I'm surprised I thought it would have held first place. That 3hr run time is definitely hurting it.
The runtime argument never makes sense because the top five or so highest grossing movies ever are around 3 hours long
| Movie | Distributor | Theaters | Previous Theaters | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Universal | 4,343 | | New |
| Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Paramount | 3,856 | 3,855 | +1 |
| John Wick: Chapter 4 | Lionsgate | 3,607 | 3,855 | -248 |
| AIR | MGM | 3,507 | | New |
| Scream VI | Paramount | 2,286 | 3,016 | -730 |
| Shazam! Fury of the Gods | Warner Bros | 2,203 | 3,451 | 1,248 |
| Creed III | United Artists Releasing | 2,002 | 2,827 | -825 |
| A Thousand and One | Focus Features | 926 | 926 | |
| Paint | IFC Films | 819 | | New |
| 65 | Sony | 815 | 2,113 | -1,298 |
| Jesus Revolution | Lionsgate | 608 | 1,415 | -807 |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Disney | 520 | 1,440 | -920 |
| Champions | Focus Features | 427 | 1,121 | -694 |
| Avatar: The Way of Water | 20th Century Studios | 365 | 675 | -310 |
| A Good Person | United Artists Releasing | 337 | 687 | -350 |
| Cocaine Bear | Universal | 279 | 1,164 | -885 |
| Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | Universal | 251 | 807 | -556 |
| Mummies | Warner Bros | 187 | 384 | -197 |
| Violent Night | Universal | 25 | 24 | +1 |
And just like that, the Nintendo Cinematic Universe was born.Mario about to cook this weekend
The Mike-less movie did make more than 80 for Brady's $12.7 million opening, but Tommy debuted in second place. 
After the 5 days, his Air-less movie made $20.2 million. Like Mario it also got an A cinemaScore which means again word of mouth should help stretch its legs. And it's going to need it cuz this m*********** has a 90 million budget. And they couldn't even get a Mike cameo goddamn. 
Rank | LW | Movie | Gross | +/-% LW | Theaters | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
| 1 | - | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $146,361,865 | - | 4,343 | $204,630,730 | 1 | Universal |
| 2 | 2 | John Wick: Chapter 4 | $14,466,361 | -49% | 3,607 | $146,933,160 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 3 | - | Air | $14,456,279 | - | 3,507 | $20,204,105 | 1 | - |
| 4 | 1 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | $13,881,006 | -62.7% | 3,856 | $61,658,546 | 2 | Paramount |
| 5 | 4 | Scream VI | $3,426,888 | -35.8% | 2,286 | $103,958,288 | 5 | Paramount |
| 6 | 3 | His Only Son | $2,806,537 | -49% | 1,930 | $10,600,583 | 2 | Angel Studios |
| 7 | 5 | Creed III | $2,759,018 | -44.9% | 2,002 | $153,215,788 | 6 | United Artists Releasing |
| 8 | 6 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | $1,561,023 | -66.1% | 2,203 | $56,564,441 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 7 | A Thousand and One | $599,990 | -66.6% | 926 | $2,960,140 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 10 | - | Paint | $570,512 | - | 819 | $570,512 | 1 | IFC Films |
apparently the movie is exactly what Miyamoto wanted. He wanted as little story as possible so illumination had to do it to get the movie made. looks like it workedThe Super Mario Bros. Movie is so review-proof. The rest of the box office participants just gotta chalk that one to the game and keep it moving, lol. It really doesn’t matter that the critics seem so majorly split against it when the kids are collectively losing their minds and theaters are clapping at the end of the flick.
The movie ain’t Pixar/DreamWorks nor does it try to be, but it does do a better job at staying faithful to the source material than most other video-game adaptations that I’ve seen lately. Miyamoto had to have been holding Illumination at gunpoint during production.
I do dread this sub turning into Arcadium 2.0 when the inevitable Mario-Sonic heavyweight bout takes place down the road…as if the Marvel/DC stan wars today aren’t enough.
rebegun the console wars haveThe Super Mario Bros. Movie is so review-proof. The rest of the box office participants just gotta chalk that one to the game and keep it moving, lol. It really doesn’t matter that the critics seem so majorly split against it when the kids are collectively losing their minds and theaters are clapping at the end of the flick.
The movie ain’t Pixar/DreamWorks nor does it try to be, but it does do a better job at staying faithful to the source material than most other video-game adaptations that I’ve seen lately. Miyamoto had to have been holding Illumination at gunpoint during production.
I do dread this sub turning into Arcadium 2.0 when the inevitable Mario-Sonic heavyweight bout takes place down the road…as if the Marvel/DC stan wars today aren’t enough.
