A Minecraft Movie is currently dominating the box office, and despite its 46% Rotten Tomatoes score, its success actually makes perfect sense. A Minecraft Movie‘s cast is led by Jack Black as the character Steve, starring alongside Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks, and Emma Myers, among others. Based on the popular game of the same name, the movie sees its characters transported into a cubic overworld where everything seems possible, but there are dangers lurking all around them as well.
The characters go on an entertaining adventure that is fitting for Minecraft‘s world, complete with nods to some unusual details from the original game, while attempting to defeat the piglins. A Minecraft Movie is complete with a happy ending that even leaves room for a sequel in the future. Given the game’s popularity, the great cast, and the hilarious and fun plot, it would hardly be surprising if A Minecraft Movie‘s sequel ended up happening, especially because of just how well the movie is doing at the box office so far.
A Minecraft Movie’s Box Office Performance So Far
A Minecraft Movie Is Easily Dominating The Box Office
It is not an exaggeration to say that A Minecraft Movie is dominating the box office right now. The movie was released on April 4, 2025, and grossed $58 million on its first day. By the close of its opening weekend, A Minecraft Movie had grossed $163 million domestically and $313 million worldwide (via Variety). This mᴀssive box office total, after just one weekend, made it one of the biggest movies of 2025, but it has already surpᴀssed another major milestone just 10 days later.
After opening at number one, A Minecraft Movie remained in first place for its second weekend as well. From April 11 through 13, it brought in another $80.6 million domestically. Between its two successful weekends so far and the weekdays pulling in some viewers as well, A Minecraft Movie has currently grossed $280.9 million domestically and $550.5 million worldwide (via Box Office Mojo).
A Minecraft Movie has also easily recouped its reported budget of $150 million.
Though its intake dropped by about 50% during its second weekend, A Minecraft Movie‘s run is still far from over. Audiences will continue to see the film in the coming weeks, and it has a chance to continue doing well internationally too. A Minecraft Movie’s most recent milestone is becoming the first Hollywood movie of 2025 to earn more than $500 million. It has easily surpᴀssed Captain America: Brave New World, which previously held the top spot. A Minecraft Movie has also easily recouped its reported budget of $150 million.
Why A Minecraft Movie’s Bad Reviews Didn’t Hurt The Movie’s Box Office
The Movie’s Audiences Know What They Want
Despite its negative Rotten Tomatoes score, A Minecraft Movie is not having any trouble getting audiences to theaters. It is unsurprising that critics and audiences do not agree about A Minecraft Movie, quite simply because the movie’s targets are not looking for the same things as critics. While the reviews are completely valid, A Minecraft Movie was made for children and hardcore fans of the video game who are not necessarily swayed by what critics think.
The target audience for A Minecraft Movie are people who are going because they love the IP and want to watch something funny, not necessarily because they think it is going to be life-changing. The point is to have fun and celebrate creativity and the movie does that. Beyond these viewers, A Minecraft Movie went viral for moments throughout its run, which has prompted even more people to go to the cinema to see it. The surrounding spectacle has gained a lot of attention, and A Minecraft Movie is certainly benefiting, regardless of reviews.
Would A Minecraft Movie’s Box Office Have Been Bigger With Better Reviews?
It’s Hard To See How The Movie Could Be Much More Successful Than It Already Is
Given how well A Minecraft Movie is already doing, it is hard to imagine that it could be doing much better even if it did get more positive reviews. In fact, it seems unlikely that different ratings would impact the movie much at all. The movie understood its target audiences, and those people showed up in droves. If A Minecraft Movie had gotten better reviews, it would be potentially more appealing to adults, but even that would depend way more on whether the adult was previously interested in Minecraft.
Instead, any kid who wanted to watch the movie would have already convinced their family to see it in theaters over the weekend or made plans to do so in the future. Likewise, die-hard Minecraft fans would be interested in the film either way. It is impossible to say for sure that better reviews would not have made an impact, but it does feel safe to conclude that A Minecraft Movie is doing pretty well with the reviews it has already and that probably won’t change in the coming weeks.
Sources: Variety, Box Office Mojo
