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Mon 01 May 2023 3:42 pm - Jerusalem Time
The movie "Super Mario" reaps revenues of more than one billion dollars worldwide
The movie "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) continues to lead the box office in North America, with revenues exceeding one billion dollars worldwide, in the first similar result recorded by a movie this year, according to preliminary figures issued by the company. Expert Relations Sunday Specialized.
The animated film, based on the video game of the same name and produced by Universal Studios, Nintendo and Illumination, grossed $40 million last weekend in Canada and the United States, keeping it at the top of the North American box office.
Since hitting theaters over the Easter weekend, the film has taken in $490 million in North America and an additional $532 million in other countries, according to Examiner Relations. And its total global revenues amounted to $ 1.02 billion in four weeks.
The specialized magazine "Hollywood Reporter" indicated that this work is the first movie to exceed one billion dollars in revenue this year, and the tenth animated movie ever to achieve similar returns.
And in second place was the movie “Evil Dead Rise” produced by “Warner Brothers”, achieving in its second weekend revenues of $ 12.2 million.
Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland star in the film as two sisters who battle a group of demonic creatures.
And in third place was "Are you there god? It's me Margaret," a teen comedy-drama based on one of the books by novelist Judy Blume, with revenues of $6.8 million. "It's a good start," said film analyst David Gross.
The fourth place went to the movie "John Wick: Chapter 4", which began showing six weeks ago, with revenues of five million dollars. In this new sequel to the popular "John Wick" series, Keanu Reeves plays a professional killer fighting an international crime group.
And fifth was the movie “Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi”, which was re-released 40 years after its release in cinemas, generating revenues of $ 4.8 million. Among the most prominent stars of this work are Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.
Here are the remaining films in the top ten rankings at the North American box office this week:
6- “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” ($4.1 million).
7- "R" ($4 million).
8. "Bonyin Sylvan: Part 2" ($3.7 million)
9- “The Covenant” ($3.6 million).+
10- "Sisoo" ($3.3 million).
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The movie "Super Mario" reaps revenues of more than one billion dollars worldwide