![]() Super Mario certainly set its fair share of records overseas, including landing the biggest animated opening of all time in Mexico ($27.4 million), as well as the best-ever start for any Universal film and the third best for any Hollywood pic. ![]() 1 with a foreign launch of $228.2 million. Second-Biggest International Opening of All Time for an Animated Filmįrozen 2 remains No. The comedic romp laughed past Pixar’s Finding Dory ($135.1 million) to rank only behind Incredibles 2 ($183 million) on the list of top weekend bows. Second-Biggest Domestic Opening of All Time for an Animated Film At this rate, Mario could be the first billion-dollar grosser of 2023. Minions: The Rise of Gru tops the list ($942.5 million), followed by sleeper hit Puss in Boots: The Last Wish ($480.4 million) and Sing 2 ($412.8 million). And already, Super Mario is the fourth-highest-grossing animated title of the pandemic era, with Universal claiming all four spots (the studio owns both Illumination and DreamWorks Animation). Super Mario passed up the global debut of Walt Disney Animation’s Frozen 2, which skated to $358 million in November 2019, not long before the COVID-19 crisis struck. Movie, not adjusted for inflation.īiggest Worldwide Opening of All Time for an Animated Film Super Mario is the latest win for Chris Meledandri’s Illumination Entertainment, home of hit animation franchises Despicable Me and Minions.īelow are the records set by The Super Mario Bros. It likely won’t be long before Illumination and parent company Universal, along with partner Nintendo, announce a sequel. ![]() Movie brought in an incredibly broad and enthusiastic audience to theaters around the world this weekend.” “Nintendo and Shigeru Miyamoto’s Mario has been a cultural icon that has captivated generations,” says Universal domestic distribution chief Jim Orr, who handled the release of the movie alongside Universal’s president of international distribution Veronika Kwan Vandenberg. series and its many offshoots through the decades. The adaptation of the iconic Nintendo video game played like an all-audience tentpole, versus a PG-rated animated family film, thanks to the consumers of all ages who have played the Super Mario Bros. ![]() Is Barbenheimer a Last Hurrah? Studios, Theaters Brace for Tentpole Havoc If Strikes Linger Into Fall ![]()
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