Minecraft still breaks bricks at the US box office, the new Alex Garland starts well

Warefare makes a less good launch than Civil War last year, but offers a first weekend encouraging across the Atlantic, in a context of recovery which delights the rooms.

Total domination for Minecraft: the film. The film garnered another $ 80 million during its second operating weekend, thus retaining the first place in the American classification. Ticket sales dropped 50 % compared to its record start of $ 162.7 million, which is a very good hold for a blockbuster of this scale. To date, the adaptation of the famous video game by Warner Bros. And Legendary worn by Jack Black And Jason Momoahas already reported $ 282 million in the United States and 550 million worldwide.

Minecraft: the film is already the biggest success of the year, ahead Captain America: Brave New World of Disney And Marvel (199 million dollars in the United States, 410 million worldwide).

After a catastrophic start to the year for industry and operators, this success represents a real breath of fresh air. Again two weeks ago, the American box office revenues accused a delay of almost 11 % compared to 2024, and 40 % compared to 2019, according to Comscre data. Today, the gap has been reduced to only 0.5 % compared to 2024 and 31 % compared to 2019. Hollywood now hopes that the pace will remain solid in the coming weeks with the outings of Sinners of Ryan Cooglerand above all Thunderbolts of Marvel, as well as Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

Crushed by the bricks of Minecraft,, Alex Garland could not do anything. His military thriller in real time, Warfarestarts only in fourth place in the US box office. But the film, distributed by A24 And carried by excellent criticisms, made very honorable debut with $ 8.3 million in $ 2,670 North American rooms. Quite far from the box of Civil Warwhich had opened at 25 million in 2024. But Warfare was only produced with a small budget of $ 20 million. The immersive war story should quickly enter its costs.

Rest that Warfare is beaten for the moment by two other news: The King of Kingsa family animated film with religious thematic produced by Angel Studios, which offers a solid second place and $ 19 million harvested in 3,200 cinemas. Kenneth Branagh,, Uma Thurman,, Mark Hamill And Pierce Brosnan lend their voice to the characters, in this story that follows the young author Charles Dickens telling the life of Jesus Christ. And in third position, we find The amateurthe vigilante thriller worn by Rami Malek And produced by Disney and 20th Century Studios, which generated $ 15 million in 3,400 cinemas. Internationally, the film added $ 17.2 million, bringing its global total to 32.2 million. These figures are at the top of the forecasts, but with a production budget of $ 60 million, The amateur will have to last for duration to be profitable.