🤑 FILMS - FRANCHISES
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[Every Franchise Ever, a list of films by A-1 Sauce • Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/a1saucefilms/list/every-franchise-ever/)
Round #3 (2027)
* Transformers
* Pirates
* Apes
* Avatar
* Twilight
Round #2 (2026)
* Predator
* John Wick
* Star Trek ♻️
Round #1 (2025)
* Jurassic Park
* Fast & Furious
* Expendables
* Mission Impossible
Predator (9)
- [ ] Predator (1987) 7.8 107m ♻️
- [ ] Predator 2 (1990) 6.3 108m ♻️
- [ ] Alien vs. Predator (2004) 5.7 101m
- [ ] Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) 94m 4.6
- [ ] Predators (2010) 107m 6.4
- [ ] The Predator (2018) 107m 5.3
- [ ] Prey (2022) 100m 7.1 ♻️
- [ ] Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) 7.5 85m
- [ ] Predator: Badlands (2025) 107m 7.3
John Wick (5)
- [ ] John Wick 1 (2014) 7.5 101m ♻️
- [ ] John Wick 2 (2017) 122m 7.4
- [ ] John Wick 3 (2019) 130m 7.4
- [ ] John Wick 4 (2023) 169m 7.9
- [ ] Ballerina (2025) 125m 6.8
- [ ] Caine (TBD)
- [ ] John Wick 5 (TBD)
Odds & Ends
- [ ] Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) 169m 7.4
- [ ] Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) 134m 5.9
- [ ] Venom: The Last Dance (2024) 6.0 110m
- [ ] Top Gun: Maverick (2022) 8.2 131m
The Twilight Saga (5)
- [ ] Twilight (2008) 5.3 122m
- [ ] New Moon (2009) 4.8 130m
- [ ] Eclipse (2010) 5.1 124m
- [ ] Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) 4.9 117m
- [ ] Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) ❗115m 5.6
Jurassic Park (7) ✅
- [x] Jurassic Park (1993) 8.2 127m
- [x] The Lost World (1997) 6.6 129m
- [x] Jurassic Park III (2001) 5.9 92m
- [x] Jurassic World (2015) 6.9 124m ❗
- [x] Fallen Kingdom (2018) 6.1 128m ❗
- [x] Dominion (2022) 5.6 147m ❗
- [ ] Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) 134m 5.9
Fast & Furious (11) ✅
- [x] The Fast and the Furious (2001) 6.8 106m
- [x] 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) 5.9 107m
- [x] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) 6.0 104m
- [x] Fast & Furious (2009) 6.5 107m
- [x] Fast Five (2011) 7.3 130m
- [x] Fast & Furious 6 (2013) 7.0 130m
- [x] Furious 7 (2015) 7.1 137m ❗
- [x] The Fate of the Furious (2017) 6.6 136m ❗- peacock
- [x] Hobbs & Shaw (2019) 137m 6.5 - peacock
- [x] F9: The Fast Saga (2021) 143m 5.2 - peacock
- [x] Fast X (2023) 143m 6.1
- [ ] Fast X Part 2 (TBD)
The Expendables ✅
- [x] The Expendables (2010) 103m 6.4
- [x] The Expendables 2 (2012) 103m 6.6
- [x] The Expendables 3 (2014) 126m 6.1
- [x] The Expendables 4 (2023) 103m 4.8
Mission: Impossible (8)
- [x] Mission: Impossible (1996) 110m 7.2
- [x] Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) 123m 6.1
- [x] Mission: Impossible III (2006) 126m 6.9
- [x] Ghost Protocol (2011) 132m 7.4
- [x] Rogue Nation (2015) 131m 7.4
- [x] Fallout (2018) 147m 7.7
- [x] Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) 163m 7.6
- [ ] Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) 169m 7.4
Star Wars (11)
- [x] Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- [x] Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- [x] Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- [x] Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- [x] Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- [x] Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- [x] Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- [x] Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- [x] Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
- [x] Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- [x] Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Star Trek (13)
- [ ] Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) ♻️
- [ ] Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) ♻️
- [ ] Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) ♻️
- [ ] Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) ♻️
- [ ] Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) ♻️
- [ ] Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) ♻️
- [ ] Star Trek Generations (1994) ♻️
- [ ] Star Trek: First Contact (1996) ♻️
- [ ] Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) ♻️
- [ ] Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
- [ ] Star Trek (2009) ♻️
- [ ] Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) ♻️
- [ ] Star Trek Beyond (2016) ♻️
Planet of the Apes (10)
- [ ] Planet of the Apes (1968) ♻️
- [ ] Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) ♻️
- [ ] Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) ♻️
- [ ] Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) ♻️
- [ ] Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) ♻️
- [ ] Planet of the Apes (2001) 120m 5.7 ♻️
- [ ] Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) 105m 7.6 ♻️
- [ ] Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) 130m 7.6
- [ ] War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) 140m 7.4
- [ ] Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2014) 6.8 145m
Avatar (3)
- [ ] Avatar (2009) ♻️
- [ ] Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) 192m 7.5
- [ ] Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
Transformers (6)
- [ ] Transformers (2007) 144m 7.0 ♻️
- [ ] Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) 5.9 149m ❗
- [ ] Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) 6.2 154m ❗
- [ ] Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) 5.6 165m ❗
- [ ] Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) 5.2 154m
- [ ] Bumblebee (2018) 6.7 114m
- [ ] Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) 6.6 127m
Pirates of the Caribbean (5)
- [ ] Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 8.1 143m ♻️
- [ ] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) 7.3 151m ♻️
- [ ] Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) 7.1 169m ❗
- [ ] Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) 6.6 136m ❗
- [ ] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) 6.5 129m
Alien ✅
- [x] Alien (1979) ♻️
- [x] Aliens (1986) ♻️
- [x] Alien 3 (1992) ♻️
- [x] Alien: Resurrection (1997) ♻️
- [ ] Alien vs Predator (2004)
- [ ] Aliens vs Predators - Requiem (2007)
- [x] Prometheus (2012) ♻️
- [x] Alien: Covenant (2017) ♻️
- [x] Alien: Romulus (2024) ♻️
Terminator
- [ ] The Terminator (1984) 8.1 107m ♻️
- [ ] Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.6 137m ♻️
- [ ] Rise of the Machines (2003) 6.3 109m ♻️
- [ ] Salvation (2009) 115m 6.5 ♻️
- [ ] Genisys (2015) 126m 6.3
- [ ] Dark Fate (2019) 128m 6.2
Jumanji
- [ ] Jumanji (1995) ♻️
- [ ] Zathura (2005)
- [ ] Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
- [ ] Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
The Mummy
- [ ] The Mummy (1999) ♻️
- [ ] The Mummy Returns (2001) ♻️
- [ ] The Scorpion King (2002)
- [ ] The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon (2008)
Bourne
- [ ] The Bourne Identity (2002) ♻️
- [ ] The Bourne Supremacy (2004) ♻️
- [ ] The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) ♻️
- [ ] The Bourne Legacy (2012) ♻️
- [ ] Jason Bourne (2016)
Ghostbusters
- [ ] Ghostbusters (1984) 105m 7.8 ♻️
- [ ] Ghostbusters II (1989) 108m 6.6 ♻️
- [ ] Ghostbusters (2016) 6.8 117m
- [ ] Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) 7.0 124m
- [ ] Ghostbusters: Frozen Empure (2024) 115m 6.1
Die Hard
- [x] Die Hard (1988) ♻️
- [x] Die Hard 2 (1990) ♻️
- [ ] Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) ♻️
- [ ] Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
- [ ] A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
X-Men
- [ ] X-Men (2000) ♻️
- [ ] X2 (2003) ♻️
- [ ] X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- [ ] X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) ♻️
- [ ] X-Men: First Class (2011) ♻️
- [ ] The Wolverine (2013) ♻️
- [ ] X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) ♻️
- [ ] X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
- [ ] Logan (2017) ♻️
- [ ] X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
- [ ] The New Mutants (2020)
Sonic
- [ ] Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) 99m 6.5
- [ ] Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) 122m 6.5
- [ ] Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) 110m 6.9
Shrek
- [ ] Shrek (2001) ♻️
- [ ] Shrek 2 (2004) ♻️
- [ ] Shrek the Third (2007) ♻️
- [ ] Shrek Forever After (2010)
- [ ] Puss in Boots (2011)
- [ ] The Last Wish (2022)
Ice Age
- [ ] Ice Age (2002)
- [ ] Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
- [ ] Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- [ ] Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
- [ ] Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
Despicable Me (6)
- [ ] Despicable Me (2010 7.6 95m
- [ ] Despicable Me 2 (2013) 7.3 98m
- [ ] Minions (2015) 6.4 91m
- [ ] Despicable Me 3 (2017) 6.3 89m
- [ ] Despicable Me 4 (2024) 94m 6.2
- [ ] Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) 87m 6.5
Franchisapoolza
- [x] The Marvel Cinematic Universe (43) — $31.8b ✅
- [x] Star Wars (15) — $10.3b ✅
- [x] The Wizarding World (13) — $9.15b
- [ ] Spider-Man (13) — $8.9b
- [x] Batman (30) — $7.9b ✅
- [x] James Bond (28) — $7.8b ✅
- [ ] X-Men (14) — $7.4b
- [x] The Fast and the Furious (12) — $7.2b ✅
- [ ] DC Extended Universe (26)— $7.2b
- [x] Jurassic Park (7) — $6.5b ✅
- [x] Middle Earth (9) — $5.8b
- [ ] Despicable Me (10) — $5.6b
- [ ] Transformers (9) — $5.4b
- [ ] Avatar (5) — $5.2b
- [x] Mission: Impossible (8) - $4.7b ✅
- [ ] Pirates of the Caribbean (5) — $4.5b
- [ ] Shrek (9) — $4.0b
- [ ] Superman (13) — $4.0b
- [ ] Twilight (6) — $3.3b
- [ ] Hunger Games (6) — $3.3b
- [ ] Planet of the Apes (10) — $2.5b
- [x] Indiana Jones (5) — $2.3b
- [ ] Terminator
https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchises#franchise_overview=od4
Blockbusters and Franchises
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_series
[The highest grossing box office films of all time worldwide according to Box Office Mojo](https://letterboxd.com/kiersreviews/list/highest-grossing-films)
While we can see the idea of a summer blockbuster dating back to 1943 with Richard Wallace’s war film Bombardier, Spielberg’s Jaws is named the first “true” summer blockbuster.
A blockbuster is a work of entertainment—typically used to describe a feature film produced by a major film studio, but also other media—that is highly popular and financially successful. The term has also come to refer to any large-budget production intended for "blockbuster" status, aimed at mass markets with associated merchandising, sometimes on a scale that meant the financial fortunes of a film studio or a distributor could depend on it
https://letterboxd.com/strong_style/list/top-lifetime-grosses-worldwide