"Mortal Kombat" becomes the highest-grossing movie in the first week of the US epidemic

The new version of "Mortal Kombat" was released in the United States on April 24. According to foreign media Deadline, the new version of "Mortal Kombat", adapted from the classic arcade game, grossed 23.3 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend. This is the highest-grossing movie in the first week since the outbreak of the epidemic in the United States in March 2020, and it is also an R-rated movie.

Combined with the newly released theatrical version of Demon Slayer: Mugen Train in the United States, last weekend became the largest weekend for the U.S. box office since the outbreak. It is reported that the box office revenue of Mortal Kombat exceeded Warner's expectations. Warner originally expected that Mortal Kombat's first-week box office would only be 15 million U.S. dollars.

Jeff Goldstein, Warner's US distribution manager, said: "New Line Cinema's performance has once again far exceeded expectations and brought a movie that has amazed movie fans." Although the box office results are good, the audience's evaluation of the new version of "Mortal Kombat" is mixed, with a Rotten Tomatoes freshness of 87%. "Mortal Kombat" is the world's third best-selling series of fighting games, with 54 million copies sold worldwide. It is only behind "Super Smash Bros." and "Dragon Ball" series of fighting games.