The Super Mario Bros. Movie is breaking box office records

Super Mario Bros. MovieAlready a big hit, it is. The new animated movie from Nintendo and Universal’s Illumination debuted over the holiday long weekend and raked in $204 million at the domestic box office, with $146 million of that coming over the usual three-day weekend. When you add in the international box-office, Super Mario Bros. MovieIt has been worth more than $377 millions.

These staggering totals indicate that Super Mario Bros. MovieThis animated film has now opened the most domestic three-day weekends of any animated movie, trailing only behind The Incredibles 2,’s $182 million. Mario Even better internationally: the most global animated movie premiere, surpassing the $358 million record. Frozen 2.

Also, this makes it possible to Mario the biggest release of 2023, besting Disney and Marvel’s Quantumania: Ant-Man and The Wasp — a movie that seemed to be a bit of a disappointment for the superhero franchise juggernaut. The record was completed with this: Super Mario Bros. MovieThe best opening videogame movie has also won the title of the largest ever. Sonic the Hedgehog 2,’s $72 million.

Illumination, which animated Despicable Me 2 and Minions, is not a stranger to huge box office successes and openings. Mario This was the highest opening Universal animation studio ever achieved.

Official word has not been provided by Nintendo or Illumination about any sequel. Super Mario Bros. Movie just yet, but with such an impressive debut already, and a box office total that’s likely to climb in the next few weeks, it seems likely that a return to the Mushroom Kingdom could be on the horizon for moviegoers.