Super Mario Bros. Movie hits US$1 billion, is No. 1 at the box office for 4 weeks

The Super Mario Bros. Movie led ticket sales for the fourth straight weekend in theatres with US$40 million, as the global haul for the Universal Pictures release surpassed US$1 billion, according to studio estimates Sunday.smashing records along the way

The Super Mario Bros. Movie was estimated to easily cross US$1 billion at the worldwide box office Sunday, making it the 10th animated film to reach that milestone and the first since 2019. With a domestic total thus far of US$490 million, international sales are even stronger. The Illumination-animated release took in US$68.3 million overseas over the weekend, pushing its international haul to US$532.5 million.

Among the weekend's newcomers, the Judy Blume adaptation Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret fared the best. The Lionsgate release grossed US$6.8 million in 3,343 locations, a decent start for the US$30 million-budgeted coming-of-age tale written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, who also directed The Edge of Seventeen.

Lionsgate also released the Finnish action movie Sisu in 1,006 locations. The film, about a prospector played by Jorma Tommila whose gold is stolen by Nazis, grossed an estimated US$3.3 million. That was a solid result for the rare international film to receive a nationwide opening. Reviews have been good – 93 per cent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes – for writer-director Jalmari Helander's film.

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