Mortal Kombat 11 Carries the Best-Selling Record in the Franchise History, Reportedly Bagging Half a Billion in Profits

In the world of gaming, it’s hard to find someone who is not familiar with the Mortal Kombat franchise. Being one of the paragons in the mature gory genre of action games, MK has gained somewhat of a legendary status in the gaming community. It has been dominating the genre ever since 1992. 

Mortal Kombat 11 was the very first game in the franchise that had post-launch content, such as DLCs, additional characters, and more. And this practice reflected phenomenally on the sales charts as MK 11 became a record-breaking title in the series. It witnessed profits that were almost astronomical!

Mortal Kombat 11 breaks franchise sales records!

According to the LinkedIn profile of a former Global Brand Manager at Warner Bros. Entertainment, Matt Welsh, as of Feb 2022, Mortal Kombat 11 has managed to make profits of over $500 million, making it the most profitable entry in the franchise.

Mortal Kombat 11 had many aspects that played a part in its success. The constant flow of additional content and collaborations was one of the most vital among these. Matt shared that the collaboration with big IPs like RoboCop and A-listers, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone alone had pushed the numbers to insane heights. 

“Partnered with Skydance, STUDIO CANAL, DC, McFarlane Toys and MGM to bring Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator, Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo, Joker, Spawn, Peter Weller’s RoboCop to MK11 incl. creative dev. and co-marketing. Terminator’s trailer alone drove over 100MM views,” said Matt in his LinkedIn report.

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The figure of $500 million was recorded as of February 2022. This makes it obvious that the numbers may have changed a lot since more than a year has passed. While the net profit maybe $500 million, it isn’t clear how much the gross sales amount was for MK 11. This profit amount includes not only game sales but also, “all first-party relations, integrated programs and merchandising with Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Steam, Google and Discord.”

Currently, the next installment in the franchise, Mortal Kombat 12, is still in the development phase. There haven’t been many updates about the game. The information so far is that the game will be released this year. Only time will reveal more updates regarding it.

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