A Minecraft Movie has become a massive box office hit for Warner Bros. Despite early criticism when the first trailers dropped, the video game adaptation has easily become one of the most-talked-about films this year due to its historic box office run so far. This includes the best opening weekend for a video game adaptation at $163 million, obliterating the previous record held by The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Even as it nears its third week in theaters, the box office run for A Minecraft Movie has not been slowing down thanks to the cultural phenomena that have been key to its success.
A key factor to the film’s success has been the viral trends behind many scenes in A Minecraft Movie, including the famous “Chicken Jockey!” This has led to explosive reactions from audiences, where attendees are screaming the line, throwing popcorn at the screen, and even bringing real chickens to their screenings. While the phenomenon has caused quite a discord about theater etiquette, it has nevertheless contributed to the movie’s success and became a big win for Warner Bros. Now, the latest domestic box office has the adaptation landing on the major box office charts for the studio.
A Minecraft Movie Lands On The Studio’s Top 20 Highest-Grossing Charts At The Domestic Box Office

It’s Quickly Climbing Up The Ladder

A Minecraft Movie has a budget of $150 million, which was already recovered during its first weekend in theaters thanks to a $300 million global opening. Even though critical reception was mixed, leading to a 45% Rotten Tomatoes score, audiences clearly enjoyed the movie, as evident by the audience score of 87%. That has already helped the film leap to $500 million during its second weekend, which was also the first for any Hollywood movie this year. It’s also the second-highest-grossing movie of 2025, behind the record-breaking Chinese movie Ne Zhe 2.

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Now, per The Numbers, A Minecraft Movie has landed on the top 20 highest-grossing film charts for Warner Bros. at the domestic box office. With a current domestic total of $296 million, the film is ranked at the seventeenth spot, having already surpassed Inception and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The film is expected to climb to the charts as it heads into its third weekend in theaters, with a high chance of passing two Harry Potter movies.
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This Is A Big Win That Warner Bros. Needed

Considering early misfires for Warner Bros. earlier this year, the box office for A Minecraft Movie is a huge relief for the studio. It’s also not surprising that the video game adaptation is quickly climbing the charts, as it is expected to make more money during its third weekend despite its own studio competition with new release, Sinners. However, that shouldn’t be a major concern since the two movies have very different target audiences, with A Minecraft Movie having a much wider demographic with families and young moviegoers.

With the film currently holding $570 million at the global box office, there will be discussions about whether the billion mark would even be feasible.

Still, with summer right around the corner, there will be questions about where A Minecraft Movie will start to see its box office slow down. With the film currently holding $570 million at the global box office, there will be discussions about whether the billion mark would even be feasible. While it’s unlikely to do so at this rate, there is no doubt that Warner Bros. will be celebrating this movie’s triumph, prompting conversations of sequels and a franchise.
Source: The Numbers

A Minecraft Movie

4/10

Release Date

April 4, 2025

Runtime

101 minutes

Director

Jared Hess

Writers

Chris Galletta, Gavin James, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Allison Schroeder, Chris Bowman

Producers

Jason Momoa, Jill Messick, Mary Parent, Roy Lee, Todd Hallowell, Cale Boyter, Jon Berg, Jon Spaihts, Brian Andrew Mendoza, Vu Bui, Lydia Winters