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Released
2021 · FILM

Mortal Kombat

A grieving ninja’s resurrected daughter must rally a disparate band of Earthrealm warriors, using her father’s vengeful legacy to stop Outworld’s tenth tournament victory and save humanity from conquest.

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Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
110 min
ActionAdventureFantasy

Synopsis

Cole Young, a washed-up MMA fighter who is unaware of his heritage, is pursued by Sub-Zero, one of Emperor Shang Tsung's most skilled warriors. In order to confront the enemies of Outworld, Young seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions in preparation for a high-stakes battle for the universe.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 35

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Scott GrayShot by Germain McmickingScored by Benjamin WallfischDesigned by Naaman Marshall

Box Office

2021 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.2× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$84.4M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$84.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $42.3M 50% of worldwide · International: $42.1M (50%)

Opening weekend: $23.3M 55% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $23.3M55% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,073 theaters

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