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The following is a list of highest grossing film series and franchises. The top 3 are along the highest-grossing film series and franchises of all time, being, 5th, 7th and 17th. James Bond is the highest-grossing action film series with over $7.8 billion per film, while Top Gun has the best average with $923 million per film.
Cheng Pei-pei, Hua Yueh, Li Jen Ho. Hong Kong. Martial arts film. Shaft. Gordon Parks. Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Gwen Mitchell. United States. [16] Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.
Three of the four highest-grossing films, including Avatar at the top, were written and directed by James Cameron.. With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film ...
Spielberg has the record, directing four of the yearly highest-grossing films: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jurassic Park (1993), and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Lucas has directed three such films, all of which are part of the Star Wars franchise, which he created: the original Star Wars (1977), and two of ...
Action films tend to feature a resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life-threatening situations, a villain, or a pursuit which usually concludes in victory for the hero (though a small number of films in this genre have ended in the victory for the villain instead).
This is chronological list of action films split by decade. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres (including, horror, comedy, and science fiction films); the lists should attempt to document films which are more closely related to action, even if they bend genres.
Roger Spottiswoode. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rapaport. United States. Action thriller [2] The Art of War. Christian Duguay. Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer, Maury Chaykin.
This is chronological list of action films originally released in the 2020s. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres (including, horror, comedy, and science fiction films); the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to action, even if they blend genres.