A Minecraft Movie had a global debut of $301 million in its opening weekend. This is a significant milestone in a year of box office duds.
A Minecraft Movie is becoming the global phenomenon that I predicted it would be. People are heading to the theaters to watch this movie in droves. Kids are going to see it since it is more geared towards children, teenagers, and young adults, who grew up playing Minecraft, and the general audience is going just because of the whole meme of the film. The movie itself is so silly and over the top that it has become a must-watch movie.
We have seen this in recent years with the Morbius film, but in that case, that movie was just bad, and people went and saw it because it was bad. It seems A Minecraft Movie is doing pretty well with viewers and critics alike. Many were worried that this movie would be a dud, but it seems that the online memes and jokes have propelled this movie to being the juggernaut it is.
A Minecraft Movie is great for theaters because this is one of the first big films of the year to get a solid opening weekend. A Minecraft movie has the highest opening weekend box office gross of 2025. A Minecraft movie also has the second-highest-grossing opening weekend for a video game, behind the Super Mario Bros. Movie.
There has been a slow trend in films this year, as there have been multiple weekends that were basically droughts as far as the box office goes. We had the Snow White film completely bust as far as box office numbers go. People expected that movie to make a lot of money, but it’s doing horribly for the money that went into it. But A Minecraft Movie is doing great. It has made 150 million ticket sales in the US, Canada, and overseas, and it has made 144 million.
A Minecraft Movie is what theaters need right now to stay afloat, as each year seems to be harder and harder on them. As silly as the movie might be, it is still bringing people to theaters, regardless of whether they’re watching it to laugh at it or laugh with it.
