“ A film minecraft ‘hits the gold at the box office with a record of $ 163 million opening opening

The box office blues were banned historically.

Warner Bros. ‘ A minecraft filmDone with the help of Legendary Pictures, struck gold with a record opening of $ 163 million nationally and $ 150.7 million abroad for a world start of $ 313.2 million, according to the weekend final numbers. This represents the national estimate of Sunday of $ 157 million and $ 144 million abroad for global transport of $ 301 million.

The film came in the tens of millions in advance to mark the first start for an adaptation of video games, beating the launch of $ 146.4 million three days from Universal Pictures’ The film Super Mario Bros. During the Easter weekend in 2023 (opening on Wednesday, Mario Bros. won $ 204 million until Easter Sunday.)

A minecraft film Easily boasts of the first beginning of 2025 to date and, just as notable, is the largest national launch in Deadpool and Wolverine In July 2024 ($ 211 million). It is also the largest national opening in Warners since 2016 and even before Barbie. The gross of $ 60 million on Saturday is the largest in the history of the warners, not adjusted for inflation. Legendary has set up 25% of the production budget of $ 150 million (which does not include marketing costs).

The star and high -height -star photo could not have arrived at a better time. The Box-Office 2025 has seen its fortune fall spectacular in recent weeks. Minecraft is just the photo of the Hollywood studios of confidence and the cinema owners necessary after photos, including Disney snow White bitten the poisoned apple.

It is also a necessary victory for Warner Bros. Michael de Luca and Pamela Abdy, and for the studio overall. Ditto for Legendary, whose cinema chief Mary Parent – known for his skillful manipulation of Big IP – is a producer credited and receives major accessories to suggest that Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite,, Free nacho) be hired to direct the photo.

“We are absolutely delighted A minecraft film Was so warmly received by the public from around the world, “said Abdy and Luca in a statement thanking all the people involved, from Hess to the legendary and Verto distribution, another production partner. They also thanked their marketing and distribution teams. “A minecraft film‘s Decade Long Journey on the screen was supervised with great care of Jesse Ehrman and his WBP team, and we are delighted that their efforts have resulted in such a formidable response. »»

Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Jennifer Coolidge and Danielle Brooks play in the film classified PG, as well as Emma Myers and Sebastian Eugene Hansen. The film, based on the video game of Mojang Studios of the same name, is centered on four unsuitables which are suddenly drawn through a mysterious portal in a bizarre and cubic Wonderland which prosper on the imagination. To go home, they have to master the quirks of their new reality while embarking on a quest with an unexpected and expert craftsman, while Black enters the place of the emblematic character Steve.

The world distribution of Warners, Jeff Goldstein, said that the film worked everywhere, from small towns to the largest cities. And, reached in London, Parent said that opening is both the reflection of the mandate to celebrate the world of Minecraft in a joyful way, and the singular experience that only the theater can offer. “This match is a global phenomenon,” she said.

Minecraft is the best -selling video game of all time, with more than 300 million copies sold to around 174 million active monthly players in 2024 (Microsoft bought Mojang in 2014).

Saturday morning, on the basis of the huge transport of $ 58 million on Friday, initiates of Warner Bros. have planned an interior start of $ 135 million. Some rival studios have thought that he had a chance at 150 million dollars, but a massive meeting company saw the final statement be even higher.

Not even criticisms of so to speak or a b + cinemacore dinged A minecraft film (Moviegoers under the age of 18 gave him an A. Perfect).

Posttrak’s release surveys did the best job to explain the start of the world of the film: adolescents aged 13 to 17 represented 35% of the public, while the largest quad was between 18 and 24 years old, according to those who have access to data. These are the best known demos for repeated visualization. Families also proved to be in force, while men – as expected – dominated 65% to 67% of the hearing. The general public and the parents / children gave the film four in five stars on Posttrak, while the children delivered five out of five.

Overseas, A minecraft film is even promising in China, where he exceeded the weekend graph with $ 14.6 million, the best Hollywood title projection this year. Legendary East manages the film in China.

“It was lightning in a bottle,” said Goldstein.

The final numbers will be published on Monday, and no one at Warners – or rival studios – will only be surprised the big ones end up being higher.

The next film was A workerwhich arrived at n ° 2 with $ 7.3 million. Distributed by Amazon MGM Studios in the United States, the photo won $ 27.8 million in its first 10 days of exit. The projection of Fathom of the second part of The elected official: Last supper closely monitored with $ 7.2 million.

snow WhiteNow in its third weekend, ranked n ° 4 with $ 6.1 million at the national level for a lukewarm total total of $ 168.4 million.

More too much come.

April 7, 7:54 am: Update with the real weekend.

This story was initially published on April 6 at 8:23 a.m.