“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ”seals “Lee Cronin's The Mummy ”back in the tomb at the weekend box office

Ryan ColemanSun, April 19, 2026 at 11:53 PM UTC

0

Stills from 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' and 'Lee Cronin's The Mummy'Credit: Warner Bros;Courtesy of Warner Bros. PicturesKey Points -

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie dominated at the weekend box office in its third week of release.

The animated sequel to 2023's Super Mario Bros. Movie earned $35 million domestically, trouncing the weekend's big premiere, Lee Cronin's The Mummy, which earned $13.5 million.

Next week, the Michael Jackson biopic Michael, starring the King of Pop's nephew Jaafar Jackson, will contend with Super Mario Galaxy for the crown.

As the prophecy foretold, peoples across the wide Nile River delta have come to know his name and to shake in fear at the sound of it: Mario.

Lee Cronin's The Mummy, directed by the Evil Dead Rise helmer, failed to fully resurrect at the weekend box office. The film earned $13.5 million domestically and $34 million abroad in its opening weekend, per Comscore. That was enough to surpass its estimated budget of $22 million, but proved a far cry from the power of two formidable returning contenders for the box office crown.

'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' was released April 1Credit: Nintendo and Illumination

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the animated sequel to 2023's box office goliath The Super Mario Bros. Movie, secured gold for the third week in a row. The film earned $35 million for a $355.2 million domestic gross thus far, and $83.2 million for a $747.4 million global gross.

That represents a 49 percent week-to-week drop domestically — impressive for a film in its third week of release. That left The Mummy not in No. 2, but in No. 3, as Project Hail Mary is still showing incredible signs of life in its fifth week of release — so much so that MGM has extended its run, delaying its Prime Video streaming debut.

The interstellar adventure directed by Spider-Verse producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and starring Ryan Gosling just keeps rocketing on, collecting an additional $20.4 million domestically and $41.4 million abroad. Those numbers are nice for distributors Amazon MGM Studios (U.S. and Canada) and Sony (international). But they're also necessary; Project Hail Mary was made on an estimated budget ranging from $200 million to $248 million, which it has so far surpassed both domestically ($285 million) and abroad ($288 million) for a phenomenal $573 million global haul.

Advertisement

Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.

Elsewhere on the domestic and global leaderboards, Bob Odenkirk is back with another off-kilter action comedy in Normal, which opened at No. 7 domestically with $2.6 million.

The independent comedy Busboys, starring David Spade and an assortment of podcast bros, including Tim Dillon and Theo Von, opened to $1.6 million domestically. Back in March, Von noted to his 4.5 million subscribers on YouTube that he and Spade went the independent, self-funded route because after a gaggle of traditional pitch meetings with studio executives: "I thought their system was outdated, to be honest with you."

Next weekend's big release has the potential to either totally trounce The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, or bomb so hard it barely registers on the top 10. Michael, a new look at the life of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, will moonwalk into theaters on Friday. The film stars Jaafar Jackson, Michael's nephew, and is propped up by an all-star ensemble featuring Nia Long, Colman Domingo, Laura Harrier, and Miles Teller.

The film has already weathered a number of controversies, including allegations that it "whitewashed" some of the less savory aspects of Michael's legacy. But with an estimated budget ranging from $155 million to $200 million, the film hopes to capture the interest of a wide audience.

on Entertainment Weekly

Original Article on Source

Source: “AOL Entertainment”