THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE WEEKEND THREAD

[kayumanggi]

31.7M OD

Edited April 6, 2023 by kayumanggi

[Issac Newton]

From Deadline Hollywood

 

Thursday AM:  Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s The Super Mario Bros Movie grossed more money in its first day at $31.7M than the 1993 live-action film made in is entire domestic run at $20.9M (unadjusted for inflation). It’s also close to $6M higher than what we were seeing yesterday. It’s safe to say that the latest big screen treatment of the 38 year-old video game is a hit with audiences as they gave it an A CinemaScore yesterday. 3-day is looking like $92M with an updated 5-day of $141M. These numbers can always fluctuate as is typical when projecting out a 5-day opening gross. Super Mario Bros Wednesday ranks behind that of Illumination’s Despicable Me 2 which did $35M and legged out to a five-day of $143M.

[kayumanggi]

some comps

 

 

[titanic2187]

10 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

 

It's gonna be the Shazam 1/Endgame problem - completely bad release date for a good movie sucked into the juggernaut...

 

Any underperforming March movie should have thought about January and early Feb this year...but they all thought they'd perform and they all had blockbuster budgets, so here we are.

Actually March isn't as "crowded" as it seem and January isn't as empty as it seem too. Whole March generated a $634m whereas January made $584m. 

 

The problem is the market simply isn't recovering enough to accommodate all movies. Or they do, just because people less keen to watch movie in standard hall now. 

Edited April 6, 2023 by titanic2187

[TwoMisfits]

1 minute ago, titanic2187 said:

Actually March isn't as "crowded" as it seem and January isn't as empty as it seem too. Whole March generated a $634m whereas January made $584m. 

 

January was (almost) all Avatar 2 and Puss 2, though, so there was room to slice legs off the holdovers and get theatrical space to thrive...

 

[Carlangonz]

17 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

Sony is handing Overseas. Korea each WKend increase was incredible, making it 3rd Highest Grossing Animated Film in Korea behind two Frozen Films. China was also incredible will do $120M in Full Run. 

 

May not be same Europe but will surely interesting to see how reception goes for this film outside Asia.

The issue I see with Suzume is that doesn't have a wider appeal like JJK or DS that belong to already successful sagas. Suzume aims to an older audience that either weren't going to watch Mario anyway or that already saw it this weekend and families of course will continue to go for Mario. So yeah not really a threat in the least.

[grim22]

I have to wonder, does it ever get tiring being this angry about every single piece of media for playing to the base? At some point, do you really need step back and maybe take a movie as a movie looking to entertain you?

 

 

 

[titanic2187]

3 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

 

January was (almost) all Avatar 2 and Puss 2, though, so there was room to slice legs off the holdovers and get theatrical space to thrive...

 

As much as Avatar 2 isn't a mega-mega-mega domestic hit that I thought, the $680m+ is actually still bigger than the entire March's gross. It is understandable why some refuse to go up against this size of juggernaut. 

 

Also, if you all talk about slicing off the gross from holdovers, that is just shifting the wealth, the cake size remain the same. The bigger issue here is how to encourage people to fill up the seats in standard hall, instead of all in PLF.  

[Cappoedameron]

You know how you respond with this Disney. You greenliight the long awaited Kingdom Hearts movie. MC character goes through classic Disney Worlds alongside Donald and Goofy sounds like a goldmine.

[Rainy]

 

Per this Variety article, they claim the budget is $100 million. 

 

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Along with better reviews, the upcoming $100 million-budgeted animated adventure will benefit from the months-long lack of movies for family audiences.

 

[Cappoedameron]

 

[upriser7]

11 minutes ago, grim22 said:

I have to wonder, does it ever get tiring being this angry about every single piece of media for playing to the base? At some point, do you really need step back and maybe take a movie as a movie looking to entertain you?

 

 

 

jeez...my head hurt after seeing this

[kayumanggi]

7 minutes ago, Rainy said:

 

Per this Variety article, they claim the budget is $100 million. 

 

 

 

@fmpro

[TheFlatLannister]

Anyone has Air numbers? Need Wednesday numbers for comps 

[keysersoze123]

1 minute ago, TheFlatLannister said:

Anyone has Air numbers? Need Wednesday numbers for comps 

it was posted earlier. 3.27m including 925K in sneaks. 

[John Marston]

Dungeons and Dragons got destroyed. John Wick 4 might not pass 3 now

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Also on Wednesday, Paramount/eOne’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves fell 49% (from Tuesday) for an estimated $1.9M and a running cume of six days of $45.4M. Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4 also eased 37% from Tuesday with an estimated $1.8M and a running total of $130M in the middle of week 2. Paramount/Spyglass Media’s Scream VI did an estimated $459K in fifth place, -36% from Tuesday, for a running cume, breathes aways from the century mark, at $99.9M. It will be the third Scream movie to pass $100M in the U.S./Canada after the first 1996 movie ($103M) and 1997’s Scream 2 ($101M).

 

 

[Krissykins]

4 hours ago, grey ghost said:

There are rotten movies that have had decent legs.

 

But has there ever been a movie with a cinescore of B+ or below with solid legs.

 

Cause it's obvious that for critic proof movies a rotten score is meaningless. 

Just last year, Smile got a B- cinemascore and had a 4.68x multiplier. 

[Grebacio]

4 hours ago, grey ghost said:

There are rotten movies that have had decent legs.

 

But has there ever been a movie with a cinescore of B+ or below with solid legs.

 

Cause it's obvious that for critic proof movies a rotten score is meaningless. 

Se7en scored a B on CinemaScore and had a 7.18x multiplier

[kayumanggi]

 

[cooldude97]

Does Mario count as a super hero film?