Warner Bros. Pictures’ A Minecraft Movie has grossed $157 million at the US box office during its opening weekend and $301 million globally.
According to Variety, the film was estimated to earn between $70 million and $80 million. Debuting last Friday (April 4), it had a budget of $150 million.
A Minecraft Movie has also become the highest grossing debut of 2025 domestically, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
In comparison, Illumination’s Super Mario Bros. Movie earned $146 million during its three-day opening weekend in the US. This makes Minecraft the highest-grossing video game adaptation domestically in terms of opening numbers.
However, the Super Mario adaptation was released on a Wednesday (April 5, 2023). When taking its five-day debut into account, The Super Mario Bros. Movie earned $204.6 million domestically and $377 million globally.
“We’re absolutely overjoyed A Minecraft Movie has been so warmly received by audiences around the world,” said Warner Bros. studio co-heads Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy.
“A Minecraft Movie’s decade long journey to the screen was overseen with great care by Warner Bros. Pictures’ Jesse Ehrman and his team, and we are thrilled their efforts have resulted in such a tremendous response.”
Warner Bros. first announced a Minecraft movie adaptation in 2014. A year later, Minecraft developer Mojang chose It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-creator and cast member Rob McElhenney to direct.
By 2019 this choice was changed to Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist director Peter Sollett.
In the end, A Minecraft Movie was directed by Jared Hess, known for Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre.