Game over or game on: Video game adaptations

By Patrick Kevin Day and Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

"Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" is the latest video game adaptation to make its way to the big screen. (The film opens Feb. 29.) The billion-dollar Steet Fighter game franchise, which just celebrated its 20th anniversary with the release of a fourth edition of the game, seems like a no-brainer for big-screen adaptation, but the genre's history gives even this project pause.

There have been hits but many misses at the box office for video game adaptations. Despite that, actors such as "Street Fighter's" Kristin Kruek and Jake Gyllenhaal (who's in the upcoming "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time") are still drawn. Here's a list of some of the genre's live-action hits and misses, with domestic box office totals from BoxOfficeMojo.