“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” easily retained its box office crown in its third weekend of release, topping the charts with $35 million. The Universal and Illumination release is already the year’s highest-grossing film, having earned $355.2 million domestically and $747.5 million globally, and seems destined to eclipse the $1 billion mark worldwide. At this rate, expect the studios to get more Mario into production as fast as they can level up and Nintendo will allow it.
Amazon MGM Studios’ “Project Hail Mary” also shone brightly in its fifth weekend of release, picking up $20.5 million for a second place finish. That brings the sci-fi adventure’s domestic gross to a stellar $285.1 million. However, the continued success of “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” and “Project Hail Mary” made it difficult for newcomers to gain much traction.
“Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” had to settle for third in its debut weekend, earning a so-so $13.5 million. The Warner Bros. and New Line release didn’t cost much to make, carrying a budget of $22 million, but its final tally will be a far cry from the nearly $150 million that Cronin’s 2023 film “Evil Dead Rise” collected. Horror maestros James Wan and Jason Blum produced “The Mummy” through their production banners, Atomic Monster and Blumhouse Productions, and it continues their run of monster movies, falling somewhere between 2020’s well-received “The Invisible Man” ($144.5 million globally) and 2025’s lamentable “Wolf Man” ($35.2 million globally).
The weekend’s other new wide release, Magnolia’s “Normal,” took seventh place, earning $2.5 million. The action film stars Bob Odenkirk as a small town sheriff who stumbles on a larger conspiracy following a local bank robbery. Ben Wheatley, who has developed a reputation for boundary pushing ultra-violence with the likes of “Free Fire” and “High Rise,” directs.
In its third weekend of release, A24’s buzzy relationship comedy “The Drama” took fourth place, earning $4.8 million. The indie film, which stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, has earned an impressive $39.7 million. That’s good news, because Zendaya and Pattinson will appear together in three films this year, popping up in “Dune: Part Three” and “The Odyssey,” not that those blockbuster films will rise or fall on their chemistry alone.
Rounding out the top five, Universal’s rom-com “You, Me & Tuscany” picked up $3.8 million to bring its haul to $14.4 million after two weeks in theaters. In limited release, Focus Features’ “Lorne,” a documentary about “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels, debuted to $270,000 from 415 theaters, while A24’s “Mother Mary, earned $168,063 from just five locations.
