We’ve confirmed that VFX-less copies of Warner Bros/Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie was leaked online. Who the hell wants to watch that? The situation is under control with the studios wack-a-mole-ing them out. We’re told that it appears most of the links have been expunged.

There were screenshots and footage from the Jared Hess directed title shared on social media platforms. This is par for the course when a popular movie opens, piracy ensues. Note this wasn’t a situation of a movie being shot in a movie theater, then seeped online, rather a security breach in a cut of the pic getting out to the public.

At the same time, the amped up online piracy during the pandemic, and when were coming out, were the chief reason why the studios backed away from their ‘brilliant’ (I say that sarcastically) idea to go theatrical day and date with movies; Disney’s Black Widow getting its PVOD and box office cash siphoned in addition to other movies like Dune and Suicide Squad.

The opening weekend for A Minecraft Movie is well intact and blowing away estimates: we originally saw a global of $140M. The Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Jennifer Coolidge movie is already counting $110.7M global! Stateside projections for the $150M production (75% co-financed by Warners) stood at $65M, and grew to $75M, now swelling to $135M+ alone. China grossed $6.5M yesterday ahead of longrunning mega animated title Ne Zha 2 which did $3.9M. Kids under 18 in the U.S./Canada gave Minecraft a solid A.

You can’t deny the fact that it’s better to watch Minecraft with a group of friends, hopping on seats and singing along, then at home in your underwear.

Legendary and Warner Bros didn’t return request for comment. Variety first reported the news.