Super Mario Movie beats Frozen 2 to become biggest animated film debut of all-time

Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. Movie is a monster success, and has broken the record for the largest-ever opening weekend…

Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. Movie is a monster success, and has broken the record for the largest-ever opening weekend of any animated movie.

The Mario brothers brought in $377m in ticket sales worldwide since their debut last week, beating previous record holder Frozen 2's $358m. As you might expect, this also gives Mario the best opening for any video game adaptation ever, animated or otherwise. Indeed, Mario has already almost caught Sonic the Hedgehog 2's $405m total gross in just a few days.

Overall, I enjoyed my time with the film, which I dubbed"an entertaining advert for everything Nintendo" in"Illumination's version of this world, made hand-in-white-glove with Miyamoto himself, undoubtedly allows for more freedom - though, perhaps unusually for Miyamoto, steadfastly refuses to upset the tea table itself.

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