In recent reports, ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie‘ became the best opening day of the year so far, making history for its franchise and the company, joining the Top 5 best opening days for Illumination titles.
According to Deadline reports, the sequel to ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie‘ on its opening day, Wednesday, April 1st, grossed $34.5 million in 3,821 theaters, becoming the best Wednesday opening in April and the best so far in 2026.
With this milestone gross, ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ becomes the fifth film in the Top 5 best opening days for Illumination titles, behind ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ with $48.2M, ‘Minions’ with $46M, ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ with $38.5M, and ‘Despicable Me 2’ with $35M.
What is ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ about?
For this new installment, the famous animated brothers reunite with the iconic characters for an intergalactic adventure where Wario and Bowser Jr. conspire to take over the world, so they must team up with Yoshi to stop this evil duo.
