‘Super Marios Bros. Movie’ Shocks Hollywood After Hitting Massive Milestone

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Crosses $1 Billion Mark at Global Box Office

The Super Mario Bros. Movie has taken Hollywood by storm, crossing the $1 billion mark at the global box office just four weeks after its release. This adaptation of the popular Nintendo video game has become the first movie of 2023 to hit this coveted milestone, according to Variety.

Joining the Ranks of Top-Grossing Films

The Chris Pratt-led movie has earned $490 million in North America and $532 million internationally as of Sunday. This success has made it only the fifth film since the pandemic to hit such a monumental mark, joining the ranks of Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Jurassic World Dominion.

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” surpassed $1 billion at the global box office on Sunday, making it the 10th animated film to reach that milestone and the first since 2019 https://t.co/ECUd4Ksydx

— TIME (@TIME) May 1, 2023

A Star-Studded Cast and Positive Audience Reviews

The Super Mario Bros. Movie opened on April 5th during the long Easter holiday and surpassed Marvel’s highly-anticipated Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The film has a star-studded cast of voices, with Pratt as the voice of Mario and Jack Black voicing the love-struck tortured villain, Bowser. The success makes it not only the first movie to cross the $1 billion mark globally but also the first film ever based on a video game to have that kind of success, the outlet noted.

The film has scored big with audiences too, who have given it a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. One audience member wrote, “I took my four-year-old son to watch this movie as he’s super into Mario and he LOVED it. I loved the humor in the movie, the colors and animation. It is a good story line and just a great family-friendly movie. I have no complaints.” Another person wrote, “Perfect for my 11-year-old. She enjoyed it and it didn’t have the adult themes or conversation that I have to explain later when she asks me.”

Critics’ Mixed Reviews

Meanwhile, critics have given the movie a 59% rating on the movie review site. A Chicago Reader critic wrote, “Among the many errors of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, screenwriter Matthew Fogel plops him and his brother Luigi into a milquetoast Brooklyn family that doubts them and disrespects their small-business dreams.”

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