Agent H
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How is Minecraft playing every 15 minutes? Are they showing let’s plays of the game instead of the actual movie?
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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WorldExplorer
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Disney Springs' AMC (on top of the huge amount of screenings in a variety of theater-types, including with Spanish captions) has an option to rent a theater for your group to watch Minecraft. Presumably, Snow White doesn't have this option because you're already going to have the theater to yourself for the normal ticket price.
Tony the Tigger
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I know you’re making a joke, but my AMC had that option for Snow White when it was new, and also had that option for Minecraft today at 2 PM.
brideck
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Because it's on 5 or 6 screens at every theater with staggered start times. All of the big tentpoles or would-be tentpoles open this way these days. Start times can be even closer together with this one because it's not very long (101 min).
Casper Gutman
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All the true lovers of great cinema cheering on The Minecraft Movie.
Tony the Tigger
Well-Known Member
I have no interest, but it’s obviously not intended for me.
Anecdotally: young people who have seen it are giving it meh, but fun reviews. Official reviews are in the middle. It will be interesting to see what word-of-mouth does.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Minecraft got a B+ Cinemascore, not good for a tentpole. Doesn’t bode well for its legs. So it’ll be interesting to watch this weekend and the weeks to come.
For those that care B+ is the same as Snow White got.
For those that care B+ is the same as Snow White got.
Use to be my local theater…. Thank goodness they only have Minecraft on 2 screens… lots of variety at my go to theater this weekend…I hope this trend continues…. I have argued you do not need that many… 2 is fine for a blockbuster especially when one is on their huge Ultra screen auditorium
Phroobar
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Multiple theaters in the multiplex. Most cities have them.
brideck
Well-Known Member
To follow-up on the demographic observation... It's apparently fueled by trends on TikTok (much like Anyone But You and Minions) and, well, it doesn't sound like much fun to people who actually want to watch the movie.
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25067035.fareham-cinema-issue-warning-disruptive-tiktok-trend/
There's plenty of chatter about it on Reddit, etc. as well.
FrontierSpirit
Active Member
Deadline: “Minecraft continues to play like a Rocky Horror Picture Show for middle schoolers.”
LATE NIGHT, SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Warner Bros/Legendary‘s A Minecraft Movie keeps on growing. Today was well north of $57M. This puts the 3-day at $145M, but don’t be surprised if Warners calls it higher tom’w AM and if this feature take of the Mojang game comes in as the best debut for a videogame pic, squashing Super Mario Bros Movie 3-day ($146.3M; remember that Illumination/Universal title bowed on a Wednesday).
deadline.com
LATE NIGHT, SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Warner Bros/Legendary‘s A Minecraft Movie keeps on growing. Today was well north of $57M. This puts the 3-day at $145M, but don’t be surprised if Warners calls it higher tom’w AM and if this feature take of the Mojang game comes in as the best debut for a videogame pic, squashing Super Mario Bros Movie 3-day ($146.3M; remember that Illumination/Universal title bowed on a Wednesday).
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Mushrooms To $163M, Higher Than ‘Barbie’s Opening & Record For Video Game Pic As Warner Bros Brings Box Office Back – Update
Warner Bros/Legendary's A Minecraft Movie has opened at the U.S. and Canada to $163 million, beating the start for Barbie ($162M).
deadline.com
TalkingHead
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Starting to wonder if Minecraft will cut into any May releases’ business.
Fwiw Moana was the last gigantic opening weekend, about 4-5 months ago.
Fwiw Moana was the last gigantic opening weekend, about 4-5 months ago.
Animaniac93-98
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Add Minecraft to the list of movies that proves they don't have to be released between May-July and Nov-Dec to succeed.
FrontierSpirit
Active Member
Deadline: “Minecraft continues to play like a Rocky Horror Picture Show for middle schoolers.”
LATE NIGHT, SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Warner Bros/Legendary‘s A Minecraft Movie keeps on growing. Today was well north of $57M. This puts the 3-day at $145M, but don’t be surprised if Warners calls it higher tom’w AM and if this feature take of the Mojang game comes in as the best debut for a videogame pic, squashing Super Mario Bros Movie 3-day ($146.3M; remember that Illumination/Universal title bowed on a Wednesday).
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Mushrooms To $163M, Higher Than ‘Barbie’s Opening & Record For Video Game Pic As Warner Bros Brings Box Office Back – Update
Warner Bros/Legendary's A Minecraft Movie has opened at the U.S. and Canada to $163 million, beating the start for Barbie ($162M).
A Minecraft Movie’ At $157M A Record Opening For Videogame Pic, Toppling ‘Super Mario Bros’; Warner Bros Brings The Box Office Back Alive – Update
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Mushrooms To $163M, Higher Than ‘Barbie’s Opening & Record For Video Game Pic As Warner Bros Brings Box Office Back – Update
Warner Bros/Legendary's A Minecraft Movie has opened at the U.S. and Canada to $163 million, beating the start for Barbie ($162M).
deadline.com
TP2000
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Okay gang, watch that third step weekend, cause it's a doozy! First pass domestic box office is in for this weekend.
Snow White dropped down to 4th place, despite being in second place in theater count at 3,750. It came in behind Part 2 of The Last Supper, A Working Man, and Minecraft (and yes, I had to Google what Minecraft was).
It would now seem apparent that Snow White is going to struggle to get to $100 Million domestically, as the industry sources that @MoonRakerSCM has been quoting have been saying since last weekend. Definitely an Oof!
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thenumbers.com
Snow White dropped down to 4th place, despite being in second place in theater count at 3,750. It came in behind Part 2 of The Last Supper, A Working Man, and Minecraft (and yes, I had to Google what Minecraft was).
It would now seem apparent that Snow White is going to struggle to get to $100 Million domestically, as the industry sources that @MoonRakerSCM has been quoting have been saying since last weekend. Definitely an Oof!
The Numbers - Weekend Box Office Chart for September 5, 2025
Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for the weekend of September 5, 2025
thenumbers.com
Chi84
Premium Member
Minecraft is super popular with kids. My grandkids didn't care about seeing Disney movies immediately (they love them, but watch them on Disney+), but 2 of them had to see Minecraft on opening weekend.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Honestly…that model is completely outdated/backwards…I’m surprised Hollywood still adheres to it
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
So I we talking about “cinema” today…instead of looking at clear cut cases of business success and failure?
I can never keep up
I can never keep up
TP2000
Well-Known Member
Now that Snow White's box office trajectory is pretty much baked in, here's how that looks compared to the previous 5 live action remakes we've been comparing it to.
Snow White is going to be notably behind floppy Dumbo at this point, and well behind the previous example of misreading your audience with a massive budget, 2023's remake of The Little Mermaid. Adjusted for inflation, naturally.
Snow White is going to be notably behind floppy Dumbo at this point, and well behind the previous example of misreading your audience with a massive budget, 2023's remake of The Little Mermaid. Adjusted for inflation, naturally.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It will all change when Bob announces another “emergency” contract extension this week…because insanity has not yet been defined