The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has become the biggest box office opening of 2026 so far, grossing an estimated $372.5 million globally. The sequel has grossed around $190.1 million at the domestic box office since its release on April 1st, with the three-day Easter weekend grossing $130.9 million. Internationally, Super Mario Galaxy soared to an estimated $182.4 million from 80 markets.
Super Mario Galaxy has gained numerous achievements in only the five days since its release, including being the fifth-biggest opening for an animated title and the only animated video-game adapted franchise that has two titles open to more than $350 million, with the first Super Mario Bros. Movie grossing an estimated $147 million domestically during the 2023 Easter weekend.
For its domestic achievements, Super Mario Galaxy became the biggest five-day domestic launch since Disney’s Moana 2 and the third highest-grossing weekend for a franchise based on a video game, coming behind A Minecraft Movie and Super Mario Bros. Though critics are less than pleased with Super Mario Galaxy, it seems audiences are on the opposite side of the spectrum, giving the sequel strong A- rating on CinemaScore, only a point downgrade from the original’s A rating.
Universal Domestic Distribution President Jim Orr seemed excited at the sequel’s outstanding box office performance, stating,
Our opening frame for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a powerful result for an iconic franchise and a terrific outcome for the marketplace. Audience reaction scores are pointing to a very long, successful run at the domestic box office,
The second in the domestic box office is Amazon MGM’s Project Hail Mary, which is now in its third weekend and has celebrated two achievements during this Easter weekend, crossing over the $200 million mark domestically and the $400 million mark globally. The feel-good space feature grossed around $30.6 million from 3,907 theaters, bringing its total to $217 million. The third to come in this weekend at the box office was A24’s The Drama, which grossed an approximate total of $14.1 million from 3,097 cinemas. The Zendaya and Robert Pattinson-led romantic comedy-drama scored a mediocre B CinemaScore but boasts an 81% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The fourth in the box office this week is Pixar’s Hoppers, marking its fifth week and culminating in around $5.8 million, bringing its total to $149.6 million at the domestic box office. Hoppers has grossed a global total of $323.2 million since its release on March 6th. And finally, coming in fifth at this week’s domestic box office haul is Universal Pictures’ Reminders of Him, whose fourth week in the box office saw an estimated gross of $2.2 million for a total of $45 million domestically.
It will be interesting to see if Super Mario Galaxy will continue to soar to new galaxies at the box office after its opening weekend or will just stick to this one. I feel like the answer to that is pretty obvious, given its dedicated fanbase.
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