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Despite four wide releases this weekend, none of them could fight A Minecraft Movie for the top spot. The King of Kings delivered Angel Studios' second biggest debut, while stuff like The Amateur and Drop failed to light things up, although Warfare had a solid start.

The Top 10 earned a combined $145.1 million this weekend. That's up a colossal 112.4% from last year, when Civil War debuted with A24's biggest opener.

A Minecraft Movie was still at #1, adding $78.5 million. That's a 52% drop; not as bad as some other video game films, but it's also quite rough for a family flick. For contrast, The Super Mario Bros. Movie dropped 36.9% on its second weekend. Through 10 days, the film has earned $278.8 million, and it's still on track to finish with over $450 million domestically.

In second place, Angel Studios' The King of Kings earned $19.2 million in 3,200 theaters. That's the studio's second biggest debut, behind Sound of Freedom ($19.6 million). It's also the biggest debut for an animated bible film, surpassing The Prince of Egypt ($14.5 million), although Prince sold more tickets adjusted for inflation.

This is promising, and Angel Studios did a fantastic job with marketing. Not to mention having the film open with Easter around the corner, which should help it leg out. Like their prior films, they used the "Pay It Forward" feature, wherein someone can pay for a ticket for anyone else. The numbers reported are only those that were redeemed this weekend.

According to Angel Studios, 59% of the audience was female. Despite middling critic reviews, the audience loved it more: they gave it a rare "A+" on CinemaScore, indicating strong word of mouth. The film should leg out all the way to $60 million at the very least, especially with no animated competition till June.

In third place, 20th Century Studios' The Amateur debuted with $14.8 million this weekend. This debut is lower than the recent action film A Working Man ($15.5 million), although that had a more bankable name in the lead role.

While it's tough to get better numbers, one still thinks that the film could've opened higher than this. After all, Disney and 20th Century mounted an extensive campaign for the film, hoping to replicate other action film successes. But the thing with The Amateur is that it simply didn't offer anything new in the genre: a man loses his wife and sets out to get revenge. That's a genre that has been copied so many times, and it's tough to get excited for the 37th time it's played out. Even reviews (62% on RT) aren't really glowing.

According to 20th Century Studios, 57% of the audience was male, and 47% was 25 and over. They gave it a so-so "B+" on CinemaScore, which doesn't exactly inspire confidence. With options like Sinners and The Accountant 2 coming up, it'd be a surprise if The Amateur got close to $40 million lifetime.

In fourth place, A24's Warfare debuted with $8.3 million in 2,670 theaters. That's A24's sixth biggest debut, and while far off from Alex Garland's Civil War ($25.5 million), it wasn't ever going to come close to those numbers.

All in all, it's a solid start for the film. War films have been finding success in theaters, although films revolving around Iraq War have been quite inconsistent; some have succeeded (American Sniper and The Hurt Locker), others not so much (Green Zone and Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk). A24 did a great job in emphasizing the film's plot points: a real-time story of soldiers in Iraq. Some fantastic reviews (94% on RT) certainly helped as well.

According to A24, 72% of the audience was male, and 53% was 25 and over. They gave it a great "A–" on CinemaScore, which is A24's best grade (their only other film to get this grade was The Iron Claw). This is very encouraging, and suggests the film could leg out. For now, a $25 million domestic total is likely for Warfare.

In fifth place, Universal/Blumhouse's Drop earned just $7.3 million in 3,085 theaters. That's below other Blumhouse titles like The Woman in the Yard ($9.3 million) and Wolf Man ($10 million). These numbers are also below director Christopher Landon's Happy Death Day 2U ($9.8 million), which was considered a disappointment back in 2019.

Even though the film cost just $11 million, it feels like Universal simply didn't know what to do with the film. Even though they premiered it at SXSW, where it earned great reviews (83% on RT), it feels like they didn't push it hard enough. Or maybe the concept: a woman asked to kill her date to save her family didn't entice audiences. It's not unreasonable to believe that had the film come out during Blumhouse's golden years, it could've opened with $20 million or more. Are audiences giving up on Blumhouse?

According to Universal, 53% of the audience was female and 35% was in the 25-34 demographic. They gave it a middling "B" on CinemaScore; this is not bad, but it's not great either. With some competition on the way, it's unlikely it save some face. It'd be a surprise if the film came anywhere close to $25 million lifetime.

The Chosen: Last Supper — Part 3 earned $6 million this weekend. That's a 14% drop from Part 2 ($6.9 million) last week. Across these 3 films, they have amassed $36.3 million domestically.

A Working Man was hit hard by the newcomers. It dropped a steep 59%, adding $3 million this weekend. The film has earned $33.4 million so far, and it looks like it will struggle to hit $40 million domestically.

Disney's Snow White continues its freefall. The film now dropped 51%, adding just $2.8 million this weekend. Clearly, this film simply has no legs. The film has earned just $82 million so far, and it's guaranteed to finish below $90 million domestically. Terrible all around.

Ninth place belonged to Blumhouse's The Woman in the Yard, which fell 54% and added $2 million this weekend. The film has earned $20.3 million so far, and it's finishing with something close to $25 million.

Rounding up the Top 10 was The Chosen: Last Supper — Part 2. The film collapsed 86% this weekend, earning $961,861 this weekend. Through 10 days, it has earned $10.9 million so far.

OVERSEAS

A Minecraft Movie was still the #1 movie overseas. It added $79.6 million, taking its worldwide total to a colossal $552 million after just 2 weekends. The best markets are the UK ($39.8M), China ($20.3M), Germany ($18.9M), Mexico ($18.7M) and Australia ($18.5M). With this, it has already passed the Sonic movies to become the second biggest video game movie ever. The billion milestone is becoming more and more likely.

The Amateur slightly over-performed projections overseas, earning $17.2 million for a $32.2 million worldwide debut. The best debuts were in France ($1.6M), the UK ($1.4M), Mexico ($1.4M), Germany ($1.1M) and Japan ($1.1M). Based on the pattern of other action films, the film should hit the $100 million milestone, although some rough competition will put a challenge to that.

Snow White is nearing the end of its run worldwide. The film added just $4.7 million overseas, for a terrible $182.3 million worldwide total. Based on its drops, it looks like the film might go under $200 million worldwide. On a $270 million budget. Ouch.

FILMS THAT ENDED THEIR RUN THIS WEEK

• Moana 2 has closed with $1.059 billion worldwide. Considering it was heading straight to streaming, that's a huge win for Disney Animation. Even if the quality of the film suffered as a result. The film debuted with a gigantic $389 million worldwide, which was the biggest debut for an animated title. But the film proved to be a bit front-loaded, especially for an animated film. A third film is inevitable, but Disney should really begin development as a film, not a half-assed TV show changed to a film.

• No pain, no gain. Paramount's Novocaine closed with just $33 million worldwide, failing to recoup its $18 million budget. That's eerily close the numbers earned by Jack Quaid's previous film, Companion. Despite hitting #1 on its opening weekend, the film simply couldn't find an audience in the weeks afterwards. Quaid may be popular online, but that doesn't mean people are paying to watch him lead a movie.

THIS WEEKEND

One film will try to challenge Minecraft for the top spot.

That film is Ryan Coogler's Sinners, which stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role in this horror title. Warner Bros. has backed up the film with an extensive marketing campaign, granting Coogler with his terms: the film's rights will revert back to him in 25 years. Coogler has had massive success with the Creed and Black Panther films, but this is his first major original film. And early reviews suggest he really cooked: it's sitting at a fantastic 100% on RT with 45 reviews so far. The big question is: will audiences support this?

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