{"id":594207,"date":"2026-04-19T19:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/594207\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:36:09","slug":"the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-and-project-hail-mary-continue-to-dominate-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/594207\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ and ‘Project Hail Mary’ continue to dominate box office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie\u201d<\/a> and \u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d<\/a> dominated the North American box office again this weekend, leaving \u201cLee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy\u201d in third place for its debut. <\/p>\n

The Mario sequel has spent all of its first three weekends in the first place spot<\/a>, this time adding $35 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. The Universal release has now made $747.5 million worldwide. <\/p>\n

\u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d meanwhile dropped only 15% in its fifth weekend, earning $20.5 million and bringing its domestic total to $285.1 million. Worldwide it\u2019s at $573.1 million. Amazon MGM\u2019s hit is in the midst of another run on IMAX screens, after ceding them to \u201cMario\u201d for two weeks. Filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller<\/a>, along with star Ryan Gosling, made an appearance at the industry trade show CinemaCon<\/a> last week to thank theater owners for helping to make it the year\u2019s highest earning original film<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The weekend left \u201cLee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy,\u201d<\/a> which opened wide in 3,404 locations, in third place with $13.5 million. The R-rated movie, directed by the filmmaker behind \u201cEvil Dead Rise\u201d<\/a> and produced by Jason Blum\u2019s Blumhouse and James Wan\u2019s Atomic Monster, did not resonate with critics or audiences, recording a 45% on Rotten Tomatoes and a lackluster C+ CinemaScore. <\/p>\n

The film, starring Jack Reynor, follows a family whose missing daughter reappears, mummified and living. It devolves into a \u201ca gross-out bloodfest,\u201d according to a review for The Associated Press. But it also only cost a reported $22 million to produce, and with $20.5 million from international showings, it already has a worldwide total of $34 million. <\/p>\n

\u201cHorror movies had their biggest year in 2025,\u201d said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore\u2019s head of marketplace trends. \u201cSo far that\u2019s not happening in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bob Odenkirk-led action movie \u201cNormal,\u201d<\/a> about a visiting sheriff in a Midwestern town, also opened this weekend, earning an estimated $2.7 million. Directed by Ben Wheatley and released by Magnolia, \u201cNormal\u201d was better received by critics (77% on Rotten Tomatoes) but also got a C+ CinemaScore from audiences, who were 65% male. <\/p>\n

This weekend also had several high profile limited or art house releases, including the Lorne Michaels documentary \u201cLorne,\u201d and David Lowery\u2019s \u201cMother Mary,\u201d<\/a> starring Anne Hathaway as a tormented pop star and Michaela Coel as her estranged designer. \u201cLorne,\u201d a Focus Features release, opened in 414 theaters in North America, earning an estimated $270,000. A24\u2019s \u201cMother Mary\u201d opened on five screens and made $168,063. <\/p>\n

Neither were enough to make the top 10, but one independent that did was the comedy \u201cBusboys,\u201d co-starring David Spade and podcaster Theo Von<\/a>, which managed to land in eighth place with $1.6 million from 800 theaters. <\/p>\n

Last year on this weekend, Warner Bros. opened \u201cSinners\u201d to $48 million<\/a>. While the weekend is down from a year ago, the overall box office is still up over 16% from this time last year, and Dergarabedian gives a lot of credit to \u201cProject Hail Mary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Things will likely pick up next weekend as the Michael Jackson movie \u201cMichael\u201d arrives in theaters. Early tracking suggests the Lionsgate release is poised to earn more than $60 million (some put it as high as $75 to $90 million) in its first weekend in North America, which would make it the biggest ever for a musical biopic. The current record-holder is \u201cStraight Outta Compton\u201d which opened to $60 million in 2015. \u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d debuted to $50 million and went on to earn over $910 million worldwide.<\/p>\n

Top 10 movies by domestic box office<\/p>\n

With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:<\/p>\n

1. \u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie,\u201d $35 million.<\/p>\n

2. \u201cProject Hail Mary,\u201d $20.5 million.<\/p>\n

3. \u201cLee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy,\u201d $13.5 million.<\/p>\n

4. \u201cThe Drama,\u201d $4.8 million.<\/p>\n

5. \u201cYou, Me & Tuscany,\u201d $3.8 million.<\/p>\n

6. \u201cHoppers,\u201d $2.9 million.<\/p>\n

7. \u201cNormal,\u201d $2.7 million.<\/p>\n

8. \u201cBusboys,\u201d $1.6 million.<\/p>\n

9. \u201cBhooth Bangia,\u201d $977,582.<\/p>\n

10. \u201cA Great Awakening,\u201d $823,667.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie\u201d and \u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d dominated the North American box office again this weekend,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[23322,97361,28,2356,32630,255709,86964,88,793,234140,89691,82569,68284,89741,206,4265,52261,32632,14069,48252,1306,795],"class_list":{"0":"post-594207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-anne-hathaway","9":"tag-ben-wheatley","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-chris-miller","13":"tag-david-lowery","14":"tag-david-spade","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-general-news","17":"tag-jack-reynor","18":"tag-james-wan","19":"tag-jason-blum","20":"tag-lorne-michaels","21":"tag-michaela-coel","22":"tag-movies","23":"tag-north-america","24":"tag-paul-dergarabedian","25":"tag-phil-lord","26":"tag-ryan-gosling","27":"tag-theo-von","28":"tag-trending-news","29":"tag-u-s-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594207","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=594207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}