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‘Super Mario’ Tops Box Office With Year’s Biggest Opening

  • Chris Pratt is Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy voices Princess Peach
  • The Amazon Studios film ‘Air’ finishes in fourth place
The Super Mario Bros. MovieSource: Universal Pictures

The Super Mario Bros. Movie scored the biggest opening weekend for a film this year and set records for an animated film in its global debut.

Worldwide, the picture opened to sales of $376 million, Comcast Corp.’s Universal Pictures said Monday. In the US and Canada, Super Mario Bros. brought in $205 million, smashing forecasts.