The World's Top Media Franchises by All-Time Revenue
What We’re Showing
The all-time revenue and revenue sources of the highest-grossing media franchises in the world.
Revenues figures are estimates by Fandom’s Ultimate Pop Culture Wiki which uses the latest publicly available data.
Japan’s Media Franchises Reign
With more than half of the media franchises in this graphic originating from Japan, the Asian country dominates when it comes to modern media franchises.
Even media franchises which have had less international exposure, like Anpanman and Jump Comics, have netted tens of billions in lifetime revenue mostly from their domestic popularity.
Disney’s Major Media Acquisitions
Over the past two decades, Disney has built up a significant catalog of major media franchises through two key multi-billion dollar acquisitions.
Disney's acquisitions of Marvel Entertainment for $4.4 billion in 2009 and Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in 2012 added massive media franchises to their portfolio like Star Wars, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Spider-Man.
While Sony bought the movie rights to Spider-Man for just $7 million from Marvel in 1999, Disney owns the rights to Spider-Man in all other forms, including merchandising, television, and comics.
Dataset
Media Franchise | Total Estimated Revenue (Billions USD) | Merchandise Revenue (Billions USD) | Video Games Revenue (Billions USD) | Trading Cards Revenue (Billions USD) | Box Office Revenue (Billions USD) | Manga/Comics Revenue (Billions USD) | Book Sales (Billions USD) | Home Video (Billions USD) | Other (Billions USD) |
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Pokémon | 147 | 102.905 | 27.5532 | 12.13 | 1.756 | 1.5244 | - | 0.863 | - |
Hello Kitty | 89 | 88.513 | - | - | - | 0.023 | - | - | - |
Winnie the Pooh | 76 | 76.19 | - | - | 0.46 | - | - | - | - |
Mickey Mouse & Friends | 74 | 73.395 | - | - | 0.4574 | 0.00046 | - | - | - |
Star Wars | 70 | 42.217 | 6.03 | - | 10.312 | - | 1.82 | 9.057 | 0.28 |
Anpanman | 56 | 56.404 | - | - | 0.067 | - | - | - | 0.025 |
Disney Princess | 46 | 46.348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jump Comics (Shōnen Jump) | 40 | - | 0.2173 | - | - | 39.814 | - | - | - |
Mario | 38 | 4.323 | 32.4 | - | 0.021 | 1.599 | - | - | - |
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) | 35 | 12.482 | - | - | 22.594 | 0.00052 | - | - | - |
Harry Potter | 32 | 12.284 | 1.555 | - | 9.914 | - | 7.743 | - | 1.108 |
Transformers | 30 | 12.203 | - | - | 4.853 | - | - | - | 0.874 |
Spider-Man | 29 | 15.88 | 1.65 | - | 7.236 | 1.074 | - | 2.232 | 1.4 |
Batman | 28 | 21.329 | - | - | 6.059 | - | - | 1.212 | 0.34 |
Dragon Ball | 27 | 7.687 | 6.226 | 0.961 | 0.817 | 9.247 | - | 2.077 | 0.047 |
Gundam | 26.9 | 26.387 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.325 |
Barbie | 24.7 | 22.724 | - | - | 0.005 | - | - | 1.988 | - |