Box Office: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Powers Up With $48.3 Million on Friday
Box Office: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Powers Up With $48.3 Million on Friday
by DemiFiendRSA
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DemiFiendRSA
>“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” earned $48.3 million from 4,252 North American theaters on Friday, and is projected to make $129.4 million domestically by Sunday. That figure, in conjunction with the overseas grosses, will easily clear “Project Hail Mary’s” short-lived record as the biggest debut of 2026 ($80.5 million in North America and $140 million worldwide).
>Over the first five days of release, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” should pull in between $190 million and $200 million domestically. That’s a few million short of the 2023 original, which achieved $204 million domestically over the five-day frame (including $146 million over the traditional weekend). “The Super Mario Movie” was the second-highest-grossing film of 2023 with $1.3 billion.
Ayrios440
Out of curiosity – Is it any good though?
It was always going to do well with it being Mario. But sales figures aren’t always the best metric for knowing if a movie is good. People will see this even if they hear their friends saying it’s crap.
Joebranflakes
I watched the movie yesterday and honestly, it did everything it really set out to do. No more, no less. The backstory for Yoshi is about an inch deep, Star Fox didn’t need to be in this movie and the movie ends very abruptly. But it never stops being fun the whole way through and the frantic pacing actually feels kind of right. But for a movie with such visual depth, they don’t give the audience much time to soak it in.
TastyEarLbe
The core business of Nintendo is consoles/software, the movies exist to support the core business and expand brand appeal. Nothing more.
TastyEarLbe
Pump my NTDOY shares please.
TheAppropriateBoop
Strong Numbers. Let’s see how it performs on next weekends.
TheBulletStorm
My fiance and I absolutely loved the movie to death its prob one of our faves now. Not to mention the whole theatre clapped when it was over.
People absolutely love this movie besides critics and weird people who act like critics where every movie or show has to be a crazy mindbending twist or they hate it. Its Mario its just fun nonstop action and comedy, absolutely perfect to me.
HuskyBlueBoy
Fun movie!! I felt like I was playing the game without having to use the controller.
HailYurii
I really liked watching it with the DBox seats
Broncotron
I watched it. It’s fine. It’s not deep. It’s visually stunning. It’s got at the cameos and winks to the games. I turned my brain off for ninety minutes and had fun.
Semillakan6
I enjoyed it, it was a bunch of random action scenes strung together with a loosely connected story but they were visually great, didn’t like that Rosalina is basically non-character even though I went to the movies just for her and the changes to her backstory are not good, was expecting to see a bunch of sobbing children by the end of the movie but nope
ATimeBeforeCastles
I wonder what would happen if people actually chose specific things to boycott as a result of how fucked our system is and how much the economy is rigged against us…like for instance the Mario movie. It’s projected to make $350 million on opening. What if we showed them things like this are going to make nothing until we have accountability?
You make ask yourself well why the Mario movie? What’s the correlation? And why should I sacrifice the brief escape from the American system that I get?
It’s to show the power is with the people, and when united for a cause we have control. The only thing these people will understand is money. You have to speak with your money and effect their bottom line. Voting will not do anything. They are indifferent our to protests. In addition a boycott like this would garner national attention to important matters…the correlation is the media attention something like this movie gets will now be shifted to a global discussion on these matters. And possible change.
I don’t expect this to happen. Or for boycotts like this to take hold effectively without much more of a united front among the working class…but choosing specific things such as this to boycott would send a clear message that people are fed up and not feeding the consumer machine just because we are told to.
DrewLockIsTheAnswer1
The first one was so mid it’s crazy. Just a pretty yet soulless film.
Can’t imagine this one is any different.
LargeSinkholesInNYC
Sue everyone until everyone is bankrupt.
jcrll
It’s a lot of fun
ShitWombatSays
I thought it was God awful and somehow even worse than the first film but my kids loved it so I guess they succeeded 🤷🏿♂️
jrtasoli
Just left the movie. It’s better than the reviews said, and it was more crowded than any movie I’ve been to in the last five years.
If you’re an adult who likes Mario, you’re gonna love it. If you’re a kid, you’re gonna love it. Nuff said.
MelloJesus
Outside of the RPG games, Mario has never really had too much story in their games. Why is anyone surprised the movie follows that too? Like I get people saying the story is bad, but who tf cares? Sometimes I like going to cedar point to ride a rollercoaster and it’s just that simple
Sonicplys
Grifters coping. Nintendo showing Hollywood how to make a blockbuster movie.
madlost1
Seen it last night and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Was it perfect no but it delivered on what it set out to do and that was to set up a bigger universe.
If I had any complaints they would be maybe a bit too much >!Fox McCloud!< even though he made sense to the story some of his parts felt a bit crammed in, >!Yoshi!< ‘s “backstory” was also a bit on the lame side and while it was understandable for the story they were telling as a huge fan of >!Rosalina!< she barely had any screen time.
Past those things though it was a huge nostalgia hit filled with references and it was a beautifully animated film with just the right amount of action and a good pace. One of the friends I went with did have the complaint that I have seen of it just kind of abruptly ending but imo everything was tied up fairly nicely and while discussing it on the ride home he came to around to that point.
Tenoch_12
I really enjoyed it. Maybe it’s recency bias but I liked it more than the first
Blindfolded22
I honestly liked this movie better than the first. The visuals were very impressive. I think it had a better flow than the first film. I liked how many classic characters they were able to fit in. They definitely had a lot going on, but I thought it was good, and my kids loved it. And for a kids movie, that’s all that matters.
NextSmoke397
Critics were right about it, definitely not better than the first
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>“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” earned $48.3 million from 4,252 North American theaters on Friday, and is projected to make $129.4 million domestically by Sunday. That figure, in conjunction with the overseas grosses, will easily clear “Project Hail Mary’s” short-lived record as the biggest debut of 2026 ($80.5 million in North America and $140 million worldwide).
>Over the first five days of release, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” should pull in between $190 million and $200 million domestically. That’s a few million short of the 2023 original, which achieved $204 million domestically over the five-day frame (including $146 million over the traditional weekend). “The Super Mario Movie” was the second-highest-grossing film of 2023 with $1.3 billion.
Out of curiosity – Is it any good though?
It was always going to do well with it being Mario. But sales figures aren’t always the best metric for knowing if a movie is good. People will see this even if they hear their friends saying it’s crap.
I watched the movie yesterday and honestly, it did everything it really set out to do. No more, no less. The backstory for Yoshi is about an inch deep, Star Fox didn’t need to be in this movie and the movie ends very abruptly. But it never stops being fun the whole way through and the frantic pacing actually feels kind of right. But for a movie with such visual depth, they don’t give the audience much time to soak it in.
The core business of Nintendo is consoles/software, the movies exist to support the core business and expand brand appeal. Nothing more.
Pump my NTDOY shares please.
Strong Numbers. Let’s see how it performs on next weekends.
My fiance and I absolutely loved the movie to death its prob one of our faves now. Not to mention the whole theatre clapped when it was over.
People absolutely love this movie besides critics and weird people who act like critics where every movie or show has to be a crazy mindbending twist or they hate it. Its Mario its just fun nonstop action and comedy, absolutely perfect to me.
Fun movie!! I felt like I was playing the game without having to use the controller.
I really liked watching it with the DBox seats
I watched it. It’s fine. It’s not deep. It’s visually stunning. It’s got at the cameos and winks to the games. I turned my brain off for ninety minutes and had fun.
I enjoyed it, it was a bunch of random action scenes strung together with a loosely connected story but they were visually great, didn’t like that Rosalina is basically non-character even though I went to the movies just for her and the changes to her backstory are not good, was expecting to see a bunch of sobbing children by the end of the movie but nope
I wonder what would happen if people actually chose specific things to boycott as a result of how fucked our system is and how much the economy is rigged against us…like for instance the Mario movie. It’s projected to make $350 million on opening. What if we showed them things like this are going to make nothing until we have accountability?
You make ask yourself well why the Mario movie? What’s the correlation? And why should I sacrifice the brief escape from the American system that I get?
It’s to show the power is with the people, and when united for a cause we have control. The only thing these people will understand is money. You have to speak with your money and effect their bottom line. Voting will not do anything. They are indifferent our to protests. In addition a boycott like this would garner national attention to important matters…the correlation is the media attention something like this movie gets will now be shifted to a global discussion on these matters. And possible change.
I don’t expect this to happen. Or for boycotts like this to take hold effectively without much more of a united front among the working class…but choosing specific things such as this to boycott would send a clear message that people are fed up and not feeding the consumer machine just because we are told to.
The first one was so mid it’s crazy. Just a pretty yet soulless film.
Can’t imagine this one is any different.
Sue everyone until everyone is bankrupt.
It’s a lot of fun
I thought it was God awful and somehow even worse than the first film but my kids loved it so I guess they succeeded 🤷🏿♂️
Just left the movie. It’s better than the reviews said, and it was more crowded than any movie I’ve been to in the last five years.
If you’re an adult who likes Mario, you’re gonna love it. If you’re a kid, you’re gonna love it. Nuff said.
Outside of the RPG games, Mario has never really had too much story in their games. Why is anyone surprised the movie follows that too? Like I get people saying the story is bad, but who tf cares? Sometimes I like going to cedar point to ride a rollercoaster and it’s just that simple
Grifters coping. Nintendo showing Hollywood how to make a blockbuster movie.
Seen it last night and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Was it perfect no but it delivered on what it set out to do and that was to set up a bigger universe.
If I had any complaints they would be maybe a bit too much >!Fox McCloud!< even though he made sense to the story some of his parts felt a bit crammed in, >!Yoshi!< ‘s “backstory” was also a bit on the lame side and while it was understandable for the story they were telling as a huge fan of >!Rosalina!< she barely had any screen time.
Past those things though it was a huge nostalgia hit filled with references and it was a beautifully animated film with just the right amount of action and a good pace. One of the friends I went with did have the complaint that I have seen of it just kind of abruptly ending but imo everything was tied up fairly nicely and while discussing it on the ride home he came to around to that point.
I really enjoyed it. Maybe it’s recency bias but I liked it more than the first
I honestly liked this movie better than the first. The visuals were very impressive. I think it had a better flow than the first film. I liked how many classic characters they were able to fit in. They definitely had a lot going on, but I thought it was good, and my kids loved it. And for a kids movie, that’s all that matters.
Critics were right about it, definitely not better than the first
Still enjoyable movie however