List of highest-grossing films based on video games

This is a list of the highest-grossing films based on video games, primarily both live-action and animated films.

As of April 2025^[update], Nintendo's The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the highest-grossing video game film, while Pokémon is the highest-grossing video game film franchise and Resident Evil is the highest-grossing video game live-action film franchise.

Criteria

Any type of video game, including RPGs, visual novels, digital pets and pocket gadgets, is included on the list. Exceptionally, films such as Tron, Wreck-It Ralph, Pixels, and Ready Player One are inspired by video games (and, in many cases, include actual video game characters making appearances), but are not adapted from any actual video game; as such, they are not included. Physical games, or board games like Dungeons & Dragons and Ouija, are also not included.

List of highest-grossing video game film adaptations

† indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 1 August 2025.

The following is a list of grossing films based on video games, all films have had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1993, films that have not played during this period do not appear on the chart because of ticket-price inflation, population size and ticket purchasing trends not being considered.

Pokémon is the most frequent franchise with 12 films on the list, while Nintendo is the most frequent publisher with 15 films on the list. As the only video game film to gross $1 billion worldwide, The Super Mario Bros. Movie ranks among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time.

Rank	Peak	Title	Based on video game(s)	Original game publisher(s)	Date	Worldwide gross	Distributor	Format	Ref
1	1	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	Super Mario	Nintendo	April 5, 2023	$1,362,566,987	Universal Pictures	Animated	[1][2]
2	2	A Minecraft Movie	Minecraft	Mojang Studios	April 4, 2025	$955,149,195	Warner Bros. Pictures	Live-action	[3][4]
3	2	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Adventure 2	Sega	December 20, 2024	$492,162,604	Paramount Pictures	Live-action/animated	[5][6]
4	1	Warcraft	Warcraft: Orcs & Humans	Blizzard Entertainment	June 10, 2016	$439,048,914	Universal Pictures	Live-action	[7]
5	2	Pokémon Detective Pikachu	Detective Pikachu and Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	May 10, 2019	$433,305,346	Warner Bros. Pictures	Live-action/animated	[8]
6	2	Rampage	Rampage	Midway Games	April 13, 2018	$428,028,233	Warner Bros. Pictures	Live-action	[9]
7	4	Uncharted	Uncharted	Sony Interactive Entertainment	February 18, 2022	$407,141,258	Sony Pictures Releasing		[10][11]
8	4	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles	Sega	April 8, 2022	$405,421,518	Paramount Pictures	Live-action/animated	[12][13]
9	2	The Angry Birds Movie	Angry Birds	Rovio Entertainment	May 20, 2016	$352,333,929	Sony Pictures Releasing	Animated	[14]
10	1	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Ubisoft	May 28, 2010	$336,365,676	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Live-action	[15]
11	6	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega	February 14, 2020	$320,954,026	Paramount Pictures	Live-action/animated	[16]
12	4	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	Resident Evil	Capcom	January 27, 2017	$312,257,250	Sony Pictures Releasing	Live-action	[17]
13	2	Resident Evil: Afterlife	Resident Evil	Capcom	September 10, 2010	$300,228,084	Sony Pictures Releasing		[18]
14	12	Five Nights at Freddy's	Five Nights at Freddy's	ScottGames	October 27, 2023	$297,144,130	Universal Pictures		[19]
15	1	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Tomb Raider	Eidos Interactive	June 15, 2001	$274,703,340	Paramount Pictures		[20]
16	7	Tomb Raider		Square Enix Europe	March 16, 2018	$274,650,803	Warner Bros. Pictures		[21]
17	6	Assassin's Creed	Assassin's Creed	Ubisoft	December 21, 2016	$240,558,621	20th Century Fox		[22]
18	4	Resident Evil: Retribution	Resident Evil	Capcom	September 14, 2012	$240,004,424	Sony Pictures Releasing		[23]
19	5	Need for Speed	Need for Speed	Electronic Arts	March 14, 2014	$203,277,636	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures		[24]
20	1	Pokémon: The First Movie[§]	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 18, 1998	$172,744,662	Warner Bros. Pictures	Animated	[25]
22	3	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life	Tomb Raider	Eidos Interactive	July 25, 2003	$160,099,222	Paramount Pictures	Live-action	[26]
23	4	Resident Evil: Extinction	Resident Evil	Capcom	September 21, 2007	$148,412,065	Sony Pictures Releasing		[27]
24	16	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Angry Birds	Rovio Entertainment	August 14, 2019	$147,792,047		Animated	[28]
25	2	Pokémon: The Movie 2000	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 17, 1999	$133,949,270	Warner Bros. Pictures		[29]
26	5	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Resident Evil	Capcom	September 10, 2004	$129,342,769	Sony Pictures Releasing	Live-action	[30]
27	1	Mortal Kombat	Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II	Midway Games	August 18, 1995	$124,741,822	New Line Cinema		[31]
28	24	Gran Turismo	Gran Turismo	Sony Interactive Entertainment	August 25, 2023	$121,966,534	Sony Pictures Releasing		[32][33]
29	4	Resident Evil	Resident Evil	Capcom	March 15, 2002	$102,984,862	Sony Pictures Releasing		[34]
30	9	Hitman	Hitman	Eidos Interactive	November 21, 2007	$101,276,318	20th Century Fox		[35]
31	9	Silent Hill	Silent Hill	Konami	April 21, 2006	$100,605,135	TriStar Pictures		[36]
32	14	Yo-kai Watch: The Movie	Yo-kai Watch	Level-5	December 20, 2014	$99,481,307	Toho	Animated	[37]
33	1	Street Fighter	Street Fighter	Capcom	December 23, 1994	$99,423,521	Universal Pictures	Live-action	[38]
34	11	Max Payne	Max Payne	Rockstar Games	October 17, 2008	$87,066,930	20th Century Fox		[39]
35	6	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Final Fantasy	Squaresoft	July 11, 2001	$85,131,830	Sony Pictures Releasing	Animated	[40]
36	28	Mortal Kombat	Mortal Kombat	Warner Bros. Interactive	April 23, 2021	$84,426,031	Warner Bros. Pictures	Live-action	[41]
37	18	Hitman: Agent 47	Hitman	Square Enix	August 21, 2015	$82,347,656	20th Century Fox		[42]
38	15	Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 10, 2010	$71,143,529	Toho	Animated	[43]
39	4	Pokémon 3: The Movie			July 8, 2000	$68,411,275	Warner Bros. Pictures		[44]
40	22	Yo-Kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!	Yo-kai Watch	Level-5	December 19, 2015	$58,850,969	Toho		[45]
41	12	Doom	Doom	id Software	October 21, 2005	$58,072,119	Universal Pictures	Live-action	[46]
42	17	Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 16, 2011	$57,082,491	Toho	Animated	[47]
43	20	Silent Hill: Revelation	Silent Hill 3	Konami	October 26, 2012	$55,362,705	Open Road Films	Live-action	[48]
44	44	Until Dawn	Until Dawn	Sony	April 25, 2025	$53,316,824	Columbia Pictures		[49]
45	3	Mortal Kombat Annihilation	Mortal Kombat 3	Midway Games	November 21, 1997	$51,376,861	New Line Cinema		[50]
46	15	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 18, 2009	$50,673,078	Toho	Animated	[51]
47	22	Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice			July 14, 2012	$46,008,255			[52]
48	16	Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior			July 19, 2008	$47,511,422			[53]
49	34	Monster Hunter	Monster Hunter	Capcom	December 18, 2020	$42,145,959	Sony Pictures Releasing	Live-action	[54]
50	38	Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City	Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2		November 24, 2021	$41,851,340			[55]

List of highest-grossing video game film adaptations adjusted for inflation

† indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 1 August 2025.

(Excerpt from: List of highest-grossing films)

"Because of the long-term effects of inflation, notably the significant increase of movie theater ticket prices, the list unadjusted for inflation gives far more weight to later films. The unadjusted list, while commonly found in the press, is therefore largely meaningless for comparing films widely separated in time, as many films from earlier eras will never appear on a modern unadjusted list, despite achieving higher commercial success when adjusted for price increases. To compensate for the devaluation of the currency, some charts make adjustments for inflation, but not even this practice fully addresses the issue, since ticket prices and inflation do not necessarily parallel one another. For example, in 1970, tickets cost $1.55 or about $6.68 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars; by 1980, prices had risen to about $2.69, a drop to $5.50 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars. Ticket prices have also risen at different rates of inflation around the world, further complicating the process of adjusting worldwide grosses."

This chart only lists the domestic inflation

Sonic the Hedgehog is the most frequent franchise on the list with 3 films. SEGA is the most frequent publisher on the list with 3 films. The Super Mario Bros. Movie retains its #1 spot.

Rank	Peak	Title	Based on video game(s)	Original game publisher(s)	US and Canada inflation Gross[56]	Year
1	1	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	$594,379,090	2023
2	2	A Minecraft Movie	Minecraft	Mojang Studios	$412,079,959	2025
3	1	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Tomb Raider	Eidos Interactive	$249,776,373	2001
4	3	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega	$236,100,420	2024
5	3	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles	Sega	$195,404,554	2022
6	1	Pokémon: The First Movie	Pokémon	The Pokémon Company	$181,752,395	1999
7	1	Mortal Kombat	Mortal Kombat	Midway Games	$174,519,867	1995
8	4	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega	$171,524,676	2020
9	4	Detective Pikachu	Detective Pikachu and Pokemon	The Pokemon Company	$169,591,230	2019
10	6	Uncharted	Uncharted	Sony Interactive Entertainment	$152,177,994	2022

Highest-grossing video game films by year

† indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 1 August 2025.

Year	Title	Worldwide gross	Budget	Based on video game(s)	Original game publisher(s)	Ref
1993	Super Mario Bros.	$38,912,465	$48,000,000	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	[57]
1994	Street Fighter	$99,423,521	$35,000,000	Street Fighter	Capcom	[38]
1995	Mortal Kombat	$124,741,822	$20,000,000	Mortal Kombat	Midway Games	[31]
1996	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	Mortal Kombat Annihilation	$51,376,861	$30,000,000	Mortal Kombat	Midway Games	[58]
1998	Pokémon: The First Movie	$172,744,662	$5,000,000	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[25]
1999	Pokémon: The Movie 2000	$133,949,270	$30,000,000	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[29]
2000	Pokémon 3: The Movie	$68,411,275	$3m-16,000,000	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[59]
2001	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	$274,703,340	$115,000,000	Tomb Raider	Eidos Interactive	[20]
2002	Resident Evil	$102,984,862	$33,000,000	Resident Evil	Capcom	[34]
2003	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life	$160,099,222	$95,000,000	Tomb Raider	Eidos Interactive	[26]
2004	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	$129,342,769	$45,000,000	Resident Evil	Capcom	[30]
2005	Doom	$58,072,119	$60m-70,000,000	Doom	id Software	[60]
2006	Silent Hill	$100,605,135	$50,000,000	Silent Hill	Konami	[36]
2007	Resident Evil: Extinction	$148,412,065	$45,000,000	Resident Evil	Capcom	[27]
2008	Max Payne	$87,066,930	$35,000,000	Max Payne	Rockstar Games	[39]
2009	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	$50,673,078	—	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[61]
2010	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	$336,365,676	$150m–200,000,000	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Ubisoft	[15]
2011	Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom	$57,082,491	—	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[55]
2012	Resident Evil: Retribution	$240,004,424	$65,000,000	Resident Evil	Capcom	[23]
2013	Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened	$32,293,377	—	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[55]
2014	Need for Speed	$203,277,636	$66,000,000	Need for Speed	Electronic Arts	[24]
2015	Hitman: Agent 47	$82,347,656	$35,000,000	Hitman	Square Enix	[42]
2016	Warcraft	$439,048,914	$160,000,000	Warcraft	Blizzard Entertainment	[7]
2017	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	$312,257,250	$40,000,000	Resident Evil	Capcom	[17]
2018	Rampage	$428,028,233	$120m–140,000,000	Rampage	Midway Games	[9]
2019	Pokémon Detective Pikachu	$433,305,346	$150,000,000	Detective Pikachu and Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[8]
2020	Sonic the Hedgehog	$320,954,026	$85m-90,000,000	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega	[16]
2021	Mortal Kombat	$84,426,031	$55,000,000	Mortal Kombat	Warner Bros. Interactive	[41]
2022	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	$405,421,518	$110,000,000	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles	Sega	[10]
2023	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	$1,363,377,030	$100,000,000	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	[62]
2024	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	$492,162,604	$125,000,000	Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega	[5][6]
2025	A Minecraft Movie	$955,149,195	$150,000,000	Minecraft	Mojang Studios	[3][4]

Timeline of highest-grossing video game films

At least eight films have held the record of 'highest-grossing film of all time based on a video game' since the 1993 film Super Mario Bros. assumed the top spot.

• Three of the films, Super Mario Bros., Pokémon: The First Movie and The Super Mario Bros. Movie are based on Nintendo video games.
  • Pokémon: The First Movie was the first animated film to do so.
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie was the first film to reach the half billion and billion dollar marks at the box-office.
• Each three early films are the first time to do so in three consecutive years (1993-1995) in mid-1990s to held.

Title	Record-setting gross	Established	Length held	Based on video game(s)	Original game publisher(s)	Ref
Super Mario Bros.	$38,912,465	1993	1 Year	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	[57]
Street Fighter	$99,423,521	1994		Street Fighter	Capcom	[38]
Mortal Kombat	$124,741,822	1995	3 years	Mortal Kombat	Midway Games	[31]
Pokémon: The First Movie	$172,744,662	1998		Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[25]
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	$274,703,340	2001	9 years	Tomb Raider	Eidos Interactive	[20]
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	$336,365,676	2010	6 years	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Ubisoft	[15]
Warcraft	$439,048,914	2016	7 years	Warcraft	Blizzard Entertainment	[7]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie	$1,363,377,030	2023	Ongoing	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	[62]

Timeline of biggest opening weekends for video game films worldwide

Title	Record-setting gross	Established	Length held	Based on video game(s)	Original game publisher(s)	Ref
Super Mario Bros.	$8,532,623*	1993	2 years	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	[63]
Mortal Kombat	$23,283,887*	1995	4 years	Mortal Kombat	Midway Games	[64]
Pokémon: The First Movie	$31,036,678*	1999	2 years	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[25]
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	$47,735,743*	2001	13 years	Tomb Raider	Eidos Interactive	[20]
Need for Speed	$63,400,000	2014	2 years	Need for Speed	Electronic Arts	[65]
Warcraft	$65,141,191C	June 2016	6 months	Warcraft	Blizzard Entertainment	[66]
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	$94,335,503C	December 2016	3 years	Resident Evil	Capcom	[67]
Pokémon Detective Pikachu	$161,000,000	2019	4 years	Detective Pikachu and Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[68]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie	$375,579,730	2023	Ongoing	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	[69]

Highest-grossing film series and film franchises based on video games

See also: List of highest-grossing media franchises

The following is a list of the highest-grossing film series and film franchises based on video games. Pokémon sits as the highest-grossing franchise with over $1.5 billion at the box office, while Mario has the best average with $700 million per film.

  † Background shading indicates that at least one film in the series is playing in the week commencing 1 August 2025 in theaters around the world.

Highest-grossing animated franchises and film series^[§]

(The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")

Rank Series Total worldwide box office No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

1 Pokémon $1,507,766,458 24 $62,823,602 Detective Pikachu ($433,305,346) Detective Pikachu (2019)[70] $433,305,346 Original series $423,996,689 5 $84,799,338 The First Movie ($172,744,662) 1 The First Movie (1998) $172,744,662 2 The Movie 2000 (1999) $133,949,270 3 3: The Movie (2000) $68,411,275 4 4Ever (2001) $28,023,563 5 Heroes (2002) $20,867,919 Diamond & Pearl $207,651,955 4 $51,912,989 Zoroark: Master of Illusions ($71,143,529) 1 Zoroark Master of Illusions (2010) $71,143,529 2 Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009) $50,673,078 3 Giratina and the Sky Warrior (2008) $43,338,599 4 The Rise of Darkrai (2007) $42,496,749 Best Wishes! $135,384,123 3 $45,128,041 Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom ($57,082,491) 1 Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom (2011) $57,082,491 2 Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (2012) $46,008,255 3 Genesect and the Legend Awakened (2013) $32,293,377 Advanced Generation $132,598,260 4 $33,149,565 Lucario and the Mystery of Mew ($37,228,626) 1 Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005) $37,228,626 2 Destiny Deoxys (2004) $34,337,258 3 Jirachi Wish Maker (2003) $33,393,751 4 Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006) $27,638,625 Alternate continuity $104,692,106 4 $26,173,027 I Choose You! ($37,552,144) 1 I Choose You! (2017) $37,552,144 2 Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution (2019) $27,347,118 3 The Power of Us (2018) $23,740,788 4 Secrets of the Jungle (2020) $16,052,056 XY $70,137,979 3 $23,379,326 Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction ($28,595,105) 1 Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014) $28,595,105 2 Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015) $21,815,482 3 Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel (2016) $19,727,392

2 Mario $1,401,479,454 2 $700,739,727 The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($1,362,566,989) 1 The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) $1,362,566,989 2 Super Mario Bros. (1993) $38,912,465

3 Resident Evil $1,279,538,320 10 $127,953,832 The Final Chapter ($312,257,250) Live-action series $1,233,229,454 6 $205,538,242 The Final Chapter ($312,257,250) 1 The Final Chapter (2017)[71] $312,257,250 2 Afterlife (2010)[72] $300,228,084 3 Retribution (2012)[73] $240,004,424 4 Extinction (2007)[74] $148,412,065 5 Apocalypse (2004)[75] $129,342,769 6 Resident Evil (2002)[76] $102,984,862 Animated series $4,487,010 3 $1,495,670 Damnation ($2,325,035) 1 Damnation (2012)[77] $2,325,035 2 Vendetta (2017)[78][79] $1,623,063 3 Degeneration (2008)[80] $538,912 Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)[81] $41,851,340

4 Sonic the Hedgehog $1,218,538,148 3 $406,179,383 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ($492,162,604) 1 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) $492,162,604 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) $405,421,518 3 Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) $320,954,026

5 Tomb Raider $705,859,531 3 $235,286,510 Lara Croft ($274,703,340) Original series $434,802,562 2 $217,401,281 Lara Croft ($274,703,340) 1 Lara Croft (2001) $274,703,340 2 The Cradle of Life (2003) $160,099,222 Tomb Raider (2018)[82] $274,650,803

6 Angry Birds $500,125,976 2 $250,062,988 The Angry Birds Movie ($352,333,929) 1 The Angry Birds Movie (2016) $352,333,929 2 The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) $147,792,047

7 Mortal Kombat $267,083,252 3 $89,027,751 Mortal Kombat (1995) ($122,195,920) Original series $173,572,781 2 $86,786,391 Mortal Kombat (1995) ($122,195,920) 1 Mortal Kombat (1995) $122,195,920 2 Annihilation (1997) $51,376,861 Mortal Kombat (2021) $84,426,031

8 Yo-kai Watch $217,511,878 6 $36,251,980 Yo-kai Watch: The Movie ($80,268,947) 1 Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (2014) $99,481,307 2 Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! (2015) $58,850,969 3 Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! (2016)[83] $29,965,191 4 Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu (2017)[84] $18,187,307 5 Forever Friends (2018)[85] $11,027,104

9 Digimon $204,934,969 18 $11,385,276 Revenge of Diaboromon ($37,590,688) Adventure 02 $56,390,688 2 $28,195,344 Revenge of Diaboromon ($37,590,688) 1 Revenge of Diaboromon (2001)[86] $37,590,688 2 Hurricane Touchdown/Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals (2000)[87] $18,800,000 Adventure $47,065,295 2 $23,532,648 Our War Game! ($27,065,295) 1 Our War Game! (2000)[87] $27,065,295 2 Adventure (1999)[88] $20,000,000 Tamers $38,430,458 2 $19,215,229 Battle of Adventurers ($25,060,458) 1 Runaway Locomon (2002)[89] $25,060,458 2 Battle of Adventurers (2001)[86] $13,370,000 Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020)[a] $24,141,755 Digimon: The Movie (2000)[93] $16,643,191 Adventure tri. $8,748,815 6 $1,458,136 Reunion ($2,300,000) 1 Reunion (2015)[94][95] $2,490,581 2 Determination (2016)[94] $1,600,000 3 Loss (2017)[96][97] $1,319,114 4 Future (2018)[94][98] $1,254,324 5 Confession (2016)[99] $1,150,000 6 Coexistence (2017)[100][101] $934,796 Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon (2002)[89] $5,900,000 Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!! (2006)[88] $5,250,000 Adventure 02: The Beginning (2023)[102] $1,531,234 Digital Monster X-Evolution (2005)[88] $850,000

10 Hitman $183,623,974 2 $91,811,987 Hitman (2007) ($101,276,318) 1 Hitman (2007) $101,276,318 2 Agent 47 (2015) $82,347,656

11 Silent Hill $155,967,840 2 $77,983,920 Silent Hill ($100,605,135) 1 Silent Hill (2006) $100,605,135 2 Revelation (2012) $55,362,705

12 Street Fighter $128,187,722 3 $42,729,241 Street Fighter (1994) ($99,423,521) 1 Street Fighter (1994) $99,423,521 2 Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) $16,000,000 3 The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) $12,764,201

13 Final Fantasy $91,611,810 2 $45,805,905 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within ($85,131,830) 1 The Spirits Within (2001) $85,131,830 2 Kingsglaive (2016) $6,479,980

14 Fate $71,442,696 8 $8,930,337 Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song ($20,401,597) Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel $58,026,143 3 $19,342,048 Spring Song ($20,401,597) 1 Spring Song (2020)[b] $20,401,597 2 Lost Butterfly (2019)[105] $20,201,611 3 Presage Flower (2017) $17,422,935 Fate/Grand Order $9,092,314 3 $3,030,771 Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot ($3,669,705) 1 Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot (2020)[106] $3,669,705 2 The Grand Temple of Time (2021)[107] $3,308,000 3 Camelot Paladin; Agateram (2021)[108] $2,114,609 Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010) $3,205,829 Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow (2017)[109] $1,118,410

15 Seer $64,041,000 7 $9,148,714 Invincible Puni (2017) ($16,127,000) 1 Seer Movie 6: Invincible Puni [Invincible Puni; 賽爾號大電影6：聖者無敵] (2017)[110] $16,127,000 2 Heroes Alliance (2013)[111] $12,347,000 3 Seer 4 (2014)[112] $10,146,000 4 Rise of Thunder (2015)[113] $9,092,000 5 Seer (2011)[114] $6,822,000 6 Seer 2 (2012)[115] $4,946,000 7 Crazy Intelligence (2019)[116] $4,561,000

16 Roco Kingdom [zh] $35,603,000 4 $8,900,750 Roco Kingdom 4 ($12,362,000) 1 Roco Kingdom 4 (2015)[117] $12,362,000 2 The Desire of Dragon (2013)[118] $11,223,000 3 Roco Kingdom 3 (2014)[119] $7,794,000 4 The Dragon Knight (2011)[120] $4,224,000

17 King of Prism $16,700,000 3 $5,566,667 By Pretty Rhythm ($7,200,000) 1 By Pretty Rhythm (2016) $7,200,000 2 Pride the Hero (2017) $6,000,000 3 Shiny Seven Stars (2019) $3,500,000

18 Dragon Nest $13,125,000 2 $6,562,500 Warriors' Dawn ($9,345,000) 1 Warriors' Dawn (2014) $9,345,000 2 Throne of Elves (2016) $3,780,000

19 Tamagotchi $12,471,887 2 $6,235,944 Tamagotchi: The Movie ($6,787,281) 1 Tamagotchi: The Movie (2007) $6,787,281 2 Happiest Story in the Universe! (2008) $5,684,606

20 Monster Strike $10,700,000 2 $5,350,000 Monster Strike The Movie ($6,800,000) 1 Monster Strike The Movie (2016) $6,800,000 2 Monster Strike The Movie: Sora no Kanata (2018) $3,900,000

Video game films by number of box office admissions

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing video games films that have sold more than 1 million tickets worldwide.

Note that some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing video game films by ticket sales, so no rankings are given.

Title	Year	Ticket sales (est.)	Based on video game(s)	Original game publisher(s)	Ref
The Super Mario Bros. Movie	2023	168,100,000	Mario	Nintendo	[121]
Warcraft	2016	60,597,988	Warcraft	Blizzard Entertainment	[c]
Pokémon Detective Pikachu	2019	53,536,224	Detective Pikachu and Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[d]
Sonic the Hedgehog	2020	41,078,604	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega	[e]
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	2010	40,926,883	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Ubisoft	[f]
Pokémon: The First Movie	1998	36,837,706	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[g]
Pokémon: The Movie 2000	1999	19,568,660	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[h]
Pokémon 3: The Movie	2001	10,114,749	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[i]
Digimon: The Movie	2000	6,546,909	Digimon	Bandai	[j]

Highest-grossing video game films by markets

Market	Highest-grossing film	Year	Gross	Based on video game(s)	Original game publisher(s)	Ref
Argentina	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	2023	ARS$4,965,325,536 ($14,202,470)	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	[155]
Brazil			$26,795,219			[156]
China	Warcraft	2016	CN¥1,472,300,000 ($225,547,500)	Warcraft	Blizzard Entertainment	[157][158]
Europe	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	2023	$310,824,053	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	[159]
Japan			¥15,264,282,605 ($101,816,186)			[160]
Mexico			$85,378,425			[161]
Philippines	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	2010	₱176,569,139 ($3,357,913)	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Ubisoft	[162]
Spain	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	2023	$29,898,830	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	[163]
South Korea			₩24,545,584,227 KRW ($18,121,643)			[164]
United States and Canada			$574,934,330			[165]
United Kingdom			$67,934,434			[166]

Biggest opening weekends for a video game film worldwide

The following is a list of video game movies which have opened to more than $10 million.

Rank	Film	Year	Opening weekend	Based on video game(s)	Original game publisher(s)	Ref
1	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	2023	$375,579,730	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	[167]
2	A Minecraft Movie	2025	$313,453,003	Minecraft	Mojang Studios	[168]
3	Pokémon Detective Pikachu	2019	$161,000,000	Detective Pikachu and Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[68]
4	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	2022	$141,000,000*	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles	Sega	[169]
5	Sonic the Hedgehog	2020	$101,000,000	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega	[170]
6	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	2016	$94,335,503C	Resident Evil	Capcom	[67]
7	Warcraft		$65,141,191C	Warcraft	Blizzard Entertainment	[158]
8	Need for Speed	2014	$63,400,000	Need for Speed	Electronic Arts	[171]
9	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	2024	$60,102,146*	Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Adventure 2	Sega	[172]
10	Rampage	2018	$55,005,673C	Rampage	Midway Games	[173]
11	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	2001	$47,735,743*	Tomb Raider	Eidos Interactive	[174]
12	Uncharted	2022	$44,010,155*	Uncharted	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[175]
13	Tomb Raider	2018	$40,839,420C	Tomb Raider (2013) and Rise of the Tomb Raider	Square Enix Europe, Microsoft Studios	[176]
14	The Angry Birds Movie	2016	$38,155,177*	Angry Birds	Rovio Entertainment	[177]
15	Pokémon: The First Movie	1999	$31,036,678*	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[178]
16	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	2010	$30,095,259*	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Ubisoft	[179]
17	Resident Evil: Afterlife		$26,650,264*	Resident Evil	Capcom	[180][181]
18	Resident Evil: Extinction	2007	$23,678,580*	Resident Evil	Capcom	[182]
19	Mortal Kombat	2021	$23,302,503*	Mortal Kombat	Midway Games	[183]
20	Mortal Kombat	1995	$23,283,887*	Mortal Kombat	Midway Games	[64]
21	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	2004	$23,036,273*	Resident Evil	Capcom	[184]
22	Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	2003	$21,783,641*	Tomb Raider	Eidos Interactive	[185]
23	Hitman	2007	$21,094,148*	Hitman	Eidos Interactive	[186]
24	Resident Evil: Retribution	2012	$21,052,227*	Resident Evil	Capcom	[187]
25	Silent Hill	2006	$20,152,598*	Silent Hill	Konami	[188]
26	Pokémon: The Movie 2000	2000	$19,575,608*	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	[189]
27	Resident Evil	2002	$17,707,106*	Resident Evil	Capcom	[190]

• * = North America only
• ^C = China only

See also

• List of films based on video games
• List of best-selling video game franchises
• List of best-selling video games

Notes

1. Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna gross revenue:

   • Japan – $2,600,000^[90]
   • China – $19,160,000^[91]
   • Other territories – $1,671,755^[92]
   • Taiwan – $700,000
2. $19 million in Japan.^[103] $1,401,597 overseas.^[104]
3. Warcraft admissions:

   • United States – 5,475,000^[122]
   • China and Bolivia – 39,664,155^[123]
   • Europe – 14,295,559^[124]
   • South Korea – 1,163,274^[125]
4. Detective Pikachu admissions:

   • United States and Canada – 15,993,900^[126]
   • Japan – 2,120,000^[127]
   • China – 18,209,492^[128]
   • Europe – 12,026,023^[129]
   • Mexico – 4,500,000^[130]
   • South Korea – 686,809^[125]
5. Sonic the Hedgehog admissions:

   • United States and Canada – 15,876,790^[131]
   • Europe – 12,454,206^[132]
   • Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Dominican Republic – 8,241,240^[131]
   • Brazil – 3,001,403^[133]
   • China – 698,500^[134]
   • Argentina – 687,740^[135]
   • South Korea – 118,725^[125]
6. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time admissions

   • United States, China, Mexico, Brazil – 22,890,440^[136]
   • Europe – 16,032,910^[137]
   • South Korea – 2,003,533^[125]
7. Pokémon: The First Movie admissions

   • Japan – 6,650,000^[138]
   • United States and Canada – 16,858,300^[139]
   • Europe – 12,679,046^[140]
   • Brazil – 468,000^[141]
   • South Korea (Seoul City) – 182,360^[125]
8. Pokemon: The Movie 2000 admissions

   • Japan – 5,600,000^[142]
   • United States and Canada – 8,184,000^[143]
   • Europe (excluding France) – 5,034,378^[144]
   • France – 730,002^[145]
   • South Korea (Seoul City) – 20,280^[125]
9. Pokémon 3 admissions:

   • Japan – 4,500,000^[142]
   • United States and Canada – 3,055,000^[146]
   • Europe (excluding France) – 1,861,273^[147]
   • Brazil – 538,075^[148]
   • France – 160,401^[149]
10. Digimon: The Movie admissions

    • Japan – 3,430,497
      • Digimon Adventure (1999) – 712,589^[150][151]
      • Our War Game! and Digimon Adventure 02 (2000) – 2,717,908^[151][152]
    • United States and Canada – 1,786,900^[139]
    • Germany – 667,563^[153]
    • Other European territories – 661,949^[154]