The Super Mario Bros. movie sales are set to smash box office records
The Super Mario Bros. movie sales totals are setting records and exceeding expectations, as the Nintendo movie soars past the Incredibles and Frozen in its opening days. The Hollywood Reporter said the film brought in $55 million on Friday, up from $37 million on opening day, and $26 million the day after for a domestic five-day total of $195 million “or more.”
That includes a projected $137 million from the three-day weekend, which THR said would place the Super Mario Bros. movie as the second best-selling animated movie in its opening days. Finding Dory drops to number three, and though Pixar’s Incredibles 2 will manage to hold onto its top spot – barely.
Internationally, the movie is expected to gross a further $178 million for a total of $368 million. That makes it the best opening for an animated movie ever, knocking Frozen 2 ($358 million) off its throne.
The Hollywood Reporter said The Super Mario Bros. movie will easily have the strongest opening weekend of any video game adaptation and is set to be the second-best five-day launch ever, sliding in just behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
While there wasn’t much doubt that Nintendo would make more movies, thanks to teases from the Mario Bros. actors, it’s probably safe to consider it a guarantee now.
