A Minecraft Movie has become the biggest film of the year so far in Ireland and the UK after just four weeks on release, combined box office figures show.
The fantasy adventure comedy, based on the hit video game, has made £51.7 million at the combined box office in Ireland and the UK. Box office figures for Ireland and the UK are combined by international film companies into a single market, quoted in Sterling.
A Minecraft Movie's box office haul is enough to overtake 2025's previous highest-grossing film, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, which notched up £46.3 million after 11 weeks in cinemas.
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The upcoming bank holiday weekend is likely to give A Minecraft Movie a further boost, meaning it could soon pass the £59.6 million taken by the musical Wicked, which was last year's highest grossing release in Ireland and the UK.
The film has attracted huge audiences to cinemas in recent weeks, mainly young children and teenagers, with some breaking into wild behaviour at key scenes and lines of dialogue.
A moment when actor Jack Black's character shouts "Chicken jockey!" has triggered particularly raucous celebrations, including whoops, clapping, and the throwing of popcorn.
The line is a reference to a baby zombie riding on the back of a chicken - something that occurs on extremely rare occasions in the video game.
A test of the Minecraft Movie's popularity may come in the shape of the latest superhero film in the Marvel Comics franchise, Thunderbolts, which opens this weekend.
All box offices figures have been published by the British Film Institute using data from the media analytics company Comscore.
Source: Press Association
