A special vertical video has recently been released, capturing behind-the-scenes footage of Steve (Jack Black) singing and dancing in the movie "Minecraft 3" (directed by Jared Hess), the first live-action film based on the world of the popular game "Minecraft." The video shows Steve singing and dancing in the movie, as well as some funny facial expressions.
"Minecraft" is a game where you can freely create and adventure in a virtual space made of 3D blocks. In 2023, the number of copies sold worldwide exceeded 300 million. The movie is about Garrett (Jason Momoa), Natalie (Emma Myers), Henry (Sebastian Hansen), and Dawn (Danielle Brooks), who are not very popular in real life, who are transported to another world made of squares by the power of a mysterious blue glowing cube. With the advice of Steve (Jack Black), a native of the world, they use their creativity to survive in the "Minecraft world".
The released footage shows the making of a scene in which Steve (Black), one of the main cast members, sings, dances, and shows off his signature facial expressions. The footage shows Black performing strange movements on set, singing "Lava Chicken," a song that was ranked high on major music charts in the UK, and even looking straight into the camera during the making-of shoot, all in a very high-energy, high-spirited performance.
The film has already been released in 76 countries and regions around the world ahead of Japan, and has already exceeded $816 million (approximately 116.6 billion yen) in worldwide box office revenue. It is breaking records as the biggest hit of the year. In the United States, it has surpassed the opening record of the movie "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" (2023), and has been doing well since the previous week when it had the largest opening box office revenue in history for a movie based on a video game, maintaining its top spot for two consecutive weeks, making it a record-breaking hit (according to Box Office Mojo, 1 dollar is converted to 143 yen. As of April 28).
In Japan, the film was released on April 25th at 362 theaters and 958 screens nationwide, and by April 27th it had grossed approximately 590 million yen and attracted an audience of approximately 435,000 people. It was ranked second in the box office after the animated film "Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback of One Eye," and it was the top debut release of a live-action film released over the weekend, as well as the top opening of a live-action foreign film released this year.
Large formats that allow you to immerse yourself in the movie, such as 3D, 4D, Dolby Cinema, ScreenX, and IMAX, have also been well received, with comments especially from families such as "4D was so much fun! The flying scene with the elytra was amazing," "4DX is the only choice for large format movies, and it's so well-made that even adults will want to laugh out loud," "It was a 3D movie with a chair that moved back and forth, but it was a two-hour attraction," and "It was my son's first time at a movie theater, and we saw it in 3D and MX4D. It was so realistic! The chair shook a lot, it was almost like an attraction!"
