Illumination/Universal’s Super Mario Bros. Movie is ready for a game-changing weekend as it posted a $58.2 million cume during its first two days at the box office (on Wednesday and Thursday). Universal is expecting a $92 million three-day total and a $125 five-day weekend nationally. Meanwhile, globally, the movie has made over $120.7 million so far, with a two-day overseas total of $62.5 million. Most reports are projecting an overseas splash debut of $160 million and a worldwide opening week of $300 million.
Another amazing record for the movie, which was directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic is that it had the top animated debut ever in 11 markets, including Germany, Spain, Argentina, Central America and Austria.
Critically, the movie got some mixed reviews, which featured raves about the Illumination’s beautiful and brightly colored animation, while others complained about some story issues. Currently, the movie is rating a mediocre a 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. However, general audiences gave Super Mario Bros a winning score of 96% on Audience Score.
Incidentally, Warner Bros’ holds the record for the top-grossing Easter weekend opening with the 2016 pic Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which had a $181 million opening.
You can go behind the scenes of the movie with the directors via our cover story this month.
Watch the film’s final trailer below:
Sources: Deadline.com, Variety.com, Boxofficeguru.com
