Do you remember the live-action Street Fighter film from 1994? Well, in 2024 the film is still making Capcom âtens of millions of yenâ every year according to data from a recent shareholderâs meeting.
Released in 1994, the live-action Street Fighter movie was a campy and colorful loose adaption of Street Fighter II. It starred Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile and Raul Julia as M. Bison. This was famously Juliaâs final film role before he died in October of that year, shortly before the filmâs release. While it is sometimes referred to today as a cult classic, it should be noted that the adaption of Capcomâs popular fighting game franchise was a box office hit in 1994, making nearly $100 million on a reported budget of $35 million. And apparently, itâs still making Capcom money all these years later.
As first reported by Automaton Media on June 24, according to an individual who attended Capcomâs June 20 shareholderâs meeting, the Monster Hunter and Resident Evil publisher is still making âtens of millions of yenâ from the 1994 live-action Street Fighter film every year. Iâm not sure why Capcom decided to include this odd bit of information in its important meeting with investors and stockholders, but here we are.
Before you go running off to tell people Capcom is still making heaps of money off of its not-so-great Street Fighter movie, letâs translate just what âtens of millions of yenâ actually means. It could mean that Capcom is making as little as $70,000 or as much as $590,000 a year from the Street Fighter movie. Iâd probably say itâs somewhere in the middle of that range, so around $300,000. Itâs not enough money to fund the next Resident Evil game or anything wild like that, but hey, it might be enough to pay for a few employee salaries.
Now that I think about it, I get why Capcom is bragging. If I made something terrible in the â90s and could still get a few thousand dollars for it every year for decades, Iâd be pretty damn stoked, too.
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