A Minecraft Movie is 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 Movie was 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 Movie might have a bigger opening weekend than expected.
Deadline reports that A Minecraft Movie pulled in $10.5 million in Thursday night preview screenings, which beats the $10.3 million gross Five Nights of Freddy‘s brought in during advanced screenings in 2023. This gives The Minecraft Movie the biggest preview screening for a video game movie, with the major caveat that The Super Mario Bros. Movie did not have preview screenings the day before since it opened on a Wednesday, where it pulled in $31 million.
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Deadline is now projecting A Minecraft Movie to have an $80 million plus opening, which would put it above the opening weekends for all three Sonic the Hedgehog movies. While it won’t come close to surpassing the opening weekend for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, it does have a very good chance of surpassing Five Nights at Freddy’s $80 million opening weekend and taking the number two spot on the all-time biggest video game opening weekends. It will also be the second-biggest opening weekend of 2025, behind only Captain America: Brave New World‘s $88 million.
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is an Unexpected Box Office Hit
The critical and audience reaction has been mixed for A 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 for A Minecraft Movie, which is the must-see event family film of the spring, and more bad news for Disney’s Snow 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 of Mickey 17 and The Alto Knights. The studio’s fortunes are certainly looking up as Ryan Coogler’s vampire film Sinners is set to be released on Easter weekend and has received glowing reviews from critics. Meanwhile, Superman is 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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- Release Date
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April 4, 2025
- Runtime
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101 minutes
- Director
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Jared Hess
- Writers
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Chris Galletta, Gavin James, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Allison Schroeder, Chris Bowman
- Producers
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Jason Momoa, Jill Messick, Mary Parent, Roy Lee, Todd Hallowell, Cale Boyter, Jon Berg, Jon Spaihts, Brian Andrew Mendoza, Vu Bui, Lydia Winters
