The 50 Greatest Movie Franchises (Trilogies and Beyond)
Written by Ben Pogany
- James Bond --22 films by 6 Bonds with no end in sight.
- Star Wars
Lord of the Rings- The Godfather
- Harry Potter -- Highest grossing film series of all time at $7.5 billion.
- Indiana Jones
- Rocky--The series that taught roman numerals to a generation.
- Terminator
- The Clint Eastwood Dollars Trilogy--The third installment of "The Man With No Name," The Good, the Bad and the Ugly might be the greatest western ever made.
- Die Hard
- The Bourne Trilogy--An fourth film, The Bourne Legacy is in the works with Jeremy Renner the new headliner.
- The Hannibal Lector Movies
- Matrix
- Spiderman
- Batman (The Shumacher-Keaton Series)
- Superman
- X-Men
- Star Trek--The JJ Abrams installment (11th overall) was a huge success, and 2 more are in the works.
- Alien
- Back to the Future
- Lethal Weapon
- Shrek--The highest grossing animated film series ever at nearly $3 billion.
- Pirates of the Carribean--One decent movie and three stinkers. Still, you can't argue with $3.7 billion grossed.
- Dirty Harry
- Cheech and Chong
- Naked Gun--OJ's second greatest acting job.
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- Austin Powers
- Friday the 13th-- 12 films and counting...
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Jurassic Park
- Nightmare on Elm St
- Halloween-- 10 films and counting...
- Ocean's Trilogy--The modern day rat-pack earned over a billion on this trio.
- Scream
- Saw
- Jaws
- Mad Max
- Robocop
- Karate Kid
- The Exorcist
- Major League--Would be much higher if not for the putrid Back to the Minors installment.
- Rush Hour
- Child's Play --A "darker and scarier" remake of the original 1988 Child's Play is supposed to be in the works.
- Blade
- The Mummy
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles--Another TMNT is reported to be likely.
- The Fast and the Furious
- Mighty Ducks
- Rambo
Comments
Honorable Mention: Also although hard to group is the Jack Ryan Series ( The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and the Sum of all Fears). Some great movies here and then Ben Affleck shit on the screen, but the group as a whole is worth a mention.
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