Riley Vox
Mortal Kombat II Lost to a Holdover About Handbags — The R-Rated Video Game Ceiling Has Been This Low for 30 Years
Look, I'm going to say something nobody at a Hollywood pitch meeting wants to hear: Mortal Kombat II opened to $40 million this weekend — the best opening of the entire Mortal Kombat film franchise, by the way — and it still got out-grossed by a sequel about a fashion magazine editor. In its second weekend. A holdover. A legacy comedy. About clothes.