With an international release date originally announced as March 31st Super Mario Bros.: The Movie It was finally released nearly a week later on Wednesday, April 5th, a success and a box office hit that is already paying off, making the Nintendo, Illumination Entertainment, and Universal Pictures film one of the blockbusters of the year. who knows what else, as projections are headed up.

The already optimistic initial forecasts are thus far surpassed, and if not for Sunday, this one as well five day release window, the new animated adaptation of the classic video game is celebrating success everywhere it was released. To highlight, of course, the American market, where the expected is fulfilled Super Mario Bros.: The Movie becoming the second best opening for an animated film.

According to projections, Super Mario Bros.: The Movie would have already overcome Looking for Dory and without adjusting the difference for inflation, it would only be a few million from the withdrawal incredible 2 as the best opening for an animated film in the United States. Those estimates translate to a box office of $195 million in the United States alone, counted from Wednesday through Sunday.

As for the international market, Super Mario Bros.: The Movie is also a highlight and in this case an opponent to be defeated Frozen 2, to which it would already improve upon its premiere, but not in the overall collection. Projections outside the United States and Canada point to $173 million in the five-day opening window, though it’s not out of the question that it could exceed that.

In Spainwhere we have been celebrating the Easter holidays since last Thursday and half of the country is celebrating, including the school year, Super Mario Bros.: The Movie stormed over a thousand theaters across the country, outselling releases—in its current three-day window—such as incredible 2, Minions: The Origin of Gru, toy story 4 either Looking for Dory. On Thursday alone, it grossed $1.8 million in the 1,000 theaters in which the film was shown across the country, accounting for more than 60% of all viewings. And in total it already has more than 4 million.

But Super Mario Bros.: The Movie It doesn’t just stand out as an animated film. Also is extensive as a video game adaptation and while the measuring stick is trickier in this category, it will almost certainly come out on top. If they are not at the same peak, they share heights: their opponents to defeat are in this case warcraft: origins, which generally played at the box office, but specifically, i.e. in China, gave the bell; and Pokemon: Detective Pikachucurrent number one with over 368 million collections worldwide.

It’s worth noting that even though the box office is doing great Super Mario Bros.: The Movie, criticism is another piece, and the specialized one in particular was not positive at all, with criticism surrounding the plot – or lack thereof – as the main reason for complaint. On the other hand, the positive score of users is counted in thousands: on Rotten Tomatoes it is 96%, on IMDB 7.4/10… The bank wins.