Minecraft Movie Surpasses Super Mario Bros. with Record Domestic Box Office Debut for Video Game Adaptation

The Minecraft Movie has shattered box office records, surpassing The Super Mario Bros. Movie to claim the title of the biggest domestic debut for a video game adaptation. Starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black, with the latter also featuring in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, this Xbox game adaptation raked in an astounding $157 million in North America alone. In comparison, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which holds the record as the highest-grossing video game adaptation to date, opened with $146 million domestically back in April 2023.

Internationally, A Minecraft Movie pulled in an additional $144 million, culminating in a global opening weekend total of $301 million. With a production budget of $150 million before marketing costs, Warner Bros. may already be seeing profits from this blockbuster hit.

A Minecraft Movie draws its inspiration from Mojang's Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time. Now under Microsoft's ownership, this sandbox game continues to captivate a global audience and features movie tie-in DLC to leverage the film's successful launch.

IGN rated A Minecraft Movie at 6/10, noting that "Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess infuses A Minecraft Movie with a uniquely humorous and engaging comic twist, particularly in the more subdued first half of the film."

If you've seen the movie, don't miss IGN's detailed analysis of A Minecraft Movie's Ending and Post-Credits Scene, featuring insights from Director Jared Hess and Minecraft's Torfi Frans Ólafsson.

On the other hand, Disney's live-action Snow White is struggling at the box office, with a global total of $168.4 million ($77.5 million domestic and $90.9 million international). Given its hefty $250 million production budget, the film's chances of replicating the sleeper hit success of Mufasa: The Lion King seem slim.