Universal/Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” continues to show “Top Gun: Maverick”-esque legs with $58.2 million grossed in its third weekend, pushing its box office totals to $434 million domestic and $871 million worldwide.
Within the coming week, “Super Mario Bros.” will pass the $939 million global total of last year’s Illumination hit “Minions: The Rise of Gru” and become the first animated film since the pandemic began to gross $1 billion worldwide. From there, it is likely to pass the $1.15 billion global total of the first “Minions” to become one of the Top 5 highest grossing animated films ever and the highest not made by Disney or Pixar.