All the data seems to suggest that this weekend is going to be a very lucrative one for Nintendo, Universal, and Illumination, as the opening day for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has already happened and led to a few smashed records.
For one, as per Deadline, the film has had the best opening day of the year so far, beating out Project Hail Mary's debut day and preview window where it clocked up as much as $33.1 million, with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie raking in as much as $34 million since its arrival on April 1.
This also means the film has had the best opening on a Wednesday in April of all-time, as it has beaten The Super Mario Bros. Movie's $31.7 million.
We're now heading into a long Easter weekend, where all signs point to the film being a huge commercial success, which paints a very different picture to the critical reception of the movie, which was quite poor. As of writing, it has a 42% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a fraction of the audience score who has already enjoyed the movie much more, leading to an astounding 91% score. Clearly the jury is still out on this latest animated effort...
Will you be watching The Super Mario Galaxy Movie this year? Catch our review here.