It was predicted that the movie Super Mario Bros. to have a big opening and early box office figures reveal that the film has already collected huge 66.4 million dollars globally on the first day. It banked 34.7 million dollars at the international box office combined with its US premiere to reach this total.
According to Deadline , Mario’s new cinematic outing has already set a number of milestones and records around the world as a result — becoming “the best launch day for an animated film ever” in 11 different markets. According to the source, this includes countries such as Germany, Europe, Argentina, Central America and Austria.
Below is a brief overview of Mario Movie premiere days in multiple countries:
- Mexico: The biggest debut for a Universal title ever and the second biggest animation opening behind Toy Story 4
- UK: Best animated opening ever and biggest overall in 2023
- China: The biggest opening since the start of the pandemic and the second biggest opening day for a studio title in 2023.
- Germany: Universal’s all-time best opening and animation opening
- Europe: Biggest animation opening ever and biggest April opening ever
- France: The biggest premiere of 2023, the best premiere for Illumination ever
- Italy: The biggest premiere ever for an animated film in the spring and for a video game adaptation
- Taiwan: Best opening day ever for Illumination and Universal, the biggest opening for a video game adaptation
- Australia: Best opening day of 2023, biggest ever for Illumination and best April debut ever
26 other markets worldwide open today, with locations like Japan launching the film later in April. The movie was estimated bank the surplus 225 million dollars in its opening weekend, potentially surpassing megahits like Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which earned $225.3 million.
