Hollywood lands a much-needed box office hit with ‘A Minecraft Movie’ [Video]

Hollywood needed “A Minecraft Movie” to be a hit, and it delivered in its opening weekend, significantly narrowing this year’s box office deficit.Watch the trailer in the player above.No one guessed just how big it would be. In its first few days in theaters, the movie earned a staggering $157 million in ticket sales from theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday. Internationally, it’s looking at an additional $144 million for a global debut of $301 million. And with school spring breaks ongoing, “A Minecraft Movie” is just getting started.”We’re just thrilled that audiences are responding and that everyone’s going to the theater,” said Pamela Abdy, the co-chair and CEO of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.Not only is it the biggest opening of 2025, “A Minecraft Movie” also broke the record for a video game adaptation, a distinction previously held by “The Super Mario Bros. …