The Super Mario Bros. Movie grosses over 12.3 billion Yen in Japan

26 June 202331 July 2023 Lite_Agent Illumination, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, TOHO, Universal

Toho (the Japanese distributor) has sent a new press release to share some more details about the performance of the Super Mario Bros. Movie in Japan.

According to that PR, the movie has now grossed over 12.3 billion Yen in Japan (12,343,782,830 Yen / $85,893,225 to be precise) with 8,626,870 tickets sold, up from 12,002,742,780 Yen / $84,585,849 grossed and 8,626,870 tickets sold as of June 18th.

During the past week-end (June 23rd to June 25th), 174,751 people went to watch the movie. It grossed 253,995,480 Yen ($1,767,407) during that period.

Toho also shared additional data about the movie’s performance in Japan:

3rd most successful western animated movie (was ranked #4 as of June 5th)
15th most successful animated movie (western + Japanese) (was ranked #16 as of June 18th)
27th most successful movie (was ranked #29 as of June 18th)

As of June 25th, all Illumination movies combined have grossed a total of 50 Billion Yen (about $347,921,000) in Japan. Here’s how the other movies fared in comparison:

Despicable Me (October 29th 2010): 1.20 billion Yen
Hop (August 19th 2011): 270 million Yen
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (October 6th 2012): 690 million Yen
Despicable Me 2 (September 21st 2013): 2.5 billion Yen
Minions (July 31st 2015): 5.21 billion Yen
The Secret Life of Pets (August 11th 2016): 4.24 billion Yen
Sing (March 17th 2017): 5.11 billion Yen
Despicable Me 3 (July 21st 2017): 7.31 billion Yen
The Grinch (December 14th 2018): 1.32 billion Yen
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (July 26th 2019): 2.16 billion Yen
Sing 2 (March 18th 2022): 3.31 billion Yen
Minions: The Rise of Gru (July 15th 2022): 4.44 billion Yen
The Super Mario Bros. Movie: (April 28th 2023): 12.343 billion Yen
Total: 50.103 billion Yen

Here’s the worldwide performance of Illumination movies worldwide:

North America: $3,717,847,366
Worldwide: $9,371,355,363

Worldwide, the Super Mario Bros. Movie has now grossed $1,330,190,524. Here’s the breakdown:

United States: $572,970,040 (14th most successful movie of all times)
International: $757,220,484
Worldwide: $1,330,190,524 (18th most successful movie of all times)

Source: TOHO PR (26/06/2023)
Via: Gamer