Momentum is a serious thing, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has it in spades. Because a week after the film blasted to the biggest opening of 2026, it now stands as the year's top-grossing film. It may not surpass the financial prowess of the original The Super Mario Bros. movie, but it more than holds its own.
As first reported by Variety, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has now grossed $629 million at the global box office, pushing past Ryan Gosling's space drama Project Hail Mary. Where The Super Mario Galaxy Movie made its biggest gains is at the international box office, where the film earned $83.5 million from 81 territories.
So far, the international box office has driven the animated film, with $320 million in earnings versus $308 million from North America. In particular, per Variety, Mexico, as well as the United Kingdom and Ireland have had the biggest draws at $47.8 million and $37.4 million, respectively.
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There's a good chance the film will climb to $1 billion when all is said and done. The first film finished with $1.36 billion at the global box office, so consider Galaxy about halfway there in its second week.
While it doesn't top the original, the Super Mario Galaxy movie is still an all-time success
With global sales of $629 million, Super Mario Galaxy Movie now ranks third among the highest-grossing video game adaptations of all time. At this point, everything else is just gravy.
The #1 movie of all time is its predecessor, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and No. 2 is A Minecraft Movie, with $960 million. In the process of earning $629 million, it passed the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Detective Pikachu, Warcraft, and Rampage.
As Variety noted, $1 billion isn't out of the equation, so when all is said and done, Super Mario Galaxy Movie will at worst be #2 on the all-time list.
Like a Minecraft movie before it, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie was not critically acclaimed upon release. However, it resonated with its audience, largely families and children, to own the box office. That is, never doubt the brand power of Nintendo and Mario.
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April 1, 2026
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98 minutes
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Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc, Fabien Polack
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Anya Taylor-Joy
Princess Peach
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