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.

Are you a movie buff? Do you know which films have grossed the most at the box office? Test your knowledge with our quiz on the highest-grossing films and franchises of all time. From Avatar to Star Wars, from Marvel to James Bond, this quiz covers it all. Learn about the different revenue streams that films generate and how they contribute to a movie's success. Challenge yourself and see how many questions you can answer correctly. Don't forget to share your results with your friends and