A Minecraft Movie hits $301M global opening for first two days (updated)

A Minecraft Movie is off to a pretty amazing start, with $58 million coming in on the first day in the U.S. and $110 million globally. On its second day, the totals increased to $157 million in the U.S., $144 million in the rest of the world, and $301 million worldwide. Minecraft brought in $58 million on the first day on Friday in the U.S., and another $52 million overseas for a total opening day of $110 million, according to Box Office Mojo. The projections are for further growth and it could well be the biggest opening of the year. The second-day totals show even stronger results. (Updated 4/6/25 at 4:49 p.m. Pacific). That’s important for Microsoft, which hasn’t had luck with some of its game-related Hollywood efforts like the Paramount+ series for Halo. Now Microsoft gets to partake in some of the success that has sprouted in movies and TV for rivals like Nintendo (The Super Mario Bros. Movie generated $1.3 billion in 2023), Sega (which has had three successes with Sonic the He ... Read full article.