After only two weeks in theaters,“A film minecraft”is already the most profitable Hollywood exit of 2025.
Adapting the Warner Bros. video games.Its successful openingWith a second weekend of $ 80.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Around the world, it has quickly exceeded $ 550 million.
After having doubled the expectations of its global beginnings of $ 300 million, “A Minecraft Movie” continued to attract the public with anything else this year. The film, directed by Jared Hess and with Jack Black and Jason Momoa, slipped 50% in his second postponement in the United States and Canadian theaters – an impressive grip after such a big start.
Although criticism criticized the film (46% “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes) and the audience scores were simply good (a “B +” cinemaScore), “A Minecraft Movie” hung on moviegoers who have gone more and more in a big budget for a big budget forVideo game adaptations.
“A film Minecraft”, a co -production of $ 150 million from Warner Bros. And Legendary Entertainment, helped – at least for the moment – to invigorate theaters after a lamentable start of the year. Global ticket sales were double that of the same weekend in 2024, according to Comscore. Before “A Minecraft”, box office income followed 11% from last year, but now practically withdrawn. (2025 large Still 2019 trait by 31%, according to Comscore.)
None of the weekend’s new releases – “The King of Kings” by Angel Studios, “The Amateur” by Walt Disney Co., “Drop” or “Warfare” by A24 – came to challenge “Minecraft”, but several films have surpassed expectations.
“The King of Kings”, an animated history of the life of Jesus intended for the Christian public, arrived second with $ 19.1 million in 3,200 theaters. The film, logged in a children’s book by Charles Dickens, includes a star voice led by Oscar Isaac, Kenneth Branagh and Uma Thurman.
With an enviable “A +” cinemascore of the public, “the king of kings” should capitalize in the week to come before Easter. The third part of Fathom Entertainment’s television series, “The Chosen: Last Supper”, also sought to call on the Christian public. It was launched with $ 6.2 million in 2,296 cinemas.
“The amateur”, “A production of the 20th century with Rami Malek as CIA cryptographer tracking down his wife’s killers, made his debut with $ 15 million nationally, plus $ 17.2 million additional dollars abroad. Critics considered the vengeance thriller as a clumsy star vehicle for Malek, which also produced. “The amateur” cost $ 60 million to win.
“War,”The follow -up of the director Alex Garland at2024 “civil war” of 2024,Open with $ 8.3 million in ticket sales in 2,670 theaters. Garland co-written and co-directed the A24 release with the Véteran de la war in Iraq, Ray Mendoza, who based the film on the 2006 mission that he and his colleagues Navy Seals undertook during the war. “Warfare”, which cost around $ 20 million to win, was greeted by criticisms likeAn unusually realistic portrait of the fight.
“Drop,”The latest thriller by Blumhouse Productions, made its debut with $ 7.5 million in 3,085 theaters. Christopher Landon’s film features Meghann Fahy (“The White Lotus”) as a widow of unique mom during a first appointment (Brandon Sklenar) who is terrorized by a person unknown by messages on his phone. “Drop”, which was created in SXSW, cost less than $ 10 million to produce.
Top 10 films at the national ticket office
According to Comscore, with the national final figures, this list is launched in sales of estimated tickets from Friday to Sunday in the United States and Canadian theaters.
1. “A Minecraft film”, $ 80.6 million.
2. “The King of Kings”, $ 19.1 million.
3. “The amateur”, $ 15 million.
4. “Warfare”, $ 8.3 million.
5. “Drop”, $ 7.5 million.
6. “The elected official: last supper (part 3),” $ 6 million.
7. “A worker”, $ 3.1 million.
8. “Snow White”, $ 2.8 million.
9. “Woman in the courtyard”, $ 2.1 million.
10. “The elected official: Last supper (part 2),” $ 932,106.
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