Bigger than an expanding mushroom or a giant-sized Mario, the box office is literally going to explode over the Easter stretch in the positive sense of the word as Illumination/Nintendo/Universal‘s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is set to do around $350M around world. Broken out that’s $175M over five days in the U.S./Canada at 4,000 theaters and another $175M in 79 markets sans Japan (that market will go later on April 24 timed to Golden Week holidays). Yes, Super Mario Galaxy Movie will have all the hammering power of Imax and PLF screens.
Super Mario Galaxy Movie will clearly post the biggest opening YTD around the world for an MPA title, ahead of Project Hail Mary‘s $141M, but it’s arguably the best overall for the year, ahead of China’s Pegasus 3 which did $152M over its 3-day weekend, largely from the Middle Kingdom.
We’re hearing that U.S.
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