Jason Momoa starrer A Minecraft Movie scored the biggest video game movie opening ever with $157 million

Hollywood¡¯s latest mega-hit just dropped, and no, it is not a superhero flex or a recycled reboot. It is ¡°blocks.¡± Literal blocks. A Minecraft Movie just mined gold at the box office, leveling up with a beast-mode $157 million domestic debut¡ªand let us just say, it is pixel pandemonium out here.

A Minecraft Movie scored the biggest video game movie opening | Credit: X

A Minecraft Movie box office collection

A Minecraft Movie starring Jack Black (aka chaos personified) and Jason Momoa (aka everyone's thirst trap), this PG fantasy comedy was expected to casually chill at $70-80 million, maybe stretch to $90 million if vibes were good. But surprise! It went full diamond armour and crushed every projection into pixel dust. Add another $144 million from international audiences, and we are staring at a monster $301 million global launch.

A Minecraft Movie scored the biggest video game movie opening | Credit: X

Directed by Jared Hess (yes, the genius behind Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre), the film yeeted a gang of misfits into Minecraft's iconic cube-verse where they follow a crafting legend named Steve (voiced by Black). Is the Rotten Tomatoes score...um, 48%? Sure. But guess what? The fans did not care. As David A. Gross from FranchiseRe put it, the movie is not here for critic validation¡ªit is built different. According to him, it is a rare five-quadrant hit, basically speaking to everyone from toddlers to boomers and somehow roping in teens who do not even watch anything that is not on TikTok or Instagram.

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For Warner Bros., this was a desperately needed win. The studio has been dragging after major flops like The Alto Knights and Mickey 17, and let us not even get into the overall sad girl energy of 2025¡¯s box office performance¡ªticket sales are still lagging 5.3% behind last year. But with Minecraft going full nether portal on the charts, there is fresh hope, and maybe some sugarcane, for the summer.

A Minecraft Movie scored the biggest video game movie opening | Credit: X

Coming up next? Warner Bros. is betting big again with Sinners, a $90 million vampire thriller starring Michael B. Jordan. But for now, it is block o¡¯clock, and Minecraft is winning the internet and the cinema, one brick at a time.