A Minecraft Movie‘s impressive box office total has now pushed Jason Momoa past a new career milestone. Momoa plays Garrett in the video game adaptation, whose cast also includes Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, Sebastien Hansen, Jennifer Coolidge, Rachel House, and Jemaine Clement. Since releasing in theaters on April 4, A Minecraft Movie has been a massive success. It opened to $162 million domestically, beating out its competition by a wide margin. As a result, there are already talks of a sequel film being made.
Per The Numbers, A Minecraft Movie has pushed Momoa past a new box office milestone. Adding up the totals from his leading roles, lead ensemble roles, and supporting character roles, Momoa’s films have now made over $5 billion at the box office collectively. Furthermore, A Minecraft Movie is in Momoa’s top 5 highest-grossing films in his career, taking the no. 5 slot.
What This Means For A Minecraft Movie
It Also Pushed Black Past A Milestone
At the time of writing, A Minecraft Movie boasts a worldwide total gross of $557.1 million. This makes it the no. 2 highest-grossing movie of the year (behind only the Chinese breakout animated sequel Ne Zha 2) on a worldwide scale, and the no. 1 movie of the year at the domestic box office. The film is headed into Easter weekend, which can tend to be a popular time for family-oriented movies. As such, it is likely that, despite entering its third weekend, the movie’s total could grow a lot more in the coming days.
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Momoa’s recent milestone marks the second time that A Minecraft Movie has helped an actor past a major career goal. The first was Black, who crossed a $5 billion total box office haul through his lead roles alone, thanks to his role of Steve in A Minecraft Movie. Adding on the actors’ supporting and lead ensemble roles, Black’s box office total is even higher. The movie also made it such that Black has starred in both of the top 2 highest-grossing video game adaptations of all time.
Our Take On Momoa’s Minecraft Record
This Is Great For His Career
This career milestone is a big deal for Momoa, especially as he steps out into career roles beyond Aquaman and related films. Of his top 5 highest-grossing movies, he has played Aquaman in three of these films, and the other was a major franchise movie (Fast X). Though A Minecraft Movie was an extension of an already wildly popular video game world, its success shows that Momoa can be successful in films outside pre-established cinematic universes. After this Minecraft Movie-produced milestone, it will be fascinating to see where Momoa goes next in his career.
Source: The Numbers