Learn about the curse of `movies adapted from games` and the `unlucky victims` (p1)

Movies adapted from Video Games have been around for a long time and have gone through many stages of development, along with video games, and up to now, there are many movies that have received a warm response from the audience.

“Unfortunate fate” is probably a saying commonly used to refer to movies adapted from video games. Even if they are inspired by the greatest movies, they are still difficult to surpass.

1. Street Fighter – 1994

Release date: December 23, 1994

Cinemascore: B-

Tomatometer score: 15%

Budget: $35 million

Revenue: $99 million

The spin-off film of Capcom’s popular Street Fighter fighting series is a co-production between the US and Japan.

2. Mortal Kombat – 1995

Release date: August 18, 1995

Cinemascore: A-

Tomatometer score: 34%

Budget: $18 million

Revenue: $122 million

The film adapted from the video game of the same name was released 1 year after the Street Fighter disaster. Although it achieved revenue success, the film’s technical aspects were still not highly appreciated.

3. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation – 1997

Release date: November 21, 1997

Cinemascore: C+

Tomatometer score: 3%

Budget: $30 million

Revenue: $51 million

Another movie about Mortal Kombat and this time Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a real disaster, showing every weakness from the cast, plot to effects.

4. Wing Commander – 1999

Release date: March 12, 1999

Cinemascore: D

Tomatometer score: 10%

Budget: $30 million

Revenue: $11 million

Another disastrous film adaptation, Wing Commander is a film based on the game series of the same name that was fiercely criticized by critics and was considered a huge failure, causing losses of up to tens of millions of dollars.

5. Pokemon: The First Movie – 1999

Release date: November 10, 1999

Cinemascore: A-

Tomatometer score: 14%

Budget: $30 million

Revenue: $163 million

A movie about Pokemon causes a lot of controversy when many conflicting opinions are given, some support it, some criticize it.

6. Pokemon: The Movie – 2000

Release date: July 21, 2000

Cinemascore: A-

Tomatometer score: 15%

Budget: $30 million

Revenue: $133 million

Still a movie about Pokemon, and also a movie that gets a lot of ink from the media, many people also believe that the movie’s revenue success is because it has a large fan base.

7. Pokemon 3: The Movie – 2001

Release date: April 6, 2001

Cinemascore: A-

Tomatometer score: 22%

Budget: $16 million

Revenue: $68 million

Again… another movie about Pokemon, and this time, perhaps the filmmaker… just made it if it was profitable and didn’t pay attention to what the critics thought about his movie.

8. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – 2001

Release date: June 15, 2001

Cinemascore: B

Tomatometer score: 20%

Budget: $115 million

Revenue: $274 million

The first film marked the appearance of `woman` Lara Croft on the big screen. This is also said to be a decent debut while still making a profit and the quality is not too bad.

9. Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within – 2001

Release date: July 11, 2001

Cinemascore: C+

Tomatometer score: 45%

Budget: $137 million

Revenue: $85 million

This movie based on Square Enix’s famous Final Fantasy game series was a huge disappointment, losing more than $50 million along with a mediocre plot.

10. Resident Evil – 2002

Release date: March 15, 2002

Cinemascore: B

Tomatometer score: 34%

Budget: $32 million

Revenue: $102 million

Resident Evil is a 2002 science fiction horror film, written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.

(To be continued)