Nintendo’s decision to return to filmmaking after 1993’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was widely panned and bombed at the box office, has been a huge success. After another lucrative weekend in theaters, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has now made nearly $750 million worldwide, which, combined with the $1.36 billion for 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, amounts to more than $2 billion.
Of course, Nintendo does not keep all of the box office proceeds, as money is distributed among numerous different sources involved with production, but it’s still a staggering sum. The movies have benefitted Nintendo beyond its cut of the proceeds, as Mario game sales jumped when The Super Mario Bros. Movie came out, and it’s expected that will happen with the Galaxy movie as well, but Nintendo has yet to confirm this. To capitalize on the hype surrounding the movie, Nintendo launched a special Switch 2/Galaxy-themed offer.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the highest-grossing video game film of all time, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($747 million) is already No. 3 on the list–and it’s closing in on A Minecraft Movie ($960 million) for the No. 2 spot.
