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.

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

The Chicken Jockey meme exploded in popularity after its cameo in A Minecraft Movie, where Jack Black’s character Steve shouts its name in the middle of battle. The meme, rooted in Minecraft ...