Hollywood needed “A film minecraft” To be a success, and he delivered in his opening weekend, considerably narrowing box office deficit.
No one guessed how great it would be. In its first days in theaters, the film won on Sunday 157 million dollars in theaters in the United States and Canada, according to the studio estimates. Internationally, it is planning an additional $ 144 million for a world start of $ 301 million. And with the current school holidays, “A film minecraft” Just start.
“We are just delighted that the public responds and that everyone goes to the theater,” said Pamela Abdy, co -president and CEO of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.
Not only is it the largest opening of 2025, “A Minecraft Movie” also broke the record for a video game adaptation, a distinction previously held by “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (146 million dollars). During the weekend, analysts projected “Minecraft” could reach $ 80 million. Instead, he almost doubled this figure.
“You cannot underestimate the value of serious, entertaining and joyful cinema,” said Michael Deluca, also co-president and CEO. “People really want an escape, especially when it involves the whole family.”
Nothing is guaranteed in the cinema, but an offer based on the best -selling video game of all time makes a good start. It didn’t matter that the games based on blocks did not have exactly a story. Many of its 200 million active monthly players have been in mass anyway.
Deluca said it was one of the “widest game films” they have ever seen, which means it works in all cinemas around the world.
The film classified PG, directed by Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite”), was a co -production of legendary entertainment and Warner Bros. It cost $ 150 million to be made, not to mention marketing and promotion costs. Jack Black And Jason Momoa directs the overall distribution (Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers and Sebastian Eugene Hansen). Their characters are transported in an imaginative dimension called overworld and must go on a dangerous and extremely silly adventure to go home.
“We made the film for fans and fans have exceeded our expectations,” said Deluca.
The criticisms were widely mixed on “A Minecraft Movie”, but the public gave it a more promising b +mascore and 4/5 stars in the posttrak exit polls. Men represented around 62% of the hearing, and 64% were under 25. Warner Bros. went big on its release, opening the film in 4,263 locations at the national level and 36,000 international screens.
“The youngest audience loves to go to the movies, believe it or not,” said Paul Dergarabedian, analyst of the senior media for Comscre. “It is the perfect small screen for a large screen alliance. It has become an essential theatrical event. Awareness was out of the charts.”
Video game adaptations have had pivot success in recent years, especially “The film Super Mario Bros.” The “Sonic” series and “Five nights at Freddy.”
“Video games were once a genre that had very mixed results at the box office, but the code was finally cracked,” said Dergarabedian.
Second place at this week’s box office went to the Jason Statham action photo “A worker” “ which added $ 7.3 million in its second weekend. Third place was occupied by the second episode of the episodic series “The Chosen: Last Supper”. The second part (made up of episodes three to five) won $ 7 million during the weekend. The third and last batch of episodes arrives in theaters on April 11.
“Snow White” slipped in fourth place in his third weekend, gathering $ 6.1 million. It is now more than $ 168 million worldwide.
It was a difficult start for 2025 for Hollywood and cinemas, with disappointments from which “Snow White” And “Mickey 17.” But a blow can change the tides considerably, in particular with marketing thrusts in the booming theater for the Pivot summer films season, which starts the first weekend in May.
Before this weekend, the box office operated at a deficit of 13% compared to last year. Now the gap is down to 5%.
Top 10 films at the national ticket office
According to Comscore, with the national final figures, this list is launched in sales of estimated tickets from Friday to Sunday in the United States and Canadian theaters.
1. “A Minecraft film”, $ 157 million.
2. “A worker”, $ 7.3 million.
3. “The elected official: last supper – part 2”, $ 7 million.
4. “Snow White”, $ 6.1 million.
5. “Woman in the courtyard”, $ 4.5 million.
6. “Death of a unicorn”, $ 2.7 million
7. “The elected official: Last supper – part 1”, 1.9 million dollars.
8. “Hell of a summer”, 1.8 million dollars.
9. “The friend”, 1.6 million dollars.
10. “Captain America: Brave New World”, 1.4 million dollars.
