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Movies have always had a certain charm and ability to capture the attention of their audiences. That's why it's no surprise that throughout the years many iconic cinematic masterpieces have been re-adapted into video games, enabling players to experience the storyline first-hand.

So, whether it's your favourite movie that has been turned into a video game, or vice versa, the success and downfall of an epic movie or its game equivalent is a hot topic among superfans and audiences across the globe.

To settle this debate once and for all, Mr Gamble gathered 24 movie titles that have been turned into video games and matched them up against each other. Will the game equivalent match up to the rave reviews of the movies or vice versa? Let's find out!

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ALIEN

CATEGORY: SCI-FI

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This extraterrestrial film takes you deep into space: the Alien series delves into new worlds filled with outlandish creatures, the Xenomorph being the most deadly one of them all. When pitted against its game counterpart, the movie had that extra edge with an 8.5-star rating on IMDb and a profit of over £80 million at the box office. Compared to the game's 7.3-rating and £13 million in sales, let's just say the movie is truly out of this world!
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MOVIE TITLE

Alien

IMDB (FILM) REVIEW
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8.5

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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE (£)

£87,773,773

METACRITIC (FILM) REVIEW

89

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GAME TITLE

Alien

IGN REVIEW
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7.3

GAME SALES (£)

£13,090,861.00

SLOT GAME TITLE

Alien: Slots

SLOT GAME DEVELOPER

International Game Technology (IGT)

So, who comes out on top and who is a flop? When it comes to games, Bad Boys: Miami Takedown got the lowest rating at 3.6/10 on IGN, with Iron Man following close second with 3.8. In comparison, GoldenEye 007 was the highest rated game based on James Bond with 9.7/10. Silent Hill was the highest grossing franchise with game sales hitting close to £7.5 billion worldwide and Werewolves Within the lowest, at just £828,536.

For films, the box office king here is Jurassic Park, the franchise smashes the rest out of the water with sales exceeding £3 billion globally. When it comes to reviews, The Godfather, across both platforms, is the clear winner with 9.2 on IMDb and 100 on Metacritic. Interestingly in the same franchise, for The Godfather: Part 2, box office sales were weak, hitting just shy of £40 million globally. When it comes to Metacritic, one film in the Jurassic Park franchise hits low, with Jurassic Park 3 bagging itself a score of 16, while on IMDb it's BloodRayne, scraping in just 2.9.