Mario Movie

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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First Mario Movie Reviews Drop, Twitter Reacts

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For over a year, the internet has gone wild about The Super Mario Bros. Movie. With every announcement, the internet has found something to obsess over. Whether it was Chris Pratt’s Mario impression, the Japanese dub’s “sexy Mario”, or simply the mere existence of an animated Mario movie, the internet found something to talk about.

However, the wait is finally over and the film, starring Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Jack Black amongst a host of others, opened for general audiences on April 5. Along with fans being able to watch the film, review embargos were lifted, allowing the internet to see what early preview audiences thought. The result? According to Rotten Tomatoes, critics are fairly cool on the film while audiences love it. The exact numbers, at the time of writing, have the critics score at 53% on 111 reviews and the audience score at 98% on 100+ verified ratings.

Strong Showing For Mario Movie

While critics were never going to adore The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a 53% rating is a strong showing for a video game movie. It is especially strong considering that the infamous 1993 Super Mario Bros. sits at a critics rating of 29%. 53% puts the 2023 Mario Movie on par with the likes of 2018’s Tomb Raider and 2021’s Mortal Kombat. However, unfortunately for Illimuniation Studios and Nintendo, it falls well short of rival company SEGA’s recent movie outings, with Sonic the Hedgehog’s two recent films rated at 64% and 69%.

Despite the critical reception, The Super Mario Bros. Movie appears to resonate with early audiences. While the number is likely to fall from the lofty height of 98%, it just goes to show that the critic’s word is not everything. Furthermore, there has been some fan criticism of early reviews. With some reviews criticizing the feeling of watching someone else play a video or overly explaining ground-level Mario lore, some fans argue that the critics are out of touch. On the other hand, there were those who rejected the tomato meter altogether, citing that critics will always undervalue while fans and audiences do the opposite.

Twitter Reacts To Mario Movie And Reviews

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