Among other notable milestones, the film is now the second biggest animated film since 2019 in terms of worldwide box office.
Super Mario Bros.: The Movie It is already the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time, surpassing the $500 million mark at the global box office.
To date, the animated adventure has earned $260.3 million domestically and $248.4 million internationally. That brings its worldwide box office to $508.7 million. It is now the highest-grossing film of 2023 at both the global and US box office, surpassing Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. More importantly, it also turns Super Mario Bros.: The Movie in the biggest video game adaptation in history, surpassing the gross earnings of warcraft and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu.
Super Mario Bros.: The Movie was produced by Universal, illumination and Nintendo and was in development for decades. Part of the delay was due to doubts Nintendo of a new live-action adaptation after it failed spectacularly in 1993 and was derided as one of the worst movies ever made. But Illumination, which has produced the franchises My favorite villain and sing, worked hand in hand with Nintendo to bring justice to the plumber and his brother Luigi. That meant that the founder of Illumination, Chris Meledandrico-produced the film with Shigeru Miyamotothe legendary Nintendo designer who created Mario along with classic games like Zelda and donkey kong.
aaron horvath and Michael Jelenic directedSuper Mario Bros.: The Moviewhich features a voice cast of Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy and Jack Black. It had a production budget of $100 million, which is cheap for an animated film. Animated movies from Pixar and Disney, for example, often cost twice that amount.
Among other notable milestones, the film is now the second-biggest animated film since 2019 in terms of worldwide box office, surpassing Demon Slayer: Mugen Train ($494 million) and behind “Minions: The Rise of Gru” ($942.5 million).
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