Presales just suddenly popped this week,” an exhibitor remarked today at CinemaCon about the potential mushrooming forecast for Warner Bros/Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie. Get excited. At a time when the domestic box office this year is -11% behind 2024,

Warner Bros. and Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie couldn’t have carried at a better time. The pic, based on the the wildly popular kids video game, earned a record-shattering $10.6 million in Thursday previews. Five Nights at Freddy’s previously held the record for biggest previews for a video-game adaptation at $10.3 million.

Legendary’s family-friendly video game adaptation has made $10.55 million at the box office in Thursday previews so far. The film is projected to make between $70 million to $80 million in its opening weekend.