Best-selling media franchise
- Quién
- Pokémon
- Qué
- 147,000,000,000 US dollar(s)
- Dónde
- Not Applicable
- Cuándo
- April 2024
The best-selling media franchise is Pokémon (Japan), which had grossed an estimated $147,000,000,000 (£117 bn) as of April 2024.
The largest proportion of this revenue – $102.9 bn (£82 bn) – is thought to have come from merchandise. The rest is made up from sales of Pokémon videogames, trading cards, movies, comics and home videos.
The Japanese franchise will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2026.