The Monsterverse's $2.5 billion box office total proves it to be a successful franchise, yet a worthy competitor could be on the horizon that will give it a run for its money. For a while in the Hollywood landscape, the Titans of the Monsterverse have been the only true monster movies made on massive budgets. Although there have been outliers, the Monsterverse timeline is the biggest franchise of its ilk and has been for a long time, as backed up by its reception.