'Minecraft Movie' strikes gold to dominate N.America box office

US histrion Jack Black poses upon accomplishment for the premiere of 'The Minecraft Movie' successful London, connected March 30, 2025. Photo: BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP/File
Source: AFP

Warner Bros. caller video game-based movie "A Minecraft Movie" smashed records successful its opening play successful North American theaters, digging up an estimated $157 cardinal successful summons sales, analysts said Sunday.

That full for the film, made on with Legendary Pictures and starring Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Jennifer Coolidge, acold surpassed expectations, making it the year's biggest home release.

It was besides the astir palmy adaptation ever from a video game, bettering the $146 cardinal opening of 2023's "Super Mario Bros. Movie."

With $144 cardinal successful overseas summons sales, film's estimated $301 cardinal instrumentality much than doubled its non-paltry $150 cardinal accumulation budget, Variety reported, crediting successful portion the immense popularity of the video game, which has sold much than 300 cardinal copies.

"The home container bureau has been dormant successful 2025, and this is an overdue wakeup," said expert David A. Gross.

He said the movie had singular cross-generation entreaty and that portion reviews were "not good, these pictures are made for moviegoers, not critics."

In a precise distant 2nd spot for the Friday-through-Sunday play was MGM's "A Working Man," an enactment thriller starring Jason Statham, astatine $7.3 million.

In third, astatine $6.7 million, was "The Chosen: Last Supper Part 2," the latest occurrence successful a faith-based bid astir Jesus and his disciples from Fathom Events.

Fourth spot went to "Snow White," astatine $6.1 million. Made for an estimated $250 million, the film's home full of conscionable $77.4 cardinal successful 3 weeks out, coupled with $90 cardinal successful income overseas, is considered a large disappointment for Disney.

And Universal's fearfulness movie "The Woman successful the Yard," starring Danielle Deadwyler, placed fifth, astatine $4.5 million.

Rounding retired the apical 10 were:

"Death of a Unicorn" ($2.7 million)

"The Chosen: Last Supper Part 1" ($1.9 million)

"Hell of a Summer" ($1.8 million)

"The Friend" ($1.6 million)

"Captain America: Brave New World" ($1.4 million)

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Source: AFP