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A film series is a collection of related films in succession
Succession

Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. .Succession may further refer to, within the context of "order" and "sequence":...
. Their relationship is not fixed, but generally share a common diegetic world. Sometimes the work is conceived as a multiple-film work, for example the Three Colours series, but in most cases the success of the original film inspires further films to be made. Individual sequel
Sequel

A sequel is a work in literature, film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work.In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings....
s are relatively common, but are not always successful enough to spawn further installments.

Harry Potter
Harry Potter (film series)

The Harry Potter films are a fantasy film series based on the Harry Potter novels by United Kingdom writer J. K. Rowling.At the time of release, the five films currently released became the List of highest-grossing films#Highest grossing film series of all time when not adjusted for inflation, with $4.48 billion in worldwide receipt...
 is the most commercially successful film series, surpassing the Star Wars
Star Wars

Star Wars is an epic film space opera Media franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to distinguish it from its sequels and prequels....
 and James Bond
James Bond (film series)

The James Bond film series are British spy films inspired by Ian Fleming's novels about the fictional character MI6 agent James Bond . The franchise remains as one of the longest continually running film series in history, having been in ongoing production from 1962 to 2008 with a six-year hiatus between 1989 and 1995....
 series.






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A film series is a collection of related films in succession
Succession

Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. .Succession may further refer to, within the context of "order" and "sequence":...
. Their relationship is not fixed, but generally share a common diegetic world. Sometimes the work is conceived as a multiple-film work, for example the Three Colours series, but in most cases the success of the original film inspires further films to be made. Individual sequel
Sequel

A sequel is a work in literature, film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work.In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings....
s are relatively common, but are not always successful enough to spawn further installments.

Harry Potter
Harry Potter (film series)

The Harry Potter films are a fantasy film series based on the Harry Potter novels by United Kingdom writer J. K. Rowling.At the time of release, the five films currently released became the List of highest-grossing films#Highest grossing film series of all time when not adjusted for inflation, with $4.48 billion in worldwide receipt...
 is the most commercially successful film series, surpassing the Star Wars
Star Wars

Star Wars is an epic film space opera Media franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to distinguish it from its sequels and prequels....
 and James Bond
James Bond (film series)

The James Bond film series are British spy films inspired by Ian Fleming's novels about the fictional character MI6 agent James Bond . The franchise remains as one of the longest continually running film series in history, having been in ongoing production from 1962 to 2008 with a six-year hiatus between 1989 and 1995....
 series. The Wong Fei Hung
Wong Fei Hung filmography

This is a list of films featuring the Xia hero, Wong Fei Hung. Where possible alternative titles have been included, particularly the official English language titles or literal translations....
 film series is the longest film series with 89 films.

Nomenclature

Number in seriesSeries type
2
2 (number)

2 is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3 ....
 in a series		Duology
3
3 (number)

----3 is a number, Numeral system, and glyph. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4 ....
 in a series		Trilogy
Trilogy

A trilogy is a set of three works of art, usually literature, film, or video games, that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or three individual works....
4
4 (number)

This article discusses the number Four. For the year 4 AD, see 4. For other uses of 4, see 4 4 is a number, numeral, and glyph....
 in a series		Tetralogy
Tetralogy

A tetralogy is a compound work that is made up of four distinct works. Compare to a trilogy; made up of three works.The name comes from the Attica theater, where tetralogies were meant to be played in one sitting at the Dionysia....
5
5 (number)

5 is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the natural number following 4 and preceding 6 ....
 in a series		Pentalogy
6
6 (number)

6 is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7 .The SI prefix for 10006 is exa , and for its reciprocal atto ....
 in a series		Hexology
7
7 (number)

7 is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8 . It is the smallest positive integer to be spoken with two syllables when pronounced in English....
 in a series		Heptalogy
Heptalogy

Heptalogy is a rarely used term for a series of seven creative works that are connected by a common storyline. One recent famous example is the Harry Potter series of books....
8
8 (number)

8 is the natural number, following 7 and preceding 9 . The SI prefix for 10008 is yotta , and for its reciprocal yocto . It is the root of two other numbers: eighteen and eighty ....
 in a series		Octology
9
9 (number)

9 is the natural number following 8 and preceding 10 . The ordinal adjective is ninth....
 in a series		Ennealogy
10
10 (number)

10 is an Even and odd numbers natural number following 9 and preceding 11 ....
 in a series		Decology


See also

  • List of film decologies and larger series
    List of film decologies and larger series

    This list is for film series with ten or more films in the series....
  • List of character-based film series
    List of character-based film series

    This is a list of character-based film series, in which many films are made about the same main character, who may or may not be played by different actors over the course of the series....
  • List of films based on television programs
  • List of television programs based on films
  • List of film series by director
    List of film series by director

    This is a list of film series by film director....