‘Super Mario Bros.’ Zooms Past $500 Million at Domestic Box Office
thewrap.comwon’t be able to notch that milestone. However, domestically, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” will be the biggest G or PG-rated movie if it passes Pixar’s “Incredibles” sequel.
As for how much higher the Chris Pratt/Anya Taylor Joy/Jack Black film can jump, even in pre-COVID times Illumination titles were able to thrive alongside whatever big live-action blockbuster was in the marketplace.
That goes back at least to when “Despicable Me” opened a week before “Inception” in July of 2010 right up to “Sing 2” notching $407 million globally opening over Christmas weekend 2021 just days after “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Considering that “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
3” is very good but also long, melancholy and not entirely family-friendly, there’s reason to believe that “Super Mario Bros.” will still be the family movie of choice at least until Walt Disney’s live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” over Memorial Day weekend.
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