List of the highest-grossing media franchises

Table columns:
Franchise
Year of inception
Total revenue (USD)
Revenue breakdown
Original media
Creator(s)
Owner(s)

Table rows:
cells: Pokémon
1996.0
$59.1 billion[a][b]
Retail sales – $50 billion[c] Card game – $10.254 billion[d] Mobile game – $2.154 billion[9] Box office – $1.02 billion[10] VHS & DVD sales – $625 million[e]
Video game
Satoshi Tajiri
The Pokémon Company (Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures)
cells: Star Wars
1977.0
$42.9 billion[f][13]
Merchandise sales – $17.998 billion[g] Box office – $9.278 billion[h][16] Home entertainment – $5.749 billion[17] Video games – $4.28 billion[17] Intellectual property – $4 billion[17] Miscellaneous – $3.65 billion[17]
Film
George Lucas
Lucasfilm (The Walt Disney Company)
cells: Hello Kitty
1974.0
est. $41.1 billion
Retail sales – $41.066 billion[i] Music sales – $2.6 million[j]
Cartoon
Yuko Shimizu
Sanrio
cells: Wizarding World
1997.0
est. $26.4 billion
Box office – $8.538 billion[k][34] Book sales – $7.743 billion[35] Merchandise sales – $7.308 billion[35] DVD sales – $2.02 billion[l] Video rentals – $607 million[35] Blu-ray sales – $208 million[37]
Novel
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling (books) Warner Bros. (AT&T) (films)
cells: Mario
1981.0
est. $26.3 billion
Video games – $25.907 billion[9] Licensed merchandise – $402.3 million[m] Box office – $21 million[40]
Arcade game
Shigeru Miyamoto
Nintendo
cells: Batman
1939.0
est. $23.8 billion
Retail sales – $18.821 billion[n] Box office – $4.903 billion[44] Home video sales – $1.212 billion[o] TV revenue – $40 million[46]
Comic book
Bob Kane Bill Finger
DC Entertainment (AT&T)
cells: Marvel Cinematic Universe
2008.0
est. $22.01 billion
Box office – $17.2 billion[47] Merchandise sales – $3.097 billion[p] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $1.713 billion[q]
Film
Marvel Studios
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
cells: Mickey Mouse & Friends
1928.0
est. $21.2 billion
Retail sales – $21.153 billion[r] VHS & DVD sales – $279 million[s] Box office – $76 million[54]
Animated cartoon
Walt Disney Ub Iwerks
The Walt Disney Company
cells: Spider-Man
1962.0
est. $20.1 billion
Box office & home video – $9.175 billion[t] Merchandise sales – $8.033 billion[u] Video games – $1 billion[62] TV revenue – $880 million[55] Comic sales – $679 million[v] Pachinko sales – $308 million[67]
Comic book
Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Marvel Entertainment (comics) (The Walt Disney Company) Sony (films)
cells: James Bond
1953.0
est. $19.9 billion[w]
Box office – $7.078 billion[69] Home video sales – $3.06 billion[68] Merchandise & licensing – $3.06 billion[68] Novel sales – $550 million[70]
Novel
Ian Fleming
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
cells: Middle-earth
1937.0
$19.8 billion[x][71]
Book sales – $9.125 billion[71] Box office – $5.896 billion[72] Home video sales – $4.194 billion[71] Merchandise sales – $435 million[71] Licensing – $225 million[71]
Novel
J. R. R. Tolkien
Tolkien Estate (books) Warner Bros. (AT&T) (films)
cells: Shōnen Jump
1968.0
est. $18.8 billion
Manga magazine – $18.587 billion[73] Video games – $209.3 million[y]
Manga
Shueisha
Shueisha (manga) (Hitotsubashi Group) Bandai Namco Holdings (games)
cells: Fist of the North Star
1983.0
est. $18.3 billion
Pachinko & arcades – $16.664 billion[z] Manga sales – $1.24 billion[aa] Console games – $353 million[ab] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $37 million[ac] Box office – $22 million[10]
Manga
Buronson Tetsuo Hara
Shueisha (manga) (Hitotsubashi Group) Toei Animation (anime) Sega Sammy Holdings (games)
cells: Toy Story
1995.0
est. $17.1 billion
Merchandise & licensing – $14 billion[ad] Box office & TV revenue – $2.603 billion[ae] VHS sales – $290 million[53] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $249 million[99]
Animated film
Pixar
The Walt Disney Company
cells: Gundam
1979.0
est. $16.1 billion
Retail sales – $15.686 billion[af] Video games – $1.124 billion[9] Home entertainment – $417.2 million[ag] Manga magazine – $200 million[117] Pachinko sales – $185 million[67] Box office – $55 million[10]
Anime
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Sunrise (Bandai Namco Holdings)
cells: Call of Duty
2003.0
est. $16 billion
Video games – $16 billion[9]
Computer game
Infinity Ward
Activision (Activision Blizzard)
cells: Winnie the Pooh
1966.0
est. $15.9 billion
Retail sales – $13.185 billion[ah] Box office – $245 million[119] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $35 million[118]
Novel
A. A. Milne E. H. Shepard Walt Disney Animation
The Walt Disney Company
cells: Pac-Man
1980.0
est. $15.1 billion
Video games – $14.098 billion[9][ai] Merchandise & licensing – $1 billion[120] Music sales – $32 million[aj]
Arcade game
Toru Iwatani Namco
Bandai Namco Entertainment (Bandai Namco Holdings)
cells: Neon Genesis Evangelion
1994.0
est. $14.9 billion
Pachinko sales – $11.585 billion[ak] Merchandise sales – $1.88 billion[al] Home entertainment – $848.5 million[am] Music sales – $226.2 million[126] Manga sales – $180.5 million[an] Box office – $154.5 million[10] Video games – $30.1 million[ao] Music royalties – $5.6 million[130]
Anime
Hideaki Anno Gainax Tatsunoko Production
Khara[ap][131][132]
cells: Cars
2006.0
est. $14.8 billion
Merchandise sales – $12.463 billion[aq] Box office – $1.798 billion[ar] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $535 million[137]
Animated film
John Lasseter
The Walt Disney Company
cells: Dora the Explorer
2000.0
est. $14.8 billion
Retail sales – $14.8 billion[as] Home video sales – $250 million[140][at]
Animated series
Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Eric Weiner
Nickelodeon (Viacom)
cells: Transformers
1984.0
est. $14.4 billion
Retail sales – $10 billion[141] Box office – $4.385 billion[142] Home entertainment – $740 million[143][au]
Animated series
Takara Hasbro Nobuyuki Okude
Hasbro Takara Tomy
cells: Yu-Gi-Oh!
1996.0
est. $14.3 billion
Card game – $11.161 billion[av] Merchandise sales – $2.62 billion[aw] Video games – $273 million[ax] Manga sales – $196 million[ay] Box office – $42 million[10]
Manga
Kazuki Takahashi
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group)
cells: Space Invaders
1978.0
est. $13.9 billion
Video game – $13.93 billion[155][az] Music single – $522,000[ba]
Arcade game
Tomohiro Nishikado
Taito (Square Enix)
cells: The Lion King
1994.0
est. $13.6 billion
Musical theatre – $8.1 billion[158] Merchandise sales – $3 billion[159][bb] Home entertainment – $1.5 billion[160] Box office – $987 million[161]
Animated film
Roger Allers Rob Minkoff
The Walt Disney Company
cells: Dragon Ball
1984.0
est. $13.6 billion
Merchandise sales – $5.499 billion[bc] Video games – $3.581 billion[9] Manga sales – $2.214 billion[bd] Home entertainment – $1.355 billion[be] Trading cards – $501.3 million[bf] Box office – $420.2 million[bg]
Manga
Akira Toriyama
Bird Studio Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) Toei Animation
cells: The Simpsons
1989.0
$13 billion[bh][190]
TV advertising – $5.76 billion[190] Merchandise sales – $4.725 billion[190] Box office – $527 million[191] TV syndication – $1.15 billion[190] Home video sales – $1.091 billion[190]
Animated series
Matt Groening
20th Century Fox[bi]
cells: SpongeBob SquarePants
1999.0
est. $12.5 billion
Retail sales – $12 billion[192][bj] Box office – $463 million[193][194]
Animated series
Stephen Hillenburg
Nickelodeon (Viacom)
cells: Barbie
1987.0
est. $11.8 billion
Merchandise sales – $11.207 billion[bk] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $579 million[bl] Box office – $5.1 million[205]
Animated film
Ruth Handler
Mattel
cells: Street Fighter
1987.0
est. $11.5 billion
Video games – $11.279 billion[9] Box office – $128.2 million[bm] VHS rentals – $33 million[206] Home video sales – $17.1 million[bn]
Arcade game
Takashi Nishiyama Hiroshi Matsumoto
Capcom
cells: Dungeon Fighter Online
2005.0
est. $10.5 billion
Computer game – $10.523 billion[9]
Computer game
Neople
Nexon
cells: Final Fantasy
1987.0
est. $10.5 billion
Video games – $9.704 billion[9] Home video sales – $316 million[bo] Book sales – $213.1 million[bp] Music sales – $121 million[218] Box office – $92 million[bq] Video rentals – $27 million[222]
Video game
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Square Enix
cells: Warcraft
1994.0
est. $10.4 billion
Video games – $10.015 billion[br] Box office – $433.7 million[226]
Computer game
Allen Adham Frank Pearce Michael Morhaime
Blizzard Entertainment (Activision Blizzard)
cells: Star Trek
1966.0
$10 billion[bs][227]
Retail sales – $3.808 billion[bt] TV revenue – $2.3 billion[228] Box office – $2.266 billion[229] VHS sales – $1 billion[228] DVD & Blu-ray – $325 million[230]
Television series
Gene Roddenberry
CBS Corporation Paramount Pictures (Viacom)
cells: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1984.0
est. $10 billion
Merchandise sales – $8.114 billion[bu] Box office – $1.15 billion[232] Video games – $450 million[233] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $124 million[234] VHS sales – $94.22 million[235] Video rentals – $67.65 million[46]
Comic book
Kevin Eastman Peter Laird
Viacom
cells: Disney Princess
2000.0
est. $9.5 billion
Retail sales – $9.5 billion[bv]
Animated film
Andy Mooney
The Walt Disney Company
cells: Power Rangers / Super Sentai
1975.0
est. $9.3 billion
Merchandise & licensing – $9.067 billion[bw] Box office – $218.4 million[242] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $15 million[243]
Television series
Shotaro Ishinomori Haim Saban Shuki Levy
Toei Company Hasbro Bandai Namco Holdings
cells: Ultraman
1966.0
est. $8.88 billion
Merchandise sales – $7.913 billion[bx] Pachinko sales – $967 million[67]
Television series
Eiji Tsuburaya
Tsuburaya Productions Bandai Namco Holdings
cells: Grand Theft Auto
1997.0
est. $8.56 billion
Video games – $8.561 billion[9]
Computer game
David Jones Mike Dailly
Rockstar Games (Take-Two Interactive)
cells: X-Men
1963.0
est. $7.65 billion
Box office – $5.615 billion[245] Retail sales – $900 million[50] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $667 million[245] Comic sales – $466.4 million[by]
Comic book
Stan Lee Jack Kirby
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
cells: Sonic the Hedgehog
1991.0
est. $7.23 billion
Video games – $6.228 billion[9] Merchandise sales – $1 billion[247]
Video game
Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima Hirokazu Yasuhara
Sega (Sega Sammy Holdings)
cells: One Piece
1997.0
est. $7.13 billion
Manga sales – $2.461 billion[bz] Merchandise sales – $1.927 billion[ca] Video games – $1.351 billion[9] Home entertainment – $1.017 billion[cb] Box office – $375 million[10]
Manga
Eiichiro Oda
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) Toei Animation
cells: Despicable Me / Minions
2010.0
est. $6.99 billion
Box office – $3.72 billion[261] Merchandise sales – $2.586 billion[cc] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $686 million[261]
Animated film
Sergio Pablos
Illumination Entertainment (Comcast)
cells: Jurassic Park
1990.0
est. $6.92 billion
Box office – $4.744 billion[262] Merchandise & games – $1.5 billion[263] Home video sales – $678 million[cd]
Novel
Michael Crichton
Alfred A. Knopf (novel) Universal Pictures (Comcast) (film)
cells: Pirates of the Caribbean
2003.0
est. $6.9 billion
Box office – $4.524 billion[264] Merchandise sales – $1.6 billion[265][ce] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $771 million[266]
Film
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
cells: Hulk
1962.0
est. $6.78 billion
Box office – $6.323 billion[cf] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $455 million[cg]
Comic book
Stan Lee Jack Kirby
Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
cells: Donkey Kong
1981.0
est. $6.37 billion
Video games – $6.366 billion[9] Licensed merchandise – $2.3 million[39]
Arcade game
Shigeru Miyamoto
Nintendo
cells: Superman
1938.0
est. $6.2 billion
Box office – $3.212 billion[ch] Merchandise sales – $1.814 billion[ci] Comic sales – $439.3 million[cj] TV revenue – $428 million[ck] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $236 million[cl] VHS sales & rentals – $74.1 million[cm]
Comic book
Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster
DC Entertainment (AT&T)
cells: Twilight
2005.0
$6.15 billion[cn][279]
Box office – $3.344 billion[280] Book sales – $1.661 billion[279] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $948 million[281] Merchandise sales – $395 million[279] Video rentals – $45.4 million[279]
Novel
Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown and Company Summit Entertainment
cells: Puzzle & Dragons
2012.0
est. $6.1 billion
Video games – $6.103 billion[9]
Mobile game
GungHo Online
GungHo Online
cells: Ice Age
2002.0
$6 billion[co][282]
Box office – $2.9 billion[283] Retail sales – $1.3 billion[283]
Animated film
Blue Sky Studios
20th Century Fox[cp]
cells: Sailor Moon
1991.0
est. $5.97 billion
Merchandise sales – $5 billion[cq][284] Home entertainment – $546.2 million[cr] Video games – $210 million[cs] Manga sales – $175.5 million[ct] Box office – $42.12 million[10]
Manga
Naoko Takeuchi
Kodansha Toei Animation
cells: The Phantom of the Opera
1986.0
est. $5.76 billion
Musical theatre – $5.6 billion[295] Box office – $155 million[296]
Musical theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
cells: Aladdin
1992.0
est. $5.71 billion
Pachinko & arcades – $2.85 billion[67] VHS sales – $1.182 billion[cu] Box office – $507 million[cv] Merchandise sales – $500 million[304] Broadway musical – $340 million[305] Console games – $200 million[306] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $130 million[cw]
Animated film
Walt Disney Animation Youhenna Diab
The Walt Disney Company
cells: League of Legends
2009.0
est. $5.69 billion
Computer games – $5.69 billion[9]
Computer game
Riot Games
Tencent Games
cells: Dragon Quest
1986.0
est. $5.61 billion
Video games – $5.135 billion[9] Manga sales – $471.2 million[cx]
Video game
Yuji Horii Koichi Nakamura Akira Toriyama
Square Enix
cells: Fast & Furious
2001.0
est. $5.59 billion
Box office – $5.139 billion[316] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $449 million[316]
Film
Gary Scott Thompson
Universal Pictures (Comcast)
cells: Westward Journey
2001.0
est. $5.55 billion
Video games – $5.55 billion[9]
Computer game
NetEase
NetEase
cells: Shrek
1990.0
est. $5.47 billion
Box office – $3.547 billion[317] Home entertainment – $1.922 billion[cy]
Novel
William Steig DreamWorks Animation
Universal Pictures (Comcast)
cells: Frozen
2013.0
est. $5.43 billion
Merchandise sales – $3.702 billion[cz] Box office – $1.274 billion[319] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $391 million[319] Musical theatre – $60 million[da]
Animated film
Chris Buck Jennifer Lee
The Walt Disney Company
cells: Resident Evil
1996.0
est. $5.17 billion
Video games – $3.311 billion[9] Box office – $1.236 billion[322] Pachinko sales – $520 million[67] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $102.12 million[323]
Video game
Shinji Mikami Tokuro Fujiwara
Capcom
cells: Mortal Kombat
1992.0
$5 billion[db][324]
Video games – $1.705 billion[9] Box office – $173.6 million[325][326]
Arcade game
Midway Games Chicago Ed Boon John Tobias
Warner Bros. (AT&T)
cells: Halo
2001.0
$5 billion[dc][327]
N/A
Video game
Bungie
Microsoft
cells: Monster Strike
2013.0
est. $4.73 billion
Mobile game – $4.724 billion[dd] Box office – $6.8 million[333]
Mobile game
Yoshiki Okamoto
Mixi
cells: DC Extended Universe
2013.0
est. $4.7 billion
Box office – $3.768 billion[334] Merchandise sales – $500 million[335] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $431 million[336]
Film
DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment (AT&T)
cells: Beyblade
1999.0
est. $4.6 billion
Merchandise sales – $4.6 billion[337][de] Box office – $9 million[df]
Manga
Takao Aoki
Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group)
cells: The Big Bang Theory
2007.0
est. $4.57 billion
TV advertising – $3.57 billion[dg] TV syndication – $1 billion[341]
Television series
Chuck Lorre Bill Prady
CBS Corporation Warner Bros. (AT&T)
cells: Kumamon
2010.0
est. $4.53 billion
Retail sales – $4.46 billion[dh] Box office – $65 million[di]
Cartoon
Kumamoto Prefecture
Kumamoto Prefecture
cells: Ben 10
2005.0
est. $4.5 billion
Retail sales – $4.5 billion[347][dj]
Animated series
Duncan Rouleau Joe Casey Joe Kelly Steven T. Seagle
Cartoon Network (AT&T)
cells: Assassin's Creed
2007.0
est. $4.34 billion
Video games – $4.091 billion[9] Box office – $241 million[348] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $12.4 million[349]
Video game
Patrice Désilets Jade Raymond Corey May
Ubisoft
cells: A Song of Ice and Fire
1996.0
est. $4.28 billion
TV revenue – $4 billion[350] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $280 million[dk] Box office – $1.9 million[358]
Novel
George R. R. Martin
Random House WarnerMedia (AT&T)
cells: Seinfeld
1989.0
est. $4.06 billion
TV revenue – $4.06 billion[359][dl]
Television series
Larry David Jerry Seinfeld
National Broadcasting Company (Comcast)
cells: Mission: Impossible
1966.0
$4 billion[dm][360]
Box office – $2.8 billion[361] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $124 million[361]
Television series
Bruce Geller
Paramount Pictures (Viacom)
cells: Beauty and the Beast
1991.0
est. $3.98 billion
Box office – $1.689 billion[dn] Musical theatre – $1.6 billion[295] VHS sales – $318 million[53] DVD & Blu-ray – $305.7 million[do]
Animated film
Don Hahn Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
The Walt Disney Company
cells: Candy Crush Saga
2012.0
est. $3.68 billion
Mobile games – $3.681 billion[9]
Mobile game
King
King (Activision Blizzard)
cells: Friends
1994.0
est. $3.67 billion
TV syndication – $2.5 billion[dp] TV advertising – $1.166 billion[dq]
Television series
David Crane Marta Kauffman
Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions
cells: Angry Birds
2009.0
est. $3.64 billion
Merchandise sales – $3.182 billion[dr] Box office – $353 million[369] Video games – $100 million[370] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $26.8 million[369]
Mobile game
Jaakko Iisalo
Rovio
cells: Lego Movie
2014.0
est. $3.57 billion
Merchandise sales – $2.46 billion[ds] Box office – $904 million[373] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $202 million[374]
Animated film
Phil Lord Christopher Miller
Warner Bros. (AT&T) The Lego Group
cells: Magic: The Gathering
1993.0
est. $3.52 billion
Card game – $3.498 billion[dt] Computer game – $20.6 million[224]
Card game
Richard Garfield
Wizards of the Coast (Hasbro)
cells: Skylanders
2011.0
$3.5 billion[du][378]
Licensed merchandise – $863 million[dv]
Video game
Toys for Bob
Activision (Activision Blizzard)
cells: Minecraft
2009.0
est. $3.46 billion
Video games – $2.211 billion[9] Merchandise sales – $1.25 billion[dw]
Computer game
Mojang
Microsoft Studios
cells: The Hunger Games
2008.0
est. $3.44 billion
Box office – $2.968 billion[380] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $474 million[381]
Novel
Suzanne Collins
Scholastic Corporation Lionsgate
cells: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
2010.0
est. $3.42 billion
Retail sales – $3.416 billion[dx]
Animated series
Lauren Faust Bonnie Zacherle
Hasbro
cells: G.I. Joe
1942.0
est. $3.4 billion
Merchandise – $2.6 billion[385] Box office – $678 million[386] DVD & Blu-ray – $126 million[386]
Comic
Dave Breger
Hasbro
cells: Avatar
2009.0
est. $3.34 billion
Box office – $2.788 billion[387] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $399 million[388] Merchandise sales – $153 million[389]
Film
James Cameron
20th Century Fox
cells: The Legend of Zelda
1986.0
est. $3.3 billion
Video games – $3.251 billion[9] Merchandise sales – $37.02 million[dy] Manga sales – $18.3 million[dz]
Video game
Shigeru Miyamoto
Nintendo
cells: Les Misérables
1980.0
est. $3.12 billion
Musical theatre – $2.6 billion[295] Box office – $442 million[394] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $82 million[394]
Musical theatre
Alain Boublil Victor Hugo
Cameron Mackintosh Overseas
cells: Monster Hunter
2004.0
est. $3.1 billion
Video games – $2.202 billion[9] Pachinko sales – $900.1 million[67]
Video game
Capcom
Capcom
cells: Terminator
1984.0
$3 billion[ea][395]
Box office – $1.843 billion[396] Pachinko sales – $150 million[67] VHS rentals – $70 million[397] DVD & Blu-ray – $80.6 million[398]
Film
James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd
David Ellison
cells: The Matrix
1999.0
$3 billion[eb][399][400]
Box office – $1.633 billion[401] VHS & DVD – $677 million[402] Video game – $162 million[402] Soundtrack sales – $37 million[402] Merchandise sales – $3.5 million[402]
Film
The Wachowskis
Warner Bros. (AT&T)
cells: Astro Boy
1952.0
est. $3 billion
Retail sales – $3 billion[403][ec]
Manga
Osamu Tezuka
Tezuka Productions
cells: ER
1994.0
est. $3 billion
TV revenue – $3 billion[404]
Television series
Michael Crichton
NBC (Comcast)
cells: The Wicked Years
1995.0
est. $3 billion
Musical theatre – $3 billion[295]
Novel
Gregory Maguire
HarperCollins
cells: MapleStory
2005.0
est. $2.98 billion
Computer game – $2.981 billion[9]
Computer game
Wizet
Nexon
cells: Tamagotchi
1996.0
est. $2.96 billion
Digital pets – $2.955 billion[ed] Box office – $6.8 million[407]
Digital pet
Akihiro Yokoi Bandai
Bandai Namco Holdings
cells: The Muppets / Sesame Street
1966.0
est. $2.81 billion
Merchandise sales – $2.189 billion[ee] Box office – $452 million[409] TV licensing – $96 million[410] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $71 million[409] VHS sales – $2 million[276]
Television series
Jim Henson Joan Ganz Cooney Lloyd Morrisett
The Muppets Studio (The Walt Disney Company) Sesame Workshop
cells: Yo-kai Watch
2013.0
est. $2.76 billion
Merchandise & licensing – $2.424 billion[ef] Box office – $159.2 million[10] Pachinko sales – $135 million[67] Home entertainment – $39 million[eg]
Video game
Level-5
Level-5 Nintendo
cells: The Cosby Show
1984.0
est. $2.5 billion
TV syndication – $1.5 billion[415] TV advertising – $1 billion[416]
Television series
Chuck Lorre Bill Prady
CBS Corporation Warner Bros. (AT&T)
cells: Gran Turismo
1997.0
est. $2.5 billion
Video games – $2.5 Billion[417][eh]
Video game
Kazunori Yamauchi Polyphony Digital
Sony
cells: Hamtaro
1997.0
est. $2.5 billion
Merchandise sales – $2.5 billion[418][ei]
Manga
Ritsuko Kawai
Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group)
cells: The Powerpuff Girls
1998.0
est. $2.5 billion
Retail sales – $2.5 billion[419][ej]
Animated series
Craig McCracken
Cartoon Network (AT&T)
cells: Winx Club
2004.0
est. $2.5 billion
Retail sales – $2.5 billion[420][ek]
Animated series
Iginio Straffi
Rainbow S.r.l.
cells: Madagascar
2005.0
est. $2.48 billion
Box office – $2.27 billion[421] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $210 million[421]
Animated film
Tom McGrath Eric Darnell
DreamWorks Animation (Comcast)
cells: Super Smash Bros.
1999.0
est. $2.45 billion
Video games – $2.373 billion[9] Merchandise sales – $74.04 million[el]
Video game
Masahiro Sakurai
Nintendo
cells: Doraemon
1969.0
est. $2.37 billion
Box office – $1.26 billion[10] Licensed merchandise – $1.108 billion[em]
Manga
Fujiko F. Fujio
Shogakukan-Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group)
cells: Naruto
2000.0
est. $2.22 billion
Manga sales – $1.447 billion[en] Video games – $532 million[eo] Box office – $147.1 million[10] Home entertainment – $93 million[ep]
Manga
Masashi Kishimoto
Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) Pierrot
cells: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982.0
est. $2.15 billion
Merchandise sales – $1 billion[434] Box office – $793 million[435] VHS sales – $250 million[436] Video game – $78.7 million[437] DVD & Blu-ray – $24.4 million[435] VHS rentals – $12 million[438]
Film
Steven Spielberg
Universal Pictures (Comcast)
cells: Godzilla
1954.0
est. $2.12 billion
Box office – $1.423 billion[439] Merchandise sales – $630 million[eq] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $43 million[442] TV broadcast – $25 million[443]
Film
Ishirō Honda
Toho
cells: Case Closed / Detective Conan
1994.0
est. $2.08 billion
Manga sales – $1.161 billion[er] Box office – $807.2 million[10] Home entertainment – $108 million[es]
Manga
Gosho Aoyama
Shogakukan (Hitotsubashi Group) TMS Entertainment (Sega Sammy Holdings)
cells: The Jungle Book
1967.0
est. $2.07 billion
Box office – $1.529 billion[et] VHS sales – $185 million[449] DVD & Blu-ray – $351 million[eu]
Animated film
Walt Disney Rudyard Kipling
The Walt Disney Company
cells: Digimon
1997.0
est. $2.01 billion
Licensed merchandise – $1.045 billion[452] Digital pets – $424.1 million[ev] Box office – $143 million[10] Manga & comic sales – $252 million[454] Console games – $90.5 million[ew] Home entertainment – $58 million[ex]
Digital pet
Akiyoshi Hongo Toei Animation Bandai
Toei Company Bandai Namco Holdings
cells: Tomb Raider
1996.0
est. $2.01 billion[ey]
Box office – $705 million[459] Pachinko sales – $300 million[67] DVD rentals – $36.6 million[460]
Video game
Core Design
Square Enix

Questions about this table:
originalText: who makes more money marvel or star wars
answer: answerTexts: Star Wars