You can’t deny these 7 movies treated their fans with the coolest movie merchandise

Movie merchandise is one of the popular methods to keep fans attached to their favorite films, by providing accessories related to their favorite films. While great movies alone are capable of being a part of their fans’ memories with entertaining plotlines, performances, and world-building, the merchandise brings the films and the fans even closer.

Whether the fans buy a poster or apparel, or even other elements like mugs, books, or action figures and toys, it lets them keep a version of things that they have seen in the films closer to them, and in a physical form. Numerous films have introduced movie merchandise and these have become synonymous with the success of the films and are popular among fans.

Here’s a list of 7 movies that gave the coolest and most successful movie merchandise to their fans.

These 7 movies treated their fans with the coolest movie merchandise

7) Jurassic Park

Richard Attenborough in Jurassic Park | Image via YouTube/Universal Pictures

When Jurassic Park first came out in 1993, everyone wanted to visit a theme park consisting of dinosaurs, sans all the life-threatening dangers shown in the film. The Steven Spielberg-directed film was a superhit and is still relevant, as new chapters of the storyline are being added.

While the films are breaking records, it's the movie merchandise that has become another factor for exciting fans of the franchise. Whether it's a Brachiosaurus, Velociraptor, or even a Tyrannosaurus, they played a huge part in the films and have become cooler due to the toys and other merch that the fans cannot stop amassing. As per Tatler Asia, the merchandise revenue of the movie franchise is over $1 billion.

6) The Lord of the Rings

Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings trilogy | Image via New Line Cinema

When it comes to unique and cool movie merchandise, The Lord of the Rings cannot be ignored. Peter Jackson’s trilogy was a superhit adaptation of the Tolkien books and even won several Academy Awards, but the films also became a part of pop culture not just because of the intriguing storyline but also due to the merchandise.

From drinking mugs, jewelry, to the Middle-earth maps and even Hobbit doll houses and the infamous Ring, the film franchise introduced the coolest merch, and also video games. As per Fox Business, the franchise's revenue is estimated to be between $10–15 billion, a lion's share of which has been generated by merch and games.

5) Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part II | Image via Warner Bros. Pictures

It's a global truth that every millennial who watched the Harry Potter films wanted to own a magic wand or was waiting to receive their Hogwarts letter. The films now represent the childhood nostalgia of many 1990s-born people and are still cherished due to the collection of movie merchandise from the film series.

From wands, Quidditch accessories like the golden snitch, Lego, to other wizarding world elements, the Harry Potter movie merchandise has earned around $7.3 billion, as per lovemoney.com, and might earn even more with the upcoming HBO series based on the wizarding world books.

4) Frozen

Elsa in Frozen | Image Walt Disney Animation Studios

When we talk about movie merchandise, Disney films cannot go unnoticed. For instance, Frozen has become one of the most popular Disney films in recent years. From the songs to the storyline and characters, such as Elsa and Anna, they have become fan favorites.

And with the popularity of the films came the popularity of the movie merchandise. From Elsa dresses to other Frozen collectibles, the franchise took over the world with its cool merch.

3) The Lego Movie

Emmet in The Lego Movie | Image via Warner Animation Group

Lego has always been popular, and then with the release of this superhit film series, its popularity reached a new high. The film narrates the story of an ordinary Lego figure called Emmet, who finds himself in a fight against an evil businessman whose vision of a perfect world might be the end of the Lego universe.

With the film being successful, the movie merchandise did not stay behind, as the toy figures were a hit among children, and as per Tatler Asia, it earned more than $15 billion, making it one of the coolest and most popular movie merchandise-selling franchises.

2) Toy Story

Buzz Lightyear and Woody in Toy Story | Image via Pixar Animation Studios

A film series about toys and not having a successful merch business is unheard of. Toy Story, starring Tom Hanks as the voice of Woody, revolves around an old cowboy toy of Andy, who becomes jealous of Andy’s new favorite toy, Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Tim Allen. In the subsequent series, the two toys become friends, and the films depict more adventures of the toys who have come to life.

The movie merch of the film series, as per Tatler Asia, has earned around $9 billion, as everyone wanted to own a Woody or a Buzz Lightyear for themselves.

1) Star Wars

Yoda in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | Image via Lucasfilm Ltd.

When it comes to movie merchandise, no film has ever been as successful as the Star Wars franchise. The film series narrates the story of the force-sensitive Skywalker family and their fight against the Sith Lord, Palpatine, and his followers.

Just like the movies, the merchandise is also popular among the fans of the franchise. From action figures, clothes, and posters, to other crucial elements such as lightsabers and the stormtrooper kits, the movie merchandise has earned more than $32 billion by selling just the merchandise, resulting in it becoming one of the best movies to introduce the coolest merch to the fans.

There are many more films such as The Lion King, Cars, and the DC and MCU films that have become popular in the movie merchandise business and also earn a lot more for it.

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