It's-a safe to say that The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been a Peach-y success so far. While expectations were already relatively high for Illumination Studios' latest animated film, the numbers are practically surreal in what has otherwise been a slow, arduous climb back up in the post-pandemic era for theaters. The two most famous plumbers in the world have thrown a barrage of koopa shells at all the competition everywhere in the world, and the exhilarating race up the Rainbow Road will likely continue to soar. Per a report from Collider, the film has already smashed box office records with over $204 million in domestic sales in its first five days, while approaching a staggering $400 million worldwide.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is an animated adaptation of the classic videogame franchise, is the latest collaborative project between Universal and Illumination Studios, which is most well-known for the Despicable Me movie franchise and its Minion-inspired spin-offs. The film follows famous plumber brothers Mario and Luigi, voiced by Chris Pratt and Charlie Day respectively, who seek to fix a major manhole leak in their native town of Brooklyn and unexpectedly get sucked into a Warp Pipe that sends them to two very different places. Mario winds up in the Mushroom Kingdom, which is ruled by Princess Peach, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, while Luigi tumbles into the Dark Lands which are ruled by Koopa King Bowser, played by Jack Black. Bowser threatens to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom if Peach does not marry him, so Mario embarks on a mission to rescue Luigi and save the Kingdom.

Other stars in the film include Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as King Cranky Kong, and Khary Payton as the Penguin King.

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Mario and Luigi from The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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Mario and Luigi's latest adventure on the big screen has proven itself a smashing hit, to put it lightly. On top of its five-day opening weekend that went above $200 million domestically, the film is already set to double that worldwide, with $377 million in global box office sales and counting. At such a pace, it's already broken the record for the biggest opening of all time for an animated movie, surpassing other hits like Frozen 2 (2019). It's also already achieved the biggest opening of 2023 so far, blowing past Marvel's Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which came out this past February.

Of course the year is still young, but it still makes for quite an accomplishment on that front. Granted, Quantumania has had its mixed bag of issues that belies a larger problem currently rattling Marvel, but a Super Mario film hitting so many landmarks with naught but a pixilated videogame franchise to work off of is very impressive. It's also beaten the opening weekend record for a movie based off a videogame, which was previously held by Warcraft (2016).

With its release cleverly placed during Easter, a major family holiday weekend, it's abundantly clear that experimenting again with Super Mario lore has paid off in spades, or star coins in this case. A strong 96% audience reception shows that it's presented itself as a much welcomed pick-me-up for movie enthusiasts who have been looking for that long-lost spark at the theater once again.