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Minecraft Movie breaks box office record

I hated 'A Minecraft Movie' but I’m thrilled it’s a box office hit — here's why

"A Minecraft Movie" is one of my least favorite flicks of 2025 so far, but I'm thrilled it's on course to break a whole load of box office records.

New York Post on MSN · 55m

How ‘A Minecraft Movie’ smashed box office expectations thanks to Gen Alpha: ‘Haven’t seen an audience this hyped’ since ‘Magic Mike’

“I haven’t been to a movie with an audience this hyped since I saw ‘Magic Mike’ on opening night at the old Regal theater in Brooklyn Heights,” a 50-year-old resident from Mamaroneck, New York, who went with his eight and eleven-year-old sons to a Sunday night showing at the Mamaroneck Cinemas, told The Post.

The Desk on MSN · 1d

A Minecraft Movie smashes box office records — are video games the next best movies?

On this week's episode of The Editor's Desk, media analyst Rick Howe and publisher Matthew Keys discuss how "A Minecraft Movie" is proving to film studios that video game-based storylines can attract an audience.

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The New York Times · 5d

How Jack Black and Jason Momoa Share a Mine Cart in ‘A Minecraft Movie’

Fans of Minecraft will recognize a few of the game’s elements in this scene from “A Minecraft Movie.” But the sequence is also a good comic excuse to stuff Jack Black and Jason Momoa into a mine cart together.

The Washington Post on MSN · 6d

With Jack Black and Jason Momoa aboard, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ roars

A Minecraft Movie” offers a great surprise in Jason Momoa’s Garrett Garrison, the aging gamer for whom time has stood still. More than a hair-metal Gen X boomer stereotype, Momoa’s “1989 gamer of the year” delights as a soft reboot of Uncle Rico,

Vulture on MSN · 5d

Jack Black and Jason Momoa Make A Minecraft Movie a Comic Delight

A bout halfway through A Minecraft Movie, I started thinking about how nice it was to have Jack Black making films again. Then, I caught myself. Black hasn’t exactly been absent

Minecraft, Chicken jockey and Theater Shenanigans

USA TODAY on MSN · 2h

'Chicken jockey!' The latest viral trend has movie theaters ejecting 'Minecraft' patrons

In the U.S. and U.K., moviegoers are going wild when Jack Black shouts "chicken jockey!" during "A Minecraft Movie."

CNET · 3h

'Chicken Jockey!' Be Prepared for Theater Shenanigans at A Minecraft Movie

A Minecraft Movie audiences are reveling in the wacky humor and performances from leads Jack Black and Jason Momoa, but some theater crowds are going absolutely wild at one cameo appearance by a rare Minecraft enemy -- the Chicken Jockey.

CNN on MSN · 18h

‘A Minecraft Movie’ has made chicken jockey a viral thing

Audiences have been going wild over the film’s chicken jockey scene. Here’s an explanation of what all the hype is about. It is what it sounds like. A “chicken jockey” is

‘A Minecraft Movie’ Review: Jason Momoa and Jack Black Bro It Up in a Genially Weightless Video-Game Quest

Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster ...

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Movie Review: Jason Momoa shines in ‘A Minecraft Movie’

The latest IP to be mined into a Hollywood blockbuster is appropriately a video game that celebrates digging, “A Minecraft ...

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‘A Minecraft Movie' Review: Jack Black And Jason Momoa Dig Deep For Meaning In Video Game Adaptation With Some Jennifer Coolidge Gems

If anyone were to play two men deeply invested in the Overworld of A Minecraft Movie, Jack Black and Jason Momoa were good ...

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Iowa's Jason Momoa stars in 'A Minecraft Movie.' Here's how to watch

Jason Momoa is hitting the big screens once again only this time it won't be as Aquaman. The Norwalk High School alum is starring in the new "A Minecraft Movie" alongside Jack Black. Momoa ...

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Jason Momoa Momoa says Minecraft movie was 'almost life-changing'

Jason Momoa has said working on A Minecraft Movie was "almost life-changing" for him, as he credited his co-stars Jennifer ...

I was ready to hate A Minecraft Movie, but you can't argue with Jason Momoa, Jack Black and Jennifer Coolidge

This new family movie, inspired by the famous story-sparse adventure game Minecraft, always had an uphill battle: the game ...

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‘A Minecraft Movie's Jared Hess Talks Sequel, The Man Crush Between Jack Black & Jason Momoa, Hitting Zeitgeist Gold Decades After ‘Napoleon Dynamite'

After living a mostly low key career after he and wife Jerusha launched with the Sundance sensation Napoleon Dynamite in 2004 ...

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The New Minecraft Movie Limited-Edition 4K Steelbook and Blu-ray Are Up for Preorder

The new limited-edition steelbook is priced at $37.99 and does not currently have a release date. Standard Blu-ray and DVD ...

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