‘Super Mario’ fights off ‘Evil Dead’ to rule box office; all set to cross $1 Billion mark – Times of India
The joint effort of Universal, Nintendo and Illumination studios, now in its third week out, ranks as the year’s top movie so far. Voice actors in the game-based animation include Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black and Keegan-Michael Key.
The weekend’s top new release, the horror reboot “Evil Dead Rise” debuted solidly, launching with $23.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. But that was no match for Universal Pictures’ “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which grossed $58.2 million in its third weekend.
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” 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 “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” soon passes $1 billion worldwide, it will be just the fourth film of the pandemic era to reach that benchmark, following “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Top Gun Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.”
Second place for the Friday-through-Sunday period went to Warner Bros.’ blood-soaked horror movie “Evil Dead Rise,” which recorded “an excellent opening” for a movie made for just $17 million, said analyst David A. Gross.
Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland star as sisters battling a crew of demonic creatures known, not so subtly, as Deadites.
Another new release, MGM’s action war movie “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant,” didn’t fare quite as well, taking in an estimated $6.3 million for third spot. Gross said that “weak start” fell well short of the average for the genre.
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in the film’s tale of a US army sergeant who, after returning to the United States, goes back to Afghanistan to rescue a friend (played by Iraq-born Dar Salim) who had once saved him from the Taliban.
In fourth place, still strong in its fifth week out, was Lionsgate’s neo-noir thriller “John Wick: Chapter 4,” at $5.8 million. Keanu Reeves plays the titular hitman.
And in fifth was Amazon Studios’ “Air,” a sports drama about the business deal surrounding Nike and the Michael Jordan basketball shoe of the title name, at $5.5 million.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” ($5.4 million)
“The Pope’s Exorcist” ($3.3 million)
“Renfield” ($3.1 million)
“Beau Is Afraid” ($2.7 million)
“Suzume” ($1.6 million)
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