At least for now — we’ll see what Barbie does in the weeks ahead — the top-grossing movie of 2023 is The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The adaptation of the classic Nintendo game was the opposite of the original 1993 Super Mario Bros. film in almost every way: Animated instead of live-action, deeply faithful to the Nintendo games instead of … Read more
Illumination has set the official The Super Mario Bros. Movie digital release datewith the massively popular film set to arrive at home audiences later this week. When does The Super Mario Bros. Movie release digitally? The Super Mario Bros. Movie digital release date will be May 16, 2023. The film will be available on a … Read more
DisneyCEO Bob Iger praised the recently released Super Mario Bros. moviesaying that it gives him and the rest of the company optimism about the movie business moving forward. What did Bob Iger have to say about The Super Mario Bros. Movie? During Disney’s recent quarterly earnings call on Wednesday (via VGC), Iger started off by … Read more
Not all heroes wear capes. Some prefer sleeveless T-shirts. Take Dominic Toretto, the central protagonist of the Fast & Furious franchise, as played by Vin Diesel. When first introduced way back in 2001’s The Fast and the Furious, Dom was a tough street racer and thief. As the years progressed, and the Fast franchise evolved … Read more
The Super Mario Bros. movie has officially earned more than $1 billion dollars globally. Not only does that make it the highest-grossing video game movie ever released, it’s also the first movie of 2023 to make more than $1 billion. It also holds a distinguished spot among four others that have managed to make that … Read more
The money machine that won’t stop continues to dominate the box office results domestically and abroad. In its fourth weekend, The Super Mario Bros. movie collected $40 million — a drop of just 30% — to raise its domestic total to $490 million. Its weekend total also marks the best fourth weekend for an animated … Read more
It’s-a me, copyright infringement! Numerous Twitter users uploaded the entire Super Mario Bros. Movie to the platform over the past week. Have you had a chance to see The Super Mario Bros. movie in theaters? That’s OK, as it will surely be streaming in a couple of months. But if you can’t wait that long, … Read more
The Super Mario Bros. movie can’t be stopped, as the box office results indicate. In its third weekend, the animated box office smash collected $58.2M — the best third weekend for an animated movie ever, per Deadline — and cruised closer to the $900M mark at the global box office. The pic has accrued $871.8M … Read more
Renfield and The Pope’s Exorcist were no match for The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s second weekend When studio projections were first announced for The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s opening last week, the animated film was only expected to do about $87 million for the weekend. By Saturday that number had ballooned to $137 million, when … Read more
Universal/Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. movie held strong in weekend No. 2, grossing a whopping $87M at the domestic box office and besting even the loftiest projections for this week’s box office results. Per Deadline, the number marks the best second weekend ever for an animated film, topping previous record-holder Frozen II ($85.9M). How high … Read more