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Mixed reviews didn\u2019t dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the\u00a0\u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie,\u201d\u00a0which scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie. The Illumination and Nintendo co-production earned $130.9 million over the weekend and a massive $190.1 million in its first five days in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.<\/p>\n
Universal Pictures released the sequel globally on Wednesday, capitalizing on kids\u2019 spring break vacations in the week leading up to the Easter holiday. With an estimated $182.4 million from 80 overseas markets, the film is looking at an astronomical $372.5 million debut \u2014 the latest\u00a0hit for the PG rating. Mexico is leading the international bunch with $29.1 million from 5,136 screens, followed by the U.K. and Ireland with $19.7 million.<\/p>\n
The animated sequel, Illumination CEO Christopher Meledandri\u2019s 16th movie in 16 years, is the industry\u2019s biggest debut since\u00a0\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d\u00a0launched over Christmas. The Chinese movie \u201cPegasus 3,\u201d which was not a Motion Picture Association release, has the slight edge for the 2026 global record, however.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also a dip from the first film, which opened to $204 million domestically during the same five-day time frame in 2023 ($147 of that was from Friday, Saturday and Sunday). \u201cThe Super Mario Bros. Movie\u201d went on to be the second biggest movie of 2023, with over $1.3 billion in box office receipts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie,\u201d which features returning voice actors Chris Pratt, Jack Black, Anya Taylor-Joy and Charlie Day, had a massive footprint in the U.S. and Canada, where it played in 4,252 theaters, including 421 IMAX and 1,345 premium large format screens. It made $15 million from the IMAX screens alone.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s exactly the kind of broad, crowd-pleasing release that brings people into theatres,\u201d AMC Chairman and CEO Adam Aron said in a statement.<\/p>\n
It also cost around $110 million to make, not including marketing and promotion expenses. But it arrived on a wave of less-than-stellar reviews. Its Rotten Tomatoes score is currently sitting at a lousy 40%. Ticket buyers were more enthusiastic, however.<\/p>\n
The family audience gave the movie five out of five stars according to PostTrak exit polls, while general audiences gave it four stars and an A- on CinemsScore. Audiences skewed male (61%) overall, although when it came to families attending there were slightly more moms (52%) than dads.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese kind of audience reaction scores just point to a ridiculously strong run, not only throughout the spring, but likely into the summer as well,\u201d said Jim Orr, Universal\u2019s president of domestic distribution.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie\u201d will open in Japan later this month.<\/p>\n
Last year, the first weekend in April hosted the launch of another video game blockbuster,\u00a0\u201cA Minecraft Movie,\u201d\u00a0which had a bigger three-day debut ($162.8 million) but didn\u2019t have a \u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d in a strong second place, meaning the weekend overall is still up around 5%.<\/p>\n
As expected, \u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie\u201d ended the\u00a0two-week reignof the Ryan Gosling-led sci-fi hit\u00a0\u201cProject Hail Mary,\u201d\u00a0which landed in second its third weekend in theaters where it added $30.7 million, bringing its running domestic total to $217.2 million. Worldwide, it\u2019s made $420.7 million to date.<\/p>\n
Third place went to A24\u2019s provocative new movie\u00a0\u201cThe Drama,\u201d\u00a0starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, which made an estimated $14.4 million from 3,087 theaters. The film\u2019s stars have been on a massive and charming press blitz to promote their R-rated movie about a engaged couple grappling with an unnerving revelation, which cost a reported $28 million to produce. The reveal has drummed up a fair amount of cultural discourse. While reviews have been more positive than not (82% on Rotten Tomatoes), it got a less promising B CinemaScore.<\/p>\n
\u201cHoppers\u201d and \u201cReminders of Him\u201d rounded out the top five. And the box office outlook looks bright overall, up around 30% from last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no better opening act for a great summer than a huge month of April powered by a mega blockbuster like the \u2018The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,’\u201d said Paul Dergarabedian, comscore\u2019s head of marketplace trends.<\/p>\n
Top 10 movies by domestic box office<\/p>\n
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:<\/p>\n
1.\u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie,\u201d $130.9 million.<\/p>\n
2.\u201cProject Hail Mary,\u201d $30.7 million.<\/p>\n
3.\u201cThe Drama,\u201d $14.4 million.<\/p>\n
4.\u201cHoppers,\u201d $5.8 million.<\/p>\n
5.\u201cReminders of Him,\u201d $2.2 million.<\/p>\n
6.\u201cA Great Awakening,\u201d $2.1 million.<\/p>\n
7.\u201cThey Will Kill You,\u201d $1.9 million.<\/p>\n
8.\u201cDhurandhar The Revenge,\u201d $1.9 million.<\/p>\n
9.\u201cReady or Not 2: Here I Come,\u201d $1.8 million.<\/p>\n
10.\u201cScream 7,\u201d 915,000.<\/p>\n
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