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Movie Monday: ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Torches All Competition

Minecraft, the video game, has seen immense popularity pretty much since it released back in 2009. And with A Minecraft Movie securing a first-place win at the box office for the second week in a row, it’s clear the film is taking the franchise’s popularity up another Notch.

Even though the film’s gross domestic profits dropped by 50%, A Minecraft Movie still managed to earn $80.6 million over the weekend. That puts its domestic profits at $281 million and its worldwide revenue at $550.6. Not bad for two weeks of mining.

Meanwhile, The King of Kings—showcasing an animated Charles Dickens retelling the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ—took second place. It earned $19 million in its debut weekend. Its win also makes this the third week in a row where a film about Jesus secured a spot in the top three.

The Rami Malek thriller, The Amateur, took home the bronze by earning $15 million. That’s nearly double the profits of our fourth-place film, Warfare. That film, based on the real battlefield experiences of codirector and cowriter Ray Mendoza, secured $8.3 million. And Drop, depicting a rather terrible first date, rounded out the top five with $7.5 million.

You’ll note that, unlike its predecessors, The Chosen: Last Supper-Part Three didn’t crack the top five. It nabbed sixth place with $5.8 million. That’s roughly half of what Part One secured in its opening weekend, and it’s nearly one million less than Part Two.

Further down the list, The Ballad of Wallis Island sang a sorry song. It took 14th place with $400,000. Sacramento, depicting a drive up to its eponymous city, barely earned enough to pay for California gas prices. It took 17th and $314,000.

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Kennedy Unthank

Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”

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