(Los Angeles) The Super Mario Bros. movie arrived comfortably ahead of the North American box office finish line for Easter weekend on Sunday, a performance that could be one of the best of the year.
The animated film produced by Universal, Nintendo and Illumination studios has racked up $146 million in revenue for its first weekend in theaters, according to estimates by specialist firm Exhibitor Relations.
Mario appears in a feature film where he and his brother Luigi face the dreadful Bowser in the Mushroom Kingdom. And in theaters in the United States and Canada, “the numbers are sensational”, analyzes David Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
According to him, this is the best start for the first opus of an animated film, a success which he explains by its appeal to very different audiences: children, but also adults nostalgic for the most famous hero. in the history of video games.
The plumber in overalls and mustache is ahead – by a long way – of the fourth part of the saga John Wickin which Keanu Reeves reprises his role as a hitman fighting an international criminal group, which lands at No. 2 in the rankings with $14.6 million raised.
In third place, the one that was in the lead last weekend: the big-budget action film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. The highly anticipated adaptation of the most popular role-playing game, starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant and the star of the series Bridgerton Regé-Jean Page, made $14.5 million.
Ben Affleck’s latest movie, Airwhich recounts the origins of Nike shoes taken from NBA legend Michael Jordan, landed fourth place (14.4 million), “a very good score” for a film in this category according to expert David Gross.
Finally arrives at 5e rank for North America the new episode of the saga Scream, Scream VI with Courteney Cox and series star wednesday Jenna Ortega, with 3.3 million.
Here is the rest of top 10 :
6. His only son ($3.3 million)
7. Creed III (2.8 million)
8. Shazam! Fury of the Gods ($1.6 million)
9. paint ($750,000)
10. A Thousand and One ($600,000)