Box Office Battle: ‘Super Mario Bros.’ scores $87M in second weekend

"The Pope’s Exorcist" place number 2 with a $9.2M debut

"Box Office Battle" is The Fly’s weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend’s box office.

Illumination and Universal’s (CMCSA) Nintendo (NTDOY) video game adaptation “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is the first movie of the year that is close of crossing the $1B mark worldwide. The film won this weekend at the domestic box office with another $87M from 4,371 theaters in its second outing, making it the biggest second weekend ever for an animated movie. Overall, “Super Mario Bros.” has earned $347.8M domestically and $330M overseas for a global total of $678M.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Screen Gems’ “The Pope’s Exorcist” placed number 2 with a $9.2M debut from 3,178 locations. Behind it was Lionsgate’s (LGF.B) “John Wick: Chapter 4” with another $7.9M for a domestic cume of $160.1M. Comcast subsidiary Universal’s “Renfield” placed number 4 with a $7.70M debut. Rounding out the top five, Amazon Studios (AMZN) and Ben Affleck’s “Air” grossed an estimated $7.72M.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” – $87M
2. “The Pope’s Exorcist” – $9.2M
3. “John Wick: Chapter 4” – $7.9M
4. “Renfield” – $7.77M
5. “Air” – $7.72M

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