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The Super Mario Bros. MovieFollow

2023 • PG • 1h 32m • Animation, Adventure, Comedy • Universal / Illumination

It's a me, Mario!

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$146.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$574.93M
Final
Worldwide total
$1.37B
$1,360,879,735 worldwide
Budget$100M
Domestic legs3.9x
2023 rank#2

Cast & crew

Full Horvath filmography
Aaron Horvath Aaron Horvath Director Michael Jelenic Michael Jelenic Director Chris Pratt Chris Pratt Starring Anya Taylor-Joy Anya Taylor-Joy Starring Charlie Day Charlie Day Starring Jack Black Jack Black Starring
ScreenplayMatthew Fogel Produced byChris Meledandri CinematographyNot specified MusicNot specified Prod. DesignNot specified

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 7-9 1 $146.4M — 4,343 $33,701 $204.6M
2 Apr 14-16 1 $92.3M −36.9% 4,371 $21,127 $353.2M
3 Apr 21-23 1 $59.9M −35.1% 4,350 $13,777 $436.0M
4 Apr 28-30 1 $40.8M −31.9% 4,204 $9,714 $490.9M
5 May 5-7 2 $18.6M −54.6% 3,909 $4,746 $518.1M
6 May 12-14 2 $12.6M −32.0% 3,800 $3,319 $535.6M
7 May 19-21 3 $9.6M −23.9% 3,540 $2,712 $549.1M
8 May 26-28 5 $6.4M −33.2% 3,148 $2,038 $559.0M
9 Jun 2-4 6 $3.4M −47.5% 2,344 $1,437 $566.3M
10 Jun 9-11 7 $2.2M −33.8% 1,789 $1,246 $570.3M
11 Jun 16-18 12 $662.1K −70.3% 896 $739 $572.1M
12 Jun 23-25 13 $380.7K −42.5% 616 $618 $573.0M
13 Jun 30-2 15 $236.4K −37.9% 450 $525 $573.5M
14 Jul 7-9 20 $79.8K −66.2% 184 $434 $573.8M
15 Jul 14-16 21 $80.0K +0.2% 161 $497 $573.9M
16 Jul 21-23 19 $102.5K +28.2% 134 $765 $574.1M
17 Jul 28-30 22 $39.3K −61.7% 96 $409 $574.1M
18 Aug 4-6 24 $35.1K −10.6% 152 $231 $574.2M
19 Aug 11-13 22 $21.0K −40.2% 94 $223 $574.2M
20 Aug 18-20 26 $12.8K −39.0% 68 $188 $574.3M
21 Aug 25-27 22 $462.3K +3508.7% 1,451 $319 $574.7M
22 Sep 1-3 26 $59.0K −87.2% 127 $465 $574.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$571.5M
Apr 5Apr 23May 11May 28Jun 15
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.2M
$146.4M
$92.3M
$59.9M
$40.8M
$18.6M
$12.6M
$9.6M
$6.4M
$3.4M
$2.2M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 4,371 → 1,789 −59.1%
4,025 open1,789 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.8%
−36.9%
W1→2
−35.1%
W2→3
−31.9%
W3→4
−54.6%
W4→5
−32.0%
W5→6
−23.9%
W6→7
−33.2%
W7→8
−47.5%
W8→9
−33.8%
W9→10
Steepest −54.6%Best hold −23.9%

Run milestones

$500M in 29 days
$100M
Day 1
Apr 7
$200M
Day 3
Apr 9
$300M
Day 9
Apr 15
$400M
Day 16
Apr 22
$500M
Day 29
May 5

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#1 Biggest video game moviesAll-time $574.9M #3 All-time PG-rated domesticAll-time $574.9M #3 Biggest animated filmsAll-time $574.9M #4 Biggest animated openingsAll-time $146.4M #5 Biggest April openingsAll-time $146.4M #6 Biggest 4th weekendsAll-time $40.8M

From the analysis desk

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