NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� After just two weeks in theaters, is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025.
The Warner Bros. videogame adaptation followed up with a second weekend of $80.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, it鈥檚 quickly surpassed $550 million.
After doubling expectations in its $300 million global debut, 鈥淎 Minecraft Movie鈥� continued to draw audiences unlike anything else this year. The film, directed by Jared Hess and starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, slid 50% in its second go-around in U.S. and Canadian theaters 鈥� an impressive hold after such a big debut.
Though critics slammed the movie (46% 鈥渇resh鈥� on Rotten Tomatoes) and audience scores were merely good (a 鈥淏+鈥� CinemaScore), 鈥淎 Minecraft Movie鈥� latched on with moviegoers who have increasingly turned out in droves for big-budget .
鈥淎 Minecraft Movie,鈥� a $150 million co-production of Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment, has helped -鈥� at least for now -鈥� reinvigorate theaters after a dismal start to the year. Overall ticket sales were double that of the same weekend in 2024, according to Comscore. Before 鈥淎 Minecraft,鈥� box office revenues trailed last year's by 11%, but have now virtually pulled even. (2025 grosses still trail 2019's by 31%, according to Comscore.)
None of the weekend鈥檚 new releases 鈥� Angel Studios鈥� 鈥淭he King of Kings,鈥� the Walt Disney Co.鈥檚 鈥淭he Amateur,鈥� Universal Pictures鈥� 鈥淒rop鈥� or A24鈥檚 鈥淲arfare鈥� 鈥� came close to challenging 鈥淢inecraft,鈥� but several films outperformed expectations.
鈥淭he King of Kings,鈥� an animated tale of Jesus鈥� life aimed at Christian audiences, came in second with $19.1 million in 3,200 theaters. The film, loosely based on a children鈥檚 book by Charles Dickens, includes a starry voice cast led by Oscar Isaac, Kenneth Branagh and Uma Thurman.
With an enviable 鈥淎+鈥� CinemaScore from audiences, 鈥淭he King of Kings鈥� is posed to capitalize in the coming week before Easter. Part three of Fathom Entertainment's TV series, 鈥淭he Chosen: Last Supper," also looked to appeal to Christian audiences. It launched with $6.2 million from 2,296 cinemas.
a 20th Century production starring Rami Malek as a CIA cryptographer hunting down his wife鈥檚 killers, debuted with $15 million domestically, plus another $17.2 million overseas. Critics deemed the revenge thriller an awkward star vehicle for Malek, who also produced. 鈥淭he Amateur鈥� cost $60 million to make.
director Alex Garland鈥檚 follow-up to opened with $8.3 million in ticket sales from 2,670 theaters. Garland co-wrote and co-directed the A24 release with Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza, who based the film on 2006 mission he and his fellow Navy SEALs undertook during the war. 鈥淲补谤蹿补谤别,鈥� which cost about $20 million to make, was lauded by critics as
the latest thriller from Blumhouse Productions, debuted with $7.5 million from 3,085 theaters. Christopher Landon鈥檚 film stars Meghann Fahy (鈥淭he White Lotus鈥�) as a single-mom widow on a first date (Brandon Sklenar) who鈥檚 being terrorized by an unknown person by messages to her phone. 鈥凄谤辞辫,鈥� which premiered at SXSW, cost less than $10 million to produce.
Top 10 movies by domestic box office
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:
1. 鈥淎 Minecraft Movie,鈥� $80.6 million.
2. 鈥淭he King of Kings,鈥� $19.1 million.
3. 鈥淭he Amateur,鈥� $15 million.
4. 鈥淲补谤蹿补谤别,鈥� $8.3 million.
5. 鈥凄谤辞辫,鈥� $7.5 million.
6. 鈥淭he Chosen: Last Supper (Part 3)," $6 million.
7. 鈥淎 Working Man,鈥� $3.1 million.
8. 鈥淪now White,鈥� $2.8 million.
9. 鈥淭he Woman in the Yard,鈥� $2.1 million.
10. 鈥淭he Chosen: Last Supper (Part 2)," $932,106.
Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
