Jason Momoa is riding high on a serious box office wave, and he’s bringing all the aloha energy with him.
The Aquaman star is celebrating the smashing success of A Minecraft Movie, which has officially become the biggest opening weekend for a video game adaptation ever.
Yes, even bigger than The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
“All my Aloha to my incredible cast and crew! Thank you for all your hard work and all that you do. WE HAVE A RECORD BREAKING FILM BABY!!!” Momoa, 45, gushed on Instagram Wednesday, April 9.
He paired the celebration post with a slideshow of photos featuring the cast—clearly soaking up the blockbuster glow.
The numbers? Minecraft stacked up nearly $162.75 million at the domestic box office and a whopping $313.2 million worldwide in its opening weekend, according to Box Office Mojo.
Momoa didn’t hold back his gratitude, giving a shout-out to director Jared Hess (yes, the guy behind Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre) and the entire New Zealand crew.
“Cheeeeeeeoooooo! Can’t tell you how proud I am of this project. Mahalo New Zealand for our amazing crew and all there hard work,” he added, in full island spirit.
Co-star Danielle Brooks, 35, was equally stunned—and thrilled—by the film’s meteoric debut, especially after learning it even outpaced Barbie‘s $162 million opening.
“I think this deserves it’s own post this morning!!! I’m over the moon. My first studio film I was blessed to be nominated for Academy Award, and now my second studio film, and it’s the #1 movie in the and has broken the Barbie record! What is LIFE!?!!” she wrote.
“Much love to all the fans and to my family!!”
Also starring Jack Black and Emma Myers, A Minecraft Movie follows Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Myers), and Dawn (Brooks)—four ordinary people dealing with ordinary problems until, well, a portal changes everything.
Suddenly, they find themselves in the Overworld with Steve (Black), the expert crafter himself. And to make it back home, they’ve got to do more than just survive—they’ve got to get creative.
