Box-Office: Minecraft outlets the film Super Mario Bros and broke all records
Minecraft, the film has signed the best box office start of a video game adaptation. © Warner Bros. Pictures
The video game has just resuscitated cinema. After moribund weeks in theaters (including the brutal failure of Snow White), the American rooms have just experienced an influx of unexpected and saving spectators thanks to the box of Minecraft, the film.
The feature film with Jack Black has energized all expectations and signed a first sensational weekend, exploding the record for the best start for a video game adaptation, owned until then by Super Mario Bros, the film. We take stock.
Mario and Sonic in retro
Experts and even Studio Warner Bros. Wait for the film around $ 114 million. But the adaptation of the famous video game from Mojang Studio very much exceeds these estimates, and has an inaugural weekend at $ 157 million on American soil. The biggest start since Deadpool & Wolverinereleased in July 2024.
A hallucinating score that allows Minecraft, the film To become the biggest start of 2025, to sign the sixth best weekend of all time (excluding suite) and to afford the record launch in the United States for an adaptation of video games, in front Super Mario Bros, the film (146.3 million), Five Nights at Freddy's (80 million) and Sonic 2 (72 million).
The film Minecraft is a real Blocs-Buser. © Warner Bros. Pictures
This card is also seen internationally, where the film adds 144 million to its bag, for a total world at $ 301 million for its first weekend, with large scores in Great Britain (19.9 million), China (14.5 million), Mexico (11.2 million) and Germany (10.6 million).
It is more than produced productions installed such as Deadpool 2 (300 million), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (298 million) and even Spider-man: Far from Home (295 million). As a comparison, Super Mario Bros, the film had recorded $ 375 million for its first world weekend.
Suffice to say that the film's budget (estimated at 150 million) is largely absorbed today, and that Warner must already be thinking about a suite. We will have to wait to see the detention in the second week, but at this rate Minecraft, the film is already guaranteed to exceed one billion dollars at the world box office, and must have the 1.3 billion Super Mario Bros. in sight.
Jason Statham keeps his second place at the American box office. © Black Bear
The rest of the box office is obviously much less impressive. A Working Man However, there is a nice second weekend at $ 7.2 million, down only 53%. The film with Jason Statham totaled 44 million in the world for the time being and continues its way, on the way to amortize its modest budget.
Snow White Continue his slow descent into the abyss of the ranking. Disney's latest live action fell in fourth place with $ 6 million, even below the studio expectations. The film wedges at 77.4 million in the United States, and just $ 168 million worldwide. Recall that the feature film cost 270 million, and that it should cause a tidy sum to the studio.
Snow White continues to sink to the box office. © The Walt Disney Company
US box office from April 4 to 6, 2025 (estimates)
| MOVIE | WEEKEND | US Cumul | Cumulative world | WEEK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minecraft, the film | $ 157,000,000 | $ 157,000,000 | $ 301,000,000 | 1 |
| 2 | A Working Man | $ 7,277,052 | $ 27,817,000 | $ 44,417,000 | 2 |
| 3 | The Chosen: Last Supper – Part 2 | $ 6,701,939 | $ 6,701,939 | $ 6,701,939 | 1 |
| 4 | Snow White | $ 6,087,000 | $ 77,462,470 | $ 168,362,470 | 3 |
| 5 | The woman in the yard | $ 4,500,000 | $ 16,666,985 | $ 16,981,159 | 2 |
