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Mario Movie Projected To Top $1 Billion Worldwide

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People love The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The film, which has a stacked cast led by Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Jack Black, has been a smash hit. After strong early reviews, the film is still holding its own. At the time of writing, it has a 59% critics rating and a 96% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That’s a 6% increase in the critics rating and a 2% dip in the audience rating from opening day.

The film has also been a financial success. Its domestic opening was recorded at $146 million. It made $58.2 million this past weekend. Having topped the box office for three straight weeks, it is already starting to break records and milestones across the board. Additionally, people are starting to wonder just how successful the film will be. What heights could the film reach?

Mario Movie Headed For $1 Billion

At the time of writing, The Super Mario Bros. Movie has a domestic gross of $434,329,610. That makes it the third-highest-grossing domestic film ever released by Universal. It only trails 2015’s Jurassic World and 1987’s E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. Furthermore, it is Universal’s best-ever performing animated filming. It easily cruised past the mark set by 2022’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru. Universal’s all-time-grossing film, both worldwide and domestic, is 2015’s Jurassic World. The reboot of the Jurassic Park franchise brought in $1,669,963,641. However, that figure included a $1 billion international gross, which helped the film’s profits immensely.

However, according to DiscussingFilm, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is set to join a very exclusive club. The film’s worldwide gross currently sits at $876,438,061, best for 12th in Universal’s catalog. However, Mario is expected wahoo his way past $1 billion this week. If that’s the case, the film will become Universal’s 9th $1 billion film. The last film from the studio to reach that mark was 2022’s Jurassic World: Dominion. It would also become the 11th animated film to break $1 billion, and the third from Universal. While domestic sales are starting to drop, falling 37% between its second and third week, the film is still north of $50 million per week. It’s likely that it will at the very least take the #2 spot from ET before it leaves theatres.

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“Winnie The Pooh: Blood & Honey” Surprises At The Box Office

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Critics heavily bashed Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. However, the film has already become a box office smash hit. The film is inspired by the characters from the children’s book. The story follows Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, who have become feral after being abandoned by Christopher Robin. Eventually, the duo becomes serial killers. In the time span of this film, they focus their terror on a group of college kids who come to visit the Hundred Acre Wood. The film’s announcement went viral when fans of the childhood classic expressed excitement. Therefore, the one-night-only theatrical release expanded to a week.

This past week, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has dominated the box office. However, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey has also become a box office hit. The film originally got many negative reviews from critics. However, it earned $750k in its opening weekend. This has raised to $1.58 million gross in the first week of the film’s theatrical release. These numbers are promising for the overall financial results of the film. It’s particularly impressive when you consider that Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was made on a budget of only $100K.

Winnie The Pooh: Blood & Honey

Even before the film was officially released, the film’s writer/director/producer, Rhys Frake-Waterfield, was confident in its success. Frake-Waterfield announced that there were plans for a sequel already in the works. He is also looking to continue the success of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey by twisting other children’s stories. There are ideas for Bambi, which he is just producing, and Peter Pan. According to Frake-Waterfield, Winnie the Pooh: Love and Honey could be part of a multi-film universe.

Just two months into 2023, it’s clear that this will be a strong year for the horror genre. January 2023 held the release of M3GAN, which had a production budget of $12 million and grossed over $170 million. Additionally, February 2023 kicked off with M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin. That film was made with a $20 million budget and grossed $47.9 million. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey grossed over ten times its budget. Additionally, March 2023 holds the release of Scream VI, which is projected to gross $5 million more than Scream III in its opening weekend. There are also high hopes for horror releases later this year, such as Evil Dead Rise, Insidious: Fear the Dark, The Exorcist legacy sequel, The Nun 2, and Saw X. Fans are also excited for original releases, Beau is Afraid, Renfield and The Last Voyage of the Demeter.

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