It’s game over for the competition at the box office after A Minecraft Movie obliterated the competition, even after getting mixed reviews from film critics.
The Warner Bros. release rang up a massive domestic opening of $157 million, Comscore reported Sunday, making the film the biggest video game adaptation ever.
The movie opened in 4,263 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, for a massive per location average of $36,829!
Outside North America, the film raked in another $144 million for an incredible global total of $301 million — against a reported budget of $150 million.
Comscore said the film has a bunch of bragging rights — including biggest domestic debut of 2025, best opening in North America since July, and Warner Bros.’ best premiere since 2023.
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Directed by Jared Hess, the film is the first-ever big screen, live-action adaptation of Minecraft, the word’s top-selling video game.
The movie from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures stars Jason Momoa and Jack Black. The cast also includes Emma Myers, Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Eugene Hansen, and Jennifer Coolidge.
The storyline follows four misfits who are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, according to the official description.
Audiences gave the film a “B+” CinemaScore. Although critics handed A Minecraft Movie a mediocre 49 percent score out of 100 on Rotten Tomatoes.
Empire magazine reviewer Dan Jolin called the film “a mess of a movie.”
Rendy Jones of Rendy Reviews described the film as “a corporate affair as soul-crushing as working in a mine shaft.”
But Kimber Myers of Mashable countered, “It’s a good primer for the game that never feels like homework.”
Elsewhere this weekend at the box office, the Jason Statham-led action film A Working Man slipped to second place with $7.2 million after opening at No. 1 last weekend, Comscore reported.
Third place went to The Chosen: The Last Supper — Season 5, Part Two, with $7 million.
Snow White was fourth with $6 million in its third week, and horror film The Woman in the Yard was fifth with $4.5 million.
Check out the box office chart below from Comscore Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian:
This has been a pivotal weekend for the industry that sets the stage for a massive comeback for movie theatres! @Comscore @csMoviesUS @CSGlobalMovies exclusively reports this weekend’s overall total estimated 3-day Domestic box office is at $196M plus & YTD 2025 (now at $1.671B… pic.twitter.com/BbA9lvTOFy
— Paul Dergarabedian (@PDergarabedian) April 6, 2025
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