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Super Mario Bros. has been doing exceptionally well in North American ticket sales since hitting movie theaters. (Image: Super Mario Movie / Twitter)
With overseas earnings now at $532 million, its accumulated global total is $1.02 billion
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” easily took first place on North American movie screens this weekend, taking its global total to more than $1 billion, analysts said Sunday.
Industry tracker Exhibitor Relations reported that the video game-based film grossed an estimated $40 million for the Friday–Sunday period in the United States and Canada for a domestic total of $490 million.
With overseas earnings now at $532 million, its accumulated global total has grown to $1.02 billion.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, this makes “Super Mario” — a joint project of Universal, Nintendo and Illumination Studios — the first film of the year to cross the billion-dollar mark and only the 10th animation to do so.
Second place, for the second straight weekend, went to Warner Bros. bloody horror film “Evil Dead Rise” at $12.2 million. Sisters Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland are battling a monstrous crew known as the Deadites.
In the third was “Are you there God? It’s Me, Margaret,” a new comedy-drama from Gracie Films and Lionsgate Films, to $6.8 million. Analyst David A. Gross called only “a reasonable start” for a coming-of-age film, while adding that “reviews and audiences The scores are sensational.”
Based on the beloved Judy Bloom novel of the same name, it stars Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret Simon, a sixth-grader navigating the challenges of that awkward age. Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates also star.
Lionsgate’s neo-noir “John Wick: Chapter 4” is still going strong in its sixth weekend, taking in $5 million in fourth. Keanu Reeves plays the titular hitman.
And showing the enduring allure of the “Star Wars” franchise, Disney’s “Return of the Jedi” re-release placed fifth, taking in $4.8 million.
The film, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, marks its 40th anniversary at the end of May. It sold over 80 million tickets during its opening run.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
“Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” ($4.1 million)
“Air” ($4 million)
“Ponniyin Selvan: II” ($3.7 million)
“The Covenant” ($3.6 million)
“Sisu” ($3.3 million)
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