“Super Mario Bros.” Movie’ crossed the $1 billion box office worldwide – The Hollywood Reporter

Lighting and global Super Mario Bros movie Checks out another landmark.

The Nintendo video game adaptation will pass $1 billion at the global box office sometime Sunday, its 26th day in release. The film became only the tenth animated film to achieve the feat, and it’s easily the first title of 2023 to do so.

in north america, Super Mario’The projected weekend gross is $40 million from 4,204 theaters for a domestic tally of $490 million through Sunday. It has a projected overseas opening weekend of $68.3 million compared to $532 million worldwide.

The film broke any number of records, including ranking as the highest-grossing animated film in global history at the domestic box office after getting the best Minions: The Rise of a Gru ($369.7 million), which is the third-highest-grossing film in Universal’s history after jurassic world And any. t. extra terrestrialnot adjusted for inflation.

Thanks to its multigenerational appeal, Super Mario It continues to play more like a blockbuster for all audiences than an animated pillar of support.

Elsewhere at the domestic box office, Warner Bros. ‘ evil dead rise It impressed in its second-year exit of $12.5 million to $13.5 million from 3,417 local count sites of about $45 million or more.

The new Lionsgate show Are you with God? I’m Margaret The third opened with approximately $6.4 million from 3,334 cinemas. The film received a CinemaScore.

John Wick: Chapter 4Another Lionsgate movie, Lionsgate, is projected to come in at number four with around $4.8 million from 2,481 locations, enough to rise to $175 million domestically.

In a fun twist, reissue Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi The top five will be rounded out by an estimated $4.7 million from just 500 theaters.

Sony and Affirm Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once World Heavyweight Champion It proves to be a disappointment. The film opened outside the top ten with a projected opening of $3 million from 3,504 theaters.

The numbers will be updated Sunday morning.

April 30, 7:45 a.mUpdated with revised totals.

This story was originally published on April 29 at 7:35 am.