Video game large screen Mega-Franchise Minecraft’s big screen adaptation brought $58 million on Friday Put it on track for a $135 million opening weekend More in China.
This will make “Minecraft Movies” the biggest opening of the year, beating “Captain America: A Brave New World” (which earned $88.8 million on the opening weekend in February) and providing a much-needed boost to the drama’s box office. ComScore recently estimated that the domestic box office in 2025 will be 7% year-on-yearthis is a significant decline in the pre-popular era.
Conducting the Rescue: Video games, especially kid-friendly video games, may soon use superhero comics as the most reliable template for Hollywood blockbusters. “Super Mario Bros. Movie” is one of the 2023 hits (second only to “Barbie”) and “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” A major success In the recent winter holidays.
Minecraft game first developed by Marcus “Notch” Persson Acquired by Microsoft In 2014, there were many audiences 204 million monthly active users In December. But this also presents a special challenge as it provides these players with a virtual sandbox instead of a specific story or a set of characters that can be adapted to.
Directed by Jared Hess (known for “Napoleon dynamite”) Six credits screenwriters“Minecraft Movie” encounters these challenges by transporting human characters (played by Jason Momoa, Jack Black, etc.). This movie was received Mixed comments – But, so is “Super Mario Bros. Movie”, which doesn’t have a huge barrier to box office success.
“The big weekend of Minecraft movies is also a welcome news for Warner Bros., and his film department endured it A bunch of slippers Includes “Alto Knight” and “Joker: Folie a Deux”. So it’s safe to assume that we’ll see a sequel.
