The Minecraft Movie achieved a remarkable $300 million in its global opening weekend, placing it on a similar path to the highly successful Super Mario Bros Movie which earned nearly $1.4 billion.
This success is particularly significant for cinema operators, as global box office takings in the previous year were 30% below pre-pandemic levels. The Minecraft movie's success offers a much-needed boost to the industry.
Hollywood’s first hit of 2025 arrived on April 4th with “A Minecraft Movie”, a blockbuster adaptation of the block-building video game. The film took over $300m at the global box office in its opening weekend, putting it on a similar trajectory to “The Super Mario Bros Movie”, which went on to make nearly $1.4bn and become the second-most successful film of 2023. For cinema operators, whose overall takings last year were 30% below their pre-pandemic peak, the hit comes not a moment too soon.
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