{"id":133445,"date":"2023-04-30T02:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-148790"},"modified":"2023-04-30T02:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T02:05:00","slug":"mario-movie-crosses-1-billion-mark-at-the-global-box-office-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/30\/mario-movie-crosses-1-billion-mark-at-the-global-box-office-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Movie Crosses $1 Billion Mark At The Global Box Office This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie was expected to reach $1 billion in global box office sales<\/a> and it seems it will achieve this milestone by the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n

According to a new update from Deadline<\/a>, the Universal, Illumination and Nintendo movie will surpass the billion-dollar mark by Sunday, making it the first movie of 2023 to reach this figure. If all goes to plan, it will have taken just 26 days to achieve this.<\/p>\n

The film reached around $970 million internationally on Friday, and the launch of the movie in markets like Japan and Korea this week have now boosted this figure.<\/p>\n

Mario’s big screen animation has already set a number of milestones – such as being crowned the biggest video game adaptation ever<\/a> and becoming Illumination’s third biggest animation ever (behind Minions and Despicable Me 3).<\/p>\n

Nintendo and Illumination have already suggested there’s likely more to come, but right now are focused on the success of the Mario Movie in cinemas around the globe.<\/p>\n

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