Fresh from CinemaCon, Matthew and Simon bring insights from the ground, from upcoming films to trends of the slates. With A Minecraft Movie blowing expectations out of the water, we break down all the numbers from the box office, the audience, and how marketing takes on a life of its own with event films like this, all on Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:

1. CinemaCon 2025 impressions - 0:20

2. Standout titles from CinemaCon previews - 1:30

3. Breakouts we’re excited for - 3:03

4. The four Beetles movies - 5:02

5. 45-day release window - 6:01

6. A Minecraft Movie box office deep-dive - 6:41

7. A Minecraft Movie audience analysis - 10:11

8. Why predictions were so off for A Minecraft Movie - 14:33

9. When audiences take a movie and run with it - 15:51

10. The Chosen: The Last Supper: Part 2 box office and audience - 17:43

11. Next week - 19:59

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Box Office Overview:

1. A Minecraft Movie enormously outperformed expectations, taking $163M in the domestic market for its debut weekend, and a further $150.7M from 75 international markets for a $314M worldwide opening.

2. This makes A Minecraft Movie the highest opening weekend for a video game adaptation, the largest opening of the year so far, and the highest domestic opening since Deadpool and Wolverine.