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2016's Warcraft movie is one of the highest-grossing video game movies ever. That money was largely attributable to China, and reviews of the film were not all that great. Despite that, Blizzard hasn't ruled out trying again to adapt its franchises to film or TV. In an interview, Blizzard president Johanna Faries said the short answer is that the company is "looking at everything" with regards to expanding its franchises.

"I can't share anything specific today... but we have a strong collective belief that we are Blizzard Entertainment, and not simply Blizzard Games or Blizzard Gaming," she told Windows Central.

"Our universes, our iconic IP can vector off into many interesting dynamic directions. We have to be thoughtful, responsible stewards of those franchises, right?" she added. "Not everything will fit, and execution absolutely matters. We do think about what we can do to show up for the entertainment industry, as broadly as we can describe, so Blizzard can continue to be a beacon of that sort of ... magic making, fostering joy."

The Warcraft movie was in the works for a long time and underwent a number of high-profile changes, including Spider-Man director Sam Raimi dropping out. Director Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) ultimately directed the movie, saying Raimi's original vision was flawed, and Blizzard thought so as well.

More recently, former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said Warcraft was hands-down one of the worst movies ever made.

Warcraft earned around $440 million worldwide, making it the No. 4 highest-grossing video game movie ever. It only made $47 million in the US, however, which was just 11% of its total gross. China was by far the movie's biggest market, bringing in more than $225 million, or more than 50% of the movie's total.

Years ago, Activision Blizzard established Activision Blizzard Studios, which was in charge of turning the company's franchises into film and TV projects. The only project to come out of this, however, was the Netflix series Skylanders Academy. The Activision Blizzard Studios bosses have since left, and the status of the division following Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is unknown.