{"id":124720,"date":"2022-04-19T15:17:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=124720"},"modified":"2022-04-19T15:17:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:17:29","slug":"the-top-5-highest-grossing-game-movies-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/124720-the-top-5-highest-grossing-game-movies-of-all-time","title":{"rendered":"The top 5 highest-grossing game movies of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gaming has become one of the most profitable industries globally, and many titles gross hundreds of millions after release.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood has often tried to cash in on the success of these games by creating movies using the same IP.<\/p>\n<p>This then begs the question of what the highest-grossing game adaption movies are.<\/p>\n<p>This list won\u2019t include recent titles such as Sonic the Hedgehog 2 that haven\u2019t yet reached the end of their theatrical run and are still making money.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">5. The Angry Birds Movie<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Worldwide box office: $352 million<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mobile gaming is one of the biggest sectors of the gaming market, with titles such as Candy Crush and Clash of Clans generating massive amounts of yearly revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, it\u2019s no surprise that a movie based upon the prolific Angry Birds franchise would do well.<\/p>\n<p>Despite receiving mediocre reviews from critics and viewers, it grossed over $350 million and even inspired a less-successful sequel.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QRmKa7vvct4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">4. Uncharted<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Worldwide box office: $383 million<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Uncharted series\u00a0is a classic PlayStation exclusive and is among the most beloved franchises in gaming.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 movie based on the series quickly rose to the top of the box office after its debut in February.<\/p>\n<p>The movie follows the origin story of Nathan Drake, the game\u2019s protagonist, who is played by Tom Holland.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Angry Birds Movie, Uncharted received average reviews from critics and viewers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eHp3MbsCbMg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">3. Rampage<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Worldwide box office: $428 million<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rampage stars Dwayne Johnson, the prolific actor who has seemingly has appeared in every upbeat action movie in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The game is loosely based on the Rampage game series, which was first released in 1986, and follows a player who turns into a giant monster due to genetic experimentation.<\/p>\n<p>The movie alters this slightly by focusing on the fight against three genetically mutated animals going on a rampage.<\/p>\n<p>Rampage received a solid audience reaction and slightly higher critic scores than the previous two movies.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/coOKvrsmQiI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">2. Detective Pikachu<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Worldwide box office: $433 million<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pokemon is one of the most well-known game franchises in the world, and has been represented in every medium possible.<\/p>\n<p>It has over a dozen animated movies, a TV series, and even a mobile game.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Pikachu is an adaption of a Pokemon game and is one of the more unique stories to be found within the Pokemon universe.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first game adaption on this list to have received overall positive reviews from both critics and audiences.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1roy4o4tqQM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">1. Warcraft<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Worldwide box office: $439 million<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is no coincidence that the highest-grossing film on this list is based upon one of the most successful gaming franchises in history.<\/p>\n<p>Warcraft is based on the first Warcraft strategy game and, by extension, World of Warcraft \u2014 the most successful MMO in history.<\/p>\n<p>Despite is overall box office success, Warcraft performed poorly in America, and as a result, no plans were made to make a sequel.<\/p>\n<p>Warcraft also received poor scores from critics and average scores from audiences.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Rxoz13Bthc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/124716-john-wick-creator-is-working-on-streets-of-rage-movie\"> John Wick creator is working on Streets of Rage movie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the top 5 highest grossing movies based on games as of 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":124721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5601,6402],"class_list":["post-124720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-game-adaption","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}