Yeah, with numbers like these, you best get ready for that Super Mario Bros. 2 to hit in a couple of years.
Illumination’s Super Mario Bros. movie i now in theaters, and not unlike with the games themselves, is doing really well at the box office.
Per Deadline, the film—starring Chris Pratt, Jack Black, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Charlie Day—is on track to earn a global box office of $377.5 million, at time of writing. Of that, $172.8 million comes from overseas, with the biggest contributor of the international bunch being Mexico at $27.4 million, the country’s third-biggest opening of all time, along with the best ever for Universal and animated films in general. Similarly, a t an expected $204 million for North America , Super Mario Bros. has the biggest five-day opening ever (it released on Wednesday, April 5 as opposed to having the usual Friday release) .
