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The Super Mario Bros. Moviecontinues to reach high scores in record time.
On Thursday, the animated film starringChris Prattas the popular Nintendo character officially reached $500 million at the worldwide box office after only a week of release, according toVarietyandThe Hollywood Reporter.
Not only does this make it the highest-grossing movie of the year so far, outdoing Marvel Studios’Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which opened in February, butSuper Mario Bros.has become the biggest video game movie ever.
Warcraft, the 2016 big-screen adaptation of theWorld of Warcraftgames, previously held that top spot.
Super Mario Bros., which officially opened in U.S. theaters last Wednesday, April 5,already had a record-setting opening weekendahead of the Easter holiday with an over-$375-million global debut. About $204 million of that came domestically.
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It accounted for the biggest global opening weekend for any animated film, and it outperformedlast year’sSonic the Hedgehog 2to become the biggest domestic opening for a video game movie.
Though a sequel hasn’t been officially announced, Illumination CEO Chris Meledandrirecently toldVariety, “I definitely wouldn’t rule anything out.”
“Our focus right now is entirely on bringing the film out to the audience, and at this time, we’re not prepared to talk about what’s coming in the future,” he added.
The Super Mario Bros. Movieis now in theaters.
source: people.com
