Out of the gate, Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie already is breaking records with a $34M Wednesday. That’s the best opening day so far this year — besting Amazon MGM Studios’ Project Hail Mary, which rang up a $33.1M Friday/previews — but it’s also the best opening Wednesday in April, beating 2023’s The Super Mario Bros Movie, which brought in $31.7M. Keep in mind, no previews puffing up that figure.
That first chapter during Easter stretch 2023 went on to post a 3-day of $146.3M and 5-day of $204.6M, which was an all-time opening for Illumination. Note that forecasting a 3-day and 5-day from this point in time is tricky, and Uni sees the sequel directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic legging out to $128.2M over 3 days and $186M over 5 (second best for Illumination). Sorry, even though it’s lower than the first, that’s still awesome
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