Warner Bros.’ kid-friendly movie blew past all expectations to score the top start ever for a video game adaptation, with final numbers coming in more than $12 million ahead of Sunday's already historic estimates.

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.

Industry analysts had initially projected “A Minecraft Movie” would gross $60 million before adjusting that estimate to about $100 million.

After the first trailer for A Minecraft Movie appeared, certain quarters of the internet reacted deeply unpleasantly. Certainly the trailer was widely disliked, enough that the studio responded with a different approach in future trailers in an attempt to calm concerns,

The film, based on a popular videogame, notched the strongest domestic debut of the year, topping expectations.

Hollywood needed “A Minecraft Movie” to be a hit, and it delivered in its opening weekend, significantly narrowing this year’s box office deficit.