“A Minecraft Movie” is not just a blow – after three weekends in theaters, the movie is appreciated To have earned $ 344 million in the domestic market and $ 720 million worldwide. This makes it the biggest film of a admittedly sluggish year in the box office (so far) and the second largest film video games of all time.
Coming two years after The huge success of the movie “The Super Mario Bros.” ($ 1.36 billion worldwide) and in the continuing popularity of “Sonic the Hedgehog” films, it is probably safe to say The Hollywood video games curse has broken.
In fact, said an anonymous studio manager the financial times These video games “replaced comics as the next IP border to be investigated”. And just as Superhero movies generally became more loyal to their original material at the time of Marvel Cinematic Universe, this executive said that the key to a successful video game movie is “Fan Service” – that is, remaining true to “characters and the environment of the game and attention.”
It also seems noteworthy that the biggest stories of play-friendly play-friendly titles such as “Minecraft” (adapted by Mojang Studios Sandbox released for the first time in 2011) and “Super Mario”, while the most successful adult adult adaptations for adults and “Fallout” TV.
“Minecraft movie” also benefited from some viral luck after Tiktok videos Inspired by young fans screamingJump around, throw popcorn and much more, during a basic scene when actor Jack Black shouts the immortal words, “Chicken Jockey!”
Obviously, some theater owners are ambiguous The # -like -like taskBut filmmakers have embraced it, with director Jared Hess Saying weekly entertainment That is “weird when you have too much fun and the cops are called”. And it is definitely turning the act to see “a Minecraft movie” in theaters in a real event.
The film was actually outdated by the top of the box office charts this weekend, with A surprise victory for the original horror movie “Sinners”. But “Minecraft” was still estimating $ 41.3 million inside the third weekend, suggesting that these sets of box office are going to continue to rise.
And yes, it sounds like Warner Bros. (The studio released both “Minecraft” and “Sinners”) is thinking of a continuation, with Jesse Erman’s development and production president, saying to the ft: “Fans want more, so hopefully we can understand something outside.”
