'Mario' movie gets off to a strong start, could hit $300 million worldwide this weekend

Julian

2023-04-08

"Super Mario Bros. The Movie" is now officially in theaters, and the movie is off to a very good start at the box office.

'Mario' movie gets off to a strong start, could hit $300 million worldwide this weekend

According to deadline news, in North America, the film earned $26.5 million at the box office on Thursday, and the cumulative box office totaled $58.2 million in the first two days before its release. It is predicted that the box office will reach $95 million to $115 million in the first weekend.

Looking at the world, in overseas regions, the box office of this work reached 27.6 million U.S. dollars on Thursday and the next day, with a total of 62.1 million U.S. dollars in two days, and the global box office has exceeded 120 million U.S. dollars in two days of release. It is forecast to hit $300 million worldwide in its opening weekend.

However, there is a big gap between the film's audience evaluation and media evaluation. The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is 56%, but the audience rating is as high as 96%.

'Mario' movie gets off to a strong start, could hit $300 million worldwide this weekend

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