If you have seen a Minecraft ‘movie’ (and surely because it has become the highest grossing movie of the year in just ten days) surely you have realized a detail that, if you control the video game on which the tape is based you will have understood, but not You probably have not captured the reference.
After Steve (Jack Black) save the rest of the characters from the zombies attack after his arrival in the world of Minecraft, they take the way to the forest mansion to get a new crystal of earth. When passing through a village, the protagonists are speechless before their curious inhabitants, among which Let’s look at a pig with a crown.
“Is it any kind of king?” Asks Henry (Sebastián Eugene Hansen), to which Steve, Visibly excited and solemnly replies that “it is a legend”. For many it was an unimportant detail in the middle of the delirium of the film, but the truth is that thousands of players understood the tribute instantly.
This detail pays tribute to Technoblade, a legend within the creation of content in ‘Minecraft’ whose avatar was precisely a pig with a crown. Especially known for his ability and sympathy, he was one of the great referents of the Mojag game being considered one of the best players in the history of ‘Minecraft’, especially in PVP.
Unfortunately, in 2022, Technoblade, whose real name was Alexander, He died at age 23 due to an osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. The funny thing about this story is that one of his 11 million subscribers It was Sebastian Eugene Hansen, that taking advantage of her role as Henry within the film suggested that this reference be added that turned to Technoblade in an entire legend.
The highest grossing film of the year
As we said at first, ‘A Minecraft film’ is overcoming all expectations and has only needed ten days to erect as the highest grossing film of 2025. premiered on Friday, April 4, in its first weekend it already became The most successful premiere of a video game movie After raising 162.7 million dollars.
In his second weekend, despite the descent, he has continued leading the box office with 80 million dollars. In total, ‘a Minecraft movie’ has already achieved A collection of 281 million dollars in the United States and 550 million worldwide surpassing ‘Captain America: Brave New World’.
