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Fourth highest-grossing Star Wars film

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story  (2016) - $1.059 billion

Fourth highest-grossing Star Trek film

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Star Trek: First Contact  (1996) - $146 million

Fourth highest-grossing Marvel Comics film

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The Avengers  (2012) - $1.519 billion

Fourth highest-grossing DC Comics film

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The Dark Knight  (2008) - $1.029 billion

Third highest-grossing Star Wars film

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker  (2019) - $1.077 billion

Third highest-grossing Star Trek film

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Star Trek Beyond  (2016) - $343.5 million

Third highest-grossing Marvel Comics film

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Spider-Man: No Way Home  (2021) - $1.922 billion

Third highest-grossing DC Comics film

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Joker  (2019) - $1.079 billion

Second highest-grossing Star Wars film

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi  (2017) - $1.334 billion

Second highest-grossing Star Trek film

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Star Trek  (2009) - $385.7 million

Second highest-grossing Marvel Comics film

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Avengers: Infinity War  (2019) - $2.048 billion

Second highest-grossing DC Comics film

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The Dark Knight Rises  (2012) - $1.115 billion

Highest-grossing Star Wars film

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens  (2015) - $2.071 billion

Highest-grossing Star Trek film

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Star Trek Into Darkness  (2013) - $467.4 million

Highest-grossing Marvel Comics film

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Avengers: Endgame  (2019) - $2.8 billion

Highest-grossing DC Comics film

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Aquaman  (2018) - $1.152 billion

Debut entry of Star Wars by medium

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Novel -  Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker  (November 12, 1976) Feature film -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (May 25, 1977) Comic book -  Star Wars  #1 (April 1977) Television special -  Star Wars Holiday Special  (November 17, 1978) Radio series -  Star Wars  (March 2, 1981) Video game -  Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back  (July 1982) Television series -  Star Wars: Droids  (September 7, 1985) Short film -  Lego Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick  (May 8, 2005) Webseries -  Lego Star Wars  (August 10, 2012) Podcast -  Star Wars: Smuggler's Gambit  (November 28, 2012) Theatre production -  Kairennosuke and the Three Shining Swords  (November 28, 2019)

Debut entry of Star Trek by medium

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Television series -  Star Trek: The Original Series  (September 8, 1966) Novel -  Star Trek 1  (January 1967) Comic book -  Star Trek  #1 (July 1967) Video game -  Star Trek  (1971) Feature film -  Star Trek: The Motion Picture  (December 7, 1979) Television special -  Star Trek: The Original Series  pilot "The Cage" (October 15, 1988) Radio series -  Talk Trek and Beyond  (1990) Theatre production -  Trek in the Park  (2009) Webseries -  Star Trek: Very Short Treks  (September 8, 2023) Short film -  Star Trek: Fleet Command  short "Maia" (April 24, 2025) Podcast -  Star Trek: Khan  (September 8, 2025)

Debut entry of Marvel Comics by medium

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Comic book -  Motion Picture Funnies Weekly  #1 (April 1939) Film serial -  Captain America  (February 5, 1944) Television series -  The Marvel Super Heroes  (September 1, 1966) Radio series -  Doctor Strange  (1967) Novel -  The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker  (1967) Feature film -  Spider-Man  (September 14, 1977) Short film -  Spider-Man  (July 22, 1978) Video game -  Spider-Man  (November 1982) Theatre production -  Spider-Man's Wedding  (June 5, 1987) Television special -  Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel  (August 16, 2013) Webseries -  Marvel Superheroes: What the--?!  (2009) Podcast -  Wolverine  (March 12, 2018)

Debut entry of DC Comics by medium

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Comic book - New Fun  #1 (February 1935) Radio series - The Adventures of Superman  (February 12, 1940) Film serial - Adventures of Captain Marvel  (March 28, 1941) Short film - Superman  (September 26, 1941) Novel - The Adventures of Superman  (1942) Feature film - Superman and the Mole Men  (November 6, 1951) Television series - Adventures of Superman  (September 19, 1952) Theatre production - It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman  (1966) Television special - It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman  (February 21, 1975) Video game - Superman  (September 1979) Webseries - Lobo  (2000) Podcast - Batman: The Audio Adventures  (September 18, 2021)

Characters from Star Wars who have been part of two or more teams

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Luke Skywalker - Jedi Order, Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Han Solo - Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Leia Organa (born Leia Amidala Skywalker) - Galactic Senate, Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Obi-Wan Kenobi - Jedi Order, Galactic Republic and Rebel Alliance C-3PO - Galactic Republic, Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance R2-D2 - Galactic Republic,  Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Chewbacca - Rebel Alliance and Resistance Anakin Skywalker - Jedi Order and Galactic Republic Wedge Antilles - Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Lando Calrissian - Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Yoda - Jedi Order and Galactic Empire Wicket W. Warrick - Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Sheev Palpatine - Galactic Senate and Galactic Republic Gial Ackbar - Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Mon Mothma - Galactic Senate, Galactic Republic, Rebel Alliance and New Republic Qui-Gon Jinn - Galactic Republic and Je...

Characters from Star Trek who have been part of two or more teams

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James T. Kirk - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Spock - Discovery, Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Leonard McCoy - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Montgomery Scott - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Nyota Uhura - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Hikaru Sulu - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Pavel Chekov - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Saavik - Enterprise and HMS Bounty Jean-Luc Picard - Enterprise-D, Enterprise-E and La Sirena William T. Riker - Enterprise-D, Enterprise-E and Titan Geordi La Forge - Enterprise-D and Enterprise-E Worf - Enterprise-D, Deep Space Nine, Defiant and Enterprise-E Beverly Crusher - Enterprise-D and Enterprise-E Deanna Troi - Enterprise-D, Enterprise-E and Titan Data - Enterprise-D and Enterprise-E Benjamin Sisko - Deep Space Nine and Defiant Julian Bashir - Deep Space Nine and Defiant Jadzia Dax - Deep Space Nine and Defiant Miles O'Brien - Enterprise-D, Deep Space Nine and Defiant Kira Nerys - Deep ...

Characters from Marvel Comics who have been part of two or more teams

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Bruce Banner / Hulk - Avengers and Fantastic Four Tony Stark / Iron Man - Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver - Avengers and X-Men Hercules Panhellios - Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy T'Challa / Black Panther - Avengers and Fantastic Four Mantis - Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy Hank McCoy / Beast - X-Men and Avengers Heather Douglas / Moondragon - Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy Carol Danvers / Ms. Marvel, Binary, Warbird and Captain Marvel - Avengers, X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy Greer Nelson / Tigra - Avengers and Fantastic Four Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk - Avengers and Fantastic Four Namor McKenzie / Sub-Mariner - Avengers, Fantastic Four and X-Men Ben Grimm / Thing - Fantastic Four, Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic - Fantastic Four and Avengers Sue Storm Richards / Invisible Woman - Fantastic Four and Avengers Wendell Vaughn / Quasar - Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy Peter Parker / Spid...

Characters from DC Comics who have been part of two or more teams

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Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superboy and Superman - Justice League and Legion of Superheroes Ray Palmer / Atom - Justice League and Titans Mari Jiwe McCabe / Vixen - Justice League and Suicide Squad Billy Batson / Captain Marvel aka Shazam - Justice League and Titans Kara Zor-L / Karen Starr / Power Girl - Justice League and Suicide Squad Wally West / Kid Flash and Flash - Titans and Justice League Paul Brooker / Major Disaster - Suicide Squad and Justice League Duncan Pramble / Multi-Man - Justice League and Suicide Squad Dufus P. Ratchett / Big Sur - Justice League and Suicide Squad Arthur Brown / Cluemaster - Justice League and Suicide Squad William Tockman / Clock King - Justice League and Suicide Squad Albert Rothstein / Nuklon and Atom Smasher - Suicide Squad and Justice League Kyle Rayner / Green Lantern - Titans and Justice League Barbara Gordon / Oracle and Batgirl - Justice League and Suicide Squad John Henry Irons / Steel - Justice League and Suicide Squad Jesse Chambers / Jesse Q...

Ownership history of Star Wars

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1976-present - Lucasfilm 1977-2011 - News Corporation 1985-1986 - Nelvana 2003-2013 - Time Warner 2012-present - The Walt Disney Company 2015-2019 - Bad Robot

Ownership history of Star Trek

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1966-1968 - Desilu 1966-1974 - Norway Productions 1968-1989 - Gulf+Western 1989-1994 - Paramount Communications 1994-2006 - Viacom 2006-2019 - CBS Corporation (television side) 2006-2019 - Viacom (film side) 2009-2016 - Bad Robot 2017-present - Secret Hideout 2017-present - Roddenberry Entertainment 2019-2022 - Viacom CBS 2022-2025 - Paramount Global 2025-present - Paramount Skydance Corporation

Ownership history of Marvel Comics

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1939-1947 - Timely Comics 1947-1968 - Magazine Management (Timely Comics was renamed Atlas Comics in 1951, Atlas Comics was renamed Goodman Comics in 1957 and Goodman Comics was renamed Marvel Comics in 1961) 1968-1986 - Cadence Industries 1986-1989 - New World Pictures 1989-1993 - Andrews Group 1993-1997 - Marvel Holdings, Inc. 1997-1998 - Icahn Enterprises 1998-2005 - Marvel Enterprises 2005-2009 - Marvel Entertainment 2009-present - The Walt Disney Company

Ownership history of DC Comics

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1934-1936 - National Allied Publications 1936-1938 - Nicholson Publishing 1936-1946 - Detective Comics (Nicholson Publishing was merged into Detective Comics in 1938) 1939-1946 - All-American Publications 1946-1961 - National Comics Publications (Detective Comics and All-American Publications were merged to become National Comics Publications) 1961-1967 - National Periodical Publications 1967-1972 - Kinney Services Inc. 1972-1990 - Warner Communications (National Comics Publications was rebranded as DC Comics in 1977) 1990-2001 - Time Warner 2001-2003 - AOL Time Warner 2003-2018 - Time Warner 2018-2022 - Warner Media 2022-present - Warner Bros. Discovery

First Star Wars film to gross $100+ million

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$100 million - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977) $200 million -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977) $300 million -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977) $400 million -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977) $500 million -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977); 1982 reissue $600 million - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977); 1997 Special Edition release $700 million -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977); 1997 Special Edition release $800 million - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace  (1999) $900 million -  Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace  (1999) $1 billion -  Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace  (1999); 2012 3D release $1.1 billion - Star Wars: The Force Awakens  (2015) $1.2 billion -  Star Wars: The Force Awakens  (2015) $1.3 billion -  Star Wars: The Force Awakens  (2015) $1.4 billion -  Star Wars: The Force Awakens  ...

First Star Trek film to gross $100+ million

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$100 million - Star Trek: The Motion Picture  (1979) $200 million - Star Trek  (2009) $300 million - Star Trek  (2009) $400 million - Star Trek  (2009)

First Marvel Comics film to gross $100+ million

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$100 million - Blade  (1998) $200 million - X-Men  (2000) $300 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $400 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $500 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $600 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $700 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $800 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $900 million - The Avengers  (2012) $1 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.1 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.2 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.3 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.4 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.5 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.6 billion - Avengers: Infinity War  (2018) $1.7 billion - Avengers: Infinity War  (2018) $1.8 billion - Avengers: Infinity War  (2018) $1.9 billion - Avengers: Infinity War  (2018) $2 billion - Avengers: Infinity War  (2018) $2.1 billion - Avengers: Endgame  (2019) $2.2 billion -  Avengers: Endgame  (2019) $2.3 billion -  Avengers: Endgame  (2019) $2.4 billio...

First DC Comics film to gross $100+ million

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$100 million -  Superman: The Movie  (1978) $200 million -  Superman: The Movie  (1978) $300 million -  Superman: The Movie  (1978) $400 million -  Batman  (1989) $500 million -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $600 million -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $700 million -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $800 million -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $900 million -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $1 billion -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $1.1 billion -  The Dark Knight Rises  (2012)

Best-selling digital single - Fourth

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With 32.5 million copies sold, it's "Work" by Rihanna featuring Drake.

Best-selling digital single - Third

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With 36.1 million copies sold, it's "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee.

Best-selling digital single - Second

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With 41.5 million copies sold, it's "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran.

Best-selling digital single - First

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With 54.3 million copies sold, it's "Spotlight" by Xiao Zhan.

Best-selling physical single - Fourth

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With 30 million copies sold, it's "Petit Papa Noël" by Tino Rossi.

Best-selling physical single - Third

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With 30 million copies sold, it's "Silent Night" by Bing Crosby.

Best-selling physical single - Second

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With 33 million copies sold, it's "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John.

Best-selling physical single - First

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With 50 million copies sold, it's "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby.

First Family Guy episode of the 2020s

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It was "Connie's Celica", which aired on January 5, 2020.

First Family Guy episode of the 2010s

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It was "Big Man on Hippocampus", which aired on  January 3, 2010.

First Family Guy episode of the 2000s

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It was "Brian in Love", which aired on March 7, 2000.

First Family Guy episode of the 1990s

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It was "Death Has a Shadow", which aired on January 31, 1999.

First Simpsons episode of the 2020s

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It was "Hail to the Teeth", which aired on January 5, 2020.

First Simpsons episode of the 2010s

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It was "Thursdays with Abie", which aired on January 3, 2010.

First Simpsons episode of the 2000s

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It was "Little Big Mom", which aired on January 9, 2000.

First Simpsons episode of the 1990s

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It was "Bart the Genius", which aired on January 14, 1990.

Ceremonies of the Brit Awards

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Also known as the British Record Industry Trusts Show. Most recent Brit Award winners ←  2024 1 March 2025 2026  →   Award British Artist of the Year British Group Best New Artist Winner Charli XCX Ezra Collective the Last Dinner Party   Award British Album of the Year British Single of the Year Rising Star Winner Brat  by  Charli XCX Guess  by  Charli XCX ft.  Billie Eilish Myles Smith