Anything Goes : Box Office: ‘Minecraft’ Is Already the Highest-Grossing Domestic Release of 2025; Angel Studios’ ‘King of Kings’ Outdoing ‘The Amateur,’ ‘Drop’ by Mark Deuce

‘A Minecraft Movie’ still striking gold at the box office!

“A Minecraft Movie” was assured to reign supreme at the domestic box office in its second weekend, but theaters are also getting buttressed with several more new releases, too. Of those, Angel Studios’ animated biblical film “The King of Kings” is leading the pack, heading for second place ahead of titles from major studios like “The Amateur” and “Drop.”

At the top of the charts, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s “A Minecraft Movie” keeps stacking blocks, notching another $20.5 million on Friday. The comedy adaptation of Mojang’s video game bestseller is expected to earn north of $80 million in its second frame, which would rank as the third-biggest weekend gross of the year behind its own smash $162 million opening and not far off from the $88 million debut of Disney’s “Captain America: Brave New World.” Talk about a block-buster.

Now projecting a drop around 50%, “Minecraft” likely won’t match the superlative holds put up by titles like fellow video game adaptation “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (a 36% second-weekend fall) or Warner’s other IP breakout “Barbie” (a 42% slide). But it’s impressive staying power nonetheless, demonstrating that “Minecraft” has crossed over beyond the property’s built-in fanbase that rushed to buy tickets on opening weekend. Plus, it only took seven days for “A Minecraft Movie” to surpass a $200 million domestic gross and solidify its status as the year’s top-grossing North American release. Now it’s just a matter of how high it can build.

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https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/box-office-minecraft-already-ki...