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“ A Minecraft Movie ” isn’tjust a striking — after three weekend in theaters , the picture show isestimatedto have grossed $ 344 million domestically and $ 720 million worldwide . That do it the biggest movie of an confessedly underwhelming year at the box office ( so far ) , and the second braggy video game movie of all time .
add up two long time afterthe massive success of “ The Super Mario Bros. Movie”($1.36 billion worldwide ) , and amidst the continued popularity of “ Sonic the Hedgehog ” films , it ’s probably safe to sayHollywood ’s video secret plan version cursehas been broken .
In fact , one anonymous studio executive toldthe Financial Timesthat video games have “ supervene upon amusing playscript as the next frontier of IP to be explore . ” And just as superhero movies generally became more faithful to their reference material during the geological era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe , this executive director say that the keystone to a successful picture game pic is “ fan service ” — i.e. , staying reliable to “ the character and the surroundings of the game and the attention to detail . ”
It also seems notable that the big game - to - moving picture success level have been kid - friendly titles like “ Minecraft ” ( adapted from the Mojang Studios sandbox game first release in 2011 ) and “ Super Mario , ” while the most successful secret plan version for adult — namely , “ Fallout ” and “ The Last of Us ” — were made for streaming and TV .
“ A Minecraft Movie ” also profit from some viral fortune , after TikTok videosinspired young fans to scream , jump around , throw off Zea mays everta , and more , during a fundamental tantrum when actor Jack Black scream the immortal words , “ Gallus gallus jockey ! ”
Apparently , some theater owners are ambivalent aboutthe # GentleMinions - like tendency , but the film producer have embraced it , with film director Jared Hesstelling Entertainment Weeklythat it ’s “ weird when you ’re having too much fun and the cops get called . ” And it ’s certainly turn the turn of seeing “ A Minecraft Movie ” in house into a real issue .
The plastic film was actually unseated from the top of the box business office charts this weekend , witha surprise victory for the original horror film “ Sinners . ”But “ Minecraft ” still made an count on $ 41.3 million domestically in its third weekend , hint that those box office total are go to keep going up .
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And yes , it sounds like Warner Bros. ( the studio that free both “ Minecraft ” and “ Sinners ” ) is thinking about a sequel , with President of Development and Production Jesse Ehrman enjoin the FT , “ The fans want more , so hopefully we ’ll be able to reckon something out . ”
