The Super Mario Bros. Movie needs no introduction as of now. The movie has touched the milestones that every movie wants to reach. For an animated movie, it is a huge thing. But the recent addition to the list of The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s laurels is nothing less than legendary.
The movie has earned over 1 billion dollars globally! The Super Mario franchise’s fame has definitely not faded away. The revenue is proof of how much love the characters enjoy to this day. Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, and all the characters brought in revenues of over a billion dollars! Here is all about The Super Mario Bros. Movie and its 1 billion dollars achievement!
The Billion Dollar Movie
In 2023, out of the movies that had impressive records in terms of performance, The Super Mario Bros. Movie reached the pinnacle. It has become the only movie of the year to touch the 1 billion dollar mark. With over 500 million dollars earned globally, the movie has established itself beyond North America. In North America, the movie has pursued over 490 million dollars.
The movie was in competition with multiple movies, including John Wick 4 and Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Despite the strong competition that the movie faced, it has shattered record after record. In the history of Universal, The Super Mario Bros. Movie has topped the domestic box office revenue list for an animated movie. Earlier, the title belonged to Minions: The Rise of Gru.
But it is the franchise’s love that has just increased with the passing of time. Even the legendary creator of the series could not believe the amount of love The Super Mario Bros. Movie received. Shigeru Miyamoto said that he had expected fame for the movie but not this high. The movie has certainly crossed his own expectations that were set for the movie.
The Plot
The movie created by Universal, Illumination, and Nintendo created all its aura around the nostalgia of old-school games and the cute child-friendly vibe it possesses. The story revolves around the adventures of Mario and Luigi. Once they open their own plumbing business, problems start arising for them. As they go into another world due to the Warp Pipe, things take a sharp turn.
While Luigi reaches the Dark Lands of Bowser, the Koopa ruler, Mario reaches Princess Peach’s Mushroom Kingdom. As Bowser likes Princess Peach and Princess Peach does not like him back, he plans on destroying the Mushroom Kingdom if rejected. Knowing that Princess Peach likes Mario and Luigi is Mario’s brother, Bowser captures Luigi.
The adventures begin when the Kongs support Mario and Princess Peach in defeating Bowser. After a series of unfortunate events, Peach is forced to accept Bowser’s proposal. Mario, with the help of Donkey Kong, crashes the wedding and saves everyone. At the end of everything, Mario becomes the savior and starts living with Luigi in the Mushroom Kingdom.
It was this simple story of the movie that caught the people’s eye. Those who had not interacted much with the Super Mario franchise also loved the movie because of its childlike feel. The nostalgia was what helped create the main hype.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has definitely established its own relevance with the 1 billion dollar mark. Achieving such a milestone speaks volumes about how loyal a fandom the franchise has and how much more there is for it (the franchise) and its people to achieve.
A new Nintendo-made Donkey Kong spin-off is in the news already. At the end of the day, it will not be wrong to say that The Super Mario Bros. Movie has definitely made a place for more Nintendo projects to join the big movies league. For a movie to cross 1 billion dollars in revenue in the post-Covid scenario is a huge deal.
Only five movies have made it to the point, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie is one of them. The movie has also become the seventh biggest work of Universal. This is enough to get an idea of how grand a project The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been for Universal, Illumination, and Nintendo. What is even crazier is the fact that the movie is still not out of theaters yet. Who knows what more awaits The Super Mario Bros. Movie?
