What Video Game Adaptations Can Learn From ‘Super Mario’ Movie
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” didn’t just reverse the Nintendo character’s woeful history at the cinema with a successful opening — it shattered multiple records.
“Minions” animation studio Illumination and distributor Universal’s adaptation of the long-running “Super Mario” video game franchise nabbed a $146 million domestic opening weekend and more than $200 million for the five-day extended holiday weekend.
The turnout is all the more impressive considering the 1993 “Mario”’ live-action movie was a widely ridiculed box office bomb. More significantly, the 2023 “Mario” set a dramatic new bar for film adaptations of video games.