Which Are The Five Most Successful Trilogies?

The five most successful trilogies are arguably the original Star Wars series, The Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, The Matrix trilogy and the Mission Impossible trilogy. Other longer running franchise, such as Harry Potter and James Bond, would fall beyond this trilogy, although in Star Wars' case, the prequel and original trilogies might be counted as separate trilogies. The original trilogy has a combined box office in the hundreds of millions, while the combined franchise has earned Lucasfilm billions in revenue, from toys to games to various other merchandize. Similarly, The Lord of the Rings trilogy holds the status of being the highest grossing film trilogy of all time, having made close to $3 billion worldwide. The Indiana Jones trilogy, including Raiders of the Last Ark, Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade have also accrued almost a billion in worldwide box office. The Mission Impossible trilogy has earned over $500 million in box office, while The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions has earned over a billion in combined box office sales. Other franchises, such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Spiderman may eclipse some of these films when their third parts are released in 2007.