{"id":1922215,"date":"2023-05-01T17:12:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T21:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-cant-topple-super-mario-bros-at-box-office\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T21:16:16","slug":"are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-cant-topple-super-mario-bros-at-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-cant-topple-super-mario-bros-at-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAre You There God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret\u201d Can\u2019t Topple \u201cSuper Mario Bros.\u201d at Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fare-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-cant-topple-super-mario-bros-at-box-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1922215&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Super Mario Bros. Movie Dominates Box Office for Fourth Weekend<\/h2>\n<h3>Are You There Box Office? It\u2019s-a me, \u201cMario.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>The Super Mario Bros. Movie is still dominating the competition on domestic charts, fending off theatrical newcomers \u201cAre You There God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret,\u201d \u201cSisu\u201d and \u201cBig George Foreman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The animated adventure is putting up yet another impressive hold, projecting a slim 37% drop from its previous outing for a hearty $37.5 million weekend gross. Already the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/avatar-sequel-soars-past-top-gun-maverick-globally-to-become-top-grossing-film-of-2022\/\" title=\"\u2018Avatar\u2019 Sequel Soars Past \u2018Top Gun: Maverick\u2019 Globally To Become Top Grossing Film Of 2022\">highest-grossing release<\/a> of 2023 so far, the film will almost certainly cross the $1 billion mark at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-stock-tanks-as-subscription-numbers-plummet-in-second-quarter\/\" title=\"Disney Stock Tanks As Subscription Numbers Plummet In Second Quarter\">global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-box-office-duds-that-became-cult-classics\/\" title=\"9 Box Office Duds That Became Cult Classics\">box office<\/a><\/a> this weekend. It\u2019ll be the fifth title to notch that achievement since the onset of the global COVID pandemic, following in the footsteps of \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home,\u201d \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d \u201cJurassic World Dominion\u201d and \u201cAvatar: The Way of Water.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cAre You There God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret\u201d Fares Well Among New Releases<\/h3>\n<p>The adaptation of Judy Blume\u2019s best-selling 1970 novel is faring the best among new releases. Opening in 3,343 locations, the coming-of-age film earned $2.25 million on Friday, a figure that includes roughly $600,000 in Thursday previews. That may be enough for the Lionsgate release to project a third place finish for the weekend, but it\u2019s ultimately an underwhelming result for a crowdpleaser based on a literary mainstay that carries a $30 million production budget.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not to say support isn\u2019t there for \u201cMargaret.\u201d The film has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-cant-topple-super-mario-bros-at-box-office\/\" title=\"\u201cAre You There God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret\u201d Can\u2019t Topple \u201cSuper Mario Bros.\u201d at Box Office\">earned glowing reviews<\/a>, landing a 98% approval rating from top critics on aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences are also a big thumbs-up, as research firm Cinema Score drew an \u201cA\u201d grade after surveying the first round of ticket buyers.<\/p>\n<p>Lionsgate will look to make the most of that word-of-mouth, as \u201cMargaret\u201d continues to play through the upcoming Mother\u2019s Day weekend. Beyond theatrical, the distributor can hope that the coming-of-age tale finds a shelf life as enduring as its source material\u2019s.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Releases<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cEvil Dead Rise\u201d looks to take silver after grossing $3.6 million on Friday, down 65% from its opening day last week.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJohn Wick: Chapter 4\u201d continues to show staying power, looking to stick at fourth place on domestic charts.<\/li>\n<li>Disney is re-releasing \u201cReturn of the Jedi\u201d this weekend to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the \u201cStar Wars\u201d trilogy capper.<\/li>\n<li>The Indian epic \u201cPonniyin Selvan: Part Two\u201d looks to land in the top 10 on domestic charts, projecting a haul around $3 million to $4 million.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSisu,\u201d a quirky Finnish action film being opened by Lionsgate, drew $1.4 million on Friday from 1,006 locations.<\/li>\n<li>The newly released George Foreman biopic, fully titled \u201cBig George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World,\u201d will likely open outside of the top 10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there, Box Office! It&#8217;s your favorite plumber, Mario! Can you believe it? &#8220;The Super Mario Bros. Movie&#8221; is still crushing the competition in its fourth weekend of release. Even newcomers like &#8220;Are You There God? It&#8217;s Me, Margaret,&#8221; &#8220;Sisu,&#8221; and &#8220;Big George Foreman&#8221; can&#8217;t keep up with the Mushroom Kingdom&#8217;s finest. And speaking of adaptations, Judy Blume&#8217;s beloved 1970 novel is holding its own, but it&#8217;s no match for the power of Mario and his crew. Keep on jumping, folks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1922216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[8660,7425,10905,6965,3680,6550,17081,20279,8400,5660,4783,21214],"class_list":["post-1922215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-box","tag-god","tag-are","tag-bros","tag-cant","tag-its","tag-margaret","tag-mario","tag-me","tag-office","tag-super","tag-topple"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}