{"id":133490,"date":"2023-05-03T01:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T01:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-148899"},"modified":"2023-05-03T01:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T01:25:00","slug":"mario-movie-breaks-multiple-records-in-japans-opening-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/03\/mario-movie-breaks-multiple-records-in-japans-opening-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Movie Breaks Multiple Records In Japan’s Opening Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Mario Movie finally made its debut in Nintendo’s homeland last week and it’s got off to an incredibly strong start.<\/p>\n

According to a report by 4Gamer.net (via Nintendo Everything), the movie banked around $13.5<\/strong> million<\/strong> in its opening weekend and had made around $16 million in total by Monday (about 2,182,490,230 yen). This apparently makes it the best Illumination movie opening in Japan ever.<\/p>\n

It’s managed to outperform the opening weekends of Despicable Me 3 (just over $5 million) and The Secret Life of Pets (about $7 million). It’s also now the best weekend movie debut for Universal in Japan – surpassing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (making $11 million in its opening weekend).<\/p>\n

Last, but not least, the Mario Movie is also the fastest-selling movie for Universal in the country – reaching two billion yen faster than any of the studio’s previous releases.<\/p>\n

This update follows the news last weekend that the Mario Movie has now crossed $1 billion at the global box office. If you want to see what the Japanese version of the Mario Movie is like, there’ll be special screenings taking place in North America.<\/p>\n

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