The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is devouring the box office like a Piranha Plant.
Illumination’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which is in the middle of its record-setting third weekend in theaters, is the studio’s first sequel to their 2023 Nintendo video game franchise adaptation The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The animated movie boasts a star-studded voice cast that includes Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Jack Black reprising their respective roles as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Bowser opposite franchise newcomers including Brie Larson as Princess Rosalina, Benny Safdie as Bowser Jr., Glen Powell as Fox McCloud (from Nintendo’s Star Fox franchise), and Donald Glover as Yoshi.
Per Variety, as of Saturday morning, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is projected to earn a 3-day total of $30 million at the domestic box office by the end of its third weekend. This will push its cumulative domestic box office total to $350 million, making it the first movie of the year to hit the $350 million domestic milestone, by a long shot. The next closest title is Ryan Gosling’s sci-fi smash hit Project Hail Mary, which will only have earned roughly $283 million in domestic theaters by the end of Sunday.
Additionally, by taking No. 1 at the domestic box office for the third weekend (over Project Hail Mary at No. 2 and the new release Lee Cronin’s The Mummy at No. 3), 2026’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is extending its chart-topping streak to three consecutive weekends, officially becoming the longest-running No. 1 domestic movie of 2026. Previously, the record for a 2026 release was two consecutive weekends at No. 1, which was achieved first by Sam Raimi’s Send Help, and then by both Pixar’s Hoppers and Project Hail Mary.
It seems unlikely that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will continue its streak into a fourth weekend. Next weekend sees the release of the Michael Jackson movie Michael, which is expected to earn one of the biggest opening weekends in history for a music biopic with early projections of roughly $60 million that far exceed what the new Mario movie made this weekend.
However, it could be a long time before its three-week streak at No. 1 is matched or exceeded. The weekend after *Michael *debuts, the hotly anticipated sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2 seems set to usurp its position atop the domestic chart. If the following weekend’s new release Mortal Kombat II beats it out for No. 1 in its sophomore weekend, neither movie will be able to top the chart for three weekends in a row, thanks to the impending debut of the Star Wars spinoff The Mandalorian and Grogu on May 22.
As the summer movie season heats up and major blockbusters hit theaters with increasing frequency, even fewer movies will have the opportunity to top the chart for three or more consecutive weekends until at least August. While more features will almost certainly join ***The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ***above the $350 million milestone during that period, the movie’s current performance nevertheless cements it as one of the biggest hits of the year.
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