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Super Mario Galaxy Blasts Past Hail Mary

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Super Mario Galaxy Movie shatters box office records, earning $131M domestically and $372.4M overseas, surpassing Project Hail Mary and becoming the second-biggest video game movie globally. Directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic reunite with Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Charlie Day. The Drama and Hoppers open solidly, while Dhurandhar: The Revenge secures global number five. Next week, Mario Galaxy continues its dominance, with Universal releasing You, Me and Tuscany and Beast.

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Super Mario Galaxy Blasts Past Hail Mary

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Super Mario Galaxy Blasts Past Hail Mary. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's April 6th, from red carpets to breaking stories. This is entertainment and celebrity news, powered by AI. The Super Mario Galaxy movie just blasted past Project Hail Mary to claim the biggest opening of the year so far. It pulled in $131 million domestically this weekend, plus 372.4 million overseas smashing. Records for video game adaptations and illuminations animated flicks. Only the original Super Mario Bros. movie, from 2023, tops it in a few spots. Those same directors from the first Mario hit, Aaron Horbath and Michael Gelinic, brought back voices like Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor Joy, and Charlie. Day. Globally is the second biggest video game movie ever, and it beat Hail Mary's premiere numbers hands down. Fans are buzzing hard, with Mario Galaxy drawing families and gamers in droves, while Hail Mary held strong in its third week, adding 30.6 million domestic and 72.7 million

worldwide, to hit 420.7 million total. That puts it well past his 200 million budget. Meanwhile, other releases like the drama, with Sndaya and Robert Pattinson, open solid at 14.3 million domestic and 28 million abroad, matching its budget overseas. Robert's keeps hopping at number 4, with 5.8 million domestic, totaling 149.6 million stateside, and Durandar, the revenge, grabbed global number 5 with 11.8 million. Next week, Mario Galaxy stays unstoppable, but Universal's dropping you, me and Tuscany, a rom-com with Hallie Bailey for the grown folks, plus Beast. An MMA drama with Russell Crowe. Fox's office heat keeps rising.

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