Here we go! Universal’s animated hit with Nintendo and Illumination has become the highest-grossing videogame adaptation of all time
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has been setting high scores since it first warped into movie theaters on April 5, passing $901.2 million at the worldwide box office in just 21 days — and with a $1 billion global haul as inevitable this weekend as Mario saying “Here we go!” in one of his dozens of videogame adventures.“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has been setting high scores since it first warped into movie theaters on April 5, passing $901.
As Mario himself would say, “Wahoo!” It’s even surpassed Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto’s expectations. “I was very surprised that it went beyond what I could have imagined when it finally came out,” he told Japanese press, as translated by videogame news outlet VGC. But “Mario” only fell around 40% its second weekend, which Dergarabedian said is “almost unheard of” for a movie that opened this big. Such staying power suggests “an absolute outpouring of enthusiasm, and repeat viewing, as well,” he said.
Choosing to go the animated route and give the movie a PG rating was a smart choice for a fantastical franchise set in the Mushroom Kingdom, experts say. The movie sees the Mario brothers helping Princess Peach and her anthropomorphic toadstool subjects save the world from a monstrous, dragon-like turtle named Bowser, who is voiced by Jack Black.
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