Mario Movie Breaking Records; 5 Day Opening Weekend Set To Beat Frozen 2

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Soundwave said:

Slownenberg said:

I think it'll pass 1.35 billion so at least end up 2nd all time animation movies and 15th all time in general. Not sure it'll get any higher than that cuz then there's a gap on both the lists, but maybe it makes it to 14th all time.

Keeping in mind too it's harder to get past 1 billion+ these days. Movie business definitely took a hit post-COVID, if the Mario movie was this kind of hit pre-COVID, we're probably talking 1.4-1.5+ billion IMO. 

Doubtful, the average 2022 release grossed more than any other year since 2010 (and we had two of the top 5 all-time grosses in the past two years). The box office is just smaller overall because fewer movies are released in theaters these days. Ticket prices being up 10-20% since 2019 helps too.

If anything movies like No Way Home and Mario were aided by the absence of other significant releases for many weeks around them.