Akihabara News (Tokyo) — The animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie has broken box office records both worldwide and now in Japan.
Since it began to be released in some countries’ theaters seven weeks ago, the Super Mario movie has grossed over US$1 billion, making it the most successful film so far this year.
It is already one of the fifty highest-grossing films of all time.
The film raked in US$377 million globally on its opening weekend alone and overtook Disney’s Frozen 2 for the highest opening income for an animated film.
It is possible that it could capture the all-time sales record among animated films, snatching the crown from the remake of The Lion King before the global pandemic.
Despite being based on a theme with roots in a Nintendo game and Japanese culture, the release in this country came relatively late.
It arrived a couple weeks ago and has been a local sensation as well, grossing over US$13 million on its opening weekend.
Both the production company, Santa Monica-based Illumination Entertainment, and distributor Universal Pictures are celebrating this blockbuster success.
Notably, some movie critics are less than enthusiastic about the film, arguing that it doesn’t really break any new ground, but no one doubts that it has emerged as a real crowdpleaser.
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