Ownership history of Star Wars
1976-present - Lucasfilm 1977-2011 - News Corporation 1985-1986 - Nelvana 2003-2013 - Time Warner 2012-present - The Walt Disney Company 2015-2019 - Bad Robot
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Ownership history of Star Trek
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
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
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
$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
$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
$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
$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
With 32.5 million copies sold, it's "Work" by Rihanna featuring Drake.
Best-selling digital single - Third
With 36.1 million copies sold, it's "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee.