Considering it’s the best‑selling game of all time with over 350 million units sold, it’s honestly no surprise that a 48 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes isn’t enough to stop A Minecraft Movie from succeeding at the box office. In yet another example of the gap between critics and fans for video game adaptations, A Minecraft Movie sits at 87 percent on the Popcorn Meter, which is a verified audience‑rating metric. Nonetheless, the movie was always going to be a wild success, given how many Minecraft fans there are.
Originally released on April 4, A Minecraft Movie has now passed the $700 million mark worldwide, grossing $720,827,000, according to Box Office Mojo. That total breaks down to $344,627,000 domestically and $376,200,000 internationally. That now makes it the second‑highest‑grossing video game movie of all time, behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which reached $1.3 billion. It’s probably a tall order for A Minecraft Movie to surpass The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s total, especially since that film passed the $1 billion mark in less than four weeks. A Minecraft Movie would have to keep up its current momentum to reach that mark in the same amount of time. We aren’t ruling out the possibility, though—the Minecraft brand is a strong one.
