Update [Sun 9th Apr, 2023 17:05 BST]: Movie Super Mario Bros. it replaced Frozen II to secure the biggest opening weekend for an animated film of all time.
Original story [Sat 8th Apr, 2023 17:30 BST]: We’re still in the early days of Super Mario Bros. and so far it seems to be smashing it at the box office. In an update, the film is projected to reach $368 million globally before the weekend.
Deadline also provided some more news about its continued success worldwide – breaking milestones in multiple countries on the “Friday Update.” Here’s a quick summary:
- Mexico: Bigger ticket sales ($11.4 million) than any opening weekend of any April animation in this country.
- UK & Ireland: The biggest Thursday box office for any animated title ever, and the second biggest for a Universal title. 8.6 million dollars in two days.
- China: $5.3 million Thursday
- Germany: Higher than any April animated or family film with a full opening weekend and better than four-day weekend films like Frozen and Incredibles 2.
- Europe: Another $1.8 million on Thursday, for a total of $4 million before Friday. It’s already beating full three-day weekend openings like Toy Story 4 and Finding Dory.
The film is also doing well (Thursday) in various other markets, including France ($2.7 million), Central America ($2.7 million), Italy ($2.6 million), Australia $2.3 million dollars) and Brazil (1.8 million dollars). You can see more about the milestones Mario Movie has achieved so far in our previous post:
