"A Minecraft Movie" is a smash hit at the box office, and it has set a new record for video game adaptations on the big screen.

Goldstein is optimistic that “Minecraft” will help turn the box office tides. Fortunes have already begun to shift. Prior to this weekend, box office revenues were nearly 11% behind last year and 40% behind 2019, according to Comscore. Now the gap has shrunk to 5.3% behind 2024 and 35% behind 2019.

…Warner Bros/Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie is no sheep at the box office. Who the hell saw this coming? The opening in U.S./Canada of $163M beats that of Barbie ($162M)! Yes, tracking pegged this at $65M,