'Super Mario Bros.' Speeds Past $1 Billion
It was another record-breaking weekend for Universal's smash hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie . Scoring a $40 million domestic fourth weekend (a light 33.3% drop), the animated video game adaptation easily topped the $28.4 million that Incredibles 2 earned in its fourth frame during the summer of 2018. It is also currently seventh on the all-time fourth weekend list, and once actuals come in Mario might find itself ahead of Black Panther ($40.8m) for sixth place. With a super-sized $490 million cume so far, Illumination's $100-million blockbuster still has plenty of gas left in the tank, and with no direct kid-friendly competition until Disney's The Little Mermaid on Memorial Day weekend, $600 million is absolutely in its sights. Mario is still dominating overseas, raking in $68.3 million and dropping a miniscule 3.5% from last session. That terrific drop can undeniably be attributed to this week's stron...