Just 10 days into its global run, Warner Bros.’A Minecraft Moviehas already broken nearly every record that it could’ve. It’s the highest-grossing Hollywood film of 2025, having overtaken the lifetime haul ofCaptain America: Brave New World; it’s now also thesecond-biggest video game adaptation ever made, behind onlyThe Super Mario Bros. Movie; and this weekend, it passed the massive half-billion mark at the global box office. Directed byJared Hessand starringJack BlackandJason Momoa,A Minecraft Movieis quickly establishing itself as a phenomenon, and is earmarked to become the first American movie to pass the coveted $1 billion mark worldwide this year.
Produced ona reported budget of $150 million,A Minecraft Moviehasgrossed an estimated $280 million domestically and $550 million worldwide. The movie has proven to be exceptionally popular among younger audiences, with dozens of videos depictingabsolute mayhem in theatersbeing widely circulated online. This public adoration — the movie holds an 87% audience score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes — has utterly silenced any negative response that may have been hurled its wayby the critics.A Minecraft Movieis still languishing with a 46% critics score onRotten Tomatoes, by the way.
It was able to breakSuper Mario Bros.’ record in its debut weekend; that film concluded its run with around $570 million domestically and around $1.3 billion worldwide. These are the milestones thatA Minecraft Moviewould need to pass to become the biggest video game adaptation ever. This weekend, it zoomed pastSonic the Hedgehog 3to claim the number two spot on the list; in its 10-day run, it was also able to surpass the lifetime global hauls of films such asRampage,Warcraft,Uncharted, andPokémon: Detective Pikachu.
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The film also serves as something of a life-saver for W.B., which has been struggling this year with two back-to-back under-performers —Mickey 17andThe Alto Knights. And even though it’s a stellar example of the IP-driven, franchise-minded tendencies of Hollywood, it’s output like this that enables studios to produce more challenging work. W.B. is gearing up to release directorRyan Coogler’s ambitious horror filmSinnersin some days. StarringMichael B. Jordan, the film holds aperfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, and is expected to draw huge crowds in its debut. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
A Minecraft Movie
The malevolent Ender Dragon sets out on a path of destruction, prompting a young girl and her group of unlikely adventurers to set out to save the Overworld.
