UPDATE: 2025-07-19 08:10 EST BY BRENNAN KLEIN

A Minecraft Movie Settles At $80 Million Instead Of Going Higher, But Still Easily Tops The Chart

This article was originally written Saturday AM and has been updated Sunday AM with up-to-date box office projections (in bold), a full chart, and further analysis.

A Minecraft Movieis outstripping all four of the weekend’s major new release movies thanks to a slim drop in its sophomore weekend. The video game adaptation, which was directed by Jared Hess, features a star-studded cast that includes Jason Momoa, Jack Black, and Danielle Brooks. Thetheatrical release ofA Minecraft Moviekicked off with a $162.7 million domestic opening weekend that is not only the best of 2025 so far, but the best for any video game movie in history, surpassing the previous record-holder, which was 2023’sThe Super Mario Bros. Movie($146.4 million).

PerDeadline, as of Sunday morning,A Minecraft Movieis projected to take in a 3-day total of$80 millionat the domestic box office by the end of its sophomore weekend. This drop of roughly 48% sees it taking inmore than enough for it to claim No. 1 on the chart for the second weekend in a row, outstripping its new release competitorsThe King of Kings,Drop,The Amateur, andWarfare. In fact, it has earned nearly double the opening weekends of all four movies combined, which comes out to$49.85 million.

Additionally, its cumulative total of $280.3 million makes itthe highest-grossing domestic movie of the year so far, surpassing the previous No. 1 title, which wasCaptain America: Brave New World($199.6 million). See the full Top 5 chart for the weekend below:

1

$80 million

$280.3 million (weekend 2)

2

$19.05 million

$19.05 million (weekend 1)

3

$15 million

$15 million (weekend 1)

4

$8.3 million

$8.3 million (weekend 1)

5

$7.5 million

$7.5 million (weekend 1)

This is the second weekend of the year when four new releases have debuted on the chart simultaneously.The faith-based animated movieThe King of Kingstook a surprise lead, landing at No. 2 with a nearly $20 million debut, but both the A24 war movieWarfare(No. 4) and the Blumhouse thrillerDrop(No. 5) are getting solid starts despite rounding out the bottom of the chart, because the former only cost $20 million while the latter cost $11 million.

The previous weekend featuring four new releases was the weekend of March 28, whenA Working Man,The Chosen: Last Supper - Part 1,The Woman in the Yard, andDeath of a Unicornall debuted in the Top 5.

The Rami Malek action movieThe Amateurmay not be so lucky despite debuting at No. 3 with $15 million, because it reportedly cost $60 million to make, whichlikely means that it needs to gross $150 million to break even, a mutiplier that would be out of this world even for a movie with far superior reviews to its 61% Rotten Tomatoes score.

With so many new releases swarming the Top 5,the previous No. 2 through No. 5 titles have all fallen precipitously. TheJason Statham action movieA Working Mantumbled from No. 2 to No. 7 in its third weekend with $3.06 million (-58%), the live-actionSnow Whitefell from No. 4 to No. 8 with $2.8 million (-53%) in its fourth weekend, and the Blumhouse horror movieThe Woman in the Yardwent from No. 5 to No. 9 with $2.1 million in its third weekend (-54%).

Meanwhile,The Chosen: Last Supper - Part 2had a more precipitous dropin its sophomore weekend, going from No. 3 to No. 10 with $931,600 (-87%). The Fathom Events presentation of the faith-based TV series was destined for a more substantial drop, because it has been replaced by the new installment,The Chosen: Last Supper - Part 3, which debuted at No. 6 with $5.8 million, making it the first of these weekly season 5 episode packages to debut outside the Top 5.

What This Means For A Minecraft Movie

It Is All Uphill From Here

One roadblock that could have posed a huge risk is the fact that thebudget ofA Minecraft Movieis reportedly $150 million. Because theaters keep half of ticket sales and marketing costs aren’t factored into production budgets, this means thatthe movie’s break-even point is most likely somewhere around $375 millionor more. However, going into the weekend, the smash hit had already surpassed the $350 million milestone worldwide. While its international numbers for the weekend won’t come until later on Sunday, its domestic total alone has most likely already put it in the black.

It will almost certainly become a billion-dollar movie…

This means thatthe video game movie is likely already turning out pure profitafter fewer than 10 days in theaters. It has easily overcome the middlingA Minecraft Moviereviewsthat earned it a Rotten score of 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, though its domestic sophomore weekend has dipped below that ofThe Super Mario Bros. Movie($92.4 million). Regardless, if it stays on its current trajectory and continues to have relatively slim week-on-week drops for a major blockbuster, it will almost certainly become a billion-dollar movie by the end of its run.

Our Take On The Weekend Box Office

A Minecraft Movie Could Continue To Dominate

Considering how much box office oxygen is being consumed byA Minecraft Movie, it seems highly likely that its streak at No. 1 will continue beyond just two weekends. Its third weekend seems like it could also be a lock, as it will be facing up against another raft of mid- to low-budget new releases, namelySinners,Sneaks, andThe Wedding Banquet. TheupcomingThe Accountant 2andUntil Dawndebut the following weekend, which combined could potentially pose a threat, butthe movie could potentially keep its streak going all the way until Marvel’sThunderbolts*debuts on May 2.

A Minecraft Movie

Cast

A Minecraft Movie follows four misfits transported into the Overworld, a cubic world of creativity. To return home, they must navigate its challenges while on a magical quest with experienced crafter Steve, learning to master the intricate environment of this imaginative realm.