The weirdly titled A Minecraft Movie has had its first weekend at the box office, drawing a substantial $301m worldwide gross, along with bagging the title of biggest domestic debut for a videogame movie of $157m.
Considering the movie’s budget is reported to be $150m, it’s well on its way to being a financial hit.
Those numbers put it in some big company, too. The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is still the highest grossing videogame movie of all time, took in $146m domestic before going on to pull in $1.4b worldwide.
It also means A Mincraft Movie is on the path to defeating Sonic the Hedgehog 3 which is currently the second most successful videogame movie. Sonic 3 took in $236m domestically and $255m worldwide on its opening weekend, going on to bag $491. worldwide.
Currently, A Minecraft Movies worldwide gross total puts it as the 12th most successful videogame movie to date, sandwiched between two Resident Evil flicks and just behind the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie. Given its trajectory, though, it looks like it’s going to be gunning for a spot in the top 3.
Critically it has been faced with a rather lukewarm reaction, holding a 47% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but the general audience seems to be having a good time with it. They’ve given it 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a quick perusal on various websites indicate that adults reckon it’s okay, but that the kids seem to love it.
Have you seen the movie? If so, what did you think? My youngest niece really enjoys Minecraft, so I’ve been pondering taking her to see it.