168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Super Mario Bros. Movie's success shows no signs of slowing down, as it continues to break box office records in its third weekend. Amassing another $58 million at the US box office, it now holds the record for the most successful third weekend of any animated film, and helps it inch closer to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:its projected $1 billion mark.
It doesn't end there. According to , The Super Mario Bros. Movie has also become the most successful animated movie released after worldwide lockdowns forced theatres to close. It overtook Illumination's own 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Minions: The Rise of Gru for the honour, as Mario looks poised to become the studio's greatest success yet.
Yet another successful weekend is enough to get The Super Mario Bros. Movie into the top 20 highest-grossing animated films of all time, taking the 19th spot from Inside Out. Considering its theatre run is far from over - it still hasn't opened in Japan - we can expect it to climb the list even further.
It's widely expected that the film will very comfortably reach the $1 billion milestone, which would be enough for it to overtake huge moneymakers such as Shrek 2, Finding Nemo, and Despicable Me 2. Once it's opened in Japan, it might even break into the top five, although it would have to beat Minions' $1.15 billion for that to happen.
The movie isn't just going after other animated films, however. It has also been pointed out that $58 million at the domestic box office is enough to make this the seventh-best third weekend of any film, of any medium. Not bad going for a series that was notorious for having one of the worst video game film adaptations of all time.
Nintendo and Illumination were already planning a sequel before this news dropped, but this just confirms that this was a smart move. Shigeru Miyamoto has even said there's "no doubt" that other Nintendo properties will get the film treatment, so let's start taking bets on which franchise is up next. It's gotta be Zelda, right?
However, even if the film has been a hit with fans, that doesn't mean it's released without controversy. Many fans were disappointed to see that 168澳洲幸运5ꦆ开奖网:the film fails to credit composer Grant Kirkhope, despite the fact that it briefly features his DK Rap. Furthermore, it was quickly discovered that there were some unused, Mar✅io-inspired music tracks ꧋for the film, which were later replaced with licenced music. Many fans found this disappointing, although you can still listen to them in the film's soundtrack, so you can hear what could have been.