The Box Office Report: ‘Super Mario Bros.’ levels up with $87M weekend

Nintendo’s massive hit snags the top spot on the yearly domestic chart.

Bill Kuchman

Apr 17, 2023

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Mario in *The Super Mario Bros. Movie*. / Universal Pictures

Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of April 14-16, 2023.

1. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Weekend gross: $87M
Total domestic gross: $347.8M
Last weekend: 1st
Percent drop: -41

Another dominant weekend for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The film fell just 41 percent from its opening weekend, holding on for a fantastic $87 million.

A second weekend that big cracks the top ten list for best second weekends, joining a club that consists mostly of giant franchise films (a Star Wars movie, four Marvel Cinematic Universe installments, a Jurassic World movie and then the live-action Beauty and the Beast remake and Top Gun: Maverick).

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