Chicken Jockeying at theaters seems to be a trend. When Jack Black (or Steve in the Minecraft movie) exclaims "Chicken Jockey!", some kids have been throwing popcorn and generally losing their mind.
Why? well, the TL;DR is that Chicken Jockeys are quite rare in the game Minecraft and it is kind of awesome to Minecraft fans that the movie references this kind of Easter egg.
For the longer explanation see this article.
Here's a sample
Police had to kick several kids out of the theater during a ‘MINECRAFT’ showing after their reaction to the ‘Chicken Jockey’ scene
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) April 6, 2025
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^^^ These kids got kicked out so please reconsider freakin' out at the cinema ^^^
^^^ Chicken Jockey Popcorn Bucket looks fantastic ^^^
^^^ Chicken Jockey in the wild ^^^
^^^ movie version Chicken Jockey ^^^
Here's the scene from the movie
