The Video Game Movie Curse

I get that there is a group of resident evil film fans or else the series wouldnt be well a series.

Halloween movie picture game. The video game movie curse is when a film based on a video game franchise fails to earn back its budget at the box office doesnt exactly get good scores. Well use ratchet clank as an example the film had a budget of 20 million only earned back 144 million. The curse of video game movie adaptations.

By patrick faller on april 9 2018 at 241pm pdt. Victims of the video game movie curse the resident evil series puts this on full display. The monster filled tentpole is set to hit theaters in april but most films adapted from video games disappoint at the box office and are usually panned in reviews.

To uwe bolls movies and beyond dave takes a deep dive into the history of video game films. Blame super mario bros. A reboot is currently in the works.

It was in 1993 that hollywood realized the dream of putting a video game movie up on the big screen with super mario bros and setting the stage for a long legacy of questionable choices troubled productions and gamers pixel tears left in their wakebut like the kid who just has to pump in one more quarter to reach for that high score the. Director brad peyton hopes that rampage will break the so called video game movie curse and that the dwayne johnson film will win over critics and moviegoers alike. After multiple failed attempts at video game movies like warcraft assassins creed and tomb raider to name a few in blasts 2020s sonic the hedgehog movie.

From super mario bros. The video game movie genre got off to a poor start with 1993s super mario bros which was such a mess nintendo refused to license their games for another movie until very recently for ironically enough an animated super mario movieit only got worse from there with the likes of street fighter mortal kombat. 43 video game movies ranked worst to best.

While there have. The resident evil series became gradually more profitable with each entry despite the reviews. While receiving a metacritic score of 29100.

Why the video game movie curse doesnt really exist. In spite of the genres critical reputation fun fact castlevania is the only adaptation certified fresh on rotten tomatoes that hasnt stood in the way of its continued success. Video game films have a negative connotation immediately associated with them.