{"id":163238,"date":"2026-04-02T17:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=163238"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:54:01","slug":"super-mario-galaxy-movie-becomes-the-best-opening-day-of-the-year-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/super-mario-galaxy-movie-becomes-the-best-opening-day-of-the-year-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Super Mario Galaxy Movie&#8217; becomes the best opening day of the year so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent reports, &#8216;<strong>Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/strong>&#8216; 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.<\/p>\n<p>According to Deadline reports, the sequel to &#8216;<strong>The Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/strong>&#8216; on its opening day, Wednesday, April 1st, grossed <strong>$34.5 million in 3,821 theaters<\/strong>, becoming the best Wednesday opening in April and the best so far in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Super-Mario-Galaxy-Movie-joins-the-Top-5-best-opening-days-for-Illumination-movies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Super-Mario-Galaxy-Movie-joins-the-Top-5-best-opening-days-for-Illumination-movies.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Super-Mario-Galaxy-Movie-joins-the-Top-5-best-opening-days-for-Illumination-movies-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Super-Mario-Galaxy-Movie-joins-the-Top-5-best-opening-days-for-Illumination-movies-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Super-Mario-Galaxy-Movie-joins-the-Top-5-best-opening-days-for-Illumination-movies-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Super-Mario-Galaxy-Movie-joins-the-Top-5-best-opening-days-for-Illumination-movies-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Super-Mario-Galaxy-Movie-joins-the-Top-5-best-opening-days-for-Illumination-movies-860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With this milestone gross, &#8216;Super Mario Galaxy Movie&#8217; becomes the fifth film in the Top 5 best opening days for Illumination titles, behind <strong>&#8216;Minions: The Rise of Gru&#8217;<\/strong> with $48.2M, <strong>&#8216;Minions&#8217;<\/strong> with $46M, <strong>&#8216;The Secret Life of Pets&#8217;<\/strong> with $38.5M, and <strong>&#8216;Despicable Me 2&#8217;<\/strong> with $35M.<\/p>\n<h2>What is &#8216;Super Mario Galaxy Movie&#8217; about?<\/h2>\n<p>For this new installment, the famous animated brothers reunite with the iconic characters for an intergalactic adventure where <strong>Wario<\/strong> and <strong>Bowser Jr.<\/strong> conspire to take over the world, so they must team up with <strong>Yoshi<\/strong> to stop this evil duo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LX9kXRRJlPw\" title=\"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie \u2013 Final Trailer\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LX9kXRRJlPw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent reports, &#8216;Super Mario Galaxy Movie&#8216; 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. 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