Warner Bros. has saved a match ball. The company’s first quarter has been quite negative at a financial levelaccumulating important losses with productions such as ‘Mickey 17’ or ‘The Alto Knights’. More than one predicted that the next one to enlarge the list of failures would be ‘A Minecraft movie’, given the bad reception received since its first trailer.
But ‘Minecraft’ can with everything, even with bad reputation. Not for something is the best -selling active video game in history. Fans have come in mass to see the adaptation directed by Jared HESSand best of all, they are enjoying it. You just have to see the difference in Rotten Tomatoes between criticism (48% of positive reviews) and public (88%).
Thanks to the mouth to mouth, the film starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa has debuted with spectacular 162.8 million dollars in North America and 150.7 million in the rest of the world, adding a global collection of 313.5 million dollars. With these figures, ‘A Minecraft movie’ You have managed to beat a few records both in the domestic market (that is, in the US and Canada) and in the global that we review below:
- Fourth best domestic premiere of a film for all audiences. The first three are ‘The Lion King’ (191.7 million), ‘The incredible 2’ (182,6) and ‘The Beauty and the Beast’ (174,7).
- First film in the story that debuts on Friday in North America above 50 million and get even more on Saturday.
- Best Warner Bros. premiere in April. The previous record had ‘fury of Titans’ with 61.2 million dollars.
- Better domestic Saturday from a Warner Bros movie. With 60 million dollars. The previous record was ‘Batman V Superman: the dawn of justice’ with 50.6 million.
- Best domestic Sunday from a Warner Bros movie. with 46.3 million dollars. The previous record was ‘Barbie’ with 43.7 million.
- Best premiere of a Jack Black movie in more than 30 countriesincluding Spain and the US.
- Best premiere of a Jason Momoa movie in more than 25 countriesincluding Spain and the US.
- Best historical premiere in Poland.
A for 1,000 million
With more than 300 million in its debut and the good acceptance that is having among the fans of the saga, it would not be surprising that ‘a Minecraft movie’ finishes its route in Salas exceeding the barrier of 1,000 million dollars. If so, would become the 59th of the history of cinema to get it Not counting inflation. Who was going to tell Warner Bros. that a film starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa in 2025 would save the numbers of the company’s first four -month period.
