Super Mario Galaxy Movie Box Office Smash

0:00It's April 5th, you're listening to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, AI-powered entertainment coverage. The Super Mario Galaxy movie is owning the box office right now. It pulled in 190 million, $100,000 over the five-day Easter weekend in North America, or $130 million, $900,000 for the straight three-day run. That's the biggest domestic opening of the year so far. This sequel tops the first Super Mario Bros. movie from 2023, which did $204,600,000 over five days. It also grabs third place all time for video game movie openings, right behind that original Mario flick in a Minecraft movie's 162, $1,800,000 debut. Critics weren't as hyped, giving it just 41% on Rotten Tomatoes compared to 59% for the first one. This is still showed up strong though, handing it an A-Cinema score, a notch down from the original straight A. The star power helped, with Chris Pratt back as Mario, Anya Taylor

1:03Joy's Peach, and fresh voices like Bri Larson as Rosalina and Donald Glover as. Yoshi, a bait surprise was Glenn Powell voicing Fox McLeod from Star Fox, dropping right before release and sparking crossover buzz for an Nintendo movie. Universe. This win keeps video game adaptations hot after years of flops, like that 90s live action Mario bomb. Final tallies drop this week, but Mario's proving Nintendo flicks are pure gold, paving the way for Zelda's live action drop in 2027. Game on.