Most Lucrative Movie Franchises

Rank/Movie Franchise/Number Of Movies/Lifetime U.S. Domestic Gross, 2005 Dollars/Estimated Number Of Tickets Sold



1 Star Wars / 6 / $3,531,174,524 / 560,734,200
2 James Bond / 21 / $3,332,026,028 / 544,004,000
3 Jaws 4 / $1,306,479,630 / 182,557,600
4 Star Trek / 10 / $1,250,673,835 / 203,135,200
5 The Lord of the Rings / 3 / $1,201,578,045 / 186,329,100
6 Rocky 6 / $1,175,439,755 / 176,864,500
7 Indiana Jones / 3 / $1,160,409,735 / 191,091,200
8 The Exorcist / 4 / $1,071,412,803 / 137,262,100
9 Batman / 5 / $992,739,135 / 169,230,300
10 Jurassic Park / 3 / $957,700,887 / 168,125,000
11 The Godfather / 3 / $910,895,955 / 120,166,000
12 Harry Potter / 3 / $889,423,529 / 141,012,600
13 Superman / 4 / $776,195,449 / 119,316,300
14 Beverly Hills Cop / 3 / $758,885,524 / 116,645,500
15 Home Alone / 3 / $703,683,381 / 116,224,800
16 Lethal Weapon / 4 / $699,275,302 / 116,457,100
17 Back to the Future / 3 / $697,406,523 / 109,140,800
18 The Matrix 3 $645,437,443 103,547,200
19 Planet of the Apes / 6 / $615,533,996 / 86,738,900
20 Jack Ryan / 4 / $586,343,007 / 98,626,800
21 Alien / 5 / $580,411,611 / 91,114,400
22 Austin Powers / 3 / $536,738,627 / 89,012,400
23 Terminator / 3 / $523,577,639 / 84,944,000
24 Friday the 13th / 11 / $523,215,842 / 83,683,600
25 Crocodile Dundee / 3 / $518,346,252 / 77,326,900
26 The Mummy / 3 / $501,969,632 / 81,951,000
27 Hannibal Lecter / 4 / $484,276,999 / 78,580,000
28 Nightmare on Elm Street / 8 / $455,718,964 / 70,825,500
29 Rambo / 3 / $455,603,061 / 71,498,800
30 The Karate Kid / 3 / $447,308,155 / 69,999,200
31 Die Hard / 3 / $439,260,763 / 70,975,600


Taken from > > http://www.forbes.com/home/business/2005/06/15/batman-movies-franchises-cx_lh_lr_0615batman_2.html

:thumbsup: It rules to know that The Karate kid series is in that list. :nanner:
 
My bad,i did delete it and i totally forgot about T.N.K.K.
 
good post laibach... interesting how some of those figures came out..obvious star wars was gonna be number 1
 
I honestly didnt think that James bond was gonna be on this list.
 
The James bond movies are lame.
 
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