Notebookcheck Logo

Warner Bros' A Minecraft Movie targets Best Picture, Director and Actor after impressive $957M box office haul

A screengrab of the campaign being run by Warner Brothers for A Minecraft Movie (image source: Warner Bros.)
A screengrab of the campaign being run by Warner Brothers for A Minecraft Movie (image source: Warner Bros.)
Warner Bros. has launched a "For Your Consideration" awards campaign for A Minecraft Movie after its mammoth $957 million global box-office haul, targeting major categories including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.

Following A Minecraft Movie’s commercial success, finishing its run with a $957 million revenue, Warner Bros. has officially launched an awards campaign for the movie, titled “For Your Consideration.”

Warner Bros. has set up an entire page campaigning for A Minecraft Movie, positioning it to win numerous accolades during awards season. Targeting top honors, Warner Bros. is pushing Jack Black for Best Actor, Jared Hess as Best Director, and also aiming for Best Picture, Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Adapted Screenplay, and more.

Furthermore, the campaign is also gunning for the Best Original Song award, pushing “I Feel Alive” and “Steve’s Lava Chicken.”

While many critics question the odds of A Minecraft Movie winning awards in a season dominated by the likes of Superman, Weapons, Sinners, F1: The Movie, One Battle After Another, and more, Warner Bros. seems to believe in A Minecraft Movie, considering the studio has already greenlit a sequel, alongside a release date.

A Minecraft Movie released on April 4, 2025, and was expected to bomb at the box office, but to the surprise of everyone, the movie raked in a domestic 162.8 million across 4,263 theaters, 423.9 million in the U.S. and Canada, $533.8 million internationally, pulling in a total of $957 million by July.

This makes A Minecraft Movie the third-highest-grossing film of 2025, behind the live-action Lilo & Stitch and Ne Zha 2, particularly due to newfound memes and internet culture, such as the infamous “Chicken Jockey” scene.

Following the success of A Minecraft Movie, Warner Bros. has already announced that it’s greenlit a sequel, Minecraft 2, which is scheduled for a July 23, 2027, release. However, it will face tough competition at the box office, as The Simpsons Movie 2, the sequel to the 2007 original, is also releasing on the same day.

So far, Warner Bros. hasn’t revealed much information about Minecraft 2, but teased that details for the sequel “remain deep in the mine for now. Jared Hess will return as director and co-writer of the screenplay, along with Chris Galletta, with Jack Black and Jason Momoa expected to reprise their roles as Steve and Garret “The Garbage Man” Garrison.

Buy A Minecraft Movie on Amazon

No comments for this article

Got questions or something to add to our article? Even without registering you can post in the comments!
No comments for this article / reply

static version load dynamic
Loading Comments
Comment on this article
Please share our article, every link counts!
Mail Logo
> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > News > News Archive > Newsarchive 2025 10 > Warner Bros' A Minecraft Movie targets Best Picture, Director and Actor after impressive $957M box office haul
Rahim Amir Noorali, 2025-10-28 (Update: 2025-10-28)