Opening weekend of the animated film “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” sets worldwide box office record

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” received a mixed reaction from reviewers, scoring 56% on Rotten Tomatoes, but that did not stop the film from achieving record box office receipts.

The film broke a massive opening weekend record for an animated movie worldwide. According to Deadline, it earned $377.5 million worldwide over the weekend, of which about $172.8 million came from the international box office. 

The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the biggest opening for Illumination, which has officially grossed $5 billion at the international box office across 13 films and $8.45 billion worldwide. The studio’s previous hits include “Minions” and “Despicable Me 3”. The film continues to gain momentum, becoming the highest-grossing of all time, beating “Warcraft” by 210 million dollars. It also became the fourth-largest worldwide opening of all time behind “The Fate of the Furious” ($543M), “Jurassic World” ($525M), and “Furious 7” ($398M).