{"id":3768,"date":"2025-04-14T09:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2025-04-14T09:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:01:36","slug":"a-minecraft-movie-surpasses-whopping-550-million-at-the-global-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3768","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Minecraft Movie\u2019 surpasses whopping $550 million at the global box office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A Minecraft Movie is smashing expectations \u2014 and maybe a few movie theaters too.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. and Legendary\u2019s massive video game adaptation has officially crossed a towering $550.6 million at the global box office after just two weekends, making it 2025\u2019s highest-grossing film so far.<\/p>\n<p>The movie, based on the iconic sandbox game, has collected $281 million domestically and $269.6 million internationally, easily surpassing Disney and Marvel\u2019s Captain America: Brave New World by a significant margin.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences everywhere are flocking to see the film, with particularly strong performances in the United Kingdom ($39.8M), China ($20.3M), Germany ($18.9M), and Mexico ($18.7M).<\/p>\n<p>Even with a 45% drop from its debut weekend internationally, A Minecraft Movie is maintaining incredible momentum, pulling another $79.6 million from 76 markets just this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>But the box office numbers aren\u2019t the only thing causing a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>In a wild turn, many theaters have had to start showing a public service announcement (PSA) before the movie, politely asking fans to stay calm and not destroy the cinema.<\/p>\n<p>The chaos seems to have been triggered by one unexpected character: the Chicken Jockey. Its surprise appearance in the movie has audiences\u00a0losing it to the point where some have even been kicked out of screenings for rowdy behavior.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by COMPLEX (@complex)<\/p>\n<p>While most moviegoers are just having a good time, the phenomenon of Minecraft-mania has truly gone next-level \u2014 both at the box office and in the aisles.<\/p>\n<p>At this rate, if the hype continues, A Minecraft Movie could easily be the first film of the year to enter the billion-dollar club.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Minecraft Movie is smashing expectations \u2014 and maybe a few movie theaters too. Warner Bros. and Legendary\u2019s massive video game adaptation has officially crossed a towering $550.6 million at the global box office after just two weekends, making it 2025\u2019s highest-grossing film so far. The movie, based on the iconic sandbox game, has collected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}