The Minecraft film has exceeded expectations with a opening weekend of $ 157 million in the US, the best for a video game adaptation.
Previously, the film Super Mario Bros. by Nintendo and Illumination maintained the record of the biggest beginning for a video game adaptation in the United States, to $ 146 million.
Mario still has the international registration, however, at $ 377 million. Variety estimates that the Minecraft film has achieved around $ 301 million.
The total represents a great leap on what many analysts expected Minecraft to administer in their first weekend, with analysts that project between $ 70 and $ 90 million.
He also faces criticism critics of critics: a Minecraft film currently has a 49% qualification in the Rotten Tomatoes Review aggregator.
“The film is drawn as a coveted five -quadrants movie, attractive to all: younger and older adults, as well as young adolescents and children,” said movie consultant David A. Gross.
“The reviews are not good, but these images are made for cinephiles, not critics. When a launch is set on fire like this, it generates its own impulse and you can put aside all the projections.”
Jared HESS directs a Minecraft movie, who previously directed the dynamite of Napoleon and Nacho Libre. The main stars of the film are Jack Black and Jason Momoa.
Emma Myers (Wednesday), Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple), Sebastian Eugene Hansen (Just Mercy) and Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), among others.
