The expected cinematographic adaptation of the video game Minecraft became the phenomenon of the weekend when collecting 301 million dollars In your global debut, with 157 million from the United States only. This figure exceeds the initial projections of analysts by wide margin, who estimated an opening of around 90 million.
Starring the actors Jason Momoa and Jack BlackThe tape surprised the industry not only for its numbers, but also for establishing a new record as the best premiere of a film based on a video game.
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Since its launch in 2011, the video game Minecraft It is a worldwide phenomenon with more than 300 million copies sold, and its jump to the cinema is celebrated by the players.
The success of the feature film not only marks the best start of the year 2025 in cinemas, but also outlines it as a firm candidate to become the adaptation of the highest grossing video game of all time.
Currently, the titles with higher income in this category are Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (450 million), Rampage (428 million) and Uncharted (407 million). At this rate, Minecraft could overcome them without difficulty.
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Performance of the rest of the billboard
Meanwhile, second place at the box office “A Working Man”the action tape starring Jason Stathamwhich in its second week added 7.2 million dollars and reaches an accumulated of 44.4 million.
The third place went to “The Chosen: Last Super Part 2”with 6.7 million dollars raised exclusively in the United States, where it has been its only premiere market so far.
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For its part, “Snow White”the reinterpretation of the Disney classic, continues without achieving the expected impact. In this last week he barely added $ 6 million at the American box office, which takes its world total to 168 million since its premiere on March 21.
