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‘Super Mario Bros.’ Is Decade’s First $1 Billion Animated Hit, Dwarfs Box Office Newcomers

‘Super Mario Bros.’ Is Decade’s First  Billion Animated Hit, Dwarfs Box Office Newcomers

As has been the case since the start of April, Universal/Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has lapped the box office competition, becoming the first animated film of the 2020s to gross $1 billion worldwide while competitors search for vastly smaller opening weekends among niche audiences. \

Another strong hold of just a 33% drop has given the film a fourth weekend total of $40 million domestic and $108 million worldwide, pushing the film’s overall totals to $490 million domestic and $1.02 billion global. In the coming week, “Mario” will join “The Incredibles 2” and the “Lion King” remake as just the third animated film to gross over $500 million domestic. With approximately $130 million more, it will pass the $1.15 billion of “Minions” to become Illumination’s highest grossing film ever.

In second is Warner Bros./New Line’s “Evil Dead Rise,” which is holding respectably with a $12.2 million second weekend to give the horror film a 10-day total of $44.4 million. With a $15 million budget, the movie is proving to be a win for both theaters and Warner, which pivoted the horror title’s release from an HBO Max exclusive launch to a full theatrical window.

In third is the top grossing newcomer of the weekend, Lionsgate’s adaptation of Judy Blume’s “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” The coming-of-age film is earning an industry estimated opening of $6.4 million from 3,334 theaters, slightly below the $7-9 million pre-release projections.

With a reported $30 million budget, “Margaret” needs to ride its critical and audience acclaim to a long run in theaters with older female moviegoers. The film has sterling critical scores of 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, an A on CinemaScore and 88% overall positive on PostTrak.

Given that older moviegoers tend to show up in theaters later during a film’s run, it’s possible that “Margaret” could have a long run through Mothers Day weekend, though it will have competition from Focus Features’ “Book Club: The Next Chapter” for its core demo.

Fellow Lionsgate release “John Wick: Chapter 4” is in fourth with $5 million in its sixth weekend. With $176.1 million grossed domestically, the film is now the highest grossing title in the “John Wick” series.

Completing the top 5 is Disney/Lucasfilm’s 40th anniversary re-release of “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi,” which hit 500 theaters and earned an estimated $4.7 million.

More to come…

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