Quote Originally Posted by AndrewCrossett View Post
23 films, and I wouldn't rate any of them worse than "OK". So, yeah... maybe overall the greatest film franchise of all time. The Harry Potter movies are probably the only other franchise longer than a trilogy that I can say that about. (Maybe Mad Max, at 4 films).
That's pretty much what I'm saying too. I'm not arguing that they are the greatest quality ever made in every case. But they have probably made more money than any other franchise.

Again, longevity in terms of years compared to number of movies is debatable.