Your Top 10 Franchises

[Hunter Rider]

Hollywood loves and franchise and so do movie goers, so I was wondering what everyone's top 10 was? To be a franchise it has to have more than 3 movies in it, and Batman and Planety of the Apes for instance have trilogies within their franchises rather than being a franchise. I see the MCU has a collection of franchises under a connective umbrella, but I guess it can count if you want it to lol.

Mine;

10.

9.

8.

7.

6.

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

 

[scarlet-witch]

I was all for this until you said we couldn't count trilogies as franchises. lol

 

[Ozbridge]

1. Star Trek

2. Star Wars

3. The Avengers

4. Guardians of the Galaxy

5. Harry Potter

6. Middle Earth

That's it.

I know that Avengers and GotG aren't really considered "franchise" in this thread though.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Taking the multi-entry, inter-woven story but not continuing thread story allowance policy and NOT counting 3 film collections in that being the entirety, here are mine....

1) Star Trek

2) Christopher Reeve Superman Series (1-4 - more than 3 in franchise, no change of actor to break the continuity rule within a series, that applies to say the Batman films)

3) Pixar

4) Indiana Jones

5) Star Wars

6) James Bond Series

7) Harry Potter Series

8) Original Planet of the Apes Series

9) Tolkien Saga (Hobbit/LOTR)

10) Mission Impossible Series

 

[Hunter Rider]

I was all for this until you said we couldn't count trilogies as franchises. lol

I thought the parameters mught be more of a challenge, but I also thought someone might do a trilogy thread separate.

Taking the multi-entry, inter-woven story but not continuing thread story allowance policy and NOT counting 3 film collections in that being the entirety, here are mine....

1) Star Trek

2) Christopher Reeve Superman Series (1-4 - more than 3 in franchise, no change of actor to break the continuity rule within a series, that applies to say the Batman films)

3) Pixar

4) Indiana Jones

5) Star Wars

6) James Bond Series

7) Harry Potter Series

8) Original Planet of the Apes Series

9) Tolkien Saga (Hobbit/LOTR)

10) Mission Impossible Series

Pixar is a studio, the Incredibles, Toy Story, Cars etc...are the franchises, but given you are the only person to do a 10 so far I'm gonna go with it lol. I wondered if the original Apes films might make some lists, I love the non qualifying trilogy from recent years. Nice way of getting the LOTR in there as well.

 

[Mandon Knight]

I thought the parameters mught be more of a challenge, but I also thought someone might do a trilogy thread separate.



Pixar is a studio, the Incredibles, Toy Story, Cars etc...are the franchises, but given you are the only person to do a 10 so far I'm gonna go with it lol. I wondered if the original Apes films might make some lists, I love the non qualifying trilogy from recent years. Nice way of getting the LOTR in there as well.

I thought Pixar could be allowed on the basis that there are nods to the entire films within the 'universe' without there being inter-connected and 'follow on' to each other separately or independently requiring existence within said story.

 

[Drizzle]

I don't even think I can think of 10 franchises if we can't count trilogies.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I thought Pixar could be allowed on the basis that their are nods to the entire films within the 'universe' without there being inter-connected and 'follow on' to each other separately or independently requiring existence within said story.

To be honest I didn't know the Pixar films were all supposed to exist in the same world, for instance the kid in Toy Story I would have thought would own a Mr Incredible figure or something, if they did, but it's cool either way man, you delivered a top 10, the only one but mine!

 

[James T. Kirk]

I don't even think I can think of 10 franchises if we can't count trilogies.

http://www.filmsite.org/series-boxoffice.html

To be honest I didn't know the Pixar films were all supposed to exist in the same world, for instance the kid in Toy Story I would have thought would own a Mr Incredible figure or something, if they did, but it's cool either way man, you delivered a top 10, the only one but mine!

That's just a theory,


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar_universe_theory

 

[Broseph44]

In no particular order at all just listing my ten.

Star Wars
Tolkien (Hobbit and LOTR)
Indiana Jones
Jurassic
Halloween
Friday the 13th
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Scream
Original Planet of the Apes
Die Hard

 

[Drizzle]

http://www.filmsite.org/series-boxoffice.html

I meant ones that are my favorites. Of course I can name 10 franchises in general. I've seen all the Hunger Games, Transformers and Fast and the Furious movies but I wouldn't consider them in my top 10. There are also many franchises where I haven't seen all of the films in it (Bourne, Mission: Impossible) so I couldn't include those in my list either.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Rocky, Die Hard, and Lethal Weapon are franchises I can say I enjoy.

I think I forgot something important here....
Oh right, the Harry Callahan pentology (if that is a usable word for a series of 5).


Can I include ones that have DTV sequels? If I can think of any.

 

[James T. Kirk]

I meant ones that are my favorites. Of course I can name 10 franchises in general. I've seen all the Hunger Games, Transformers and Fast and the Furious movies but I wouldn't consider them in my top 10. There are also many franchises where I haven't seen all of the films in it (Bourne, Mission: Impossible) so I couldn't include those in my list either.

I take people at their literal word.

 

[CJ]

Toy Story
Harry Potter
Ninja Turtles
Batman
Shrek

 

[Drizzle]

I take people at their literal word.

I should have been more specific.

 

[childeroland]

In no particular order:

Star Wars

James Bond

Indiana Jones

Peanuts (A Boy Names Charlie Brown, Snoopy Come Home, Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown, and Bon Voyage Charlie Brown were theatrical releases)

Space Battleship Yamato (released theatrically in Japan)

Naruto (released theatrically in Japan)

Inuyasha (ditto)

Whispering Corridors

Detective Conan (Japan release)

The Thin Man

 

[Mandon Knight]

Toy Story
Harry Potter
Ninja Turtles
Batman
Shrek

Batman isn't allowed according to the rules set. Sorry.

 

[CJ]

So Batman 89, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman V. Superman, and the countless direct to video releases DOESN'T count as a 'franchise'?

What the heck, Hunter Rider? These rules be whack, yo.

 

[Dark Raven]

So Batman 89, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman V. Superman, and the countless direct to video releases DOESN'T count as a 'franchise'?

What the heck, Hunter Rider? These rules be whack, yo.

That should count right there, because it was still within the same continuity, even if the actors were different. Otherwise James Bond shouldn't be allowed.

And how come the MCU isn't allowed? Although it comprises trilogies, the whole overall thing is connected and one big franchise, and listed as the highest grossing franchise of all time.

 

[James T. Kirk]

Yeah, I can't figure out the logic behind the rules. A franchise is a franchise is a franchise is a franchise.

 

[Dark Raven]

Also, before it became 2 sets of trilogies, and before they reached the number 6, there were only 4 films at one point, and then 5 films, so it wasn't a trilogy yet. So when it's 4 or 5 it's included, but once it gets to 6 it's excluded again for being 2 trilogies? lol