‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ breaks a billion
Nintendo’s smash hit cracks $1B worldwide and nears $500M domestically. Some movie called ‘Return of the Jedi’ also finishes in the top five …
Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of April 28-30, 2023.
1. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Weekend gross: $40M
Total domestic gross: $490M
Last weekend: 1st
Percent drop: -33
The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the 50th film in box office history to cross the $1 billion barrier, adding $40 million domestically to boost its score to $1,022,474,000.
Nintendo’s adaption of its iconic video game franchise took full advantage of its April release window, landing the No. 1 spot on the domestic box office chart for four weekends in a row. The Chris Pratt-led Super Mario Bros. Movie will see its run come to an end next weekend, when the Chris Pratt-led Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 opens.
On its way to grossing $1 billion worldwide, The Super Mario Bros. Movie has racked up $490 million at the domestic box office, which makes it the 19th highest grossing film in North American history. The film is less than $10 million away from cracking the $500 million barrier, which is still an impressive feat despite the amount of movies that have hit that number over the past decade or so. (Here’s a wild one: When The Dark Knight grossed $535 million in 2008, it was only the second film after Titanic to cross $500 million.)
A fun perk of being a subscriber to Twitter Blue? You can post the entire Super Mario Bros. Movie on Twitter. (That’s the sound of Nintendo’s lawyers high-fiving each other over the money they’re about to take from Elon Musk.)
2. Evil Dead Rise
Weekend gross: $12.2M
Total domestic gross: $44.4M
Last weekend: 2nd
Percent drop: -50
Evil Dead Rise has quickly become the No. 2 film in the franchise on both the domestic and worldwide box office charts. In a weekend or two, Evil Dead Rise should overtake 2013’s Evil Dead for the top spot on both charts.
3. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Weekend gross: $6.8M
Total domestic gross: $6.8M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA
The long-awaited adaption of Judy Blume’s novel of the same name was a hit with critics (a 99 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes), but the film brought in just $6.8 million its opening weekend. Hopefully positive word of mouth (Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. has an A on CinemaScore) can draw in new and repeat viewers over the next few weeks.
4. John Wick: Chapter 4
Weekend gross: $5M
Total domestic gross: $176.2M
Last weekend: 4th
Percent drop: -14
John Wick: Chapter 4 did it! The fourth film in the franchise is now both the highest grossing installment on both the domestic and worldwide charts. In fact, John Wick: Chapter 4 needs just a bit over $30 million more to become the first John Wick film to crack $400 million.
5. Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi
Weekend gross: $4.7M
Total domestic gross: $313.8M
Last weekend: NA
Percent drop: NA
Hey, have you all heard of this movie called Return of the Jedi? It’s apparently the conclusion to some trilogy about stars and wars …
Box office numbers via The Numbers based on Sunday estimates.
Next weekend
It’s a Marvel Cinematic Universe weekend. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 hits theaters on Thursday. Will a wave of positive reviews of James Gunn’s final MCU movie be enough to push the third Guardians film beyond its earlier tracking numbers?
