A feature-length animated film based on a property that had flourished in the trading card realm and in afternoon animation, the property actually originally as a series of games for Nintendo's handheld Game Boy system. Domestic gross: $131 million; Worldwide gross: $274 million, Domestic gross: $65 million; Worldwide gross: $156 million. Follow me at @ScottMendelson and "like" The Ticket Booth on Facebook.

I've studied the film industry, both academically and informally, and with an emphasis in box office analysis, for nearly 30 years.

Anderson didn't direct over the three that he did, but the whole thing is absolutely his baby, his Star Wars if you will. Even the utterly terrible Super Mario Bros. was somewhat ahead of its time by taking is colorful fantasy world and grounded it in "dark and gritty" realism and explanatory exposition. Thanks to said cards, perfect timing in terms of a property being at peak popularity, and a narrative that built on the television show, the film earned $50 million on its five-day debut, briefly setting a record for a Wed-Sun opening weekend until Toy Story 2 earned $80 million over Thanksgiving two weeks later. I have extensively written about all of said subjects for the last 11 years. The newest one aired on American television as recently as October 2013. A sequel followed two years later, but the moment had past and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation earned just $51m worldwide on a $30m budget compared to the original's $122m global gross. The first Pokémon earned $163m worldwide and while the sequel Pokémon: The Movie 2000 earned just $43 million domestic, it still racked up an impressive $133m worldwide.

The franchise never really died in Japan, as there have been sixteen Pokémon films total, with the rest going straight-to-DVD or Cartoon Network in America (the picture is from the 10th installment).

Oh, and it also earned an eye-popping $326m overseas for a $296m worldwide haul on a budget of $60m.

The film even had the added publicity of casting Jon Voight, Jolie's somewhat estranged father, as Croft's deceased father. It is arguably the biggest B-movie franchise in Hollywood. I'll delve into this another day, but there is a whole host of properties that found their biggest and/or most importantly popularity not from their original sources (comic books, video games, etc.) EY & Citi On The Importance Of Resilience And Innovation, Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing For Change. Top 25 Highest-Grossing Video Game Movies at the U.S. Here are the 16 Highest-Grossing Video Game Movies Of All Time for comparison.

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Walt Disney spent $200 million and hired no less than Mike Newell off of the fourth Harry Potter film to give cinematic life to the popular swashbuckling video game.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Domestic gross: $90 million; Worldwide gross: $330 million.

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Thanks to a popular video game reboot, there is a strong chance that Laura Craft could return to the big screen sometime in the next several years.

Paul W.S. This should have been an easy win for the Mouse House. Walt Disney Sadly those terrible trailers turned out to be a prime example of truth in advertising. Box Office by IMDb-Editors | last updated - 6 months ago Take a look at the top 25 highest-grossing video game adaptations to date according to unadjusted domestic box office gross.

As a box office nerd, I distinctly remember the shock I felt as a wee college freshmen upon checking the daily box office for Wednesday, November 12, 1999 and discovering that Warner Bros.' Pokémon: The First Movie had earned $10 million on its first day. I did not realize at the time that ticket buyers on opening weekend were being given exclusive trading cards from the competitive card game that was a big part of the property, with different cards being offered over the five day weekend thus theoretically creating repeat business among the hardcore collectors.

Domestic gross: $85 million; Worldwide gross: $163 million, Domestic gross: $43 million, Worldwide gross: $133 million.

Mortal Kombat plays like one of the last times a film like Mortal Kombat didn't have to be the biggest kid on the block and didn't need to apologize for itself. ", "A New Era Dawns for Blizzard Entertainment's Team-Based Shooter With Overwatch® 2", https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-03/activision-gives-tepid-earnings-outlook-as-fortnite-threat-looms, https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/22386533/overwatch-league-expansion-face-serious-stumbling-blocks-overseas, "The Final Hours of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty", "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Review", "Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence Company Line", "Republique, and the fight for narrative games in a modern market", "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Review: Kept You Waiting, Huh? I happen to enjoy Street Fighter as a guilty pleasure as a terrible but colorful GI Joe movie come to life. Super Mario Bros. came and went, Double Dragon barely made it into theaters, and Street Fighter is mostly thought of as a flop even though it made nearly three-times its alleged $35 million budget in global grosses ($99m). In the annals of video game film franchises, there is Sony Entertainment's Resident Evil and then there is everything else. Needless to say, the box office for Pokémon: The First Movie was brisk but brief.

But the fourth film, released in 2010 and the first to be shot in 3D, took the franchise to another level entirely. © 2020 Forbes Media LLC.

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