The Easter long weekend saw 'A Minecraft Movie' push past $43 million at the box office, with the video game adaptation easily maintaining no. 1 despite competition from Ryan Coogler vampire horror 'Sinners'.
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After only two weekends, 'A Minecraft Movie' is already the top-grossing 2025 release at the Australian box office, having rung up nearly $30 million.
'A Minecraft Movie' has exceeded all expectations, broken records and revitalised the box office after a slow first quarter, with exhibitors confident the film will continue to build through the school holidays.
The weekend saw a closer than anticipated contest at the box office between 'Disney's Snow White' and the latest Jason Statham action thriller, 'A Working Man'.
Jane Hastings, the chief executive officer of Event Cinemas parent EVT, is often asked what she thinks will be the answer to box office recovery in the post-COVID, post-strikes era. Her answer: A supply of films customers want to see.
While 'Snow White' opened comfortably at no. 1, numbers were muted as far as Disney live-action reboots go.
Last weekend proved 2025’s softest at the box office yet, with Steven Soderbergh’s spy thriller 'Black Bag' failing to knock 'Mickey 17' from no. 1.
Australia's Village Cinemas and Europe's largest cinema operator, Odeon Cinema Group, have adopted Vista Group's full Cloud software, which allows cinemas to boost customer engagement and cut operational costs.