Highest Earning Movie Franchises

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Highest Earning Movie Franchises

It’s almost impossible to comprehend some amounts of money and that’s kind of what I feel when looking at how much some individual movies manage to drag in. The revenue these things make is just astounding, especially considering that for the most part they don’t have much of a function beyond -2-3 hours of entertainment. The thing is there are a lot of humans on ths earth each paying a nice tidy little sum for those 2-3 hours.

Anyway as a movie franchise makes money a studio will keep pumping them out. A series like Harry Potter was always meant to run the full course but movies like Shrek and the Pirates series are being seriously dragged out. Myers needs to stop pretending he is Scottish and Depp needs to stop wearing eyeliner!

Anyway lets have a look at these staggering figures!

Harry Potter $6 billion and counting!

• “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” $975 million
• “Chamber of Secrets” $879 million
• “Prisoner of Azkaban” $796 million
• “Goblet of Fire” $896 million
• “Order of the Phoenix” $938 million
• “Half-Blood Prince” $934 million
• “Deathly Hallows Part 1″ $955 million
• “Deathly Hallows – Part 2″ ??????????

James Bond movies $5 billion gross worldwide

• “Dr. No” worldwide $59.5 million
• “From Russia With Love” $78.9 million
• “Goldfinger” $124.9 million
• “Thunderball” $141.2 million
• “You Only Live Twice” $111.6 million
• “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” $82 million
• “Diamonds Are Forever” $116 million
• “Live and Let Die” $161.8 million
• “The Man with the Golden Gun” $97.6 million
• “The Spy Who Loved Me” $185.4 million
• “Moonraker” $210.3 million
• “For Your Eyes Only” $195.3 million
• “Octopussy” $187.5 million
• “Never Say Never Again” $160 million
• “A View to a Kill” $152 million
• “The Living Daylights” $191.2 million
• +”License to Kill” $156 million
• “Goldeneye” $356 million
• “Tomorrow Never Dies” worldwide gross more than $330 million
• “The World Is Not Enough” $361 million
• “Die Another Day” $432 million
• “Casino Royale” $596 million
• “Quantum of Solace” $576 million

Star Wars worldwide gross $4.41 billion

• “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” $798 million
• “Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back” gross $534 million
• “Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi” gross $572 million
• “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” $924 million
• “Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones” gross $649 million
• “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith” $849 million
• “The Clone Wars” worldwide gross $68 million

Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has made $3.69 billion worldwide

• “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” worldwide gross $650 million
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” $1.06 billion
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” $960 million
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” $1 billion

Shrek movies worldwide gross nearly $3 billion

• “Shrek” worldwide gross $484 million
• “Shrek 2″ worldwide gross $919.8 million
• “Shrek the Third” $799 million
• “Shrek Forever After” $752 million

Lord of the Rings franchise worldwide gross $2.91 billion

• “The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” $870 million
• “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” $926 million
• “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” $1.1 billion

Batman movies worldwide gross $2.7 billion

• “Batman” (1989) worldwide gross $411 million
• “Batman Returns” gross $266 million
• “Batman Forever” gross $336 million
• “Batman & Robin” $238 million
• “Batman Begins” $368 million
• “Batman: Gotham Night” over $1 billion
• “The Dark Knight” over $1 billion

Spider-Man worldwide gross $2.5 billion

• “Spider-Man” $821 million
• “Spider-Man 2″ $783 million
• “Spider-Man 3″ $890.9 million

Highest Earning Movie Franchises

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