Starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, the film adaptation of popular video game Minecraft titled A Minecraft Movie opened to mixed to negative response at the box office from the film critics but the audiences lapped it up.

The film directed by Jared Hess and written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta, from a story by Allison Schroeder, Bowman, and Palmer has shattered box office records left, right and center.

A Minecraft Movie delivered a jaw-dropping $157 million at the US box office delivering the biggest 3-day opening weekend for any video game adaptation ever taking down The Super Mario Bros. Movie which made $146.40 million.

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It also delivered the biggest 3-day opening weekend ever in Hollywood since the release of Deadpool & Wolverine in July 2024.

The film further delivered the third biggest weekend ever for a film released in April beating Furious 7 ($147.20 million) and trailing only behind Avengers: Infinity War ($257.70 million) and Avengers: Endgame ($357.10 million).

That’s not all, A Minecraft Movie has also become the fourth biggest PG-rated opener beating last year’s Inside Out 2 which made $154.10 million in opening weekend and went on to do $1.70 billion global lifetime.

The top three PG-rated openers include The Lion King (191.80 million), Incredibles 2 (182.70 million) and Beauty And The Beast (174.80 million).

#AMinecraftMovie’s 157M 3-day opening weekend at US #BoxOffice breakdown:

10.6M THU Previews

47.4M Pure FRI (58M FRI Op Day including Previews)

60M SAT +26.6% from Pure FRI (+3.4% from FRI+THU)

39M SUN* -35% from SAT

*Could be lower/higher when actuals come out on MON

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— Luiz Fernando (@Luiz_Fernando_J) April 6, 2025

At the worldwide box office, A Minecraft Movie has delivered a stunning $301 million in its 3-day opening weekend.

Globally, it is the second biggest opener for a video game adaptation behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie which made $377 million.

Overall, it is the 40th biggest opener of all-time for a Hollywood film beating Deadpool 2 ($300.40 million).

#AMinecraftMovie Top10 markets at Global #BoxOffice:#US & #Canada 157M#UK 19.9M#China 14.5M#Mexico 11.2M#Germany 10.6M#Australia 8.3M#Poland 6.2M#Brazil 5.8M#France 5.6M#Spain 5.6M

Spectacular in western markets, insane in the U.K. historic debut in Poland

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— Luiz Fernando (@Luiz_Fernando_J) April 6, 2025

In fact, in just three days, it has also become the 10th biggest grosser for Jack Black. Interestingly, The Super Mario Bros also starred Jack Black.

Made at a budget of $150 million, A Minecraft Movie is now on course to be a $1 billion blockbuster