Ahead of its arrival on VOD this week, Universal’s mega-hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie passed another important milestone at the global box office this weekend. The animated video game adaptation has now grossed more than $1.2 billion worldwide, making it the 24th highest-grossing movie of all time globally. Super Mario is now also the fifth-biggest animated movie in history, behind The Lion King remake , Frozen 2 , Frozen and Incredibles 2 .
The film has grossed $536 million domestically, and another $674 million from overseas markets, for a running global haul of $1.21 billion. This means that Super Mario has a good chance of passing both Incredibles 2 and Frozen to become the third-biggest animated hit of all time globally by the end of its theatrical run. Domestically, it trails only Incredibles 2, which grossed $608 million in 2018 — this number might seem a little out of reach, but you never know.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The movie has been breaking records ever since it debuted in early April. Not only did it exceed opening weekend projections by nearly $80 million — it grossed $204 million over its extended five-day debut — it continued to defy projections in every subsequent weekend. Super Mario finished at the top of the charts four weekends in a row, before it was dethroned by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 earlier this month.
Illumination Entertainment Is on a Roll The new animated movie is directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, and it establishes Illumination Entertainment as a top-flight animation house. Illumination has now delivered three billion-dollar hits — Super Mario leads the pack, followed by Minions and Despicable Me 3 . Two other Illumination releases have grossed more than $900 million worldwide — Despicable Me 2 and Minions: The Rise of Gru .
Super Mario also features the voices of Anya Taylor-Joy, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Jack Black and Fred Armisen. You can watch our interview with Pratt and Day here, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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