Super Mario Galaxy Movie is doing great at the box office. The animated feature film had a huge global debut of US$372.6 million in its first weekend. The film managed to surpass the US$358.2 million opening weekend of Frozen 2, but fell behind the US$375.6 million of its prequel, The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Thus, the latest Hollywood film emerged as the fifth biggest weekend opener ever for an animated film. It became the only franchise whose two installments opened to a massive opening of over US$300 million.
The top spot among the biggest animation openers of all time is Zootopia 2, which opened to US$560.3 million at the worldwide box office. Jha 2 retained its second position with an opening of US$431.3 million, followed by Moana 2 with US$389.3 million.
Talking about the weekend breakdown of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the film has so far grossed over US$181.8 million in international markets, while domestic territories have contributed US$190.8 million.
The box office collection of Super Mario Galaxy Movie is as follows:
| Specific | box office |
| domestic | US$190.8 million |
| migrant | US$181.8 million |
| around the world | US$372.6 million |
For those unaware, The Super Mario Galaxy movie stars Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Benny Safdie, Donald Glover, Brie Larson, and others.
Continuing the story of the first Mario film, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Mario and Luigi meet Yoshi, and eventually befriend him. Together the three go on an outer space adventure with Princess Peach and Toad, where they fight against Bowser and his son, Bowser Jr. Rosalina assists him in his mission.
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Disclaimer: Box office figures are compiled from various sources and our research. Figures may be approximate, and Pinkvilla makes no claims about the authenticity of the data. However, they are adequate indicators of the box-office performance of the respective films.
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