Super Mario Galaxy passes $600M
GameSpot reports the Super Mario Galaxy Movie has surged past $600 million worldwide and is now the No. 3 highest-grossing video-game movie of all time, a milestone mentioned in box-office roundups that also reference Minecraft among recent game-to-film successes (gamespot.com). The ranking places Super Mario Galaxy behind the two top earners and frames current gaming IP films as commercially significant (gamespot.com).
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has passed $600 million worldwide, putting Nintendo’s latest film adaptation at No. 3 on the all-time video-game movie chart. (hollywoodreporter.com) The milestone came in the film’s second weekend, when it also cleared $300 million in the United States and Canada. The Hollywood Reporter said it became the first Hollywood release of 2026 to reach both marks. (hollywoodreporter.com) GameSpot’s running list of the biggest video-game films says the new ranking leaves Super Mario Galaxy behind only 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie and A Minecraft Movie. GameSpot said it builds its chart from Box Office Mojo grosses. (gamespot.com) That places one Nintendo release and one Warner Bros. adaptation above it, with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Pokémon Detective Pikachu now below Mario Galaxy on the same list. GameSpot’s gallery described Minecraft as the No. 2 title and noted the top 16 includes Sonic, Pokémon, Tomb Raider, and Angry Birds films. (gamespot.com) The movie opened on April 1, 2026, and started with $372.5 million worldwide in its first five days. Variety reported that launch included $190 million in the United States and Canada and $182.4 million from 80 overseas markets. (variety.com) Universal said that debut made Super Mario the only animated franchise with two films opening above $350 million worldwide. Variety also reported the sequel carried a production budget of $110 million. (variety.com) Deadline said the opening was the second-biggest global debut ever for a film based on a video game, behind only The Super Mario Bros. Movie from 2023. That earlier film went on to earn more than $1.3 billion worldwide, according to GameSpot’s chart. (deadline.com) (gamespot.com) The latest jump also extends a strong run for game-based movies at the box office over the past year. Box Office Mojo pages surfaced in search results show A Minecraft Movie and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 among the recent films sitting near the top of the same all-time rankings. (boxofficemojo.com 1) (boxofficemojo.com 2) For Nintendo and Universal, the immediate question is how close Galaxy can get to the first Mario movie’s final total. For now, the new film has already moved from a big opening to a $600 million global hit in less than two weeks. (gamespot.com) (hollywoodreporter.com)
