“Minecraft” on the End End Ends of the Endocarium Path of $ 135 million

Minecraft Minecraft Mega-Frame Game Big Mega Minecraft brought $ 58 million on Friday, It put it on a course on the opening weekend of $ 135 million Locally – or maybe more.

This would give “Minecraft” the largest opening this year, overcoming “Captain America: Brave New World” (which received $ 88.8 million during the weekend in February) and providing a batch that is needed at the theatrical box office. Comscore recently estimated that 2025 local box office was 7 % decrease on an annual basisAnd this is at the top of the large declines from the prenatal era.

Going out to The Resue: Video Games, especially for children’s friendly video games, which may soon be Comics Superhero Comics as the most reliable template for Hollywood movies. “The Super Mario Brothers” was one of the largest songs in 2023 (behind “Barbie” only) and “Sonic The Hedgehog 3” It was a great success During the last winter holidays.

Minecraft game, which was first developed by Marcus “Notch” Persson and I got it microsoft In 2014, he has a huge audience, with 204 million active monthly users In December. But it also represents special challenges, because it provides these players a virtual sand box, rather than a specific story or a group of characters to adapt.

It was directed by Jared Hess (famous for “Napoleon Dynamite”), with Six cinematic books“Minecraft”, these challenges are gathered by transferring human characters (Jason Momoa, Jack Black, and others) to a fictional, moving world in the intense Minecraft style. Receive the movie Mixed reviews – But then, he did this “Super Mario Brothers”, and this has not proven any obstacle to the success of the huge box office.

“Minecraft” on the big weekend is welcome news to Warner Bros, which he was exposed A series of fluctuations Including “The Alto Knights” and “Joker: Folie a Deux”. So it may be safe to assume that we will see a complement.