Universal's THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE starring Chris Pratt, Charlie Day (2023) 0

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Edited April 24, 2023 by Bosco685

[drotto]

On 4/24/2023 at 3:14 PM, awakeintheashes said:

My son is right at the age where I started playing Mario as a kid, so it was cool to see him pointing out all the stuff and turning to me and saying “remember that.” My almost 4yo daughter tolerated most of it because of him, but we lost her at the end. 

If this spawns a whole new line of movies, it would be cool to see them bring it back to theaters in future years for new audiences to enjoy on the big screen. 

Road maps for a so-called NCU have already surfaced,  and Chris Pratt referenced this film as the start of the NCU. It has also been hinted that Zelda and Metroid are already in developement.

Edited April 25, 2023 by drotto

[awakeintheashes]

On 4/25/2023 at 5:12 AM, drotto said:

Road maps for a so-called NCU have already surfaced,  and Chris Pratt referenced this film as the start of the NCU. It has also been hinted that Zelda and Metroid are already in developement.

I do hope that comes to fruition, but I hope they have their own tone and feel. Zelda, especially recently, has weaved together great gameplay and excellent storytelling. I don’t think the Mario-style lightheartedness humor would work as well with a property like Zelda. It would need to be more of an epic adventure that keeps the humor at a minimum and focuses more on the hero’s journey.

 

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[The humble Watcher lurking]

Super Mario Bros’ Jumping Past $1B Global On Sunday.

https://deadline.com/2023/04/super-mario-bros-movie-crosses-one-billion-global-box-office-1235341660/

It was just a matter of time. With estimates through Sunday, Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s The Super Mario Bros Movie is expected to cross $1B global tomorrow, becoming the first release of 2023 to the milestone, and the fifth of the pandemic era. It is getting there in 26 days. Wahoo!

The Aaron Horvath/Michael Jelenic-directed juggernaut sailed past $900M worldwide earlier this week and through Friday is at $970M. Of that, $483M is from the international box office, domestic is at $487M.

This weekend notably included openings in majors Korea and Japan. Through Friday, the Korea gross is $1.65M in second place. In Japan, play is strong.

Edited April 29, 2023 by The humble Watcher lurking

[The humble Watcher lurking]

So far number one this year at the box office.

I hope more Nintendo movies based on the video games.

[Bosco685]

Japan is digging it!

 

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Edited April 30, 2023 by Bosco685
$1B worldwide

[AnthonyTheAbyss]

I hated the bad publicity it was getting for casting two white dudes as voice actors.  Took me a while to get use to hearing Charlie Day and not thinking Sunny In Philly.  It was an ok movie so I never thought it would reach this level of success.

 

***Very happy it is doing well

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[media_junkie]

On 5/7/2023 at 11:53 AM, Bosco685 said:

 

 Ok, so for sure Mario Movie beats Minions, does it have enough gas in the tank to bump Incredibles 2 or even Frozen 1?  (I don't think it can hit Frozen 2 levels).

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[Dark Knight]

Movie definitely has some good plumber legs!! 

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[drotto]

On 5/21/2023 at 2:15 PM, Bosco685 said:

 

So looks like will beat Frozen, but fall short of Frozen 2.

[Dark Knight]

Finally saw the movie yesterday.  I loved it!  It was cute, entertaining, and lived up to the video game versions which I enjoyed playing as a kid. I hope they will make more of these Nintendo video game character/titled movies. I think it will do very well!