"A Minecraft Movie" is a smash hit at the box office, and it has set a new record for video game adaptations on the big screen.

The worldwide total for A Minecraft Movie sits at just over $300 million. The film stars Jack Black as Steve and follows a group of humans who find themselves in the world of Minecraft. The movie has gone viral on social media thanks to easter eggs, memes, and other references to the source material.

Minecraft’s first movie has smashed box office records, becoming the highest-grossing video game adaptation in its opening weekend.

Even a child is unlikely to be entertained by the film’s stream of Minecraft in-jokes—but fans of the director Jared Hess may find something else to excavate.

A Minecraft Movie, based on the best-selling video game in the world, is, to put it lightly, an abomination. It currently sits at a “rotten” 48 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and Rolling Stone ’s own review was far from glowing,

"A Minecraft Movie" is a box office smash and families are flocking to the movie theater. But kids are changing the movie-going experience. What we know.

Jack Black says the public reception to the Minecraft movie has left him unsure of whether it will be well-received.

A Minecraft Movie is on its way to a billion dollars at the box office, but it could have been a better film with a new lead, which almost happened.

A Minecraft Movie smashed box office records in its opening weekend. One major source of the video game movie’s appeal is Jack Black, who stars as a doorknob salesman-turned-miner-turned-hero, Steve.