SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE Rules Box Office for Third Weekend in a Row

Published: April 21, 2026

By India McCarty

THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE topped the box office for the third weekend running!

“THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE easily retained its box office crown in its third weekend of release, topping the charts with $35 million,” Variety reported, noting that it is already “the year’s highest-grossing film, having earned $355.2 million domestically and $747.5 million globally, and seems destined to eclipse the $1 billion mark worldwide.”

The outlet added, “At this rate, expect the studios to get more Mario into production as fast as they can level up and Nintendo will allow it.”

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THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE has been a hit with fans and critics alike. Movieguide®’s review praises the movie’s “strong moral worldview” and “redemptive content,” such as “good overcoming evil, helping others and doing the right thing.”

Actress Brie Larson, who voices Rosalina in the movie, touched on the family-friendly themes in an interview with the “Seen on the Screen” podcast.

“There’s profound things in this movie,” she said. “That’s part of what excites me about it. The person who’s going to see some indie arthouse film is not necessarily the same person that’s going to think to go see an animated movie. Sometimes there’s overlap. But it doesn’t mean that we don’t all need these same messages.”

Larson continued, “I just think it’s a wonderful thing. If you can make a movie that’s for families to enjoy in the theater together that’s really for anyone, and it has a universal message with beloved characters? I mean, come on!”

Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto spoke to IGN about the success of the movie, as well as Mario and his friends’ continued popularity across the globe.

“So right from the get-go, when I created Mario, and, you know, looking at Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse is a character that evolves and grows alongside animation,” he explained. “And we felt that Mario is a character that grows and evolves alongside digital technology. And so as we have more digital technology that allows many ways to distribute that and share that with more people, those things come together to form this unison.”

Miyamoto continued, “And as we’re talking about these films, we started to feel like films are another medium that Mario can star in and be featured in. And so really seeing that come together provides us with more opportunities for people to be able to engage with and be introduced to Nintendo, the world of Nintendo, and that this kind of coming together is something that I appreciate and love seeing.”

The success of THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE shows that family-friendly movies will always win out at the box office.

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