‘Super Mario Bros’ Speeds Towards $900M WW – International Box Office
23.04.2023 - 16:15
/ deadline.com
Refresh for latest…: Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s The Super Mario Bros Movie continues its global domination, now with an estimated $871.8M through Sunday. Of that, $437.5M is from the international box office. The next worldwide benchmark of $900M will hit in the next days. It is only a matter of time for the Bros to get to $1B, particularly as Korea and Japan are due to release this week.
In the meantime, the third session for the Aaron Horvath/Michael Jelenic-directed adaptation put another $70.7M in the overseas pipeline from 78 markets, repping a 38% drop in the holdovers. There were seven new markets added this frame (see below).
Along with the domestic milestones, Super Mario Bros is the biggest release of 2023 at the global and International box office; the No. 2 animated film worldwide since 2019 (soon to overtake Illumination/Universal’s own Minions: The Rise of Gru); the No. 2 animated studio release since 2019 overseas (also behind Rise of Gru); the No. 6 biggest Universal animated film of all time globally; and the No. 7 studio movie released since 2019 globally. This week, it surpassed Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, No Time to Die, The Batman and Thor: Love and Thunder. Of the top 10 studio titles released since 2019, Universal has four of them globally and five of the Top 10 internationally.
In additional milestones, The Super Mario Bros Movie is now the No.1 film of 2023 in 31 international markets (versus 26 through last Sunday) including Australia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain and UK & Ireland, and the top studio animation/family title since 2019 in nine markets (at current exchange rates): France, Italy, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia.
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