Nintendo and Illumination have teamed up to deliver the rather unsurprising news that they are officially starting work on a brand new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination’s Chris Meledandri made the announcement in a video (which you can check out below) to celebrate Mario Day, […]
‘Peaches’ from The Super Mario Bros. Movie fails to make Oscars shortlist
With its viral success and nominations at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, you’d expect Peaches to easily land a spot at the Oscars, especially for the chance to see Jack Black perform the number. Yet, that’s not going to happen, as the film was not part of the Academy Awards shortlists that dropped […]
Barbie becomes the 2023 box office queen as the highest-grossing movie of the year
Barbie is looking to strut out of 2023 as the box office queen. At the time of writing, Barbie has hit $1.36 billion at the global box office, allowing the fantastical comedy to overtake Universal and Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which netted $1.35 billion globally. The Greta Gerwig-directed film already became the highest-grossing […]
Despite lacklustre critical and fan reception, Disney rules 2023 box office so far
The studio is still the overall box office leader, even if fans and audiences aren’t fully behind Disney. Reports put Disney with $3.4 billion worldwide at the box office, which ranges from the beginning of the year to this past week (Jan. 1-July 2). That breaks out to $1.35 billion domestically and $2.05 billion abroad. This number […]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – The Power Up Edition sets Home Entertainment release
Having overtaken Disney’s Frozen at the box office to become the second-biggest animated feature film of all time, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that The Super Mario Bros. Movie – The Power Up Edition will arrives on digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on June 13th; check out the cover artwork and details […]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie becomes first video game adaptation to make a billion dollars
The Year of Nintendo is upon us. As the studio awaits the release of its hotly-anticipated game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo’s newest movie continues its box office domination. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is officially in the Billion Dollar Club, as the film jumped past $1 billion at the global […]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie keeps on collecting coins while Evil Dead Rise scares up impressive box office debut
The box office was a case of ’80s counter-programming this weekend, catering to the decade’s Deadites and duck-hunters, which saw The Super Mario Bros. Movie continue to collect coin for the third weekend in a row, and an impressive debut for horror-sequel Evil Dead Rise. The Super Mario Bros. Movie leaped and bounded its way […]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the highest grossing video game movie, continues record-breaking box office run
We knew The Super Mario Bros. Movie would dominate, but these numbers are impressive. The film is eyeing a worldwide box office total of $659M, and that also places it well over the previous benchmark for video games. What’s crazy is the achievement happened earlier this week when it surpassed $500 million, overtaking 2016’s Warcraft […]
What does the historic Super Mario Bros. Movie box office opening weekend mean for animation?
When The Super Mario Bros. Movie began picking up steam during its preview screenings, no one could predict the force the animation film would become by opening weekend. Little did we know that the film would open to an impressive $146.4 million during the traditional three-day weekend and $204.6 million over the five-day frame, given […]
Super Mario Bros: The Best Characters in the Marioverse
Olly Dyche ranks the best character in the Marioverse… Super Mario Bros. is without question the biggest and most popular video game franchise on the planet. Almost everyone has either played a video game starring the famous plumber, or have at the very least have heard of the franchise, its protagonist Mario, and iconic characters […]
