ref>
*Blu-ray sales – {{US$|266 million|long=no}}<ref name="spiderman-numbers"/>
}}
*[[List of Spider-Man video games|Video games]] – {{US$|1.65 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[List of Spider-Man titles|Comic sales]] – {{US$|1.074 billion|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Spider-Man titles|''Spider-Man'' comic]] sales – $1,074,187,801
*Up until April 2014 – 360{{nbsp}}million copies<ref>{{cite news |title=9 Best Selling Comic Series Of All Time – 3. Spider-Man |url=http://whatculture.com/comics/9-best-selling-comic-series-time?page=7 |work=WhatCulture |date=May 21, 2014}}</ref> – $978,282,666
**''[[Amazing Spider-Man]]'' sales between 1966 and 2011 – 140,298,400 copies – $296,953,780<ref name="amazingspiderman">{{cite web |title=''Amazing Spider-Man'' Sales Figures |url=http://www.comichron.com/titlespotlights/amazingspiderman.html |website=Comichron |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref>
**''[[Spider-Woman]]'' sales between 1979 and 1982 – 4,271,694 copies – $2,350,480<ref>{{cite web |title=''Spider-Woman Vol. 1'' Sales Figures |url=http://www.comichron.com/titlespotlights/spiderwoman.html |website=Comichron |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref>
**''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' sales between 2000 and 2009 – 16,306,921 copies – $68,606,541<ref>{{cite web |title=''Ultimate Spider-Man'' Sales Figures |url=http://www.comichron.com/titlespotlights/ultimatespiderman.html |website=Comichron |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref>
**2012–2013 – 7,523,100 copies – $34,530,834<ref name="monthlycomicssales">{{cite web |title=Comic Book Sales by Month: DISTRIBUTOR SALES BY YEAR |url=http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales.html#byyear |website=Comichron |accessdate=September 20, 2018}}</ref>
**January–April 2014 – 1,531,991 copies – $7,538,028<ref name="monthlycomicssales"/>
**Other {{formatnum:{{#expr:360000000-169932106}}|}} copies, at average $2.99 price<ref name="amazingspiderman"/> – {{US$|{{#expr:190067894*2.99 round 0}}|long=no}}
*May–December 2014 – {{US$|{{#expr:12785571+1996963}}|long=no}}<ref name="monthlycomicssales"/><ref name="comichron2014">{{cite web |title=2014 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops |url=http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2014.html |website=Comichron |accessdate=September 19, 2018}}</ref>
*2015 – $21,306,211<ref name="comichron2015">{{cite web |title=2015 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops |url=http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2015.html |website=Comichron |accessdate=September 19, 2018}}</ref>
*2016 – $19,443,889<ref name="comichron2016">{{cite web |title=2016 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops |url=http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2016.html |website=Comichron |accessdate=September 19, 2018}}</ref>
*2017 – $16,970,754<ref name="comichron2017">{{cite web |title=2017 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops |url=http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2017.html |website=Comichron |accessdate=September 19, 2018}}</ref>
*2018 – $23,401,747<ref name="comichron2018">{{cite web |title=2018 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops |url=http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2018.html |website=Comichron |accessdate=24 March 2019}}</ref>
}}
*[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|TV revenue]] – {{US$|880 million|long=no}}<ref name="Botti">{{cite book |last=Botti |first=Timothy J. |title=Envy of the World: A History of the U.S. Economy & Big Business |date=2006 |publisher=Algora Publishing |isbn=9780875864310 |page=581 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mhNBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA581}}</ref>
*[[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}}</ref>
| [[Comic book]]
| [[Stan Lee]] <br>[[Steve Ditko]]
| [[Marvel Entertainment]] {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}} <br> [[Sony]] {{small|(films)}}
|-
| ''[[Batman franchise media|Batman]]''
| 1939
| {{sort | 27728 | {{estimation}} $28 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|21.329 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Batman'' retail sales:
*{{As of|2012|2}} – {{US$|16 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Szalai|first=Georg|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacoms-nickelodeon-put-spotlight-new-286540|title=Viacom's Nickelodeon to Put Spotlight on New 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' at Toy Fair|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 1, 2012|accessdate=January 15, 2017}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales during 2013–2018 – {{US$|5.017 billion|long=no}}
**2013 – {{US$|494 million|long=no}}<ref name="hollywoodreporter"/>
**2014 – {{US$|578 million|long=no}}<ref name="hollywoodreporter"/>
**2015 – {{US$|982 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2016"/>
**2016 – {{US$|1.1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
**2017 – {{US$|1.024 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
**2018 – {{US$|839 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |accessdate=December 31, 2019 |work=The Licensing Letter |date=November 18, 2019}}</ref>
*Home video sales between September 2012 and January 2020 – {{US$|312 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Batman Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Batman#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=23 January 2020}}</ref>
}}
**Home video – {{US$|1.212 billion|long=no}}{{efn|$650{{nbsp}}million VHS and DVD sales for ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'', ''[[Batman Returns]]'', ''[[Batman Forever]]'' and ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'' up until 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050801005252/en/Powerful-Fearless-Dedicated-Daring...BATMAN-Motion-Picture-Anthology|title=Powerful, Fearless, Dedicated and Daring...''BATMAN: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997''|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|date=August 1, 2005|accessdate=March 27, 2017}}</ref> $562{{nbsp}}million DVD and Blu-ray sales for films released since 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Batman Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Batman#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>}}
*[[Batman in film|Box office]] – {{US$|6.059 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film|}}
*TV revenue – {{US$|340 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Batman'' television revenue:
*[[Batman (TV series)|1960s TV series]] – {{US$|300 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/?id=5T41AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA11&dq=batman+television+series+$300+million#v=onepage&q=batman%20television%20series%20%24300%20million&f=false|title=Acting Days Long Gone For 'Boy Wonder'|newspaper=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]|page=11|date=August 29, 1975|accessdate=November 5, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Batman (1989 film)|1989 film]] – {{US$|40 million|long=no}}<ref name="Hall">{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Sheldon |title=Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History |date=2010 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn=978-0814336977 |page=305 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA305}}</ref>
}}
| Comic book
| [[Bob Kane]] <br> [[Bill Finger]]
|[[DC Entertainment]] <br> {{small|(AT&T)}}
|-
| ''[[Gundam]]''
| 1979
| {{sort | 26406 | {{estimation}} $26 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|25.881 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Gundam'' retail sales:
*Merchandise sales during 1979–1999 – $5{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000613/ny_bandai_.html|title=Gundam Wing Phenomenon Grows With Addition of New Licensees as Television Ratings and Toy Line Sales Surge|website=[[Business Wire]]|date=June 13, 2000|accessdate=January 8, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000821005011/http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000613/ny_bandai_.html|archivedate=August 21, 2000|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gundam+Wing+Phenomenon+Grows+With+Addition+of+New+Licensees+as...-a062704291|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016114032/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gundam+Wing+Phenomenon+Grows+With+Addition+of+New+Licensees+as...-a062704291|title=Gundam Wing Phenomenon Grows With Addition of New Licensees as Television Ratings and Toy Line Sales Surge.|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|via=[[The Free Dictionary]]|archivedate=October 16, 2012|date=June 13, 2000|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Bandai]]'s [[net income]] from Bandai ''Gundam'' merchandise sales between April 2000 and 2007 – {{US$|3.735 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Gundam-Retail|See ''{{Section link|Cultural impact of Gundam|Retail sales}}''}}
*Licensed merchandise sales in Japan during 2000–2012 and 2015–2016 – {{US$|8.047 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Gundam-Retail}}
*Video game sales in Japan during 2000–2007 – {{US$|691 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*Anime home video sales in Japan up until 2006 – 11.9{{nbsp}}million units,<ref name="bandaivisual2006">{{cite web |title=事業内容に関するご質問と答え |url=http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/ir/faq_4.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015024136/http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/ir/faq_4.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 15, 2007 |website=[[Bandai Visual]] |publisher=[[Bandai]] |accessdate=October 15, 2007}}</ref> average {{¥|3,990}} price<ref name="bandaivisual2007">{{cite news |title=「ガンダムＳＥＥＤ＆ＳＥＥＤ ＤＥＳＴＩＮＹ ファンディスク ＳＥＥＤ ＳＵＰＥＲＮＯＶＡ ｅｒ」を６月２２日に発売 |url=http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/press/2007/press070620-2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807170455/http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/press/2007/press070620-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 7, 2007 |date=August 7, 2007}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:11.9*3990}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|47481|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
*Bandai Namco's net income from Bandai ''Gundam'' retail sales from April 2008 to December 2019 – {{US$|7.813 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Gundam-Retail}}
}}
*[[Gundam Ace|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|200 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Gundam Ace|Circulation}}.}}
*[[Pachinko]] sales – {{US$|185 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Pachinko}}
*[[Gundam#Media|Anime box office]] – {{US$|140 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
|[[Anime]]
| [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]
|[[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] <br>{{small|([[Bandai Namco Holdings]])}}
|-
| ''[[Dragon Ball]]''
| 1984
| {{sort | 25268 | {{estimation}} $25 billion}}
|
*[[Jump (magazine line)|Manga magazines]] – {{US$|7.025 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Sales revenue of ''[[Jump (magazine line)|Jump]]'' [[manga magazine]] issues serializing ''Dragon Ball'' manga series:
*''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' – {{US$|6.939 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*''[[List of Dragon Ball Z chapters|Dragon Ball Z]]'' in English ''[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]'' (January 2003 to April 2005) – {{formatnum:{{#expr:300000+(190000*6)+540000+(305000*4)+(305000*12)+(305000*4)}}|}} copies,{{efn|name=JumpEnglish|See {{Section link|Shonen Jump (magazine)|Circulation}}.}} $4.99 price<ref name="Viz2008PK">{{cite press release |url=http://www.shonenjump.com/mediakit/images/SJ_MEDIAKIT_Web.pdf |title=Shonen Jump Media Kit |year=2008 |accessdate=June 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920214013/http://www.shonenjump.com/mediakit/images/SJ_MEDIAKIT_Web.pdf |archivedate=September 20, 2008}}</ref> – {{US$|{{#expr:(8080000*4.99)/1000000 round 2}} million|long=no}}
*''[[Dragon Ball Super]]'' in ''[[V Jump]]'' (June 2015 to December 2018) – {{¥|{{#expr:(3*233334*550)+1704997800+1402500000+1237500000+297000000}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|2089998900|JPN|year=2016}}+{{To USD|2937000000|JPN}})/1000000 round 0}} million|long=no}}){{efn|name=VJump|See ''{{Section link|V Jump|Circulation}}''}}
}}
*[[List of Dragon Ball video games|Video games]] – {{US$|6.226 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|5.737 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Dragon Ball'' merchandise sales:
*Merchandise sales up until 2011 – $5{{nbsp}}billion<ref name="Funimation">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecnl.com/FunimationJan2012Catalog.pdf|title=Funimation January 2012 Catalog|website=C&L Internet Club|accessdate=July 30, 2017}}</ref>
*Japan licensed merchandise sales in 2012 – {{¥|7.67 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|7670|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
*Bandai Namco's net income from ''Dragon Ball'' toy sales during January–March 2013 – {{¥|{{#expr:4000-3400}} million}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Financial Statements |url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/ir/library/result.html |website=IR Library |publisher=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]] |accessdate=30 May 2019 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|600|JPN|year=2013}} million|long=no}})
*Bandai Namco's net income from ''Dragon Ball'' toy sales from April 2013 to December 2019 – {{¥|85.9 billion}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|6400000000|JPN|year=2013}}+{{To USD|5800000000|JPN|year=2014}}+{{To USD|21900000000|JPN|year=2016}}+{{To USD|51800000000|JPN}})/1000000 round 1}} million|long=no}}){{efn|See ''{{Section link|Dragon Ball|Cultural impact}}''}}
}}
*[[List of Dragon Ball manga volumes|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|2.222 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB|[[List of Dragon Ball manga volumes|''Dragon Ball'' tankōbon manga volume]] sales:
*''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' – $2,214,565,898
**Japan sales – 160{{nbsp}}million+ copies up until 2016<ref name="naver">{{cite news |title=やっぱり国産漫画はすごかった！日本の漫画＆漫画家に与えられたギネス記録 |url=https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2152281850010813901/2152337959465347003 |work=[[Naver|Naver Matome]] |date=2018-04-11|accessdate=2019-01-23 |language=ja-JP}}</ref> – {{¥|82,122,000,000}} ($1,019,726,394)
***[[Tankōbon]] sales up until 2000 – 126{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref name="japan-society">{{cite book |title=Little boy: the arts of Japan's exploding subculture |date=2005 |publisher=Japan Society |isbn=9780913304570 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eB83AQAAIAAJ&q=%22126+million%22 |quote=Dragon Ball ran to some 520 installments over twelve years from 1984 to 1995. The mightiest popular manga of its day, it had sold over 126 million manga paperbacks by 2000.}}</ref> {{¥|400}} price<ref name="Shueisha 1">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-851831-4&mode=1|title=DRAGON BALL 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|accessdate=2008-06-02|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name="ShueishaZ 26">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-851090-9&mode=1|title=DRAGON BALL 42|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|accessdate=2008-06-02|language=Japanese}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:126*400}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|50400|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
***[[Kanzenban]] sales during 2002–2012 – {{#expr:156.63-126}}{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref name="japan-society"/><ref name="156mil">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-manga-by-all-time-volume-sales |title=Top 10 Shonen Jump Manga by All-Time Volume Sales |date=October 23, 2012 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008192850/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-manga-by-all-time-volume-sales |archivedate=October 8, 2016 }}</ref> {{¥|933}} price<ref name="kanzenban1">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873444-0&mode=1|title=DRAGON BALL 完全版 1 |publisher=Shueisha|accessdate=October 7, 2016|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006082655/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873444-0&mode=1|archivedate=October 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name="kanzenban34">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873477-7&mode=1|title=DRAGON BALL 完全版 34|publisher=Shueisha|accessdate=October 7, 2016|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006083125/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873477-7&mode=1|archivedate=October 6, 2016}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:30630000*933}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|28577790000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
***Kanzenban sales during 2013–2014 – {{#expr:159.5-156.63}}{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref name="156mil"/><ref name="jump2014">{{cite web |title=Shueisha Media Guide 2014 少年コミック誌・青年コミック誌 |trans-title=Boy's & Men's Comic Magazines | url=http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/mediaguide/2014/pdf/boys.pdf |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |accessdate=2017-04-22 |page=2 |language=Japanese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430025858/http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/mediaguide/2014/pdf/boys.pdf |archivedate=2014-04-30}}</ref> {{¥|933}} price<ref name="kanzenban1"/><ref name="kanzenban34"/> – {{¥|{{#expr:2870000*933}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|2677710000|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}}|long=no}})
***Kanzenban sales during 2015–2016 – {{formatnum:{{#expr:160000000-159500000}}|}} copies,<ref name="naver"/><ref name="jump2014"/> {{¥|933}} price<ref name="kanzenban1"/><ref name="kanzenban34"/> – {{¥|{{#expr:500000*933}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|466500000|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}}|long=no}})
**Overseas sales – 119,603,554+ copies sold overseas,{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Dragon Ball (manga)|Reception}}''}} $9.99 price<ref>{{cite web |title=Dragon Ball, Vol. 1 |url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-volume-1/product/104 |website=[[Viz Media]] |accessdate=September 7, 2018}}</ref> – {{US$|{{#expr:119603554*9.99 round 0}}|long=no}}
*''[[Dragon Ball Super]]'' (Japan sales) – 2,179,528 copies,{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Dragon Ball Super|Manga reception}}''}} {{¥|400}} price<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880661-7&mode=1|title=ドラゴンボール超 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|accessdate=2018-06-02|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-881501-5&mode=1|title=ドラゴンボール超 6|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|accessdate=2018-06-02|language=Japanese}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:2179528*400}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:(594342*{{To USD|400|JPN|year=2016}})+(1585186*{{To USD|400|JPN}}) round 0}}|long=no}})
}}
*Home entertainment – {{US$|2.077 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Dragon Ball'' home entertainment media:
*[[List of Dragon Ball films|''Dragon Ball'' film]] home video sales – {{US$|54 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|List of Dragon Ball films|Home video sales}}''}}
*DVD and Blu-ray sales of [[List of Dragon Ball anime|''Dragon Ball'' anime series]] in Japan – {{US$|369.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Anime|See ''{{Section link|List of Dragon Ball anime|Commercial reception}}''}}
*[[Funimation]]'s ''Dragon Ball Z'' anime DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States during 1999–2017 – {{US$|750 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Anime}}
*[[Toei Animation]]'s ''Dragon Ball'' anime earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) between April 2003 and December 2019 – {{US$|893 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=DB-Anime}}
*United States DVD and Blu-ray sales of anime TV series during January–May 2018 – {{US$|10.5 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Blu-ray Titles in the United States 2018 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/bluray-sales/2018 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref>
}}
*Trading card sales – {{US$|961 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Dragon Ball'' trading card sales:
*[[Carddass]] sales – 2{{nbsp}}billion ''Dragon Ball'' Carddass trading cards sold, at {{¥|20}} price,<ref>{{cite news |title=Bandai's "Carddas" topped the total sales volume of 10 billion pieces |url=https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20120329-bandai-carddass/ |work=[[:ja:GIGAZINE|GIGAZINE]] |date=March 29, 2012}}</ref> grossing approximately {{¥|{{#expr:2*20}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|40000|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}}).
*''[[Dragon Ball Heroes]]'' card sales – {{¥|{{#expr:(500*100)/1000}} billion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=「スーパードラゴンボールヒーローズ」の稼働日が11月17日に決定。6周年＆出荷5億枚達成の記念イベントも |url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/122/G012264/20161021049/ |work=[[4Gamer.net]] |date=2016-10-10 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|50000|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
}}
*[[List of Dragon Ball films|Box office]] – {{US$|817 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of Dragon Ball films|Box office performance}}.}}
*Music sales – {{US$|47 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Dragon Ball'' music sales in Japan – {{¥|3744412530}} ({{US$|{{To USD|3744412530|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
*"[[Cha-La Head-Cha-La]]" ([[Hironobu Kageyama]] single) – 1.3{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref>{{cite news |title=Kawaii Kon's Guest Announcement for the 2014 Show |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2014-03-04/kawaii-kon-guest-announcement-for-the-2014-show |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=March 4, 2014}}</ref> {{¥|937}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=CC-8214 {{!}} CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA |url=https://vgmdb.net/album/32240 |website=VGMdb |accessdate=September 6, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:1.3*937}} million}}
*[[List of Dragon Ball soundtracks|''Dragon Ball Z'' soundtrack album]] – 200,000 copies,<ref>{{cite book |last=Cardoso |first=Gustavo |title=The Media in the Network Society: Browsing, News, Filters and Citizenship |date=2006 |isbn=9781847537928 |page=178 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PRH7Ay7NOKQC&pg=PA178}}</ref> {{¥|2,935}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=ドラゴンボールZ/MUSIC COLLECTION |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/74438/products/116208/1/ |website=[[Oricon]] |accessdate=September 6, 2018 |language=ja-JP}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:200000*2935}}|link=no}}
*"[[Hitori ja Nai]]" ([[Deen (band)|Deen]] single) – 352,390 copies, {{¥|1020}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=Hitori Janai (DEEN) |url=https://www.generasia.com/wiki/Hitori_Janai_(DEEN) |website=Generasia |accessdate=September 6, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:352390*1020}}|link=no}}
*"[[Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku]]" ([[Field of View]] single) – 528,150 copies,<ref>{{cite web |title=1996 Oricon Top 100 Singles |url=http://www.generasia.com/wiki/1996_Oricon_Top_100_Singles |website=Generasia |publisher=[[Oricon]] |accessdate=September 6, 2018}}</ref> {{¥|975}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=DAN DAN 心魅かれてく {{!}} the FIELD OF VIEW |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/274101/products/314612/1/ |website=[[Oricon]] |accessdate=September 6, 2018 |language=ja-JP}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:528150*975}}|link=no}}
*"[[Don't You See!]]" ([[Zard]] single) – 602,760 copies, {{¥|1,020}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=Don't You See! |url=http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Don%27t_You_See! |website=Generasia |accessdate=September 6, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:602760*1020}}|link=no}}
*"[[Blue Velvet (Shizuka Kudo song)|Blue Velvet]]" ([[Shizuka Kudo]] single) – 267,000 copies,<ref name="orideta">{{cite web|title=工藤静香 - アーティスト別シングル売上補完|url=https://www19.atwiki.jp/orideta/pages/146.html|work=@wiki|accessdate=December 21, 2017}}</ref> {{¥|1,000}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=Blue Velvet |url=http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Blue_Velvet |website=Generasia |accessdate=September 6, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:267000*1000}}|link=no}}
*"[[List of Dragon Ball singles|Kokoro no Hane]]" ([[AKB48]] single) – 145,328 copies, {{¥|1260}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=Kokoro no Hane |url=https://www.generasia.com/wiki/Kokoro_no_Hane |website=Generasia |accessdate=September 6, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:145328*1260}}|link=no}}
}}
| Manga
| [[Akira Toriyama]]
| [[Akira Toriyama]] ([[Bird Studio]])<br>Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}} <br>[[Toei Animation]] {{small|(anime)}} <br>[[Bandai Namco]] {{small|(games)}}
|-
| ''[[Barbie#Media franchise|Barbie]]''
| 1987{{efn|''Barbie'' became a media franchise starting in 1987, with the debut of the [[Barbie (film series)|''Barbie'' animated film series]]. Earlier [[Barbie]] toy sales prior to 1987 are not included here.}}
| {{sort | 24717 | {{estimation}} $24.7 billion}}
|
*[[Barbie|Merchandise sales]] – {{US$|22.724 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}} between 1987 and 1994.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Graves |first=Earl G. |title=Mattel Inc. |journal=[[Black Enterprise]] |date=October 1994 |volume=25 |issue=3 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA106 |publisher=Earl G. Graves, Ltd.}}</ref> {{US$|1.9 billion|long=no}} in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |title=Doll power: Barbie celebrates 50th anniversary and toy world dominance |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4014779/Doll-power-Barbie-celebrates-50th-anniversary-and-toy-world-dominance.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=December 29, 2008}}</ref> {{US$|1.52 billion|long=no}} in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kapner |first1=By Suzanne |title=Mattel's Barbie gets a makeover |url=http://archive.fortune.com/2009/07/09/news/companies/mattel_barbie_makeover.fortune/index.htm |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=July 10, 2009}}</ref> {{US$|3.6 billion|long=no}} in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mattel's 2004 Line Showcases Strength of Barbie, Fisher-Price, and Hot Wheels Brands, Growing Entertainment Muscle and Seamless Technology |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040212005225/en/Mattels-2004-Line-Showcases-Strength-Barbie-Fisher-Price |work=[[Business Wire]] |date=February 12, 2004}}</ref> {{US$|3.3 billion|long=no}} in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=2008's big moneymakers: 'Idol' and Barbie |url=http://www.startribune.com/2008-s-big-moneymakers-idol-and-barbie/42826012/ |work=[[Star Tribune]] |date=April 10, 2009}}</ref> {{US$|550 million|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=FAST FACTS ABOUT BARBIE |url=http://www.barbiemedia.com/about-barbie/fast-facts.html |website=Barbie Media |publisher=[[Mattel]] |year=2016 |accessdate=September 22, 2018}}</ref> {{US$|1,275.3 million|long=no}} sales in 2012.<ref name="barbie">{{cite web |title=Gross sales of Mattel's Barbie brand worldwide from 2012 to 2018 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/370361/gross-sales-of-mattel-s-barbie-brand/ |website=[[Statista]] |date=February 2019 |accessdate=20 February 2020}}</ref> {{US$|3 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mattel Is Banking On Barbie Being The Next Big Movie Franchise |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/mattel-is-banking-on-barbie-being-the-next-big-movie-franchise-2014-4 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=April 2014}}</ref> {{US$|1,934.5 million|long=no}} during 2014–2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Barbie Doll Statistics |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/barbie-doll-statistics/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624012119/http://www.statisticbrain.com/barbie-doll-statistics/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 24, 2018 |accessdate=June 22, 2018 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Biers |first=John |title=Star Wars overtakes Barbie with $5-B US toy sales |url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/22/17/star-wars-overtakes-barbie-with-5-b-us-toy-sales |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |date=May 22, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|954.9 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="barbie"/> {{US$|1,088.95 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="barbie"/>}}
*[[Barbie (film series)|Home video sales]] – {{US$|1.988 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Barbie (film series)|Films}}''}}
*[[Barbie (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|5.1 million|long=no}}<ref name="barbie-numbers">{{cite web |title=Barbie Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Barbie |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref>
| [[Animated film]]
| [[Ruth Handler]]
| [[Mattel]]
|-
| ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' <br> (''Hokuto no Ken'')
| 1983
| {{sort | 22548 | {{estimation}} $22.5 billion}}
|
*[[Pachinko]] & [[Amusement arcade|arcades]] – {{US$|18.332 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Pachinko}}
*[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|2.508 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*[[List of Fist of the North Star chapters|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|1.24 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=FOTNS|''Fist of the North Star'' manga tankōbon volume sales – 100{{nbsp}}million copies<ref>{{cite web | url=http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20061019/amuse.htm | title=劇場アニメ「真救世主伝説 北斗の拳」DVD発売記念イベント | date=2006-10-19 | publisher=AV Watch | accessdate=2013-11-28 |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://mantan-web.jp/2014/04/19/20140418dog00m200061000c.html | title=武論尊 ： 「北斗の拳」実は綱渡りだった 26年ぶり伏線回収に「出しきった」 (1/2) | date=2014-04-19 | work=Mainichi Shimbun Digital | accessdate=2013-11-28 |language=Japanese}}</ref>
*Japan – 60{{nbsp}}million [[tankōbon]] copies,<ref name="zenkan">{{cite web | url=http://www.mangazenkan.com/ranking/books-circulation.html | script-title=ja:歴代発行部数ランキング | publisher=Manga Zenkan | language=Japanese | accessdate=2014-11-09}}</ref> at average {{¥|{{#expr:(980+619)/2 round 0}}|link=no}} price,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-782601-5&mode=1|script-title=ja:北斗の拳 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=June 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-617283-6&mode=1|script-title=ja:北斗の拳 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=June 18, 2018}}</ref> grossed approximately {{¥|{{#expr:60*800}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|48000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}}).
*Overseas – {{#expr:100-60}}{{nbsp}}million [[graphic novel]] copies,<ref name="comipress">{{cite news |title=Top Manga Properties in 2008 - Rankings and Circulation Data |url=http://www.comipress.com/article/2008/12/31/3733 |work=ComiPress |date=December 31, 2008}}</ref> at average $15.95 price,<ref>{{cite web |title=Comic books in 'Fist of the North Star TPB' |url=https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?SeriesID=21240121 |website=[[Lone Star Comics]] |accessdate=September 6, 2018}}</ref> grossed approximately {{US$|{{#expr:40*15.95}} million|long=no}}.
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*[[List of Fist of the North Star video games|Console games]] – {{US$|373 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Fist of the North Star video games|''Fist of the North Star'' console game]] retail sales in Japan:
*''Fist of the North Star'' releases up until 2012 – {{formatnum:{{#expr:975224+549316+276561+199341}}|}} sales grossed approximately {{¥|{{#expr:(975224*3990)+(549316*8190)+(276561*7800)+(199341*4410)}}|link=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=All Time Sales Ranking TOP 1000 |url=http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |accessdate=June 19, 2018 |quote=Fist of the North Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611050926/http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |archive-date=June 11, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|11426311410|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
*''[[Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise]]'' – {{US$|{{#expr:163636*8390}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Like the North Star |url=http://salesdatabase.net/games/6238/ |website=Salesdatabase |accessdate=July 19, 2018}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|1372906040|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}})
*[[Jump (magazine line)#Video games|''Shōnen Jump'' video game]] series – {{US$|217.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
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*[[Fist of the North Star#Anime|Anime DVD & Blu-ray]] – {{US$|37 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Fist of the North Star'' DVD and Blu-ray sales in Japan:
*Up until 2012 – {{¥|2,900.65 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|2900.65|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
**''Fist of the North Star'' and ''[[Fist of the North Star 2]]'' – {{¥|2,596.65 million}} ({{formatnum:{{#expr:12949+11781}}|}} sales,<ref name="someanithing312"/> {{¥|105,000}} price)<ref name="hnk25thdvd">{{cite web|url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/dvd/hokutonoken/|language=Japanese|title=「北斗の拳」DVD-BOX発売|website=[[Toei Animation]]|accessdate=June 21, 2018}}</ref>
**''[[New Fist of the North Star]]'' – {{¥|230 million}} (DVD)<ref>{{cite news |title=特集・コラム [ 映画ファンド ] －1－ 映画ファンドとは 話題作の「北斗の拳」から仕組みを探る |url=http://money.quick.co.jp/column/topics/moviefunds/11.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219015739/http://money.quick.co.jp/column/topics/moviefunds/11.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2007 |accessdate=December 19, 2007 |agency=[[QUICK Corp]] |date=February 8, 2007}}</ref>
**''[[Souten no Ken]]'' and ''[[Legends of the Dark King]]'' – {{¥|{{#expr:59.4+14.6}} million}} (Japan)<ref name="someanithing">{{cite web |title=Series Data – Quick View |url=http://www.someanithing.com/series-data-quick-view |website=Someanithing: Anime DVD/BD Sales in Japan |date=May 22, 2018}}</ref>
*''[[Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji]]'' (2015) – {{¥|20.1 million}} (Japan)<ref name="someanithing"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|20100000|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}}|long=no}})
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*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|26.2 million|long=no}}{{efn|Japan licensed merchandise sales in 2005 – {{¥|2.09 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|2090|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})}}
*[[Fist of the North Star#Films and OVAs|Anime box office]] – {{US$|32 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Fist of the North Star|Films and OVAs}}''}}
| Manga
| [[Buronson]] <br>[[Tetsuo Hara]]
| Buronson <br> Tetsuo Hara <br> Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}} <br>Toei Animation {{small|(anime)}} <br>[[Sega Sammy Holdings]] {{small|(games and pachinko)}}
|-
| ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''
| 1995
| {{sort | 21817 | {{estimation}} $21.8 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|17.6 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Toy Story]]'' and ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' generated {{US$|6.6 billion|long=no}} up until 2009.<ref name="businesswire">{{cite news |title=Disney Consumer Products Poised to Significantly Increase Share of Boys Market |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100603005682/en/Disney-Consumer-Products-Poised-Significantly-Increase-Share |work=[[Business Wire]] |date=June 3, 2010 }}</ref> ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' (2010) generated nearly {{US$|10 billion|long=no}} up until 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Palmeri|first=Christopher|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-11-07/more-disney-fun-and-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$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="euromonitor">{{cite book |title=Licensing: Billion Dollar Character Franchises |date=September 2016 |publisher=Euromonitor International |url=https://www.euromonitor.com/licensing-billion-dollar-character-franchises/report}}</ref>}}
*Box office – {{US$|3.044 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Film}}
*TV revenue – {{US$|{{#expr:1700-1067}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Yamazaki|first=Makiko|title=Nintendo's Mario eyes a Mickey Mouse merchandising makeover|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nintendo-pokemon-ip-idUSKCN1072T1|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=July 28, 2016}}</ref>{{efn|name=Film}}
*VHS sales – {{US$|290 million|long=no}}<ref name="Wroot">{{cite book|last1=Wroot|first1=Jonathan|last2=Willis|first2=Andy|title=DVD, Blu-ray and Beyond: Navigating Formats and Platforms within Media Consumption|date=2017|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]]|isbn=9783319627588|page=22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-M8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA22}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|250 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Toy Story Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Toy-Story#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=March 31, 2019}}</ref>
| Animated film
| [[Pixar]]
| The Walt Disney Company
|-
| ''[[Cars (franchise)|Cars]]''
| 2006
| {{sort | 21794 | {{estimation}} $21.8 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|19.114 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|10 billion|long=no}} up until 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/14209968/pixar-boss-reveals-cars-movie-merchandise-made-10bn|title=Pixar boss reveals Cars movie merchandise made $10bn|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=July 21, 2011|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}</ref> {{US$|2.527 billion|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|2.3 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|2.025 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="euromonitor"/> $588{{nbsp}}million in 2016. {{US$|674 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*Box office – {{US$|2.026 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Cars'' series grossed {{US$|1.408 billion|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=pixarcars.htm|title=Cars Movies at the Box Office|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}</ref> ''Planes'' series grossed {{US$|391 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Planes Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=planes.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |accessdate=1 April 2019}}</ref>}}
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|654 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Cars'' series grossed {{US$|537 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cars Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Cars#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=October 15, 2018}}</ref> ''Planes'' series grossed {{US$|117 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Planes Franchise Box Office History – Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Planes#tab=video |website=The Numbers |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref>}}
| Animated film
| [[Pixar]] <br> [[John Lasseter]]
| The Walt Disney Company
|-
| ''[[One Piece]]''
| 1997
| {{sort | 20897 | {{estimation}} $20.9 billion}}
|
*[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|8.825 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|5.757 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''One Piece'' merchandise sales:
*Japan merchandise sales up until June 2004 – $1{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040608005321/en/4Kids-Entertainment-Unveils-All-New-FOX-BOX-Fall|title=4Kids Entertainment Unveils All-New FOX BOX for Fall '04|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|date=June 8, 2004|accessdate=January 1, 2017}}</ref>
*Japan merchandise sales between 2005 and 2012 – {{¥|214.502 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|249742|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
**2005–2008 – {{¥|{{#expr:12.4+6.89+9.56+7.39}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**Bandai Namco toy sales during April–December 2009 – {{¥|1 billion}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 2011 |url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8137?entry_id=5889 |publisher=[[Namco Bandai Holdings]] |date=February 3, 2011 |accessdate=September 12, 2018}}</ref>
**2010 – {{¥|40.75 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|36240|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
**2011 – {{¥|{{#expr:1606000*(4.53/100)}} million}}<ref name="charabiz_4806">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2012⑪ |year=2012 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=4806 |language=ja}}</ref>
**2012 – {{¥|100 billion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=「ワンピース」の海外ビジネスモデル ローカライズ戦略とボーダレス戦略の相乗効果 |url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2013/09/06/15461.html |work=アニメ！アニメ！ |agency=PR Times |date=2013-09-06 |language=ja}}</ref>
*Japan licensed merchandise sales during 2013–2014 – {{US$|1.421 billion|long=no}}
**2013 – {{¥|{{#expr:1570000*(3.87/100)}} million}}<ref name="charabiz2013"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|60759|JPN|year=2013|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
**2014 – {{¥|{{#expr:1690000*(2.88/100)}} million}}<ref name="charabiz2014">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2015⑭ |year=2015 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=9073 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|48672|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*Bandai Namco's net income from ''One Piece'' toy sales from April 2016 to December 2019 – {{¥|{{#expr:5.7+4.6+(5.6+6.8)}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|22700|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="bandai2017">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2017|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8162?entry_id=5899|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="bandai2018">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8783?entry_id=5900|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Bandai2019">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2020|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/9684?entry_id=6622|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|date=February 6, 2020|accessdate=February 20, 2020}}</ref>
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*[[List of One Piece manga volumes|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|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}}
*Overseas – 75{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mangamag.fr/actualite/actualite-manga/one-piece-440-millions-dexemplaires-imprimes-dans-le-monde/|title=One Piece: 440 million copies of manga printed in the world!|website=MangaMag|date=May 21, 2018|accessdate=May 21, 2018|quote=It is today, via the site of the Asahi newspaper, that we learn that the total circulation of volumes 1 to 87 of Eiichiro ODA's shônen manga One Piece amounts to 440 million copies worldwide! The circulation is about 365 million copies for Japan and 75 million for the rest of the world.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522042255/http://www.mangamag.fr/actualite/actualite-manga/one-piece-440-millions-dexemplaires-imprimes-dans-le-monde/|archive-date=May 22, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> $9.99 price<ref>{{cite web |title=One Piece, Vol. 1 |url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/one-piece-volume-1/product/139 |website=[[Viz Media]] |accessdate=September 7, 2018}}</ref> – {{US$|{{#expr:75*9.99 round 1}} million|long=no}}
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*[[List of One Piece video games|Video games]] – {{US$|1.89 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[One Piece (TV series)|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|1.285 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''One Piece'' home entertainment media:
*Japan video sales of anime TV series – {{¥|9,821,281,050}} ({{US$|{{To USD|9821.28100|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
**Episodes 1–130<ref name="someanithing312"/> – {{¥|{{#expr:39719*(5040*15+4725*23)}}|link=no}} (38{{nbsp}}volumes,<ref name="piece">See {{Section link|List of One Piece episodes (seasons 1–8)|DVD}}</ref> 15 four-episode volumes<ref name="piece"/> at {{¥|5,040}},<ref>{{cite web |title=ONE PIECE ワンピースpiece.01 |url=http://shop.toei-anim.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=57 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006074749/http://shop.toei-anim.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=57 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |accessdate=October 6, 2011}}</ref> 23 three-episode volumes<ref name="piece"/> at {{¥|4,725}},<ref>{{cite web |title=ONE PIECE ワンピースpiece.130 |url=http://shop.toei-anim.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=95 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529132733/http://shop.toei-anim.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=95 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 29, 2012 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |accessdate=May 29, 2012}}</ref> 39,719 sales per volume)<ref name="someanithing312"/>
**Later episodes – {{¥|{{#expr:529537*4725}}|link=no}} (529,537 units,<ref name="someanithing2581">{{cite web |title=2000-Present, Long-running franchises, Average and Per-volume sales |url=http://www.someanithing.com/2581 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930172724/http://www.someanithing.com/2581 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2018 |website=Someanithing: Anime DVD/BD Sales in Japan |accessdate=June 17, 2018}}</ref> {{¥|4,725}} price)<ref>{{cite web |title=ONE PIECE ワンピース 10THシーズン スリラーバーク篇 piece.12 |url=http://shop.toei-anim.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=4262 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613063455/http://shop.toei-anim.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=4262 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 13, 2012 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |accessdate=October 6, 2011}}</ref>
*Toei Animation's ''One Piece'' anime earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) between April 2003 and December 2019 – {{US$|720 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|One Piece (TV series)|Reception}}''}}
*DVD & Blu-ray sales of ''[[Strong World]]'' film in Japan during August 23–29 week of 2010 – {{¥|2.16 billion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=One Piece DVD/BDs Earn 2.16 Billion Yen in 1 Week (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-31/one-piece-dvd/bds-earn-2.16-billion-yen-in-1-week |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=August 21, 2010}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|2160|JPN|year=2011}} million|long=no}})
*DVD & Blu-ray sales of film releases in the United States since 2012 – $2.2{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite web|title=One Piece Film Z (2012)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/One-Piece-Film-Z|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=One Piece: Strong World (2013)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/One-Piece-Strong-World|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=One Piece Film: Gold (2016)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/One-Piece-Film-Gold-(Japan)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref>
*Home entertainment media sales in Japan between 2013 and June 2018 – {{¥|{{#expr:11061300000+13847321193+12460295578}}}} ({{US$|{{#expr:(113300000+127281479+60843405+111084029)/1000000 round 0}} million|long=no}})
**2013 – {{¥|11,061.3 million}}<ref name="japan2013">{{cite web |title=Recette Totale en Yens pour 2013 par Oricon |url=http://textup.fr/87897UA |website=TextUp |publisher=[[Oricon]] |accessdate=June 1, 2018 |language=fr}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|11061.3|JPN|year=2013}} million|long=no}})
**2015–2016 – {{¥|{{#expr:7190781309+6656539884}}|long=no}}<ref name="japan2015">{{cite news|title=Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2015|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-29/top-selling-media-franchises-in-japan-2015/.97051|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2015-12-29}}</ref><ref name="japan2016">{{cite news|title=Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2016|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-29/top-selling-media-franchises-in-japan-2016/.110442|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|13847321193|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}}|long=no}})
**2017–2018 – {{¥|{{#expr:6824804717+5635490861}}|long=no}}<ref name="japan2017"/><ref name="japan2018">{{cite news |title=Top-Selling Media Franchises in Japan: 2018 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-19/top-selling-media-franchises-in-japan-2018/.141064 |accessdate=21 January 2019 |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=2018-12-20}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|12460295578|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}})
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*[[List of One Piece films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|433 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
| Manga
| [[Eiichiro Oda]]
| Eiichiro Oda <br> Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}}<br>Toei Animation {{small|(anime)}}<br>Bandai Namco {{small|(games)}}
|-
| ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
| 1996
| {{sort | 20300 | {{estimation}} $20.3 billion}}
|
*[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|Card game]] – {{US$|11.161 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Approximately {{US$|{{#expr:25175567833*(3.99/9) round 0}}|long=no}} up until 2011 (25,175,567,833 card sales,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-7000/best-selling-trading-card-game/|title=Best-selling trading card game company - cumulative|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]]|date=March 31, 2011|accessdate=March 5, 2014}}</ref> $3.99 per 9-card pack)<ref>{{cite news |title=Card game from Japan fuels new obsession |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/136758434/ |work=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |date=July 29, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME |url=http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/products/bp-crms.html |website=[[Konami]] |accessdate=June 21, 2018}}</ref>}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|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"/>
*Japan sales during 2005, 2007–2008 and 2010 – {{¥|{{#expr:12.24+8.29+7.24+4.69}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|20530|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
*Licensed merchandise sales outside Asia during 2015–2018 – {{US$|920 million|long=no}}
**{{US$|120 million|long=no}} in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-2|title=The Top 150 Global Licensors|website=License Global|date=May 1, 2016|accessdate=July 16, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185242/http://www.licenseglobal.com/magazine-article/top-150-global-licensors-2|archivedate=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> {{US$|200 million|long=no}} in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-3|title=The Top 150 Global Licensors|website=License Global|date=April 1, 2017|accessdate=April 13, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185025/http://www.licenseglobal.com/magazine-article/top-150-global-licensors-3|archivedate=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> {{US$|300 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dc.cn.ubm-us.com/i/962166-license-global-april-2018|title=Licence Global - April 2018|website=dc.cn.ubm-us.com|date=April 2018|accessdate=2 May 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502140333/http://dc.cn.ubm-us.com/i/962166-license-global-april-2018|archivedate=May 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> {{US$|300 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0a2d8f9#/b0a2d8f9/60|title=Licence Global - August 2018|work=Licence Global|date=August 2018|page=T32|accessdate=August 8, 2019}}</ref>
}}
*[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|3.643 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*[[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games|Video games]] – {{US$|329 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games|''Yu-Gi-Oh'' video games]]:
*Japan console game retail sales – 3,660,321 units, average {{¥|4814}} price – {{¥|17,621,946,900}}<ref>{{cite web |title=All Time Sales Ranking TOP 1000 |url=http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |accessdate=June 19, 2018 |quote=Yu-Gi-Oh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611050926/http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |archive-date=June 11, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|17621.946900|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]]'' – {{US$|108 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links|Reception}}.}}
}}
*[[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! chapters|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|196 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=YuGiOh|''Yu-Gi-Oh'' manga sold 40{{nbsp}}million [[tankōbon]] volumes,<ref name="zenkan"/> at {{¥|390}} price,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872311-2&mode=1|script-title=ja:遊·戯·王 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|accessdate=June 27, 2008|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name="Shueisha 38">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873626-5&mode=1|script-title=ja:遊·戯·王 38|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|accessdate=December 22, 2008|language=Japanese}}</ref> grossing approximately {{¥|{{#expr:40*390}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|15600|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}}).}}
*[[Yu-Gi-Oh!#Anime|Anime TV revenue]] – {{US$|152 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title='Yu-Gi-Oh!' Creator Terminates U.S. Deal and Sues for Millions of Dollars (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/yu-gi-creator-terminates-us-172273 |accessdate=2 September 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=29 March 2011}}</ref>
*[[Yu-Gi-Oh!#Films|Anime box office]] – $42{{nbsp}}million{{efn|name=Anime}}
| Manga
| [[Kazuki Takahashi (manga artist)|Kazuki Takahashi]]
| Kazuki Takahashi <br> Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}}<br>[[Konami]] (games and cards)
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty]]''
| 2003
| {{sort | 20000 | $20 billion}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Creadore (Product Manager at Google - Waze) |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/creadore/ |website=[[LinkedIn]] |accessdate=22 February 2020}}</ref>
|
*Video games – {{US$|18.132 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| [[Infinity Ward]]
| [[Activision]] <br> {{small|([[Activision Blizzard]])}}
|}
==At least $10 billion==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Franchise
! style="width:10%;"| Year of inception
! style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number" | Total revenue [[United States dollar|(USD)]]
! style="width:20%;"| Revenue breakdown ({{estimation}})
! style="width:10%;"| Original media
! style="width:10%;"| Creator(s)
! style="width:20%;"| Owner(s)
|-
| ''[[Middle-earth]]'' <br> (''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'')
| 1937
| {{sort | 19937 | $19.9 billion}}{{efn|''Middle-earth / Lord of the Rings'' franchise is reported to have grossed {{US$|19.827 billion|long=no}} in total revenue as of January 2018.<ref name="lotr">{{cite web |title=Lord of the Rings Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/lord-of-the-rings-total-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627165316/http://www.statisticbrain.com/lord-of-the-rings-total-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>}}
|
*Book sales – {{US$|9.125 billion|long=no}}<ref name="lotr"/>
*[[Middle-earth in film|Box office]] – $5.896 billion<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Peter-Jacksons-Lord-of-the-Rings |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*Home video sales – {{US$|4.194 billion|long=no}}<ref name="lotr"/>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|435 million|long=no}}<ref name="lotr"/>
*Licensing – {{US$|225 million|long=no}}<ref name="lotr"/>
*[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game)|Video game]] – {{US$|{{#expr:1.4*44 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref name="Marich"/>
| Novel
| [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]
| [[Tolkien Estate]] {{small|(books)}} <br>Warner Bros. {{small|(AT&T)}} {{small|(films)}}
|-
| ''[[James Bond]]''
| 1953
| {{sort | 19900 | {{estimation}} $19.9 billion}}{{efn|In October 2015, it was projected that the ''James Bond'' franchise would be worth an estimated [[Pound sterling|£]]13{{nbsp}}billion ({{US$|19.9 billion|long=no}}) after the release of ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]''.<ref name="ibtimes">{{cite web|last=Adejobi|first=Alicia|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/spectre-movie-james-bond-brand-worth-13bn-off-back-monster-box-office-dvd-sales-1525914|title=Spectre movie: James Bond brand worth £13bn off the back of monster box office and DVD sales|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=October 27, 2015|accessdate=December 5, 2016}}</ref>}}
|
*[[James Bond in film|Box office]] – $7.078{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web |title=James Bond Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/James-Bond |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*Home video sales – ${{To USD|2|GBR|year=2015}}{{nbsp}}billion<ref name="ibtimes"/>
*Merchandise & licensing – ${{To USD|2|GBR|year=2015}}{{nbsp}}billion<ref name="ibtimes"/>
*[[List of James Bond novels and short stories|Book sales]] – $550{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite web |title=James Bond 007 Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/james-bond-007-total-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824195605/http://www.statisticbrain.com/james-bond-007-total-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 24, 2015 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}</ref>
*[[James Bond in video games|Video games]] – {{US$|{{#expr:(5*50)+(1.4*32)+(1.4*40) round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref name="Marich">{{cite book |last1=Marich |first1=Robert |title=Marketing to Moviegoers: A Handbook of Strategies Used by Major Studios and Independents |date=2005 |publisher=[[CRC Press]] |isbn=9781136068621 |page=121 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XZ7cAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA121}}</ref>
| Novel
| [[Ian Fleming]]
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
|-
| ''[[Peanuts]]''
| 1950
| {{sort | 19090 | {{estimation}} $19.1 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|18.805 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Peanuts'' retail sales:
*As of 1990 – {{US$|448 million|long=no}}<ref name="Pictorial"/>
*Late 1990s – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title='Peanuts' Cartoonist Has Surgery |url=https://apnews.com/a1daaf85b8654644a12b4c43dca45735 |work=[[AP News]] |date=November 17, 1999}}</ref>
*Japan sales during 2000–2009 and 2011 – {{¥|401.67 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|401670|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
**2000 – {{¥|65 billion}}<ref name="Yano"/>
**2001–2002 – {{¥|{{#expr:38.47+49.28}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2003 – {{¥|40 billion}}<ref name="Yano"/>
**2004–2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:44.66+37.84+35.4+33.94}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2008 – {{¥|20.94 billion}}<ref name="charabiz-2008">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2009⑧ |date=2009 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=2487 |language=ja}}</ref>
**2011 – {{¥|36.14 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*Global sales in 2010 – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>
*US sales in 2011 – {{US$|600 million|long=no}}<ref name="forbes2011"/>
*2012 – {{US$|1.141 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
*2013–2017 – {{US$|6.887 billion|long=no}}
**{{US$|1.167 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|1.194 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="dhxmedia">{{cite news |title=DHX MEDIA CLOSES ACQUISITION OF PEANUTS AND STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE - DHX Media |url=http://www.dhxmedia.com/newsreleases/dhx-media-closes-acquisition-peanuts-strawberry-shortcake/ |work=[[DHX Media]] |date=June 30, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|1.468 billion|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|1.558 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>
*2018 – {{US$|1.662 billion|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018"/>
}}
*[[The Peanuts Movie|Box office]] – {{US$|250 million|long=no}}<ref name="peanuts">{{cite web |title=The Peanuts Movie (2015) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Peanuts-Movie-The |website=The Numbers |accessdate=September 22, 2018}}</ref>
*[[The Peanuts Movie|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|35 million|long=no}}<ref name="peanuts"/>
| [[Comic strip]]
| [[Charles M. Schulz]]
| [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]] {{small|(Sony)}} <br> [[WildBrain]] <br> [[20th Century Studios]] {{small|(Walt Disney Company)}} {{small|(film)}}
|-
| ''[[Super Sentai]]'' <br> (''[[Power Rangers]]'')
| 1975
| {{sort | 16775 | {{estimation}} $16.8 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|16.557 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Super Sentai / Power Rangers'' retail sales:
*Bandai Namco's net income from Bandai ''Power Rangers'' merchandise sales between April 2005 and March 2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:10.8+10.1+25.4+25.6+17.5+13.7+20.2}} billion}}<ref name="bandai2006">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights and Supplemental Data for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2006|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8118?entry_id=5876|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|date=May 17, 2006}}</ref><ref name="bandai2007">{{cite web|title= Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2007|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8122?entry_id=5877|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|date=May 9, 2007}}</ref><ref name="bandai2008">{{cite web|title= Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2008|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8126?entry_id=5879|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|date=May 8, 2008}}</ref><ref name="bandai2011">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2011|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8138?entry_id=5889|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="bandai2013">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2013|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8146?entry_id=5895|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref> (${{To USD|123.3|JPN|year=2012}}{{nbsp}}billion)
*Bandai Namco's net income from Bandai's ''Super Sentai / Power Rangers'' merchandise and video game sales between April 2012 and June 2018 – {{US$|1.52 billion|long=no}}
**April 2012 to March 2013 – {{¥|20.8 billion}}<ref name="bandai2013"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|20800|JPN|year=2013|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
**April 2013 to March 2014 – {{¥|25.3 billion}}<ref name="bandai2015">{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2015|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8154?entry_id=5897|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref> (${{To USD|25300|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}}{{nbsp}}million)
**April 2014 to March 2016 – {{¥|42.3 billion}}<ref name="bandai2016">{{cite web |title=Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2016 |url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8158?entry_id=5898 |website=Investor Relations |publisher=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]] |date=May 11, 2016}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|42300|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
**April 2016 to December 2019 – {{¥|{{#expr:(40.4+19.4)+(10.2+5)}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|75000|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="bandai2018"/><ref name="Bandai2019"/>
*Licensed merchandise sales – {{US$|13.472 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=PowerLicense}}
*Film DVD & Blu-ray sales in the United States – $15{{nbsp}}million<ref name="power-numbers"/>
}}
**Licensed merchandise – {{US$|13.472 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=PowerLicense|''Power Rangers / Super Sentai'' licensed merchandise sales:
*''[[Power Rangers]]'' licensed toy sales during 1993–1999 – $6{{nbsp}}billion wholesale revenue<ref>{{cite web|first=Dollan|last=Kerry|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/1126/066.html|title=Beyond Power Rangers|website=[[Forbes]]|date=November 26, 2001|accessdate=March 14, 2017}}</ref>
*''[[Super Sentai]]'' licensed merchandise sales in Japan between 2001 and 2012 – {{¥|337.81 billion}}<ref name="charabiz2008"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|337810|JPN|year=2011|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
**2001–2002 – {{¥|{{#expr:19.72+41.44}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2003 – {{¥|{{#expr:36.89+2.72}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2004 – {{¥|35.8 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2005 – {{¥|{{#expr:40.09+4.67}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2006 – {{¥|{{#expr:25.47+3.68}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2007 – {{¥|17.21 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2008 – {{¥|{{#expr:1540.6*(2.42/100) round 1}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2008"/>
**2009 – {{¥|{{#expr:1577*(2.32/100) round 1}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2009"/>
**2010 – {{¥|{{#expr:24.58+5.66}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2012 – {{¥|5.98 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*''Power Rangers'' licensed merchandise sales during 2012–2018 – {{US$|2.479 billion|long=no}}
**2012–2013 – {{US$|{{#expr:300+333}} million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2013"/>
**2014 – {{US$|326 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2014"/>
**2015 – $330{{nbsp}}million<ref name="tll2016"/>
**2016–2017 – {{US$|{{#expr:361+548}} million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2017"/>
**2018 – {{US$|281 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>
*''Super Sentai'' licensed merchandise sales in Japan during 2013–2014 – {{US$|760 million|long=no}}
**2013 – {{¥|{{#expr:1570*(2.42/100) round 1}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2013"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|38000|JPN|year=2013}} million|long=no}})
**2014 – {{¥|{{#expr:1690*(2.32/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2014"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|39219|JPN|year=2014}} million|long=no}})
}}
**DVD & Blu-ray – {{US$|15 million|long=no}}<ref name="power-numbers">{{cite web|title=Power Rangers (2017) - Financial Information|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Power-Rangers-(2017)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=September 25, 2018}}</ref>
*Box office – {{US$|218.4 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Power Rangers Movies at the Box Office|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=powerrangers.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
| [[Television series]]
| [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] <br> [[Haim Saban]] <br> [[Shuki Levy]]
| [[Toei Company]] <br> [[Hasbro]] <br> Bandai Namco {{small|(toys)}}
|-
| ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' <br> (''Shinseiki Evangelion'')
| 1994
| {{sort | 16599 | {{estimation}} $16.6 billion}}
|
*[[Pachinko|Pachinko sales]] – {{US$|11.9 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Pachinko}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|2.46 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Evangelion'' merchandise sales up until 2012 – {{¥|196 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|196|JPN|year=2012}} billion|long=no}})
*Up until 2006 – {{¥|150 billion}}<ref name=Sponichi>{{cite web|title=「ヱヴァ」総監督 劇場で"緊急声明"|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2007/02/12/02.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214063924/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2007/02/12/02.html |archivedate=February 14, 2007|publisher=Sponichi Annex|accessdate=September 7, 2013|date=February 12, 2007}}</ref>
*2007–2008 – {{¥|{{#expr:7.65+8.01}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*2010–2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:12.13+8.83+9.36}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
}}
*[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|848.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Evangelion'' home entertainment sales:
*Video sales up until 1997 – {{US$|800 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Interview with Hideaki Anno, director of Neon Genesis Evangelion|url=http://www.evamonkey.com/writings/wong-amos-interview-with-hideaki-anno-director-of-neon-genesis-evangelion.php|work=[[Aerial (magazine)|Aerial]]|date=January 1997}}</ref>
*DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States between March 2011 and June 2018 – {{US$|11 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Evangelion Franchise Box Office History - Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Evangelion#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=June 16, 2018}}</ref>
*2013 home entertainment media sales in Japan – {{¥|3,968.5 million}}<ref name="japan2013"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|3968.5|JPN|year=2014}} million|long=no}})
}}
*[[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}}</ref> at an average price of {{¥|250}} ($2.50) per playback,<ref>{{cite news |title=Kings of KARAOKE |url=https://japan.stripes.com/news/kings-karaoke |work=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |date=July 17, 2017}}</ref> generating an estimated revenue of {{US$|{{#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}}
*[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (manga)|Manga sales]] – {{US$|180.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (manga)|''Evangelion'' manga]] volumes sold 23{{nbsp}}million tankōbon copies,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/topics/20121030.pdf | script-title=ja:史上最大!全世界15カ国＆地域に2012 年11月2日同時発売!!! | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016100459/http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/topics/20121030.pdf | archivedate=2013-10-16 | date=2012-10-30 | publisher=[[Kadokawa Group]] | language=Japanese | accessdate=2014-11-19}}</ref> at {{¥|626}} price,<ref name="neon 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=199999713115|script-title=ja:新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 第1巻|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|accessdate=2009-01-02|language=Japanese}}</ref> grossing approximately {{¥|{{#expr:23*626}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|14398|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}}).}}
*[[List of Neon Genesis Evangelion video games|Video games]] – {{US$|30.1 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{formatnum:{{#expr:187214+180102}}|}} software sales for [[PlayStation 2]] in Japan grossed {{¥|{{#expr:(187214*6279)+(180102*6800)}}|link=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=All Time Sales Ranking TOP 1000 |url=http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |accessdate=June 19, 2018 |quote=Evangelion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611050926/http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |archive-date=June 11, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|2400210306|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}}).}}
*[[A Cruel Angel's Thesis|Music royalties]] – {{US$|{{#expr:(250000*19+829635)/1000000 round 1}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Evangelion theme song lyricist talks about her annual royalties, buying caves in Turkey |url=https://soranews24.com/2015/09/16/evangelion-theme-song-lyricist-talks-about-her-annual-royalties-buying-caves-in-turkey/ |work=SoraNews24 |date=September 15, 2015}}</ref>
| Anime
| [[Hideaki Anno]] <br>[[Gainax]] <br>[[Tatsunoko Production]]
| [[Khara (studio)|Khara]]{{efn|Formerly [[Gainax]].}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Bricken|first=Rob|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-original-evangelion-tv-series-is-finally-coming-to-1665689931|title=The Original Evangelion TV Series Is Finally Coming To Blu-ray (io9)|publisher=[[Gizmodo|Gizmodo Media Group]]|date=December 12, 2014|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://evangelion.co.jp/neon_genesis.html|title=新世紀エヴァンゲリオン|publisher=[[Khara (studio)|Khara, inc.]]|accessdate=March 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327085107/http://evangelion.co.jp/neon_genesis.html|archive-date=March 27, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[KochiKame]]''
| 1976
| {{sort | 16265 | {{estimation}} $16.3 billion}}
|
*[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|15.448 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*[[List of Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo manga volumes|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|807 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=KochiKame|[[List of Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo manga volumes|''KochiKame'' manga tankōbon volume]] sales – 157{{nbsp}}million tankōbon sales,<ref name="jump2014"/> at average {{¥|410}} price,<ref name="KochiKameV001">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5zyRnFJEZ?url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-852811-5&mode=1 |archivedate=2011-07-06 |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-852811-5&mode=1 |script-title=ja:こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 1 |trans-title=Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo 1 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |accessdate=April 19, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> grossed approximately {{¥|{{#expr:157*410}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|64370|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}}).}}
*Box office – {{US$|10 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kouenmae hashutsujo the Movie: Kachidokibashi o heisa seyo! (2011) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&id=_fKOCHIRAKATSUSHIK01 |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=September 19, 2018}}</ref>
| Manga
| [[Osamu Akimoto]]
| Osamu Akimoto <br> Shueisha <br>{{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}}
|-
| ''[[Dora the Explorer]]''
| 2000
| {{sort | 15663 | {{estimation}} $15.8 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|15.413 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|13 billion|long=no}} retail sales up until 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Villarreal|first=Yvonne|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-aging-dora-20140818-story.html|title=Dora the Explorer is growing up and getting a spinoff series|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 18, 2014|accessdate=May 28, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|933 million|long=no}} in 2015. {{US$|915 million|long=no}} in 2016.<ref name="preschool">{{cite news |title=Top 20 Preschool Properties in the $12.8 Billion Industry |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/top-20-preschool-properties-in-the-12-8-billion-industry/ |work=The Licensing Letter |date=July 17, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|565 million|long=no}} licensed merchandise sales in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*[[List of Dora the Explorer home video releases|Home video sales]] – {{US$|250 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Susan|url=https://books.google.com/?id=oh6fKUalrLwC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=dora+the+explorer+$250+million#v=onepage&q=dora%20the%20explorer%20%24250%20million&f=false|title=Buy, Buy Baby: How Consumer Culture Manipulates Parents and Harms Young Minds|accessdate=May 28, 2017|isbn=978-0618463510|year=2007}}</ref>{{efn|Home Entertainment Sales up until 2005}}
*[[Dora and the Lost City of Gold|Box office]] – {{US$|118 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Dora and the Lost City of Gold|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7547410/?ref_=bo_se_r_3|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref>
| Animated series
| [[Chris Gifford (actor)|Chris Gifford]] <br> Valerie Walsh <br> [[Eric Weiner]]
| [[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| ''[[The Simpsons (franchise)|The Simpsons]]''
| 1987
| {{sort | 15842 | {{Estimation}} $15.8 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|7.073 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|4.6 billion|long=no}} up until 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Simpsons Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/the-simpsons-total-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420120139/http://www.statisticbrain.com/the-simpsons-total-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2012 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=February 8, 2012 |accessdate=April 20, 2012}}</ref> {{US$|{{#expr:352+373}} million|long=no}} during 2012–2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|390 million|long=no}} in 2014,<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|396 million|long=no}} in 2015,<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|{{#expr:410+297}} million|long=no}} during 2016–2017,<ref name="tll2017"/> and {{US$|255 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*[[The Simpsons|TV advertising]] – {{US$|5.76 billion|long=no}}<ref name="simpsons">{{cite web |title=The Simpsons Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/the-simpsons-total-franchise-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613161931/http://www.statisticbrain.com/the-simpsons-total-franchise-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=May 20, 2017 |accessdate=June 13, 2018}}</ref>
*[[The Simpsons|TV syndication]] – {{US$|1.15 billion|long=no}}<ref name="simpsons"/>
*[[List of The Simpsons home video releases|Home video sales]] – {{US$|1.091 billion|long=no}}<ref name="simpsons"/>
*[[The Simpsons Movie|Box office]] – {{US$|527 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Simpsons Movie (2007) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Simpsons-Movie-The |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*[[List of The Simpsons video games|Video games]] – {{US$|241 million|long=no}}{{efn|''The Simpsons'' video games:
*''[[The Simpsons: Road Rage]]'' – {{US$|41 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010055400/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=34&pop=1&page=0 |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=34&pop=1&page=0 |title=The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century |author1=Campbell, Colin |author2=Keiser, Joe |date=July 29, 2006 |work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |archivedate=October 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 12, 2018 }}</ref>
*''[[Tapped Out]]'' – {{US$|200 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Waleed Kamel (Disney Marketing Manager, EA Senior Product Manager) |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/waleed-kamel-a9578/ |website=[[LinkedIn]] |accessdate=5 April 2020}}</ref>
}}
| Animated series
| [[Matt Groening]]
| [[20th Century Studios]]<br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
|-
| ''[[The Lion King (franchise)|The Lion King]]''
| 1994
| {{sort | 15447 | {{estimation}} $15.4 billion}}
|
*[[The Lion King (musical)|Musical theatre]] – {{US$|8.252 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Musical|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing musicals|Highest-grossing musical theatre productions}}.}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|3.07 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|3 billion|long=no}} up until 1998.<ref name="lion">{{cite web|last=Grover|first=Ronald|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1998-02-15/the-entertainment-glut|title=The Entertainment Glut|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|date=February 16, 1998|accessdate=May 1, 2017}}</ref> {{¥|5.59 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|5590|JPN|year=2011|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) in 1999.<ref name="charabiz"/>}}
*Box office – {{US$|2.625 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing musicals#Highest-grossing musical film series and film franchises}}.}}
*Home entertainment – $1.5{{nbsp}}billion<ref name="Pincus-Roth (2006)">{{cite news |first=Zachary |last=Pincus-Roth |title=Movies aren't the only B.O. monsters |date=January 8, 2006 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/news/movies-aren-t-the-only-b-o-monsters-1117935611/ |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref>
| Animated film
| [[Roger Allers]] <br> [[Rob Minkoff]]
| The Walt Disney Company
|-
| ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]''
| 1963
| {{sort | 15283 | {{estimation}} $15.3 billion}}
|
*[[Avengers (comics) in other media|Box office]] – {{US$|7.765 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Avengers Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Avengers |website=The Numbers |accessdate=24 November 2019}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|6.928 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Avengers|''Avengers'' merchandise sales:
*{{US$|332 million|long=no}} in 2012.<ref name="prnewswire2012"/> $325{{nbsp}}million in 2013.<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite news|title=Which Superhero Earns $1.3 Billion a Year?|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/superhero-earns-13-billion-a-748281|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=November 13, 2014}}</ref> $1{{nbsp}}billion in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last=Graser |first=Marc |title=Marvel's Merchandise Plan for 'Avengers: Age of Ultron:' 'Make the Big Bigger' |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/marvels-merchandise-plan-for-avengers-age-of-ultron-make-the-big-bigger-1201449832/ |work=Variety |date=March 11, 2015}}</ref> $1.004{{nbsp}}billion in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $1.242{{nbsp}}billion in 2016. {{US$|1.227 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|1.798 billion|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018"/>
}}
*[[Avengers (comics) in other media|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|459 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Avengers'' DVD and Blu-ray sales:
*''[[Marvel Animated Features]]'' films – {{US$|18 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ultimate Avengers - The Movie (2006) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ultimate-Avengers-The-Movie |website=The Numbers |accessdate=15 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ultimate-Avengers-2-Rise-of-the-Panther |website=The Numbers |accessdate=15 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Next-Avengers-Heroes-of-Tomorrow-The |website=The Numbers |accessdate=15 January 2019}}</ref>
*''MCU'' live-action films – {{US$|441 million|long=no}}<ref name="mcu-video"/>
}}
*[[Avengers (comics)|Comic sales]] – {{US$|131 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comichron.com/titlespotlights/avengers.html |title=Avengers Annual Sales Figures |work=Comichron |accessdate=March 2, 2017}}</ref>
| Comic book
| Stan Lee <br>Jack Kirby
| Marvel Entertainment <br>{{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
|-
| ''[[Pac-Man]]''
| 1980
| {{sort | 15130 | {{estimation}} $15.1 billion}}
|
*[[List of Pac-Man video games|Video games]] – {{US$|14.098 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}{{efn|Arcade and software revenue up until 2016}}
*Merchandise & licensing – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Popular Computing |journal=[[Popular Computing]] |year=1982 |volume=2 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=En1VAAAAMAAJ |publisher=McGraw-Hill |quote=Bally introduced the arcade game in the U.S. in 1980 and expects to realize {{US$|10 million|long=no}} in royalties this year on sales of over {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in Pac-Man-themed merchandise. Americans have overwhelmingly embraced Pac-Mania.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kao |first=John J. |title=Entrepreneurship, creativity & organization: text, cases & readings |year=1989 |publisher=[[Prentice Hall]] |location=Englewood Cliffs, NJ |isbn=0-13-283011-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P-MJAQAAMAAJ |authorlink=John Kao |accessdate=February 12, 2012 |page=45 |quote=U.S. domestic revenues from games and licensing of the Pac Man image for T-shirts, pop songs, to wastepaper baskets, etc. exceeded {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}.}}</ref>
*[[Pac-Man Fever (album)|Music sales]] – {{US$|32 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[Buckner & Garcia]]'s ''[[Pac-Man Fever (album)|Pac-Man Fever]]'' album and "[[Pac-Man Fever (song)|Pac-Man Fever]]" single – {{US$|32 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Pac-Man Fever: Ex-Akronites have a hot little ditty going |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/155166281/ |work=[[The Akron Beacon Journal]] |date=February 26, 1982}}</ref>}}
| Video game
| [[Toru Iwatani]] <br> [[Namco]]
| [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]] <br> {{small|(Bandai Namco Holdings)}}
|-
| ''[[Looney Tunes]]''
| 1930
| {{sort | 14985 | {{estimation}} $15 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|14.477 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Looney Tunes'' franchise retail sales:
*''Looney Tunes'' series – {{US$|8.477 billion|long=no}}
**{{US$|3.5 billion|long=no}} up until 1996.<ref>{{cite book |last=McCarthy |first=Patti J. |title=The Lucas Effect: George Lucas and the New Hollywood |date=2014 |publisher=Teneo Press |page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ccp1CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT166}}</ref> {{US$|603 million|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|624 million|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|617 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|628 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|639 million|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|645 million|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|624 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|597 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>
*''[[Space Jam]]'' – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Let's Be Honest, 'Space Jam' Actually Sucked |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/space-jam-review/ |work=[[Highsnobiety]] |date=September 29, 2018}}</ref>
}}
* [[List of Looney Tunes feature films|Box office]] – {{US$|299 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of Looney Tunes feature films|Box office}}.}}
* [[Space Jam|Home video sales]] – {{US$|209 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Jordan's career spurred $10 billion impact on economy, Fortune says |url=https://www.deseret.com/1998/6/2/19383563/jordan-s-career-spurred-10-billion-impact-on-economy-fortune-says |accessdate=25 January 2020 |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=2 June 1998}}</ref>
| Animated cartoon
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| Warner Bros. {{small|(AT&T)}}
|-
| ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''
| 1999
| {{sort | 14841 | {{estimation}} $14.8 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|14.378 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|12 billion|long=no}} up until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gillette|first=Felix|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-29/spongebob-new-movie-12-billion-in-endorsement-deals |title=SpongeBob Muscles Up|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|date=January 29, 2015|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}</ref> {{US$|907 million|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|712 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|759 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*[[List of SpongeBob SquarePants films|Box office]] – {{US$|465 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=spongebob.htm|title=SpongeBob Series|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=6 March 2019}}</ref>
| Animated series
| [[Stephen Hillenburg]]
| Nickelodeon
|-
| [[Wii (video game series)|''Wii'' series]]
| 2006
| {{sort | 14808 | {{estimation}} $14.8 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|14.808 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| [[Nintendo EAD]]
| Nintendo
|-
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
| 1984
| {{sort | 14636 | {{estimation}} $14.6 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|13.2 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|6 billion|long=no}} up until 1994.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Anthony|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/22/style/gold-in-bedrock.html?pagewanted=all|title=Gold In Bedrock?|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 22, 1994|accessdate=February 2, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} during 2003–2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=FROM THE SEWERS TO THE STREETS … TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES EMERGE FOR FIRST APPEARANCE AT MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE |url=http://www.ninjaturtles.com/html/new.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218221820/http://www.ninjaturtles.com/html/new.htm |archivedate=December 18, 2005 |accessdate=2 September 2019 |work=[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] (official site) |publisher=[[Mirage Studios]] |date=November 8, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{US$|475 million|long=no}} during 2009–2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=London Expo: Nickelodeon Touts $475 Million in Retail Sales for Relaunched 'Turtles' Franchise |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/london-expo-nickelodeon-touts-475-649396 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> {{US$|850 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|1.026 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> $1.021{{nbsp}}billion in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $1.093{{nbsp}}billion in 2016. {{US$|823 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|912 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film series)|Box office]] – $1.15{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web |title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*[[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games|Video games]] – $450{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/theyre-back-playmates-toys-launches-all-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-toys-76318872.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215124944/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/theyre-back-playmates-toys-launches-all-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-toys-76318872.html|title=They're Back!! Playmates Toys Launches All-New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|archivedate=February 15, 2017|date=October 17, 2002|accessdate=February 23, 2017}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – $154{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite web |title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze|VHS sales]] – {{US$|{{#expr:4.1*22.98 round 2}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Top 20 Sell-Through Units Shipped |journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |year=1991 |volume=320 |issue=18–34 |page=533 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SUIAQAAMAAJ |publisher=Wilkerson Daily Corporation}}</ref>
*[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Video rentals]] – {{US$|67.65 million|long=no}}<ref name="Hall"/>
| Comic book
| [[Kevin Eastman]] <br>[[Peter Laird]]
| [[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| ''[[Sailor Moon]]''
| 1991
| {{sort | 14320 | {{estimation}} $14.3 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|13 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mohajer-Va-Pesaran |first1=Daphne |title=Happy birthday, Sailor Moon! |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/07/03/general/happy-birthday-sailor-moon/ |accessdate=25 May 2019 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |date=3 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[Sailor Moon (TV series)|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|546.2 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Sailor Moon'' anime's home entertainment media revenue:
*VHS sales in Japan – 20 volumes sold {{formatnum:{{#expr:20*300000}}|}} units up until 1995,<ref name="Dreamland Japan p 95">{{cite book|last=Schodt|first=Frederik|authorlink=Frederik L. Schodt|title=Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|location=Berkeley, CA|year=1996|isbn=978-1-880656-23-5|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0yDAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95 95]|title-link=Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga}}</ref> at {{¥|6,890}} price,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tower.jp/item/2293270/美少女戦士セーラームーン-1!|script-title=ja:美少女戦士セーラームーン 1|language=Japanese|publisher=Tower Records|accessdate=July 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tower.jp/item/2293415/美少女戦士セーラームーン-12|script-title=ja:美少女戦士セーラームーン 12|language=Japanese|publisher=Tower Records|accessdate=September 20, 2014}}</ref> grossing approximately {{¥|{{#expr:6*6890}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|41340|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}}).
*''[[Sailor Stars]]'' DVD sales in Japan – {{¥|{{#expr:6*1623*9720}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|94.653360|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}}) – [[Sailor Moon Sailor Stars|6{{nbsp}}volumes]], 1,623 sales per volume,<ref name="someanithing312"/> {{¥|9,720}} price<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shop.toei-video.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=5754|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714161711/http://shop.toei-video.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=5754|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2014|title=美少女戦士 セーラームーン セーラースターズ vol.1 DVD|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]|accessdate=June 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://shop.toei-video.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=5762|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125321/http://shop.toei-video.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=5762|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2014|title=美少女戦士 セーラームーン セーラースターズ vol.1 DVD|publisher=Toei Animation|accessdate=June 9, 2014}}</ref>
*''[[Sailor Moon Crystal]]'' DVD and Blu-ray sales in Japan – {{¥|{{#expr:252.7+42.7}} million}}<ref name="someanithing"/> ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|252.7|JPN|year=2014}}+{{To USD|42.7|JPN|year=2016}} round 0}} million|long=no}})
*Toei Animation's ''Sailor Moon'' earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) between April 2009 and March 2018 – {{US$|24.1 million|long=no}}
**April 2009 to March 2012 – {{¥|154 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|154|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2012"/>
**April 2013 to March 2014 – {{¥|277 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|277|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2014">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year 2014.3（Apr. 1, 2013 to Mar. 31, 2014） |url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2013 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 14, 2014 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815024627/http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**April 2014 to March 2016 – {{¥|1.287 billion}} ({{US$|{{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}}</ref>
**April 2016 to March 2018 – {{¥|{{#expr:429+367}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|796|JPN}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2017">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year 2017.3（Apr. 1, 2016 to Mar. 31, 2017）|url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/files/IR/29_4Q/201703_4Q_keisu.pdf |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 15, 2017}}</ref><ref name="toei2018">{{cite web |title=Data Sheets: A Fiscal Year 2018.3（Apr. 1, 2017 to Mar. 31, 2018） |url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2017 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 16, 2018 |accessdate=August 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IR Library – 2018 |url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2018 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |accessdate=24 March 2019}}</ref>
}}
*[[Nakayoshi|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|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 Japan: Writings on Modern Manga | publisher = Stone Bridge Press | location = Berkeley, CA | year = 1996 | isbn = 978-1-880656-23-5 | page = [https://archive.org/details/dreamlandjapanwr00scho/page/94 94] | title-link = Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga }}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:96960000*400}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|38784000000|JPN|2012|round=yes}}|long=no}}).}}
*[[List of Sailor Moon video games|Video games]] – {{US$|210 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Sailor Moon video games|''Sailor Moon'' video game]] sales up until 1995 – 10 releases with 200,000–300,000 sales each,<ref name="Dreamland Japan p 95"/> grossing approximately {{¥|16,718.4 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|16718.4|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}}).
*8 [[home console]] releases – {{¥|9504}} price,<ref>{{cite web |title=美少女戦士セーラームーン [MD] |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7700 |website=[[Famitsu]] |accessdate=June 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=美少女戦士セーラームーン [PCエンジン] |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7709 |website=[[Famitsu]] |accessdate=June 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=美少女戦士セーラームーンS 【3DO】 |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=20805 |website=[[Famitsu]] |accessdate=June 22, 2018}}</ref> {{¥|{{#expr:8*200000*9504}}|link=no}} revenue.
*2 [[Game Boy]] releases – {{¥|3780}} price,<ref>{{cite web |title=美少女戦士セーラームーン [GB] |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=13326 |website=[[Famitsu]] |accessdate=June 22, 2018}}</ref> {{¥|{{#expr:2*200000*3780}}|link=no}} revenue.
}}
*[[List of Sailor Moon chapters|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|175.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Sailor Moon'' manga sold 35{{nbsp}}million tankōbon volumes,<ref name="kodansha">{{cite web |title=Happy 20th Anniversary to Sailor Moon!|url=http://kodanshacomics.com/happy-20th-anniversary-to-sailor-moon-special-live-event-at-nico-nico-on-july-6th/| work=[[Kodansha Comics]]|date=June 29, 2012|accessdate=July 28, 2015}}</ref> at {{¥|400}} price,<ref name="JPVolume1">{{cite web | url = http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000215489 | script-title=ja:美少女戦士セーラームーン (1) | publisher = [[Kodansha]] | language = Japanese | accessdate = June 23, 2009}}</ref> grossing approximately {{¥|{{#expr:35*400}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|14000|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}}).}}
*[[Sailor Moon (TV series)|Anime box office]] – {{US$|42.12 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
| Manga
| [[Naoko Takeuchi]]
| Naoko Takeuchi <br> [[Kodansha]] {{small|(manga)}}<br>Toei Animation {{small|(anime)}}
|-
| ''[[Space Invaders]]''
| 1978
| {{sort | 13931 | {{estimation}} $13.9 billion}}
|
*Video game – $13.93 billion<ref name="gamerevolution">{{cite news|title=World of Warcraft Leads Industry With Nearly $10 Billion In Revenue|url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/13510-world-of-warcraft-leads-industry-with-nearly-10-billion-in-revenue|work=[[Game Revolution]]|publisher=[[CraveOnline]]|date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Arcade and software revenue up until 2016}}
*[[Space Invaders (Player One song)|Music single]] – $522,000{{efn|[[Space Invaders (Player One song)|"Space Invaders" (Player One)]] – 100,000 units in Australia,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Phantom Acts Creating Strong Aussie Presence |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 11, 1980 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EiUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT86 }}</ref> grossed approximately {{US$|{{#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}}</ref>}}
| Video game
| [[Tomohiro Nishikado]]
| [[Taito]] <br>{{small|([[Square Enix]])}}
|-
| ''[[Frozen (franchise)|Frozen]]''
| 2013
| {{sort | 12344 | {{estimation}} $13.4 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|10.588 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|5 billion|long=no}} merchandise sales up until 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Breakdown of 'Star Wars' Merchandise Sales This Year |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-breakdown-star-wars-merchandise-849861|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=December 17, 2015|accessdate=January 17, 2020}}</ref> $1.573{{nbsp}}billion licensed merchandise sales in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $1.598{{nbsp}}billion in 2016. {{US$|1.404 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|1.013 billion|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018"/>}}
*[[Frozen (2013 film)|Box office]] – $2.32{{nbsp}}billion<ref>''Frozen''
*{{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=frozen2013.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809232736/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=frozen2013.htm |archivedate=August 9, 2014 |quote=Worldwide – $1,282,147,791 (total as of August 8, 2014; including Japanese gross up to August 3, Spain gross up to July 27 and omitting Nigerian gross)}}
*{{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Japan |work=Box Office Mojo |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=JP&id=frozen2013.htm |accessdate=September 3, 2014}}
::Total as of August 3, 2014: $247,650,477
::Total as of August 31, 2014: $249,036,646
*{{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Spain |work=Box Office Mojo |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=ES&id=frozen2013.htm |accessdate=November 6, 2014}}
::Total as of July 27, 2014: $21,668,593
::Total as of November 2, 2014: $22,492,845
*{{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Nigeria |work=Box Office Mojo |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=NG&id=frozen2013.htm |accessdate=September 3, 2014}}
::Total as of August 17, 2014: $167,333
*{{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: United Kingdom |work=Box Office Mojo |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=UK&id=frozen2013.htm |accessdate=January 24, 2015}}
::Total as of June 8, 2014: £39,090,985
::Total as of November 30, 2014: £40,960,083 ($1 = £0.63866)
::Total as of December 7, 2014: £41,087,765 ($1 = £0.64136)
::Total as of December 14, 2014: £41,170,608 ($1 = £0.636)
::Total as of November 26, 2017: £42,840,559 ($1 = £0.7497)
::Total as of December 3, 2017: £42,976,318 ($1 = £0.742)
* {{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Germany |work=Box Office Mojo |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=DE&id=frozen2013.htm |accessdate=March 30, 2016}}
::Total as of March 30, 2014: €35,098,170
::Total as of October 18, 2015: €42,526,744
:::nb. the exact euro to dollar conversion rate is unknown for earnings since April 2014, but the euro never fell below parity with the dollar during 2014 and 2015 (as can be verified by comparing the exchange rate on the individual date entries at the provided reference) so an approximate conversion rate of €1:$1 is used here to give a lower-bound.
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*[[Frozen (2013 film)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – $391{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Frozen-(2013) |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Frozen (musical)|Musical theatre]] – {{US$|82 million|long=no}}{{efn|$30{{nbsp}}million pre-Broadway gross revenue.<ref>{{cite 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}}</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}}
|
*Computer game – $13.4 billion{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| Neople
| [[Nexon]] <br>[[Tencent]]
|-
| ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' <br> (''Dragon Warrior'')
| 1986
| {{sort | 12942 | {{estimation}} $12.9 billion}}
|
*[[List of Dragon Quest media|Video games]] – {{US$|6.501 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|4.962 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|988.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Dragon Quest'' merchandise sales in Japan up until 2012 – {{¥|78.86 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|78860|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
*Up until 1990 – {{¥|12 billion}}<ref>『日経産業新聞』13 March 1990 付、30頁。</ref>
*Licensed merchandise sales between 2001 and 2012:
**2001 & 2003 – {{¥|{{#expr:15.49+3.4}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2005–2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:4.35+5.29+10.84}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2008 – {{¥|9.7 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/><ref name="charabiz-2008"/>
**2010–2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:8.09+4.02+5.68}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
}}
*[[Dragon Quest#Manga|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|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}}</ref> – {{¥|25,630 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|25630|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
**Tankōbon volumes before 2003 – 30{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref name="comipress"/> {{¥|421}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=DRAGON QUEST（1） （ジャンプコミックス） |url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/1071067/ |website=[[Rakuten]] |accessdate=July 1, 2018 |language=ja}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:30*421}} million}}
**[[Bunkobon]] volumes since 2003 – 20{{nbsp}}million copies, {{¥|650}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=DRAGON QUEST―ダイの大冒険―／1 |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-618063-4&mode=1 |website=[[Shueisha]] |accessdate=July 1, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:20*650}} million}}
*''[[Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō]]'' – 20{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref>{{cite web|title=Businesses| date=May 18, 2015 |url=http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/group/index.html#comic1|publisher=[[Square Enix]]| accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> average {{¥|{{#expr:(545+648)/2 round 0}}|link=no}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=ドラゴンクエスト列伝 ロトの紋章～紋章を継ぐ者達へ～（01） ドラゴンクエスト列伝 （ヤングガンガンコミックス）|url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/3581581/ |website=[[Rakuten]] |accessdate=July 1, 2018 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ロトの紋章～紋章を継ぐ者達へ～（30） ドラゴンクエスト列伝 （ヤングガンガンコミックス）|url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/15380752/ |website=[[Rakuten]] |accessdate=July 1, 2018 |language=ja}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:20*597}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|11940|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
}}
*[[Dragon Quest: Your Story|Box office]] – {{US$|{{To USD|1420|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}}<ref name="eiren">{{cite web |title=2019 |url=http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/ |website=Eiren |publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan |accessdate=16 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[Dragon Quest (TV series)|DVD sales]] – {{US$|{{To USD|{{#expr:10000*(5985*2+5040*7)/1000000}}|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=『ドラゴンクエスト～勇者アベル伝説～』のDVDが単巻発売決定！ |url=https://www.famitsu.com/anime/news/2007/02/20/681,1171968730,67389,0,0.html |accessdate=February 6, 2019 |work=[[Famitsu]] |date=February 22, 2007}}</ref>
| Video game
| [[Yuji Horii]] <br> [[Koichi Nakamura]] <br> Akira Toriyama
| [[Square Enix]] <br> [[Yuji Horii]] (Armor Project) <br> Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio) <br> [[Koichi Sugiyama]] (Sugiyama Kobo)
|-
| ''[[Street Fighter]]''
| 1987
| {{sort | 12244 | {{estimation}} $12.2 billion}}
|
*[[List of Street Fighter video games|Video games]] – {{US$|12.009 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[List of Street Fighter media|Box office & home video]] – {{US$|211 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Street Fighter'' box office and home video revenue:
*''[[Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie]]'' (1994) {{US$|27.24 million|long=no}}
**Japan box office – {{US$|16 million|long=no}}<ref name="billboard">{{cite journal|title=Cassavettes Films Go To Vid; 'Street Fighter II' Debuts|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 23, 1995|volume=107|issue=51|page=80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80}}</ref>
**US VHS sales – {{US$|{{#expr:500000*(14.98+29.98)/2}}|long=no}}<ref name="billboard"/><ref>{{cite journal|title=Anime Finds Mainstream Niche|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 5, 1996|page=71|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0QkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Laser Scans |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=February 24, 1996 |volume=108 |issue=8 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58}}</ref>
*''[[Street Fighter (1994 film)|Street Fighter]]'' (1994) – {{US$|165 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Street Fighter (1994 film)|Release}}''}}
*''[[Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li]]'' (2009) – $18,667,800
**Worldwide box office – $12,764,201<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=streetfighter09.htm | title = Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) | work = [[Box Office Mojo]] }}</ref>
**US DVD sales – $5,903,599<ref>{{cite web|title=Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Street-Fighter-The-Legend-of-Chun-Li|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref>
}}
*[[Street Fighter V|Pachinko]] – {{US$|{{#expr:(3300*5000)/1000000 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref name="variety">{{cite news |last=Graser |first=Marc |title='Dark Knight' Producer Plays Pachinko to Launch Next Franchise (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2013/digital/games/dark-knight-trilogy-producer-plays-pachinko-to-launch-next-franchise-1200571785/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=August 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=First Half Report: Fiscal year ending March 31, 2019 |url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/explanation/2018/2nd/explanation_2018_2nd_01.pdf |date=October 29, 2018 |accessdate=January 21, 2019 |publisher=[[Capcom]]}}</ref>
*[[Street Fighter (soundtrack)|Soundtrack album]] – {{US$|7.2 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Street Fighter (soundtrack)|Street Fighter]]'' (1994) soundtrack – 500,000 sales in the US,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Priority Files Suit Against 'Street Fighter' Producer |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=April 22, 1995 |volume=107 |issue=16 |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5QsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10}}</ref> average ${{#expr:(10.98+17.98)/2}} price<ref>{{cite journal |title=Billboard 200 |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=January 14, 1995 |volume=107 |issue=2 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tQsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74}}</ref>}}
| Video game
| [[Takashi Nishiyama]] <br> Hiroshi Matsumoto
| [[Capcom]]
|-
| ''[[Final Fantasy]]''
| 1987
| {{sort | 12157 | {{estimation}} $12.2 billion}}
|
*[[List of Final Fantasy video games|Video games]] – {{US$|10.958 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|416.2 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Final Fantasy'' licensed merchandise sales in Japan between 2003 and 2010 – {{¥|33.21 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|33210|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
*2003 – {{¥|9.35 billion}}
*2005–2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:3.54+11.05+7.01}} billion}}
*2010–2012 – {{¥|2.26 billion}}
}}
*[[List of Final Fantasy media|Home video sales]] – {{US$|316 million|long=no}}{{efn|Video disc sales of [[List of Final Fantasy media|''Final Fantasy'' films]]:
*Up until 2012 – {{¥|24,824,421,500}} ({{US$|{{To USD|24824421500|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
**''[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]]'' (DVD) – {{¥|{{#expr:1.3*3800}} million}}<ref>{{cite web |title=CG映画『FINAL FANTASY THE SPIRITS WITHIN』 |url=http://www.ffx.sakura.ne.jp/ffmovie.htm |website=FF2000: FF最新情報 |accessdate=June 8, 2018}}</ref>
**''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]'' (DVD & [[Universal Media Disc|UMD]]) – {{¥|{{#expr:3.6*4800}} million}}<ref name="ff7ac">{{cite web |title=FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN |url=http://www.ffx.sakura.ne.jp/ff7ac.htm |website=FF2000: FF最新情報 |accessdate=June 8, 2018}}</ref>
**''[[Last Order: Final Fantasy VII|Final Fantasy VII: Advent Pieces]]'' (DVD) – {{¥|{{#expr:77777*29500}}|link=no}}<ref name="ff7ac"/>
**''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete]]'' (Blu-ray) – {{¥|310 million}} (Japan)<ref name="ORI2009yen">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-26/2009-top-selling-blu-ray-discs-in-japan-continued |title=2009's Top-Selling Blu-ray Discs in Japan (Continued) |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |date=December 26, 2009 |accessdate=December 27, 2009 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113155612/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-26/2009-top-selling-blu-ray-discs-in-japan-continued |archivedate=January 13, 2010 }}</ref>
*''Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV'' (DVD & Blu-ray) – $4,549,411 (United States)<ref name="kingsglaive-numbers"/>
}}
*[[List of Square Enix companion books|Book sales]] – {{US$|213.1 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Ultimania]]'' series sold 10{{nbsp}}million books,<ref name="10mil">{{cite web |url=http://www.bent.co.jp/main/news/20071229B.htm |script-title=ja:アルティマニアシリーズの累計発行部数が1,000万部を突破！ |accessdate=2013-03-05 |publisher=Studio BentStuff |language=Japanese |date=2007-12-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004011943/http://www.bent.co.jp/main/news/20071229B.htm |archivedate=2011-10-04}}</ref> at average {{¥|{{#expr:(1500+1900)/2}}|link=no}} price,<ref name="SEgameguide">{{cite web |url=http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/gamebooks/ult/index.html |title=アルティマニアシリーズ 公式ページ {{!}} Square Enix Game Books Online |language=Japanese |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |accessdate=2014-03-12 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003215641/http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/gamebooks/ult/index.html |archivedate=October 3, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> grossing approximately {{¥|{{#expr:10*1700}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|17000|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}}).}}
*[[Music of the Final Fantasy series|Music sales]] – {{US$|121 million|long=no}}<ref>See [https://web.archive.org/web/20180723175024/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Final_Fantasy_series#Sales Music of the Final Fantasy series § Sales]</ref>
*[[List of Final Fantasy media|Box office]] – {{US$|92 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'' grossed $85,131,830 worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=finalfantasy.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV]]'' grossed $6,585,787 worldwide, including {{US$|4.2 million|long=no}} in China,<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV China (2017) |url=http://english.entgroup.cn/652752/ |website=EntGroup |date=March 20, 2017 |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref> $907,524 in Japan, $269,980 in the United States,<ref name="kingsglaive-bom">{{cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=kingsglaive.htm|title= Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV|accessdate= July 24, 2016|publisher= [[Box Office Mojo]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403184645/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=kingsglaive.htm|archivedate=April 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and $1,208,283 in other territories.<ref name="kingsglaive-numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Final-Fantasy-XV-Kingsglaive#tab=international |title=Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive (2016) |publisher=The Numbers |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420104708/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Final-Fantasy-XV-Kingsglaive |archivedate=April 20, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="kingsglaive-bom"/>}}
*[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within|Video rentals]] – {{US$|{{#expr:26.6 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Weekly video report: Top 20 rental titles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g04IAQAAMAAJ&q=spirits+within |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=Wilkerson Daily Corporation |page=452 |date=December 13, 2001}}</ref>
*[[Final Fantasy Trading Card Game|Card game]] – {{US$|14 million|long=no}}{{efn|Approximately {{US$|{{#expr:3.5*4}} million|long=no}} up until 2017 (5.5{{nbsp}}million booster pack sales,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/final-fantasy-tcg-hits-north-america-in-october/|title=Final Fantasy Trading Card Game set for English-language release in October|website=[[Digital Trends]]|accessdate=2018-01-12|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113093241/https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/final-fantasy-tcg-hits-north-america-in-october/|archivedate=2018-01-13}}</ref> $4 booster pack price).<ref>{{cite news |title=Final Fantasy Trading Card Game Set For Feb. With Two Types Of Starter Decks - Siliconera |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2010/12/27/final-fantasy-trading-card-game-set-for-feb-with-two-types-of-starter-decks/ |work=[[Siliconera]] |date=December 27, 2010}}</ref>}}
| Video game
| [[Hironobu Sakaguchi]] <br>[[Hiromichi Tanaka]] <br>[[Nasir Gebelli]]
| Square Enix
|-
| ''[[CrossFire (video game)|CrossFire]]''
| 2007
| {{sort | 10600 | {{estimation}} $12 billion}}
|
*Computer game – {{US$|12 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| [[Smilegate]]
| [[Smilegate]] <br> [[Tencent]]
|-
| ''[[Warcraft]]''
| 1994
| {{sort | 11678 | {{estimation}} $11.7 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|11.227 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[Warcraft (film)|Box office]] – {{US$|434 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=warcraft.htm|title=Warcraft (2016)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=June 3, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Warcraft (film)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|17 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Warcraft (2016) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Warcraft |website=The Numbers |accessdate=September 7, 2018}}</ref>
| Video game
| Allen Adham <br> Frank Pearce <br> [[Michael Morhaime]]
| [[Blizzard Entertainment]] <br> {{small|(Activision Blizzard)}}
|-
| ''[[Ultra Series]]'' <br> (''[[Ultraman (character)|Ultraman]]'')
| 1966
| {{sort | 11653 | {{estimation}} $11.7 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|10.406 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Ultraman'' merchandise sales:
*Up until 1987 – {{US$|7.4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/properties/ultraman.html|title=Properties-Ultraman |website=4kidsentertainment.com|accessdate=January 3, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228095359/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/properties/ultraman.html|archivedate=February 28, 2005}}</ref>
*Japan licensed merchandise sales between 1999 and 2012 – {{¥|188.94 billion|long=no}} ({{US$|{{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}}</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"/>
**2008 – {{¥|10.93 billion}}<ref name="charabiz-2008"/>
**2010–2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:10.03+8.03+9.05}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*Bandai Namco's net income from Bandai ''Ultraman'' merchandise sales between April 2005 and December 2019 – {{US$|636 million|long=no}}
**April 2005 to March 2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:3.9+3.6+5.7+4.3+3.1+2.8+1.8}} billion}} (${{To USD|25200|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}{{nbsp}}million)<ref name="bandai2006"/><ref name="bandai2007"/><ref name="bandai2008"/><ref name="bandai2011"/><ref name="bandai2013"/>
**April 2012 to March 2013 – {{¥|2 billion}} (${{To USD|2000|JPN|year=2013|round=yes}}{{nbsp}}million)<ref name="bandai2013"/>
**April 2013 to March 2014 – {{¥|3.2 billion}} (${{To USD|3200|JPN|year=2014}}{{nbsp}}million)<ref name="bandai2015"/>
**April 2014 to March 2016 – {{¥|{{#expr:2.6+3.3}} billion}} (${{To USD|5900|JPN|year=2016}}{{nbsp}}million)<ref name="bandai2017"/><ref name="bandai2015"/>
**April 2016 to December 2019 – {{¥|{{#expr:(4.3+6)+(6.9+6.5)}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|23700|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="bandai2017"/><ref name="bandai2018"/><ref name="Bandai2019"/>
}}
*[[Pachinko|Pachinko sales]] – {{US$|972 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Pachinko}}
*Home video sales – {{US$|275.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Ultraman'' home video sales in Japan up until 2006 – 5.78{{nbsp}}million units,<ref name="bandaivisual2006"/> average {{¥|3,800}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=CDJapan : Ultraman Series Complete listings (DVD, and Discography) |url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/series/514?term.media_format=dvd&page=1&order=-rel |website=CDJapan |accessdate=August 31, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:5.78*3800}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|21964|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}}).}}
| Television series
| [[Eiji Tsuburaya]]
| [[Tsuburaya Productions]] <br> {{small|(Bandai Namco Holdings)}}
|-
| ''[[FIFA (video game series)|FIFA]]''
| 1993
| {{sort | 11479 | {{estimation}} $11.5 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|11.479 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| [[EA Canada]]
| [[Electronic Arts]]
|-
| ''[[Superman (franchise)|Superman]]''
| 1938
| {{sort | 10668 | {{estimation}} $11.1 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|6.015 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.8 billion|long=no}} retail sales up until 2007.<ref>{{cite book |last=Shimpach |first=Shawn |title=Television in Transition: The Life and Afterlife of the Narrative Action Hero |date=2010 |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] |isbn=9781444320688 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZyYz6l1D3UC&pg=PA106}}</ref> {{US$|383 million|long=no}} DVD and Blu-ray sales since 2008.{{efn|name=Superman}} Merchandise sold {{US$|3.398 billion|long=no}} since 2010.{{efn|name=SupermanMerchandise}} }}
**Merchandise sales – {{US$|3.398 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=SupermanMerchandise|Merchandise sold {{US$|280 million|long=no}} in 2010,<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|{{#expr:277+277}} million|long=no}} during 2012–2013,<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|305 million|long=no}} in 2014,<ref name="tll2014"/> $725{{nbsp}}million in 2015,<ref name="tll2016"/> $812{{nbsp}}million in 2016, and {{US$|722 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|634 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*[[Superman in film|Box office]] – {{US$|2.554 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Superman'' box office:
*[[Superman in film|''Superman'' films]] – {{US$|2.554 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See {{section link|Superman in film|Box office performance}}.}}
}}
*[[List of Superman comics|Comic issues]] – {{US$|1.341 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Superman'' comic sales – 600{{nbsp}}million copies<ref name="comic">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/583041/best-selling-comic-books/|title=Best-selling comic books of all time|website=[[Statista]]|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref>
*1960–1987 – 165,693,146 copies – $49,241,585<ref name="superman">{{cite web |title=''Superman'' Sales Figures |url=http://www.comichron.com/titlespotlights/superman.html |website=Comichron |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref>
*1993–1996 – 13,023,420 copies – $20,869,974<ref name="monthlycomicssales"/>
*2009–2013 – 9,592,700 copies – $40,137,364<ref name="monthlycomicssales"/>
*Other {{formatnum:{{#expr:600000000-188309266}}|}} copies, at average $2.99 price<ref name="monthlycomicssales"/> – {{US$|{{#expr:411690734*2.99 round 0}}|long=no}}
}}
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|529 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Superman|''Superman'' DVD and Blu-ray sales – {{US$|529 million|long=no}} ({{US$|383 million|long=no}} since 2008)
*[[Superman in film|''Superman'' films]] – {{US$|382 million|long=no}} ({{US$|296 million|long=no}} since 2008)
**North America – {{US$|282 million|long=no}} ({{US$|196 million|long=no}} since 2008)<ref>{{cite web|title=Superman Franchise Box Office History - Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Superman#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=May 27, 2018}}</ref>
**''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'' (2013) overseas sales – {{US$|100 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title=Why 'Audience Fatigue' Isn't Really Hurting Spider-Man |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2014/06/13/why-audience-fatigue-isnt-really-hurting-spider-man/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
*''Smallville'' (DVD) – {{US$|100 million|long=no}} ({{US$|40 million|long=no}} since 2008)<ref>{{cite book |last=Geraghty |first=Lincoln |title=The Smallville Chronicles: Critical Essays on the Television Series |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810881310 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7MLn-JkibSYC&pg=PA103}}</ref>
*''Justice League'' (2017) – {{US$|47 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Justice League (2017) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Justice-League-(2017) |website=The Numbers |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref>
}}
*TV revenue – {{US$|428 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Superman'' television revenue:
*''Superman II'' – {{US$|10 million|long=no}} licensing<ref>{{cite book |last=Rossen |first=Jake |title=Superman Vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon |date=2008 |publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]] |isbn=9781556527319 |page=138 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JXVmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT138}}</ref>
*''[[Smallville]]'' – {{US$|{{#expr:353696456+64400000}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Gordon |first=Ian |title=Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon |date=2017 |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |isbn=9780813587547 |pages=167–168 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4TcTDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |quote=Information on the revenues generated by Smallville is available in a series of documents related to the Siegels' intellectual property case against Warner/DC. Available evidence shows that “gross receipts after accounts receivable” by June 30, 2006, were at least $353,696,456.00, but this amount excluded 50 percent of “merchandising revenue earned by the Series and likely only reports 20% on home video sales.” Indeed, another $64.4 million worth of television sales remained uncollected at the time these figures were calculated.}}</ref>
}}
*[[Action Comics|Comic magazine]] – {{US$|87 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Action Comics|Sales}}.}}
*VHS sales & rentals – {{US$|110.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Superman'' VHS sales and rentals:
*''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' – {{US$|1 million|long=no}} sales<ref name="billboard1981">{{cite journal |title=RIAA/Video Admits 4 Members |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 31, 1981 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT41 }}</ref>
*''[[Superman II]]'' – {{US$|65 million|long=no}} sales and rentals<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood: winners, lemons|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|page=11|date=January 21, 1984|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/122632938/}}</ref>
*''[[Superman III]]'' – {{US$|36.4 million|long=no}} rentals<ref>{{cite web|first=Aljean|last=Harmetz|url=https://books.google.com/?id=SOxQAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA21&dq=hollywood+accountants+pick+winners+of+1983#v=onepage&q=hollywood%20accountants%20pick%20winners%20of%201983&f=false|title=Hollywood accountants pick winners of 1983|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|via=[[Gainesville Sun]]|date=January 21, 1984|accessdate=November 5, 2019}}</ref>
*''[[Superman IV]]'' – {{US$|8.1 million|long=no}} rentals<ref>{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Sheldon |title=Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History |date=2010 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn=978-0814336977 |page=241 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA241}}</ref>
}}
*[[Superman 64|Video game]] – {{US$|{{#expr:0.5*67.99 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://retrogamingmagazine.com/2016/06/25/rgm-exclusive-superman-64-interview/|title=Interview: Eric Caen. Crazy Cars, Superman 64, and Back! - Retro Gaming Magazine|website=Retro Gaming Magazine|date=June 25, 2016|access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Superman (1999) - Nintendo 64 |url=https://www.ign.com/games/superman-1999/n64-1957 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720061112/http://www.ign.com/games/superman-1999/n64-1957 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2012 |website=[[IGN]] |accessdate=20 July 2012}}</ref>
| Comic book
| [[Jerry Siegel]] <br> [[Joe Shuster]]
| DC Entertainment <br> {{small|(AT&T)}}
|-
| ''[[Star Trek]]''
| 1966
| {{sort | 10754| {{estimation}} $10.8 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|10 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://america.cgtn.com/2016/07/26/business-of-star-trek-franchise-celebrates-50th-anniversary|title=Business of 'Star Trek': Franchise celebrates 50th anniversary|website=[[China Global Television Network|CGTN]]|date=July 26, 2016|accessdate=December 31, 2016}}</ref> {{US$|343.5 million|long=no}} ''[[Star Trek Beyond]]'' box office revenue since July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=startrek2016.htm |title=Star Trek Beyond (2016)|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=November 17, 2016}}</ref> {{US$|38 million|long=no}} ''Star Trek Beyond'' DVD and Blu-ray sales since October 2016.<ref name="trek-video"/> {{US$|180 million|long=no}} merchandise sales in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|192 million|long=no}} merchandise sales in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|4.753 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|3.5 billion|long=no}} retail sales up until 1998.<ref name="Trek">{{cite web|last=Eller|first=Claudia|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-11-fi-52785-story.html|title=Lower Costs Energize 'Trek' Film Profit|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 11, 1998|accessdate=April 25, 2019}}</ref> Licensed merchandise sold {{US$|150 million|long=no}} in 2010,<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|{{#expr:125+150}} million|long=no}} during 2012–2013,<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|148 million|long=no}} in 2014,<ref name="tll2014"/> $149{{nbsp}}million in 2015,<ref name="tll2016"/> $159{{nbsp}}million in 2016, {{US$|180 million|long=no}} in 2017,<ref name="tll2017"/> and {{US$|192 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*TV revenue – $2.3 billion<ref name=Trek/>
*[[Star Trek (film series)|Box office]] – $2.266{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web |title=Star Trek Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Trek |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*VHS sales – $1{{nbsp}}billion<ref name=Trek/>
*DVD & Blu-ray – {{US$|326 million|long=no}}<ref name="trek-video">{{cite web |title=Star Trek Franchise - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Trek#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=September 24, 2018}}</ref>
| Television series
| [[Gene Roddenberry]]
| [[ViacomCBS]]
|-
| ''[[Naruto]]''
| 1999
| {{sort | 10278 | {{estimation}} $10.3 billion}}
|
*[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|6.53 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*[[List of Naruto volumes|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|1.637 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Naruto|[[List of Naruto volumes|''Naruto'' manga tankōbon volume]] sales:
*''Naruto'' – {{US$|1,633.4 million|long=no}}
**Japan – 140{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref name="ann-manga">{{cite news |title=Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series (March - May 2018) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-07/roundup-of-newly-revealed-print-counts-for-manga-light-novel-series/.130972 |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=May 7, 2018}}</ref> {{¥|390}} price<ref name="NarutoShueishaVolume1">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872840-8&mode=1|title=NARUTO―ナルト―/1|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|accessdate=October 11, 2007}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:140*390}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|54600|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
**Overseas – 95{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref name="ann-manga"/> $9.99 price<ref>{{cite web |title=Naruto, Vol. 1 |url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/naruto-volume-1/product/91 |website=[[Viz Media]] |accessdate=September 7, 2018}}</ref> – {{US$|{{#expr:95*9.99 round 1}} million|long=no}}
*''[[Boruto: Naruto Next Generations]]'' – 1{{nbsp}}million+ copies,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-26/boruto-naruto-next-generations-anime-features-original-story/.111500|title=Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Anime Features Original Story|work=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdate=1 June 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608044519/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-26/boruto-naruto-next-generations-anime-features-original-story/.111500|archivedate=8 June 2017}}</ref> {{¥|400}} price<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880756-0 |script-title=ja:Boruto―ボルト― 1 |trans-title=''Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' 1 |website=[[Shueisha]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=26 December 2016 |url-status=live |archiveurl=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20170219155344/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880756-0 |archivedate=19 February 2017}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:1*400}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|400|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
}}
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|1.27 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Naruto'' licensed merchandise sales in Japan between 2003 and 2012 – {{¥|101 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|101|JPN|year=2012}} billion|long=no}})
*2003 – {{¥|8.67 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*2005–2008 – {{¥|{{#expr:25.44+19.86+15.94+10.78}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*2010–2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:7.28+6.58+6.14}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
}}
*[[List of Naruto video games|Video games]] – {{US$|761 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Naruto video games|''Naruto'' video game]] sales:
*''Naruto'' series – {{US$|642 million|long=no}}
**2003–2004 retail sales in Japan – 1,962,504 units, average {{¥|6560}} price – {{¥|12,874,222,540}}<ref name="naruto">{{cite web |title=All Time Sales Ranking TOP 1000 |url=http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |accessdate=June 19, 2018 |quote=Naruto |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611050926/http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |archivedate=June 11, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|12874222540|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
**Bandai Namco's ''Naruto'' net sales from April 2005 to March 2006 – {{¥|3.4 billion}} (${{To USD|3400|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}{{nbsp}}million)<ref name="bandai2006"/>
**2007–2009 retail sales in Japan – 367,786 units, average {{¥|6,040}} price – {{¥|2,221,390,063}}<ref name="naruto"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|2221.390063|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
**Bandai Namco's ''Naruto'' net sales from April 2016 to December 2019 – {{¥|{{#expr:8.9+11.3+15.8+9.2}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|45200|JPN}} million|long=no}})<ref name="bandai2017"/><ref name="bandai2018"/><ref name="Bandai2019"/>
*''Shōnen Jump'' video game appearances – {{US$|{{#expr:95+24.3}} million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
}}
*[[List of Naruto media|Anime box office]] – {{US$|147.1 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
*[[List of Naruto media|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|104 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Naruto'' anime home entertainment media sales:
*DVD and Blu-ray sales in Japan – {{¥|1,177,143,975}} ({{US$|15 million|long=no}})
**''Naruto'' – 92,477 volumes,<ref name="someanithing2581"/> at average {{¥|4,095}} price,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto2002/goods/dvd_01.html |title=NARUTO -ナルト- |publisher=TV Tokyo |language=Japanese |accessdate=November 5, 2011 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5hjHlmuLN?url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto2002/goods/dvd_01.html |archivedate=June 22, 2009}}</ref> grossed approximately {{¥|{{#expr:92477*4095}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|378693315|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}}).
**''[[Naruto: Shippuden]]'' – 171,948 volumes,<ref name="someanithing2581"/> at {{¥|4,515}} price,<ref name="TVTokyoSeason1DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto/goods/dvd/dvd05/index.html|title=''Naruto: Shippuden'' Season One DVDs|accessdate=2015-05-20|publisher=[[TV Tokyo]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> grossed approximately {{¥|{{#expr:171948*4515}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|776345220|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}}).
**''Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' – 1,462 volumes,<ref name="someanithing2581"/> at {{¥|15,120}} price,<ref name="homededia">{{Cite web |url=http://www.neowing.co.jp/product/ANZB-14501|title=BORUTO-ボルト- NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS DVD-BOX 1 [完全生産限定版]|publisher=Neowing |language=Japanese |date=July 28, 2017}}</ref> grossed approximately {{¥|{{#expr:1462*15120}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|22105440|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}}).
*Home entertainment media sales in Japan during 2013 and 2015 – {{¥|6,863,456,469}} ({{US$|74 million|long=no}})
**2013 – {{¥|2,909,800,000}}<ref name="japan2013"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|2909800000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
**2015 – {{¥|3,953,656,469}}<ref name="japan2015"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|3953656469|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}}|long=no}})
*Home video sales in the UK as of 2016 – 520,000 units (£14.99 price)<ref>{{cite news |title=The Naruto Anime Series Surpasses 520k Sales In The UK |work=[[Manga UK]] |date=12 January 2017}}</ref> – £{{#expr:0.52*14.99 round 0}}{{nbsp}}million ({{US$|{{To USD|8|GBR|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*DVD and Blu-ray sales of ''Naruto'' films in the United States since 2015 – {{US$|4 million|long=no}}
**''[[The Last: Naruto the Movie]]'' – $1,283,180<ref>{{cite web |title=The Last: Naruto the Movie (2015) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Last-Naruto-the-Movie-The-(Japan) |website=The Numbers |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
**''[[Boruto: Naruto the Movie]]'' – $1,267,001<ref>{{cite web |title=Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Boruto-Naruto-the-Movie-(Japan) |website=The Numbers |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
**''[[Naruto Shippuden the Movie]]'' – $1,177,563<ref>{{cite web |title=Naruto Shippuden: The Movie (2017) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Naruto-Shippuden-The-Movie |website=The Numbers |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
}}
| Manga
| [[Masashi Kishimoto]]
| Masashi Kishimoto <br> Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)}}<br>[[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]] {{small|(anime)}} <br> Bandai Namco {{small|(games)}}
|-
| ''[[League of Legends]]'' (''LoL'')
| 2009
| {{sort | 10098 | {{estimation}} $10.1 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|10.098 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| [[Riot Games]]
| [[Tencent]]
|}
==At least $5 billion==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Franchise
! style="width:10%;"| Year of inception
! style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number" | Total revenue (USD)
! style="width:20%;"| Revenue breakdown ({{estimation}})
! style="width:10%;"| Original media
! style="width:10%;"| Creator(s)
! style="width:20%;"| Owner(s)
|-
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' <br> (''GTA'')
| 1997
| {{sort | 09986 | {{estimation}} $9.99 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|9.986 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
|[[Video game]]
| [[David Jones (video game developer)|David Jones]] <br>[[Mike Dailly (game designer)|Mike Dailly]]
| [[Rockstar Games]] <br> {{small|([[Take-Two Interactive]])}}
|-
| ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''
| 1987
| {{sort | 09797 | {{estimation}} $9.8 billion}}
|
*[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|8.937 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*[[List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure volumes|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|489 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=JoJo|[[List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure volumes|''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' manga tankōbon volume]] sales – 100{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/15/jojos-bizarre-adventure-manga-has-printed-100-million-copies | title="Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" Manga Has Printed 100 Million Copies | date=2016-12-16 | publisher=[[Crunchyroll]] | accessdate=2016-12-16}}</ref> {{¥|390}} price<ref name="JoJoJPNVol01">{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-851126-3 |title=ジョジョの奇妙な冒険／1 |language=Japanese |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |accessdate=2008-08-08 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6EDiicglR?url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-851126-3 |archivedate=2013-02-06}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:100*390}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|39000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})}}
*[[List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure video games|Video games]] – {{US$|306 million|long=no}}{{efn|''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' video game sales in Japan:
*[[List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure video games|''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' video game series]] – {{US$|89 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure video games|Sales}}.}}
*''Shōnen Jump'' video game series – {{US$|217.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
}}
*[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012 TV series)|Anime DVD & Blu-ray]] – {{US$|40 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012 TV series)|''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' anime]] (2012 series) DVD and Blu-ray sales in Japan – {{¥|3,168.4 million}}<ref name="someanithing"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|3168.4|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})}}
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|23 million|long=no}}{{efn|''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' licensed merchandise sales in Japan during 2012 – {{¥|1.84 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|1840|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})}}
*[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I|Box office]] – {{US$|2 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title= JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=JP&id=_fJOJOSBIZARREADVE01|website=Box Office Mojo|accessdate= June 21, 2018}}</ref>
|[[Manga]]
| [[Hirohiko Araki]]
|[[Hirohiko Araki]] <br> [[Shueisha]] <br>{{small|([[Hitotsubashi Group]])}} (manga) <br> [[Bandai Namco]] (games)
|-
| ''[[Lineage (series)|Lineage]]''
| 1998
| {{sort | 09715 | {{estimation}} $9.72 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|9.715 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| Jake Song
| [[NCSoft]]
|-
| ''[[Thomas & Friends (franchise)|Thomas & Friends]]''
| 1946
| {{sort | 09477 | {{estimation}} $9.48 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|9.457 billion|long=no}}{{efn|£1{{nbsp}}billion ({{US$|{{To USD|1|GBR|year=2011}} billion|long=no}}) as of 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thomas the £1billion Tank Engine |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/thomas-the-1billion-tank-engine-196858 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=January 23, 2010}}</ref> {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|390 million|long=no}} in 2011.<ref name="forbes2011"/> {{US$|998 million|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|926 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|935 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|960 million|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|985 million|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|726 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|727 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad|Box office]] – {{US$|20 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thomasandthemagicrailroad.htm |title=Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=2002-08-28 |accessdate=2015-12-06}}</ref>
|[[Book]]
| [[Wilbert Awdry]] <br>[[Christopher Awdry]]
| [[Egmont Group]] <br> [[Mattel]]
|-
| ''[[Angry Birds]]''
| 2009
| {{sort | 09298 | {{estimation}} $9.3 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|8.297 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|250 million|long=no}} in 2011.<ref>{{cite book |last=Santo |first=Avi |title=Selling the Silver Bullet: The Lone Ranger and Transmedia Brand Licensing |year=2015 |publisher=[[University of Texas Press]] |isbn=9781477303979 |page=201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hru4BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA201}}</ref> {{US$|1.849 billion|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|1.882 billion|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|1.16 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> {{US$|1.065 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|1.277 billion|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|814 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*[[The Angry Birds Movie|Box office]] – {{US$|503 million|long=no}}<ref name="angry-numbers">{{cite web |title=The Angry Birds Movie Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Angry-Birds-Movie-The |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=4 April 2020}}</ref>
*Video games – {{US$|463 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[The Angry Birds Movie|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|35 million|long=no}}<ref name="angry-numbers"/>
| Video game
| [[Jaakko Iisalo]]
| [[Rovio Entertainment]]
|-
| ''[[Sesame Street]]'' <br> (''[[The Muppets]]'')
| 1955
| {{sort | 09185 | {{estimation}} $9.19 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|8.539 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 1997.<ref>{{cite book |title=Issues and Controversies On File |date=1998 |page=324 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RoGw4yBiq6oC |quote=Revenues from "Sesame Street" toys had reached $1 billion annually by 1997}}</ref> {{US$|525 million|long=no}} in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=The $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Licensed Properties Revealed |url=http://www.epmcom.com/public/The_100_Million_EntertainmentCharacter_Licensed_Properties_Revealed.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031010535/http://www.epmcom.com/public/The_100_Million_EntertainmentCharacter_Licensed_Properties_Revealed.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 31, 2011 |accessdate=October 31, 2011 |work=The Licensing Letter |publisher=EPM Communications |date=September 6, 2011}}</ref> {{US$|900 million|long=no}} in 2010.<ref name="tll2010"/> {{US$|515 million|long=no}} in 2011.<ref name="forbes2011"/> {{US$|893 million|long=no}} in 2012. {{US$|923 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|792 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014-2"/> {{US$|792 million|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|775 million|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|724 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|700 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*Box office – {{US$|478 million|long=no}}<ref name="muppets">{{cite web |title=Muppets Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Muppets |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=June 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=followthatbird.htm|title=Follow That Bird|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=June 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beingelmo.htm|title=Being Elmo A Puppeteer's Journey|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=June 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=elmoingrouchland.htm|title=The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=June 29, 2019}}</ref>
*TV licensing – {{US$|96 million|long=no}}<ref>Carvajal, Doreen (12 December 2005). [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/business/media/12sesame.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Sesame Street Goes Global: Let's All Count the Revenue".] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 12 May 2014</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|71 million|long=no}}<ref name="muppets"/>
*VHS sales – {{US$|2 million|long=no}}<ref name="billboard1981"/>
|[[Television series]]
| [[Jim Henson]] <br>[[Joan Ganz Cooney]] <br>[[Lloyd Morrisett]]
| [[The Muppets Studio]] <br> {{small|([[The Walt Disney Company]])}} <br> [[Sesame Workshop]]
|-
| [[Despicable Me (franchise)|''Despicable Me'' <br> (''Minions'')]]
| 2010
| {{sort | 08356 | {{estimation}} $8.36 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|3.95 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|370 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|667 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014-2">{{cite news |title=Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Based on $100 Million+ Entertainment/Character Properties |url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/100mil-chart/ |accessdate=December 18, 2015 |work=The Licensing Letter |year=2014}}</ref> {{US$|1.264 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> {{US$|1.322 billion|long=no}} in 2016. {{US$|327 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*Box office – {{US$|3.72 billion|long=no}}<ref name="me">{{cite web |title=Despicable Me Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Despicable-Me |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=June 19, 2018}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|686 million|long=no}}<ref name="me"/>
|[[Animated film]]
| [[Sergio Pablos]]
| [[Illumination Entertainment]] <br> [[Universal Pictures]] <br> {{small|([[Comcast]])}}
|-
| ''[[Monster Strike]]''
| 2013
| {{sort | 08166 | {{estimation}} $8.17 billion }}
|
*Video games – {{US$|8.156 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[Monster Strike (anime)|Anime box office]] – {{US$|10 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Monster Strike (anime)|Films}}''}}
| Video game
| [[Yoshiki Okamoto]]
| [[Mixi]]
|-
| ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''
| 2003{{efn|''Pirates of the Caribbean'' became a media franchise with the debut of the [[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|film series]] in 2003.}}
| {{sort | 07905 | {{estimation}} $7.91 billion}}
|
*[[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|Box office]] – $4.524{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=piratesofthecaribbean.htm|title=Pirates of the Caribbean Movies at the Box Office|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*Home entertainment – {{US$|1.781 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.75 billion|long=no}} up until May 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title=Review: 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' Comes Close To What You Want |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2017/05/25/review-pirates-of-the-caribbean-comes-close-to-what-you-want/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=May 25, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|31 million|long=no}} DVD and Blu-ray sales since September 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Pirates-of-the-Caribbean#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=September 30, 2018}}</ref>}}
*Merchandise sales – $1.6{{nbsp}}billion<ref>{{cite web|last=Szalai|first=Georg|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-pirates-caribbean-merchandise-16b-95393|title=Disney: 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Merchandise Has Made $1.6B in Sales|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 1, 2011|accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Merchandise retail sales up until 2011.}}
| Film
| [[Walt Disney Imagineering]] <br> [[Marc Davis (animator)|Marc Davis]] <br> [[Gore Verbinski]] <br> [[Jerry Bruckheimer]]
| [[The Walt Disney Company]]
|-
| ''[[Ben 10]]''
| 2005
| {{sort | 07853 | {{estimation}} $7.85 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|7.853 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|6 billion|long=no}} up until 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title='Ben 10 Omniverse: Aliens at War' DVD Announced |url=https://www.awn.com/news/ben-10-omniverse-aliens-war-dvd-announced |work=[[Animation World Network]] |date=August 16, 2013}}</ref> {{US$|681 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014-2"/> {{US$|569 million|long=no}} in 2015. {{US$|603 million|long=no}} in 2016.<ref name="tll2016"/>}}
|[[Animated series]]
| [[Man of Action Studios]]
| [[Cartoon Network]] {{small|([[AT&T]])}}
|-
| ''[[Puzzle & Dragons]]''
| 2012
| {{sort | 07786 | {{estimation}} $7.79 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|7.786 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| [[GungHo Online Entertainment|GungHo Online]]
| [[GungHo Online Entertainment|GungHo Online]]
|-
| ''[[X-Men]]''
| 1963
| {{sort | 07783 | {{estimation}} $7.78 billion}}
|
*[[X-Men (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|5.75 billion|long=no}}<ref name="x-numbers">{{cite web |title=X-Men Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/X-Men |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=June 4, 2018}}</ref>
*Retail sales – {{US$|900 million|long=no}}<ref name="infoplease"/>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|667 million|long=no}}<ref name="x-numbers"/>
*Comic sales – {{US$|466.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|''X-Men'' comic sales – 270{{nbsp}}million copies<ref name="comic"/>
*5,966,196 ''[[X-Men 2099]]'' copies grossed $9,642,182.<ref name="x-comic">{{cite web |title=''X-Men 2099'' Sales Figures |url=http://www.comichron.com/titlespotlights/xmen2099.html |website=Comichron |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref>
*Other {{formatnum:{{#expr:270000000-5966196}}|}} copies, at average ${{#expr:(1.50+1.95)/2 round 2}} price,<ref name="x-comic"/> grossed approximately {{US$|{{#expr:264033804*1.73 round 0}}|long=no}}.
}}
| [[Comic book]]
| [[Stan Lee]] <br> [[Jack Kirby]]
| [[Marvel Entertainment]] <br> [[20th Century Studios]] {{small|(films)}} <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
|-
| ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
| 1991
| {{sort | 07663 | {{estimation}} $7.66 billion}}
|
*[[List of Sonic the Hedgehog video games|Video games]] – {{US$|6.343 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|1.005 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' merchandise sales:
*United States merchandise sales as of 1994 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Kronke |first=David |title=It's Gonna Be a Video Jungle Out There : Video-game stars Donkey Kong and Sonic the Hedgehog will battle it out with new games backed by tech advances and mega-marketing. |url=https://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-15/entertainment/ca-50485_1_video-game-technology |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 15, 1994}}</ref>
*Japan licensed merchandise sales in 2003 – {{¥|3.74 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|374|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
}}
*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (film)|Box office]] – {{US$|307 million|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4244997633/|title=Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
*[[List of Sonic the Hedgehog printed media|Comic sales]] – {{US$|7.8 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Sonic the Hedgehog printed media|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' comic sales]] – {{formatnum:{{#expr:1885000+60000}}|}} sales, $3.99 average price<ref name="sonic-comics">{{cite news |title=IDW Sonic Sales Numbers Breakdown |url=https://sonicsourceblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/07/idw-sonic-sales-numbers-breakdown/ |work=Sonic Source |date=May 7, 2018}}</ref> – {{US$|{{#expr:1945000*3.99}}|long=no}}
*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)|Archie Comics]] – 290 issues,<ref>{{cite news |last=Hogan |first=Patrick |title=Saying Farewell To Three Decades of Weird Sonic the Hedgehog Comics |url=https://kotaku.com/saying-farewell-to-three-decades-of-weird-sonic-the-hed-1797191658 |work=[[Kotaku]] |date=July 24, 2017}}</ref> {{formatnum:{{#expr:(5000+8000)/2}}|}} average sales per issue<ref name="sonic-comics"/> – {{formatnum:{{#expr:290*6500}}|}} sales
*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Publishing)|IDW Publishing]] – 60,000 sales<ref>{{cite news |title=IDW Sonic Smashes Sales Expectations, Becomes Best-Selling Sonic Comics on Record |url=https://www.sonicstadium.org/2018/05/idw-sonic-smashes-sales-expectations-becomes-best-selling-sonic-comics-on-record/ |work=The Sonic Stadium |date=May 7, 2018}}</ref>
}}
| Video game
| [[Sonic Team]] <br> [[Yuji Naka]] <br> [[Naoto Ohshima]] <br> [[Hirokazu Yasuhara]]
| [[Sega]] <br><small>([[Sega Sammy Holdings]])</small>
|-
| ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' <br> (''Glitter Force'')
| 2004
| {{sort | 07585 | {{estimation}} $7.59 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|7.357 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Pretty Cure|Merchandise}}.}}
*Video games – {{US$|67.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Pretty Cure|Video games}}.}}
*[[List of Pretty Cure films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|161 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
|[[Anime]]
| [[Izumi Todo]] <br>[[Toei Animation]]
| [[Toei Company]] <br>[[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation]] <br>[[Asatsu-DK]]
|-
| ''[[Candy Crush]]''
| 2012
| {{sort | 07503 | {{estimation}} $7.5 billion}}
|
*Mobile games – {{US$|7.503 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| [[King (company)|King]]
| [[King (company)|King]] <br>{{small|([[Activision Blizzard]])}}
|-
| ''[[Doraemon]]''
| 1969
| {{sort | 07292 | {{estimation}} $7.29 billion}}
|
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|5.592 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Doraemon|Merchandise}}''}}
*[[List of Doraemon films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|1.7 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|List of Doraemon films|Box office performance}}''}}
| Manga
| [[Fujiko F. Fujio]]
|[[Fujiko F. Fujio]] <br> [[Shogakukan]]<br>{{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}} (manga)
|-
| ''[[Jurassic Park]]''
| 1990
| {{sort | 7276 | {{estimation}} $7.28 billion}}
|
*Box office – {{US$|4.892 billion|long=no}}<ref name="jurassic-numbers">{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Jurassic-Park |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=July 23, 2018}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|1.706 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Jurassic Park'' merchandise:
*1993–1995 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref name="latimes95">{{cite news |title=Just a License to Make Money? Movie merchandise is making more mega-bucks than ever. And now, it can even be a factor as studios decide what movies get made. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-05-ca-39024-story.html |accessdate=11 October 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=5 March 1995}}</ref>
*2017–2018 – {{US$|706 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2018list"/>
}}
*Home video sales – {{US$|678 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|545 million|long=no}} up until 2004.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bryman |first=Alan |title=The Disneyization of Society |date=2004 |publisher=[[SAGE Publications]] |isbn=9780761967644 |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9diHCUZoNjcC&pg=PT98}}</ref> {{US$|133 million|long=no}} since 2015.<ref name="jurassic-numbers"/>}}
| Novel
| [[Michael Crichton]]
| [[Alfred A. Knopf]] {{small|(novel)}} <br>[[Universal Pictures]] {{small|(Comcast)}} {{small|(film)}}
|-
| ''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]''
| 2001
| {{sort | 07235 | {{estimation}} $7.24 billion}}
|
*[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|6.169 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*[[List of Bleach volumes|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|740 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Bleach|[[List of Bleach volumes|''Bleach'' manga tankōbon volume]] sales – 120{{nbsp}}million copies<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-02-05/bleach-manga-has-120-million-copies-in-print-worldwide/.127393 | title= Bleach Manga Has 120 Million Copies in Print Worldwide | date=2017-01-23 | work=[[Anime News Network]] | accessdate=2017-03-03}}</ref>
*Japan – 90{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref name="zenkan"/> {{¥|390}} price<ref name="JP1">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873213-8|title=Bleach 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|accessdate=May 3, 2014|language=Japanese}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:90*390}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|35100|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*Overseas – 30{{nbsp}}million copies, $9.99 price<ref>{{cite web |title=Bleach, Vol. 1 |url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/bleach-volume-1/product/167 |website=[[Viz Media]] |accessdate=September 7, 2018}}</ref> – {{US$|{{#expr:30*9.99 round 0}} million|long=no}}
}}
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|260 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Bleach'' licensed merchandise sales in Japan between 2006 and 2012 – {{¥|20.71 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|20710|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*2006–2008 – {{¥|{{#expr:5.61+4.78+5.24}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*2010 – {{¥|1.94 billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*2011 – {{¥|1.61 billion}}<ref name="charabiz_4806"/>
*2012 – {{¥|1.53 billion}}<ref>{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2013⑫ |year=2013 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=5706 |language=ja}}</ref>
}}
*[[Bleach (manga)#Films|Box office]] – {{US$|40 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Bleach (manga)|Films}}''}}
*[[Bleach (TV series)|Anime DVD & Blu-ray]] – {{US$|26 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[Bleach (TV series)|''Bleach'' anime]] DVD and Blu-ray sales in Japan – 574,849 units,<ref name="someanithing2581"/> {{¥|3,600}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=BLEACH バウント篇1 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/34386/products/648680/1/ |website=[[Oricon]] |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=ja-JP}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:574849*3600}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|2069.4564|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}}).}}
| Manga
| [[Tite Kubo]]
| Tite Kubo <br> Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}} (manga)<br>[[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]] (anime)
|-
| ''[[Minecraft]]''
| 2009
| {{sort | 07226 | {{estimation}} $7.23 billion}}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|4.328 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1 million|long=no}} {{as of|2012|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nunneley |first=Stephany |title=Minecraft hits $80M in sales with over 5M paid downloads |url=http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/24/minecraft-hits-80m-in-sales-with-over-5m-paid-downloads/ |website=[[VG247]] |date=24 March 2012 |accessdate=11 November 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326175441/http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/24/minecraft-hits-80m-in-sales-with-over-5m-paid-downloads/ |archivedate=26 March 2012 }}</ref> {{US$|300 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|407 million|long=no}} in 2014.<ref name="tll2014"/> $549{{nbsp}}million in 2015.<ref name="tll2016"/> $700{{nbsp}}million in 2016. {{US$|679 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|731 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2017"/>}}
*Video games – {{US$|2.898 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
|[[Markus Persson]]
| [[Microsoft Studios]]
|-
| ''[[Kumamon]]''
| 2010
| {{sort | 07170 | {{estimation}} $7.17 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|7.1 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Kumamon'' retail sales:
*2011–2012 – {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Ofo to launch bikes with Japanese bear icon |url=http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/business/12/20180116/78893.html |work=China Plus |agency=[[China Radio International]] |date=January 16, 2018}}</ref>
*2013–2014 – {{¥|124.4 billion}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Mascot Kumamon generates Y124.4 bil over two years |url=https://japantoday.com/category/national/mascot-kumamon-generates-y124-4-bil-over-two-years |work=[[Japan Today]] |date=December 29, 2014}}</ref> ({{US$|{{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 }}</ref>
*2017{{ndash}}2018 {{ndash}} {{JPY|{{#expr:140874200000+150556550000}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|291.43075|JPN}} billion|long=no}})<ref>{{cite news |title=くまモン売上１４０８億円 １７年、過去最高更新 海外で倍増 |url=https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/n/402481/ |accessdate=22 February 2020 |work=[[Nishinippon Shimbun]] |date=2018-03-20 |language=ja-JP}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=くまモン売上高、初の１５００億円突破 海外解禁が後押し |url=https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/n/491532/ |accessdate=22 February 2020 |work=[[Nishinippon Shimbun]] |date=2019-03-05 |language=ja}}</ref>
}}
*[[Yo-kai Watch: The Movie|Anime box office]] – {{US$|65 million|long=no}}{{efn|Appeared in ''[[Yo-kai Watch: The Movie]]'', which grossed {{US$|65 million|long=no}} in Japan.<ref name=ann6>{{cite web |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-01/top-10-grossing-domestic-japanese-films-of-2015-listed/.97030|title= Top 10 Grossing Domestic Japanese Films of 2015 Listed|date= January 1, 2016|accessdate= January 1, 2016|work= [[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>}}
| [[Cartoon]]
| [[Kumamoto Prefecture]]
| [[Kumamoto Prefecture]]
|-
| ''[[PAW Patrol]]''
| 2013
| {{sort | 07000 | {{estimation}} $7 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|7 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Paw patrol2">{{cite web |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/paw-patrol-the-last-kids-show-to-dominate-tv-screens |title=Paw Patrol - the last kids' show to dominate TV screens?, Entertainment News & Top Stories |newspaper=The Straits Times |accessdate= December 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Paw Patrol 7 billion">{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/i-m-totally-anonymous-the-millionaire-behind-your-children-s-favourite-tv-shows-20181030-p50crh.html |title='I'm totally anonymous': the man who has made millions from your children's favourite TV shows |newspaper=Https |accessdate= December 20, 2018}}</ref>
| Animated series
| [[Keith Chapman]]
| [[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| ''[[Donkey Kong]]''
| 1981
| {{sort | 06848 | {{estimation}} $6.85 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|6.846 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|2.3 million|long=no}}<ref name="DK-Merchandise"/>
| Video game
| [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] <br> [[Nintendo R&D1]]
| [[Nintendo]]
|-
| ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''
| 2007
| {{sort | 06570 | {{estimation}} $6.57 billion}}
|
*TV advertising – {{US$|3.57 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.74 billion|long=no}} in 2015. {{US$|1.83 billion|long=no}} in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Berg |first=Madeline |title='Big Bang' Bucks: Inside The Mega-Money Of CBS' Hit Show |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2017/09/28/big-bang-bucks-inside-the-mega-money-of-cbs-hit-show/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=September 28, 2017}}</ref>}}
*[[HBO Max|TV streaming]] – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |title='Big Bang Theory' Sets Staggering Multi-Billion-Dollar HBO Max Streaming Deal |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/big-bang-theory-sets-staggering-multi-billion-dollar-hbo-max-streaming-deal-1240250 |accessdate=24 November 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=17 September 2019}}</ref>
*TV syndication – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Big Bang Theory' Renewed For Seasons 11 & 12 By CBS |url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/the-big-bang-theory-renewed-season-11-12-cbs-1202047021/ |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=March 20, 2017}}</ref>
| Television series
| [[Chuck Lorre]] <br> [[Bill Prady]]
| Warner Bros. {{small|(AT&T)}}
|-
| ''[[Fantasy Westward Journey|Westward Journey]]''
| 2001
| {{sort | 06524 | {{estimation}} $6.52 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|6.524 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| [[NetEase]]
| [[NetEase]]
|-
| ''[[Halo (franchise)|Halo]]''
| 2001
| {{sort | 06500 | {{estimation}} $6.5 billion}}
|
*[[List of Halo media|Games & consoles]] – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Kastrenakes|first=Jacob|title=The Halo franchise has made more than $5 billion|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/4/9668876/halo-franchise-5-billion-guardians-launch-sales|website=[[The Verge]]|date=November 4, 2015|accessdate=April 5, 2017}}</ref>
*[[List of Halo media|Home video & merchandise]] – {{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Halo Franchise Fact Sheet |url=https://news.xbox.com/wp-content/uploads/Halo-Franchise-Fact-Sheet_May-2016-FINAL.docx |accessdate=6 April 2019 |work=[[Xbox.com]] |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407060328/https://news.xbox.com/wp-content/uploads/Halo-Franchise-Fact-Sheet_May-2016-FINAL.docx |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| Video game
| [[Bungie]] <br> [[343 Industries]]
| [[Microsoft]]
|-
| ''[[DC Extended Universe]]'' <br> (''DCEU'')
| 2013
| {{sort | 06480 | {{estimation}} $6.48 billion}}
|
*Box office – {{US$|5.276 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=DC Extended Universe Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=dc.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |accessdate=February 13, 2019}}</ref>
*Home video sales – {{US$|704 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|500 million|long=no}} up until May 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title=How DC Universe Movies Are More Successful Than You Think |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2017/05/25/how-dcu-movies-are-more-successful-than-you-think/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=May 25, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|204 million|long=no}} between August 2017 and May 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=DC Extended Universe Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/DC-Extended-Universe#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=May 15, 2019}}</ref>}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|500 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Wonder Woman Tie-Ins Include Action Figures and Eyeshadow |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-05/wonder-woman-s-secret-power-bridging-the-boy-girl-toy-gap |work=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |date=June 5, 2017}}</ref>
| Film
| [[DC Entertainment]]
| DC Entertainment <br> {{small|(AT&T)}}
|-
| ''[[Ice Age (franchise)|Ice Age]]''
| 2002
| {{sort | 06420 | {{estimation}} $6.42 billion}}{{efn|''Ice Age'':
*{{As of|2016|4}} – {{US$|6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilonsky|first1=Robert|last2=Engel|first2=Clint|url=http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/530876-ashley-ikidz-retailers-get-promotion-latest-ice-age-movie|title=Clint Engel Ashley iKidz retailers get promotion for latest 'Ice Age' movie|magazine=[[Furniture Today]]|date=April 25, 2016|accessdate=July 18, 2017}}</ref>
*''[[Ice Age: Collision Course]]'' (June 2016) – {{US$|420 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ice-Age-Collision-Course#tab=video-sales|title=Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)|magazine=The Numbers|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>
}}
|
*Box office – {{US$|2.9 billion|long=no}}<ref name=Age/>
*Retail sales – {{US$|1.3 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Age">{{cite web|url=http://licensingrussia.ru/media/presentations/37e3bd07-1502-4c27-89cd-3ff3144fd487.pdf|title=20th Century Fox Consumer Products|website=licensingrussia.ru|page=5|accessdate=March 22, 2017}}</ref>
*Home entertainment – {{US$|347 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Ice Age Franchise Box Office History - Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Ice-Age#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>
| Animated film
| [[Blue Sky Studios]]
| 20th Century Studios <br> {{small|(The Walt Disney Company)}}
|-
| ''[[Twilight (novel series)|Twilight]]''
| 2005
| {{sort | 06393 | {{estimation}} $6.39 billion}}
|
*[[The Twilight Saga (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|3.344 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Twilight Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=twilight.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Twilight (novel series)|Book sales]] – {{US$|1.661 billion|long=no}}<ref name="twilight">{{cite web |title=Twilight Total Franchise Revenue |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/total-twilight-franchise-sales-revenue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613161928/http://www.statisticbrain.com/total-twilight-franchise-sales-revenue/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |publisher=Statistic Brain Research Institute |date=September 6, 2016}}</ref>
*[[The Twilight Saga (film series)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|948 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Twilight Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Twilight#tab=video |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|395 million|long=no}}<ref name="twilight"/>
*[[Video rentals]] – {{US$|45.4 million|long=no}}<ref name="twilight"/>
| Novel
| [[Stephenie Meyer]]
| [[Little, Brown and Company]] <br> [[Summit Entertainment]]
|-
| ''[[Digimon]]''
| 1997
| {{sort | 06358 | {{estimation}} $6.36 billion}}
|
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|5.39 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Digimon'' merchandise sales:
*Japan ({{as of|2006|lc=y}}) – {{JPY|110.54 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|110.54|JPN|year=2012}} billion|long=no}})
**{{As of|2001}} – {{JPY|100 billion}}<ref>{{cite book |title=これがアニメビジネスだ |date=February 8, 2002 |publisher=廣済堂出版 |isbn=9784331508671 |page=88
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVMiAAAACAAJ |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iptvnewswire.com/pr.php?title=Its-Official-Digimon-One-of-Top-Ten-BestSelling-Action-Toys-of-2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203075539/http://www.iptvnewswire.com/pr.php?title=Its-Official-Digimon-One-of-Top-Ten-BestSelling-Action-Toys-of-2000|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2017|title=It's Official! "Digimon" One of Top Ten Best-Selling Action Toys of 2000|website=iptvnewswire.com|date=December 11, 2000|accessdate=February 2, 2011}}</ref>
**2003 & 2006 – {{JPY|{{#expr:2.21+8.33}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*US and Europe ({{as of|2003|lc=y}}) – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bandai.co.jp/e/releases/E2000080101.html|title=Digimon and Gundam shoot to success overseas!|website=bandai.co|access-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172411/http://www.bandai.co.jp/e/releases/E2000080101.html|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/|title=Bandai World Sales|website=Bandai Namco Group}}</ref>
}}
*[[Digital Monster (virtual pet)|Digital pets]] – {{US$|424.1 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[Digital Monster (virtual pet)|Digital Monster]] [[virtual pet]] sales:
*By 2005, Bandai sold more than 24{{nbsp}}million units, at about {{¥|1260}} price,<ref>{{cite news |title=Bandai Unveils New Digimon Virtual Pets |url=http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives-nov30/ |work=Anime News Service |date=November 11, 2005}}</ref> grossing approximately {{¥|{{#expr:24*1260}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|30240|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}}).
*Bandai Namco's ''Digimon'' toy sales from April 2005 to March 2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:0.5+3.1}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|3600|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})<ref name="bandai2006"/><ref name="bandai2007"/>
}}
*Manga & comic sales – {{US$|252 million|long=no}}<ref>http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/07/05/manga-circulation-numbers</ref>{{efn|Sales revenue of ''[[V Jump]]'' issues serializing ''Digimon'' manga series:{{efn|name=VJump}}
*November 1998 to March 2012 – 22,055,333 copies, {{¥|550}} price – {{¥|{{#expr:22055333*550}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|12130433150|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
**''[[Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01]]'' (November 1998 to August 2003) – {{formatnum:{{#expr:149833*58}}|}} sales
**''[[Digimon Next]]'' (February 2006 to February 2008) – {{formatnum:{{#expr:178334*20+366667*7}}|}} sales
**''[[Digimon Fusion]]'' (June 2010 to March 2012) – {{formatnum:{{#expr:391667*4+3850002+302500*6}}|}} sales
*''[[Digimon World Re:Digitize]]'' from April 2013 to March 2018 – {{¥|{{#expr:(292500*6)*550+6930001650}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|965250000|JPN|year=2013}}+{{To USD|1666500000|JPN|year=2014}}+{{To USD|3245002200|JPN|year=2016}}+{{To USD|2018499450|JPN}} round 0}}|long=no}})
}}
*[[List of Digimon episodes and films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|143 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing anime films|Highest-grossing anime franchises and film series}}.}}
*Console games – {{US$|90.5 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Digimon'' console game retail sales in Japan – $90,467,983
**2000–2002 releases – 216,890 units, average {{¥|4430}} price – {{¥|960751800}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bandai (Publisher) |url=http://salesdatabase.net/publisher/bandai/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |accessdate=July 2, 2018 |quote=Digimon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403104550/http://salesdatabase.net/publisher/bandai/ |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|960751800|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
**2006–2012 releases – 797,387 units, average {{¥|5081}} price – {{¥|4051533280}}<ref name="digimon">{{cite web |title=Bandai Namco Games (Publisher) |url=http://salesdatabase.net/publisher/bandai_namco_games/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |accessdate=July 2, 2018 |quote=Digimon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403104534/http://salesdatabase.net/publisher/bandai_namco_games/ |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|4051533280|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
**2013–2014 releases – 958,518 units, average {{¥|5911}} price – {{¥|952385880}}<ref name="digimon"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|952385880|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}}|long=no}})
**2014–2016 releases – 258,702 units, average {{¥|6637}} price – {{¥|1717000040}}<ref name="digimon"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|1717000040|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}}|long=no}})
**2017 releases – 51,456 units, average {{¥|6273}} price – {{¥|322801200}}<ref name="digimon"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|322801200|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}})
}}
*[[List of Digimon episodes and films|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|59.1 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Digimon'' home entertainment media:
*[[List of Digimon episodes and films|''Digimon'' anime]] DVD and Blu-ray re-release sales in Japan – {{¥|1,182,507,200}}<ref name="someanithing334">{{cite web |title=TV Anime, All Re-releases (boxes, re-issued singles, other) |url=http://www.someanithing.com/334 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323013938/http://www.someanithing.com/334 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |website=Someanithing: Anime DVD/BD Sales in Japan |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|1182.5072|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*Toei Animation's ''Digimon'' anime earnings (overseas sales/licensing and domestic licensing) from April 2003 to December 2017 – {{¥|{{#expr:2.659+0.399+0.73+0.536}} billion}} ({{US$|44.1 million|long=no}})
**April 2003 to March 2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:1.486+0.301+0.872}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|2659|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2007">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year Results （April 1, April 1, 2006 to March 3 6 to March 31, 2007）|url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/files/IR/19_4Q/en_20070518_keisu_e.pdf |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 18, 2007}}</ref><ref name="toei2008">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year（Apr. 1, 2007 to Mar. 31, 2008）|url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/files/IR/20_4Q/20080515_keisu.pdf |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 15, 2008}}</ref><ref name="toei2012">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year 2012.3（Apr. 1, 2011 to Mar. 31, 2012）|url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/files/IR/24_4Q/201203_4Q_keisu.pdf |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 15, 2012}}</ref>
**April 2012 to March 2013 – {{¥|399 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|399|JPN|year=2013}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2013">{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year 2013.3（Apr. 1, 2012 to Mar. 31, 2013） |url=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2013 |website=[[Toei Animation]] |publisher=[[Toei Company]] |date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815024627/http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/ir/materials/library.php?y=2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**April 2013 to March 2014 – {{¥|73 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|73000000|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}}|long=no}})<ref name="toei2014"/>
**April 2016 to March 2018 – {{¥|{{#expr:180+211+228}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|619|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}})<ref name="toei2017"/><ref name="toei2018"/>
}}
| [[Digital pet]]
| [[Akiyoshi Hongo]] <br>Toei Animation <br>Bandai
|[[Bandai Namco Holdings]] <br> Toei Animation (anime)
|-
| ''[[Fast & Furious]]''
| 2001
| {{sort | 06349 | {{estimation}} $6.35 billion}}
|
*Box office – {{US$|5.895 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Fast and the Furious Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Fast-and-the-Furious |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=June 4, 2018}}</ref>
*Home entertainment – {{US$|454 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Fast and the Furious Franchise Video Sales History|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Fast-and-the-Furious#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=November 25, 2018}}</ref>
| Film
| [[Gary Scott Thompson]]
| Universal Pictures <br> {{small|(Comcast)}}
|-
| ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''
| 1986
| {{sort | 06215 | {{estimation}} $6.22 billion}}
|
*Musical theatre – {{US$|6.06 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Musical}}
*[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|Box office]] – {{US$|155 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=phantomoftheopera.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |accessdate=June 9, 2018}}</ref>
| [[Musical theatre]]
| [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]
| [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]
|-
| ''[[Tamagotchi]]''
| 1996
| {{sort | 06197 | {{estimation}} $6.2 billion}}
|
*[[List of Tamagotchi releases|Digital pets]] – {{US$|2.955 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Tamagotchi digital pet sales – 82{{nbsp}}million units up until September 2017, about {{¥|2,916}} price<ref>{{cite news |title=Tamagotchi 20th Anniversary Edition! |url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/5986?entry_id=5435 |publisher=[[Bandai]] |date=November 15, 2017}}</ref>
*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}}</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}})
}}
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|3.081 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Tamagotchi'' licensed merchandise sales:
*Up until 1999 – {{US$|1 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Cute Inc. |url=https://www.wired.com/1999/12/cute/ |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=December 1, 1999}}</ref>
*Japan sales between 2005 and 2012 – {{¥|166.109 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|166109|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
**2005–2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:31.07+48.05+18.01}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
**2008 – {{¥|{{#expr:1540.6*(0.44/100) round 3}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2008"/>
**2010–2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:20.86+22.32+19.02}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
}}
*[[Tamagotchi#Video games|Console games]] – {{US$|154 million|long=no}}{{efn|Japan console game sales between 2005 and 2008 – 2,434,062 units, {{¥|5,040}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=All Time Sales Ranking TOP 1000 |url=http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |accessdate=August 19, 2018 |quote=Tamagotchi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611050926/http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |archive-date=June 11, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:2434062*5040}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|12267672480|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}}).}}
*[[Tamagotchi: The Movie|Box office]] – {{US$|6.8 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Japanese Box Office, January 19–20 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-23/japanese-box-office-january-19-20 |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=January 23, 2008}}</ref>
| Digital pet
| [[:de:Aki Maita|Aki Maita]] <br>[[:ja:横井昭裕|Akihiro Yokoi]] <br>[[Bandai]]
| Bandai Namco Holdings
|-
| ''[[Pro Evolution Soccer]]'' (''PES'') / <br> ''Winning Eleven''
| 1995
| {{sort | 06131 | {{estimation}} $6.13 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|6.131 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| [[Konami]]
| [[Konami]]
|-
| ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''
| 1992
| {{sort | 06051 | {{estimation}} $6.05 billion}}{{efn|''Mortal Kombat'':
*1992–2000 – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/threshold-digital-research-labs-greenlights-its-first-digitally-animated-feature-film-foodfight-73557002.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108095511/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/threshold-digital-research-labs-greenlights-its-first-digitally-animated-feature-film-foodfight-73557002.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2017|title=Threshold Digital Research Labs Greenlights Its First Digitally Animated Feature Film, 'Foodfight!'|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|publisher=[[Cision Inc.|Cision]]|date=June 13, 2000|accessdate=January 8, 2017}}</ref>
*2002–2019 – {{US$|1.051 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
}}
|
*[[List of Mortal Kombat media|Video games]] – {{US$|3.21 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[List of Mortal Kombat media|Box office]] – {{US$|{{#expr:122.2+51.4}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortal Kombat (1995)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mortalkombat.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mortal Kombat: Annihilation|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mortalkombat2.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|Soundtrack album]] – {{US$|13 million|long=no}}{{efn|1{{nbsp}}million units,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mortal Kombat |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=mortal+kombat |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |date=January 11, 1996 |accessdate=22 March 2020}}</ref> ${{#expr:(9.98+16.98)/2}} average price<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Billboard 200 |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=30 September 1995 |volume=107 |issue=39 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ag4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA104 |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] |issn=0006-2510}}</ref>}}
| Video game
| [[Midway Games|Midway Games Chicago]] <br>[[Ed Boon]] <br>[[John Tobias]]
| [[Warner Bros.]] {{small|(AT&T)}}
|-
| ''[[Detective Conan]]'' <br> (''Case Closed'')
| 1994
| {{sort | 06017 | {{estimation}} $6.01 billion}}
|
*[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|3.077 billion|long=no}}{{efn|Sales revenue of ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' issues serializing ''Detective Conan'' manga from January 1994 to March 2018 – {{¥|345,108,841,140}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|314558737920|JPN|2012}}+{{To USD|7165353000|JPN|2013}}+{{To USD|6407505000|JPN|2014}}+{{To USD|10398922560|JPN|2016}}+{{To USD|6578322660|JPN}} round 0}}|long=no}}){{efn|See ''{{Section link|Weekly Shōnen Sunday|Circulation}}''}} }}
*[[List of Case Closed volumes|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|1.161 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Detective Conan'' manga sold 200{{nbsp}}million tankōbon volumes,<ref name="zenkan"/> at {{¥|463}} price,<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120720013921/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_tid?tid=1572 |archivedate=July 20, 2012 |url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_tid?tid=1572 |title=Detective Conan Volume 1 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |accessdate=June 11, 2009 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead }}</ref> grossing approximately {{¥|{{#expr:200*463}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|92600|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}}).}}
*[[List of Case Closed films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|1.094 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|List of Case Closed films|Box office performance}}''}}
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|366 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Case Closed|Reception}}''}}
*[[Case Closed discography|Music sales]] – {{US$|185 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''[[Case Closed discography]]''}}
*[[Case Closed#Anime|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|134 million|long=no}}{{efn|Home entertainment media sales of {{¥|1,574.9 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|1574.9|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) in 2013,<ref name="japan2013"/> {{¥|{{#expr:2149421962+2862527019+3336530155}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|5011948981|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}}|long=no}}) during 2015–2016,<ref name="japan2015"/><ref name="japan2016"/> and {{¥|{{#expr:3336530155+4871035433}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|8207565588|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}}) during 2017–2018.<ref name="japan2017"/><ref name="japan2018"/>}}
| Manga
| [[Gosho Aoyama]]
| Gosho Aoyama <br> Shogakukan {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}} (manga)<br>[[TMS Entertainment]] <br>{{small|(Sega Sammy Holdings)}}
|-
| ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' <br> (''[[Game of Thrones]]'')
| 1996
| {{sort | 05814 | {{estimation}} $5.81 billion}}
|
*[[Game of Thrones|TV revenue]] – {{US$|4.5 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Game of Thrones - How Many Millions Has It Made So Far? |url=https://www.jobsnhire.com/articles/41731/20160425/game-thrones-how-many-millions-made-so-far.htm |work=Jobs & Hire |date=April 25, 2016|quote=So if "Game of Thrones" makes $1 billion annually, it should have earned at least by now around $4 billion to $5 billion since it premiered in April, 2011.}}</ref>
*Book sales – {{US$|900 million|long=no}}{{efn|90{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref>{{cite news |title=How Game of Thrones achieved world domination... long before the TV show even aired |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/game-of-thrones-season-8-books-novels-publishing-final-series-a8855126.html |accessdate=28 April 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=15 April 2019}}</ref> $9.99 price<ref>{{cite news |title=eBook Deal: A Game Of Thrones: A Song Of Ice and Fire: Book One |url=https://www.geeksofdoom.com/2013/11/18/3-ebook-deal-game-thrones-song-ice-fire-book-one |work=Geeks of Doom |date=November 18, 2013}}</ref>}}
*[[Game of Thrones|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|280 million|long=no}}{{efn|$66,493,039 in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2012 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2012 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $36,519,093 in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2013 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2013 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $40,928,716 in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2014 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2014 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $34,173,270 in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2015 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2015 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $61,666,926 in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2016 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2016 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $26,215,537 in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2017 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2017 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref> $6,825,025 during January–June 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2018 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2018 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |accessdate=June 25, 2018}}</ref> }}
*[[List of A Song of Ice and Fire video games|Video games]] – {{US$|132 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of A Song of Ice and Fire video games|''Game of Thrones'' video games]]:
* ''[[List of A Song of Ice and Fire video games|Game of Thrones: Conquest]]'': {{US$|125 million|long=no}}<ref>[https://sensortower.com/blog/game-of-thrones-conquest-revenue "One Year In, Game of Thrones: Conquest Revenue Tops $125 Million on Constant Growth."]</ref>
* ''[[Reigns: Game of Thrones]]'': {{US$|7.2 million|long=no}} (1.8{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Calvin |first1=Alex |title=How Tinder-meets-Game of Thrones title Reigns sold 1.8m copies |url=https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/success-story/66428/how-tinder-meets-game-of-thrones-title-reigns-sold-18m-copies/ |accessdate=28 April 2019 |work=PC Games Insider |date=December 5, 2017}}</ref> $3.99 price)<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: Reigns: Game of Thrones |url=https://www.destructoid.com/review-reigns-game-of-thrones-529030.phtml |website=[[Destructoid]] |date=2018-11-03 |accessdate=28 April 2019}}</ref>
}}
*Box office – {{US$|1.9 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905171144/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gameofthronesimax.htm |archivedate=September 5, 2015 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gameofthronesimax.htm |title=Game of Thrones (IMAX) (2015) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher=[[IMDb]] |date=February 6, 2015 |accessdate=April 12, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| Novel
| [[George R. R. Martin]]
| [[Random House]] <br> [[WarnerMedia]] {{small|(AT&T)}}
|-
| ''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]''
| 1990
| {{sort | 05744 | {{estimation}} $5.74 billion}}
|
*Box office – {{US$|3.547 billion|long=no}}<ref name="shrek">{{cite web |title=Shrek Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Shrek |website=The Numbers |accessdate=June 29, 2018}}</ref>
*Home entertainment – {{US$|1.922 billion|long=no}}{{efn|First two films grossed {{US$|1.6 billion|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050103005538/en/DreamWorks-Shrek-Franchise-Delivers-Record-Setting-1.6-Billion|title=DreamWorks' Shrek Franchise Delivers a Record-Setting $1.6 Billion in Consumer Home Entertainment Spending|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|date=January 3, 2005|accessdate=January 2, 2017}}</ref> Later films grossed {{US$|322 million|long=no}}.<ref name="shrek"/>}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|275 million|long=no}}<ref name="tll2010"/>
| Novel
| [[William Steig]] <br> [[DreamWorks Animation]]
| Universal Pictures <br> {{small|(Comcast)}}
|-
| ''[[Resident Evil]]'' <br> (''Biohazard'')
| 1996
| {{sort | 05702 | {{estimation}} $5.7 billion}}
|
*[[List of Resident Evil media|Video games]] – {{US$|3.777 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[List of Resident Evil media|Box office]] – {{US$|1.237 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Resident Evil'' films at box office:
*''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]'' and ''[[Resident Evil: The Final Chapter|The Final Chapter]]'' – $416,583,916<ref name="re-numbers">{{cite web|title=Resident Evil Franchise Box Office History|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Resident-Evil|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref>
*''[[Resident Evil: Degeneration]]'' – {{¥|40 million}}<ref>{{cite news |title=CAPCOM AND SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN ANNOUNCE THE COPRODUCTION OF "RESIDENT EVIL: DAMNATION" IN 3D |url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/pdf/e100914.pdf |publisher=[[Capcom]] |date=September 14, 2010}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|40000000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})
*Other films – {{US$|820.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=residentevil.htm|title=Resident Evil Movies at the Box Office|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=November 9, 2017}}</ref>
}}
*[[Pachinko]] sales – {{US$|520 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Pachinko}}
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|168 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Resident Evil'' films on home video:
*''Resident Evil: Degeneration'' – {{US$|76.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Resident Evil: Degeneration|Reception}}.}}
*Other films – {{US$|91.1 million|long=no}}<ref name="re-numbers"/>
}}
| Video game
| [[Shinji Mikami]] <br>[[Tokuro Fujiwara]]
| Capcom
|-
| ''[[Friends]]''
| 1994
| {{sort | 05221 | {{estimation}} $5.22 billion}}
|
*TV syndication – {{US$|3.5 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|1.5 billion|long=no}} up until 2001.<ref>{{cite news|last=Grego|first=Melissa|title='Friends' looks to top 'Seinfeld's' earnings|url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/friends-looks-to-top-seinfeld-s-earnings-1117797814/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 24, 2001}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=You'll never believe how much money the 'Friends' cast STILL earns today |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/02/27/youll-never-believe-how-much-money-the-friends-cast-still-earns-today/77593556/ |work=[[USA Today]] |date=February 27, 2015}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Courteney Cox's Net Worth (And How Much She Still Makes from 'Friends') |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/courteney-cox-net-worth.html/ |website=The Cheat Sheet |date=September 13, 2018}}</ref>}}
*TV advertising – {{US$|1.166 billion|long=no}}{{efn|More than {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stepakoff |first=Jeffrey |title=Billion-Dollar Kiss: The Kiss That Saved Dawson's Creek, and Other Adventures inTV Writing |date=2007 |publisher=[[Penguin Group|Penguin]] |isbn=9781101216903 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqnbPn2wGuEC&pg=PT18}}</ref> $166,232,281 during 2001–2002.<ref name="license2002"/>}}
*[[TV streaming]] – {{US$|555 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Friends]]'' [[streaming television]] revenue:
*[[Netflix]] – {{US$|130 million|long=no}}<ref name="friends">{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Edmund |title=Netflix Will Keep 'Friends' Through Next Year in a $100 Million Agreement |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/business/media/netflix-friends.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 4, 2018}}</ref>
*[[HBO Max]] – {{US$|425 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title='Friends' Officially Leaving Netflix for WarnerMedia's Streaming Service |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/friends-officially-leaving-netflix-warnermedias-streaming-service-1223151 |accessdate=24 November 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=9 July 2019}}</ref>}}
*[[Box office]] – $445,037 <ref>https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0108778/?ref_=bo_se_r_1</ref>
| Television series
| [[David Crane (producer)|David Crane]] <br> [[Marta Kauffman]]
| [[Kevin S. Bright|Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions]] <br> [[Warner Bros.]] {{small|(AT&T)}}
|-
| ''[[Madden NFL]]''
| 1998
| {{sort | 05200 | {{estimation}} $5.2 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|5.2 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| [[Electronic Arts]]
| [[Electronic Arts]]
|-
| ''[[Care Bears]]''
| 1981
| {{sort | 05052 | {{estimation}} $5.05 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Care Bears'' retail sales:
*1980s – {{US$|2 billion|long=no}}<ref name=agsite>{{cite web |url=http://corporate.americangreetings.com/aboutus/history.html |title=About Us: History |accessdate=February 26, 2006 |publisher=[[American Greetings]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210053021/http://corporate.americangreetings.com/aboutus/history.html |archivedate=December 10, 2005}}</ref>
*2000s–2010s – {{US$|3 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Debra Joester |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=207077826&privcapId=7714767&previousCapId=7714767&previousTitle=The%20Joester%20Loria%20Group%2C%20Inc. |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |accessdate=August 13, 2018}}</ref>
}}
*Box office – {{US$|52 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Care Bears'' films at box office:
*''[[The Care Bears Movie]]'' – {{US$|34 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hayden|first=Gene|title=Babar's triumphs|date=August 7, 1989|journal=[[Maclean's]] |publisher=Maclean Hunter Limited|page=48|quote=A year later, Ohio's American Greetings Corp. and Kenner Parker Toys Inc. commissioned Nelvana to produce the animated ''Care Bears Movie''. Earning {{US$|34 million|long=no}} in 1985, it became at the time the world's most profitable non-Disney animated movie.}}</ref>
*''[[Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation]]'' and ''[[The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland]]'' – {{US$|18 million|long=no}}<ref name="financial-post">{{cite news|last=Lerch|first=Renate|title=Nelvana finds reel success in animated films|date=February 9, 1988|work=[[The Financial Post]]|publisher=Financial Post Ltd.|page=17|quote=The first [Care Bears] movie, released in 1985, grossed $25 million at the box office. Its $3.5-million budget was financed by American Greetings in partnership with Kenner-Parker Toys Inc. of Beverly, Mass. The Americans also funded the sequel, which brought in $12 million. Nelvana financed the third movie itself and it has so far grossed $6 million.}}</ref>
}}
| Greeting card
| American Greetings
| American Greetings
|-
| ''[[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}}</ref>
| Video game
| [[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]]
| [[Electronic Arts]]
|-
| ''[[Bob the Builder]]''
| 1998
| {{sort | 05000 | {{estimation}} $5 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|5 billion|long=no}}<ref name="Paw patrol1">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44617684 |title=How do you create a hit kids' TV show? - BBC News |publisher=BBC |accessdate= December 20, 2018|work=BBC News |date=July 5, 2018 |last1=Espiner |first1=Tom }}</ref>
| Animated series
| [[Keith Chapman]]
| [[WildBrain]]
|}
==At least $4 billion==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Franchise
! style="width:10%;"| Year of inception
! style="width:10%;" data-sort-type="number" | Total revenue (USD)
! style="width:20%;"| Revenue breakdown ({{estimation}})
! style="width:10%;"| Original media
! style="width:10%;"| Creator(s)
! style="width:20%;"| Owner(s)
|-
| ''[[My Little Pony]]''
| 1984
| {{sort | 04988 | {{estimation}} $4.99 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|4.916 billion|long=no}}{{efn|{{US$|260 million|long=no}} in 2012.<ref name="tll2013"/> {{US$|650 million|long=no}} in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/top-150-global-licensors-0|title=The Top 150 Global Licensors|work=Global License!|first=Tony|last=Lisanti|date=May 1, 2014|accessdate=May 19, 2015}}</ref> {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://screenertv.com/movies/my-little-pony-movie-release-date-kristin-chenoweth/|title=Kristin Chenoweth lending her Golden Pipes to 'My Little Pony' movie|publisher=[[Screenertv.com|ScreenerTV]]|date=November 18, 2015|accessdate=May 21, 2017}}</ref> {{US$|1.2 billion|long=no}} in 2015.<ref>{{citation|date=May 2016|p=T9|title=Top 150 Global Licensors|work=Global License!|first=Tony|last=Lisanti|quote=The My Little Pony brand drives over $1.2 billion in retail sales}}</ref> {{US$|456 million|long=no}} merchandise sales in 2016. {{US$|660 million|long=no}} in 2017.<ref name="tll2017"/> {{US$|690 million|long=no}} in 2018.<ref name="tll2018list"/>}}
*Box office – {{US$|67.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|''My Little Pony'' box office gross:
*''[[My Little Pony: The Movie (1986 film)|My Little Pony: The Movie]]'' (1986) – {{US$|6 million|long=no}}<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mylittlepony.htm|title=My Little Pony: The Movie|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=2010-05-18}}</ref>
*''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (film)|My Little Pony: Equestria Girls]]'' (2013) – $483,752<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=PE&wk=2013W40&id=_fMYLITTLEPONYEQUE01|title=My Little Pony: Equestria Girls|work=boxofficemojo.com|accessdate=2015-01-26}}</ref>
*''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks]]'' (2014) – $347,511<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=UK&id=_fMYLITTLEPONYEQUE02|title=My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks|work=boxofficemojo.com|accessdate=2015-07-17}}</ref>
*''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games]]'' (2015) – $194,807<ref>{{cite web |title=My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games (2015) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/My-Little-Pony-Equestria-Girls-Friendship-Games |website=The Numbers |accessdate=September 30, 2018}}</ref>
*''[[My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film)|My Little Pony: The Movie]]'' (2017) – {{US$|60.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mylittlepony2017.htm|title=My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=December 19, 2017}}</ref>
}}
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{US$|4.3 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=My Little Pony Franchise Box Office History - Video |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/My-Little-Pony#tab=video |website=The Numbers |accessdate=September 30, 2018}}</ref>
| Animated cartoon
| [[Lauren Faust]] <br> [[Bonnie Zacherle]]
| Hasbro
|-
| ''[[Slam Dunk (manga)|Slam Dunk]]''
| 1990
| {{sort | 04805 | {{estimation}} $4.81 billion}}
|
*[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|4.146 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*[[List of Slam Dunk chapters|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|591.4 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=SlamDunk|[[List of Slam Dunk chapters|''Slam Dunk'' manga tankōbon volume]] sales – 121{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref name="jump2014"/> {{¥|390}} price<ref name="SDJPNVolume01">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-871611-6&mode=1|title=Slam Dunk/1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|accessdate=2008-10-17|language=Japanese}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:121*390}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|47190|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})}}
*[[Slam Dunk (manga)#Films|Anime box office]] – {{US$|48.1 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[Slam Dunk (manga)#Films|''Slam Dunk'' films]] at Japan box office – {{¥|3.84 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|3840|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})
*1994 – {{¥|2.57 billion}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eiren.org/toukei/1994.html|title=過去興行収入上位作品 一般社団法人日本映画製作者連盟|website=Eiren|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref>
*1995 – {{¥|1.27 billion}}<ref name="eiren1995">{{Cite web|url=http://www.eiren.org/toukei/1995.html|title=過去興行収入上位作品 一般社団法人日本映画製作者連盟|website=Eiren|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|access-date=2016-08-11}}</ref>
}}
*[[List of Slam Dunk episodes|Anime DVD & Blu-ray]] – {{US$|19 million|long=no}}{{efn|[[List of Slam Dunk episodes|''Slam Dunk'' anime]] DVD and Blu-ray sales in Japan – {{¥|1,476,261,200}}<ref name="someanithing334"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|1476.2612|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})}}
| Manga
| [[Takehiko Inoue]]
| Takehiko Inoue <br> Shueisha <br> {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}}
|-
| ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate]]''
| 2004
| {{sort | 04705 | {{estimation}} $4.71 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|4.135 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*Home entertainment – {{US$|371.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Fate/stay night'' home entertainment media sales (Blu-ray, DVD, music, novels, manga volumes)<ref name="japan2015"/> in Japan:
*''[[List of Fate/stay night episodes|Fate/stay night]]'' (2006) DVD sales – 1{{nbsp}}million units,<ref>{{cite news |title=TBS「Fate」2億円超のヒット、本物の生フィルムを6日劇場でプレゼント |url=http://www.bunkatsushin.com/modules/bulletin/article.php?storyid=38447 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310092035/http://www.bunkatsushin.com/modules/bulletin/article.php?storyid=38447 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2010 |work=Bunkatsushin |date=March 10, 2010}}</ref> {{¥|6685}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=Fate/stay night 2 Animation DVD |url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/GNBA-1202 |website=CDJapan |accessdate=August 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fate/stay night 7 Animation DVD |url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/GNBA-1207 |website=CDJapan |accessdate=August 16, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|6.685 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|6685|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*''[[Fate/Zero]]'' (2011–2012) DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{¥|3,562.5 million}}<ref name="someanithing"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|3562.5|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*''[[Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya]]'' (2013) DVD & Blu-ray sales – {{¥|266.2 million}}<ref name="someanithing"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|266.2|JPN|year=2013|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*DVD & Blu-ray sales in 2014 – {{¥|1,738.8 million}}<ref name="someanithing"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|1738.8|JPN|year=2014}} million|long=no}})
*Home entertainment media sales in 2015 – {{¥|4,018,662,349}}<ref name="japan2015"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|4018662349|JPN|year=2015|round=yes}}|long=no}})
*DVD & Blu-ray sales in 2016 – {{¥|145.7 million}}<ref name="someanithing"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|145.7|JPN|year=2016}} million|long=no}})
*Home entertainment media sales during 2017–2018 – {{¥|{{#expr:3160089662+3606385840}}|link=no}}<ref name="japan2017"/><ref name="japan2018"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|6766475502|JPN|round=yes}}|long=no}})
}}
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|128 million|long=no}}{{efn|''Fate'' merchandise sales in Japan between 2006 and 2012 – {{¥|10.2 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|10200|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*2006–2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:1.92+1.75}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
*2011–2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:1.93+4.6}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz"/>
}}
*[[Monthly Shōnen Ace|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|38 million|long=no}}{{efn|Sales revenue of ''[[Monthly Shōnen Ace]]'' issues serializing ''Fate/stay night'' from February 2006 and December 2012 – {{¥|{{#expr:(11*91666)+2991812292}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{To USD|2992820618|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}}){{efn|See {{Section link|Monthly Shōnen Ace|Circulation}}.}} }}
*Anime box office – {{US$|32 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
| [[Visual novel]]
| [[Type-Moon]]
| [[Type-Moon]] {{small|(visual novel)}} <br> [[Aniplex]] <br> {{small|(Sony Music Entertainment Japan)}} <br> {{small|(mobile game)}}
|-
| ''[[Beyblade (manga)|Beyblade]]''
| 1999
| {{sort | 04610 | {{estimation}} $4.61 billion }}
|
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|4.6 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-18/beyblade-burst-gets-tv-anime-by-pokemon-olm-next-spring/.89422|title=Beyblade Burst Gets TV Anime by Pokémon's OLM Next Spring|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 19, 2015|accessdate=March 29, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Sales up until 2015}}
*Box office – {{US$|9 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Beyblade: Fierce Battle]]'' grossed $3,216,050.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/yearly/?yr=2002|title= 2002 Japan Yearly Box Office Results|accessdate=November 16, 2016|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher= [[IMDb]]}}</ref> ''[[Beyblade: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader]]'' grossed $5,737,369.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/yearly/?yr=2010&p=.htm|title= 2010 Japan Yearly Box Office |accessdate= 18 August 2015|work= Box Office Mojo}}</ref>}}
| Manga
| Takao Aoki
| Takao Aoki <br> [[Shogakukan]] <br> {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}}
|-
| ''[[Aladdin (franchise)|Aladdin]]''
| 1992
| {{sort | 04604 | {{estimation}} $4.6 billion}}
|
*Box office – {{US$|1.554 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Aladdin}}
*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}}</ref>
*Video games – $200{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite book|last=Beder|first=Sharon|title=This Little Kiddy Went to Market|date=2010|publisher=ReadHowYouWant|isbn=9781459604995|page=52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYSmym5v2bYC&pg=PA52}}</ref>
*[[Aladdin (1992 soundtrack)|Soundtrack album]] – {{US$|47 million|long=no}}{{efn|''[[Aladdin (1992 soundtrack)|Aladdin]]'' (1992) soundtrack – 3.35{{nbsp}}million sales,{{efn|See {{Section link|Aladdin (1992 soundtrack)|Certifications and sales}}.}} average ${{#expr:(10.98+16.98)/2}} price<ref>{{cite journal |title=Billboard 200 |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=March 26, 1994 |volume=106 |issue=13 |page=130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA130}}</ref>}}
| Animated film
| [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Animation]] <br> [[Hanna Diyab]]
| The Walt Disney Company
|-
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
| 1989
| {{sort | 0.0456 | {{estimation}} $4.56 billion}}
|
*TV revenue – $4.06 billion<ref>{{cite web|first=Victoria|last=Craw|url=https://nypost.com/2017/02/08/steve-bannon-is-still-making-money-from-seinfeld-reruns/|title=Steve Bannon is still making money from 'Seinfeld' reruns|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=February 8, 2017|accessdate=October 8, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Netflix|TV streaming]] – {{US$|500 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nast |first1=Condé |title=Netflix Nabs Seinfeld Streaming Rights in $500 Million-Plus Deal |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/seinfeld-netflix-streaming-deal |accessdate=24 November 2019 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=16 September 2019}}</ref>
| Television series
| [[Larry David]] <br> [[Jerry Seinfeld]]
| [[Sony Pictures Television]] <br> {{small|(Sony)}}
|-
| ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' <br> (''Masked Rider'')
| 1971
| {{sort | 04413 | {{estimation}} $4.41 billion}}
|
*Licensed merchandise – {{US$|4.052 billion|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Kamen Rider|Licensed merchandise}}''}}
*Box office – {{US$|361 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|List of highest-grossing Japanese live-action films|Highest-grossing Japanese live-action film franchises and film series}}''}}
| Television series
| [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] <br> [[Ishimori Productions]] <br> [[Toei Company]]
| [[Ishimori Productions]] <br> [[Toei Company]] <br> [[TV Asahi]] <br> [[Asatsu-DK]]
|-
| ''[[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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nintendo Hopes Its $2 Billion Yo-Kai Watch Franchise Can Be the Next Pokémon|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg7qnb/can-nintendo-make-yo-kai-watch-a-pokmon-for-the-mobile-generation|work=[[Vice Media|Vice]]|date=November 7, 2015}}</ref>
*Licensed merchandise sales in Japan during 2015–2016 {{nbsp}} {{¥|{{#expr:1630*(5.42/100)+1600*(4.37/100)}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2015">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2016⑮ |year=2016 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=7423 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="charabiz2016">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2017(16) |year=2017 |publisher=Character Databank, Ltd. |url=https://www.charabiz.com/seminar_detail.php?tab=mem&article_id=9358 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|158266|JPN|year=2016|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*Bandai Namco's net income from ''Yo-kai Watch'' merchandise sales during April–December 2017 – {{¥|3.2 billion}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/8165?entry_id=5900|website=[[Bandai Namco Holdings]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|3200|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
}}
*[[Yo-kai Watch#Video games|Video games]] – {{US$|690 million|long=no}}{{efn|Japan retail sales – 12,016,283 units, average {{¥|4662}} price – {{¥|56022304374}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|6151148990|JPN|year=2013}}+{{To USD|26863057000|JPN|year=2014}}+{{To USD|20601656784|JPN|year=2016}}+{{To USD|20601656784|JPN}} round 0}}|long=no}})<ref>{{cite web |title=All Time Sales Ranking TOP 1000 |url=http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |accessdate=August 19, 2018 |quote=Yo-Kai Watch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611050926/http://salesdatabase.net/alltimeranking/ |archive-date=June 11, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
*[[Yo-kai Watch#Anime|Anime box office]] – {{US$|159.2 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Anime}}
*Pachinko sales – {{US$|135 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Pachinko}}
*[[List of Yo-kai Watch episodes|Home entertainment]] – {{US$|39 million|long=no}}{{efn|{{¥|4,342,400,408}} ({{US$|{{To USD|4342.400408|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) home entertainment media (Blu-ray, DVD, music, manga) sales in Japan during 2015.<ref name="japan2015"/>}}
| Video game
| [[Level-5 (company)|Level-5]]
| Level-5
|-
| ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
| 2007
| {{sort | 04344 | {{estimation}} $4.34 billion}}
|
*Video games – $4.091{{nbsp}}billion{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[Assassin's Creed (film)|Box office]] – $241 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=assassinscreed.htm |title=''Assassin's Creed'' (2016) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]] |accessdate=March 30, 2017}}</ref>
*DVD & Blu-ray sales – $12.4{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite web|title=Assassin's Creed (2016)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Assassins-Creed|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref>
| Video game
| [[Patrice Désilets]] <br>[[Jade Raymond]] <br>[[Corey May]]
| [[Ubisoft]]
|-
| ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' <br> (''Samurai X'')
| 1994
| {{sort | 04306 | {{estimation}} $4.31 billion}}
|
*[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|3.736 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*[[List of Rurouni Kenshin chapters|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|360 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Kenshin|[[List of Rurouni Kenshin chapters|''Rurouni Kenshin'' manga tankōbon volume]] sales – 70{{nbsp}}million copies,<ref name="70mil">{{cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-05-01/top-20-most-popular-manga-ranked-by-publication-numbers|title= Top 20 Most Popular Manga Ranked By Publication Numbers|publisher= [[Anime News Network]]|accessdate= 2014-09-04|url-status=live|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140906142233/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-05-01/top-20-most-popular-manga-ranked-by-publication-numbers|archivedate= 2014-09-06}}</ref> average {{¥|410}} price<ref name="one">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-871499-7&mode=1|script-title=ja:るろうに剣心 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=February 29, 2008|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307142449/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-871499-7&mode=1|archivedate=March 7, 2008}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:70*410}} million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|28700|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})}}
*[[Rurouni Kenshin#Live-action films|Box office]] – {{US$|159 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Rurouni Kenshin|Films}}.}}
*[[List of Rurouni Kenshin episodes|Anime video sales]] – {{US$|51 million|long=no}}{{efn|Estimated 839,086 anime DVD and Blu-ray sales in Japan (46 volumes,<ref>{{cite web |title=Rurouni Kenshin Complete listings (Video) |url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/series/1042?term.media_format=video&order=-rel |website=CDJapan |accessdate=September 26, 2018}}</ref> average 18,241 units per volume),<ref name="someanithing"/> average {{¥|4,860}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Vol.26 Animation DVD |url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SVWB-1376 |website=CDJapan |accessdate=September 26, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|4,077,957,960}} ({{US$|{{To USD|4077.95796|JPN|year=2012}} million|long=no}})}}
| Manga
| [[Nobuhiro Watsuki]]
| Nobuhiro Watsuki <br> Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}}
|-
| ''[[Fortnite]]''
| 2017
| {{sort | 04289 | {{estimation}} $4.29 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|4.289 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
| Video game
| [[Epic Games]]
| [[Epic Games]]
|-
| ''[[Hunter × Hunter]]''
| 1998
| {{sort | 04229 | {{estimation}} $4.23 billion}}
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*[[Weekly Shōnen Jump|Manga magazine]] – {{US$|3.877 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Jump}}
*[[List of Hunter × Hunter chapters|Manga volumes]] – {{US$|324.1 million|long=no}}{{efn|name=Hunter|[[List of Hunter × Hunter chapters|''Hunter × Hunter'' manga tankōbon volume]] sales – 66.3{{nbsp}}million copies as of 2014<ref name="jump2014"/> (60.6 million up until 2012),<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-manga-by-all-time-volume-sales|title=Top 10 Shonen Jump Manga by All-Time Volume Sales|date=October 23, 2012|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2012-12-20}}</ref> {{¥|390}} price<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872571-9|title=HUNTER×HUNTER／1｜冨樫 義博｜ジャンプコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|accessdate=2008-02-26|language=ja}}</ref> – {{¥|{{#expr:66.3*390}} million}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|60600000|JPN|year=2012}}+{{To USD|5700000|JPN|year=2012}})*390 round 0}}|long=no}})}}
*Anime box office – {{US$|21.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|See ''{{Section link|Hunter × Hunter|Films}}''}}
*Anime DVD & Blu-ray – {{US$|6.3 million|long=no}}{{efn|122,065 units in Japan,<ref name="someanithing2581"/> average {{¥|4,104}} price<ref>{{cite web |title=HUNTER X HUNTER Vol.1 |url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VPBY-13648 |website=CDJapan |accessdate=September 26, 2018}}</ref> – {{¥|500,954,760}} ({{US$|{{To USD|500954760|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}|long=no}})}}
| Manga
| [[Yoshihiro Togashi]]
| Yoshihiro Togashi <br> Shueisha {{small|(Hitotsubashi Group)}}
|-
| ''[[Need for Speed]]'' <br> (''NFS'')
| 1994
| {{sort | 04214 | {{estimation}} $4.21 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*[[Need for Speed (film)|Box office]] – {{US$|203 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=needforspeed.htm|title=Need for Speed (2014)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=22 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[Need for Speed (film)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|11 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Need for Speed (2014) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Need-for-Speed |website=The Numbers |accessdate=23 March 2020}}</ref>
| Video game
| [[EA Canada]]
| Electronic Arts
|-
| ''[[The Hunger Games]]''
| 2008
| {{sort | 04052 | {{estimation}} $4.05 billion}}{{efn|{{US$|4 billion|long=no}} franchise revenue up until March 2016.<ref name="hunger-hughes">{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title='The Hunger Games' Brings Home One Of The Best Modern Franchises In Style |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2016/03/26/the-hunger-games-brings-home-one-of-the-best-modern-franchises-in-style/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=March 26, 2016}}</ref>}}
|
*[[The Hunger Games (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|2.968 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hunger Games Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=hungergames.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |accessdate=June 20, 2018}}</ref>
*[[The Hunger Games (film series)|DVD & Blu-ray]] – {{US$|483 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hunger Games Movies in Video Sales|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Hunger-Games#tab=video|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=6 March 2019}}</ref>
| Novel
| [[Suzanne Collins]]
| [[Scholastic Corporation]] <br>[[Lionsgate]] <small>(films)</small>
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' <br> (''Zelda no Densetsu'')
| 1986
| {{sort | 04036 | {{estimation}} $4.04 billion}}
|
*[[List of The Legend of Zelda games|Video games]] – {{US$|3.853 billion|long=no}}{{efn|name=Game}}
*Merchandise sales – {{US$|129 million|long=no}}{{efn|''The Legend of Zelda'' merchandise sales:
*Japan licensed merchandise sales in 2003 & 2007 – {{JPY|{{#expr:4.93+2.39}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|7320|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}} million|long=no}})
*Link [[Amiibo]] sales – {{US$|37.02 million|long=no}} – At least {{#expr:5.7*(50/100)}}{{nbsp}}million Link Amiibo sales up until February 2015,<ref>{{cite news |title=Nintendo ships 5.7 million amiibo, most of them of Link |url=https://www.slashgear.com/nintendo-ships-5-7-million-amiibo-most-of-them-of-link-17369411/ |work=SlashGear |date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> $12.99 retail price.<ref name="techtimes">{{cite news |last=Arce |first=Nicole |title=Link, Mario, And Pikachu Top List Of Most Popular Amiibo Figures in U.S. |url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/33285/20150217/link-mario-and-pikachu-top-list-of-most-popular-amiibo-figures-in-u-s.htm |work=Tech Times |date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>
}}
*[[The Legend of Zelda (manga)|Manga sales]] – {{US$|54 million|long=no}}{{efn|3{{nbsp}}million+ copies,<ref>{{cite news |title=New Legend of Zelda Manga Serialized on Mobile App - Tokyo Otaku Mode Gets Exclusive Comments from Manga Artist Akira Himekawa |url=https://otakumode.com/news/56baf40f1472a5244c055074/New-Legend-of-Zelda-Manga-Serialized-on-Mobile-App-Tokyo-Otaku-Mode-Gets-Exclusive-Comments-from-Manga-Artist-Akira-Himekawa |work=Tokyo Otaku Mode News |date=February 10, 2016}}</ref> $17.99 price<ref>{{cite web |title=The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time -Legendary Edition- |url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/legend-of-zelda/product/4995 |website=[[Viz Media]] |accessdate=September 7, 2018}}</ref> – {{US$|{{#expr:17.99*3 round 0}} million|long=no}} revenue}}
| Video game
| Shigeru Miyamoto <br> [[Takashi Tezuka]] <br> [[Nintendo EAD]]
| Nintendo
|-
| ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''
| 1993
| {{sort | 0.04019 | {{estimation}} $4.02 billion}}
|
*Card game – {{US$|3.998 billion|long=no}}{{efn|''Magic'' card sales:
*1993–1997 – {{US$|{{#expr:2000*(8.95/60) round 0}} million|long=no}} (2{{nbsp}}billion cards,<ref>{{cite news |title=Disaffected Fans Cheer D&D Buyout |url=https://www.wired.com/1997/04/disaffected-fans-cheer-dd-buyout/ |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=April 10, 1997}}</ref> $8.95 per 60-card pack)<ref name="tcgplayer">{{cite news |title=Magic for Non-players: A Concise Primer |url=http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=10400 |work=TCGplayer |date=April 9, 2012}}</ref>
*2008–2016 – {{US$|{{#expr:20*(12/75)}} billion|long=no}} (20{{nbsp}}billion cards,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/content/magic-25th-anniversary-page-facts-and-figures|title=Magic: the Gathering 25th anniversary Facts & Figures|website=Magic.Wizards.com|accessdate=2018-02-09}}</ref> $12 per 75-card pack)<ref name="tcgplayer"/>
*2018 – {{US$|500 million|long=no}} (including ''[[Magic: The Gathering Arena]]'')<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deaux |first1=Joe |title=Move Over Monopoly: Hasbro's Next Big Growth Engine Is Magic |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-07/hasbro-s-free-magic-the-gathering-arena-official-launch-is-2019 |accessdate=23 November 2019 |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=July 7, 2019}}</ref>
}}
*[[Magic: The Gathering Online|Computer game]] – {{US$|20.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=SuperData: Hearthstone trumps all comers in card market that will hit $1.4 billion in 2017 |url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/01/28/superdata-hearthstone-trumps-all-comers-in-card-market-that-will-hit-1-4-billion-in-2017/ |work=[[VentureBeat]] |date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>
| [[Card game]]
| [[Richard Garfield]]
| [[Wizards of the Coast]] <br> {{small|(Hasbro)}}
|-
| ''[[Mission: Impossible]]''
| 1966
| {{sort | 04000 | $4 billion}}{{efn|As of November 2011}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Barone|first=Matt|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/11/paula-patton-complex-cover-story-2011|title=Paula Patton: The P Is Free (2011/2012 Cover Story)|magazine=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=[[Verizon Hearst Media Partners]]|date=November 15, 2011|accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref>
|
*[[Mission: Impossible (film series)|Box office]] – {{US$|3.578 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Mission: Impossible Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mission-Impossible |website=The Numbers |accessdate=7 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[Mission: Impossible (film series)|DVD & Blu-ray sales]] – {{US$|152 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office History for Mission: Impossible Movies – Video|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mission-Impossible#tab=video|website=The Numbers|accessdate=7 April 2020}}</ref>
| Television series
| [[Bruce Geller]]
| Paramount Pictures
|-
| ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]''
| 1979
| {{sort | 04003 | {{estimation}} $4 billion}}
|
*Retail sales – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref name="dhxmedia"/>
*DVD sales – {{US$|2.6 million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Strawberry Shortcake: The Berryfest Princess Movie (2010) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Strawberry-Shortcake-The-Berryfest-Princess-Movie |website=The Numbers |accessdate=October 1, 2018}}</ref>
| [[Greeting card]]
| [[American Greetings]]
| [[WildBrain]]
|-
| ''[[Gran Turismo (series)|Gran Turismo]]''
| 1997
| {{sort | 04000 | {{estimation}} $4 billion}}
|
*Video games – {{US$|4 billion|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title='Forza' is a billion-dollar success story for Microsoft |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/14/forza-is-a-billion-dollar-success-story-for-microsoft/ |website=[[Engadget]] |date=February 14, 2017}}</ref>
| Video game
| [[Kazunori Yamauchi]] <br> [[Polyphony Digital]]
| [[Sony]]
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== See also ==
*[[List of best-selling comic series]]
**[[List of best-selling manga]]
*[[List of highest-grossing video game franchises]]
**[[List of best-selling video game franchises]]
**[[List of highest-grossing mobile games]]
*[[List of multimedia franchises]]
*[[Lists of highest-grossing films]]
**[[List of best-selling films in the United States]]
**[[List of films by box office admissions]]
**[[List of highest-grossing films]]
***[[List_of highest-grossing films#Highest-grossing franchises and film series|Highest grossing film franchises and film series]]
**[[List of highest-grossing animated films]]
***[[List of highest-grossing anime films]]
**[[List of highest-grossing non-English films]]
*[[Media mix]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:Economy-related lists of superlatives|Media franchises]]
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