2023’s most lucrative domestic opening is already the biggest video-game adaptation of all time, and it’s only going to make even more money.
, senior box-office analyst for Exhibitor Relations Co. “The industry had every right to question whether this demographic was still relevant in the way it once was. And I think this proves without a doubt that, yes, it is back. Nintendo is the clear winner in this. And video-game adaptations are the next big thing.”
Back in 2019, a controversy with startling parallels to the Mario-Pratt accent flap played out surrounding Paramount’s live-action adaptation of . Upon that film’s first trailer drop, Movie Twitter came together in near-universal condemnation of the CGI Sega character’s “too big” and “terrifyingly human” teeth. The studio regrouped, forcingdirector Jeff Fowler and his VFX team back to the dental drawing board and pushing the movie back nearly a year. The upshot: The blue-furred blur debuted in 2020 to shockingly positive reviews and logged a global gross of $319.7 million.launched a franchise: A sequel took in $405.
Solidifying notions of our current games-as-IP tipping point, Sony’s big-screen blowup of the Naughty Dog Playstation title shocked Hollywood by grossing $401.7 million last year. “This is the prime time for all of those beloved video-game characters to take center stage,” says Bock, pointing to the series adaptation of the first-person-shooter gameon Paramount+.
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