In early April 2025, A Minecraft Movie overtook Greta Gerwig’s Barbie in terms of opening weekend box office sales. By some estimates, the popular game has over 200 million active players worldwide.

A Minecraft Movie has gone from being, well, a movie to being an event. Kids (and some adults) are going to see the show just ...

The video-game adaptation succeeded at both things cinema struggles to do consistently: sell gobs of tickets and get young ...