The Super Mario Bros. Movie Jumps to Another Domestic Weekend Box Office Victory With $87 Million

The Super Mario Bros. Movie has jumped to another domestic weekend box office victory with $87 million, bringing its North American total to $347.8 million and its global total to $677.96 million after two weekends.

It should come as no surprise that The Super Mario Bros. Movie has done well in its sophomore outing, as we know it’s already passed over $500 million worldwide and has become the highest-grossing video game adaptation ever.

After its $137 million domestic debut, Comscore notes The Super Mario Bros. Movie only saw a drop of 41% week-over-week. For comparison, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania had an MCU-worst 69% drop from its opening weekend.

In our The Super Mario Bros. Movie review, we said, “Illumination and Nintendo set out to deliver a Mario movie that anyone could enjoy, and that anyone with even a passing knowledge of the games could get lost in – they’ve undeniably succeeded on both fronts.”

Mario and friends didn’t have much in the way of competition this weekend as The Pope’s Exorcist was the closest to the video game adaptation with $9.15 million. In our review of The Pope’s Exorcist, we said, “You can find horror movies a lot better than The Pope’s Exorcist, but in an increasingly stale exorcism subgenre, you can absolutely do worse as well – and Russel Crowe’s Italian accent is unintentionally hilarious.”

John Wick: Chapter 4 placed third with $7.92 million and that helped bring its domestic total to $160.1 million and its global total to $349.6 million.

Taking fourth place was Renfield, the story of Nicolas Cage’s Dracula and his interactions with the titular Renfield, who is played by Nicolas Hoult and is his loyal servant. In our Renfield review, we said it “makes a mess of its story at times, but does a good enough job getting gorgeously gruesome with its vampire action sequences to win us over with cartoonish gore – and Nicolas Cage’s Dracula is one for the ages.”

Rounding out the top five was Air, the story of a sports marketing executive at Nike who changes the game forever by trying to sign Michael Jordan. In our Air review, which stars Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, and Viola Davis, we said it is “an underdog crowd pleaser with a standout ensemble cast that finds a balance between comedy and explanation that always remains accessible.”

For more, check out why Chris Pratt’s first Mario voice was rejected, who Jack Black wants to play Wario in a potential sequel, and our look at if Nintendo movies will become bigger than Marvel’s?

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