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[edit]| Rank | Franchise | Year of inception | Total revenue (USD) | Original media | Creator(s) | Owner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pokémon | 1996 | est. $90 billion | Video game | Satoshi Tajiri Ken Sugimori |
Nintendo (trademark) The Pokémon Company (Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures) (copyright) |
| 2 | Hello Kitty | 1974 | est. $80 billion | Cartoon character[1] | Yuko Shimizu Shintaro Tsuji |
Sanrio |
| 3 | Winnie the Pooh | 1924 | est. $75 billion | Book[2] | A. A. Milne E. H. Shepard |
The Walt Disney Company |
| 4 | Mickey Mouse & Friends | 1928 | est. $70 billion | Animated cartoon | Walt Disney Ub Iwerks |
The Walt Disney Company |
| 5 | Star Wars | 1977 | est. $65 billion | Film | George Lucas | Lucasfilm (The Walt Disney Company) |
| 6 | Anpanman | 1973 | est. $60 billion | Manga | Takashi Yanase | Froebel-kan |
| 7 | Disney Princess | 2000 | est. $44.7 billion | Animated series | Andy Mooney | The Walt Disney Company |
| 8 | Mario | 1981 | est. $36 billion | Video game | Shigeru Miyamoto | Nintendo |
| 9 | Shōnen Jump / Jump Comics | 1968 | est. $34 billion[a] | Manga | Shueisha | Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga) Bandai Namco (games) |
| 10 | Marvel Cinematic Universe | 2008 | est. $32 billion | Film | Marvel Studios | Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company) (franchise) Sony (Spider-Man films) |
| 11 | Wizarding World / Harry Potter | 1997 | est. $31 billion | Novel | J. K. Rowling | J. K. Rowling (books) Warner Bros. (AT&T) (films) |
| Spider-Man | 1962 | est. $27 billion |
- ^ Only includes Shōnen Jump manga comic revenue, including Shōnen Jump manga magazine sales and related Jump Comics tankōbon manga volume sales. Does not include non-manga revenue, such as anime, film, game, pachinko or merchandise revenue of Shōnen Jump manga series (e.g. Dragon Ball, One Piece, Fist of the North Star, Naruto, etc.), with the exception of Shōnen Jump crossover video games. Also does not include Jump seinen manga magazines, but only Jump shōnen manga magazines.
- ^ "Hello Kitty | cartoon character". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
Sanrio created Hello Kitty as part of a line of cartoon characters
- ^ "Winnie-the-Pooh". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 8, 2018.