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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...

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

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."

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).

When launched in 1998 by Dixons, they were Freeserve and was later bought by France Telecom in 2001. Three years later, Freeserve became Wanadoo and then becoming Orange Home in 2006 and is now EE Broadband as a result of the Orange/T-Mobile merger in 2010 that resulted in the EE brand two years later.

So, back in 1963, Ford announced plans to acquire the Italian luxury carmaker as founder Enzo Ferrari wanted to focus more on the racing side of the company and the deal was revealed in full on May 21, where once the acquisition was finalised, the automobile side would be called Ford-Ferrari and the racing side would be called Ferrari-Ford. However, the acquisition never materialised as Enzo, who initially approved it, discovered a clause that the racing team to request its funds from Ford, feeling it would threaten his autonomy. Because of this, Ford would create their own racing car to compete against Ferrari called the GT40.

From August 1993 onwards though on hiatus since September 2023. Fox Kids Network/Fox Kids - 1993 to 2002 (1993-94 to 2001-02) ABC Family - 2002 to 2006 (2001-02 to 2005-06) ABC Kids - 2002 to 2010 (2002-03 to 2009-10) Jetix - 2004 to 2009 (2003-04 to 2008-09) Toon Disney - 2004 to 2009 (2003-04 to 2008-09) Nickelodeon - 2011 to 2021 (2010-11 to 2021-22) Nicktoons - 2011 to 2021 (2010-11 to 2021-22) Vortexx - 2012 to 2013 (2012-13) Twitch - 2017 to 2018 (2017-18) Netflix - 2021 to 2023 (2021-22 to 2023-24)

This excludes those currently in development such as Blade Runner 2099 . Blade Runner  (1982) - Feature film Total Recall  (1990) - Feature film Barjo  (1992) - Feature film Screamers  (1995) - Feature film Soldier  (1998) - Feature film, connected to Blade Runner Total Recall 2070  (1999) - TV series Impostor  (2001) - Feature film Minority Report  (2002) Paycheck  (2003) - Feature film A Scanner Darkly  (2006) - Feature film Next  (2007) - Feature film Your Name Here  (2008) - Feature film, biopic Screamers: The Hunting  (2009) - Feature film, sequel to Screamers Radio Free Albemuth  (2010) - Feature film The Adjustment Bureau  (2011) - Feature film Total Recall  (2012) - Feature film, remake of Total Recall  (1990) The Man in the High Castle  (2015-19) - TV series Minority Report  (2015-16) - TV series, sequel to Minority Report  (2002) 2036: Nexus Dawn  (2017) - Short film, prequ...

Of course, they're based in the States with good reason. The Emmys (television), the Grammys (music), the Oscars (film) and the Tonys (theatre).

This focuses on every entry of The Matrix  franchise comprising of films and video games. The Matrix  (March 31, 1999) The Matrix Revisited  (November 20, 2001) - Direct-to-video documentary The Matrix Reloaded  (May 15, 2003) Enter the Matrix  (May 15, 2003) - Video game The Animatrix  (June 3, 2003) - Animated anthology film The Matrix Revolutions  (November 5, 2003) The Matrix Online  (March 22, 2005) - Video game The Matrix: Path of Neo  (November 8, 2005) - Video game The Matrix Awakens  (December 9, 2021) - Video game The Matrix Resurrections  (December 22, 2021)