A Minecraft film turned out to be a success at the box office, collecting around $ 300 million (233 million pounds sterling) in the world during its opening weekend.
The film, based on extremely popular video games, was strongly delayed but finally struck the big screen on Friday.
He has a star cast, notably Jason Momoa, Jack Black and Jennifer Coolidge.
Estimates place the profits of the film well above its declared production budget of $ 150 million.
Depending on the outlet, about half of the world’s world sockets come from North America.
Box-office numbers arise despite the criticism of the film being mainly disappointing.
The telegraph I rewarded it two starssaying that the charm of the video game was “nowhere to find”, while the goalkeeper I gave him a starsaying he has “a paved sensation”.
He does not seem to have prevented families from presenting himself in force to see her.
“He definitely outperformed all the projections of the industry,” said Steve Buck, director of strategy at Enttellogence, who said that the film had experienced a wave of late tickets.
He said that the film “struck with all audiences”, with about a quarter of those who will see him have under the age of 13, and more than half of men.
“When dads love a family film, it’s a good thing,” he told BBC News.
“It is the largest national opening in 2025, and the largest for Warner Bros since 2023,” he added.
Minecraft is one of the best -selling video games in the world (more than 300 million copies and counting, According to Statista).
The film tells the story of four unsuitables which are suddenly drawn through a mysterious portal in the world – the place where all players start in Minecraft.
There was a long story of game flops in the film. But others, like Sonic and the film Super Mario Bros, were massive successes.
In Press, the notes circulated before the release of the film, Black, 55, admitted that there was a lot of pressure to deliver for fans of the world in block.
“This game has been loved by millions and millions worldwide for years now, and I think this film is a big problem for many people, because now it’s generational,” he said.
