A Minecraft Movie is demolishing the competition. The new release, which is based on the popular video game of the same name and was directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre), stars Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, and Sebastian Hanse as a mismatched group of people who get trapped in a land called Overworld, where they are guided by the bizarre crafter Steve (Jack Black). The Minecraft Movie release kicks off the April movie schedule after having broken a record for the most ticket pre-sales for a PG-rated movie in 2025 so far.
Per Deadline, as of Saturday morning, A Minecraft Movie is projected to debut with a 3-day total of more than $135 million at the domestic box office. This marks both the highest-grossing opening weekend of the year so far and the first to gross more than $100 million, as the second-place title is Captain America: Brave New World, which debuted in February with an $88.8 million haul. If it comes in above $146.4 million, which is entirely possible, it will also surpass 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie with the best opening weekend for a video game adaptation ever.
What This Means For A Minecraft Movie
It Is On Track To Become A Hit
This box office surge for the movie has been belied by the fact that audiences have given it a significant boost on Rotten Tomatoes. Although critics’ A Minecraft Movie reviews have given the movie a Rotten score of 48%, at the time of writing, its Popcornmeter score is 87%, as aggregated from more than 1,000 verified user ratings. This means that it is just 3% away from being Verified Hot, which is a threshold it could very well reach as more reviews are added throughout its theatrical run. This goes a long way in making up for the movie’s budget.
It could very well earn more than $1 billion…
The reported budget for A Minecraft Movie is a whopping $150 million. While movies typically need to earn back two and a half times their budgets in theaters, most likely placing the video game movie’s break-even point somewhere around $375 million or more, the fact that it has already nearly earned back its price tag in the domestic marketplace alone is a very good sign that it will turn a profit. In fact, if it continues following the trajectory of Super Mario Bros., it could very well earn more than $1 billion by the end of its theatrical run.
Our Take On The Weekend Box Office
The Year Is Slowly Recovering
Even though 2025 started off strong with a number of mid-level hits, late February and March saw the market enter a period of major doldrums. However, A Minecraft Movie has finally shaken the box office awake by giving theaters their first $100 million weekend of the year. While the rest of the month looks relatively quiet, Marvel will kick off May with the upcoming Thunderbolts*, which could provide another boost as the summer finally heats up by delivering multiple potential $100 million openers such as Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Lilo & Stitch, and How to Train Your Dragon.
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Source: Deadline
A Minecraft Movie
4/10
- Release Date
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April 4, 2025
- Runtime
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101 minutes
- Director
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Jared Hess
- Writers
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Chris Galletta, Gavin James, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Allison Schroeder, Chris Bowman
- Producers
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Jason Momoa, Jill Messick, Mary Parent, Roy Lee, Todd Hallowell, Cale Boyter, Jon Berg, Jon Spaihts, Brian Andrew Mendoza, Vu Bui, Lydia Winters