Universal’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie is unstoppable, and there’s still no telling how high it can soar after the animated video game adaptation picked up US$56 million on Saturday and is projected to add another US$36 million today, which would take its extended five-day debut to an unprecedented $204 million.
The marketplace has been starving for child-friendly content; the last clean kids film to hit theaters was arguably December’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which made the most of little competition and legged it to over $480 million worldwide.
But even that number is going to look like loose change when Super Mario is done.
The film is currently expected to gross an astounding US$377 million in its worldwide debut, and a billion dollar finish globally is very much on the cards.
Domestically, the film delivered $31 million on Wednesday, $26 million on Thursday, and $55 million on Friday.
The film has already claimed the year’s biggest opening (ahead of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s $106 million), the best opening for a video game adaptation (beating Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s $72 million) and the biggest five-day opening for an Illumination title (ahead of Despicable Me 2’s $143 million).
Source: Collider
