Hello! Welcome to TheBox Office Report for the weekend of April 10-12, 2026.
1. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Weekend gross: $69M Total domestic gross: $308.1M Last weekend: 1st Percent drop: 48
It shouldn’t be a surprise that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is critic proof, but it’s another thing to actually see that in action. After easily scoring 2026’s biggest three-day opening weekend with $131.7 million, the Mario sequel returned with a $69 million second weekend. That’s not just the best second weekend for the year — it’s the third biggest weekend for 2026, falling between Project Hail Mary’s $80.5 million debut and Scream 7’s $63.6 million opening.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is also the first movie this year to crack $300 million. It took the animated film 12 days to reach that milestone, one day longer than it took The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023. The first Mario movie powered up with a $92.3 million second weekend to hit $353.2 million through this same point. The Super Mario Bros. Movie would finish with $574.9 million, which currently makes it the 17th biggest domestic hit ever.
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2. Project Hail Mary
Weekend gross: $24.6M Total domestic gross: $256.7M Last weekend: 2nd Percent drop: 23
Project Hail Mary has officially dropped to No. 2 on the 2026 domestic box office chart, slipping behind The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. That’s not a shocker, but it’s wild to see how much of a fight Project Hail Mary continues to put up. The film slipped just 23 percent between its third and fourth weekends in theaters and has an excellent shot at crossing $300 million itself within the next few weeks.
Ryan Gosling has always been a hit with critics, but he’s rarely had the box office receipts to back up that reputation. Sure, Barbie grossed a whopping $636.2 million North America, but how much of that can be attributed to Gosling himself? It’s easy to miss that Gosling’s career box office numbers outside of Barbie aren’t all that impressive. People love his press tours and SNL appearances, but those moments didn’t turn films like La La Land ($151.1 million), Blade Runner 2049 ($92.1 million), The Fall Guy ($92.9 million) or The Nice Guys ($36.3 million) into runaway commercial hits.
Disney has to be thrilled that Gosling has finally cracked the secret to box office success as it lines up with Star Wars: Starfighter on the horizon for 2027.
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Weekend gross: $8.7M Total domestic gross: $30.8M Last weekend: 3rd Percent drop: 39
Not a bad second-weekend drop for The Drama. I wasn’t sure if the mixed reaction to the film — and its twist — would have tanked it, but the Zendaya/Robert Pattinson film held onto the No. 3 slot with just a 39 percent dip.
4. You, Me & Tuscany
Weekend gross: $8M Total domestic gross: $8M Last weekend: New release Percent drop: NA
I can’t believe they did a fancy remake of You, Me and Dupree. I guess Anthony Russo and Joe Russo are too busy with Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars to have come back to direct this one too.
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Weekend gross: $4.1M Total domestic gross: $157.1M Last weekend: 4th Percent drop: 30
After taking a 52 percent fall last week, Hoppers course corrected and got back to a weekend-to-weekend drop in the 30s. With a $4.1 million sixth weekend, the latest Pixar film jumped past Elemental ($154.4 million) and is within passing distance of A Bug’s Life ($162.8 million) on the studio’s all-time domestic box office chart.
Box office numbers via The Numbers and Box Office Mojo based on Sunday estimates.
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