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Title: 'Minecraft Movie' Scores Biggest Videogame Movie Opening Ever, Faces
Early Leaks Online

Link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/0...

It was already the best-selling videogame of all time, notes the Hollywood
Reporter. And A Minecraft Movie just had the biggest opening ever for a video
game movie adaptation. WIth a production budget of $150 million, it earned in
$157 million in just its first weekend in the U.S., with a worldwide total of
$301 million. A Warner Bros. executive called the movie "lightning in a
bottle," while the head of co-producer Legendary Pictures acknowledged the
game is a global phenomon, according to the article. (About the movie's
performance, the executive "said the opening is a both a reflection of the
mandate to celebrate the world of Minecraft in a joyful way, and the singular
experience that only theatrical can offer." But an unfinished version leaked
online before the movie was even released, reports Variety Screenshots and
footage from the fantasy adventure were being shared widely on social media
platforms this week, and were also available on file sharing sites. The
images and scenes have uncompleted visual effects. Most of the footage was
quickly taken down by the rights holders. Although pirated footage is a
common problem for major film releases, it's rare to have a working print
leak online in this way, raising questions about how such an early version of
the movie was accessed, stolen and then shared.

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