Canada
United States
New Zealand
Australia
Ireland
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has continued its box office success in its second weekend of release. The film, a collaboration between Universal, Nintendo, and Illumination, has raked in $92 million at the domestic box office, exceeding expectations and bringing its total to $353 million. This marks the highest-grossing second weekend for an animated film and the seventh-highest-grossing second weekend for any film in the United States.
Impressive Second-Weekend Performance
Impressively, ticket sales for Mario only declined by 37% from its $146 million three-day start, which is far less than other big-budget blockbusters, even well-received ones.
Thanks to the nostalgia factor and high demand from family audiences, the Super Mario Bros. Movie is currently the highest-grossing film of the year, surpassing Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Moreover, the film has surpassed other video game adaptations, including 2016’s Warcraft and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, becoming the biggest video game adaptation in history.
Mario has also become the second-biggest animated film of the pandemic, following behind Universal and Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, which grossed $942.5 million.
Expected to Cross $1 Billion Global Mark
With just 13 days of release, the Super Mario Bros. Movie has already crossed the $700 million milestone globally.
Only 12 Hollywood releases have achieved this feat since the pandemic began, with Mario now standing as the seventh-fastest to reach this milestone.
The video game adaptation is on track to surpass Minions: The Rise of Gru in terms of worldwide ticket sales and is expected to become the first movie of 2023 to cross $1 billion globally.
At the international box office, The Super Mario Bros. Movie earned an additional $102 million in its second weekend of release, bringing its overseas tally to $339 million.
The top markets include Mexico ($53.4 million), the United Kingdom and Ireland ($44.3 million), and Germany ($29 million).
