Mortal Kombat II film is now arriving a week earlier than expected

While the first entry in the Mortal Kombat reboot film adaptation failed to light the world on fire, Warner Bros. appears to be quite confident in the upcoming sequel. After being pushed back from October 2025 to May 2026 in order to ensure greater returns on their investment, Mortal Kombat II has now been moved once again – this time to one week earlier.

As reported by the publication Deadline, the upcoming Mortal Kombat II film adaptation, which was announced to be arriving on the 15th of May, has now been brought forward slightly.

In order “to get better play at the summer box office” the sequel is now set to officially arrive on the 8th of May – one week earlier than previously planned.

As mentioned, 2021’s Mortal Kombat film received a pretty mixed reception upon its release, achieving a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 55% while amassing $84 million at the box office off of a $55 million budget.

That said, the film was released simultaneously across both cinemas and WB’s HBO Max streaming service. In that regard Mortal Kombat managed to become HBO Max's most successful film launch up to that point. Additionally fans of the series were much kinder to the adaptation, landing at an RT score of 85%.

Most recently, WB also confirmed that a 3rd Mortal Kombat film is in the works – giving extra credence to the notion that the distributor is feeling confident in this sequel. It will be interesting to see just how successful Mortal Kombat II winds up being, and whether the back-and-forth on its release date was ultimately worth it.

KitGuru says: Are you excited for Mortal Kombat II? Will it be a box office success? What did you think of the first film? Let us know down below.

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