Variety reports that “The Super Mario Bros. Movie, “a big hit worldwide, has surpassed “Frozen” as the world’s second highest-grossing feature-length animated movie.
This work is a topical work jointly animated by Illumination Studio of “Despicable Me” and “Minions” and Nintendo from Nintendo’s action game “Super Mario” series. Cumulative global box office revenue reaches $1.3 billion, surpassing $1.28 billion for the blockbuster movie “Frozen. “It is in the range of the all-time No. 1 “Frozen 2” (1.45 billion dollars).
It grossed $566 million in North America and $733.9 million worldwide, including Mexico ($84 million), Japan ($80 million), the United Kingdom ($64 million), and France ($57 million). ) is leading the way.
The 2019 remake version of “The Lion King,” a massive hit with a cumulative total of $ 1.6 billion and 50 million dollars worldwide, is a complete CG animation work. Still, Disney, which distributed the work, made it a live-action movie. , It is not in the all-time box office ranking of anime movies.
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is the No. 1 hit released in 2023 and the No. 1 all-time video game original and illumination production movie. Attention will be focused on how far the record will be extended.