Children definitely love video game movies
“Minecraft” is not Just a blow – After three weekends in the theaters, the film is estimated He made $ 344 million locally and 720 million dollars worldwide. This makes it the largest movie for a box office (so far), and the second largest video game in all time.
Next after two years The tremendous success of “The Super Mario Bros. “ (1.36 billion dollars worldwide), and in an ongoing popularity of “Sonic the Hedgehog” films, it may be safe to say Hollywood video adaptation curse It was broken.
In fact, one of the unknown outlets of the studio said Financial times I replaced video games, “Replacing comic books as the next border of IP to be explored.” Just as the films of superheroes in general have become more sincere to their source materials during the Marvel Cinematic University, this CEO said that the successful video game movie key is “Service of Fans” – for example, to keep “characters and game environment and pay attention to details.”
It also seems that it is worth noting that the biggest success stories for films were children’s friendly titles such as “Minecraft” (adapted from Mojang Studios Sandbox that was first released in 2011) and “Super Mario”, while the most successful modification game for adults-Fallout and “The Last of Us “-for broadcasting and feeding.
“Minecraft movie” also benefited from some viral luck, after Tiktok videos Inspire young fans to screamJump around it, throw popcorn, and more, during a major scene when actor Jack Black screams immortal words, “chicken knight!”
Apparently, some theater holders are contradictory to it Similar trendBut film makers embraced her, with director Jared Hess Weekly entertainment news It is strange when you enjoy a lot and the police are called.
The film was actually imposed from the highest box office schemes this week, A sudden victory for the original horror movie “Singer”. But “Minecraft” is still estimated at 41.3 million dollars locally on the third weekend, indicating that the aesthetics of the box office will continue to rise.
And yes, it seems that Warner Bros. (The studio that released “Minecraft” and “Sinners”) thinks about a continuation, with the head of development and production tells Jesse Erman, “the fans want more, and we hope that we can discover something.”
