The Hollywood Reporter: From books to plays to theme park rides, Hollywood has a long history of transforming successful intellectual properties into box-office hits.
But when it comes to video games, the track record is surprisingly dismal. Despite sales figures that have made film executives drool -- Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 grossed $1 billion in 15 days in December, and Modern Warfare sold $400 million in a single day in 2011 -- only one film based on a video game, 2001's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, has ever crossed the $100 million threshold domestically ($131 million).
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