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# It’s-a ‘Mario’ again
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-box-office-report-its-a-mario/
- Published: 2023-04-24T11:01:27.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-19T16:36:01.000Z
- Description: ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ closes in on a $1 billion worldwide haul.
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: Popculturology • The Box Office Report, Popculturology, The Super Mario Bros Movie

Hello! Welcome to **The** **Box Office Report** for the weekend of April 21-23, 2023.

## 1\. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

**Weekend gross:* $58.2M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $434.3M* 
**Last weekend:* 1st* 
**Percent drop:* \-37*

Through three weekends in theaters, *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* is playing the box office on cheat mode. [In last Monday’s ](https://www.theomnicosm.com/p/the-box-office-report-super-mario)[**The Box Office Report**](https://www.theomnicosm.com/p/the-box-office-report-super-mario), I guessed that *Mario* would fall by roughly 60 percent this weekend.

Turns out I should’ve been more optimistic.

*The Super Mario Bros. Movie* dropped just 37 percent his weekend, adding another $58.2 million to its domestic haul. Even bigger? *Mario*’s worldwide gross of $876.4 million. Yes, *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* could break the $1 billion worldwide mark between now and next weekend.

It’s hard to overstate how successful *Mario* is for a movie based on a video game. Previously the top grossing film based on a video game at the domestic box office was *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* with $190.9 million, and the No. 1 film with that title worldwide was *Warcraft* with $438.9 million. *Mario* effortlessly wipes those two records away with its domestic haul of $434.3 million and its worldwide haul of $876.4 million.

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## 2\. Evil Dead Rise

**Weekend gross:* $23.5M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $23.5M* 
**Last weekend:* New release* 
**Percent drop:* NA*

The first *Evil Dead* movie to open in a decade opened in line with 2013’s *Evil Dead*. (Not to be confused with the original film in the franchise, *The Evil Dead*.) *Evil Dead* turned its $25.8 million opening weekend into a $99 worldwide gross.

## 3\. Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant

**Weekend gross:* $6.3M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $6.3M* 
**Last weekend:* New release* 
**Percent drop:* NA*

**Guy Ritchie** has delivered some major box office hits over the past few years. The live-action *Aladdin* remake debuted with $91.5 million. The two *Sherlock Holmes* movies with **Robert Downey Jr.** opened with $62.3 million and $39.6 million.

*The Covenant* is not one of those hits. The **Jake Gyllenhaal** vehicle pulled together just $6.3 million its opening weekend, barely staying ahead of *John Wick: Chapter 4*, *Air* and *Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves*.

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## 4\. John Wick: Chapter 4

**Weekend gross:* $5.7M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $168.8M* 
**Last weekend:* 3rd* 
**Percent drop:* \-29*

Speaking of *John Wick: Chapter 4*, the film is less than $3 million away from passing *John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum* to claim the title of top grossing *John Wick* film at the domestic box office.

## 5\. Air

**Weekend gross:* $5.5M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $41.8M* 
**Last weekend:* 5th* 
**Percent drop:* \-29*

I’m not giving up on my idea of a prestige legacy sequel to *Air Bud* called *Air*. We’d probably have to ignore those direct-to-DVD sequels where the puppies talked, but imagine Air Bud having to come out of retirement to win one final basketball game.

*Box office numbers via* [*The Numbers*](http://www.the-numbers.com/?ref=theomnicosm.com) *based on Sunday estimates.*

## Next weekend

*Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret* is next weekend’s big release. While the buzz around that adaption seems positive, I don’t see it beating *The Super Mario. Bros Movie*. And after that, *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* hits theaters, keeping **Chris Pratt** at the top of the box office.

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