Mamma Mia! Early Predictions Have The 'Super Mario Bros. Movie' Making $85M-$90M During Its Easter Weekend Release

TV & Film

Mar 21

Though the animated movie was delayed last December, Deadline reports that the much anticipated The Super Mario Bros. Movie produced by the collaborative efforts of Nintendo, Universal Studios, and Illumination is expected to see box office revenue from a minimum of $85M to $90M within days of it hitting theaters on April 5th drawing out into the Easter holiday weekend. Ever since last year when the teaser trailer premiered at New York’s Comic-Con, the hype has been ongoing with the continued help of the voice cast and the results of fan interest are increasingly visible when comparing the teaser trailer’s views (3.7M) on YouTube to the official trailer’s views (18M). Even some of the fan-made trailer compilations of released content “put in order” have gained between thousands to millions of views too.

The honed animation style of Illumination’s dream team combined with the Mario Bros. theme and the chosen star castings of villainous opponent Jack Black playing Bowser, Seth Rogen as the uncontainable Donkey Kong and heroes Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach and Keegan-Michael Key as a song inspired Toad ought to draw the attention of all gaming families. The movie’s Twitter and IMDB profiles linked below are a treasure trove of images and quick clips from the movie that have undoubtedly contributed to the excitement. Those that didn’t already know will be delighted in learning that Illumination is also a Super Mario Bros fan with the movie’s IMDB profile trivia section making mention of a few easter eggs regarding Mario, Donkey Kong and even a sliding shell being hidden among three of Illumination’s previous popular films.

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With the theatrical release right around the corner, Nintendo recently started celebrating its hero Mario a little over a week ago through a multi-part sales event on its website for Switch games that is spearheaded by Happy Mar10 Day with between 30% to 33% off select games where part one is due to end soon on March 23rd. The next phase of their sale is due to start that following day at midnight.