Just one day after its release, The Super Mario Bros. Movie has broken box office records with a remarkably successful opening. It’s achieved several worldwide milestones and nearly reached even more.
The new Super Mario Bros. Wonder game, inspired by the classic Super Mario Galaxy games on the Wii, earned $34.5 million in the United States on its first day, April 1st. It also brought in $33.9 million internationally, for a total worldwide opening day of $68.4 million.
This film has had the largest opening weekend of 2026 so far, surpassing Project Hail Mary. However, we’re more interested in looking at overall record-breaking numbers, not just this year’s.
According to Deadline, The Super Mario Bros. Movie had the biggest Wednesday opening of any film released in April in the U.S.
This movie marks record-breaking openings for Illumination’s parent company, Universal. It’s Universal’s biggest release ever in Mexico, the most successful animated movie opening in Germany, and achieved the same record in Austria.
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The film achieved several notable second-place records internationally. It had the second-biggest animated opening weekend in both Mexico and Spain, and it was the second most successful opening for an Illumination film in France. Additionally, it earned the second-highest single-day preview numbers for an animated film in the UK and Ireland.
The film had the second-highest opening day of all time in Central America, surpassed only by Avengers: Endgame. In Spain, it ranked third, following Twilight and Inside Out 2 (according to Deadline).
Like the first movie, critics and audiences have very different opinions of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Currently, Rotten Tomatoes shows a 43% approval rating from critics, but audiences give it a much higher score of 91%.
After seeing the first movie a month before its release, Jack Black predicted its success. He said he was smiling and laughing throughout the entire film, confident they had created something special.
When the movie was released, the reviews were terrible. I couldn’t believe what critics were saying! Thankfully, audiences disagreed with those reviews, and the film actually became a massive success.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is out now in cinemas.
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