A Minecraft Film is proving to be a runaway smash hit, with it on monitor for a $135 million weekend.
CinemaCon was this week, and amid all the joy, it will possibly’t be denied {that a} sure chill had set in amongst exhibitors. The very fact is, the primary quarter of 2025 has been a catastrophe, with completely no hit motion pictures. Certain, Captain America: Courageous New World has come near $200 million stateside, however with the massive funds, it appears on monitor to lose hundreds of thousands, whereas Snow White and Mickey 17 had been large flops. There have been some small-scale singles and doubles, like The Monkey, A Working Man and Canine Man, however there have been no blockbusters.
Lo-and-behold, the field workplace gods have given us the primary reputable hit of the yr, and it comes from beleaguered Warner Bros. Deadline is reporting that A Minecraft Film is way exceeding expectations, with it prone to make over $135 million this weekend. That’s a reasonably gorgeous end result (and considerably greater than we predicted), with the PG-rated household movie completely tapping into the cultural zeitgeist (it additionally helps that stars Jack Black and Jason Momoa have been selling the heck out of it – together with right here at JoBlo). Directed by Napoleon Dynamite’s Jared Hess, that is the primary film this yr that can make a boatload of cash for exhibitors and the studios – and a uncommon longshot that paid off for WB. If their subsequent huge gamble, Sinners, additionally makes cash, it might flip issues round for them.
That mentioned, A Minecraft Film is just about the one film individuals are going to see this weekend, with the newest batch of episodes from The Chosen – The Final Supper Half 2 – on monitor for a softer than anticipated $7 million weekend. In the meantime, Jason Statham’s A Working Man appears to be like like it’ll dip a so-so 56% to a $6.8 million weekend.
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