the average ticket cost $7.00) Population at time of release—to be used to calculate: Availability of films (number of theaters and screens, number of prints) Competition of other media (television, internet, home video, film piracy) Total number of films in the marketplace at a given time Screen quotas (no influence on U.S. box office) Price differences: matinee and evening tickets, roadshow tickets, or difference between rural and urban cinemas Length of release (number of weeks) Further explanation of issues with calculating an adjusted gross can be found in the article for List of highest-grossing films. Franchises and film series not adjusted for inflation This is a list of highest-grossing franchises and film series in the U.S. and Canada. Franchises and film series adjusted for inflation This chart ranks films by gross adjusted for ticket price inflation up to 2020 levels, based on data from Box Office Mojo, and applying the Template:Inflation for the following years up to 2021 levels, due to the lack of updates on the original source. See also List of best-selling films in the United States Lists of highest-grossing films List of highest-grossing American films by year Notes References Franchise and series sources Avengers Batman "Big Rental Pictures of 1966", Variety, 4 January 1967 p 8 DC Extended Universe The Fast and the Furious Indiana Jones James Bond Jurassic Park Marvel Cinematic Universe Middle-earth Pirates of the Caribbean Rocky Shrek Spider-Man Star Trek Star Wars Superman Toy Story Transformers Wizarding World X-Men External links Highest-grossing Highest-grossing Highest-grossing Highest-grossing United States and Canada