‘Super Mario Bros.’ Box Office Headed for Record-Shattering $150 Million-Plus Opening Weekend
thewrap.comThe Super Mario Bros. Movie” is going to blow past its sky-high box office expectations. After earning a $31.7 million domestic opening day on Wednesday, the animated Nintendo movie dropped just 16% for a $26.5 million Thursday, bringing its domestic total to $58.2 million.
With $58.2 million overseas from 44 territories, 26 more launching today, the $100 million toon has already passed $120 million worldwide.
The Chris Pratt/Jack Black/Anya Taylor Joy/Charlie Day/Seth Rogen comic fantasy is now very likely to crack $100 million for the Fri-Sun weekend frame, which would blow past the $72.1 million record for the highest video game adaptation opening set last year by “Sonic the Hedgehog 2.”Loaded with an almost nonstop stream of references to Mario’s video game history, “The Super Mario Bros.
Movie” left critics mixed with a 54% Rotten Tomatoes score, but what matters far more to the film’s box office prospects are the sterling A grade on CinemaScore and 96% audience Rotten Tomatoes score.It remains to be seen whether that will lead to strong ticket sales on later weekends among general audiences who don’t have fond memories of playing Nintendo games, but it’s a certainty at this point that “Super Mario Bros.” will get plenty of family turnout throughout the month of April as well as a bonus chunk of change from gamers buying tickets for repeat viewings.
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