As of October 2023, "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" (2023) held the record of the highest-grossing opening by a movie based on a video game with a total of 146.4 million U.S. dollars garnered domestically. It was more than twice as much as the "Sonic the Hedgehog" sequel in 2022, which grossed about 72 million U.S. dollar during its theatrical opening.
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Ranking of video game movies in the United States and Canada as of 2023, by theatrical opening
(in million U.S. dollars)
Title (year of release)
Worldwide box office
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
146.4
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
72.1
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
58
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
54.4
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
47.7
Uncharted (2022)
44
The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
38.2
Rampage (2018)
35.8
Pokémon: The First Movie (1998)
31
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (2010)
30.1
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