Minecraft” the game debuted in 2009. Spontaneous behavior in movie theaters has been around longer than that, though.

“Chicken jockey” refers to a Minecraft video game zombie character who rides a chicken ... during the opening credits of “Blackboard Jungle” was the “chicken jockey” of 1955.

A Minecraft Movie is now the biggest blockbuster of 2025. Warner Bros.' adaptation of the wildly popular video game continued ...

The trend gets its name from the block-shaped zombies in the video game Minecraft that occasionally ride chickens—thereby becoming chicken jockeys. In a scene from the new film A Minecraft Movie, ...

While fans have embraced the absurd performances from Jack Black and Jason Momoa, it's a split-second cameo featuring a baby ...

A Minecraft Movie is full of Easter eggs ... an unexpected fight features Garrett battling Chicken Jockey, the baby zombie riding the chicken. The rare mobs are a real pain to deal with in ...

The phrase "Chicken Jockey!" has Minecraft fans erupting into chaos in theaters. What does the phrase mean and is Alabama linked to this trend?

“A Minecraft Movie” scored a massive $80 million in its second weekend of release and remained at No. 1 at the box office as five new movies opened in theaters. Ticket sales for “A Minecraft ...

Minecraft mobs are living entities in Minecraft ... and other mobs, whether that’s a zombie literally knocking at your door or the chickens in your backyard coop.