A Minecraft Movie<\/em> came in slightly under weekend estimates with a second frame gross of $78.5M, a -52% drop from last weekend’s record-breaking $163M domestic opening. Its domestic cume now stands at $278.8M. Internationally, the film earned $82M across 76 markets, with a holdover drop of -43%. The international cume to date is $273.8m and the worldwide running cume now stands at $552.6m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The highest-grossing new release of the April 11-13 weekend remains Angel Studios’ The King of Kings<\/em>, with actuals coming in at $19.3M across 3,200 locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the presence of five new wide openers, A Minecraft Movie<\/em> continued as the box office focal point with an estimated -50.4% second-frame drop, giving the overall total for all titles a 50% year-over-year raise. The King of Kings<\/em> managed distinguished itself with a mainstream voice cast (Oscar Isaac, Kenneth Branagh) and perfect Easter-season timing, debuting to an estimated $19M. So far, Amazon\/MGM’s The Amateur <\/em>is performing less like a breakout and more like a programmer ala A Working Man’s<\/em> $15.5M opening; its sophomore weekend hold will give us a much better picture as to the film’s ultimate reception in the market. Fellow newcomers Drop<\/em> and Warfare<\/em>, closing out the top five, performed in line with expectations, which had both in the $7M – $10M range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warner Bros.’ video game adaptation A Minecraft Movie <\/em>continues to dominate the box office with an estimated $80.6M second frame in 4,289 locations (+26) for an $18,792 Per Screen Average. That’s a -50% drop from last week’s $162.75M opening, square in the middle of our forecast and in line with industry expectations. An estimated $1.9M came from IMAX screens ($17M format total).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s how the 3-Day looked…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Globally A Minecraft Movie<\/em> has already passed the half-billion mark with a $550.6M global total. Overseas the second frame pretty much matched North America with another $79.6M (-45% in holdover markets, with the Top 3 current markets being the U.K. ($39.8M), China ($20.3M), and Germany ($18.9M).<\/p>\n\n\n\nKey Takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Total Weekend Gross:<\/strong>
$149,542,315 | -23.7% Last Week \/ +49.7% Weekend 15, 2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
Highlights From the Weekend<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1. A Minecraft Movie<\/em>
Warner Bros. | Week 2
$80.6M Domestic Weekend | $280.96M Domestic Total
$550.6M Global Total<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n