Nintendo and Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has officially smashed past the $1 billion mark after 26 days of release.
As of Sunday, the film has grossed $490 million in North America and $532 million internationally – only the fifth film to do so since 2020 – the other four being “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Jurassic World Dominion” and “Avatar: The Way of Water”.
The film grossed a further $40 million in its fourth weekend this weekend, easily beating out “Evil Dead Rise” in second with $12.2 million and newcomer “Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret?” with a disappointing debut of $6.8 million in third place.
The news comes as a Twitter account with 1.1 million followers, one which deals in video memes, reportedly illegally uploaded a copy of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” in its entirety.
Forbes reports that the video was watched at least nine million times and was up for at least seven hours before being taken down by Twitter moderators.
‘Mario’ is expected to take a dip box office wise next weekend as Marvel Studios’ “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” hits cinemas and is on track for a domestic opening weekend haul of $110-130 million.
