Need for Speed – Released March 14, 2014 and made $203,277,636 at the box office. (Photo: Instagram, @need_for_speed_movie)
Hitman: Agent 47 – Released August 21, 2015 and made $82,347,656 at the box office. (Photo: Instagram, @dengodeorm)
Silent Hill: Revelation – Released October 26, 2012 and made $52,302,796 at the box office. (Photo: Instagram, @welcome.to.my.world.gp)
Resident Evil: Retribution – Released September 14, 2012 and made $240,159,255 at the box office. (Photo: Instagram, @resident_evil_photo)
Resident Evil: Afterlife – Released September 10, 2010 and made $296,221,663 at the box office. (Photo: Instagram, @residentevilfilm)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – Released May 28, 2010 and made $336,365,676 at the box office. (Photo: Instagram, @jake.gyllenhaall)
Hitman – Released November 21, 2007 and made $99,965,792 at the box office. (Photo: Instagram, @kinopark_kz)
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale – Released January 11, 2008 and made $13,097,915 at the box office. (Photo: Instagram, @brianjwhite)
Max Payne – Released October 17, 2008 and made $85,416,905 at the box office. (Photo: Instagram, @monstermatt95)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li – Released February 25, 2009 and made $12,764,201 at the box office. (Photo: Instagram, @toretto81)
In 2016, no less than four major film adaptations of popular video games will hit theaters. While we are all waiting to see how Ratchet and Clank, The Angry Birds Movie, Warcraft and Assassin’s Creed will shape up, let’s look back at previous attempts at cashing in on video games through cinema.
