The Super Mario Bros. movie is in the headlines this weekend, for reasons both good and bad.
Firstly, the film adaptation managed the astonishing achievement of breaking $1 billion across the global box office, becoming the first film of 2023 to do so. And it earned that haul in only the first month of being in theaters – annihilating films such as the D&D movie, Renfield, and sports drama Air with a strong dose of video game nostalgia in the mushroom kingdom that few could reasonably compete with.
