Yahoo Movies The Super Mario Bros Movie sets new record as it hits major box office milestone
The Super Mario Bros Movie previously nabbed the title of the highest-grossing video game movie of all time, and now, it's hit another milestone and set a new record.
Illumination's attempt at translating the adventures of the Mushroom Kingdom pals into a big-screen outing has crossed the $500 million mark at the international box office.
This makes the film the biggest English-language/Hollywood production of the year so far — even beating out Marvel Studios' first 2023 film, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
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The only films standing in the way of The Super Mario Bros Movie being the overall biggest film of the year are the Chinese productions The Wandering Earth 2 and Full River Red.
Through incredibly strong box office performances in China (plus very limited international cinema runs), these films stand at $604 million and $673 million, respectively.
Considering that Mario's movie has only been out in cinemas for a week and a half, there's still potential for it to overtake them and snag the crown — although the film might need the equivalent of a mid-level power-up mushroom to do so.
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Once Disney releases its major hits for this year, like the live-action Little Mermaid remake, it'll be likely that The Super Mario Bros Movie will be toppled as Hollywood's biggest film of 2023.
If you want to know why The Super Mario Bros Movie has done so well at the box office, we've done a deep dive into how it has outperformed star-studded/superhero IP-led live-action fare like Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
The Super Mario Bros Movie is out in cinemas now.
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