With over $550 million in global box office sales, here's how 'A Minecraft Movie' has struck gold with audiences.

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.

Minecraft isn’t just a game—it is a world where fun runs free and logic is on permanent vacation. The sandbox adventure game was first launched in 2011.

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as if it were some kind of war ... a meme all by themselves. And as a bonus, the overall effect of the entire movie has put Minecraft back in the pop culture spotlight. Who could have guessed that a ...