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The Highest Grossing Video Game Movies of All-Time

February 2, 2017 by Luke Owen

Luke Owen keeps track of the biggest video game movies…

To go along with our Highest Grossing Superhero Movies of All-Time list, I felt we should also keep tabs on the video game movie adaptation. Since their debut in 1993, they’ve mostly come with a bad reputation, bad reviews and often bad box office results. However, some have been genuine successes. Below are two lists collated from BoxOfficeMojo with the domestic and global takings for video game movie adaptations.

NOTE: We’ve not included Pixels as it’s not directly based on a game, but we’re happy to add it in if enough people complain (it would be high in both lists)…

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# Title Domestic total
1 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider $131,168,070
2 The Angry Birds Movie $107,509,366
3 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time $90,759,676
4 Pokemon: The First Movie $85,744,662
5 Mortal Kombat $70,454,098
6 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life $65,660,196
7 Resident Evil: Afterlife $60,128,566
8 Assassin’s Creed $54,129,763
9 Resident Evil: Apocalypse $51,201,453
10 Resident Evil: Extinction $50,648,679
11 Warcraft $47,225,655
12 Silent Hill $46,982,632
13 Pokemon: The Movie 2000 $43,758,684
14 Need for Speed $43,577,636
15 Resident Evil: Retribution $42,345,531
16 Max Payne $40,689,393
17 Resident Evil $40,119,709
18 Hitman $39,687,694
19 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation $35,927,406
20 Street Fighter $33,423,521

And here’s the worldwide takings…

# Title Worldwide total
1 Warcraft $433,537,548
2 The Angry Birds Movie $347,836,427
3 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time $336,365,676
4 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter $312,242,626
5 Resident Evil: Afterlife $296,221,663
6 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider $274,703,340
7 Resident Evil: Retribution $240,159,255
8 Assassin’s Creed $210,181,941
9 Need for Speed $203,277,636
10 Pokemon: The First Movie $163,644,662
11 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life $156,505,388
12 Resident Evil: Extinction $147,717,833
13 Pokemon: The Movie 2000 $133,949,270
14 Resident Evil: Apocalypse $129,394,835
15 Mortal Kombat $122,195,920
16 Resident Evil $102,441,078
17 Hitman $99,965,792
18 Street Fighter $99,423,521
19 Silent Hill $97,607,453
20 Max Payne $85,416,905

Luke Owen is the Deputy Editor of Flickering Myth, the co-host of The Flickering Myth Podcast and the author of Lights, Camera, GAME OVER!: How Video Game Movies Get Made (which you can pre-order from Amazon UK and Amazon US). You can follow him on Twitter @ThisisLukeOwen.

Originally published February 2, 2017. Updated November 29, 2022.

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Max Payne, Mortal Kombat, Need for Speed, pokemon, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Street Fighter, The Angry Birds Movie, Warcraft

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