Sharknado

Sharknado, the once-joke of a film, has officially become the most successful movie franchise of all-time. The 4-year old franchise on July 11, 2017 made $4.503 billion in “Total Franchise Gross” beating Disney-Pixar’s $4.502 billion, according to filmsite.org. On filmsite, the definition of a franchise is, “a multi-picture story, often including some of the same characters from film to film.” This makes Sharknado a franchise, and puts it firmly in the lead ahead of “Disney-Pixar,” “The Marvel Cinematic Universe” and the “Star Wars” franchise. Following the awe-inspiring first Sharknado are five sequels: “Sharknado 2: The Second One,” “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!,” “Sharknado: The 4th Awakens," "Sharknado 5: Global Swarming," and "The Last Sharknado: It's About Time." The fourth instalment has an eerily similar poster to that of “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.” It’s been suggested that the design team for the Star Wars poster stole an early concept from Sharknado’s team, according to anonymous reports. Trusted sources claim that Mark Hamill, the longtime actor who plays the whiny but famous, Luke Skywalker, in the “Star Wars” franchise, admits that Sharknado is one of his favorite films. Reports have Hamill saying that he would, “like to turn to the dark side and be in the next Sharknado installment.”