Top films by decade and year highestgrossing films by genre type greatest boxoffice bombs. Dec 21, 20 the release was nothing short of successful. It starred up and coming actors, not washed up hasbeens. Based on the popular book series, audiences responded to the five films. Some of the most successful movies of all time are part of movie franchises, including star wars, jaws, the exorcist, jurassic park, raiders of the lost ark, and the avengers. Hollywoods 100 favorite tv shows the hollywood reporter. Revenge of the fallen 2009 pirates of the caribbean. A film series or movie series also referred to as a film franchise or movie franchise is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe, or are marketed as a series. First of all, the most viewed film is not avatar 2009 or titanic 1997. May 10, 2017 arguably the most successful spinoff from the hit show all in the family a list that also includes bea arthur series maude, george and louise jefferson sherman hemsley and isabel sanford were.
It was a popular and longrunning television series, and it was adapted for the big screen no less than seven times. It only makes sense that this franchise would receive the ol movie treatment. Mar 20, 2017 the fast and the furious had a budget of 38 million dollars. It counts a view if an account watches 70% of a movie s runtime or 70% of a single episode of a tv show. Star wars was a movie like no one had ever scene before. Here are the highestgrossing marvel movies ever time. The best hbo series of all time ranked movie and tv news. Dec 10, 2019 these are the most popular netflix shows and moviesaccording to netflix. Sometimes the work is conceived from the beginning as a multiplefilm work for example, the three colours series.
Traditionally, war films, musicals, and historical dramas have been the most popular. Following the intricate and disturbing details of the famous chernobyl explosion in the 1980s, this minitv series is as graphic and realistic as it can get. Is the mcu the most successful film series of all time. The film shows how former bad guy gru is currently working with the good guys to try and catch the latest villain. The eightfilm harry potter saga is one of the more selfcontained series out there.
The following chart is a list of the highestgrossing computer animated films. The film follows the return of former villain gru, his young girls, and the ever loving minions. Steven spielberg is the most represented director on the chart with six films to his credit, occupying the top spot in 1975, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989 and 1993. Top 100 movies of all time rotten tomatoes tv shows. Jul 31, 2014 frozen just became the fifth most successful film of alltime, edging its way past iron man 3 and sitting behind harry potter and the deathly hallows part ii, the avengers, titanic, and box office. A series of new characters are introduced in the film on top of the original cast. Film the most successful movies of all time two of james camerons works are recordbreaking titles, but overall, the avengers films dominate the list of the worlds top 10 boxoffice hits. Harry potter has been working for 10 years and is the best movie ever made. This years tv survey was handled in a similar fashion.
Jun 17, 2016 the 25 most powerful film franchises in hollywood. These are the most popular netflix series and movies. Endgame has surpassed avatars record as the highestgrossing movie of all time. Tarantino brilliantly transfers an elmore leonard style of dialogue to the screen. Coming up weve the top 25 most successful film series of all time from harry. Endgame 2019 harry potter and the deathly hallows, part 2 2011 the lord of the rings. Highestgrossing animated films by animation type computer animation. After all, who would ever think that a movie based on a theme park ride would prove to be.
Rankings of both us domestic and worldwide boxoffice blockbusters have been compiled from various recent sources. Mar 18, 20 based on william steigs picture book, shrek. The like a bird highs include the christopher reeves. The godzilla franchise takes the title as the film series with the most sequels 29 movies total, but what other movies come close. Netflix reveals top 10 mostwatched original tv shows. Today the highest grossing movie goes by the name avatar, which is also considered most profitable movie ever, without including dvd and bluray revenue. This includes media franchises that started as a book, film, video game, comic book, animated film or television series and have expanded to other forms of media. The highest grossing movie franchises buzzfeed news. Making a list of 11 most successful disney movies ever was everything but an easy task. But while stephenie meyers books and summit entertainments hugely successful series of films. Netflix is one of the most popular content streaming services thats used by millions of users across the globe.
A teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school. Though it seems a bit unfair, the whole of the marvel cinematic universe. This statistic ranks the box office revenue of the 20 most successful movies of all time. During its history that spans back to 1923 when walt and. Better call these 10 awesome spinoffs that made their original series proud. That doesnt nessicarilly make it the best movie series. Red dwarf at its prime was one of our greatest examples. Toy story is the most successful film quadrilogy ever cbr. And it certainly is among the mostquoted movies ever. But this kind of movies are made with very high budget.
There are two more hobbit movies to go, including the desolation of smaug this december. Probably one of the most consistent series in this list, the superman franchise, like its star, seems indestructible. Though its been more than 40 years since the original star wars film hit theaters and entranced moviegoers, since disney purchased the franchise in 2012, they. Well, netflix has recently shared some data regarding the viewership numbers of different tv series and movies on the platform.
Overall, the marvel cinematic universe series of superhero films including iron man, the avengers and thor. Netflixs new top 10 feature tells people what to watch based on the streaming services most popular shows and movies. Films directed by steven spielberg have been the highestgrossing film of the year on six occasions, and on three occasions have been the highestgrossing film of all time. Top grossing movie franchises of all time 247 wall st. Last year, thr published the worlds first movie list based on a polling of hollywood pros. The dark world, is the most successful movie franchise, grossing a. Top 10 netflix movies and shows popular right now april. The walking dead is currently one of the most popular tv shows which gets the people talking on twitter after yet another gruesome and shocking episode. Anderson slowly losing his mind about how hard he is crushing on milla jovovich. May 24, 2019 a movie franchise is a series of connected movies that share a common set of characters, universe, and concepts. According to data from the numbers, the 35 movies below have mastered that moneymaking recipe to become some of the most profitable films. Geralt of rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his.
Apr, 2015 overall, the marvel cinematic universe series of superhero films including iron man, the avengers and thor. Jackson has one of the most menacing, yet emotionally resonant performances ever put to film, and yes it is also freakin hilarious. The top ten 2 harry potter harry potter is the best movie of all times. The most successful movies of all time all media content. They had outstanding specical effects as for their time. Best hulu shows and movies by tomatometer rotten tomatoes. List of mostwatched television broadcasts wikipedia. It has an unprecedented string of 21 box office hits, seven of which have crossed the billi. Sep 17, 2019 the most successful certified rotten movies ever, ranked.
The 25 most successful movie franchises of all time. Coming up weve the top 25 most successful film series of all time from harry potter to the mcu. Especially today with shared movie universes and crossovers becoming the norm, easter eggs are more prevalent than ever in major hollywood productions, and. As the streaming platforms subscribers grow, millions more people have their first experience bingewatching shows. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office business. Most successful movie franchises in box office history looper. The five highestgrossing disney animated movies ever have all reached a billion dollars around the world, and this list begins with 2016s zootopia. We dont know how many accounts actually finish an entire movie or tv season. Netflixs 8 most popular original movies and tv shows that. The marvel cinematic universe is the highest grossing film series even when adjusted for inflation, surpassing the wizarding world, star wars, james bond. List of highestgrossing media franchises wikipedia. Psthe figure given for harry potter and the philosophers stone is the initial box office gross, which in 2001 was the second highest ever, after titanic. The second list answers what are the most popular movies ever.
The 100 greatest tv shows of all time movies empire. The 32 most successful movie franchises of all time. For each franchise listed below the revenue total includes revenue from movie tickets, home entertainment, video games, merchandise, and any other franchiserelated products when. The greatest use of a nonlinear plot structure ever.
Global box office revenue of the most successful movies of. The most successful installment of the franchise is batman v superman. Rowling penned another seven books, but as it stands, the series remains one of the most consistent and successful in screen history. Most successful movie franchises of all time at box office. The most successful movie franchises in history infographic forbes. Here are the 10 highestgrossing movie franchises of all time. Created by dick wolf, the legal drama and police procedural program debuted in 1990 and ran 20 seasons until 2010. Aug 21, 2018 the most popular character in the dc comics universe comes alive on screen in this sevenmovie series.
What we got, though, are a series of films about writerdirector paul w. Well, everyone obviously, but do you know which movie franchises have made the most money. The domestic rankings, divided into unadjusted and adjusted for inflation, are based upon theatrical box office receipts including some theatrical rerelease receipts and do not include video rentals, tv rights, international box office. To figure out which other film series have made their mark, we turned to box office mojo to rank the most successful film franchises in history by their worldwide box office totals. Hughes afterschool detention drama was the ninth most popular film for female respondents, but 75th for males. The uk has often tackled scifi on the small screen, but the scifi comedy is a much rarer beast. The first list shows the 20 most popular movies ever based on worldwide boxoffice performance. Marvel studios rereleased endgame in theaters with several extra minutes of footage in july to boost. The original star wars movies are considered to be some of the best movies ever made. Sep 16, 2015 last year, thr published the worlds first movie list based on a polling of hollywood pros.
Netflixs most popular original tv shows and movies, by. The eight film harry potter saga is one of the more selfcontained series out there. Resident evil 4 remains one of my favorite action games ever. Those two films set the box office record for highest grossing film worldwidebut highest gro. In terms of box office, the marvel cinematic universe mcu is currently the most successful film series of all time. Its not just another zombie apocalypse series though there are plenty of zombies but the inspirational, and sometimes horrific journey of rick grimes and his group of tightknit friends who bond, survive and. Netflix has released a list of its top 10 shows that are binged first by its users. Asa butterfield, gillian anderson, ncuti gatwa, emma mackey. Broadways thirdlongestrunning show is also its highest grossing, and by a fairly wide margin. The 35 most profitable movies of all time, based on return. I dont know what you consider a bmovie to be, but this aint it. Though based on one of the most successful novels ever, the films triumph is about more than tolkiens genius.
Based on the hit 1994 disney animated film, this musical has consistently pulled in sellout. Foxs live telecast of super bowl li in 2017 currently holds the largest total viewership in u. The 10 most successful films of alltime when adjusted for. Netflix announces top 10 shows binged first by audience. Here are the most popular netflix series and movies, according to netflixbearing in mind that many of the numbers below were measured over unequal periods of time. Sometimes the work is conceived from the beginning as a multiple film work. Moreover, super bowl telecasts account for 23 of the most watched television broadcasts based on overall viewership in u. The 10 most successful video game movies big fish blog.
Netflixs top 10 is a new feature that highlights the most popular movies and shows on the platform in real time. Right now, the 10 most watched titles on netflix are an eclectic mix of originals. This is a list of the highestgrossing media franchises. Individual sequels are relatively common, but are not always successful enough to spawn further installments. The small sliver on the left is the 1978 animated lord of the rings.
Investigators are confounded over an unspeakable crime thats been committed. The marvel cinematic universe is the highest grossing film series even when adjusted for inflation, surpassing the wizarding world, star wars, james bond, and j. The most successful adaptation of tolkiens epics is the lord of the rings. Officially ranked as one of imdbs highestrated series, chernobyl is televisions darkest and most traumatizing hit yet. The most successful certified rotten movies ever, ranked. It may be the unsung hero of the streaming world, but the top shows on hulu include some of the most prestigious and bingeworthy series out there you just need to know where to look. Oct 17, 2019 while scifi titles might dominate the top two spots on the list, netflixs 10 most watched tv originals represent a pretty diverse array of programming. Many of netflixs most popular movies are torn apart by critics, from adam sandlers murder mystery 73 million households in the first month to the highwaymen 40 million, which received 45. The first sequel riffed on the cliches of part iis, while the less successful but still original third instalment got really meta, visiting a sequel movie within the movie. The company said the movie was the most successful film from.
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