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A Minecraft Movie, which is based on the titular video game, is going head-to-head with Sinners. The release of A Minecraft Movie kicked off by debuting at No. 1 at the domestic box office with a $162.7 million 3-day total, which is the best ever for a video game movie. It held that position in its second weekend despite competition from a raft of new releases including The King of Kings, Drop, Warfare, and The Amateur. The newest contender for the No. 1 spot is the period-set horror movie Sinners, which reteams director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan.
Per Deadline, as of Saturday morning, Sinners is projected to debut at No. 2 at the domestic box office with a 3-day total of $40 million that falls just short of the $45 million projections for A Minecraft Movie, which will take No. 1 for the third consecutive weekend. However, this total means that Sinners has earned the best-ever Easter opening weekend for an R-rated movie, handily besting the $33 million opening weekend earned by David Fincher’s Panic Room in 2002. It has also earned the 11th best Easter weekend debut of all time among movies of all ratings.
The fact that both movies are Warner Bros. Pictures productions also means that the studio is back in good standing after the wobbly box office performance of their splashy Bong Joon Ho sci-fi movie Mickey 17, which only grossed $130.6 million against its reported $118 million budget.
More to come…
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Source: Deadline
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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
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Sinners
9/10
- Release Date
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April 18, 2025
- Runtime
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138 Minutes
- Director
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Ryan Coogler
- Writers
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Ryan Coogler
