This blog covers the latest news about The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which has become the highest-grossing film of 2023 worldwide, earning over $500 million in box office sales. The article provides information on the film's cast, director, and release dates, as well as its impressive box office numbers.
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie has taken the world by storm, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2023 worldwide. According to entertainment news website Deadline, the film has earned over US$500 million around the world, with US$260.3 million earned in the U.S. and US$248.4 million earned internationally. The film has surpassed Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train to become the second-highest-grossing animated film worldwide since 2019, behind Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru at US$942.5 million.
Deadline has reported that The Super Mario Bros. Movie has the highest-earning all-time worldwide opening for an animated film, with an estimated US$377,628,865 worldwide opening, beating Frozen II. The film’s global one-day total is US$66.4 million.
The film has the biggest all-time opening for a video game film adaptation, with the biggest domestic and worldwide openings of 2023 so far, and the second-biggest all-time domestic opening for an animated film.
Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, The Super Mario Bros. Movie boasts an all-star cast, with Chris Pratt and Charlie Day as Mario and Luigi, respectively, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach. Other cast members include Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek, and Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike. Charles Martinet, who has voiced Mario and many other Nintendo characters in games, also voices “surprise cameos” in the film.
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Illumination founder Chris Meledandri co-produced the film with Super Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto. Meledandri noted that Miyamoto was “front and center in the creation of this film” and that the “original creative voice” is often absent from Hollywood film adaptations. Nintendo announced in February 2018 that Universal Studios’ subsidiary Illumination Entertainment had begun planning the animated film. Both Nintendo and Universal Pictures funded the project, and Universal Pictures is distributing the film worldwide.
The film opened in the U.S. and over 60 markets worldwide on April 5 and will open in Japan on April 28 after a delay. The film was previously slated to open on December 21.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has become a box office success, earning over US$500 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing film of 2023 worldwide. With an all-star cast and the involvement of Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri as producers, the film has broken records and surpassed expectations. Fans of the iconic video game franchise can look forward to the film’s upcoming release in Japan on April 28.
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