Box Office: ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Dominates Box Office Domestically At $491 Million And Worldwide At $1 Billion

The Super Mario Bros. has continued to dominate box office records by earning $1 billion worldwide. Alongside Evil Dead Rise, the plumber brothers have continued to draw in a large crowd from the 25 and under demographic.

As of Sunday, the film has earned $40 million this weekend, beating The Incredibles 2’s fourth-weekend earnings at $28.4 million, not to mention beating Jurassic World’s $29.3 million, the fourth-best for Universal Studios. Additionally, it has managed to become Illumination Studio’s third highest-grossing animated feature after Minions and Despicable Me 3. With all of this combined, The Super Mario Bros. has managed to earn $491 million domestically, allowing it to make its way to $1 billion and become the fifth highest-grossing film during the pandemic era.

According to a source from CinemaCon, their exhibitors have chosen to use a sliding percentage scale over the course of several weekends. Normally, they would play the movie at a 63% flat fee to Universal, allowing them to keep some of the earnings. CinemaCon instead chose to start at 63% this weekend and slowly move it down to 35% in later weekends. As a result, they have managed to earn more from this box office giant, which will most likely continue to earn in the top 10 all the way into the summer.

Below is a list of the top 10 box office earners this weekend (provided via The Numbers):

1. The Super Mario Brothers Movie / Gross: $40,835,805, Total Gross: $490,851,630
2. Evil Dead Rise / Gross: $12,131,173, Total Gross: $44,347,368
3. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret / Gross: $6,739,037, Total Gross: $6,739,037
4. Star Wars Ep VI: Return of the Jedi / Gross: $5,100,654, Total Gross: $314,305,733
5. John Wick: Chapter 4 Gross: $4,865,706, Total / Gross: $176,021,002
6. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves / Gross:$4,171,348, Total Gross: $88,231,735
7. AIR / Gross:$4,006,136, Total Gross: $47,632,574
8. Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant / Gross:$3,595,774, Total Gross: $12,274,737
9. Sisu / Gross:$3,330,891, Total Gross: $3,330,891
10. Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World / Gross:$3,000,000, Total Gross: $3,000,000