Record-Breaking Debut: Minecraft Movie Rakes in $301 Million in Opening Weekend

**»Minecraft: The Movie»** has **outperformed** all analyst predictions in just three days after its premiere. Initially, the film was expected to generate opening weekend earnings of between 70 and 80 million dollars. However, following the **extremely successful pre-screening results**, projections were adjusted upwards to a maximum of 150 million. Ultimately, by the end of the weekend, the movie grossed 157 million dollars in the USA and 301 million dollars globally, exceeding initial expectations by four times.

Thus, **»Minecraft: The Movie»** achieved the largest debut for a video game adaptation in cinema history, earning nearly double the amount of the previous record holder, **»The Super Mario Bros. Movie,»** which brought in 146.4 million dollars during a similar timeframe. Notably, the **Mario adaptation** had a slight advantage of a couple of days, as it was released on a Wednesday, yet by the end of its first week, it only managed to accumulate 204 million dollars.

Evidently, **»Minecraft: The Movie»** has already recouped its costs and is now generating a significant profit for its creators. To remind you, the film’s production budget was 150 million dollars (in addition to marketing and distribution expenses). It’s no surprise that the creators are already **considering a sequel**. In a recent interview with GamesRadar+, when asked about the prospect of making another **Minecraft** film, director **Jared Hess** replied:

**Jared Hess**

In addition to its remarkable financial success, the film is also receiving positive feedback from audiences—while critics awarded it only 49% «freshness» on **Rotten Tomatoes**, general viewers gave it an impressive score of 87%.