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)