This is a list of the highest-grossing films based on video games, including both live-action and animated video game films. , Nintendo's The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the highest-grossing video game film. Mario is the highest-grossing video game film franchise and Resident Evil the highest-grossing live-action video game 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.
Highest-grossing video game films 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 seven films on the list, while Nintendo is the most frequent publisher with nine films on the list. Every film in the Sonic the Hedgehog and Mortal Kombat series are included. The Super Mario Bros. Movie ranks among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time. Iron Lung is the highest-grossing and only indie film on the list; it ranks among the 50 highest-grossing independent films of all time. 2026 is the most prominent year on this list, with four entries total.
Rank Title Year Gross Original source Format Peak Series / Game Publisher11 The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023 $1,360,783,214Super MarioNintendoAnimated22 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 2026$1,013,045,939Super Mario & GalaxyNintendo32A Minecraft Movie2025$960,387,780MinecraftMojang Live42 Sonic the Hedgehog 32024$492,162,604Sonic the Hedgehog & Adventure 2SegaHybrid51Pokémon: Detective Pikachu2019$433,453,444Pokémon & Detective PikachuNintendo61Warcraft2016$439,048,914WarcraftBlizzardLive72Rampage2018$428,028,233RampageMidway84 Uncharted2022$407,141,258UnchartedSony94 Sonic the Hedgehog 22022$405,421,518Sonic the HedgehogSegaHybrid102 The Angry Birds Movie2016$352,333,929Angry BirdsRovioAnimated111Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time2010$336,365,676Prince of Persia & Sands of TimeUbisoftLive126Sonic the Hedgehog2020$320,954,026Sonic the HedgehogSega Hybrid134Resident Evil: The Final Chapter2017$312,257,250Resident EvilCapcomLive142Resident Evil: Afterlife2010$300,228,084Resident EvilCapcom1512 Five Nights at Freddy's2023$297,144,130Five Nights at Freddy'sScottGames161Lara Croft: Tomb Raider2001$274,703,340Tomb RaiderEidos177Tomb Raider2018$274,650,803Tomb Raider & TR 2013 Square Enix1818 Resident Evil 2026$245,510,000Resident EvilCapcomhttps://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Resident-Evil-(2026)196Assassin's Creed2016$240,558,621Assassin's CreedUbisoft204Resident Evil: Retribution2012$240,004,424Resident EvilCapcom2119Five Nights at Freddy's 22025$238,313,292Five Nights at Freddy's & FNAF2ScottGames225Need for Speed2014$203,277,636Need for SpeedElectronic Arts231Pokémon: The First Movie1998$172,744,662PokémonNintendoAnimated243Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life2003$160,099,222Tomb RaiderEidosLive254Resident Evil: Extinction2007$148,412,065Resident EvilCapcom2616The Angry Birds Movie 22019$147,792,047Angry BirdsRovioAnimated272Pokémon: The Movie 20001999$133,949,270PokémonNintendo2827Mortal Kombat II2026$129,419,161Mortal KombatWarner Live295Resident Evil: Apocalypse2004$129,342,769Resident EvilCapcom301Mortal Kombat1995$124,741,822Mortal KombatMidway3124Gran Turismo2023$121,966,534Gran TurismoSony324Resident Evil2002$102,984,862Resident EvilCapcom339Hitman2007$101,276,318HitmanEidos349Silent Hill2006$100,605,135Silent HillKonami3514Yo-kai Watch: The Movie2014$99,481,307Yo-kai WatchLevel-5Animated361Street Fighter1994$99,423,521Street FighterCapcomLive3711Max Payne2008$87,066,930Max PayneRockstar386Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within2001$85,131,830Final FantasySquaresoftAnimated3928Mortal Kombat2021$84,426,031Mortal KombatWarnerLive4018Hitman: Agent 472015$82,347,656HitmanSquare Enix4115Pokémon Zoroark: Master of Illusions2010$71,143,529 Pokémon Nintendo Animated424Pokémon 3: The Movie2000$68,411,275 Pokémon Nintendo4322Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!2015Yo-kai WatchLevel-54412Doom2005$58,072,119Doom & D3id SoftwareLive4517Pokémon the Movie: Black / White2011$57,082,491PokémonNintendoAnimated4620Silent Hill: Revelation2012$55,362,705Silent Hill & SH3KonamiLive4744 Until Dawn2025$53,316,824Until DawnSony483Mortal Kombat Annihilation1997$51,376,861Mortal KombatMidway4946Iron Lung2026$51,226,173Iron LungSzymanski5015Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life2009$50,673,078PokémonNintendo Animated
Box office ticket sales
The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing video games films that have sold more than 10million 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 Tickets () Original source Format Series / Game Publisher The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 168,100,000 Super Mario Bros. Nintendo Animated The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 2026Super Mario & GalaxyNintendoA Minecraft Movie202582,600,000MinecraftMojangLive Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 2019 66,600,000Pokémon & Detective PikachuNintendo HybridResident Evil: The Final Chapter201761,100,000Resident EvilCapcomLive Warcraft 2016 60,597,988WarcraftBlizzard Rampage2018 RampageMidwayAssassin's Creed201648,300,000Assassin's CreedUbisoftSonic the Hedgehog 3202446,600,000Sonic & Adventure 2SegaHybridThe Angry Birds Movie2016Angry BirdsRovioAnimatedSonic the Hedgehog 2202244,800,000Sonic the HedgehogSegaHybridUncharted202244,700,000UnchartedSonyLive Sonic the Hedgehog 2020 41,078,604Sonic the HedgehogSega Hybrid Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 2010 40,926,883Prince of Persia & Sands of TimeUbisoft LiveLara Croft: Tomb Raider2001Tomb RaiderEidos Pokémon: The First Movie 1998 Pokémon Nintendo AnimatedFive Nights at Freddy's202330,500,000Five Nights at Freddy'sScottGamesLiveTomb Raider2018 Tomb Raider & 2013Square EnixResident Evil: Retribution201228,200,000Resident EvilCapcomThe Angry Birds Movie 2201922,700,000Angry BirdsRovioAnimatedResident Evil: Afterlife2010 Resident EvilCapcomLiveNeed for Speed201422,100,000Need for SpeedEAFive Nights at Freddy's 2202520,600,000FNAF & FNAF2ScottGamesMortal Kombat 1995 Mortal KombatMidway Pokémon: The Movie 2000 1999 19,568,660PokémonNintendo AnimatedTomb Raider: The Cradle of Life2003Tomb RaiderEidosLiveResident Evil: Apocalypse2004 Resident EvilCapcomResident Evil2002 Resident EvilCapcomResident Evil: Extinction2007 Resident EvilCapcomFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within2001 Final FantasySquaresoft AnimatedStreet Fighter1994Street Fighter IICapcomLiveSilent Hill 2006 Silent HillKonami Gran Turismo202311,600,000Gran TurismoSonyMortal Kombat202111,100,000Mortal KombatWarner Mortal Kombat II202610,500,000Mortal KombatWarnerLive Pokémon 3: The Movie 2001 PokémonNintendo Animated
Biggest opening weekends The following is a list of the 30 video game movies which had the biggest opening weekends.
Film Year Opening Original source Series / GamePublisher 1 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 $375,579,730 Super Mario Bros.Nintendo 2The Super Mario Galaxy Movie2026$372,640,795Super Mario Bros. & GalaxyNintendo3A Minecraft Movie 2025$313,453,003MinecraftMojang Studios 4 Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 2019 $161,000,000Pokémon & Detective Pikachu Nintendo 5Sonic the Hedgehog 22022$141,000,000Sonic the HedgehogSega6Resident Evil2026$108,300,000Resident EvilCapcom7Sonic the Hedgehog2020$101,000,000Sonic the HedgehogSega8Resident Evil: The Final Chapter2016$94,335,503Resident EvilCapcom 9 Warcraft $65,141,191WarcraftBlizzard 10 Need for Speed 2014 $63,400,000 Need for Speed Electronic Arts 11Mortal Kombat II2026$63,000,000Mortal KombatWarner12Sonic the Hedgehog 32024$60,102,146*Sonic & Adventure 2Sega13Rampage2018$55,005,673RampageMidway Games14 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2001 $47,735,743* Tomb RaiderEidos Interactive15Uncharted2022$44,010,155*UnchartedSony Interactive 16 Tomb Raider 2018 $40,839,420 Tomb Raider & 2013Square Enix 17 The Angry Birds Movie2016$38,155,177*Angry BirdsRovio18Pokémon: The First Movie1999$31,036,678*PokémonNintendo 19 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time2010$30,095,259*Prince of Persia & Sands of TimeUbisoft20Resident Evil: Afterlife2010$26,650,264*Resident EvilCapcom21Resident Evil: Extinction2007$23,678,580*Resident EvilCapcom22Mortal Kombat2021$23,302,503*Mortal KombatMidway Games23Mortal Kombat1995$23,283,887*Mortal KombatMidway Games24Resident Evil: Apocalypse2004$23,036,273*Resident EvilCapcom25Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life2003$21,783,641*Tomb RaiderEidos Interactive26Hitman2007$21,094,148*HitmanEidos Interactive 27 Resident Evil: Retribution 2012 $21,052,227*Resident EvilCapcom 28Silent Hill2006$20,152,598*Silent HillKonami29Pokémon: The Movie 20002000$19,575,608*PokémonNintendo30Iron Lung2026$18,190,786*Iron LungDavid Szymanski
* = North America only = China only
Timeline of records
Highest-grossing 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 the mid-1990s.
Year Title Record gross Length Original source Game / Series Publisher 1993 Super Mario Bros.$38,912,4651 yearSuper Mario Bros.Nintendo 1994 Street Fighter$99,423,5211 yearStreet FighterCapcom 1995 Mortal Kombat$124,741,8223 yearsMortal KombatMidway 1998 Pokémon: The First Movie$172,744,6623 yearsPokémonNintendo 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider$274,703,3409 yearsTomb RaiderEidos 2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time$336,365,6766 years Prince of Persia & The Sands of TimeUbisoft 2016 Warcraft$439,048,9143 yearsWarcraftBlizzard2019Pokémon: Detective Pikachu$451,453,444 4 yearsPokémon & Detective PikachuNintendo 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie$1,360,650,924OngoingSuper Mario Bros.Nintendo
Biggest opening weekends Notes:
* means domestic opening in North America. means opening in China.
Established Title Record gross Length Original source Game / Series Publisher 1993 Super Mario Bros.$8,532,623*2 yearsSuper Mario Bros.Nintendo 1995 Mortal Kombat$23,283,887*4 yearsMortal KombatMidway 1999 Pokémon: The First Movie $31,036,678*2 yearsPokémonNintendo 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider $47,735,743*13 yearsTomb RaiderEidos 2014 Need for Speed$63,400,0002 years Need for SpeedEA June 2016 Warcraft$65,141,1916 monthsWarcraftBlizzard Dec 2016 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter $94,335,5033 yearsResident EvilCapcom 2019 Pokémon: Detective Pikachu $161,000,0004 yearsPokémon & Detective PikachuNintendo 2023The Super Mario Bros. Movie $375,579,730OngoingSuper Mario Bros.Nintendo
Highest-grossing films by year