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Released to theatres and the HBO Max streaming service on the same day in April of 2021, the video game movie Mortal Kombat was a. The film was a modest success, opening at number one at the box office and grossing $84 million worldwide against a $55 million budget. Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid is returning for the sequel. “Mortal Kombat” premiered in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, via a simultaneous release in theaters and on HBO Max. Aside from Sub-Zero, characters from the video games who were featured included Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee), Kano (Josh Lawson), Jax Briggs (Mehcad Brooks), Liu Kang (Ludi Lin), Kung Lao (Max Huang), Raiden (Tadanobu Asano), Shang Tsung (Chin Han) and Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada). The film did not feature an official Mortal Kombat tournament, but ended with a tease for one in the sequel. A washed-up mixed martial arts fighter, Young who is suddenly hunted by the assassin Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim) and ends up dragged into the world of “Mortal Kombat,” a series of tournaments between champions of the Earthrealm and the chaotic Outworld. The 2021 film was a reboot to the film franchise, focusing on Cole Young (Lewis Tan), an original character to the franchise.