It seems that Nintendo and Illumination recently released The Super Mario Bros. The movie is firing from all cylinders at the box office, which is revised daily. The latest figures from Deadline shows that the movie Super Mario Bros. is headed for a global start of $368 million. However, the even bigger news is that Super Mario Bros. the film is now poised to become the biggest box office launch for an animated film ever, dethroning the current record holder which is Frozen 2, which was released in November 2019. Here are some highlights:
- Biggest global and 3-day domestic opening so far for 2023, surpassing Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($225.3M WW, $106.1M US/Canada).
- Biggest domestic opening ever for Illumination, beating Minions’ 3-day $115.7m and Despicable Me 2’s 5-day $143m.
- Second-biggest opening ever for an animated film in the US/Canada behind Incredibles 2 ($182.6 million)
