The action movie is the bread and butter of the movie industry. It’s the genre that box office blockbusters are made from. You don’t see Meet the Fockers smashing records or Forgetting Sarah Marshall becoming huge franchises.
But that’s exactly what becomes of action movies, and what’s more it’s kind of expected these days.
Alongside movies such as the Marvel lot, we see TV shows, toys, video games and themed slot machines, all pushing the film and emulating their success.
Movie-themed slot games have been rising in popularity for several years, and many online slot sites are taking advantage of the trend.
The slots will usually include the best characters, scenes, and music from a major motion pictures to create a gaming experience second only to the movie itself.
But which action films have gone on to become some of the biggest franchises in history? Well, we’ll tell you…
Indiana Jones
With one of the most iconic theme tunes in movie history, it’s no wonder Indiana Jones is up there with the biggest and best in action movie history.
With four movies to its name, it’s spawned a number of video games, board games and casino games, because after all even Indy and his father were after hidden treasure.
Originally released in 1989, the franchise has made almost $2billion worldwide at the box office alone.
Die Hard
Can we say the Die Hard franchise offers up the best Christmas movie of all time?
Yes, of course we can because it’s true. Just one of five great action movies, which have taken $1.4billion combined across the planet.
The Bruce Willis franchise has also gone beyond the silver screen into video games, where it has eight different games, including an app for iOS and Android. That’s not to mention comics, toys and almost everything you could think of.
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible continues to thrill audiences with the latest in the series, Fallout, making $765million at the box office, the franchise’s highest earner.
It’s been with us since 1996, with the character Ethan Hunt, played by Tom Cruise featuring in all sorts of merchandise and memorabilia.
Video games are of course the franchise’s biggest earner outside movies, although there have also been an incredible amount more.
Bourne
Similarly, the Bourne franchise has also been a top-earner for Hollywood, making a combined. $1.64billion at the box office between its five movies.
The latest came in 2016, 14 years on from original. Between that time it’s won numerous awards, spawned a number of video games and franchising opportunities, while it was also recently announced the Bourne franchise is to get a TV series on USA network.
Terminator
The Terminator famously said he’d be back and that really does occur on regular occasions thanks to the power of Arnie’s performance and that incredible franchise.
The first movie came in 1984 and has since gone on to appear in a further four films, with another due in 2019, as well as comics, novels, computer games and even theme park attractions.
There has been a huge number of video games made of the Terminator across all platforms and various genres from strategy games, slot games, and action games based on the movies. It’s continuing to thrive and the 2019 movie has confirmed it will star Arnie. He will be back.
