SUNDAY UPDATE:Warner Bros/LegendarysA Minecraft Moviehas come in with an astounding$301Mglobal opening.
Of that,$144.1Mis from theinternational box office.
Talk about a blocks-buster.
Jack Black in ‘A Minecraft Movie’Everett Collection/Warner Bros
International markets delivered $6.6M of the Imax worldwide total.
TheUKtotally dug intoMinecraft, with a huge $19.9M and the biggest opening ever for Black and Momoa.
The frame there was $14.5M.
Jury is out on what this means going forward.
The Jason Momoa/Jack Black-starrer is at$52.7Mfrom the international box office through Friday in 75 overseas markets.
That portends an offshore debut in the$125Mrange.
Combined with thedomestic mania, it brings us to at least $260M global through Sunday.
As we noted yesterday (see below),Chinaopened on Friday with a No.
1 of $6.6M, repping the biggest launch day for a Hollywood title this year.
Spaindebuted with $1.7M on Friday, a dominant No.
Polandwas also new on Friday, grossing $1.5M at No.
Well have a full update on Sunday.
Through Thursday in 55 offshore markets, the running cume is$18.4M.
Along with China, another 19 markets open today including the UK and Spain.
The Asian markets that have opened are seeing No.
1 starts, and Latin America is totally digging the movie.
The bows so far there have all been No.
3D represents 19% of the total box office there.
Frances Wednesday opening of $1.3M was the top start of 2025 (excluding previews).
The cume in France through two days is $1.5M.
Minecraftwas a dominant No.
Brazils Thursday debut was No.
Turning toChina, the launch was well above expectations on Friday with a No.
1 start that took 30% of a crowded frame.
Friday alone was bigger than the full weekend projection for the market.
Well have updates throughout the weekend.
