Box Office: ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Opens to Stupendous $204.6M in U.S., Record $377M Globally

The movie scored the top global launch in history for an animated pic, and the second-best domestically. Ben Affleck's adult-skewing drama 'Air' opens to a promising $20.2 million in a win for Amazon's foray into theatrical.

The secret sauce — the PG pic is appealing to both families and general audiences, reflecting the appeal of the wildly popular, multi-generational game. On the general audience side, a whopping 60 percent of ticket buyers were between the ages of 18-34.

The mega-opening wasn’t the only significant note of Easter weekend. Amazon Studios, which is testing giving its movies a traditional theatrical release, saw its debut title,

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