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Cobretti2 on 06 May 2023
haxxiy said:
Soundwave said:

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.

I can't recall what movies were around the time of No Way Home, but No Way Home stood on it's own two feet and people went to see it for what it was not because there was a lack of other movies.

As for Mario not being up against significant releases?

There was Avatar 2, Creed 3, Dungeons and Dragons, John Wick 4. Considering what ticket prices cost in my country, all these take away from Mario if there was nothing else on. Mario has done well because it has a significant fan following in the world. If it had a different title it wouldn't even be on the radar.



 

 

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Soundwave on 07 May 2023

Mario now is officially the highest grossing non-Disney animated film of all time, the highest grossing Illumination film of all time. If it can gross another 97 million WW (roughly) it will move up to no.2 all-time.

1 2019 Frozen II $1,437,862,795 
2 2013 Frozen $1,256,848,976
3 2018 Incredibles 2 $1,242,805,359 
4 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $1,159,247,654 
5 2015 Minions $1,157,271,759 



Slownenberg on 07 May 2023
Soundwave said:

Mario now is officially the highest grossing non-Disney animated film of all time, the highest grossing Illumination film of all time. If it can gross another 97 million WW (roughly) it will move up to no.2 all-time.

1 2019 Frozen II $1,437,862,795 
2 2013 Frozen $1,256,848,976
3 2018 Incredibles 2 $1,242,805,359 
4 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $1,159,247,654 
5 2015 Minions $1,157,271,759 

Oh wow I wasn't sure if it would quite pass minions this week.

Should be close to passing Incredible 2 after next weekend, and move into second in two weeks. Might not be in theaters long enough to pass Frozen 2 but ya never know. Looks like 1.4B is definitely a good target.

I guess it did just over $100m this week. Should be right around 1.3B in two weeks. Another 3 weeks beyond that would probably have it passing Frozen 2 or at least very close to it. But is it gonna stay in theaters for another 5-6 weeks?? I have no idea how long movies stay in theaters these days.



UnderwaterFunktown on 08 May 2023

The Japan release could be huge for the film. It's estimated at 48 mil after 9 days and most notably sales actually increased 35 % the second weekend, so it's probably just getting started. For comparison Frozen did a total of 250 mil in Japan while Frozen II did 120 mil. It's ahead of both atm though naturally the first one got a slower start since it wasn't some well known IP at the time.



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Kakadu18 on 08 May 2023
UnderwaterFunktown said:

The Japan release could be huge for the film. It's estimated at 48 mil after 9 days and most notably sales actually increased 35 % the second weekend, so it's probably just getting started. For comparison Frozen did a total of 250 mil in Japan while Frozen II did 120 mil. It's ahead of both atm though naturally the first one got a slower start since it wasn't some well known IP at the time.

The Mario Film has the third biggest 10 day total only behind Demon Slayer and One Piece Film Red in yen.



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haxxiy on 08 May 2023

It's now only $23 m behind Incredibles 2 in NA at a similar point. If it keeps tracking as it did in the past 15 days, it should gross another $100m domestically and reach around $1.4 b worldwide.

However, this weekend it had the first >50% drop since launch, courtesy of GotG, showing how it previously benefited from a lack of competition. So maybe a bit less, but perhaps not entirely out of the cards yet depending on Japan's numbers.



 

 

 

 

 

Chicho on 09 May 2023

I is now  #24

here is the top 25 

Rank Title Worldwide gross Year
1 Avatar $2,923,706,026 2009
2 Avengers: Endgame $2,797,501,328 2019
3 Avatar: The Way of Water $2,319,761,409 2022
4 Titanic $2,257,844,506 1997
5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $2,068,223,624 2015
6 Avengers: Infinity War $2,048,359,754 2018
7 Spider-Man: No Way Home $1,921,847,111 2021
8 Jurassic World $1,671,537,444 2015
9 The Lion King $1,656,943,394 2019
10 The Avengers $1,518,815,515 2012
11 Furious 7 $1,515,341,399 2015
12 Top Gun: Maverick $1,493,491,858 2022
13 Frozen II $1,450,026,933 2019
14 Avengers: Age of Ultron $1,402,809,540 2015
15 Black Panther $1,347,280,838 2018
16 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $1,342,139,727 2011
17 Star Wars: The Last Jedi $1,332,539,889 2017
18 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $1,308,473,425 2018
19 Frozen $1,290,000,000 2013
20 Beauty and the Beast $1,263,521,126 2017
21 Incredibles 2 $1,242,805,359 2018
22 The Fate of the Furious $1,238,764,765 2017
23 Iron Man 3 $1,214,811,252 2013
24 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $1,160,807,240 2023
25 Minions $1,159,444,662 2015


DroidKnight on 30 May 2023

per the-numbers.com

Sitting inside the top 20 now.  It looks like it's finally starting to run out of steam.  Only Frozen II sits atop it as far as animated films.  



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Slownenberg on 31 May 2023
DroidKnight said:

per the-numbers.com

Sitting inside the top 20 now.  It looks like it's finally starting to run out of steam.  Only Frozen II sits atop it as far as animated films.  

Nice. I dunno how much longer it'll still be in theaters but hopefully it has enough time at the box office left to pass those few right in front of it and get to #15 passing Black Panther.



Chicho on 31 May 2023
Slownenberg said:

Nice. I dunno how much longer it'll still be in theaters but hopefully it has enough time at the box office left to pass those few right in front of it and get to #15 passing Black Panther.

In Domestic is already at #14 so lets see where it can go in worldwide.