Hollywood needed “to Minecraft Movie” to be a success, and did it in its premiere weekend, significantly reducing this year’s box office deficit.
No one guessed how big it would be. In its early days in cinemas, the film raised the amazing figure of 157 million dollars in ticket sales in theaters of the United States and Canada, according to study estimates on Sunday.
At the international level, additional 144 million dollars for a global debut of 301 million dollars are expected to add. And with the ongoing school spring holidays, “to Minecraft Movie” is just beginning.
Not only is it the largest 2025 premiere, “to Minecraft Movie” also broke the record of a video game adaptation, a distinction that previously had “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (146 million dollars). Before the weekend, analysts planned that “Minecraft” could reach 80 million dollars. Instead, he almost doubled that figure.
Nothing is guaranteed in the cinema business, but an offer based on the best -selling video game of all time is a good start. It barely imported that the block -based game does not have exactly a narrative. Many of its 200 million monthly active players went mass anyway.
This image, published by Warner Bros. Pictures, shows a scene of “A Minecraft movie”.
(Warner Bros. Pictures via Ap)
The film, classified for all audiences and directed by Jared HESS (“Napoleon Dynamite”), was a co -production of Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros. It was reported that it cost 150 million dollars to do it, not including marketing and promotion expenses. Jack Black and Jason Momoa lead the cast also formed by Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers and Sebastian Eugene Hansen. His characters are transported to an imaginative dimension called the Overworld and must embark on a dangerous and immensely silly adventure to return home.
Warner Bros. opted big with its premiere, launching the film in 4,263 locations nationwide and 36,000 screens internationally.
Video game adaptations have had some crucial successes in recent years, including “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”, the “Sonic” series and “Five Night At Freddy’s”.
The second place at this week’s box office was for the action movie of Jason Statham “A Working Man”, which added $ 7.3 million in its second weekend Cinemas.
“Snow White” foured fourth in his third weekend, raising $ 6.1 million. Now it has exceeded 168 million dollars worldwide.
Next, admission to ticket offices from Friday to Sunday in cinemas from the United States and Canada, according to Comscore:
1. “To Minecraft Movie”
157 million
2. “A Working Man”
7.3 million
3. “The Chosen: Last Super – Part 2”
7 million
4. “Snow White”
6.1 million
5. “The Woman in the Yard”
4.5 million
6. “Death of a Unicorn”
2.7 million
7. “The Chosen: Last Super – Part 1”
1.9 million
8. “Hell of A Summer”
1.8 million
9. “The Friend”
1.6 million
10. “Captain America: Brave New World”
1.4 million dollars
