“A film minecraft” injected a very necessary life in the Sleeping box office With a record interior opening of $ 157 million and $ 144 million abroad.
The film, with Jason Momoa, Jack Black and Jennifer Coolidge, broke expectations, doubling certain pre-Semaine estimates. It took the first location for an adaptation of video games, overshadowing “The Super Mario Bros. Movie ”in 2023, which brought in $ 146.4 million.
Based on 2011 video game, the film has given a welcome success for Warner Bros., giving the besieged studio The largest national opening of the year.
Produced with legendary images, the film would have cost $ 150 million to be made, excluding marketing expenses.
This is the first film of the year to bring back more than $ 100 million at the national level.
“We are absolutely delighted that” a film Minecraft “was so warmly received by the public from around the world,” said the co-PDG of the Warner Bros. Mike de Luca and Pam Abdy in a press release. He added that the “ten -year trip from the film to the screen was supervised with great care by Jesse Ehrman from WBP and his team, and we are delighted that their efforts have resulted in such a formidable response”.
Last month, the national box office generated only $ 410 million, according to Comscore.
Given its strong performance, “a Minecraft film”, could “drop 7 to 8 percentage points on the deficit of the year at the beginning of the year that the weekend was 13% behind 2024 and will end up at around 5% of year deficit at the beginning of the year,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Senior Media Analyst.
The Amazon-MGM action thriller “A Working Man”, with Jason Statham, collected $ 7.2 million over the weekend, while the religious theme of Fathom Entertainment “The Chosen: The Last Supper”, (Season 5) leaves 2, was presented this weekend, arriving in third position with an opening of $ 7 million.
Disney's live action “Snow White” Continue to slide, with $ 6 million in receipts, its third weekend in theaters.
