"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.

Goldstein is optimistic that “Minecraft” will help turn the box office tides. Fortunes have already begun to shift. Prior to this weekend, box office revenues were nearly 11% behind last year and 40% behind 2019, according to Comscore. Now the gap has shrunk to 5.3% behind 2024 and 35% behind 2019.

Apparently, if you want your movie to have a viral hit, the key is to just let Jack Black do his thing. “Steve’s Lava Chicken,” a jingle containing only about three dozen words, just broke into the Billboard Hot 100 at number 77.