[APRIL 4 UPDATE] The Super Mario Galaxy Movie made $48.3 million at US theaters on Friday, April 3. It is projected to earn $129.4 million domestically by Sunday, according to Variety. It will easily beat Project Hail Mary ($80.5 million in North America) for the biggest opening weekend of 2026 so far in the US. Over the five-day period from opening (April 1) to Sunday, April 4, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is expected to make between $190 million and $200 million in North America, and that would be short of 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($204 million) over its first five days in North America.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is also expected to help the theater chain AMC make a lot of money from merch. CEO Adam Aron said AMC locations in the US ordered more than 500,000 themed pieces of merch for the movie, which was the highest volume of merch the theater chain bought since the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie in October 2023.
“In just the first three days, we already have sold more Super Mario themed product than for any other movie since Taylor’s concert film in 2023. Indeed, through only Friday, we already have sold about two-thirds of our total available inventory. We should be at or close to being fully sold out by this Sunday–and totally sold out by the coming midweek or certainly by next weekend,” he said.
