Mortal Kombat II Opens to $63 Million Worldwide as Overseas Box Office Lags

*Mortal Kombat II* has opened with a split result at the box office: solid enough in North America, much shakier overseas and not yet a knockout for Warner Bros.' video game movie plans.

According to Box Office Mojo, the sequel has reached $63 million worldwide after its opening weekend. That total is made up of $40 million domestically and $23 million internationally, with domestic ticket sales accounting for 63.5% of the current haul.

The U.S. number is a clear step up from 2021's *Mortal Kombat*, which opened to $23 million domestically while also launching on HBO Max during Warner Bros.' pandemic-era same-day streaming push. The comparison is not clean, but it does show the sequel drawing a stronger theatrical start in a more traditional release window.

The tougher part is outside North America. Variety reported that the film's $23 million overseas launch was softer than expected, while *The Devil Wears Prada 2* held the top domestic spot with $43 million for the weekend. *Mortal Kombat II* landed second in North America from 3,503 venues.

The budget gives Mortal Kombat II some breathing room

Box Office Mojo lists *Mortal Kombat II* with an R rating, a 1 hour 56 minute runtime and a May 8, 2026 earliest release date for domestic and EMEA markets. Variety put the production budget at $80 million, up from the previous film's reported $55 million cost.

That is not small, but it is still restrained compared with many modern franchise blockbusters. The question is whether the film can keep drawing beyond the built-in audience for NetherRealm's fighting series, especially when its international start is already doing less of the work than Warner Bros. would likely want.

There is still franchise momentum around the adaptation. Warner Bros. already had *Mortal Kombat III* in development before the second film reached theaters, with screenwriter Jeremy Slater saying at New York Comic Con that he had been hired to start writing the next installment.

The opening weekend does not kill that plan, but it does put more pressure on domestic legs, streaming value and the strength of the *Mortal Kombat* brand beyond players who already know Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Johnny Cage.