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.

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

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 ...

a rare sighting in the actual Minecraft game. The line and moment, which first appeared in a trailer, has quickly become a viral meme online thanks to social media and TikTok. And while most of ...

Since its creation more than a decade ago, the “Minecraft” franchise has spawned countless memes among fans and the rare combination of a chicken and a zombie in the game is among those inside ...

The Chicken Jockey meme, by contrast, has prompted some cinemas to call the police on rowdy crowds. Move theaters worldwide are now posting warnings for #Minecraft movie showings "Anything that ...

One of the biggest phenomenons in pop culture recently has been A Minecraft Movie, thanks in large part to the memes like the Chicken Jockey scene, and WWE Monday Night RAW on Netflix got into the run ...

Minecraft proves that abolishing child labour was a mistake. The children yearn for the mines. According to “Know Your Meme,” in 2022, X user @Froggenthusias1 made meme history by posting a ...

Families trying to enjoy the new Minecraft movie are having to deal with delinquent fans who are deciding to trash the cinema by throwing food and drink around over an internet meme. For those who ...

But one fad from an entire three years ago has stuck with me for its weirdly wholesome vibes, which is how I found myself looking at the big viral chicken jockey meme out of A Minecraft Movie and ...