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Highest-grossing film by franchise

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All of these franchises are under the highest-grossing media franchises list from Wikipedia with over $1-2 billion in revenue. Pokémon  -  Pokémon Detective Pikachu  (2019), grossed $433 million Mickey Mouse & Friends  - Get a Horse!  (2013, short film attached to Frozen ), grossed $1.28 billion Winnie the Pooh  - Christopher Robin  (2018), grossed $197.7 million Star Wars  - Star Wars: The Force Awakens  (2015), grossed $2.071 billion Disney Princess  - Beauty and the Beast  (2017), grossed $1.266 billion Anpanman  - Not applicable Barbie  - Barbie  (2023), grossed $1.447 billion Harry Potter/Wizarding World  - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two  (2011), grossed $1.342 billion Marvel Cinematic Universe - Avengers: Endgame  (2019), grossed $2.799 billion Hello Kitty  - Not applicable Call of Duty  - No films to date Batman  - The Dark Knight Rises  (2012), grossed $1.1...

Predating the iPhone by 13 years

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While touchscreen phones/smartphones that already existed before the iPhone, the first notable example is the IBM Simon. Brand - Bellsouth Developed by IBM Manufactured by Mitsubishi Launched August 16, 1994 Discontinued February 1995 50,000 units sold

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is actually the second Universal/Nintendo film

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As the first is in fact the 1989 film The Wizard , which starred Fred Savage and has gained a cult following to this day. It also known for that line "I love the Power Glove. It's so bad."

This cinema in Wigan right here

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It opened five days after I was born. December 12, 1996 to be exact. It has gone by various names: Virgin Cinemas (1996-2000), UGC Cinemas (2000-2005), Cineworld (2005-2006), Empire Cinemas (2006-2023) and now Omniplex Cinemas (2024-present).