Box Office Battle: ‘Super Mario Bros.’ shatters expectations, opens to $146.4M

"John Wick: Chapter 4" stay at number 2 with another $14.6M

"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” beat all expectations, scoring the top opening of all time for an animated movie with $377M worldwide. At the domestic box office, the film won the long Easter holiday weekend, with a $204.6M debut, including $146.4M for the three-day weekend.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Lionsgate’s (LGF.B) “John Wick: Chapter 4” stayed at number 2 with $14.6M for the three-day weekend. Behind it was Paramount’s (PARA) “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” with another $14.5M for a domestic cume of $62.2M. Amazon Studios (AMZN) and Ben Affleck’s “Air” placed number 4 with a $14.47M debut. Rounding out the top five, Paramount’s “Scream VI” grossed an estimated $3.3M.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” – $146.4M
2. “John Wick: Chapter 4” – $14.6M
3. “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” – $14.5M
4. “Air” – $14.47M
5. “Scream VI” – $3.3M

Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include Warner Bros. (WBD), Sony’s (SONY), and Disney (DIS).

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