The Super Mario Bros. Movie hit $1.35 billion in revenue.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie hits $1.35B in revenue and 168.1M viewers

The numbers for The Super Mario Bros. Movie keep getting better, with $1.35 billion in revenue and 168.1 million viewers to date.

Nintendo said in its quarterly report today that the box-office revenue numbers are the highest ever for an original film based on a video game, and the second highest for an animated film. The movie has appeal across the globe, including markets such as Asia and South America.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.