Super Mario Bros. Movie makes $377M in weekend debut
Mario has overtaken Frozen 2 for the best weekend opener for an animated film.
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Super Mario from the Super Mario movie (Nintendo/Universal Pictures)
"The Super Mario Bros. Movie" has made $377 million in global ticketing box offices during its opening weekend (from Wednesday to Sunday), making $204.6 million in domestic box offices, according to ComScore.
The movie co-produced by Illumination and Nintendo and distributed by Universal Pictures blew past expectations. Why?
- Mario overtook Frozen 2 as the best weekend opener for an animated film.
- It topped Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania by easily becoming the biggest opener of the year.
- The movie also drove the biggest IMAX opening weekend of all-time, making $21.6 million globally.
In an interview with Axios, ComScore's senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian said "Video game movies just got a huge next level boost from the performance of 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie,' [however] It's not like this is an easily repeatable outcome".
He explained that for each "Mario" and "Sonic," there are innumerable other attempts that have fallen flat in box offices due to a misguided marketing strategy or lack of creative execution.
"Super Mario is leading the charge for Universal in this next giant step for the genre and for the studio," Dergarabedian said.
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