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
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is looking to have a $72 Million second weekend, marking the best second weekend in Illumination history. Numbers have begun rolling in for the weekend and much to the surprise of no one, The Super Mario Bros. movie is coming in far ahead of the pack with what is looking … Read more
ace The Super Mario Bros. movie just enters its second weekend in theaters, it is already a massive, mushroom-sized hit. The film just crossed half a billion dollars globally — which makes it, after a single week in theaters, the biggest video-game adaptation of all time. Already! I would have assumed Mortal Kombat: Annihilation grossed … Read more
The Super Mario Bros. movie is doing gangbusters at the box office, both domestically and around the world. It now holds the record for highest opening for an animated movie of all time and should have some pretty decent legs in what looks to be a pretty empty rest of April. This means a sequel … Read more
The Super Mario Bros. movie isn’t a musical, but it does have one standout song, “Peaches.” The music video of Bowser’s ode to Princess Peach (which is mostly just different parts of the film spliced together) has now made its way online and is even eligible for an Oscar. According to Variety’s report, Universal stated … Read more
Joblo’s lively blood may be in movies, but we love our video games too! Shameless plug be sure to check out Playing with Fear with Tyler over on our Horror Originals channel! Anyways, the topic of video game-based movies is always a touchy subject. Safe…. They usually have the reputation of being just so bad. … Read more
Illumination/Universal’s Super Mario Bros. made an incredible splash at the box office this weekend, grossing an astronomical $146.36 million domestically over the 3-day weekend and a record $204.6 million over its first five days, per Deadline. To put that in perspective, Illumination’s previous top opening was 2015’s minionswhich earned $115M domestically en route to a … Read more
The Super Mario Bros. Movie came out and obliterated expectations by pulling in a $146.3 million weekend with a $204.6 million 5-day haul. Why bury the lead, Illumination, the studio that has seen tremendous success with their animated films like Despicable Me, Minions, The Grinch, The Secret Life of Pets and Sing can now lay … Read more
When Super Mario Bros. opened in 1993, it was one of the most anticipated movies of the summer — and then it promptly flopped. It grossed $8.5 million in its opening weekend and a little over $20 million in its entire, brief run in theaters. The film baffled critics and video game fans, and it … Read more
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is looking to break records with its projected $137 million 3-day opening and nearly $200 million 5-day. To quote Ron Burgundy, “Boy, that escalated quickly!” In our predictions on Thursday it looked like Illuminations Super Mario Bros. movie was heading towards an $87 million 3-day weekend with $128 million for … Read more