# Movie franchise with the highest numbered sequel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496 "2015-01-10T19:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/21 "2015-01-11T02:40:00Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Quite possibly, but the OP was ambiguous, and many of the answers given have not been adhering to that. Might it not be that many of the answers were wrong? ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/22 "2015-01-11T04:47:48Z")
When they start working on a James Bond movie, they refer to it as Bond number X until they reach a decision on the title. This year’s upcoming release was called “Bond 24” for several years. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/23 "2015-01-12T07:32:06Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > When they start working on a James Bond movie, they refer to it as Bond number X until they reach a decision on the title. This year’s upcoming release was called “Bond 24” for several years. Except that Bond movies aren’t really sequels in (what I take to be) the true sense of the word - there is limited continuity from one to the other, even if all are set in broadly the same universe ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/24 "2015-01-12T08:53:40Z")
Does music count? If so, [Chicago’s up to 36.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_XXXVI:_Now) And the v/a series _[Now That’s What I Call Music!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music!_discography)_ is currently at Vol. 52 in the USA and Vol. 89 in the UK, with more on the way. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/25 "2015-01-12T16:49:42Z")
The movies were actually not made but the 22 Jumpstreet credits were both a horrifying and hilarious view of what the future might have been. It went all the way up to Infinity Jump Street. For movies that have actually happened in the non horror category I’d like to note F&F, which although 3 and 4 dropped the numbers, returned to sequential numbering for 5,6 and 7. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/26 "2015-01-12T19:22:06Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Does music count? If so, [Chicago’s up to 36.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_XXXVI:_Now) > > And the v/a series _[Now That’s What I Call Music!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music!_discography)_ is currently at Vol. 52 in the USA and Vol. 89 in the UK, with more on the way. And the Super Bowl’s up to XLIX. (Chicago almost caught up with the Super Bowl at one point - they released Chicago XVII around the time of Super Bowl XIX, IIRC - but the Super Bowl’s lead over Chicago is looking pretty insurmountable these days. ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/27 "2015-01-12T23:45:18Z")
Sorry if my OP was ambiguous. I was looking for movie franchises with the _highest sequentially numbered_ sequel. So something with a 20 or 33 or 56 in the title doesn’t count unless there are previous sequels numbered 2 through 19 or 32 or 55. One thing I didn’t mention was that I was actually thinking of theatrical releases, and movies with an actual plot, so things like “Girls Gone Wild” or “Faces of Death” aren’t exactly what I was looking for. **Peter Morris** , what are those “Strange As It Seems” films? There do appear to be a lot of them, but none of the links I clicked on had any information about them. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/28 "2015-01-13T00:05:47Z")
I think sequels where ALL are numbered and had a theatrical release is a far more interesting questing then “How far into IMDB can I search?” Fast and Furious 7 because 3 and 4 weren’t numbered. Does Star Wars count, even though they didn’t come out in order from 1-6? If so, it’ll probably be the winner after 9 comes out. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/29 "2015-01-13T00:13:08Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > **Peter Morris** , what are those “Strange As It Seems” films? There do appear to be a lot of them, but none of the links I clicked on had any information about them. They’re cartoon shorts. Probably don’t really count. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/30 "2015-01-13T00:28:09Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Sorry if my OP was ambiguous. I was looking for movie franchises with the _highest sequentially numbered_ sequel. So something with a 20 or 33 or 56 in the title doesn’t count unless there are previous sequels numbered 2 through 19 or 32 or 55. You do realize _56 Up_ ~was~ a sequentially numbered sequel? In a sequence counting by sevens. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/31 "2015-01-13T00:37:07Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > **Peter Morris** , what are those “Strange As It Seems” films? There do appear to be a lot of them, but none of the links I clicked on had any information about them. I’m not certain, I found them in a [list of movie franchises](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_series_with_more_than_ten_entries). They [seem to be](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_as_It_Seems)something similar to Ripley’s believe it or not. If you are looking for something with a plot, it probably doesn’t count. A peculiar thing about them is that they are numbered out of sequence. It possibly started with #3, #1 came several films and three years later, #39 might be the highest, but not the last. This is probably some sort of joke. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/32 "2015-01-14T21:55:21Z")
I would say the Superbowl has all the other franchises beat. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/33 "2015-01-17T16:50:54Z")
_Apollo 13._ 😃 David Letterman joked when it came out that he wasn’t planning to see _Apollo 13_ because he hadn’t seen Apollos 1 through 12. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/34 "2015-01-17T19:37:59Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I would say the Superbowl has all the other franchises beat. In that vein, there’s the [Oxford & Cambridge boat race](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_Race), and it will be the 300th race for [Thomas Doggett’s Coat & Badge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggett%27s_Coat_and_Badge) this year. Excepting war years - which were later made up - the latter has been raced every year since 1715. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/35 "2015-01-21T03:26:33Z")
I just noticed our cable’s Adult channel is offering Rocky XXX. He must be just working his way through the phone book. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/36 "2015-01-21T09:26:13Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > You do realize _56 Up_ ~was~ a sequentially numbered sequel? In a sequence counting by sevens. Even if you admit the _Up_ series as sequentially numbered, the sequence is broken by the second film, which was called _7 Plus Seven_, not _14 Up_. So _56 Up_ is at best the sixth sequentially numbered sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/37 "2015-01-21T15:03:51Z")
I was taking a strict reading: > [@Shoeless](#): > > what movie franchise has _ **the highest numbered** _ sequel? (As opposed to the _highest number_ of sequels, which is not what I want.) ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/38 "2015-01-21T16:30:47Z")
If porn movies count, there are several franchises that outnumber even the Superbowl. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496/39 "2015-01-22T00:52:59Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Do Superbowls count? > > Star Trek got up to “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” before they dropped the numbers from the title. They’re now all numbered on the bluray releases, so they go up to Star Trek X: Nemesis [![](https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/covers/star-trek-x-nemesis-dvd-cover-44.jpg) ](https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/covers/star-trek-x-nemesis-dvd-cover-44.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchise-with-the-highest-numbered-sequel/709496.md?page=1)