{"id":566596,"date":"2026-04-05T20:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/566596\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:20:10","slug":"super-mario-galaxy-movie-all-the-box-office-records-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/566596\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ – All The Box Office Records Broken"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIllumination and Universal\u2019s Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a> at $372.5M worldwide is the second highest grossing movie in the Nintendo videogame plumbers big screen franchise behind 2023\u2019s Super Mario Bros\u2018 $387.8M, but, damn, did this sequel make a ton of cash this weekend. <\/p>\n

\n\tOverseas in 80 territories, and more than 23,500 locations and 54,000 screens, part two did $182.4M while U.S. and Canada rang up $190M over the Wednesday through Easter stretch (and $130.9M over the Friday through Sunday span). <\/p>\n

\n\tWhen it comes to the success of Super Mario Galaxy Movie \u201cthe franchise operates in a galaxy of its own in terms of its box office potential, capitalizing on its beloved IP and benefitting from the success of the 2023 film that generated massive goodwill thus adding box office momentum to its opening weekend potential. We will look for, as they say in the parlance of video gaming, this film to level up the box office in a big way not only in its opening week but for the entire month of April heading into the all-important summer movie season,\u201d says Comscore Head of Marketplace Trends, Paul Dergarabedian. <\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s how Super Mario Galaxy\u2018s records breakdown:<\/p>\n

\n\tGlobal:<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Biggest global opening at the box office for 2026 as of April 5.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013The only animated franchise to have two titles open over $350M globally.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Fifth\u00a0biggest global opening ever for an animated film and the fourth biggest MPA animated opening of all time, behind only\u00a0Zootopia 2 ($560.3M),\u00a0Moana 2\u00a0($389.3M) and\u00a0The Super Mario Bros. Movie.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Second\u00a0highest global opening for Illumination of all time\u00a0behind only\u00a0The Super Mario Bros. Movie.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Second\u00a0biggest global opening for a film based on a video game behind only\u00a0The Super Mario Bros. Movie.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Fifth\u00a0biggest global opening for a Universal film of all time behind\u00a0The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Studio\u2019s top three are Fate of the Furious ($541.9M reported), Jurassic World ($525.5M) and F7 ($397.6M). <\/p>\n

\n\tDomestic:<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Biggest opening of 2026 YTD. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Fourth biggest 5-day opening ever after Moana 2\u00a0($225.4M),\u00a0Super Mario Bros Movie\u00a0($204.6M),\u00a0Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen\u00a0($200M)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013The biggest 5-Day Domestic Opening since\u00a0Moana 2 ($225.4M)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Fourth biggest 3-day over Easter weekend after Batman v. Superman ($166M), F7 ($147.1M) and Super Mario Bros ($146.3M). <\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013The 2nd\u00a0highest 3-day domestic opening weekend for Illumination of all time behind only\u00a0The Super Mario Bros. Movie.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013The biggest 3-Day Domestic Opening since\u00a0Wicked: For Good ($147M).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013The 2nd\u00a0biggest 3-day animated domestic opening for a Universal film behind\u00a0The Super Mario Bros. Movie.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013The 3rd\u00a0biggest 3-day domestic opening for a film based on a video game behind only\u00a0A Minecraft Movie\u00a0($162.7M) and\u00a0The Super Mario Bros. Movie.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Will join\u00a0Shrek,\u00a0Toy Story\u00a0and\u00a0Minions\u00a0as the only animated franchises to have two titles open to more than $100M for three days at the domestic box office.<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational: \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013The biggest MPA International opening weekend of 2026<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013The only animated franchise to have two titles open over $170M internationally (the first was $183.2M in like-for-likes).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Second biggest international opening for an Illumination movie behind Super Mario Bros in like-for-likes<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Second biggest international opening for a videogame after Super Mario Bros. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Illumination and Universal\u2019s Super Mario Galaxy Movie at $372.5M worldwide is the second highest grossing movie in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,250450,149222],"class_list":{"0":"post-566596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-mario-galaxy-movie","10":"tag-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}