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.

A Minecraft Movie-- starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa-- seems like goofy fun (full disclosure: I haven't seen it yet). But there's one scene in particular that has taken on a life of its own, and we ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

What Is The “Chicken Jockey” Meme? When Steve says “chicken jockey ... “My theater clapped every time Jack Black name dropped a Minecraft item that was in the trailers, and when ...