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5) Star Wars (5 of 10)
5) Star Wars (5 of 10)
Worldwide Gross: $4.48 billion
Only $1.4 billion separates the Star Wars franchise from The Lord of the Rings, and with J.J. Abram’s hotly anticipated The Force Awakens expected to smash every single box office record in history when it opens this weekend, it is only a matter of time that George Lucas’s beloved space opera is going to usurp Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth series.
There are even more Star Wars movies scheduled for release in the coming years, so expect this franchise to climb up the rankings, and fast.