Hollywood is finally leveling up.

For decades, studios have tried to capitalize on the financial success and cultural relevance of video games, but it's only been in the past few years that things have clicked.

With the box office achievements of Universal's " The Super Mario Bros. Movie " and Warner Bros.' "A Minecraft Movie," alongside television hits like Amazon Prime Video's "Fallout" and HBO's "The Last of Us," Hollywood has doubled down on its investment in content based on video game franchises and related intellectual property.

"Adaptations of popular games used to be met with a high degree of cynicism and creative misfires, but recent blockbusters and commercial hits have reversed the curse," said Shawn Robbins, director of analytics at Fandango

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