{"id":132959,"date":"2023-04-07T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T02:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-147691"},"modified":"2023-04-07T02:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T02:55:00","slug":"the-mario-movie-is-already-the-top-animated-launch-day-ever-in-11-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/07\/the-mario-movie-is-already-the-top-animated-launch-day-ever-in-11-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mario Movie Is Already The &#8220;Top Animated Launch Day Ever&#8221; In 11 Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e28314a92733a\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e28314a92733a\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Super Mario Movie\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e28314a92733a\/super-mario-movie.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e28314a92733a\/super-mario-movie.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Super Mario Movie\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo, Illumination<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Super Mario Bros. Movie was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/mario-movies-opening-box-office-predicted-to-be-the-biggest-of-2023-so-far\">predicted to have a big opening<\/a> and early box office data coming in reveals the film has already collected a <em>whopping<\/em> <strong>$66.4 million<\/strong> globally on its first day. It banked <strong>$34.7 million<\/strong> at the international box office combined with the US opening to reach this total.<\/p>\n<p>According to Deadline, Mario&#8217;s new movie outing has already set multiple milestones and records around the world as a result of this &#8211; becoming &#8220;the top animated launch day ever&#8221; across 11 different markets. As noted by the source, this includes countries like Germany, Spain, Argentina, Central America, and Austria.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a quick breakdown of Mario Movie&#8217;s opening day in multiple countries:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mexico: The biggest debut for a Universal title ever &amp; the second biggest animation opening behind Toy Story 4<\/li>\n<li>UK: The best-animated opening ever and biggest overall of 2023<\/li>\n<li>China: Biggest opening since start of the pandemic, and second biggest opening day for a studio title in 2023<\/li>\n<li>Germany: Universal&#8217;s best opening day of all time and animation opening<\/li>\n<li>Spain: Biggest animation opening day ever, and biggest April opening day ever<\/li>\n<li>France: The biggest opening day of 2023, best opening for Illumination ever<\/li>\n<li>Italy: Biggest opening day for an animated movie ever in Spring and for a video game adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Taiwan: Top opening day ever for Illumination and Universal, biggest opening for a video game adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Australia: Best opening day of 2023, biggest ever for Illumination and top April debut ever<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>26 other markets around the world open today, and locations like Japan launch the film later on in April. The film has been <strong>estimated<\/strong> to bank an excess of <strong>$225 million<\/strong> in its opening weekend, potentially surpassing mega-hits like Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which banked $225.3 million.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/super-mario\/related-articles:147542 @ 2023-04-07T04:10:24+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Have you seen the movie yourself yet? What do you think? Comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo, Illumination The Super Mario Bros. Movie was predicted to have a big opening and early box office data coming in reveals the film has already collected a whopping $66.4 million globally on its first day. It banked $34.7 million at the international box office combined with the US opening to reach this total. 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