A movie marathon is the perfect way to spend a relaxing weekend, especially when shared with friends. Franchise-themed marathons offer a cohesive and enjoyable experience. To help you plan your next cinematic binge, we've compiled 15 fantastic franchises, complete with their total runtimes.
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With Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' recent release, now's the perfect time for a sci-fi binge! The ten films in this franchise, encompassing three distinct timelines, offer hours of entertainment. While a precise total runtime isn't available, a two-day marathon is feasible, or you can enjoy the newer prequel films in a single day.
Includes Digital Version Planet of the Apes Trilogy Blu-ray Collection
X-Men
Before the MCU, the X-Men franchise ruled. Now including Deadpool and Wolverine, the 13 films present a slightly complex chronological order. However, focusing on the Wolverine timeline offers a shorter binge. Excluding Deadpool, the remaining X-Men films total just over 22 hours.
X-Men Blu-Ray Collection
Fast and Furious
Fast X brought the franchise to 13 films. This action-packed series, focused on family, takes almost 23.5 hours to watch in its entirety.
Blu-Ray + Digital Fast & Furious: 10 Movie Collection
Lord of the Rings
The classic Lord of the Rings trilogy is a timeless choice. Including The Hobbit trilogy and Amazon's Rings of Power series significantly extends the marathon. The six feature films alone take approximately 19.5 hours.
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended & Theatrical)(4K Ultra HD)
Star Wars
The ever-expanding Star Wars universe boasts 11 films, with more on the horizon. Limiting the marathon to live-action films results in a runtime of over 25 hours.
Pirates of the Caribbean
The five Pirates of the Caribbean films, featuring Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow, offer a fun, one-day marathon, totaling just over 12 hours.
4K UHD Pirates of the Caribbean 5-Movie Collection
Jurassic Park
The six Jurassic Park films, spanning both trilogies, offer a relatively short dinosaur-filled marathon of just over 10 hours.
Jurassic World 6-Movie Collection (Standard Edition)
Indiana Jones
The five Indiana Jones films, spanning decades, provide a manageable marathon of just over 10 hours.
4K UHD + Blu-Ray Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection
The Conjuring
The extensive Conjuring universe, including nine films and five shorts, offers a weekend-long horror marathon of just under 14.5 hours.
The Conjuring 7-Film Blu-Ray Collection
Transformers
Eight Transformers films, filled with action and humor, provide a two-day marathon of approximately 18.5 hours.
Limited Edition [Blu-Ray + 4K UHD] Transformers 6-Movie Steelbook Collection
Harry Potter
The eight Harry Potter films offer a magical marathon of just under 20 hours, excluding the Fantastic Beasts series.
Harry Potter: 8 Film Collection [4K UHD + Blu-Ray]
Alien
The nine Alien films, including crossovers and prequels, provide a space-horror marathon of just over 17 hours (excluding Predator crossovers, approximately 14 hours).
Alien: 6-Film Collection
Scream
The six Scream films offer a fun, self-aware horror marathon of just over 11.5 hours.
Scream: 6-Movie Collection
James Bond
The 26 James Bond films offer a massive marathon of over 54 hours. A more manageable option is to focus on a single Bond's films (e.g., Daniel Craig's, approximately 7 hours 40 minutes).
James Bond Collection
The Hunger Games
The five Hunger Games films, including the prequel, offer a weekend-long marathon of just over 11.5 hours.
