‘A Minecraft movie’ surprises with a record premiere and could overcome ‘Barbie’ at the global box office.
By Jacobo Antúnez April 7, 2025
Block fever has taken the world box office assault. ‘A Minecraft movie’, film adaptation of the famous Mojang Studios video game, has achieved an unthinkable feat a few years ago: compete – and potentially overcome – to one of the largest cultural phenomena of recent cinema, ‘Barbie’. What began as a pixelated experiment now threatens to be crowned as the biggest cinematographic surprise of 2025.
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‘A Minecraft movie’ is going to overcome ‘Barbie’ in box office records?
The numbers do not lie: with a confirmed global debut of 313.7 million dollars In his first weekend, ‘A Minecraft movie’ has already exceeded the brand that ‘Barbie’ established in 2023 during its premiere. In North America, the tape reached 157 millionovercoming the 162 million Initials of the most famous cinema doll, if Sunday’s income is confirmed. Internationally, he accumulated 150.7 million additional, consolidating its position as the best global premiere of 2025 so far.
This success not only revitalizes Warner Bros. after a series of launches with irregular results, but also represents The biggest debut in Jack Black’s career (Above ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’) and The best for Jason Momoaeven surpassing ‘Justice League’. The impact on the box office has been so strong that it is already compared to the phenomenon of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, and many experts consider that it could even reach the global billion if it maintains the rhythm.
In addition, ‘A Minecraft movie’ already broke the record for the best premiere for a video game -based film, previously supported by ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’. With these data in hand, the possibility of exceeding ‘Barbie’, which raised more than 1.4 billion worldwide, no longer seems like a cubic fantasy.
What is a Minecraft movie ‘about?
‘A Minecraft movie’ follows the story of Steve (played by Jack Black), a door -blown vento who, when discovering a magical portal, is transported to Overworld, a cubic world full of infinite possibilities. There, Steve builds his own paradise and finds his loyal wolf, Denis. However, his idyll is interrupted when he is captured by Malgosha, the evil queen of the Piglins, inhabitants of the Nether, a dark and dangerous dimension.
At the same time, in the real world, four maladaptive —Grett “El Basurero” Garrison (Jason Momoa), a former video game champion; Henry (Sebastian Eugene Hansen), a young inventor; his older sister and legal tutor Natalie (Emma Myers); and Dawn (Danielle Brooks), a real estate agent with the dream of opening an interactive zoo – find the portal and are transported to Overworld. There, they must learn to survive, build and face various challenges, including hostile creatures such as zombies and piglins. His mission is complicated by discovering that Malgosha plans to invade and destroy the Overworld.
With the help of Steve, the group embarks on an adventure to stop Malgosha and save the Overworld. Along the way, they explore various biomes, build impressive structures and face fearsome enemies, all while discovering the value of creativity, friendship and teamwork.
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Will there be a sequel to ‘A Minecraft movie’?
The idea of a continuation is already on the table. In an interview with ‘Gamesradar’, director Jared HESS was enthusiastic about the possibility:
“It would be very fun, yes. The world is infinite. There are so many mods, characters and biomes that we have not touched”.
Their statements confirm what many fans already expected: this is only the beginning of a potential franchise.
Among the elements that could be explored in future deliveries are dimensions such as the Nether or End, characters such as Enderman or Warden, and civilizations such as Piglins, who already played an important role in this first film. HESS confessed his fascination with these creatures:
“They are strange, comedians and disgusting. They have a barbaric culture that I love.”
With a multigenerational fans base, an almost inexhaustible universe to discover and a box office start that has broken all forecasts, A sequel not only seems likely, but inevitable. Warner Bros. has shown that, as in the game, building with blocks can lead to unthinkable heights.
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