The Ultimate Box Office Quiz

Overview of Highest-Grossing Films and Revenue Streams

• Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights, and merchandising.

• Theatrical box-office earnings are the primary metric for trade publications in assessing the success of a film.

• Charts are available for the top box-office earners, high-grossing films by calendar year, highest-grossing film franchises and series, and the transition of the highest-grossing film record.

• Franchise films have been among the best performers of the 21st century, with the superhero and animated family genres being particularly successful.

• Avatar is the highest-grossing film based on theatrical revenues only, with over $2.9 billion worldwide.

• Adjusting for inflation, Gone with the Wind is considered the most successful film of all time, with an estimated adjusted global gross of $3.4 billion.

• Steven Spielberg is the most represented director on the highest-grossing films by year chart.

• Grosses are not limited to original theatrical runs, and a film's first-run gross is included in brackets after the total if known.second-highest grossing franchise, with over $10 billion in worldwide box office earnings. The Harry Potter franchise is the third-highest grossing, with over $9 billion in worldwide box office earnings. The James Bond franchise is the fourth-highest grossing, with over $7 billion in worldwide box office earnings. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has the highest average box office gross per film, at over $900 million per film. The Fast and the Furious franchise has the highest number of films in a single franchise, with 10 films released as of 2021. The highest-grossing animated franchise is the Toy Story franchise, with over $3 billion in worldwide box office earnings. The highest-grossing horror franchise is the Resident Evil franchise, with over $1.2 billion in worldwide box office earnings. The highest-grossing musical franchise is the High School Musical franchise, with over $1 billion in worldwide box office earnings. The highest-grossing sports franchise is the Rocky franchise, with over $1.7 billion in worldwide box office earnings. The highest-grossing superhero franchise outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the Batman franchise, with over $7 billion in worldwide box office earnings. The highest-grossing franchise based on a video game is the Pokémon franchise, with over $5 billion in worldwide box office earnings.Highest-Grossing Film Franchises Summary

• Star Wars is the highest-grossing film franchise based on a single property, earning over $10 billion at the box office.

• James Bond films have earned over $19 billion in total when adjusted to current prices.

• Star Wars is the most lucrative franchise when ancillary income from merchandise is included.

• The Marvel Cinematic Universe has had the most films gross over $1 billion, with ten.

• The four Avengers films, the two Frozen films, and the two Avatar films are the only franchises where each installment has grossed over $1 billion.

• The Jurassic Park series has averaged over $1 billion per film.

• The Black Panther series has also averaged over $1 billion per film.

• Star Wars holds the Guinness world record for the "most successful film merchandising franchise."

• In 2012, Star Wars was valued at £19.51 billion (approximately $30 billion).

• The Marvel Cinematic Universe has 23 films in total as of 2021.

• The James Bond franchise has 25 films in total as of 2021.

• The Star Wars franchise has 11 films in total as of 2021.