Super Mario Bros passes $1 billion at the box office

Super Mario Bros. Film it became the first film of the year to cross the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. The animated video game adaptation, produced by Universal, Illumination and Nintendo, grossed $490 million in North America and $532 million worldwide, for a total of $1.022 billion.

This is only the fifth post-pandemic film to enter the billionaire club, after the successes of Spider-Man: Never go home, Top Gun: nonconformist“Jurassic World: Domain AND Avatar: The Way of Water.

The animated film opened on April 5 and generated $204 million in its first five days of release, recording the biggest opening weekend of the year and the second largest opening for an animated film.

Since, Super Mario Bros. became the highest-grossing American and global film of 2023, as well as being the most successful film ever made based on a video game. These records are especially encouraging because the last time Mario and Luigi appeared on the big screen, in Super Mario Bros 1993 was a legendary example of Hollywood’s inability to adapt video games.

This time around, the film – starring the voices of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy and Jack Black – has flourished as a huge success, attracting viewers of all ages. Furthermore, Super Mario Bros. benefited from brand recognition and nostalgia for the popular video game, as well as a lack of films aimed at family audiences prior to its release.

Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, the film follows plumbers known as Mario and Luigi, who get sucked from Brooklyn into the mystical Mushroom Kingdom. Together with Princess Peach, they prepare to stop the mighty Bowser from total domination.

Super Mario Bros. Film is showing in Brazilian cinemas.

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