Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie have repeat value

The trademark feature of a successful franchise is the star that has remained a constant in the changing landscape of each instalment. Actors in Hollywood are repeated across franchises because of their continuing pull at the box office as far as their characters and star value are concerned. In Bollywood, however (see box), this is not the case, with heroes, villains and female leads changing in each sequel, something that is a rarity in Hollywood.

Robert Downey Jr

Iron Man (1-3)

The Avengers (1-2)

Matt Damon

Ocean's (Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen)

Bourne (Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum)

Hugh Jackman

X-Men (1, X2, The Last Stand, First Class, The Wolverine, Days Of Future Past)

Johnny Depp

Alice In Wonderland (1-2 )

Pirates of the Caribbean (1-5)

Vin Diesel

Riddick (Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick)

F&F (The Fast and The Furious, Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast And Furious 6, 7)

xXx (1 and The Return Of Xander Cage)

Sylvester Stallone

Rocky (I-V, Rocky Balboa, Creed)

Rambo (First Blood, First Blood Part II, Rambo III, Rambo)

Arnold Schwartznegger

Expendables (1-3),

Terminator (The Terminator, Judgment Day, Rise Of The Machines and Terminator 5)

Jason Statham

Expendables (1-3),

Transporter (1-3)

Crank (1, High Voltage)

Harrison Ford

Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Last Ark, Temple of Doom, The Last Crusade, Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones 5)

Star Wars (1, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Episode 7)

Bruce Willis

Die Hard (1-6)

Red (1-2)

Sin City (1-2)

Expendables (1-2) Look Who's Talking (1 & Look Who's Talking Too), The Whole Nine Yards (also The Whole Ten Yards)

Daniel Craig

Bond (Casino Royale, Quantum Of Solace, Skyfall, Bond 24 and 25)

Dragon Tattoo (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire)

Jessica Alba

Machete (1, Machete Kills),

Sin City (1, A Dame to Kill For)

Fantastic Four (1, Rise of the Silver Surfer)

Jennifer Lawrence

The Hunger Games Trilogy (Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay)

Uma Thurman

Kill Bill (Part I-II)

Angelina Jolie

Lara Croft (Tomb Raider & Cradle Of Life),

Salt 1-2,

Kung Fu Panda 1-3

Milla Jovovich

Resident Evil (1, Apocalypse, Extinction, Afterlife, Retribution and Part 6)

Bollywood changes actors in sequels

John Abraham stars in Housefull 2, Race 2 and Welcome Back, all franchises he wasn't part of, originally

The Dhoom series featured John Abraham in Part 1, Hrithik Roshan in Part 2 and Aamir Khan in Part 3, all in negative roles

Kareena Kapoor Khan replaced Rimi Sen in Golmaal 2 and 3 as female lead

Kareena is rumoured to replace Kajal Agarwal as female lead in Singham 2

Vidya Balan (Lage Raho Munnabhai) replaced Gracy Singh (Munnabhai MBBS) as female lead

Vivek Oberoi is Krrish 3's villain while Naseeruddin Shah was the baddie in Krrish