“Super Mario Bros. The Movie”: the records it has broken in the world

The arrival of the world’s most famous plumbing brothers on the big screen is a great success. And we are not talking about the quality of the plot, because it is subjective, but about the economic and box office returns it has achieved. “Super Mario Bros.: The Movie”, which premiered on April 5, 2023 in the United States, Mexico and Latin America, has been a real boom. He knows the records he’s broken…by now.

The tape, based on the Nintendo video game and produced by illuminationUniversal Pictures company dedicated to making animated films-, had an investment of 100 million dollars. And it is that they not only used that money for the digital production of the film itself, but also to hire the actors who lent their voice.

Thus, in the cast we have the actors Chris Pratt, as Mario; Anya Taylor-Joy as the Princess peach; Jack Black, as Bowser, the King of the Koopas; Keegan-Michael Key, as Toad; and Charlie Day, as LuigiMario’s brother.

THE RECORDS THAT “SUPER MARIO BROS.: THE MOVIE” HAS BROKEN

Highest Grossing Opening Weekend of 2023

In its first week in theaters around the world, the film grossed $204 million.. Figure with which not only surpassed “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” as the best opening so far in 2023, but rather it nearly doubled the gross of the superhero movie.

It is worth noting that although within the film industry it was projected that Marvel releases would break all box office records, it is unlikely that “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” or “The Marvels” will regain the milestone of Italian plumbers.

Highest-grossing Wednesday-Sunday opening weekend of all time

While Wednesday doesn’t seem like it should count toward a movie’s opening weekend gross, mid-week theatrical releases are becoming more common. So the movie Mario Bros. broke the record five-day opening weekend, which hadn’t beaten in 14 years. The record was previously held “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”who won back then 200 million dollars during its five-day weekend in 2009.

Mario and Luigi emerged from the video game "donkey kong" (Photo: Illumination)

Mario and Luigi emerged from the video game “Donkey Kong” (Photo: Illumination)

Illumination’s highest-grossing opening weekend

The Illumination production company is not classified as one of the top companies in the animation industryas if they are the giants Disney, Pixar and DreamWorksbut he’s on his way to it. The three main tapes from this study, “Sing”, “Despicable Me” and “The Secret Life of Pets” are franchises billions of dollars, but the first weekend of “Super Mario Bros.: The Movie” -with 204 million- is a sample of what this film could achieve in the medium term.

Illumination’s previous highest-grossing opening weekend was “Minions”that won 115 million over a four day weekend.

Mario and his eternal love, Princess Peach (Photo: Illumination)

Mario and his eternal love, Princess Peach (Photo: Illumination)

Highest-grossing opening weekend for an animated film

This record previously belonged to “The Incredibles 2” (2018), which earned 182 million in its first weekend., a milestone for any film, animated or otherwise. However, this was surpassed by Mario and company.

In general, Illumination movie could grossaccording to projections, more than 1.3 billion and become the third highest-grossing animated film of all time. It even has the potential to beat both Disney movies, “Frozen” and “Frozen 2”, the most profitable animated films in history.

Highest-grossing opening weekend for a video game movie

Video game movies don’t have a great reputation. Curiously, The trend of bad video game movies began with the first major film adaptation: the live-action “Super Mario Bros” from 1993.; however, the genre finally found success with the “Sonic” franchise.

It’s more, “Sonic 2” previously held the record with a gross of 72 million in the first weekendbut “Super Mario Bros.: The Movie” earned almost triple and has a better box office than any video game movie in history.

Has the most played original song for an animated movie in a week

The official soundtrack of the film is now available on all digital platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music. Besides, Jack Black, who voices Bowserthrew a vmusical ideoclip of “Peaches”the song most reproduced in a single week. The video has received more than 5 million views on YouTube and currently is number 2 on the music trends page.

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WHEN WILL “SUPER MARIO BROS.: THE MOVIE” ARRIVE STREAMING?

The film is one of the ones that has generated the greatest expectation, since it is an adaptation of the successful Nintendo franchise. Being a production of illuminationthe animation branch of Universal, the plumber’s tape will follow the path of several productions in recent times, making its leap to streaming through Peacock. SEE THE DATE HERE.

THE CONDITION THAT ANYA TAYLOR-JOY PLACED TO GIVE VOICE TO PRINCESS PEACH IN “SUPER MARIO BROS.: THE MOVIE”

The long-awaited movie by fans and gamers around the world Mario Bros. is a reality. “Super Mario Bros., the movie” has already been released and millions of viewers around the world have been enjoying the adventures of the plumber brothers on the big screen. In this sense, there are little-known aspects regarding the realization. One of them is the condition that actress Anya Taylor-Joy put in order to be part of the film. KNOW WHAT IT WAS HERE.

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“Super Mario Bros. The Movie”: the records it has broken in the world