Angel Studios’ animated Biblical movie King of Kings is looking pretty royal with $7.3M today, including last night’s $2M, for an $18M-plus opening at 3,200 sites. 20th Century Studios’ Rami Malek thriller The Amateur is shaping up to be $6M today for a $15M opening. Moviegoers enjoyed it more than critics on Rotten Tomatoes, 89% to 62% fresh.

A Minecraft Movie, which stars Jack Black and Jason Momoa, lands on a major worldwide box office chart after less than a week in theaters.

Goldstein is optimistic that “Minecraft” will help turn the box office tides. Fortunes have already begun to shift. Prior to this weekend, box office revenues were nearly 11% behind last year and 40% behind 2019, according to Comscore. Now the gap has shrunk to 5.3% behind 2024 and 35% behind 2019.