LEGO is one of the UK’s top 10 best-selling video game franchises

New data published by charts company GfK has revealed that LEGO is the fifth-highest-grossing gaming franchise in UK history, eking ahead of Star Wars in physical sales.

To celebrate the imminent launch of Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, charts company GfK has published lists of the biggest Star Wars game launches, the best-selling Star Wars games, and the highest-grossing games franchises in the UK. The data is all based on boxed sales, so excludes digital copies – and the results are actually pretty surprising.

FIFA and Call of Duty top the list of the biggest gaming franchises in UK history, which isn’t what you’d call a shock. They’re followed by Grand Theft Auto and Mario – but coming in at fifth place is LEGO, beating Pokémon, The Sims and Star Wars. The LEGO Star Wars games are apparently counted twice, across both LEGO and Star Wars, but even still LEGO sits £14m ahead of Star Wars in physical games revenue.

Highest-grossing game franchises (UK)

Position	Franchise	Total physical revenue	Title count (since 1995)
1	FIFA	£1.96bn	51
2	Call of Duty	£1.53bn	33
3	Mario	£1.07bn	101
4	Grand Theft Auto	£769m	23
5	LEGO	£506m	80
6	Star Wars	£492m	107
7	Pokémon	£486m	96
8	The Sims	£438m	108
9	Assassin’s Creed	£409m	29
10	Need for Speed	£378m	31

That’s also with 27 fewer titles to its name, as GfK says there have been a total of 80 different LEGO games since 1995 (compared to Star Wars’ 107). The cross-pollination between franchises has clearly been a benefit to both, however, as two more lists – the biggest Star Wars launches and the best-selling Star Wars titles – each count multiple LEGO Star Wars games among them.

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is currently the fourth-biggest Star Wars video game launch in the UK, while LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens and LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars sit in seventh and eighth place respectively. EA’s 2015 reboot of Star Wars: Battlefront takes top spot, while Jedi: Fallen Order comes in at sixth place.

Biggest Star Wars game launches (UK)

Position	Title	Platforms	Year
1	Star Wars: Battlefront	PS4/Xbox One/PC	2015
2	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	PS2/PS3/360/ Wii/DS/PSP	2008
3	Star Wars: Battlefront II	PS4/Xbox One/PC	2017
4	LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	PS4/PS5/Xbox Series X/S/Switch	2022
5	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	PS2/Xbox/DS/GBA	2005
6	Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order	PS4/Xbox One	2019
7	LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens	PS3/PS4/Xbox One/ 360/3DS/Vita/PC	2016
8	LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars	PS3/360/Wii/ DS/3DS/PSP/PC	2011
9	Star Wars: The Old Republic	PC	2011
10	Star Wars: Battlefront	PS2/Xbox/PC	2004

Four different LEGO titles are among the best-selling Star Wars games of all time in the UK, meanwhile – three of which are in the top five. Battlefront is again top dog, but it’s followed by LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga and LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. The original LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game sits in fifth place, while LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars rounds out the list in 10th position.

Biggest Star Wars games (UK)

Position	Title	Platforms	Year
1	Star Wars: Battlefront	PS4/Xbox One/PC	2015
2	LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga	PS3/360/Wii/ DS/PC	2007
3	LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	PS2/Xbox/360/GC/ DS/GBA/PSP/PC	2006
4	Star Wars: Battlefront II	PS2/Xbox/PSP/PC	2005
5	LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game	PS2/Xbox/GC/GBA/PC	2005
6	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	PS2/Xbox/DS/GBA	2005
7	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	PS2/PS3/360/ Wii/DS/PSP	2008
8	Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order	PS4/Xbox One	2019
9	Star Wars: Battlefront II	PS4/Xbox One/PC	2017
10	LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars	PS3/360/Wii/ DS/3DS/PSP/PC	2011

Star Wars: Jedi Survivor launches on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC on April 28. The next LEGO title to arrive on consoles will be LEGO 2K Drive, which debuts in May.

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