'Minecraft' Breaks Incredible Box Office Record After 'Major Over-Performance'

If you believe the box office forecasters and many critics who offer projections on the success of new films, then A Minecraft Movie is the perfect Cinderella story.

The film, based on the 2011 video game Minecraft, hit theatres on April 4, 2025, and emerged from the weekend as not only the big winner but also with a record-breaking performance. 

After initially receiving low box office projections, A Minecraft Movie pulled in a stellar $157 million domestically in its opening weekend, as IGN detailed. This number surpassed The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which made $146 million during its opening weekend, for the most in history for a video game adaptation.

(L to R) Sebastian Hansen, Jennifer Coolidge, Jack Black and Jason Momoa attend the World Premiere of "A Minecraft Movie" at Cineworld Leicester Square.

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A Minecraft Movie, headlined by Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Emma Myers and Jennifer Coolidge among others, also pulled in $144 million internationally, for a global opening weekend north of $300 million.

The newly released film still has work to do to catch The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which made over $574 million at the domestic box office total. That mark is more than double the second-closest movie based on a game, with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 checking in at the No. 2 spot all-time, having made north of $236 million.

As CNN revealed, Comscore cited A Minecraft Movie's early success as a "major over-performance."

“This is the first major over-performance,” Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore, told CNN. “A Minecraft Movie” surged past the opening weekend of Disney’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” which had been the top opener of 2025 with an opening weekend of $88.5 million.

The early returns are eye-opening for the Warner Bros. movie, which has already made a profit on the film after the reported cost to make it checked in around $150 million.

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