Film series
A film series or movie series is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe, or are marketed as a series.[1]
This article explains what film series are and gives brief examples of movie series. The body shows a list of the most popular film series and franchises in the United States and Canada.[2]
Description
[edit]Sometimes the work is conceived from the beginning as a multiple-film work—for example, the Three Colours series—but in most cases the success of the original film (or an original series in the case of the Skywalker Saga) inspires further films to be made. Individual sequels are relatively common but are not always successful enough to spawn further installments.
As of 2024, the 34 films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe form the highest-grossing film series even when adjusted for inflation, surpassing J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World (11 films), Star Wars (12 films), Ian Fleming's James Bond (27 films), and J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth (6 films) series.[3]
Box office
[edit]- † Background shading indicates that at least one film in the series is playing in the week commencing 22 November 2024 in theaters around the world.
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Longest-running film series and franchises
[edit]Franchise | First film | Last/latest film | Length | Number of films |
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King Kong | King Kong (March 2, 1933) | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (March 29, 2024) | 91 years | 13 |
The Invisible Man | The Invisible Man (October 31, 1933) | The Invisible Man (February 27, 2020) | 86 years, 3 months | 8 |
The Mummy | The Mummy (December 22, 1932) | The Scorpion King: Book of Souls (October 23, 2018) | 85 years, 10 months | 19 |
Mickey Mouse | Fantasia (November 13, 1940) | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (May 20, 2022) | 81 years, 6 months | 17 |
Batman | Batman (July 6, 1943) | Joker: Folie à Deux (October 4, 2024) | 81 years, 2 months | 18 |
Lassie | Lassie Come Home (October 7, 1943) | Lassie Come Home (November 26, 2020)[4] | 77 years, 1 month | 12 |
Superman | Superman (January 5, 1948) | Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (October 7, 2022) | 74 years, 9 months | 14 |
Captain America | Captain America (February 5, 1944) | Captain America: Civil War (April 12, 2016) | 72 years, 2 months | 8 |
Father of the Bride | Father of the Bride (June 16, 1950) | Father of the Bride (June 16, 2022) | 72 years | 6 |
Peter Pan | Peter Pan (February 5, 1953)[5] | Peter Pan & Wendy (April 28, 2023) | 70 years, 2 months | 7 |
Godzilla | Godzilla (October 27, 1954)[6] | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (March 29, 2024) | 69 years, 5 months | 38 |
Wong Fei-hung | Huang Fei-hong zhuan: Bian feng mie zhu (1949) | Wong Fei-hung: Return Of The King (2018) | 69 years | 123 |
Father of Four | Father of Four (2 November 1953) | Far til fire og vikingerne (1 October 2020) |
66 years, 10 months |
21 |
The Cisco Kid | In Old Arizona (January 20, 1929) | The Cisco Kid (February 6, 1994) | 65 years | 28 |
Cinderella | Cinderella (February 15, 1950) | Cinderella (February 13, 2015) | 64 years, 11 months | 4 |
Alice in Wonderland | Alice in Wonderland (July 26, 1951)[7] | Alice Through the Looking Glass (May 27, 2016) | 64 years, 10 months | 3 |
Sleeping Beauty | Sleeping Beauty (January 29, 1959)[8] | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (October 18, 2019)[9] | 60 years, 8 months | 3 |
101 Dalmatians | One Hundred and One Dalmatians (January 25, 1961) | Cruella (May 28, 2021)[10] | 60 years, 4 months | 5 |
James Bond | Dr. No (5 October 1962) | No Time to Die (30 September 2021)[11] | 58 years, 11 months | 27 |
Ocean's | Ocean's 11 (August 10, 1960) | Ocean's 8 (June 8, 2018) | 57 years, 9 months | 5 |
Planet of the Apes | Planet of the Apes (February 8, 1968) | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (May 10, 2024) | 56 years, 3 months | 10 |
Ultraman | Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature (July 22, 1967)[12] | Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond (February 23, 2023) | 55 years, 7 months | 47 |
St Trinian's School | The Belles of St. Trinian's (28 September 1954) | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (18 December 2009) [13] | 55 years, 2 months | 7 |
Asterix | Asterix the Gaul (20 December 1967) | Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (1 February 2023) | 55 years, 1 month | 16 |
Kamen Rider | Go Go Kamen Rider (July 19, 1971) | Shin Kamen Rider (March 17, 2023) | 51 years, 7 months | 95 |
Otoko wa Tsurai yo | It's Tough Being a Man (August 27, 1969) | Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (December 27, 2019) | 50 years, 4 months | 48 |
The Exorcist | The Exorcist (December 26, 1973) | The Exorcist: Believer (October 6, 2023) | 49 years, 9 months | 6 |
Night of the Living Dead | Night of the Living Dead (October 1, 1968) | Day of the Dead: Bloodline (December 29, 2017) | 49 years, 2 months | 12 |
The Flintstones | The Man Called Flintstone (August 3, 1966) | The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! (March 10, 2015) | 48 years, 7 months | 12 |
The Jungle Book | The Jungle Book (October 18, 1967)[14] | The Jungle Book (April 15, 2016) [15][16] | 48 years, 5 months | 5 |
Zatoichi | The Tale of Zatoichi (April 12, 1962)[17][18] | Zatoichi: The Last (May 29, 2010) | 48 years, 1 month | 26 |
Shaft | Shaft (July 2, 1971) | Shaft (June 14, 2019) | 48 years | 5 |
The Omen | The Omen (June 6, 1976) | The First Omen (April 5, 2024) | 47 years, 9 months | 6 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (October 11, 1974)[19] | Texas Chainsaw Massacre (February 18, 2022) | 47 years, 4 months | 9 |
Spider-Man | Spider-Man (September 14, 1977) | Venom: The Last Dance (October 25, 2024) | 47 years, 1 month | 20 |
Yogi Bear & friends | Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (June 3, 1964) | Yogi Bear (December 17, 2010)[20] | 46 years, 6 months | 7 |
Looney Tunes | Bugs Bunny: Superstar (December 19, 1975) | King Tweety (June 14, 2022) | 46 years, 5 months | 11 |
Rocky | Rocky (November 21, 1976) [21] | Creed III (March 3, 2023) [22] | 46 years, 3 months | 9 |
Super Sentai | Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (1975) | Kamen Rider Saber + Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: Superhero Senki (2021) | 46 years | 61 |
Lupin III | Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (August 3, 1974) | Lupin III: The First (December 6, 2019) | 45 years, 4 months | 43 |
Alien | Alien (May 25, 1979) [23] | Alien: Romulus (August 16, 2024) | 45 years, 2 months | 9 |
The Pink Panther | The Pink Panther (December 18, 1963) | The Pink Panther 2 (February 6, 2009) | 45 years, 1 month | 12 |
Mad Max | Mad Max (April 12, 1979) | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (May 24, 2024) | 45 years, 1 month | 5 |
Olsen Gang | The Olsen Gang (11 October 1968) | The Olsen Gang in Deep Trouble (2013) | 45 years | 17 |
Halloween | Halloween (October 25, 1978) | Halloween Ends (October 14, 2022) | 43 years, 11 months | 13 |
Scooby-Doo | Scooby Goes Hollywood (December 23, 1979)[24] | Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! (September 26, 2023) | 43 years, 9 months | 48 |
Coffin Joe | At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (9 November 1964) | Embodiment of Evil (August 8, 2008) | 43 years, 8 months | 3 |
Death Wish | Death Wish (July 24, 1974) | Death Wish (March 2, 2018) | 43 years, 7 months | 5 |
Tales for All | The Christmas Martian (1971) | The Outlaw League (2014) | 43 years | 24 |
Doraemon | Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (March 15, 1980) | Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony (March 1, 2024)[25] | 43 years, 11 months | 44 |
Star Wars | Star Wars (May 25, 1977) | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (December 20, 2019) | 42 years, 6 months | 12 |
The Muppets | The Muppet Movie (May 31, 1979) | Muppets Haunted Mansion (October 8, 2021)[26] | 42 years, 4 months | 14 |
Indiana Jones | Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (June 30, 2023) | 42 years | 5 |
Feluda | Sonar Kella (27 December 1974) | Double Feluda (16 December 2016) | 41 years, 11 months | 11 |
Evil Dead | The Evil Dead (October 15, 1981) | Evil Dead Rise (April 21, 2023) | 41 years, 6 months | 5 |
Winnie the Pooh | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (March 11, 1977) | Christopher Robin (August 3, 2018)[27] | 41 years, 4 months | 15 |
Gamera | Gamera, the Giant Monster (November 27, 1965) | Gamera the Brave (April 29, 2006) | 40 years, 5 months | 12 |
Mothra | Mothra (July 30, 1961) | Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (December 15, 2001) | 40 years, 4 months | 11 |
Ghostbusters | Ghostbusters (June 8, 1984) | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (March 22, 2024) | 39 years, 9 months | 5 |
Beverly Hills Cop | Beverly Hills Cop (December 5, 1984) | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (July 3, 2024) | 39 years, 6 months | 4 |
Dune | Dune (December 14, 1984) | Dune: Part Two (March 1, 2024) | 39 years, 2 months | 3 |
The Amityville Horror | The Amityville Horror (July 27, 1979) | The Amityville Murders (October 9, 2018) | 39 years, 2 months | 11 |
Hulk | The Incredible Hulk (November 4, 1977) | Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell (October 21, 2016) | 38 years, 11 months | 12 |
Shake, Rattle & Roll | Shake, Rattle & Roll (December 25, 1984) | Shake, Rattle & Roll Extreme (November 29, 2023) | 38 years, 11 months | 16 |
Psycho | Psycho (June 16, 1960) | Psycho (December 4, 1998) | 38 years, 5 months | 6 |
Transformers | The Transformers: The Movie (August 8, 1986)[28] | Transformers One (September 11, 2024) | 38 years, 1 month | 9 |
Middle-earth | The Hobbit (November 27, 1977) | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (11 December 2014) | 37 years | 9 |
Rambo | First Blood (October 22, 1982) | Rambo: Last Blood (September 20, 2019) | 36 years, 10 months | 5 |
Star Trek | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (December 7, 1979) | Star Trek Beyond (July 22, 2016)[29] | 36 years, 7 months | 13 |
Children of the Corn | Children of the Corn (March 9, 1984) | Children of the Corn (October 23, 2020) | 36 years, 7 months | 11 |
Herbie | The Love Bug (December 24, 1968) | Herbie: Fully Loaded (June 22, 2005) | 36 years, 5 months | 6 |
Philip Marlowe | The Falcon Takes Over (May 29, 1942) | Marlowe (24 September 2022) | 35 years, 9 months | 11 |
Dragon Ball | Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (December 20, 1986) | Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (June 11, 2022) | 35 years, 6 months | 24 |
My Little Pony | My Little Pony: The Movie (June 6, 1986) | My Little Pony: A New Generation (September 24, 2021) | 35 years, 3 months | 5 |
Anpanman | Soreike! Anpanman Kirakira Boshi no Namida (March 11, 1989) | Soreike! Anpanman Baikinman to Ehon no Lulun (June 28, 2024) | 35 years, 3 months | 35 |
Predator | Predator (June 12, 1987) | Prey (July 21, 2022) | 35 years, 1 month | 7 |
Hellraiser | Hellraiser (September 10, 1987) | Hellraiser (October 7, 2022) | 35 years | 11 |
Terminator | The Terminator (October 26, 1984) | Terminator: Dark Fate (November 1, 2019) | 35 years | 6 |
Carry On | Carry On Sergeant (31 August 1958)[30] | Carry On Columbus (2 October 1992) | 34 years, 1 month | 31 |
Piranha | Piranha (August 3, 1978) | Piranha 3DD (June 1, 2012) | 33 years, 9 months | 5 |
The Little Mermaid | The Little Mermaid (November 17, 1989) | The Little Mermaid (May 26, 2023) | 33 years, 6 months | 4 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (March 30, 1990) | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (August 2, 2023) | 33 years, 4 months | 7 |
Vacanze di Natale | Vacanze di Natale (1983) | Un Natale al Sud (2016) | 33 years | |
Poltergeist | Poltergeist (June 4, 1982) | Poltergeist (May 22, 2015) | 32 years, 11 months | 4 |
National Lampoon's Vacation | National Lampoon's Vacation (July 29, 1983) | Vacation (July 29, 2015)[31] | 32 years | 6 |
Bill & Ted | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (February 17, 1989) | Bill & Ted Face the Music (August 28, 2020) | 31 years, 6 months | 3 |
Uuno Turhapuro | Uuno Turhapuro (24 August 1973) | Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life (10 September 2004) | 31 years | 20 |
Crayon Shin-chan | Crayon Shin-chan: Action Mask vs. Leotard Devil (July 24, 1993) | Crayon Shin-chan: Our Dinosaur Diary (August 9, 2024)[32] | 31 years | 32 |
Puppet Master | Puppet Master (October 12, 1989)[33] | Blade: The Iron Cross (2020) | 30 years, 8 months | 14 |
Tremors | Tremors (January 19, 1990) | Tremors: Shrieker Island (October 20, 2020)[34][35][36] | 30 years, 9 months | 7 |
The Howling | The Howling (March 13, 1981) | The Howling: Reborn (October 18, 2011) | 30 years, 7 months | |
Child’s Play / Chucky | Child's Play (November 9, 1988) | Child's Play (June 21, 2019) | 30 years, 7 months | 8 |
Sniper | Sniper (January 29, 1993) | Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response & Intelligence Team (September 26, 2023) | 30 years, 7 months | 10 |
The Fly | The Fly (July 16, 1958) | The Fly II (February 10, 1989) | 30 years, 6 months | 5 |
The Crow | The Crow (May 13, 1994) | The Crow (August 23, 2024) | 30 years, 3 months | 5 |
Tom and Jerry | Tom and Jerry: The Movie (October 1, 1992) | Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land (November 15, 2022) | 30 years, 1 month | 17 |
Witchcraft | Witchcraft (November 1988) | Witchcraft XVI: Hollywood Coven (2018) | 30 years | 16 |
Apartment Wife | Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon (November 20, 1971) | Apartment Wife: Moans from Next Door (June 1, 2001) | 29 years, 6 months | |
Sailor Moon | Sailor Moon R: The Movie (December 5, 1993) | Sailor Moon Cosmos (Part 2) (June 30, 2023) | 29 years, 6 months | 7 |
Bad Boys | Bad Boys (April 7, 1995) | Bad Boys: Ride or Die (June 7, 2024) | 29 years, 2 months | 4 |
Debbie Does Dallas | Debbie Does Dallas (1978) | Debbie Does Dallas ... Again (2007) | 29 years | 12 |
Jurassic Park | Jurassic Park (June 11, 1993) | Jurassic World Dominion (June 10, 2022) | 28 years, 11 months | 6 |
Candyman | Candyman (October 16, 1992) | Candyman (August 27, 2021) | 28 years, 10 months | 4 |
Friday the 13th | Friday the 13th (May 9, 1980) | Friday the 13th (February 13, 2009) | 28 years, 9 months | 12 |
Mr. Moto | Think Fast, Mr. Moto (August 1937)[37] | The Return of Mr. Moto (1965) | 28 years | 9 |
View Askewniverse | Clerks (October 19, 1994) | Clerks III (September 13, 2022) | 27 years, 10 months | 9 |
Power Rangers | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (June 30, 1995) | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (April 19, 2023) | 27 years, 9 months | 4 |
The Ring | Ring (August 11, 1995) | Sadako DX (October 28, 2022) | 27 years, 2 months | 15 |
The Land Before Time | The Land Before Time (November 18, 1988) | The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave (February 2, 2016) | 27 years, 2 months | 14 |
Mission: Impossible | Mission: Impossible (May 22, 1996) | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (July 12, 2023) | 27 years, 1 month | 7 |
Taboo | Taboo (March 7, 1980) | Taboo 23 (2007) | 27 years | 23 |
RoboCop | RoboCop (July 17, 1987) | RoboCop (February 12, 2014) | 26 years, 6 months | 4 |
Toy Story | Toy Story (November 22, 1995) | Lightyear (June 17, 2022) | 26 years, 6 months | 6 |
Aladdin | Aladdin (November 25, 1992) | Aladdin (May 24, 2019) | 26 years, 5 months | 4 |
Scream | Scream (December 20, 1996) | Scream VI (March 10, 2023) | 26 years, 2 months | 6 |
God of Gamblers | God of Gamblers (December 14, 1989) | From Vegas to Macau III (February 6, 2016) | 26 years, 1 month | 9 |
The Lion King | The Lion King (June 15, 1994) | Black is King (July 31, 2020) | 26 years, 1 month | 5 |
Case Closed | Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (April 19, 1997) | Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram (April 12, 2024) [38] | 26 years, 11 months | 27 |
The Karate Kid | The Karate Kid (June 22, 1984) | The Karate Kid (June 11, 2010) | 25 years, 11 months | 5 |
Leprechaun | Leprechaun (January 8, 1993) | Leprechaun Returns (December 11, 2018) | 25 years, 11 months | 8 |
Rin Tin Tin | The Man from Hell's River (May 1922) | The Return of Rin Tin Tin (November 1, 1947)[39][40][41] | 25 years, 6 months | |
Enteng Kabisote | Okay Ka, Fairy Ko!: The Movie (1991) | Enteng Kabisote 10 and the Abangers (November 30, 2016) | 25 years, 6 months | 10 |
The Waltons | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (December 19, 1971) | A Walton Easter (April 27, 1997) | 25 years, 4 months | |
A Nightmare on Elm Street | A Nightmare on Elm Street (November 9, 1984) | A Nightmare on Elm Street (April 30, 2010) | 25 years, 5 months | 9 |
Beauty and the Beast | Beauty and the Beast (November 13, 1991) | Beauty and the Beast (March 17, 2017) | 25 years, 4 months | 5 |
The Rockford Files | Backlash of the Hunter (March 27, 1974) | If It Bleeds, It Leads (April 20, 1999) | 25 years | 9 |
Digimon | Digimon Adventure (March 6, 1999)[42] | Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning (October 27, 2023) | 24 years, 7 months | 20 |
Die Hard | Die Hard (July 15, 1988) | A Good Day to Die Hard (February 14, 2013) | 24 years, 6 months | 5 |
X-Men | X-Men (July 14, 2000) | Deadpool & Wolverine (July 26, 2024) | 24 years | 14 |
Ugo Fantozzi | Fantozzi (1975) | Fantozzi 2000 – La clonazione (1999) | 24 years | |
Jumanji | Jumanji (December 15, 1995) | Jumanji: The Next Level (December 13, 2019) | 23 years, 11 months | 4 |
The Matrix | The Matrix (March 31, 1999) | The Matrix Resurrections (December 22, 2021) | 22 years, 8 months | 4 |
Beethoven | Beethoven (April 3, 1992) | Beethoven’s Treasure Tail (October 28, 2014) | 22 years, 6 months | 8 |
Spy Kids | Spy Kids (March 30, 2001) | Spy Kids: Armageddon (September 22, 2023) | 22 years, 5 months | 5 |
Pokémon | Pokémon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back (July 18, 1998)[43] | Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (December 25, 2020) [44] | 22 years, 5 months | 24 |
One Piece | One Piece: The Movie (March 4, 2000) | One Piece Film: Red (August 6, 2022) | 22 years, 5 months | 15 |
Road to ... | Road to Singapore (March 14, 1940) | The Road to Hong Kong (March 1962) | 22 years | 7 |
Whispering Corridors | Whispering Corridors (May 30, 1998) | The Humming (2020) | 22 years | |
Sjors & Sjimmie | Sjors van de Rebellenclub (July 25, 1955) | Sjors en Sjimmie en het Zwaard van Krijn (July 14, 1977) | 21 years, 11 months | 7 |
Men in Black | Men in Black (July 2, 1997) | Men in Black: International (June 14, 2019) | 21 years, 11 months | 4 |
Fast & Furious | The Fast and the Furious (June 22, 2001) | Fast X (May 19, 2023)[45] | 21 years, 10 months | 11 |
Shrek | Shrek (May 18, 2001) | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (December 21, 2022) | 21 years, 7 months | 6 |
Highlander | Highlander (March 7, 1986) | Highlander: The Source (September 13, 2007) | 21 years, 6 months | 6 |
Faces of Death | Faces of Death (November 10, 1978) | Faces of Death: Fact or Fiction? (1999) | 21 years | |
Hellboy | Hellboy (April 2, 2004) | Hellboy: The Crooked Man (October 8, 2024) | 20 years, 6 months | 4 |
Khiladi | Khiladi (5 June 1992) | Khiladi 786 (7 December 2012) | 20 years, 6 months | 8 |
Hannibal Lecter | Manhunter (August 15, 1986) | Hannibal Rising (February 9, 2007) | 20 years, 5 months | 5 |
Troublesome Night | Troublesome Night (10 May 1997) | Always Be with You (October 26, 2017) | 20 years, 5 months | 20 |
Wizarding World | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (10 November 2001)[46] | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (April 15, 2022) | 20 years, 5 months | 11 |
Universal Soldier | Universal Soldier (July 10, 1992) | Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (October 25, 2012) | 20 years, 3 months | 6 |
Camp Blood | Camp Blood (April 4, 2000) | Children of Camp Blood (2020) | 20 years | 11 |
Ice Age | Ice Age (March 15, 2002) | The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (January 28, 2022) | 19 years, 10 months | 6 |
Ju-On | Ju-On: The Curse (11 February 2000) | The Grudge (January 3, 2020) | 19 years, 10 months | |
SpongeBob SquarePants | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (November 19, 2004) | Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (August 2, 2024) | 19 years, 8 months | 4 |
Resident Evil | Resident Evil (March 21, 2002) | Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (November 19, 2021) | 19 years, 7 months | 7 |
Saw | Saw (October 29, 2004) | Saw X (September 29, 2023) | 18 years, 11 months | 10 |
The Godfather | The Godfather (March 15, 1972) | The Godfather Part III (December 25, 1990) | 18 years, 9 months | 3 |
Philo Vance | The Canary Murder Case (February 16, 1929) | Philo Vance's Secret Mission (August 30, 1947) | 18 years, 6 months | 15 |
Eastrail 177 Trilogy | Unbreakable (November 22, 2000) | Glass (January 18, 2019) | 18 years, 1 month | 3 |
Wangan Midnight | Wangan Midnight (1991) | Wangan Midnight: The Movie (2009) | 18 years | 11 |
Kinnikuman | Kinnikuman (July 14, 1984) | Muscle Ginseng Competition! The Great Choujin War (July 20, 2002) | 18 years | 7 |
Before Trilogy | Before Sunrise (January 19, 1995) | Before Midnight (January 20, 2013) | 18 years | 3 |
Yu-Gi-Oh! | Yu-Gi-Oh! (March 6, 1999) | Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions (April 23, 2016) | 17 years, 1 month | 4 |
Dirty Harry | Dirty Harry (December 23, 1971) | The Dead Pool (July 13, 1988) | 16 years, 6 months | 5 |
Marvel Cinematic Universe | Iron Man (May 2, 2008) | Deadpool & Wolverine (July 26, 2024) | 16 years, 2 months | 34 |
Killjoy | Killjoy (October 24, 2000) | Killjoy’s Psycho Circus (October 30, 2016) | 16 years | 5 |
See also
[edit]- Lists of feature film series
- Highest-grossing franchises and film series
- List of highest-grossing media franchises
- List of longest-running video game franchises
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