Monster Hunter Movie Tops The Box Office But Took $15 Million Less Than The First Resident Evil Film

I wanna see this movie simply so I can laugh, so in a way, this movie is like a comedy.

The last film adaptation of a video game I watched was assassin's creed, so I am really not in a hurry to watch this one, even with a lot of alcohol in my system. Also I won't be paying a penny to watch it.

Slightly off topic but, concerns that the film would deviate from the source material? Who ever played monster hunter for the story in the first place? They can make up any random story, and it will likely end up adding to the current lore, which there isn't really that much of. As long as the plot is semi entertaining and I get to see some well done action scenes with my favorite monsters, it's a win in my book.

Why is this article trying to compare the MH movies to other movies just to end with the notion that they can't be compared?
I'd be much more interested in knowing wether it's good or not.

People still go to the movies?

I always wondered... what is the point of videogame movies? If I wanted to see a story in the universe of a particular game I rather play the games. They always seemed like cash grabs to me. (Especially live action ones)

Ok, i thought it was David Bowie there with a giant sword.

@AlienigenX because they already have an established fan base = moolah, that's the theory anyway, the execution leaves a lot to be desired in 9/10 cases. The points raised in this article and the headline itself seem a bit pointless to me - kind of just stating the obvious - still, got to get that word count up I suppose.

@Djole that would a more enjoyable watch!😁

@Danny429 OH no Danny, just nooo😅😂😂.
Even as a mindless movie it sucks, and the monsters are hardly appearing.

You've been warned.

@Danny429 I think they mean there isn’t enough grinding for materials in the movie.

Oh, this came out? Didn’t hear a peep about it lol

@AlienigenX All video games and movies are cash grabs. They are literally made to try to earn money in exchange for entertainment.

The first resident evil film was good Just all the rest were naff
With milla jovovich been in it feels like another resident evil film

Risk COVID for this? No.

I saw it early tonight. I enjoyed it. It's cool how it sorta uses MH4 as a base and they used dual knives yay!

It was never going to be a hit with the team chosen to produce, direct and star.
The fact that it does deviate with guns, jeeps and other such is all bad signs.
I will wait til it’s free to watch....which at this rate will be very soon by the looks of its performance, before I review and rate.

@AlienigenX Because they are media franchises and they can make film adaptations of stories coming from video games. Same can be said about film adaptations of book series. The source material has strong enough stories, characters, etc that it's easy for them to make into movies.

Judging by the trailer and a handful of reviews, it seems a tad silly to even consider paying movie ticket prices to see this at the best of times. These are hardly the best of times and running a serious risk of exposure to a potentially deadly disease just to watch this, strikes me as completey bonkers. No movie is really worth this, but this most certainly isn't.

Also, just as a sidenote, don't forget that these movies get made based on economic reasoning. Go see it if this is what you want game adaptions to be like. It's just like with Disney, if folks ignore excellent original programming like Spiderverse in favour of poor rehases like Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, then you know what kind of content the future will by and large hold.

Milla Jovovich is actually not a horrible actress imho, seems kind of wasted on all these glorified direct-to-dvd productions Oo

Someone posted on twitter they had seen this. I honestly didn't know it had released in theaters. I honestly didn't know ANYTHING was currently releasing in theaters in the US. I'm in the New York City suburbs, pretty sure all theaters within a day's drive of me are shut.

Not sure how it was worth the effort to ship the digital HDD to theaters to show this to make $2.2m. Concession stands probably made more than $2.2m, which I suppose was the point. Not like they were trying to get it into theaters for Academy Award considerations. 🤣

I don't like the games, only played Tri on Wii but I don't grind. I would have gone to see this in theaters in better times. Like a hot summer day - my house doesn't have AC, movie theaters make for a nice escape. $1 summer showings are the way to go for popcorn flicks like this. That's how I saw the Pacific Rim movies, which this looks like it's aspiring to be.

I recently found out that Paul W.S. Anderson even did the Mortal Kombat movie, so his... great way of handling videogame movies has been going on for a long, long time. I thought his first murder was the Resident Evil franchise, but he has been at it for a while, it seems.

this movie is getting bombed so badly on reviews.

The US and EU movie industry is effectively dead so. Even an Avengers film would have likely bombed had it released this year.

The box office likely won't recover until 2023 at the earliest. Having all 2021 Warner Bros films be available on HBO Max is going to sting a lot.

I didn't even know it had premiered already.

..........................It’s out?

Random words that don’t mean anything so I can ask a simple question and the comments algorithm lets me.

@Ralek85 Into the Spiderverse isn't Disney.

I would never see a Paul W. S. Anderson movie, even if I was paid to and there was no pandemic

What's weird is that there are so many video games I feel would make awesome movies, but somehow directors keep screwing it up. Detective Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog are the only genuinely good video game movies somehow.

My favourite gaming movies, in no particular order.

Final Fantasy The Spirits Within
Sonic the Hedgehog
Pokemon Detective Pikachu
Warcraft

Why in the world are people even bothering to compare box office numbers for movies released during (or slightly before in the case of something like "Onward") the pandemic?!

@AnnoyingFrenzy It was never dubbed, but there's a Japanese live action "Ace Attorney" movie that's excellent.

@BulbasaurusRex Oooh, I recently got into the Ace Attorney games, i'll have to check that out thanks.

I can't imagine why anyone would think now is a good time to release a movie in theaters. I know the vaccine is out there and we're starting to come out of this nightmare, but people aren't going to be coming back to theaters in usual numbers for months. Why not wait on this till June or something?

This dude is a hack director. Honestly, his film-making ability only deserves SyFy Channel budgets, unfortunately, by piggybacking on video game franchises like Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil, Hollywood keeps hiring him.

@StevenG I know it isn't, but how does that relate to my argument? Disney as a company takes note of the box office, not just their box office Oo Furthermore, every other Marvel IP besides Spidey is owned by Disney, so while they can't do "Into the Spiderverse", they could do three dozen other characters within such a creative framework. They don't though ... for good reason, people prefer a creative bankrupt version of 3DCGi Simba, that emotes less than cell-animated Simba

@Ralek85 You seemed to suggest it was a disney thing.
People are a large group, some of them prefer one some the other.

@StevenG That was not what I was trying to say. I was just pointing out, that too few people support (put your money where your mouth is ^^) creative efforts.

Maybe I just choose to believe that people can be more than gluttons for reheated comfort food. As Steve Trevor said, it is not what they deserve, but what you believe in!

Merry Christmas!