Now that we are getting into the middle months of 2026, the record books are starting to shift in more meaningful ways. Anticipated movies are arriving in theaters with higher and higher expectations, and that means that the superlative "biggest opening weekend of the year" is only being held for a couple weeks at a time. Case in point: Phil Lord and Chris Miller's Project Hail Mary had an awesome debut in late March and easily topped the three-day premiere figure for Kevin Williamson's Scream 7, but today the news has arrived that the sci-fi feature's crown has been stolen by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic's The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
