A Minecraft Movieis overcoming a much-hated first-look teaser trailer and is on a path to box office glory. Based on the worldwide best-selling video game,A Minecraft Moviewas projected to have an opening weekend of around $60 million, putting it in the top five highest opening weekends for a movie based on a video game. If the Thursday night screenings are anything to go by,A Minecraft Moviemight have a bigger opening weekend than expected.
Deadlinereports thatA Minecraft Moviepulled in $10.5 million in Thursday night preview screenings, which beats the $10.3 million grossFive Nights of Freddy’s brought in during advanced screenings in 2023. This givesThe Minecraft Moviethe biggest preview screening for a video game movie, with the major caveat thatThe Super Mario Bros. Moviedid not have preview screenings the day before since it opened on a Wednesday, where it pulled in $31 million. One can only imagine whatthe upcomingSuper Mariosequelwill gross at the box office. Nevertheless, the Thursday preview numbers forMinecraftare a very positive sign of things to come.
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Deadlineis now projectingA Minecraft Movieto have an $80 million plus opening, which would put it above the opening weekends for all threeSonic the Hedgehogmovies. While it won’t come close to surpassing the opening weekend forThe Super Mario Bros. Movie, it does have a very good chance of surpassingFive Nights at Freddy’s$80 million opening and taking the number two spot on the all-time biggest video game movie weekend. It will also be the second-biggest opening weekend of 2025,behind onlyCaptain America: Brave New World’s $88 million. To the pleasure of many fans, the video game adaptation trend continues upward, well past its rocky, flop-filled history.
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is an Unexpected Box Office Hit
Thecritical and audience reaction has been mixedforA Minecraft Movie, with the film scoring 48% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, Deadline reports that the Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak service, which polled audiences on the film’s opening night, suggests audiences were pleased with the film. 65% of kids under the age of 12 who were polled gave the film five stars, with 67% of the parents who saw it saying they would recommend it, giving the movie four and a half stars. This certainly bodes well forA Minecraft Movie, which is the must-see event family film of the spring, and more bad news for Disney’sSnow White,which failed to capture the spring break audience.
A Minecraft Movie’s box office performance is certainly good news for Warner Bros., following the back-to-back disappointments ofMickey 17andThe Alto Knights. The studio’s fortunes are certainly looking up as Ryan Coogler’s vampire filmSinnersis set to be released on Easter weekend and has received glowing reviews from critics. Meanwhile,Supermanis one of the most anticipated films of 2025, and reportedly,much of the studio’s future rests on the shoulders of the DC film. Hopefully,A Minecraft Movie’s box office can ease the burden.
Source:Deadline
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