List of highest-grossing movies based on video games

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the highest-grossing film adaptation based on video games, with Pokémon being the highest-grossing film franchise.

List of highest-grossing video game film adaptations

† indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 19 January 2024.

The following is a list of grossing films based on video games, all films has 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 12 films on the list, whiles Nintendo is the most frequent publisher with 15 films on the list.

Rank	Peak	Title	Based on video game(s)	Original game publisher(s)	Date	Worldwide gross	Distributor	Format	Ref
1	1	The Super Mario Bros. Movie †	Super Mario	Nintendo	April 5, 2023	$1,361,945,211	Universal Pictures	Animated
2	1	Pokémon Detective Pikachu	Detective Pikachuand Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	May 10, 2019	$450,062,638	Warner Bros. Pictures	Live-action/animated
3	2	Warcraft	Warcraft	Blizzard Entertainment	June 10, 2016	$439,048,914	Universal Pictures	Live-action
4	2	Rampage	Rampage	Midway Games	April 13, 2018	$428,028,233	Warner Bros. Pictures
5	4	Uncharted	Uncharted	Sony Interactive Entertainment	February 18, 2022	$407,141,258	Sony Pictures Releasing
6	4	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega	April 8, 2022	$405,421,518	Paramount Pictures	Live-action/animated
7	2	The Angry Birds Movie	Angry Birds	Rovio Entertainment	May 20, 2016	$352,333,929	Sony Pictures Releasing	Animated
8	1	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Ubisoft	May 28, 2010	$336,365,676	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Live-action
9	6	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega	February 14, 2020	$320,954,026	Paramount Pictures	Live-action/animated
10	4	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	Resident Evil	Capcom	January 27, 2017	$312,257,250	Sony Pictures Releasing	Live-action
11	2	Resident Evil: Afterlife			September 10, 2010	$300,228,084
12	12	Five Nights at Freddy's†	Five Nights at Freddy's	ScottGames	October 27, 2023	$294,645,154	Universal Pictures
13	1	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Tomb Raider	Eidos Interactive	June 15, 2001	$274,703,340	Paramount Pictures
14	7	Tomb Raider		Square Enix Europe	March 16, 2018	$274,650,803	Warner Bros. Pictures
15	6	Assassin's Creed	Assassin's Creed	Ubisoft	December 21, 2016	$240,558,621	20th Century Fox
16	4	Resident Evil: Retribution	Resident Evil	Capcom	September 14, 2012	$240,004,424	Sony Pictures Releasing
17	5	Need for Speed	Need for Speed	Electronic Arts	March 14, 2014	$203,277,636	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
18	1	Pokémon: The First Movie	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 18, 1998	$172,744,662	Warner Bros. Pictures	Animated
19	3	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life	Tomb Raider	Eidos Interactive	July 25, 2003	$160,099,222	Paramount Pictures	Live-action
20	4	Resident Evil: Extinction	Resident Evil	Capcom	September 21, 2007	$148,412,065	Sony Pictures Releasing
21	16	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Angry Birds	Rovio Entertainment	August 14, 2019	$147,792,047		Animated
22	2	Pokémon: The Movie 2000	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 17, 1999	$133,949,270	Warner Bros. Pictures
23	5	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Resident Evil	Capcom	September 10, 2004	$129,342,769	Sony Pictures Releasing	Live-action
24	1	Mortal Kombat	Mortal Kombat	Midway Games	August 18, 1995	$124,741,822	New Line Cinema
25	24	Gran Turismo †	Gran Turismo	Sony Interactive Entertainment	August 25, 2023	$121,966,534	Sony Pictures Releasing
26	4	Resident Evil	Resident Evil	Capcom	March 15, 2002	$102,984,862	Sony Pictures Releasing
27	9	Hitman	Hitman	Eidos Interactive	November 21, 2007	$101,276,318	20th Century Fox
28	9	Silent Hill	Silent Hill	Konami	April 21, 2006	$100,605,135	TriStar Pictures
29	14	Yo-kai Watch: The Movie	Yo-kai Watch	Level-5	December 20, 2014	$99,481,307	Toho	Animated
30	1	Street Fighter	Street Fighter	Capcom	December 23, 1994	$99,423,521	Universal Pictures	Live-action
31	11	Max Payne	Max Payne	Rockstar Games	October 17, 2008	$87,066,930	20th Century Fox
32	6	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Final Fantasy	Squaresoft	July 11, 2001	$85,131,830	Sony Pictures Releasing	Animated
33	28	Mortal Kombat	Mortal Kombat	Warner Bros. Interactive	April 23, 2021	$84,426,031	Warner Bros. Pictures	Live-action
34	18	Hitman: Agent 47	Hitman	Square Enix	August 21, 2015	$82,347,656	20th Century Fox
35	15	Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 10, 2010	$71,143,529	Toho	Animated
36	4	Pokémon 3: The Movie			July 8, 2000	$68,411,275	Warner Bros. Pictures
37	22	Yo-Kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!	Yo-kai Watch	Level-5	December 19, 2015	$58,850,969	Toho
38	12	Doom	Doom	id Software	October 21, 2005	$58,072,119	Universal Pictures	Live-action
39	17	Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 16, 2011	$57,082,491	Toho	Animated
40	20	Silent Hill: Revelation	Silent Hill 3	Konami	October 26, 2012	$55,362,705	Open Road Films	Live-action
41	3	Mortal Kombat Annihilation	Mortal Kombat	Midway Games	November 21, 1997	$51,376,861	New Line Cinema
42	15	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 18, 2009	$50,673,078	Toho	Animated
43	22	Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice			July 14, 2012	$46,008,255
44	16	Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior			July 19, 2008	$47,511,422
45	34	Monster Hunter	Monster Hunter	Capcom	December 18, 2020	$42,145,959	Sony Pictures Releasing	Live-action
46	38	Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City	Resident Evil		November 24, 2021	$41,851,340
47	14	Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 14, 2007	$39,043,361	Toho	Animated
48	1	Super Mario Bros.	Super Mario	Nintendo	May 28, 1993	$38,912,465	Buena Vista Pictures	Live-action
49	37	Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!	Pokémon	Nintendo, The Pokémon Company	July 15, 2017	$37,620,799	Toho	Animated
50	14	Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew			July 16, 2005	$37,620,780