Mortal Kombat 2: Here Is How Much It's Expected To Make In Theaters This Weekend
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The next big video game movie is Mortal Kombat 2, and it comes out on May 8. But how much money is it expected to bring in? The studio behind the movie, Warner Bros. Discovery, is projecting $35 million from North America, but that's likely a conservative estimate.
Tracking data unaffiliated with Warner Bros. projects Mortal Kombat 2 will bring in $40 million to $45 million during its opening weekend in North America where it's being shown in 3,400 theaters.
Mortal Kombat 2's main competition this weekend is The Devil Wears Prada 2, which is expected to earn between $38 million and $42 million for its second weekend. Exhibition sources told Variety that Mortal Kombat 2 and The Devil Wears Prada 2 could push higher, closer to $50 million each. That could happen for Mortal Kombat 2 if word of mouth is strong and if Mother's Day has the expected impact for The Devil Wears Prada 2, the report said.
The next big video game movie is Mortal Kombat 2, and it comes out on May 8. But how much money is it expected to bring in? The studio behind the movie, Warner Bros. Discovery, is projecting $35 million from North America, but that's likely a conservative estimate.
Tracking data unaffiliated with Warner Bros. projects Mortal Kombat 2 will bring in $40 million to $45 million during its opening weekend in North America where it's being shown in 3,400 theaters.
Mortal Kombat 2's main competition this weekend is The Devil Wears Prada 2, which is expected to earn between $38 million and $42 million for its second weekend. Exhibition sources told Variety that Mortal Kombat 2 and The Devil Wears Prada 2 could push higher, closer to $50 million each. That could happen for Mortal Kombat 2 if word of mouth is strong and if Mother's Day has the expected impact for The Devil Wears Prada 2, the report said.
The 2021 Mortal Kombat movie came out during the pandemic at a time when Warner Bros. was releasing its new movies simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. It made $23 million for its North America opening weekend back then and went on to bring in $84 million worldwide overall.
Now that people are regularly going back to theaters, Mortal Kombat 2 is expected to do much better. It's projected to earn at least $30 million at the international box office for its opening weekend, meaning the global haul for the first weekend could be as much as $80 million.
Simon McQuoid, who directed the 2021 movie, came back to direct the sequel. Warner Bros. is optimistic about the franchise, apparently, as it greenlit a third movie back in October 2025.
Another popular fighting game franchise, Street Fighter, is coming out with its own movie this year as well in October. The biggest video game movie of 2026 so far is The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which is closing in on $900 million worldwide.
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