Best Movie Franchise?

I'm a hardcore Star Wars fan, but I'm beginning to become a Lord of the Rings fan too. (Return of the King rocks and its definitely the best of the trilogy!) I admire both George Lucas and Peter Jackson. Tolken too, since he did create the LOTR universe. They are all brilliant, complete geniuses, and have unique, artistic vision. All of which makes it ever harder for me to decide which movies I like best. But since I've been a Star Wars fan longer, I'll have to choose a galaxy far, far away over Middle Earth.

Although i throughly enjoyed both the Lord of the Rings and Star Wars franchises my all time favourite franchises are The Romero Zombie Trilogy and the Indiana Jones Trilogy, the Matrix Trilogy never appealed to me, the Terminator films were let down by the third installement, also i quite enjoyed The Harry Potter and X-Men films but the Jones and Romero trilogies are my all time favs.

I've never seen the Romero Zombie Trilogy. But Indiana Jones...I forgot about that. I should have added that to the list. Harrison Ford is such a great actor! Loved him as both Han Solo and Indiana Jones.

What! No Star Trek? Sorry in terms of Franchising I think that Star Trek has them all beaten down, with Star wars being a very close Second, and (Barf) Harry Potter being in third.

My Reasoning:

Star Trek - 10 movies, 6 series, Vegas Attraction, Novels, Games, Figurines, cup, and so on. Also has One of the largest fanbases ever

Star Wars - 5 movies with a sixth in the making, 2 cartoon series, Novels, Games, a special, figurines, cups, ect , ect Also has One of the largest fanbases ever

Harry Poter - Novels, 2 movies with a third in the making and the forth in the scripting stage, Games, figurines, cups, ect, ect Also has One of the largest childrens fanbases ever next to Yugioh and Pokemon (vomets visously)

I'm not a fan but I think ya forgot "The Godfather" trilogy.

Also no Bond Series : 22 Films (Including the spoof and the remake), a cartoon spin-off (i.e. James Bond Jnr), longest running film franchise in history, and loads of merchandise to boot (everything from Action Figures to novels).

I've never seen the Godfather either but good call.

There are litterally loads of franchies :
Psycho
Halloween
Scream
Jurassic Park
Jaws
Hammer Horror
Monty Python
Alien
Carry Ons
Kevin Smith series (i.e. Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma & JaSBSB)
Hannibal Lecter
National Lampoons
Friday The 13th
Friday (i.e. The Ice Cube Series)
Nightmare on Elm Street Series
The Crow
Austin Powers
Evil Dead
Batman
Rocky
Superman
Darkman
Jack Ryan Series
Die Hard
Highlander

Way to many to fit on one poll

You missed the Highlander franchise.

What! No Star Trek? Sorry in terms of Franchising I think that Star Trek has them all beaten down, with Star wars being a very close Second, and (Barf) Harry Potter being in third.

My Reasoning:

Star Trek - 10 movies, 6 series, Vegas Attraction, Novels, Games, Figurines, cup, and so on. Also has One of the largest fanbases ever

Star Wars - 5 movies with a sixth in the making, 2 cartoon series, Novels, Games, a special, figurines, cups, ect , ect Also has One of the largest fanbases ever

Harry Poter - Novels, 2 movies with a third in the making and the forth in the scripting stage, Games, figurines, cups, ect, ect Also has One of the largest childrens fanbases ever next to Yugioh and Pokemon (vomets visously)

I meant in terms of which movies you personally like best, but you bring up a good point.

Yeah, I know there are other franchises out there and I'm pretty sure there are more out there than the ones we've mentioned, but then again there's always that "other" option on the poll. (I'm not being rhetorical.)

It has to be star wars because quite simply modern cinema would be completely different if the star wars trilogy had not been made. There would be no terminator, pirates of the carribean or harry potter.

The superhero themed movies have become very popular in the past few years. And so, as of now, I would have to say Lord of the Rings, but in the near future, probably be Spiderman, Xmen 2, or possibly even a new and improved Batman.

Best movie franchise=matrix
2nd best-spiderman(the 2nd will be even better than the first)

of the choices listed got to go with star wars since the first two films are my two favorite of all time.

Go amit75 and Mr Parker! 💃 I was waiting for someone to agree with me.

I still love LOTR though.

the first 2 terminators were absolute magic. third was a let down but if i leave that 1 the terminator movies r classic

I actually liked the third Terminator. The first time I saw it I was like, "okay." But then when I bought the movie, I came to like it more. I was impressed with Claire Dane's acting and with the guy who played John Conner (I forgot his name). And of course, who could forget Arnold himself.

I'd have to say the old eps of Star wars. I absolutly love those!

Romero Zombie Trilogy, and Lord of the Rings.

of the choices listed got to go with star wars since the first two films are my two favorite of all time.

Which Star Wars films are you talking about, Mr Parker? The first two of the original trilogy or the first two of the prequels?

Oh, and can someone tell me what the Romera Zombia Trilogy is about. I've never seen nor heard of it.