'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' scored the best second weekend ever for an animated movie in North American theaters with US$87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The family-friendly Universal release dropped a slim 41 per cent from its record-making opening weekend.
This image released by Nintendo and Universal Studios shows Mario, voiced by Chris Pratt, left, and Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy, in Nintendo's "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
For most blockbusters, second weekends are usually down by about 60 per cent, making "Mario's" 41 per cent drop especially noteworthy. According to Comscore, only a handful of films that opened over US$100 million have had less of a fall, including "Shrek 2," "Frozen 2," 2002's "Spider-Man," "The Force Awakens" and 2016's "The Jungle Book.
Sony and Screen Gem's R-rated "The Pope's Exorcist" starring Russell Crowe as the late Father Gabriele Amorth -- the chief exorcist of the Diocese of Rome from 1986 to his death at 91 in 2016 -- fared the best. It made an estimated US$9.2 million from 3,178 locations. Some wondered if opening "Renfield" and "The Pope's Exorcist" the same weekend -- both R-rated and of similar genres -- hurt the films. But Dergarabedian said that while audiences may have been similar, "these films play for more than just one weekend."
A24 also debuted its new Ari Aster R-rated mind-bender "Beau is Afraid," starring Joaquin Phoenix, in four theatres in New York and Los Angeles where it made US$320,396 over the weekend, boasting many sold out showings. The 3-hour odyssey from the director of horror favourites "Hereditary" and "Midsommar" expands nationwide on Friday.
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