The Super Mario Bros. Movie is set to join the Top 3 highest-grossing Universal films of all time. The film, which is an animated adaptation of the Mario video game franchise made as a collaboration between Nintendo and Despicable Me creators Illumination Entertainment, premiered in theaters on April 5. The film has the highest-grossing opening weekend for an animated film ever, quickly rising to become the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Per Deadline, the Super Mario Bros. Movie box office is continuing its dizzying rise in the U.S. By the end of the weekend, the film will have crossed the $400 million mark at the domestic box office, making it the second-quickest animated film to reach that threshold after Incredibles 2. It will also become the third highest-grossing film ever put out by Universal, behind 2015's Jurassic World and 1982's E.T.
Could The Super Mario Bros. Movie Climb Any Higher? The Super Mario Bros. Movie has only been in theaters for 18 days, so there is quite a lot of room for its domestic total to keep growing. It remains to be seen if it can become the highest-grossing Universal film of all time, but it has some major milestones to reach first. All in all, it shouldn't be too difficult for it to surpass E.T., which grossed $437.1 million by the end of its run.However, Jurassic World earned a staggering $653.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie's uninterrupted run at No. 1 will be crushed by the impending May 5 release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. That Marvel film will likely take away many of Mario's theatrical time slots as well as a huge share of audience attention, which will limit its continued ascent. Although it's dropping slowly week over week, it seems mathematically unlikely it will reach No.1 even as No. 2 is already in its sights.
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