The Top 10 Movie Franchises of All Time

9) Pirates of the Caribbean (9 of 10)

9) Pirates of the Caribbean (9 of 10)

Worldwide Gross: $3.71 billion

The first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, was seen as a Disney theme park ride, but then it smashed all manners of box office records. It is one of the few rare instances where Johnny Depp agreed to make a ‘commercial’ film, and it proved to be a resounding success.

Over the course of 8 years, starting from 2003 till 2011, the franchise absolutely dominated the box-office and managed to plunder more than $3.70 billion in worldwide collections.