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A Minecraft Movieis a hit the likes of which have never been seen before.
Children are screaming and throwing popcorn.
Grown men arebringing chickens into theaters.
Everyone is meeting Steve!
After just two weekends in theaters, the video game adaptation has already made$565 million and counting.
Its an interesting moment.
Its a new moment for IP-driven movies, based on something fairly recent, not half-a-century old.
Most interesting to me, its the beginning of a long-awaited renaissance for filmmaker Jared Hess.
Many of the biggest video game hits of the last decade have been original ideas.
Can original movies apply any of their lessons?
By one measure, Napoleon Dynamite was a bigger hit than Minecraft could ever be.
Napoleon Dynamite made 115 times its $400,000 budget at the box office.
Napoleon Dynamite did well in theaters, but it was a sensation once it hit home video.
I first saw it on DVD, and immediately changed my lexicon.
Napoleon Dynamite was the most quotable of all.
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Tina, you fat lard, come get some dinner!
What are you gonna do today, Napoleon?
Whatever I feel like I wanna do, gosh!
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I see youre drinking one percent.
Is that cause you think youre fat?
You could be drinking whole if you wanted to.
when Jon Heder showed up in other movies.
That perception has changed over the years.
The movie was a meme, sure, but it’s lasted for two decades now.
That’s flippin' sweet.
