Super Mario Bros becomes the biggest video game adaptation ever

The Super Mario Bros. Movie just became the biggest video game adaptation of all time, earning a whopping $508.7 million in a single week.

The family film is estimated to have made a whopping $368 million in just the opening weekend, beating previous video game adaptations by a landslide.

The previous record holders were Warcraft, which made $439.4 million in its first week, and Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, which earned $449.8 million in the same time span.

The movie also managed to snatch away the title of biggest worldwide opening for an animated film from Disney’s Frozen 2, which debuted with $358 million.

But that’s not all in terms of records as it managed to beat Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania with the biggest opening of 2023.

The movie is now one of just 12 films from Illumination/Universal since 2019 to cross the $500 million mark. This came despite the movie facing some pre-release skepticism and critique, especially following the voice actor announcement revealing Chris Pratt to be voicing the titular character of Mario.

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