was still popular enough to spur a potential stampede at the box office. The Super Mario Bros gaming universe since its mid 1980s inception has minted a reported $22 billion worldwide and sold close to 400M games. Super Mario Bros easily notched an A CinemaScore and 88% PostTrak exits, with a 75% Definite Recommend, as opposed to the 1993 film’s B+ and 29% Rotten Tomatoes audience score.
The best movie marketing machines in town –and Universal has one of ’em– don’t work without a film that connects with audiences (and studios can decipher that appeal well in advance). He’s an asset the first 1993 live-action feature adaptation did not have, with the Disney/Hollywood Pictures-distributed title ultimately finaling a disastrous $40M WW off a near $50M production cost.
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