The Super Mario Bros. Movie Scores Record-Breaking $204 Million Debut at Domestic Box Office

Universal’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie is unstoppable, and there’s still no telling how high it can soar after the animated video game adaptation picked up US$56 million on Saturday and is projected to add another US$36 million today, which would take its extended five-day debut to an unprecedented $204 million.

The marketplace has been starving for child-friendly content; the last clean kids film to hit theaters was arguably December’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which made the most of little competition and legged it to over $480 million worldwide.

But even that number is going to look like loose change when Super Mario is done.

The film is currently expected to gross an astounding US$377 million in its worldwide debut, and a billion dollar finish globally is very much on the cards.

Domestically, the film delivered $31 million on Wednesday, $26 million on Thursday, and $55 million on Friday.

The film has already claimed the year’s biggest opening (ahead of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s $106 million), the best opening for a video game adaptation (beating Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s $72 million) and the biggest five-day opening for an Illumination title (ahead of Despicable Me 2’s $143 million).

Source: Collider