The 50 Greatest Movie Franchises (Trilogies and Beyond)

Written by Ben Pogany

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1. James Bond --22 films by 6 Bonds with no end in sight.
2. Star Wars
3. Lord of the Rings
4. The Godfather
5. Indiana Jones
6. Rocky--The series that taught roman numerals to a generation.
7. Harry Potter -- Highest grossing series of all time at $5.4 billion.
8. Terminator
9. 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.
10. Die Hard
11. The Bourne Trilogy--An untitled fourth film is in the works.  My vote: The Bourne Illtrocity
12. The Hannibal Lector Movies
13. Matrix
14. Spiderman--$2.5 billion grossed so far with #4 slated for 2011 and a Venom spinoff in 2012.
15. Batman (The Shumacher-Keaton Series)
16. Superman
17. X-Men --5 more films have all been given the greenlight, including Deadpool and Magneto spin-offs.
18. Star Trek--The JJ Abrams installment (11th overall) was a huge success, and 2 more are in the works.
19. Alien
20. Back to the Future
21. Lethal Weapon
22. Shrek--$2.1 billion grossed with 3 more in the works.
23. Pirates of the Carribean--One decent movie and two stinkers.  Still, you can't argue with $2.7 billion grossed.
24. Dirty Harry
25. Cheech and Chong
26. Naked Gun--OJ's second greatest acting job.
27. National Lampoon's Vacation
28. Austin Powers
29. Friday the 13th-- 12 films and counting...
30. Beverly Hills Cop
31. Jurassic Park
32. Nightmare on Elm St
33. Halloween-- 10 films and counting...
34. Ocean's Trilogy--The modern day rat-pack earned over a billion on this trio.
35. Scream
36. Saw
37. Jaws
38. Mad Max
39. Robocop
40. Karate Kid
41. The Exorcist
42. Major League--Would be much higher if not for the putrid Back to the Minors installment.
43. Rush Hour--Rush Hour 4 sounds like a go.
44. Child's Play --A "darker and scarier" remake of the original 1988 Child's Play is supposed to be in the works.
45. Blade
46. The Mummy
47. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles--Another TMNT is reported to be likely.
48. Poltergeist
49. Mighty Ducks
50. Rambo