{"id":7993492,"date":"2026-04-04T08:23:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/?p=7993492"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:09:51","slug":"super-mario-galaxy-saturday-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/movies\/super-mario-galaxy-saturday-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Blasts Off to $370 Million Global Box Office Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Universal\/Illumination’s “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” added $48 million to its domestic box office total on Good Friday, putting it on course for an excellent 5-day North American opening weekend of $188 million and a worldwide opening of $370 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the domestic start is roughly 8% below the Easter weekend record $204.6 5-day opening of the film’s 2023 predecessor “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” it is still enough to put the “Mario” franchise in a rare club of animated franchises that have posted multiple $100 million-plus opening weekends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only other three to do so are DreamWorks’ “Shrek,” Illumination’s “Despicable Me” and Disney’s “Frozen,” and “Mario” is the only franchise with multiple global openings of more than $350 million. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The $370 million global total also nearly matches the $377 million global start of “Super Mario Bros.,” with a release in Japan still to come on April 24. With this start, “Super Mario Galaxy” should easily become the first $1 billion-plus hit of 2026, having secured the highest opening weekend since “Avatar: Fire and Ash” this past December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top 5 international markets for “Super Mario Galaxy” have all posted opening weekends of more than $10 million, with Mexico being the leading market with a whopping $29.1 million 5-day start. That is the fourth highest Mexican opening ever for a Hollywood film, standing only behind “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Avengers: Endgame” and “Inside Out 2.” The U.K., Germany, France and Spain round out the top 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the Mushroom Kingdom, Amazon MGM’s “Project Hail Mary” is holding quite well in its third weekend despite the massive competition. For the 3-day period, the film is pacing to make just under $30 million, pushing its domestic total to $216 million and becoming the first Amazon theatrical release to pass the $200 million mark. <\/p>\n\n\n

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In third is the other new release of the weekend, A24’s “The Drama,” which is looking at a solid opening weekend of $13.3 million from 3,084. The pitch-black comedy-drama stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a couple days away from getting married whose relationship hits sudden and extreme turbulence when a shocking secret is revealed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With its dark subject matter and deliberately unsettling tone, “The Drama” was always a film unlikely to receive glowing audience reviews but is still being received generally well with a 79% critics and 84% audience Rotten Tomatoes score<\/a> and a B on CinemaScore. <\/p>\n\n\n

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