“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” continues to gobble power-ups and records as it surpassed $500 million in global box office sales this week, according to reports.
With just over one week since its release, the film’s earnings — $508.7 million — makes “Mario” the highest-grossing film of the year and the biggest video game adaptation, according to studio estimates cited by Variety.
Nintendo’s animated adventure film surpassed “Warcraft” ($439.4 million), released in 2016, and “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” ($449.8 million) from 2019.
