Entertainment & Culture1977–2026
Highest-Grossing Film Franchises
Every ticket sold, stacked up franchise by franchise since 1977. James Bond's fifteen-year head start kept 007 on top for three decades, until Harry Potter and then the Marvel machine rewrote what a film series could earn.
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Source: Public box-office reporting (Box Office Mojo, The Numbers) Unadjusted grosses reconstructed from public box-office reporting; MCU Spider-Man films also appear in the Spider-Man total. illustrative data Updated 2026-07-03