Broadway Movies vs Video Game Movies

[MoJames 8244]

With Sonic and Cats coming out I began wondering if there was ever a video game or broadway movie that was successful. And if you put together the list of movies from each group you would find either would actually produce anything of worth, and then I was wondering why on earth these movies get made. But then I realized I was trying to rationalize Hollywood.

Then I checked out the list on wiki for video game movies and check the shit that is coming out soon.

Video Games 

Super Mario Bros.	May 28, 1993	$20,915,465[2]	21%[3]	N/A	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Nintendo
Double Dragon	November 4, 1994	$2,341,309[4]	8%[5]	N/A	Gramercy Pictures	Technōs Japan
Street Fighter	December 23, 1994	$99,423,521[6]	11%[7]	N/A	Universal Pictures	Capcom
Mortal Kombat	August 18, 1995	$122,195,920[8]	46%[9]	58/100[10]	New Line Cinema	Midway Games
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	November 21, 1997	$51,376,861[11]	2%[12]	11/100[13]	New Line Cinema	Midway Games
Wing Commander	March 12, 1999	$11,578,059[14]	10%[15]	21/100[16]	20th Century Fox	Origin Systems
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	June 15, 2001	$274,703,340[17]	20%[18]	33/100[19]	Paramount Pictures	Eidos
Resident Evil	March 15, 2002	$102,984,862[20]	34%[21]	33/100[22]	Screen Gems	Capcom
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life	July 25, 2003	$156,505,388[23]	25%[24]	43/100[25]	Paramount Pictures	Eidos
House of the Dead	October 10, 2003	$13,818,181[26]	3%[27]	15/100[28]	Artisan Entertainment	Sega
Resident Evil: Apocalypse	September 10, 2004	$129,342,769[29]	20%[30]	35/100[31]	Screen Gems	Capcom
Alone in the Dark	January 28, 2005	$10,442,808[32]	1%[33]	9/100[34]	Lions Gate Films	Infogrames
Doom	October 21, 2005	$55,987,321[35]	19%[36]	34/100[37]	Universal Pictures	id Software
BloodRayne	January 6, 2006	$3,650,275[38]	4%[39]	18/100[40]	Boll KG Productions	Majesco Entertainment
Silent Hill	April 21, 2006	$97,607,453[41]	31%[42]	31/100[43]	TriStar Pictures	Konami
DOA: Dead or Alive	September 7, 2006	$7,516,532[44]	33%[45]	38/100[46]	Dimension Films	Tecmo
Resident Evil: Extinction	September 21, 2007	$148,412,065[47]	23%[48]	41/100[49]	Screen Gems	Capcom
Postal	October 18, 2007	$146,741	7%	22/100	Vivendi Entertainment	Ripcord Games
Hitman	November 21, 2007	$99,965,792[50]	15%[51]	35/100[52]	Cannon Pictures	Eidos
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	January 11, 2008	$13,097,915[53]	4%[54]	15/100[55]	20th Century Fox	Microsoft Studios
Far Cry	October 2, 2008	$743,634[56]	N/A[57]	N/A	20th Century Fox	Ubisoft
Max Payne	October 17, 2008	$85,416,905[58]	16%[59]	31/100[60]	20th Century Fox	Rockstar Games
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	February 27, 2009	$12,764,201[61]	5%[62]	17/100[63]	20th Century Fox	Capcom
Tekken	March 20, 2010	$967,369[64]	0%[65]	N/A	Warner Bros Pictures.	Bandai Namco Games
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	May 28, 2010	$336,365,676[66]	37%[67]	50/100[68]	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Ubisoft
Resident Evil: Afterlife	September 10, 2010	$300,228,084[69]	23%[70]	37/100[71]	Screen Gems	Capcom
Resident Evil: Retribution	September 14, 2012	$240,004,424[72]	29%[73]	39/100[74]	Screen Gems	Capcom
Silent Hill: Revelation	October 26, 2012	$52,302,796[75]	8%[76]	16/100[77]	Open Road Films	Konami
Need for Speed	March 14, 2014	$203,277,636[78]	22%[79]	39/100[80]	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Electronic Arts
Hitman: Agent 47	August 21, 2015	$82,347,656[81]	9%[82]	28/100[83]	20th Century Fox	Square Enix
Warcraft	June 10, 2016	$433,537,548[84]	28%[85]	32/100[86]	Universal Pictures	Blizzard Entertainment
Assassin's Creed	December 21, 2016	$240,558,621[87]	18%[88]	36/100[89]	20th Century Fox	Ubisoft
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	January 27, 2017	$312,257,250[90]	37%[91]	49/100[92]	Screen Gems	Capcom
Tomb Raider	March 16, 2018	$274,650,803[93]	52%[94]	48/100[95]	Warner Bros. Pictures	Square Enix
Rampage	April 13, 2018	$428,028,233[96]	52%[97]	45/100[98]	Warner Bros. Pictures	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Detective Pikachu	May 10, 2019	$431,705,346[99]	68%[100]	53/100[101]	Warner Bros. Pictures	Nintendo
Upcoming
Sonic the Hedgehog[102]	February 14, 2020	TBA	TBA	TBA	Paramount Pictures	Sega
Monster Hunter[103]	September 4, 2020[104]	TBA	TBA	TBA	Sony Pictures Releasing	Capcom
Uncharted	December 18, 2020[105]	TBA	TBA	TBA	Sony Pictures Releasing	Sony Interactive Entertainment
Mortal Kombat[106]	March 5, 2021[107]	TBA	TBA	TBA	Warner Bros. Pictures	Midway Games
Tomb Raider 2[108]	March 19, 2021[109]	TBA	TBA	TBA	United Artists Releasing	Square Enix
Minecraft	March 4, 2022[110][111]	TBA	TBA	TBA	Warner Bros. Pictures	Mojang
Untitled Gears of War film	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Universal Pictures	Microsoft Studios
Untitled Mega Man film	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Capcom
Untitled Metal Gear Solid film	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Sony Pictures Releasing	Konami
Pokémon Detective Pikachu 2	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Warner Bros. Pictures	Nintendo
Untitled Call of Duty film	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Activision
Untitled Tetris film	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	The Tetris Company

 

Broadway Movies for comparison - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plays_adapted_into_feature_films

Much longer list as the 1950s were just over run with movies made from plays/musicals.

 

In the end the Broadway stuff probably wins out but mainly for Chicago and a bunch of shit from the 1950s.

 

Also, wtf is Tetris the movie.

[immortal13 4059]

I'll take things that suck for $200, Alex

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

The Super Mario Brothers movie is a masterpiece. I will fight you.

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

2 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

The Super Mario Brothers movie is a masterpiece. I will fight you.

Agreed.  And the Resident Evil franchise is the best set of really good bad movies you will find.  

[BrazilHorn 6627]

Where would code “The Witcher” series?

Is series of books but video game series catapulted it. 
 

 

[seven 1367]

What about video games of movies? 

[RPM 26332]

I didn't realize Hitman was a video game. Both movies were solid.

[Neonmoon 38130]

The original Resident Evil is a pretty damn good movie. I may be biased as Milla is my jam 

[Parliament 14278]

The Underworld movies are a bit cheesy, but they depict a cool universe.

[formermav43 4606]

Wondering if there was ever a successful Broadway movie seems strange to begin with.The stuff from “the 1950s” - several of the movies actually from the 60s - isn’t exactly obscure: The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, The King and I, etc. 

[RockyMountainHighHorn 896]

Don’t forget about the little hidden gem of detective pikachu.

[Rougarou 594]

Mortal Kombat had a great movie soundtrack if memory serves. "MOoooortal Koooombaaat" yelled between techno viking moves 

[Kennythetiger 9418]

15 hours ago, seven said:

What about video games of movies? 

I remember Top Gun the Nintendo game.  

[seven 1367]

20 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

I remember Top Gun the Nintendo game.  

I even had the flight joystick for that 

[MoJames 8244]

8 hours ago, formermav43 said:

Wondering if there was ever a successful Broadway movie seems strange to begin with.The stuff from “the 1950s” - several of the movies actually from the 60s - isn’t exactly obscure: The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, The King and I, etc. 

Is there a difference between saying the 50s and 60s? Seems like the same thing in my head. Also 1950s - Street Car Named Desire, Harvey, Death of a Salesman, Baby Doll, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Death of a Salesman, etc...

But that small list above evidence that the Broadway movie wins, granted in most of our lifetimes that post on this board, there hasn't been much to get excited about from the transition from Broadway to Film.

I guess the question should be if you were a producer in today's hollywood, would you make a movie based off a broadway play or video game or just shoot yourself?

Edited November 20, 2019 by MoJames

[Jerry Callo 8713]

In addition to those already mentioned, you have Driving Miss Daisy and A Few Good Men (not the porno versions) both in the late '80s.  Rocky Horror Picture Show in the '70s.

 

[seven 1367]

Glengarry Glen Ross is p good, is that considered Broadway? 

[MillerEP 30494]

First look of Tom Holland as Nathan Drake for Uncharted. It should've been Nathan Fillion, since the character was basically made for him, but maybe a young Nathan Drake is a good thing, because I can see them milking the shit out of this series:

 

 

 

[MoJames 8244]

Honestly the best part of those games is the cut scenes and the stories. Sorta just a reboot of Indiana Jones.

[Underdog 28761]

On 11/20/2019 at 12:46 PM, Jerry Callo said:

In addition to those already mentioned, you have Driving Miss Daisy and A Few Good Men (not the porno versions) both in the late '80s.  Rocky Horror Picture Show in the '70s.

 

What?