"Minecraft: The Movie", which has been released for two weeks, has not slowed down and its global box office has exceeded 550 million US dollars.
Stills from Minecraft: The Movie
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Minecraft: The Movie" will be the first movie to break the $1 billion box office mark in 2025." Apparently, this American film professional website lacks an adjective - "American movie," because according to data from Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of April 14, "Nezha: The Devil Child Conquers the Dragon King" has grossed $2.155 billion worldwide, only $100 million away from the current fourth-ranked movie in global film history, "Titanic" ($2.264 billion).
However, American film critics also admitted that the tariff war launched by the Trump administration has indeed affected the global revenue of American films, including "Minecraft: The Movie". The box office of "Minecraft: The Movie" in its second weekend fell by 68% compared to its first weekend.
Currently, calculated in US dollars, the three largest box office markets for "Minecraft: The Movie" outside North America are: the United Kingdom (US$39.8 million), Mainland China (US$20.3 million) and Germany (US$18.9 million).
The popularity of "Minecraft: The Movie" in North America is largely due to its fanatical fans. Fans who have watched the film many times are cheering loudly, reciting lines, throwing popcorn and drinks around in the cinema. They are recording the screen while calling on fans to come to the cinema to party.
The film was still being shown, but the scene was already in chaos.
After watching "Minecraft: The Movie", the theater floor was covered with popcorn. Some viewers on American social networking sites have called for civilized movie watching.
American cinema practitioners have basically given up resistance to this kind of irrational behavior of young people, because last year's "Wicked" proved that these fanatical fans can indeed bring in box office revenue. However, whether American cinemas will continue to become a circus in the future is a matter of opinion.
The second-highest-grossing film at the weekend was the animated new film The King of Kings, which earned over $19 million at the opening. The third to fifth-highest-grossing films at the weekend were all new films, including The Man from London, which tells the story of a CIA civilian's revenge, Warfare, which is based on the real experience of former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza in the Iraq War, and Drop, which tells the story of a single mother's determination to be a mother.
Even industry insiders who study the US box office have called on major film companies to avoid releasing similar films at the same time to avoid homogeneous competition. However, for major film companies, they can only cast a wide net in the sluggish market, and maybe they can produce a "dark horse".
