A Minecraft Movie still striking gold at the box office

It’s still striking gold.“A Minecraft Movie” remained in first place on its second Friday in theaters, raking in $20.5 million, according to The Numbers.The Jason Momoa and Jack Black-starring family adventure is slated to take home over $80 million this weekend.It’s already become the year’s highest-grossing film at the domestic box office, according to Variety.The flick has also made history as the highest grossing first weekend for a video game adaptation, surpassing “The Super Mario Bros.

Movie.”The animated Christian film about the life of Jesus, “The King of Kings,” took the second spot, with just over $7 million in sales.The first theatrically released biblical animated film since 1998’s “The Prince of Egypt,” it is an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ book “The Life of Our Lord,” which he penned for children.“The Amateur” landed in third with revenue of $6 million.The thriller stars Rami Malek — who snagged the 2019 Academy Award for this his portrayal of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody” — as a CIA decoder whose wife dies in a terrorist attack. The action flick “Warfare,” which is centered around Navy SEALs on a dangerous mission in Iraq, came in fourth, with a just over $3.5 million take.Another thriller, “Drop” was in fifth, earning just over $3.3 million....