the billion 3 weeks, and the film has just been released in Japan

Three short weeks is the time it took for Super Mario Bros. The Movie to hit $1 billion at the box office. With its thunderous start around the world, analysts had obviously predicted such success, but perhaps not at this speed. In France, the film from Universal Pictures and Illumination Studios has already achieved 5 million admissions and theaters are always full, thanks to word of mouth of course, but also during school holidays. In Japan, where the film has just been released (April 27), Super Mario Bros The Movie is also off to a good start with $14.3 million in one weekend.

In 26 days, the film grossed $490 million in North America and $532 million internationally, becoming the 5th post-pandemic film to join the billion-dollar club, after “Spider-Man No Way Home”, “Top Gun Maverick”, “Jurassic World Dominion” and “Avatar 2 The Way of Water”. Super Mario Bros. The Film was released simultaneously in the United States and Europe (the film was exceptionally released on a Wednesday in the United States) on April 5 and generated $204 million in its first five days of release, marking the biggest weekend opening of the year and the second biggest debut ever for an animated film. It has since become the highest-grossing film of 2023, as well as the highest-grossing ever for a film based on a video game. These records are particularly encouraging because when Mario and Luigi last appeared on the big screen in 1993 in the disastrous live-action film, it became a legendary example of Hollywood’s inability to adapt video games. This time is now over.