Time Network News Can't stop! "Super Leo Bros. Movie" won $87 million the following week in North America, achieving a second consecutive championship, and surpassed the $86 million of the next week of 2019's "Frozen 2" to become the highest-grossing cartoon in North America the following week. (Source: boxofficemojo and Deadline)
The horror film "The First Exorcist of the Holy See" starring Russell Crowe opened with $9.15 million in Guya; "Rainfield" starring Nicolas Cage ranked fourth with a start of $7.77 million, and the film invested $65 million, and Uncle Cage's "turnover" was still unsuccessful.
Two weeks after the release of "Mario", North America accumulated $347 million. The $91.4 million in 71 overseas markets fell only 28% by the following weekend, bringing the cumulative global box office to $678 million. This achievement also allowed "Mario" to surpass the $674 million of "Manjiang Red" and temporarily topped the 2023 global annual championship.
The overseas market ranked first in Mexico with $52 million, the UK at $43.8 million, Germany at $29.7 million, and the Chinese mainland market with $17 million.
Foreign media expect "Super Mario Bros. Movie" to break $800 million globally this weekend and will break through the $1 billion mark in May.
The main box office of "Mario" is still in North America, and the next week's $87 million is not only the best performance in the history of North American film, but also the second best performing movie the next week after "Avengers 4" in 2019, second only to "Top Gun 2" with $90 million. In the overall box office ranking of the next week in North American film history, "Mario" can also rank ninth.
Led by a number of spring blockbuster movies such as "Mario", "Fast Chase 4" and "Scream 6", the North American market in the first four months of 2023 increased by 44% year-on-year.
"The First Exorcist of the Holy See" starring Russell Crowe is based on the real-life exorcist priest Gabriele Amorth, a legendary Italian priest who lived to be 91 years old, performing more than 100,000 large and small exorcism rituals for the Vatican. The film's freshness on Rotten Tomatoes is 46%, and the evaluation is average, which is not good news for the subsequent box office.
The horror comedy "Rainfield" released by Universal performed even worse, with a box office of $7.77 million that did not match the fame of vampire Dracula, with the film's world opening weekend of $10.03 million. "Rainfield" is only 59% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a CinemaScore score of B-. Warner's horror film "Ghost Man Rise" will also be released next week, which will put some pressure on these two horror films.
"Fast Pursuit 4" ranked third in the fourth week with $7.92 million, with a cumulative $160 million in North America setting a new series high, while "Journey to the Bell Buds," which sold well in East Asia, was released in 2,170 theaters in North America last weekend, ranking seventh with an opening $4.8 million.
Ben Affleck's self-directed and starring friend Matt Dimon sports theme "Nike Marketing Genius" got $7.72 million the next week and ranked fifth. The film has a total of 33.28 million US dollars in North America and 54.08 million US dollars worldwide.
New film this week
Covenant Military/Action released by MGM
Director: Gehrig
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal
Plot: Sergeant John (Jake Jaylenhaal) is besieged by the Taliban while on a mission in Afghanistan, and local translator Ahmed risks his life to take the wounded John through miles of difficult terrain to safety. While Ahmed was being hunted down by the Taliban in Afghanistan, John returned to Afghanistan to rescue his lifesaver.
"Bo is scared" horror/comedy A24 released
Director: Ali Astor
Plot: The story revolves around one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time and portrays him for decades.
Director: Lee Cronin
Plot: Set in a woodhouse to a city, the story tells the story of two estranged sisters whose reunion time is interrupted, and the demon possessing the flesh forces them to fight for survival.