Topic summary
Video game film
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Film and television adaptations of video games.
2001–2016: Expansion and fluctuations
Video game film adaptations in Hollywood gained notoriety during this period due to large number of films drew polarized or panned response, which falls irregularly to generate revenue equivalent to their production budget. For example: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within encompassed a budget of $137 million, clocked in at a total of $85.1 million becoming one of the lowest revenue-generating adaptations of video games, which results in a box office failure led to the defunct of Square Pictures and departure of Hironobu Sakaguchi, the only film for a studio ever existed before the demise in the following year. Other notable failures include Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009), BloodRayne (2005), Far Cry (2008), and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), each earning a net loss of over $20 million with In the Name of the King reaching a total loss of $47 million.