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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