{"id":1776,"date":"2025-04-07T10:17:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2025-04-07T14:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:38:49","slug":"blockbuster-causing-feral-cinema-behaviour-becomes-one-of-2025s-highest-grossing-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/blockbuster-causing-feral-cinema-behaviour-becomes-one-of-2025s-highest-grossing-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockbuster causing \u2018feral\u2019 cinema behaviour becomes one of 2025\u2019s highest grossing films"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A star-studded family film has lit up the box office – and also started a worrying trend (Picture: Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Minecraft<\/a> Movie, which has been slammed by critics and encouraged a disturbing behaviour trend in cinemas during its opening weekend, has smashed box office records.<\/p>\n

The film, starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa<\/a>, has enjoyed one of the biggest-grossing weekends of 2025 so far.<\/p>\n

The blockbuster<\/a>, which is a big screen adaptation of the 2011 3D sandbox video game<\/a>, has managed to rake in a massive $301million (\u00a3234m) globally during its first three days on release, far beyond even hopeful projections.<\/p>\n

It earned $157m (\u00a3122m) in the US<\/a>, where analysts had predicted it to manage somewhere between $70m – $90m (\u00a354.5m – \u00a370m) according to Variety<\/a>, and then added $144m (\u00a3112m) from international territories to make its enviable total.<\/p>\n

Considering A Minecraft Movie\u2019s $150m (\u00a3116.7m) production budget \u2013 before any marketing costs \u2013 it\u2019s a strong start, and one Warner Bros will be delighted to see after back-to-back flops with big-budget sci-fi Mickey 17<\/a> from Bong Joon Ho and Robert Pattinson, and Robert De Niro\u2019s disappointing return to the gangster genre<\/a> in The Alto Knights.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also in sharp contrast to Disney\u2019s fortunes with Snow White<\/a>, which managed only $87.3m (\u00a367.9m) on its opening weekend, despite a price tag of roughly $250m (\u00a3194m) before any publicity, and has just $168.3m (\u00a3130.9m) after over two weeks on release.<\/p>\n

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class=\"metro-comment-cta__inner\"><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text-wrap\"><title>Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">Have you seen A Minecraft Movie? What did you think?<\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/jennifer-coolidge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jennifer Coolidge<\/a>, Kate McKinnon and Jermain Clement also feature in the cast.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s only managed to dredge up a rating of 47% on review aggregator site <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/rotten-tomatoes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, where it was branded \u2018a mindless and thoughtless nostalgia trip\u2019, \u2018frankly catastrophic\u2019 and \u2018a hyperactive hot-pink mess of a movie\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_245932814-4c37.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22862667\" alt=\"This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows, from left, Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Sebastian Hansen in a scene from "A Minecraft Movie." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Jack Black and Jason Momoa star in A Minecraft Movie, which critics slammed but fans are enjoying enough to make it one of the biggest films of 2025 so far (Picture: Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018We just don\u2019t want to be the one to inform God what his creations hath wrought with this expensively cheap, 100-percent corporate mess,\u2019 sniped Rolling Stone in its review.<\/p>\n<p>However it boasts a far higher audience score at 87%.<\/p>\n<p>That enthusiasm has also been mirrored by the raucous response in cinemas \u2013 but to an alarming degree.<\/p>\n<p>Following its release, cinemagoers have been sharing footage of wild audience reactions from inside cinemas on social media.<\/p>\n<p>One moment in particular has seen fans screaming, cheering and even climbing on their friends\u2019 shoulders in one clip that\u2019s gone viral.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_245933941-a139.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22862660\" alt=\"This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows a scene from "A Minecraft Movie." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>It’s a big screen adaptation of the popular 2011 video game (Picture: Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The sequence in question involves Black and Momoa confronting a cuboid Minecraft chicken being ridden by another character that looks like a baby Frankenstein.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Chicken jockey!\u2019 yells Black, in a moment that saw one theatre full of fans erupt in quite frankly feral behaviour, throwing popcorn, turning on their torches, leaping to their feet and shouting.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My theatre clapped every time Jack Black name dropped a Minecraft item that was in the trailers, and when he said Chicken Jockey I s**t you not the entire row in front of me gave a standing ovation,\u2019 shared cinemagoer @Schaffrillas on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I’d walk out and ask for a refund if this is how people are behaving,\u2019 insisted Geralt on TikTok in reaction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_245934099-73d3.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22862659\" alt=\"This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows a scene from "A Minecraft Movie." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Fans have been reacting wildly to the ‘Chicken Jockey’ scene (pictured), resulting in disruptive behaviour in cinemas which has shocked people (Picture: Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I was here and I couldn\u2019t hear anything throughout the movie. Very disappointed in the Minecraft community,\u2019 added LuCha.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Are people no longer quiet in the cinema, or is this a cultural difference kind of thing where behaving like this is ok wherever they are?\u2019 asked Lycos.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That was the wildest theatre experience of my life,\u2019 @thekinocorner posted after watching A Minecraft Movie, sharing how the audience of youngsters \u2018would clap and hoot and holler whenever one of the meme lines was said or when they recognized something from the game\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@metroentertainment\/video\/7490188157854633238\" data-video-id=\"7490188157854633238\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px;min-width:325px\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@metroentertainment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@metroentertainment?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@metroentertainment<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Chicken Jockey you will always be famous <a title=\"minecraft\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/minecraft?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#Minecraft<\/a> \ud83c\udfa5: X \/ @Tagelca <a title=\"cinema\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cinema?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#cinema<\/a> <a title=\"audience\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/audience?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#audience<\/a> <a title=\"movie\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/movie?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#movie<\/a> <a title=\"filmtok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/filmtok?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#filmtok<\/a> <a title=\"theatre\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/theatre?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#theatre<\/a> <a title=\"minecraftmovie\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/minecraftmovie?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#minecraftmovie<\/a> <a title=\"jasonmomoa\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/jasonmomoa?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#jasonmomoa<\/a> <a title=\"jackblack\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/jackblack?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#jackblack<\/a> <a title=\"chickenjockey\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/chickenjockey?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#chickenjockey<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Metro Entertainment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7490188151686351638?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound – Metro Entertainment<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u2018When Jack Black said “Chicken Jockey,” the theatre erupted into sheer pandemonium. Kids were cheering, clapping and jumping onto the tops of seats. Whenever Jack Black sang, the kids would get up and start dancing in the aisles.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They acted like this wasn’t a movie, but a rock concert. It was a complete expression of a mix of genuine love for Minecraft and irony poisoning and the result was pure chaos for 100 or so minutes. This is probably the proper way to see this film.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Others were far less impressed with this feral behaviour, with a video shared purporting to even show of a group of teenagers being escorted out of a US cinema by police after reportedly causing too much disruption.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Minecraft Movie is out in cinemas now.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >A star-studded family film has lit up the box office – and also started a worrying trend (Picture: Warner Bros. 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