Still, that was not a thing where oh, I'm going to be a part of a blockbuster franchise like Transformers 3 or even now Hangover 2 for that matter.

Colin McRae DiRT 2: Partnered again with Codemaster's blockbuster franchise to create buildings and props for the game.

But remove the pair from a blockbuster franchise like "Twilight," and the financial picture changes dramatically, which is why Pattinson's average is lower than Stewart's.

A character actor who rates multimillion-dollar paychecks, he has an Oscar, a lucrative blockbuster franchise, a wife you have probably never heard of and a résumé that includes Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Soderbergh.

Until now, Hollywood's major studios have paid to license Marvel characters to create blockbuster franchises - including the three "Spider-Man" hits, which have raked in close to $2.5 billion at the global box office for Sony Pictures - and 20th Century Fox's "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four" movies.

The rapid evolution of special-effects technology since then, and the concurrent spread of multi-sequel blockbuster franchises, give those influential pictures a decidedly antique aura.

Under the ownership of Gamestop the service has had a redesign (App) that's easier to use, it has gotten more blockbuster franchises on the service available, and sells games that use other platforms such as Steam while also selling games that use its own proprietary DRM solution Impulse:Reactor.

Many of the scenes set in the Great Hall of Hogwarts in the blockbuster wizarding franchise were filmed in Christ Church's dining hall.

Soon the "Twilight" trio - Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner - will graduate from the blockbuster franchise that made them international superstars.

MARVEL, THE MOVIE MAKER - Hollywood's major studios have paid to license Marvel characters to create blockbuster franchises - including the three "Spider-Man" hits - but the company is no longer content to leave the actual moviemaking (and most of the profits) to the studios.