Warner Bros.’ kid-friendly movie blew past all expectations to score the top start ever for a video game adaptation, with final numbers coming in more than $12 million ahead of Sunday's already historic estimates.

SUNDAY UPDATE: Warner Bros / Legendary ’s A Minecraft Movie has come in with an astounding $301M global opening. Of that, $144.1M is from the international box office. As we’ve noted throughout the weekend (see below), the film just continued to build, and has broken records in some offshore markets. Talk about a blocks-buster.

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Minecraft” the game debuted in 2009. Spontaneous behavior in movie theaters has been around longer than that, though.

A Minecraft Movie is a massive hit, but when it comes to the cross-pollination of gaming and advertising, it still feels like the cable business of the early 1980s.

It's not the only Minecraft Movie moment being met with raucous behavior, but it's definitely the focal point, with shouting, screaming, and popcorn showers following the line in

Jack Black and Jason Momoa’s "A Minecraft Movie" is not only a blockbuster hit at the box office, it’s the sort of film that Hollywood needs to right the ship after a dismal start in 2025.

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Following the record-breaking opening weekend for “A Minecraft Movie,” a new slate of blockbusters and indie films are hoping to drum up excitement in April about what 2025 has to offer in the cinema landscape.