discussion The Super Mario Bros. Movie crosses $1 billion at the global box office

[NoisYBoY]

Illumination humiliating Disney once again. 

[Eternium]

2 hours ago, Gwendolyn said:

I'm shocked people didn't think it was going to hit 1$ Bil, so many of us grew up with Mario - the movie appealed to everyone in the end. It was nice seeing a childhood icon on stage and I hope Nintendo does more with its franchises such as cartoons and more movies. I need a Zelda live action movie and Warioware Cartoon now!

Nothing about it seemed like it would be a billion grosser until the third week. It was flopping in Asia and it was falling quick on weekdays (since we’re not in summer). I get that Mario is huge and has a ton of brand awareness, but the film was looking at less than $750 cumulative just a month ago and now people are expecting over $1.2B. 

[Wrecked]

Taking my nephews to see this tomorrow, hopefully I enjoy it!

[G.U.Y_Del_Rey]

A smash, OMHs lost 

 

[Iceland]

Donkey Kong power

[rac7d]

1 hour ago, Eternium said:

Nothing about it seemed like it would be a billion grosser until the third week. It was flopping in Asia and it was falling quick on weekdays (since we’re not in summer). I get that Mario is huge and has a ton of brand awareness, but the film was looking at less than $750 cumulative just a month ago and now people are expecting over $1.2B. 

A month ago it wasn’t out?

[Da Vinci]

Why are people using Mario/Illumination as ammo against Disney as if Illumination isn't even more soulless and money obsessed and literally appeals to the lowest common denominator out of all the big animation studios  

Trust me if they actually had nostalgic iconic properties they'd be doing live action remakes left and right, even Dreamworks is doing How To Train Your Dragon

 

Is it really cause of the "woke" nonsense? Are yall really that racist and homophobic?

[Katamari]

7 hours ago, The Next Day said:

Damn

sassy mario  

[wesleywalrus]

By far the billion dollar club's worst entry. Absolutely unwatchable. 

[Da Vinci]

2 minutes ago, wesleywalrus said:

By far the billion dollar club's worst entry. Absolutely unwatchable. 

Fate of the Furious, The Phantom Menace, Transformers movies, Pirates of the Caribbean movies, etc. are way worse

[wesleywalrus]

19 minutes ago, Da Vinci said:

Fate of the Furious, The Phantom Menace, Transformers movies, Pirates of the Caribbean movies, etc. are way worse

Mario rivaling Transformers on which is more unwatchable. Who would've thunk. 

[Eternium]

5 hours ago, rac7d said:

A month ago it wasn’t out?

Movies have ticket pre sales that are used to gauge early interest, which is why Mario’s success has been so surprising. Films are significantly more well-tracked than any other metric and you’re able to gauge the performance of a movie by its opening week almost 95% of the time. Mario is such a crazy outlier because it came in well above expectations, its pre sales versus walk-ins were heavily skewed towards walk-ins and it is performing like a summer blockbuster despite school being in session, giving it really abnormal drops and rebounds.

 

Before the movie launched, its performance was not looking nearly as good as what it has managed to achieve. Even in Japan and South Korea it had incredibly disappointing pre-sales and opening days, just to rebound on Saturday and make a killing. The movie is outperforming its early indicators.

2 hours ago, wesleywalrus said:

Mario rivaling Transformers on which is more unwatchable. Who would've thunk. 

This movie wasn’t unwatchable by any means and you girls need to learn to think for yourselves and stop crafting personalities based on what you see critics saying. The pacing and dialogue was off, but it was still a great movie and one of the best visually in the top 100.

[perfect blue]

It was a visual feast and I loved seeing one of my fav video game brands translated to cinema. No one watched it for the plot lbr.

[wesleywalrus]

26 minutes ago, Eternium said:

This movie wasn’t unwatchable by any means and you girls need to learn to think for yourselves and stop crafting personalities based on what you see critics saying. The pacing and dialogue was off, but it was still a great movie and one of the best visually in the top 100.

It was. I grew up on Super Mario Bros. 3, Mario Kart, Mario Party, etc. It was not good. If anything, it showcases how dumb the games are. 

Bowser destroying towns unless Peach marries him, bffr

 

No character development, no plot. Visuals were great but a 90 minute movie felt like 2 hours. Seeing how many easter eggs and references you can fit into a movie doesn't make it good. 

[Poxy]

Daisy will make the sequel hit 2 

[Blade Runner]

Such a terrible movie filled with non-characters. 

 

I was part of that 1B, sadly. 

[Doogle]

Can’t wait to see this 1 billion grossing SMASH. Only just came out here in Japan  

[Rence]

Super Mario Galaxy the movie will dethrone Avatar 

[Marla Singer]

Anya Talent Joy

[justjess]

[Zox]

I swear when this came out everyone and their momma trashed it

[Lovett]

2 hours ago, Zox said:

I swear when this came out everyone and their momma trashed it

Critics, not GP. It's been overwhelmingly loved by the GP.

[Japan]

Talent always wins 

 

On 5/1/2023 at 2:59 AM, Da Vinci said:

Why are people using Mario/Illumination as ammo against Disney as if Illumination isn't even more soulless and money obsessed and literally appeals to the lowest common denominator out of all the big animation studios  

Trust me if they actually had nostalgic iconic properties they'd be doing live action remakes left and right, even Dreamworks is doing How To Train Your Dragon

 

Is it really cause of the "woke" nonsense? Are yall really that racist and homophobic?

Disney is dying fast, that's why And there's reason for that 

 

Lightyear ans Strange World bombed hard. GP said NO 

Edited May 2, 2023 by Japan