{"id":37699,"date":"2026-04-19T16:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/?p=37699"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:02:19","slug":"box-office-mario-heads-to-750m-globally-the-mummy-proves-original-is-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/2026\/04\/19\/box-office-mario-heads-to-750m-globally-the-mummy-proves-original-is-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: ‘Mario’ Heads to $750M Globally & ‘The Mummy’ Proves Original Is Better"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, summer is coming early (especially for those in the warmer regions), but we are down 39% compared to this same weekend a year ago (even if said weekend was Easter and had the likes of Sinners<\/em> opening with $48 million and A Minecraft Movie<\/em> earning $40 million in its third weekend).<\/p>\n

So let’s get on with it. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/em> inevitably led the box office again in its third weekend, bringing in $35 million, and it will pass $750 million globally by tonight. And yes, it goes without saying that its 2023 predecessor was much leggier and more mighty than this second ride around “the galaxy.” A $405-410 million domestic finish seems to be on the floor for this sequel; whether it joins Lilo & Stitch<\/em>,\u00a0Minecraft<\/em>, and Zootopia 2 <\/em>in over\/under $425 million will depend on how much of the period between now and Memorial Day plays to cut off the family-friendly demographics. Nintendo is basking in the glory, though, so it can’t complain much about the animated IP and a $110 million budget. The announcement for the third chapter should be upon us in the moment of unparalleled perspicacity.<\/p>\n

Kudos to Ryan Gosling’s Project Hail Mary<\/em>, which will pass $300 million domestically by next weekend and $600 million worldwide soon. The biggest elephant in the room is how competition fares for the next month, dissecting its quadrants a la Michael<\/em>, The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em>, The Sheep Detectives<\/em>, Mortal Kombat II<\/em>, and The Mandalorian and Grogu.<\/em> Meanwhile, The Drama<\/em> will be passing $40 million domestic sometime tomorrow and will be A24’s eighth-highest domestic earner.<\/p>\n

For newcomers, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy<\/em> clearly was more of a subliminal eyeroll from audiences. A C+ from CinemaScore and middling reviews won’t do it justice, even if its debut was “fine” with $13.51 million to start off. Yes, it has no connection to Brendan Fraser, but maybe leaving it only in solitary confinement sometimes is the way to go. Other newcomer Normal<\/em> is no Nobody<\/em>, as the latter title starring Bob Odenkirk opened with $6.8 million in the summer of 2021, right before theaters were warming back up in the post-COVID environment.<\/p>\n

You, Me & Tuscany<\/em> has passed $15 million worldwide, while Hoppers<\/em> will pass $360 million worldwide by tomorrow morning (it will probably finish its domestic run around $170-175 million).<\/p>\n

The Exit 8<\/em> took in $669k in its second weekend, while The Christophers<\/em> earned $596k.<\/p>\n

Next weekend will see the release of Michael<\/em>, Apex<\/em> (on Netflix), Over Your Dead Body<\/em>, Desert Warrior<\/em>, and Omaha<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, summer is coming early (especially for those in the warmer regions), but we are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":215387522,"featured_media":37703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[59962],"tags":[745376,728095456,728095436,728095440],"class_list":["post-37699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-box-office-report","tag-lee-cronins-the-mummy","tag-project-hail-mary","tag-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rev-1-TMY-TRL-060_High_Res_JPEG-H-2026.webp?fit=1296%2C730&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdzQr8-9O3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/215387522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37699"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37705,"href":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37699\/revisions\/37705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atthemoviesonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}