{"id":640741,"date":"2023-04-23T20:13:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T01:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/23\/super-mario-tops-box-office-for-third-straight-weekend-nears-1-billion-after-18-days-in-theaters\/"},"modified":"2023-04-23T20:13:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T01:13:29","slug":"super-mario-tops-box-office-for-third-straight-weekend-nears-1-billion-after-18-days-in-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/23\/super-mario-tops-box-office-for-third-straight-weekend-nears-1-billion-after-18-days-in-theaters\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Super Mario\u2019 tops box office for third straight weekend, nears $1 billion after 18 days in theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Super Mario Bros. Movie\u201d<\/a>\u00a0continued to rack up coins at the box office, leading ticket sales for the third straight weekend, as the animation hit neared $1 billion after just 18 days in theaters.<\/p>\n

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The weekend\u2019s top new release, the horror reboot\u00a0\u201cEvil Dead Rise\u201d<\/a>\u00a0debuted solidly, launching with $23.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. But that was no match for Universal<\/a> Pictures\u2019 \u201cThe Super Mario Bros. Movie,\u201d which grossed $58.2 million in its third weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Super Mario Bros. Movie\u201d is setting a torrid pace for an animated movie. This week, it became the highest-grossing animated released of the pandemic era, with domestic ticket sales up to $434.3 million through Sunday and its global tally at $871.1 million. When \u201cThe Super Mario Bros. Movie\u201d soon passes $1 billion worldwide, it will be just the fourth film of the pandemic era to reach that benchmark, following \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home,\u201d \u201cTop Gun Maverick\u201d and \u201cAvatar: The Way of Water.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvil Dead Rise,\u201d From Warner Bros. and New Line, is the fifth installment (and first in a decade) in the thriller franchise that Sam Raimi began with this 1981 ultra-low-budget classic, \u201cEvil Dead.\u201d Though Raimi\u2019s subsequent and much-adored films starring Bruce Campbell grew increasingly slapstick, marrying comedy and horror, the 2013 reboot and \u201cEvil Dead Rise\u201d (with Raimi as an executive producer) rely on chillier frights.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvil Dead Rise,\u201d which had a reported budget of $17 million, also had originally been planned as an HBO<\/a> Max release. When Warner Bros.\u00a0decided direct-to-streaming films weren\u2019t financially appealing<\/a>, it pushed some films \u2013 including \u201cMagic Mike\u2019s Last Dance\u201d and \u201cHouse Party\u201d \u2013 to theaters, and simply canned a few others\u00a0including \u201cBatgirl\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and \u201cScoob! Holiday Haunt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amazon Studios\u2019 \u201cAir,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0likewise initially was intended to go straight to streaming, has also continued to perform well theatrically. The Ben Affleck-directed film, about Nike\u2019s courting of Michael Jordan, dipped a modest 29% in its third weekend with $5.5 million to bring its cumulative total to $41.3 million.<\/p>\n

But while horror remains one of the most dependable genres at the box office, and families \u2014 after a long dry spell of all-audience releases \u2014 have flocked to \u201cSuper Mario,\u201d some adult-oriented releases have continued to have a harder time attracting audiences.<\/p>\n

Guy Ritchie\u2019s \u201cThe Covenant,\u201d starring Jake Gyllenhaal as an injured army sergeant in Afghanistan, opened with $6.3 million in 2,611 theaters. But with mostly good reviews (81% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and an \u201cA\u201d CinemaScore from ticket buyers, the MGM release may hold well in coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Ari Aster\u2019s \u201cBeau Is Afraid,\u201d the most expensive movie ever made by specialty studio A24, expanded until near-wide release, going from four theaters to 926. Aster\u2019s three-hour opus, received with more mixed reviews than his previous two films (\u201cHereditary,\u201d \u201cMidsommar\u201d), took in $2.7 million.<\/p>\n

Searchlight\u2019s \u201cChevalier,\u201d starring Kelvin Harrison as the 18th century French composer and violinist Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, also failed to make a dent. It took in $1.5 million in 1,275 theaters.<\/p>\n

But with overall business in movie theaters largely thriving thanks to spring hits like \u201cThe Super Mario Bros. Movie\u201d and \u201cJohn Wick: Chapter 4\u201d ($168.9 million domestically in five weeks of release), the theatrical industry will have much to celebrate when it convenes Monday in Las Vegas for the annual\u00a0CinemaCon.<\/a>\u00a0Studios, beginning with Sony<\/a> Pictures on Monday, will hype their summer blockbusters as Hollywood looks to return to pre-pandemic box-office levels.<\/p>\n

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.<\/p>\n

1. \u201cSuper Mario Bros,\u201d $58.2 million.<\/p>\n

2. \u201cEvil Dead Rise,\u201d $23.5 million.<\/p>\n

3. \u201cThe Covenant,\u201d $6.3 million.<\/p>\n

4. \u201cJohn Wick: Chapter 4,\u201d $5.8 million.<\/p>\n

5. \u201cAir,\u201d $5.5 million.<\/p>\n

6. \u201cDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,\u201d $5.4 million.<\/p>\n

7. \u201cThe Pope\u2019s Exorcist,\u201d $3.3 million.<\/p>\n

8. \u201cRenfield,\u201d $3.1 million.<\/p>\n

9. \u201cBeau Is Afraid,\u201d $2.7 million.<\/p>\n

10. \u201cSuzume,\u201d $1.6 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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