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04-14-2025, 02:49 AM
Minecraft Scores $80 Million in Massive Second Weekend
by Rebecca Rubin
April 13, 2025
A Minecraft Movie scored a massive $80 million in its second weekend of release and remained at No. 1 at the box office as five new movies opened in theaters.
Ticket sales declined 50% from its record-breaking $162.7 million debut, which represents an impressive hold for a blockbuster of its size. So far, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s PG video game adaptation has grossed $281 million domestically and $550 million globally.
After 10 days in theaters, Minecraft is already the highest grossing film of the year ahead of Disney and Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World ($199 million domestic, $410 million globally).
The King of Kings, an animated faith-based family film from Angel Studios, started strongest in second place with $19 million from 3,200 theaters.
Kenneth Branagh, Uma Thurman, Mark Hamill and Pierce Brosnan lead the voice cast, which follows young author Charles Dickens who narrates the biography of Jesus Christ.
Movie critics were mixed (63% on Rotten Tomatoes), but audiences were enthusiastic and awarded a rare “A+” grade on CinemaScore exit polls.
Angel Studios, the faith-based distribution company behind The Sound of Freedom, incentivized parents with its “Kids Go Free” initiative, allowing children to see the movie at no extra charge with the purchase of one adult ticket.
In third place is Disney and 20th Century’s vigilante thriller The Amateur with $15 million from 3,400 venues. At the international box office, the movie added another $17.2 million for a global tally of $32.2 million.
Those initial returns are on the higher end of expectations, but the Rami Malek-led film cost $60 million to produce, so it needs to stick around on the big screen to justify its price tag. Moviegoers awarded a “B+” grade on CinemaScore, which could help word of mouth.
A24’s boots-on-the-ground combat thriller Warfare debuted at No. 4 with $8.3 million from 2,670 North American theaters. The film, which cost $20 million, was directed by Civil War filmmaker Alex Garland and Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza.
Based on Mendoza’s experiences as a former Navy SEAL, the film captures in real time a platoon of soldiers as they navigate insurgent territory.
Universal and Blumhouse’s horror film Drop rounded out the top five, opening with $7.7 million from 3,085 cinemas. Overseas, the movie misfired with $2 million from 47 territories for a global launch of $10 million.
It’s a lackluster start, except that Drop cost a modest $11 million, so the movie doesn’t need a whole lot of coinage to get out of the red.
Fathom Entertainment’s The Chosen: Last Supper – Part 3, a faith-based TV series about Jesus and his disciples, premiered in sixth place with $6.15 million from 2,296 cinemas.
Those returns are decent considering there’s another religious film (King of Kings) also in theaters, and they are consistent with initial sales for parts one and two. Fathom is rolling out the show’s fifth season in cinemas with two-week runs of episodes; Part 1 has grossed $20 million and Part 2 has generated $11.3 million to date.
Disney’s live-action Snow White has tumbled to No. 8 in its fourth weekend of release, earning just $2.8 million from 2,540 locations.
So far, the fairy tale adaptation has amassed $81.9 million domestically and $181 million globally to stand as the lowest-grossing (by far) of Disney’s live-action remakes.
https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/minecraft-movie-box-office-massive-second-weekend-1236368397/
April 11-13, 2025: Weekend Studio Estimates
1. A Minecraft Movie $80,600,000 / $280,961,733
2. The King of Kings $19,050,397
3. The Amateur $15,000,000
4. Warfare $8,301,565
5. Drop $7,500,000
6. The Chosen: Last Supper Part 3 $5,815,117
7. A Working Man $3,060,987 / $33,522,179
8. Snow White $2,800,000 / $81,920,880
9. The Woman in the Yard $2,100,000 / $20,352,860
10. The Chosen: Last Supper Part 2 $931,684 / $10,956,398
by Rebecca Rubin
April 13, 2025
A Minecraft Movie scored a massive $80 million in its second weekend of release and remained at No. 1 at the box office as five new movies opened in theaters.
Ticket sales declined 50% from its record-breaking $162.7 million debut, which represents an impressive hold for a blockbuster of its size. So far, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s PG video game adaptation has grossed $281 million domestically and $550 million globally.
After 10 days in theaters, Minecraft is already the highest grossing film of the year ahead of Disney and Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World ($199 million domestic, $410 million globally).
The King of Kings, an animated faith-based family film from Angel Studios, started strongest in second place with $19 million from 3,200 theaters.
Kenneth Branagh, Uma Thurman, Mark Hamill and Pierce Brosnan lead the voice cast, which follows young author Charles Dickens who narrates the biography of Jesus Christ.
Movie critics were mixed (63% on Rotten Tomatoes), but audiences were enthusiastic and awarded a rare “A+” grade on CinemaScore exit polls.
Angel Studios, the faith-based distribution company behind The Sound of Freedom, incentivized parents with its “Kids Go Free” initiative, allowing children to see the movie at no extra charge with the purchase of one adult ticket.
In third place is Disney and 20th Century’s vigilante thriller The Amateur with $15 million from 3,400 venues. At the international box office, the movie added another $17.2 million for a global tally of $32.2 million.
Those initial returns are on the higher end of expectations, but the Rami Malek-led film cost $60 million to produce, so it needs to stick around on the big screen to justify its price tag. Moviegoers awarded a “B+” grade on CinemaScore, which could help word of mouth.
A24’s boots-on-the-ground combat thriller Warfare debuted at No. 4 with $8.3 million from 2,670 North American theaters. The film, which cost $20 million, was directed by Civil War filmmaker Alex Garland and Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza.
Based on Mendoza’s experiences as a former Navy SEAL, the film captures in real time a platoon of soldiers as they navigate insurgent territory.
Universal and Blumhouse’s horror film Drop rounded out the top five, opening with $7.7 million from 3,085 cinemas. Overseas, the movie misfired with $2 million from 47 territories for a global launch of $10 million.
It’s a lackluster start, except that Drop cost a modest $11 million, so the movie doesn’t need a whole lot of coinage to get out of the red.
Fathom Entertainment’s The Chosen: Last Supper – Part 3, a faith-based TV series about Jesus and his disciples, premiered in sixth place with $6.15 million from 2,296 cinemas.
Those returns are decent considering there’s another religious film (King of Kings) also in theaters, and they are consistent with initial sales for parts one and two. Fathom is rolling out the show’s fifth season in cinemas with two-week runs of episodes; Part 1 has grossed $20 million and Part 2 has generated $11.3 million to date.
Disney’s live-action Snow White has tumbled to No. 8 in its fourth weekend of release, earning just $2.8 million from 2,540 locations.
So far, the fairy tale adaptation has amassed $81.9 million domestically and $181 million globally to stand as the lowest-grossing (by far) of Disney’s live-action remakes.
https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/minecraft-movie-box-office-massive-second-weekend-1236368397/
April 11-13, 2025: Weekend Studio Estimates
1. A Minecraft Movie $80,600,000 / $280,961,733
2. The King of Kings $19,050,397
3. The Amateur $15,000,000
4. Warfare $8,301,565
5. Drop $7,500,000
6. The Chosen: Last Supper Part 3 $5,815,117
7. A Working Man $3,060,987 / $33,522,179
8. Snow White $2,800,000 / $81,920,880
9. The Woman in the Yard $2,100,000 / $20,352,860
10. The Chosen: Last Supper Part 2 $931,684 / $10,956,398