'Super Mario Bros.' Continues To Win Big In Movie Domestic Box-Office Revenue Game

Universal Studios' “The Super Mario Bros. Movie" keeps rolling -- earning another $87 million in box-office revenue in its second weekend of release, according to Comscore.

“Super Mario” scored the best second-week results for an animated movie of all time. For its opening week, it posted $146.4 million. Movie locations remained virtually the same -- with a dominant 4,371 locations after 4,343 locations in its first weekend.

Over a two-week period, total revenue for the movie -- which riffs off the long-time video game -- is at $347.8 million domestically and $678 million globally.

Universal Studios is still big on national TV -- 801.9 billion impressions from TV messaging over a two-week period, according to iSpot.tv's projections.
-- twice as much as the next movie, “Chevalier” (at 402.9 billion) which has yet to open.

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After the big results for "Super Mario” this past week is the debut of Sony Pictures' "The Pope’s Exorcist," which tallied a modest $9.2 million. Lionsgate's "John Wick: Chapter 4" -- in its fourth week -- got to $7.9 million.

Year-to-date, domestic box-office revenue is 37% higher to $2.34 billion so far, according to Comscore.

Three upcoming movies to be released next week, for April 21, are: MGM Studios' "Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant" at $3.5 million in national TV spend so far, per iSpot.tv estimates, followed by Walt Disney/Searchlight Pictures’ "Chevalier" ($4.4 million); Warner Bros.' "Evil Dead Rise" ($2.4 million).

The big summer season is ramping up. One big franchise movie coming is Disney/Marvel Studios' "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3," now at $12.9 million in TV spend, opening May 5.

Also ramping up is Sony Pictures "Big George Foreman" -- at $3.9 million in national TV spending, starting April 28.

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