Super Mario Galaxy movie Bringing a much-needed spring bloom to the box office, the family picture is now on track to collect a record $370.7 million in its global debut from 80 markets, the biggest opening since James Cameron’s film. Avatar: Fire and Ashes It opened over Christmas 2025. It is by far the first opening of 2026 among Hollywood titles.
Universal’s estimates on Saturday show the sequel is on track to open to a whopping $188.6 domestically, including a three-day weekend gross of $129.4 million, one of the best showings ever for the Easter Pass, not adjusted for inflation. Overseas, the film is on track for an estimated $182 million overseas opening, including previews, for a massive global launch not far behind the first film.
Opening on the same corridor as Easter 2023, the first Mario Bros movie It posted a five-day domestic debut of $204 million, including a three-day total of $147 million, one of the best performances ever for the holiday, not adjusted for inflation. Galaxy It also joins the upper reaches of that list.
Super Mario Galaxy It achieved a number of other milestones, including delivering the biggest three-day opening of the year so far, a record briefly held by the sleeper hit Hail Mary project.
Other records and achievements: The largest global and domestic opening of the year so far for a Hollywood film, the largest global opening ever for an animated film, and the fourth largest among Hollywood titles, along with Zootopia 2, Moana 2 and Super Mario.
Global highlights include delivering the two largest global openings ever for a video game adaptation, as well as celebrating Universal’s fifth-largest global opening ever. Super Mario.
Among the domestic achievements: It recorded the third-highest-grossing weekend for a video game adaptation Minecraft movie and Super Mario; The only anime franchise to have two titles open at over $100 during a three-day weekend a partner, toy story and Minions; And the largest five-day domestic launch since Disney’s launch Moana 2.
Super Mario Galaxy It received an A-CinemaScore award from audiences despite being overlooked by many critics. The 2023 picture received an A and quickly became a box office sensation on its way to grossing $1.36 billion worldwide and introducing a landmark new franchise for Universal, Illumination and Nintendo.
Universal-owned Illumination has teamed up with Nintendo to bring the family-friendly video game adaptation to the big screen. The follow-up tells the story of Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach once again as they take on the evil Bowser (this time with his son Bowser Jr.) in a galaxy-spanning adventure that introduces new characters including Princess Rosalina and Nintendo icon Yoshi.
Amazon MGM project He praises Marynow in its third weekend, continues to do great business despite the loss of the large Imax and premium formats Super Mario Galaxy. The Ryan Gosling-led thriller, expected to drop another slim 40 percent in its third outing to $32.6 million from 3,902 theaters, crossed the $200 million mark to end Sunday with a domestic cume of $219.1 million in Amazon MGM’s first big theatrical win.
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are excited Drama — certainly not a family-friendly Easter show — is expected to pull in third place with north of $13 million from 3,097 locations, somewhat lagging expectations for the A24 title, whose story has remained closely guarded for as long as it can remember. It received good grades but a B CinemaScore.
The numbers will be updated on Sunday morning
