Hello! Welcome to TheBox Office Report for the weekend of April 3-5, 2026.
1. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Weekend gross: $130.9M Total domestic gross: $190.1M Last weekend: New release Percent drop: NA
There was never any doubt that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie was going to open with absolutely massive box office numbers. Since opening on Wednesday, the animated sequel has racked up $190.1 million in North America, with $139.9 million of the haul coming over the traditional Friday-to-Sunday weekend.
Great numbers, but they’re actually a shade behind the haul of The Super Mario Bros. Movie back in 2023. The first film in this sector of the Chris Pratt animated universe opened with a five-day gross of $204.6 million and a three-day gross of $146.4 million.
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2. Project Hail Mary
Weekend gross: $30.7M Total domestic gross: $217.2M Last weekend: 1st Percent drop: 43
Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Despite The Super Mario Galaxy Movie earning a whopping $190.1 million over the five-day Easter weekend, Project Hail Mary still holds the top spot among movies released in North America in 2026.
Thanks to a fantastic $30.7 million third weekend, the Ryan Gosling adaptation easily flew past the $200 million mark. Some crazy box office machinations would have to happen to keep the second Super Mario movie from passing Project Hail Mary over the next weekend or two, but for now, directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have the biggest hit of the year.
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Weekend gross: $14.4M Total domestic gross: $14.4M Last weekend: 3rd Percent drop: NA
I’m not sure what the appropriate comparison would be for The Drama’s opening weekend among Zendaya films. It’s obviously not the Spider-Man or Dune movies. Maybe Challengers? Zendaya’s tennis movie grossed $15 million over its opening weekend back in 2024.
4. Hoppers
Weekend gross: $5.8M Total domestic gross: $149.6M Last weekend: 2nd Percent drop: 52
Hoppers holds onto its grasp of the top five for a fifth straight weekend, falling to No. 4 with $5.8 million. Pixar’s latest film already passed The Good Dinosaur ($123.1 million) going into last weekend, and now Hoppers has both Cars 3 ($152.9 million) and Elemental ($154.4 million) within its targets for the upcoming week.
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Weekend gross: $2.2M Total domestic gross: $45.4M Last weekend: 4th Percent drop: 53
I keep making a joke about Reminders of Him’s entire domestic gross matching the opening weekend for It Ends With Us, but we still haven’t seen that happen. The latest Colleen Hoover adaptation stands at $45.4 million, more than $4 million shy of the It Ends With Us’s full $50 million opening weekend in 2024.
Box office numbers via The Numbers and Box Office Mojo based on Sunday estimates.
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