Super Mario Galaxy Movie Holds Box Office Lead with $7.4M as Lee Cronin’s The Mummy Opens at $5.2M

Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Friday’s domestic box office saw a flurry of fresh releases, yet Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie retained the summit for a third consecutive weekend, pulling in ↑ 7.4M on opening day. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, co‑produced by Warner Bros. and Atomic Monster, managed a respectable ↑ 5.2M debut but fell short of the Mario juggernaut. Magnolia Pictures’ Normal entered the market with modest earnings, while industry analysts cited lingering pandemic‑era audience hesitancy.

“The franchise’s cross‑generational appeal remains a box‑office engine,”

noted a Reuters analyst. Projections suggest the Mario title will dominate the weekend’s top‑gross chart, leaving newcomers to scramble for residual slots.