‘A Minecraft Movie’ is on track for a $135M opening weekend

The big screen adaptation of video game mega-franchise Minecraft brought in $58 million on Friday, putting it on track for a $135 million opening weekend domestically — or potentially even more. That would give “A Minecraft Movie” the biggest opening of the year, beating out “Captain America: Brave New World” (which earned $88.8 million during its opening weekend in February) and providing a much-needed boost to the theatrical box office. Comscore recently estimated that the 2025 domestic box office was down 7% year-over-year, and that’s on top of significant declines from the pre-pandemic era. Coming to the rescue: Video games, particularly kid-friendly video games, which may soon eclipse superhero comics as the most reliable template for Hollywood blockbusters. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” was one of the biggest hits of 2023 (behind only “Barbie”), and “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” was a major success over the recent winter holidays. The Minecraft game, first developed by Markus “Notch” ... Read full article.