Entertainment infographics

What this collection covers

The 34 infographics here fall into four main groups. There are rankings of money and sales, such as franchise revenue, concert tour grosses, vinyl sales and media company profit margins. There are ratings and awards for television and film, including The Simpsons, The Sopranos and Steven Spielberg's Oscar record. There are histories of comic book characters and designs from Marvel, Batman and Nintendo. And there are games, from chess openings and board game sales to console prices, Pokémon types and esports genres. A few cover books, such as famous first lines and literary periods.

Where to start

Highest Grossing Media Franchise Rankings, Pokémon to Barbie, from Voronoi by Visual Capitalist, puts Pokémon first at an estimated $147 billion, of which $103 billion came from merchandise, with Hello Kitty second at $89 billion. For live music, Lemonly's Highest Grossing Tours of All Time, Adjusted for Inflation has Taylor Swift's Eras Tour first at $2.08 billion from 149 shows, followed by Coldplay's Music of the Spheres Tour at $1.15 billion.

For television, Roshaan Khan's Simpsons Ratings by Season and Episode, IMDb Heat Map shows season averages peaking at 8.4 in seasons 5 to 7 and falling to a low of 6.1 in season 30. Steven Spielberg Academy Awards, Every Film's Oscar Record counts 145 Oscar nominations and 33 wins across his 34 feature films. Schindler's List won the most, 7 from 12 nominations, while The Color Purple won none of its 11.

Two charts on games work as a pair. Console Prices Adjusted for Inflation, 43 Launch Prices Charted puts the Neo Geo and the 3DO at about $1,500 or more in adjusted terms. Video Game Price Chart, Game Prices Adjusted for Inflation finds NES games cost the equivalent of $146 in 2024 dollars, and every console on it sits above the $70 price of a new game in 2024.

Graphics on films and television, and on games, also have their own sections, Film and TV and Games.