A MINECRAFT MOVIE's CinemaScore Revealed As Video Game Adaptation Eyes A Huge $150 Million Opening Weekend

While many Minecraft fans have expressed disappointment with Warner Bros.' Jumanji-inspired approach to A Minecraft Movie, it now looks set to greatly exceed expectations at the North American box office.

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By JoshWilding - Apr 05, 2025 10:04 AM EST

Filed Under: Video Games

Box office takings have been all over the place since the pandemic, and we have another surprise to share with you this weekend.

Despite receiving largely negative reviews from critics - it currently sits at 48% on Rotten Tomatoes - A Minecraft Movie exceeded expectations on Thursday with a $10.55 million haul for a total $55 million Friday.

According to Deadline (via GameFragger.com), it's currently eyeing a $130+ million debut in North America, though some believe it could reach $150 million. Early estimates pointed to a respectable $65 million opening; clearly, Minecraft fans have come out in full force for this one, as have families eager for a fun time at the theater.

If A Minecraft Movie manages to earn more than $146.3 million, then it will top The Super Mario Bros. Movie to land the biggest 3-day start of any video game adaptation.

The movie has been awarded a B+ CinemaScore; that's on par with Disney's live-action Snow White remake, but their respective openings couldn't be more different. This grade puts it in the same ballpark as Uncharted, 1993's Super Mario Bros., and Mortal Kombat, none of which are exactly fondly remembered.

Each instalment of the Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy received an A, as did The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Five Nights at Freddy's, Rampage, and Detective Pikcahu were given an A-, while Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider got a B. A Minecraft Movie tops Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life and Street Fighter's B-.

Warner Bros. needed a win this year. The vast majority of analysts didn't expect that to be A Minecraft Movie, and countless clips have circulated on social media claiming to show how bad this take on the property is; however, those have only served to increase interest and curiosity.

What will you be watching in theaters this weekend? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits - Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison, Henry, Natalie, and Dawn - find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination.

To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve. Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative...the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.

With a cast led by Black (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) and Jason Momoa (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom), A Minecraft Movie also stars Emma Myers (Wednesday), Danielle Brooks (Peacemaker), Sebastian Eugene Hansen (Just Mercy), and Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus).

A Minecraft Movie will be released in theaters on April 4, 2025.

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Pictilli - 4/5/2025, 10:15 AM

Well it got my $13 to see the Superman footage, film it, then leave... only for it to be officially released online an hour later.

I regret nothing tho!!

We had no way of knowing for sure whether it would be released before next week or not, and at the time, no one else had leaked it yet... so I did what I had to do.

THEKENDOMAN - 4/5/2025, 10:21 AM

@Pictilli - And you shouldn't. And please keep us updated with more.

You are our resident movie pirate.

Keep Jack Sparrowing this shit.👊🏿

Pictilli - 4/5/2025, 10:33 AM

@THEKENDOMAN -

TheJok3r - 4/5/2025, 10:24 AM

How on earth is this movie getting anywhere near that when so many great movies can't even make half that number ? So much for the general audience caring about quality.

bobevanz - 4/5/2025, 10:26 AM

@TheJok3r - it's a kids movie with a huge IP

THEKENDOMAN - 4/5/2025, 10:26 AM

@TheJok3r - Mate, this is 2025.

Movies are [frick]ed.

Asking yourself that question will give you a migraine.

THEKENDOMAN - 4/5/2025, 10:27 AM

@bobevanz - And that's the other side of the answer to your question @TheJok3r

ptick - 4/5/2025, 10:54 AM

@TheJok3r - Blame streaming. "Quality" movies are all over streaming services. No need to go to a theater to take in "film."

Theaters are for blockbusters and family/kids movies now - largely those of both varieties that are based on existing IP.

KennKathleen - 4/5/2025, 11:22 AM

@TheJok3r - Pictilli literally told you what was likely happening. Add that with Tenacious D "Maybe 😈 Jack will come back" fans, and soccer moms draggin their offspring to hope Macho"Aqua"Man will let loose those "chesticles", and the smorgasbord of slopportunity is the entertainment version of Golden Corral. Bon apétit!

regularmovieguy - 4/5/2025, 11:52 AM

@TheJok3r

Box office has never been an indicator of quality.

supermanrex - 4/5/2025, 12:29 PM

@bobevanz - online haters dont know how to separate that. they seem to forget kids dont give a shit about adults and their shitty bitchy opinions about their stuff. the fact adults are honestly pissed about this movie so called lack of quality is funny to me. kids are gonna flip all the haters the bird and drag their parents to this movie and lead this movie to Box office success.

Fogs - 4/5/2025, 12:56 PM

@TheJok3r - told ya all. It will make bank, good or bad

dragon316 - 4/5/2025, 4:01 PM

@TheJok3r - general audiance doesn’t let movie critics rotten tomatoe scores tell them what to see they judge for them self as for movie quality not all people like same movies if that case in entertainment life everyone on this site should like avatar movies for having good scores and reviews everyone is different if all people like stuff it be boring ?si=_AuuHQK684LMUqYo

Some people don’t like quality they want fun time this movie is fun for them see so be it defiantly is for kids

dragon316 - 4/5/2025, 4:02 PM

@dragon316 - not everyone want to act as non paid movie critic people go there sit down relax have fun that’s what movies tv shows games music does to people

THEKENDOMAN - 4/5/2025, 10:24 AM

I don't know if you could have the patience to go to the cinema to watch this, I rather wait and watch it on my 98-inch TV😜 for free.

Many because I never played Minecraft and don't get it.

For [frick]s Sake

bobevanz - 4/5/2025, 10:26 AM

@THEKENDOMAN - I bet that's a hisense 🤢

THEKENDOMAN - 4/5/2025, 10:29 AM

@bobevanz - You [frick]er🤦🏾‍♂️ , it is 😂

vectorsigma - 4/5/2025, 10:28 AM

Lolz $150M ow for a crap Hollywood film.

NGFB - 4/5/2025, 10:28 AM

Garbage. But kids love garbage. And parents give their crotch spawn whatever they want.

epc1122 - 4/5/2025, 10:33 AM

@NGFB - this movie isn’t geared for adults. That’s like saying the things you enjoyed as a kid was garbage too. I’m only speculating, but I don’t think you were watching sophisticated art as a kid. Hate to tell ya, the things kids like aren’t the same as for adults.

vectorsigma - 4/5/2025, 10:36 AM

@epc1122 - id argue the movies we had as kids were of better quality than what we have now

NGFB - 4/5/2025, 10:37 AM

@epc1122 - "But it's for kids" doesn't make it less garbagy.

Matador - 4/5/2025, 10:39 AM

@NGFB - But doesn't that make you an adult crotch spawn too?

NGFB - 4/5/2025, 10:43 AM

@Matador - I refused to be a breeder. Don't need any F trophies to justify my existence.

Typhoon20 - 4/5/2025, 10:57 AM

@epc1122 - As if adults have good taste lol. The most watched TV shows are often garbage shit while the good shows barely get views.

epc1122 - 4/5/2025, 10:59 AM

@vectorsigma - a lot is subjective because that’s what also what we grew up with. Sometimes we romanticize the past but as adults watching it back, I don’t think we would have the same reverence. Maybe for nostalgia but if we look at it really with an unbiased opinion, I don’t think we would think it’s really fine cinema. Quality when it comes to movies and media, is subjective because when you break it down, it’s really just art. Things that people build where it lasts a long time, I would say can be more clearly defined as having quality or not.

Matador - 4/5/2025, 11:01 AM

@NGFB - You must be fun on Mother's Day & Father's Day.

epc1122 - 4/5/2025, 11:03 AM

@Typhoon20 - again good is subjective. I wouldn’t like the terrifier series but there’s a lot of work that goes into making movies and media and to say anything is good or garbage is the wrong way to describe things. It’s a natural tendency to say things like that but if people address things differently, I think there would be less arguments and fighting.

epc1122 - 4/5/2025, 11:05 AM

@NGFB - so people who want to have kids do it to justify their existence? Ok, at least to me that’s a new one for a comic book forum. When does the irrational comments stop? I’m all for freedom of speech but this to me is a pretty ridiculous comment.

vectorsigma - 4/5/2025, 11:27 AM

@epc1122 - movies have a set of aspects that make it a good movie. Script, direction, music, acting, etc.

Not everything can be subjective as movies are mostly judged by these criteria.

At least im talking about hollywood now. On how it has degraded in quality through the years. In a sense this movie is a "nostalgia" movie for kids and young adults who played it. And nostalgia is one of the supposed "cash cows" of studios now.

I guess we can compare this movie to Jumanji of Robin Williams during our younger years.

MakeAmericaGrea - 4/5/2025, 11:27 AM

@vectorsigma -

"id argue the movies we had as kids were of better quality than what we have now"

You're right.

epc1122 - 4/5/2025, 11:37 AM

@vectorsigma - the criteria’s you mentioned are all subjective. A “good” director can make a “bad” film and a “bad” director can make a good film. Ryan Reynolds is the same actor and he was in green lantern which isn’t highly regarded and was in Deadpool and had two sequels. Looking back k, I really don’t think green lantern was as “bad” as people make it out to be. Certainly not an Oscar contender, but I would even say that I don’t always enjoy or agree with movies that do win Oscar’s. Some of it is just luck when a movie does well. To say this movie is even a cash cow I think is premature. It’s one weekend and relatively no competition with a pretty decent ip. I’m curious what the end box office result will be. I think to compare it to a movie like jumanji is fair but i think if the original jumanji came out now, people wouldn’t think highly of it. People complain and take the joy out of the theater experience. Way too much complaining.

JustAWaffle - 4/5/2025, 1:12 PM

@Matador - NGFB going to family events like….

“THE CROTCH SPAWN IS HERE”

Matador - 4/5/2025, 8:51 PM

@JustAWaffle - LMAO!

BaddestOptics - 4/5/2025, 10:59 PM

@NGFB - anyone saying they "refuse to be a breeder" isn't getting within a hundred feet of a woman. It'd be like me saying I refuse to breath underwater. It's a kids movie, you [frick]ing dork.

NGFB - 4/5/2025, 11:10 PM

@BaddestOptics - Relax Francis. I'm just chumming the water. Easy fishin.

TheNewYorker - 4/5/2025, 10:30 AM

How anyone can sit and watch anything Jack Black is in is beyond me.

dragon316 - 4/5/2025, 4:03 PM

@TheNewYorker - ask my self same question with will ferrell everyone have different likes I don’t like will ferrelll I like some of his movies

bobevanz - 4/5/2025, 10:31 AM

The reviews are essentially the same as the Mario movie. This will be WB's biggest movie of the year. Putting the Superman preview in front of this behemoth was the right move. 800ml million is now a lock, GG Man of Shit

epc1122 - 4/5/2025, 10:36 AM

@bobevanz - I wouldn’t say anything is a lock with movies but I’m hopefully Superman does well. I wouldn’t base that assumption on this. I just think Gunn has a generally good track record and Superman is a big ip with a big following. I think it will do well the opening weekend and hopefully can do well the second weekend because fantastic four is also going to be fairly huge.

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A MINECRAFT MOVIE's CinemaScore Revealed As Video Game Adaptation Eyes A Huge $150 Million Opening Weekend

While many Minecraft fans have expressed disappointment with Warner Bros.' Jumanji-inspired approach to A Minecraft Movie, it now looks set to greatly exceed expectations at the North American box office.

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