2 months ago 17th Jul 10:25
It seems that Hollywood can't get enough of sequels creating franchises that fans can enjoy over and over again, oh and making a load of money in the process.
Take this summer for example Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was the fourth Indy movie to be released, The Dark Knight is Batman's sixth big screen outing and unexpected franchise success The Mummy is also returning for a third outing in August.
Iron Man has also shown it's major franchise potential as it smashed box office expectations, becoming one of the biggest grossing movies of the summer, and a second movie has already been announced and will be released in 2010. Wanted, which starred James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie is also rumoured to be getting a sequel.
Some of cinema's most successful movies in recent years have come from a franchise including Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek and Lord of the Rings so here at FemaleFirst we searched for the top ten grossing film franchises of all time.
In September 2007 the literary phenomena that is Harry Potter became the biggest grossing film franchise of all time.
Not merely content with making stars of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, the collection of, so far, six movies has grossed a massive $4.47 billion at the global box office.
The November sees the franchise grow further as Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince reaches cinemas and with the final movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the franchise looks set to extend it box office dominance.
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