It was game over for live-action titles at the domestic box office this weekend as Nintendo and Universal Pictures' "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" opened in first place with $146.4 million collected over a three-day period and $204.6 million amassed over its entire five-day launch, according to studio estimates.
Based on the popular video game series of the same name, "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" exceeded its lofty box office projections, which anticipated that the family film would collect about $140 million. Internationally, "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" launched at $173 million for a global cumulative of $377 million.
Domestically, the blockbuster shattered multiple records, notching the biggest opening of 2023 (previously Disney's "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" with $106.1 million); the highest-grossing five-day launch of all time (previously Paramount Pictures' "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" with $200.077 million); and the most successful debut ever for a video game adaptation (previously "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" with $72.1 million).
