Monday, May 24, 2010

Successful Movie Franchises 'Harry Potter vs. James Bond'


Each of these movies listed comprise of at least 3 or more in its series...What makes them unique is that they have been able to generate numerous dollars to the Hollywood Box Office...Check out my Top 20 successful movie franchises.

Heavy Hitters
Harry Potter series $5,412,504,276
James Bond series $5,029,014,110
Star Wars series $4,384,857,465
Just recently the 'Harry Potter' series moved ahead of James Bond, however things could change considering both are expecting new films between 2010-2012.


On the Takeover Rise
The Lord of the Rings series $2,915,155,189
Pirates of the Caribbean $2,700,000,000
Batman series $2,627,550,764
Spider-Man series $2,496,346,518
Indiana Jones series $1,978,055,564
Jurassic Park series $1,902,110,923
X-Men series $1,565,000,000
Rocky series $1,126,350,503
The Twilight Saga series $1,118,484,711
Star Trek series $1,013,325,741
The Bourne series $945,358,579
The Fast and Furious series $959,790,838
Back to the Future series $957,587,347
Rush Hour series $860,748,065
Jaws series $798,415,075
American Pie series $754,000,000
The Godfather series $463,464,983
Underworld series $300,929,165
The Transporter series $231,498,869

Honorable Mention
Transformers series $1,546,007,008
Iron Man series $1,519,265,000 (and counting)

Keep in mind it is one thing to put some movies together one after the other, but the true movie skills come when ALL of the are successful! Sometimes it only takes two films before they are rolling with the big dawgs (see the Honorable Mentions)!! Meanwhile, Director James Cameron is reportedly working on two "Avatar" sequels, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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G-Breezy's Favorite Movies

  • Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum
  • Die Hard series
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Fracture
  • Idlewild
  • Imitation of Life
  • Inside Man
  • James Bond series
  • Love Jones
  • Malcolm X