\”Minecraft Movie\” Dominates: \”Brave New World\” Falls Behind as Top 2025 Box Office Hit

The top-earning debut of the year and the second-largest opening for a video game adaptation adds yet another achievement to its collection.

• A Minecraft Movie
  claimed the highest position once more at this week\’s box office, becoming the most lucrative movie of the year up until now since it exceeded
  Captain America: A Daring New Era
  .
• The Warner Bros. big-screen video game adaptation also dominated the global box office, pulling in $160 million during its second week.
• Animated Christian film
  The King of Kings
  ,
  The Amateur
  , an Iraq War thriller from A24
  Warfare
  , and the enigmatic new Meghann Fahy thriller
  Drop
  complete the top five for the weekend.

Meet your new
box office
king, 2025:
A Minecraft Movie
rushed towards an impressive second week at the top of the box office after its
explosive premiere
, which earned $80.6 million bringing its total domestic gross to $280.9 million.

The movie brought in $157 million over last weekend\’s opening, earning itself multiple monikers.
Warner Bros.
The highly anticipated big-screen video game adaptation emerged as the highest-grossing launch of 2025, marking Warner Bros.\’ biggest box office start since 2023 and securing the second spot for the most lucrative video game movie opening ever, following the success from 2023.
The Super Mario Bros. Film
.

The adventure-comedy starring
Jason Momoa
,
Jennifer Coolidge
,
Danielle Brooks
, and
Jack Black
has now achieved its most esteemed recognition as the top-earning film domestically for 2025.
A Minecraft Movie
has already outgrossed Marvel\’s
Captain America: A Daring New Era
At the domestic box office, where it debuted way back on February 14 and has not yet been released digitally (though it is scheduled to be streamed via VOD starting Tuesday).

A Minecraft Movie
plummeted by 50 percent during its second week of release, yet remains confidently positioned to sustain strong earnings. Additionally, the movie secured the highest rank at the international box office this week, earning $160.2 million which pushed its cumulative revenue to $550.5 million.

The remainder of the local rankings looks insignificant compared to the formidable
Minecraft Movie
, however, what stands out is that the remainder of the top five consists entirely of new releases. The prominent Christian group Angel Studios presents their star-studded animated biblical saga.
The King of Kings,
secures the second position with $19 million. The third spot belongs to the
Rami Malek
a political thriller produced by 20th Century Studios,
The Amateur
, which garnered exactly $15 million despite having a $60 million budget.

Finishing in fourth and fifth places are A24\’s Iraqi War thriller
Warfare
, featuring almost every heartthrob from the last ten years and opening with $8.3 million, and the Universal horror film
Drop
, which opened with $7.5 million and launched the career of the lead star
Meghann Fahy
Her initial attempt at cinema after her breakthrough performance was
The White Lotus
season 2.

The overall scenario remains quite similar to its local equivalent over this past weekend.
A Minecraft Movie
left its competitors trailing behind for another consecutive week, with
The Amateur
and
The King of Kings
Swapping positions between second and third place, the previous movie earned an impressive $32.2 million globally at the box office. In contrast, Jang Seong-ho’s peculiar take on a Charles Dickens classic made $19.6 million.

Replacing
Warfare
In total, occupying the top five is the Tamil action-comedy
Good Bad Ugly
, featuring Bollywood megastar Ajith Kumar. The movie secured the fourth position on the worldwide box office charts with a global opening of $16.7 million, succeeded by
Drop
, which earned $10 million worldwide.

The movie to catch this coming weekend at the box office is
Sinners
, the latest movie from
Ryan Coogler
Still basking in the glow of the hugely successful
Black Panther
In \”Coogler,\” he ventures into a new genre with a horror movie.
Sinners
. The film stars
Michael B. Jordan
In a two-part character portrayal as siblings returning to their southern homeland during the alcohol-prohibited era, they discover the town overrun by bloodthirsty vampires.

Coogler
praised Jordan\’s \”beautiful performance\”
to
Entertainment Weekly
In January, Jordan commented, \”Taking on the roles of twins was certainly challenging. That aspect was one of the reasons I decided to accept the part.\”

If gore, viscera, and fangs aren’t up your alley, next weekend’s releases also feature more grounded stories.
Carey Mulligan
comedy
The Tale of Wallis Island
and Andrew Ahn\’s reinterpretation of
Ang Lee
\’s
The Wedding Banquet
, starring
Lily Gladstone
,
Bowen Yang
, and
Kelly Marie Tran
.

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