A Minecraft Movie audiences are reveling in the wacky humor and performances from leads Jack Black and Jason Momoa, but some theater crowds are going absolutely wild at one cameo appearance by a rare Minecraft enemy -- the Chicken Jockey.

The viral trend of reacting to chicken jockey will probably keep pecking away given the film’s popularity. “A Minecraft Movie,” distributed by Warner Bros. Studios, racked up almost $163 million in box office receipts during opening weekend. Warner Bros. Studios, like CNN, is part of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Even a child is unlikely to be entertained by the film’s stream of Minecraft in-jokes—but fans of the director Jared Hess may find something else to excavate.

If you've spent any time online since the Minecraft movie debuted, chances are you've seen the term "Chicken Jockey" flying around. What started as a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo has quickly turned into the film's most talked-about moment,

This past weekend, following a first quarter when the industry fretted that moviegoers forgot about going to the movies, Warner Bros and Legendary revived the global and domestic box office with the Jared Hess-directed A Minecraft Movie,

"A Minecraft Movie" stars Jack Black as Steve and Jason Momoa as Garrett Garrison. It is based on the "Minecraft" video game.

Following the record-breaking opening weekend for “A Minecraft Movie,” a new slate of blockbusters and indie films are hoping to drum up excitement in April about what 2025 has to offer in the cinema landscape.

It's the now-immortal line uttered by Jack Black's character Steve in "A Minecraft Movie," and it's the moment where theater audiences have been losing their collective minds. Viral videos show crowds — mostly comprised of young teenage boys — erupting into chaos at the moment,

Since its debut last Friday, "A Minecraft Movie" has broken multiple box-office records and spawned a fan mania not seen since "Barbie." The Warner Bros. release is also becoming a bit of a problem, as young audiences have gotten so disruptive that one theater in New Jersey is banning unaccompanied children from screenings.

Studios have struggled to get younger generations into the theaters for years. Could more immersive experiences be their golden ticket?

Goldstein is optimistic that “Minecraft” will help turn the box office tides. Fortunes have already begun to shift. Prior to this weekend, box office revenues were nearly 11% behind last year and 40% behind 2019, according to Comscore. Now the gap has shrunk to 5.3% behind 2024 and 35% behind 2019.

"A Minecraft Movie" is a smash hit at the box office, and it has set a new record for video game adaptations on the big screen.

Warner Bros. and Legendary mined gold at the U.K., Ireland box office with 'A Minecraft Movie,' which towered over the competition with $19.1 million.

Better late than never. Hollywood major studios are catching up with the fact that’s it’s spring break and that there’s an audience out there for movies, not just with Warner Bros/Legendary’s monolithic A Minecraft Movie driving business,

Warner Bros bested tracking and overcome marketing challenges: How they turned 'A Minecraft Movie' into a blockbuster box office success.

There has been an "exceptional" crowd response to A Minecraft Movie, the UK Cinema Association has said, with many young fans noisily shouting out when certain characters appear.

A Minecraft Movie smashed box office records in its opening weekend. One major source of the video game movie’s appeal is Jack Black, who stars as a doorknob salesman-turned-miner-turned-hero, Steve.

Minecraft Movie viewers are feeling “robbed” after discovering the first choice for Jack Black ’s role. Video game players are rushing to watch the blockbuster adaptation of hit video game Minecraft,

Albums from Elton John, Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman, Mary J. Blige and the cast of “Hamilton" are entering America's audio canon, along with singles from Helen Reddy and Celine Dion and the music of Minecraft.

The National Recording Registry class of 2025 includes Elton John, Chicago, Celine Dion and Mary J. Blige. See the list of the 25 recordings added.

The Library of Congress’s 2025 selections also include works from Don Rickles, Miles Davis, Celine Dion and Amy Winehouse, plus the music for “Minecraft.”

Miles Davis' Bitches Brew, Tracy Chapman's self-titled LP, Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like an Eagle" and Brian Eno's Microsoft Windows chime also among "the sounds of America"

The Library of Congress announced Wednesday that Celine Dion’s 1997 single “My Heart Will Go On” and Mary J. Blige’s “My Life” are some of the titles set for preservation this year. The national library also chose a few tech-focused additions including Microsoft’s reboot chime and the soundtrack to the Minecraft video game.

Recordings by Elton John, Chicago, Broadway's "Hamilton, Mary J. Blige and more have been inducted into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Click into the story to see the full list.