Kirsten Dunst Would Star in MINECRAFT 2 To Make a Pile of Cash: “Maybe I Can Just Make a Movie Where I Don’t Lose Money?”
Kirsten Dunst has built her career working with some of the most acclaimed filmmakers of our time. From Sofia Coppola (The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, The Beguiled) to Lars von Trier (Melancholia), Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog), and Alex Garland (Civil War), she’s consistently chosen projects that lean toward bold, auteur-driven cinema.
Her upcoming slate continues that trend with Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman and Ruben Östlund’s The Entertainment System Is Down. But as much as Dunst thrives in prestige territory, she’s also not above chasing something a little more mainstream, especially if it pays.
In a new cover story for Town & Country, Dunst admitted she wouldn’t hesitate to sign on for Minecraft 2. That decision comes down to her kids and a little financial common sense.
As the magazine summarized: “Because her kids loved the first one and because she’d like to make a pile of cash.” Dunst herself added with a laugh: “Maybe I can just make a movie where I don’t lose money?”
The first Minecraft Movie, starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, stunned the industry earlier this year with a $955 million worldwide box office haul, making it the third highest-grossing film of 2025 so far.
While critics weren’t impressed, the movie lit up Gen-Z audiences and dominated social media trends. It’s exactly the kind of commercial juggernaut that stands in stark contrast to Dunst’s usual projects.
But she doesn’t seem too worried about the tonal shift, she’s got a string of arthouse films in the pipeline, including the mermaid thriller Reptilia with Mikey Madison and another collaboration with Coppola.
Coppola praised her longtime muse in the same profile, saying: “Kirsten makes cool choices. She’s never hokey. She can be fully sincere and in touch with emotions without ever being embarrassing. I love working with her and I know she gets me, and I’m excited for her to be the age she is now…I feel like she’s in her Gena Rowlands age and can do complex roles.”
Of course, Dunst has always balanced prestige and big studio fare. She played Mary Jane in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, one of the defining blockbuster roles of the 2000s. And as she has said she’d happily return to the superhero world if asked: “Because you get paid a lot of money, and I have two children, and I support my mother.”
For now, her next project is Roofman, Cianfrance’s crime comedy co-starring Channing Tatum. It’s set to world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month before heading into theaters on October 10 via Paramount Pictures.
Whether Minecraft 2 ends up on her résumé remains to be seen, but it’s clear Dunst has no problem mixing art with a little commerce, especially when there’s a “pile of cash” involved.