A Minecraft Movie is a 2025 Americanfantasyadventurecomedy film based on the 2011 video gameMinecraft byMojang Studios. It was directed byJared Hess and written by Chris Bowman,Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, andChris Galletta, from a story byAllison Schroeder, Bowman, and Palmer. The film starsJason Momoa,Jack Black,Danielle Brooks,Emma Myers, and Sebastian Hansen. In the film, four misfits are pulled through a portal into a cubic world, and must embark on a quest back to the real world with the help of an "expert crafter" namedSteve.

A Minecraft Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jared Hess
Screenplay by	Chris Bowman Hubbel Palmer Neil Widener Gavin James Chris Galletta
Story by	Allison Schroeder Chris Bowman Hubbel Palmer
Based on	Minecraft byMojang Studios
Produced by	Mary Parent Cale Boyter Roy Lee Jon Berg Jason Momoa Jill Messick[a] Torfi Frans Olafsson Vu Bui
Starring	Jason Momoa Jack Black Danielle Brooks Emma Myers Sebastian Hansen Jennifer Coolidge
Cinematography	Enrique Chediak
Edited by	James Thomas
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh[b]
Production companies	Warner Bros. Pictures Legendary Pictures Mojang Studios Vertigo Entertainment On the Roam[1]
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	March 30, 2025 (2025-03-30) (Empire Leicester Square) April 4, 2025 (2025-04-04) (United States)
Running time	101 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$150 million[3]
Box office	$910.2 million[4][5]

Plans for aMinecraft film adaptation originated in 2014, when game creatorMarkus Persson revealed that Mojang was in talks withWarner Bros. Pictures to develop the project. Throughout its development,A Minecraft Movie shifted between several directors, producers, and story drafts. By 2022,Legendary Entertainment became involved, and Hess was hired as director with Momoa in talks to star. Further casting took place from May 2023 to January 2024.Principal photography began later that month in New Zealand and concluded in April 2024.Mark Mothersbaugh composed the score, andSony Pictures Imageworks,Wētā FX, andDigital Domain provided the film's visual effects.

A Minecraft Movie had its world premiere atEmpire, Leicester Square in London on March 30, 2025, and was theatrically released worldwide on April 4. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and has grossed $910 million worldwide against a budget of $150 million, becoming thesecond-highest-grossing film of 2025 and thesecond-highest-grossing video game film of all time. A sequel is in development.

Struggling doorknob salesmanSteve breaks into a mine to fulfill a childhood dream, where he discovers theOrb of Dominance and the Earth Crystal. He discovers that when combined, they create a portal that transports him to theOverworld, a world where the terrain is made of easily manipulated cubes. He builds his own paradise and later stumbles across a portal to a hellish world called theNether. He is imprisoned by Malgosha, the gold-obsessedpiglin ruler of the Nether who gravely discourages creativity. Because the Orb would allow her to control the Overworld, Steve has his dog Dennis escape with the Orb and Crystal and hide them under his bed in the real world.

Sometime later, 1980s video game champion Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison owns a failing video game store in Chuglass,Idaho. He heads to astorage auction to acquire items to sell for cash, ultimately winning the contents of Steve's old house. While searching through the items, particularly hoping to find anAtari Cosmos, he instead finds Steve's old belongings, including the Orb and Crystal.

Siblings Henry and Natalie move to Chuglass following their mother's death. The two meet Dawn, their real estate agent who also runs a mobilepetting zoo. On Henry's first day of school, he gets in trouble when his experimentaljetpack is sabotaged and damages a nearby potato chip factory. To avoid expulsion, he pays Garrett to pretend to be his uncle, who takes him to the video game store. There, Henry discovers the Orb and Crystal and combines them, leading the two to Steve's mine. Natalie finds Henry missing and calls Dawn, who tracks down Henry's location via Natalie's phone. As the four reunite, they are sucked into the portal and arrive in the Overworld. Malgosha learns that the Orb has returned and releases Steve from his imprisonment in the Nether to reclaim it, saying that she has Dennis as a hostage.

While fighting off monsters at night, Henry learns to manipulate blocks and builds a wooden fortress. The Earth Crystal is destroyed in the commotion. Steve appears at dawn and defeats the monsters; he tells the group that a replacement Crystal will be needed from the Woodland Mansion and joins them. To prepare for this quest, he leads them to a nearby village and demonstrates how to craft. Piglins seeking the Orb of Dominance launch an attack on the village; Steve, Garrett, and Henry narrowly escape, while Natalie and Dawn are separated from them and befriend Dennis. Malgosha responds by sending out the Great Hog, a massive Piglin.

When Steve mentions that he has a hoard of diamonds, Garrett becomes interested and demands access as an added condition to handing over the Orb. They make a detour and find the hoard, but Henry is angered by their disregard for Natalie's safety. When the Great Hog arrives, they escape usingminecarts and the Hog is blown up bycreepers. Arriving at the mansion, Steve and Garrett attempt to distract the guards while Henry acquires both the Earth Crystal and an Ender Pearl, which can facilitate one'steleportation. Malgosha returns and destroys the bridge to the mansion. Steve and Henry lose the Orb to her but escape as Garrett seemingly sacrifices himself in the blast. The two awaken with Dawn, Natalie, and Dennis in a mushroom house.

Malgosha uses the Orb to superpower the Nether portal, blotting out the sun and declaring war on the Overworld. The party crafts an arsenal of weaponry and an army of irongolems to fight the piglin invasion, while Steve fights Malgosha. Henry uses the Ender Pearl to obtain the Crystal, restoring the sunlight and causing Malgosha and her army to zombify. The party, including Garrett who survived the explosion, returns to Chuglass, where they develop the successful video gameBlock City Battle Buddies. Dawn opens her zoo with Dennis as an attraction, Natalie begins teaching self-defense classes, Henry completes his jetpack, and Garrett revitalizes the game store with Steve.

• Jason Momoa as Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison, a video game store owner and former game champion
• Jack Black asSteve, a former doorknob salesman who has spent years living in the Overworld
• Emma Myers as Natalie, Henry's caring older sister and legal guardian
• Danielle Brooks as Dawn, a real estate agent who runs a mobile petting zoo
• Sebastian Hansen as Henry, Natalie's creative younger brother
• Jennifer Coolidge as Vice Principal Marlene, the vice principal of Henry's school
• Rachel House as the voice of Malgosha, the piglin ruler of the Nether
• Jemaine Clement as:
  • Daryl, an auctioneer
  • the voice of Bruce, Malgosha's father
• Jared Hess as the voice of General Chungus, a high-ranking piglin in Malgosha's army
• Matt Berry as the voice of Nitwit, a jobless villager^[6]

YouTubersDanTDM,Aphmau, Mumbo Jumbo, and LDShadowLady make cameos as attendees at an auction.^[7]Jens Bergensten, who serves as one of the lead designers forMinecraft, makes a cameo appearance as a waiter.^[8] A pig wearing a crown appears as a tribute to the deceased YouTuberTechnoblade.^[9] In a post-credit scene,Kate McKinnon makes an uncredited cameo as the voice ofAlex, a woman who is living in Steve's house. Alice May Connolly serves as the physical actor of Alex.^[6]

Following a series of offers from Hollywood producers to create aMinecraft-related television series^[10] and acrowdfunding campaign for afan film that was shut down byMinecraft creatorMarkus "Notch" Persson,^[11][12] Persson revealed thatMojang Studios was in talks withWarner Bros. Pictures to develop an officialMinecraft film in February 2014.^[13][14] Later in October, Mojang CCO Vu Bui stated that the movie was early in development, and would be a "large-budget" production. He also said that the film might not be released until at least 2018.^[15][16] Originally,Roy Lee andJill Messick were set to produce the project.^[13][14] That same month, Warner Bros. hiredShawn Levy to direct the film,^[17] though he and writersKieran and Michele Mulroney, who were developing the film together, left the project by December.^[18]

By July 2015, Warner Bros. hiredRob McElhenney to direct the film. He said that he had been drawn to the film based on the open-world nature of the game, an idea Warner Bros. had initially agreed with and for which they had provided him with a preliminary US$150 million budget.^[19][20] Early production started in 2016, and an initial release date was announced for May 24, 2019.^[21]Jason Fuchs was set to write the script of the film,^[22] andSteve Carell was going to star as the voice of an unknown character.^[23] However, by late 2016, McElhenney'sMinecraft film "slowly died on the vine", after studio executive Greg Silverman's departure from Warner Brothers in late 2016.^[24][25]Aaron and Adam Nee were tapped to rewrite the script and the film was delayed as a result. No new director was announced at that time.^[26] By January 2019,Peter Sollett was announced to write and direct the film, which would feature an entirely different story from McElhenney's version. Messick, who died in 2018, was posthumously credited as producer.^[27] The original vision Sollet had for the film involved "a teenage girl and her unlikely group of adventurers" as they set out on a quest to defeat the Ender Dragon, the final boss of the originalMinecraft game.^[28] The film was later given a new release date of March 4, 2022.^[29][30] In June 2019,Allison Schroeder was hired to write the script and co-write the story with Sollett.^[31] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Warner Bros. was forced to adjust its release schedule, which included removing theMinecraft film from its planned release date.^[32]

In April 2022, production on theMinecraft film was announced to be moving forward without Sollett and Schroeder, withJared Hess now set to direct,Legendary Entertainment to co-produce (through its executiveMary Parent), andJason Momoa in early talks to star. The film was also confirmed to be live action.^[33] It was also reported that Chris Bowman andHubbel Palmer, who collaborated with Hess onMasterminds (2016), would rewrite the script.^[34][35]

Hess' involvement in the film began after a separate project he was developing with Legendary never materialized, and he was involved by the studio topitch a take for theMinecraft adaptation. He later stated that he enjoyed trying to "adapt something that doesn't have a story – it's an opensandbox game", and hoped to find an opportunity for a "fun, ridiculous movie".^[36] The film's final writing credits went to Chris Bowman,Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, andChris Galletta, who wrote the film from a story byAllison Schroeder, Bowman, and Palmer. Off-screen Additional Literary Material credit was given to Hess, McElhenney, Fuchs,Megan Amram,Kevin Biegel,John Francis Daley,Dana Fox,Hannah Friedman,Jonathan Goldstein, Phil Augusta Jackson, Lauryn Kahn,Kieran Mulroney, Michele Mulroney,Aaron Nee,Adam Nee,Zak Penn,Simon Rich,Peter Sollett, Laura Steinel,Jon Spaihts,Oren Uziel, and Ben Wexler.^[37]

While adaptingMinecraft into a film, the production crew aimed to make sure that the objects present in the film were faithful to the game, made up only of cubes. This included everything from trees to fruit.^{[38]: 2:00–2:29} Several YouTubers and members of theMinecraft community were present during the production of the film, with YouTuber Mumbo Jumbo contributing towards designing some of the props.^{[38]: 2:00–2:29} When writing and directing the film, the team opted to make a story based onMinecraft, rather than making an official canon story, which they viewed as in-line withMinecraft's nature as a sandbox game that lets players create their own stories. As such, the film was titledA Minecraft Movie, rather thanThe Minecraft Movie. This concept is also applied to the film's depiction of one ofMinecraft's characters, Steve, which the production crew described Jack Black's version as one of many Steves not meant to represent the "Steve" present inMinecraft.^[39]

James Thomas served as the film's editor.^[40] WhileA Minecraft Movie is predominantly a live action film, it uses a heavy amount ofCGI to simulate the terrain, animals,^[41][42] monsters,^[43] and other objects.^[41][42]Green-screens and in-studio lighting were also used extensively.^[44]Visual effects for the film were provided bySony Pictures Imageworks,Wētā FX, andDigital Domain, withDan Lemmon serving as visual effects supervisor.^[45][46]

Around the same time that Hess was announced to direct the film, it was also stated that Momoa would star in the film.^[33] In May 2023,Matt Berry entered negotiations to join the cast,^[47] whileDanielle Brooks and Sebastian Eugene Hansen joined the cast in November,^[48] andEmma Myers joined the cast in December.^[49] In January 2024, Black joined the cast, teasing his casting in the film via his officialInstagram account.^[50][51] Originally, Berry was supposed to play Steve while Black was set to only appear as a cameo in the form of a talking pig, but due to the2023 Hollywood labor disputes, Berry had to vacate the role, with Black taking over the role of Steve.^[52] According to producer Torfi Frans Olafsson, Black's depiction of Steve was "specific to him".^[53] At the same time as Black's casting,Jennifer Coolidge,Kate McKinnon, andJemaine Clement were also cast in then-undisclosed roles.^[54][55] YouTuberValkyrae was originally set to appear in the film, but was removed after she openly accused Momoa of mistreating the cast and production crew.^[56][57]

Principal photography for the film began in January 2024 nearAuckland,^[36] and concluded by April of that year.^[58] Scenes set in the fictional town of Chuglass, Idaho were filmed inHuntly.^[59] Originally, filming was going to begin in August 2023,^[60] but was delayed due to the2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.^[61]Grant Major served as the production designer,^[36] andEnrique Chediak served as the cinematographer.^[62]

Mark Mothersbaugh composed the originalscore, while Gabe Hilfer andKaryn Rachtman serve asmusic supervisors.^[62] Mothersbaugh incorporated "nods" tothe music of the game byC418, and said that the score was meant to balance the "charm" of the characters with the action, while retaining a "depth and emotional resonance".^[63] From theMinecraft soundtrack, C418's title track plays during theopening credits, and his song "Dragon Fish" plays during a scene withpandas;Lena Raine's track "Pigstep" features during the "Nether's Got Talent" sequence.^[64]

The film includes several original songs performed by Black,^[65] including "I Feel Alive".^[66] It was written by Black, and featuresFoo Fighters frontmanDave Grohl on drums,Queens of the Stone Age guitaristTroy Van Leeuwen,Jellyfish keyboardistRoger Joseph Manning Jr., andMark Ronson on both rhythm guitar and bass. Brooks also provides backup vocals.^[67] The song was released as a single^[67] prior to the release of the film on March 20, 2025.^[66] Mothersbaugh's score, along with original songs byBenee,Dayglow, andDirty Honey, was released digitally on March 28.^[63] The film also features an instrumental rendition ofDepeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough" performed by Jamieson Shaw.^[68][69]

Another song in the film, "Steve's Lava Chicken", went viral online after the film's release and charted in several territories. The song became the shortest song to reach the Top 40 of theUK singles chart,^[70] and theBillboard Hot 100 in the United States.^[71]

The film's firstteaser trailer, set tothe Beatles's "Magical Mystery Tour", was released on September 4, 2024. Audience reactions to the teaser were noted as "divided"^[72][73] or "generally negative", with criticism for theCGI, design, andlive-action nature of the film.^[41][42][74] Andrew Webster ofThe Verge said that besides its "unsettling imagery", it "looks like some silly family fun".^[75] Tom Power ofTechRadar could not decide whether it was "drop-dead gorgeous or the stuff of nightmares".^[76]Markus Persson, the creator ofMinecraft, praised the trailer on Twitter, saying "Ok i'm in Wow this is a weird feeling."^[77] Various clips and images from the trailer, such as the designs of a bleating pink sheep and a white llama, and Jack Black saying "I... am Steve", were ridiculed by online commenters.^[73] A second trailer, set toMGMT's "Time to Pretend", was released on November 19, to a more positive response from many viewers.^[78][79] A final trailer for the film was released on February 27,^[80] and a final teaser for the film was released on March 27.^[81] A few days before the film's release, aworkprint version featuring incomplete visual effects and CGI, missing credits, and significantchroma key masking errors was leaked onto various piracy websites and spread on social media platforms such as Twitter.^[82][83][84]

A Minecraft Movie had its official premiere at theLeicester Square in London, England, on March 30, 2025,^[85] and was released theatrically inIMAX in the United States byWarner Bros. Pictures on April 4.^[c] The release of the film coincided with Mojang's collaboration with various brands to create promotional products for the film, including action figures of the characters, "creeper green"vanilla milk fromTruMoo, and specialHappy Meals offered byMcDonald's.^[89] The unusual nature of these products, such as the "uncanny" appearance of the Jack Black action figure, garnered both attention and some criticism,^[90][91][92] though the "Nether Flame Sauce"hotdipping sauce from the McDonald's promotion was lauded for its spice and suitability withChicken McNuggets.^[93][94]

A Minecraft Movie was released fordigital download on May 13, 2025, and will be released onUltra HD Blu-ray,Blu-ray, andDVD on June 24.^[95]

As of May 11, 2025^[update],A Minecraft Movie has grossed $409.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $501 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $910.2 million.^[4][5]

In the United States and Canada,A Minecraft Movie was released alongsideHell of a Summer, and was initially projected to gross $65–70 million from 4,263 theaters in its opening weekend, with some estimates going as high as $80 million.^[96][97] It made an estimated $10.6 million from Thursday night previews, toppingFive Nights at Freddy's' $10.3 million for best total by a video game adaptation, and increasing weekend projections to $80–100 million.^[98] After making $58 million on its first day (including previews), estimates were again revised to $135–150 million.^[99] It ended up debuting with $162.8 million domestically^[100] and $313 million globally on its opening weekend,^[101] surpassingThe Super Mario Bros. Movie domestically, which also featured Black, as the highest-grossing opening weekend for a movie based on a video game.^[102][103] The film had the third-highest Warner Bros. opening weekend, behindHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 andBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, as well as the company's highest April opening weekend, beating outClash of the Titans.^[104] It also beat outCaptain America: Brave New World to achieve the biggest opening weekend of 2025 at the time.^[104] Plus,A Minecraft Movie earned the third-highest April opening weekend, trailingAvengers: Endgame andAvengers: Infinity War, and was the second-highest for a Legendary production, only behindJurassic World.^[104] Overall, it would score the fourth-highest opening weekend for a PG-rated film, afterThe Lion King,Incredibles 2 andBeauty and the Beast.^[104] The movie also marked the highest opening weekend for Jared Hess (surpassingNacho Libre), Danielle Brooks (surpassingThe Angry Birds Movie) and Jennifer Coolidge (surpassingAmerican Pie 2).^[104]

In its second weekend,A Minecraft Movie grossed $78.5 million.^[105] Within its first seven days of release, it became the first film of 2025 to reach the $200 million mark domestically, replacingCaptain America: Brave New World as the market's highest-grossing film of the year.^[106] It also became the second-highest-grossing movie based on a video game, surpassingSonic the Hedgehog 3.^[107] In its third weekend,A Minecraft Movie, grossing $40.5 million, would drop to second place after being surpassed bySinners in what was considered to be an upset.^[108]

On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 47% of 179 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Ostensibly a film about celebrating creativity,A Minecraft Movie provides a colorful sandbox for Jack Black and Jason Momoa to amusingly romp around in a story curiously constructed from conventional building blocks."^[109]Metacritic, which uses aweighted average, assigned the film a score of 45 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[110] Audience reactions to the film were more positive in comparison to critics;^[111][112] Audiences polled byCinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while 67% of those surveyed byPostTrak said they would definitely recommend the film. Kids under the age of 12 gave the film an average rating of five out of five stars, while parents gave an average of four and a half out of five stars.^[99]

Critics were divided on the film's plot and whether or notA Minecraft Movie was a faithful adaptation of the game, as well as if it made sense to viewers unfamiliar with it. Lovia Gyarkye ofThe Hollywood Reporter and Jesse Hassenger ofIGN both believed that the film's plot was confusing. Gyarkye felt that it struggled to maintain a balance between appeasing theMinecraft fandom and writing a film that made sense to a general audience, and Hassenger said that the film was "conceptually muddy" and "confusingly and erratically presented".^[1][65] Mark Kennedy of theAssociated Press believed that the film would likely make no sense to a viewer unfamiliar with the source material, but still believed that it was a faithful adaptation. However, he did highlight the film's featuring of concepts not present within the game itself to enable plot progression.^[113] Contrarily, Liz Shannon Miller ofConsequence believed that the plot was fully comprehensible to someone unfamiliar with the game.^[114] Some reviewers viewed the fan service present within the film positively,^{[115][116][117]} particularly highlighting the tribute toTechnoblade.^[115][116]

The performances of the cast were praised. Many viewed their performances as helping alleviate or distract any problems present within the film's plot.^[65][1] Black and Momoa, in particular, received a lot of praise.^[65][114] Miller and Jordan Hoffman ofEntertainment Weekly both felt that the story was not the main priority of the film and could be ignored in favor of the performance of the actors, the former believing that the film was mainly made with the intent of having fun.^[114][118] However, some viewed that the characters, despite the performances of their actors, were generally underdeveloped.^[114][1] The sub-plot involving Coolidge's character dating a villager, while viewed as generally unnecessary or relatively thin in terms of character development, was subject to considerable praise.^[114][1][65]

Some reviewers questioned the purpose or value of the film, with some viewing it as nothing more than a product with the intent of promotingMinecraft. BothKevin Maher ofThe Times and David Fear ofRolling Stone likened the film to a corporate cash-grab, viewing it as existing with the sole purpose of promoting theMinecraft brand and offering nothing else of value.^[69][119] Maher further viewed the film as lacking a level of versatility present in other video game adaptations, while Fear believed that the film was intentionally confusing so that it would stay in the minds of people longer, and therefore encourage them to purchase merchandise.^[69] While Clarisse Loughrey ofThe Independent believed that the idea behind a live-actionMinecraft adaptation was fundamentally flawed and destroyed the spirit of the source material, she felt that the film had "genuine intent" and was not like other adaptations that she viewed as existing solely for the sake of profit.^[120]

The film has sparked boisterous reactions and disorderly conduct from viewers, particularly adolescents, with some partaking in a viralInternet phenomenon onTikTok, alongside other social media platforms. Participants would often react enthusiastically to moments in the film that have been the subject ofInternet memes, such as spontaneously erupting into loud cheers, jumping in excitement, dancing, or throwing popcorn when Black's character exclaims, "Chicken jockey!" (referring to a baby zombie riding a chicken).^{[121][122][123]} Other viral lines include "Flint and Steel!" and "I... am Steve.", though neither approached the frenzy surrounding "Chicken jockey!".^[124][125] In one screening of the movie, multipleviral videos emerged showing audience members hoisting a live chicken after the quote, and were promptly required to leave the theater.^[126][127] The trend also quickly appeared in Australian cinemas, where one theater reported audience members throwing toilet paper, mop signs, a3D glasses bin and even bags of flour for that particular scene, causing the theater to immediately halt the screening and call security.^[128] It has also spread toSouth Africa, with people throwing eggs.^[129]

Reactions to the phenomenon have been mixed. Some audience members frowned upon the misconduct as "annoying and disruptive",^[130][125] while several theater chains posted warnings against unruly behavior.^[123][131] Police have also reportedly been called to restore order and eject offenders,^[132][133] including an instance where an employee was physically harmed, although no charges were filed.^[134][135] Writing forThe Observer, Kate Maltby opined that audiences had crossed the line, pointing to the mess left for janitors to clean up.^[136] Hess defended some of these antics as harmless and amusing,^[137] further explaining that he and Black had conceived the scene because they "thought it would be funny if Steve announced everything that happens to him, stating the obvious with extreme intensity".^[124] Black made a surprise appearance at a screening and told the audience to not throw popcorn in response to the trend.^[138][139] On April 16, 2025, a group of teenagers set off afire extinguisher at a screening of the film at theEastland Hoyts cinema in theMelbourne suburb ofRingwood.^[140][141] Moviegoers had reported being unable to breathe in the cinema.^[142] On April 17, 2025, a violent altercation occurred in theparking lot of a movie theater inWarwick, Rhode Island, where four teenagers, after being asked to quiet down during the movie's screening, pursued three adults outside, assaulting them and slashing two of them with knives.^[143][144] The group only stopped once a crowd formed.^[145]

Many observers noted that the public reaction to the film was evolving into a distinct cultural phenomenon, particularly emphasizing the immersive and communal nature of the theater experience. Research psychologist Rachel Kowert commented, "While being quiet is generally the norm in traditional theater settings, it's important to recognize that different fan cultures come with their own expectations for how to engage." She added, "In this case, the energy surrounding theMinecraft movie reflects a deeply engaged fandom—one that is enthusiastic about sharing the experience in a communal setting."^[146] Others argued that the reactions reflected youth culture rather than incivility, akin to concerts or sporting events.^[147][148] ManyMinecraft fans found the experience of viewing the film in theaters to be highly enjoyable.^{[148][149][150]} In the United Kingdom,cinema chainCineworld promoted a one-day4DX screening across the country as a way of capitalizing on the trend. Dubbed "Chicken Jockey screenings", audiences were invited todress-up and make noise during the screening, though warned not to make a mess or record the film.^[151][152]Vulture's Nicholas Quah described this as a smart move to allow younger audiences to have fun without disturbing other audience members.^[153]

The phenomenon has been compared to audience participation at screenings ofThe Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975),The Room (2003),^[154][125] as well as the earlier "Gentleminions" trend surroundingMinions: The Rise of Gru (2022) that similarly involved people engaging in outlandish behavior.^{[122][155][156]} It has been cited as one of the factors for the film's box-office success.^[157]

In response to the audience's reactions, Warner Bros. announced special screenings of the "Block Party Edition" of the film on May 2 where the fans would be encouraged to sing and "meme-ing along" to their favorite moments in the film.^[158]

A post about the chicken jockey scene was one of the last known posts to4chan before it was hacked in 2025.^[159]

Talks for a potential sequel to the film began a few days after the film's release.^[160] Hess has expressed interest in making a sequel, noting the world's use of infinitemods, characters, and biomes, outlining howMinecraft is virtually endless.^[161] He later stated that there were many ideas they had for the film that they were unable to use, but would likely be included as part of a sequel.^[160] On April 11, 2025, it was reported that a sequel is in early development.^[162]

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