Who says people don’t go to the movies? That stale cynicism coming out of the pandemic is about to get squashed this weekend as Illumination/Universal’s The Super Mario Bros Movie is about to run up a serious box office score.
With a Wednesday opening before Easter around the world, inclusive of 70 offshore markets, the Nintendo co-production is looking ata $225 million-plus opening frame.
Separated out, that’s $125M+ in U.S./Canada in 4,000 theaters over Wednesday through Sunday, and another $100M+ abroad.
While weighted over a different number of days ( five days overseas and three domestic), Disney/Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania currently stands as the best worldwide opening for an MPA title year-to-date at $225.3M.
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