{"id":653212,"date":"2026-05-07T06:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/653212\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T06:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:58:13","slug":"mortal-kombat-ii-looks-set-for-big-opening-weekend-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/653212\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortal Kombat II Looks Set for Big Opening Weekend Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mortal Kombat II<\/a> looks on course for a big opening at the global box office, with various reports indicating it will make its money back during its theatrical run.<\/p>\n

The video game adaptation sequel, which sees Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage take center stage, hits theaters five years after its predecessor, which came out in April 2021 following a series of COVID-enforced delays. Warner Bros. also streamed the film simultaneously on HBO Max, where it enjoyed big success. Mortal Kombat went on to make $84.4 million globally during its theatrical run.<\/p>\n

Mortal Kombat II, however, seems certain to outperform the first film by quite some margin. TheWrap<\/a> said that while Warner Bros. projects a $35 million domestic and $65 million global haul for Mortal Kombat II this weekend, it is set for closer to $51 million from North American theaters, with a global tally of $70-80 million. Variety<\/a> said Mortal Kombat II was produced for $80 million, above the first film\u2019s $55 million cost, so it seems certain to turn a profit.<\/p>\n

Mortal Kombat II Movie Images\"Martyn<\/p>\n

Mortal Kombat II is currently sitting on a 75% score on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>‘ Tomatometer. IGN\u2019s Mortal Kombat II review<\/a> returned an 8\/10. We said: \u201cThe bar for video game movie sequels isn\u2019t very high, but this one not only clears the bar, it twirls it around like a bo staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mortal Kombat III was announced as in development last year<\/a>, signalling confidence from Warner Bros. But it seems the third entry is now assured.<\/p>\n

Mortal Kombat II will be released in theaters on May 7.<\/p>\n

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mortal Kombat II looks on course for a big opening at the global box office, with various reports…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-653212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}