Rambo (franchise)

Rambo
Created byDavid Morrell
Original workFirst Blood (1972)
OwnerMovies 1 - 3
Vivendi
(via StudioCanal)
Movies 4 and 5
Lionsgate
Years1972–2019
Print publications
Novel(s)
  • First Blood (1972)
  • Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
  • Rambo III (1988)
Comics
  • Rambo Adventures (1986)
  • Rambo III (1988)
  • Rambo (1989)
  • First Kill (2022)
Films and television
Film(s)
Animated series Rambo: The Force of Freedom (1986)
Games
Video game(s)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)
Miscellaneous
Character(s)List of characters

Rambo is an American media franchise centered on a series of action films featuring John J. Rambo. The five films are First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988), Rambo (2008), and Rambo: Last Blood (2019). Rambo is a United States Army Special Forces veteran played by Sylvester Stallone, whose Vietnam War experience traumatized him but also gave him superior military skills, which he has used to fight corrupt police officers, enemy troops and drug cartels. First Blood is an adaptation of the 1972 novel First Blood by David Morrell.

The film series has grossed $819 million in total, $300 million of which is from the most successful film, Rambo: First Blood Part II. Stallone co-wrote the screenplays of all five films, and directed Rambo. The franchise also spawned an animated television series, Rambo: The Force of Freedom, and comic books, novels, and video games.