‘A Minecraft Movie’ Bound For Platinum Box Office Weekend After $7M+ Thursday Previews
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: “Presales just suddenly popped this week,” an exhibitor remarked today at CinemaCon about the potential mushrooming forecast for Warner Bros/Legendary‘s A Minecraft Movie.
Get excited. At a time when the domestic box office this year is -11% behind 2024, and on a day when President Donald Trump has just turned the economy upside with global tariffs, the Burbank, CA lot is looking at a big hit this weekend in A Minecraft Movie.
Previews tonight per sources are around $7M+ after starting at 3PM. Conservative projections have risen to $75M+, but everyone is talking crazy forecasts right now because it’s been so long since the industry had a box office hit.
Only one weekend to date in 2025 exceeded $100M for all titles, Feb 14-16 ($144M), which was when Captain America: Brave New World posted a $88.8M 3-day, $100M 4-day.
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