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“A Minecraft Movie” Sets An All Time Opening Weekend Record in Poland
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Smashes Records At UK-Ireland Box Office With £15m Opening
MONDAY AM UPDATE…Warner Bros/Legendary‘s A Minecraft Movie is no sheep at the box office. Who the hell saw this coming? The opening in U.S./Canada of $163M beats that of Barbie ($162M)! Yes, tracking pegged this at $65M, and then toward the end of last week we heard projections of $75M-$80M. What went on here? How did tracking miss? A last minute push by Warner Bros I’m told in response to the social media heat.
For Jack Black — it’s his biggest opening at the U.S./Canada box office ahead of Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie ($146.3M). For Jason Momoa, it’s second after Batman v. Superman, but his best as a lead character ahead of Justice League ($94M).
For Warners, Minecraft is third biggest opening of all-time after 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($169M) and 2016’s Batman v Superman ($166M). Leg-out factor here: Barbie at the domestic B.O. (and global) is Warner’s highest grossing title ever at $636.2M. Their second highest grossing movie is Dark Knight at $534.9M. Batman v Superman reached $330M. Death Hallows Part 2 ended its run at $381.4M. We’ll see how long this Rocky Horror Picture Show-like audience participation Minecraft phenom continues for the under 25 set.
Sunday came in at $46.3M (-22% from Saturday). This isn’t just some stateside phenomenon, rather a sensation around the globe, the Jared Hess directed movie coming in at $313.7M.
Again, big applause here for Warner Bros in putting moviegoing back on track. Also, big pats on the back all around at the Burbank, CA studio which has been notoriously financially strapped under the David Zaslav administration, shares now at $8.19 as of this report for the $20 billion cap entertainment conglomerate.
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