Nintendo president on impact of Mario movie on its business, planning “variety of visual content” for the future
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Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has commented on the impact of The Super Mario Bros. Movie on its business as well as what lies in store for the future.
Speaking during an investor Q&A this week, Furukawa stated that “the movie inspires interest in Mario games and has a positive effect on sales of Nintendo Switch hardware and software over the medium to long term.” He pointed to a growth in Mario merchandise and “a slight rise in activity for classic Mario titles that can be played through Nintendo Switch Online.”
Regarding the future, Furukawa teased plans for a “variety of visual content”.
His full words:
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie now the second highest-grossing animated film of all time domestically, more
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The latest report for The Super Mario Bros. Movie indicates that it’s now the second highest-grossing animated film of all time in North America. Also, a few other interesting tidbits have come in.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is only the fourth film to cross the half-billion mark domestically in the pandemic era behind Spider-Man: No Way Home ($814.1 million), Top Gun: Maverick ($718.7 million) and Avatar: The Way of Water ($683.9 million). Additionally, it’s the first Illumination and Universal animation release to cross $500 million domestically, not adjusted for inflation. The Hollywood Reporter further states that the movie is the second highest-grossing animated film of all time domestically. Finally, it’s the third-biggest Universal release of all time behind Jurassic World and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie to cross the $1 billion mark tomorrow
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Original (4/29): The Super Mario Bros. Movie surpassed $900 million in revenue this week, and through Friday, was at $970 million. The film is now expected to hit $1 billion tomorrow.
With the success it’s seen, that was really just a matter of time. It was at $871 million last weekend.
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Miyamoto says Mario movie success “far beyond our imagination”, believes poor reviews helped spread the word
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Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has commented on the response The Super Mario Bros. Movie has seen, and he thinks that the poor reviews from credits was actually a good thing.
Miyamoto was speaking about the film in an interview with Nintendo Dream. He noted that “the results were far beyond our imagination.” Aside from feeling that luck was on their side, poor reviews from some critics may have actually provided a boost since “that also helps a topic grow.”
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie now at $871 million globally, closing in at $1 billion
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According to a new report from Variety, The Super Mario Bros. has now reached $871 million at the global box office. It is expected to become the first film of the year to reach $1 billion.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie took home $58.23 at the domestic box office this weekend. You can add another $70 million from international showings.
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Super Mario Bros. theme becomes first gaming track in the Library of Congress
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It’s a first for the Library of Congress today, as the Super Mario Bros. theme by Koji Kondo is the first piece of video game music to enter the registry. It will be joined by other songs like Madonna’s “Like a Virgin,” Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, and more.
Regarding the selection, the Super Mario Bros. theme has been selected due to its international recognition and staying power over the past few decades. It’s also featured in the just-released Mario movie, which Kondo also contributed to.
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie director reveals why blocks float in the Mushroom Kingdom
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Have you ever wondered why there are floating blocks in the Mushroom Kingdom? This is just one of the questions the team behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie needed to think about while working on the project. Perhaps surprisingly, they even came up with an explanation.
Aaron Horvath, one of the directors on The Super Mario Bros. Movie, spoke about this in an interview with Variety. It turns out that the team came up with the term ‘floatanium’, which helps keep those blocks floating in the air. Adding more to the lore, it was decided that the mineral is natural to the Mushroom Kingdom.
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Chris Pratt’s original Mario voice for the movie was rejected for being “a little New Jersey”
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Chris Pratt has provided more insight into coming up with his voice for Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which took some time to get right.
Pratt told Variety that initially, he was told that his performance was “a little New Jersey” and he was “doing a Tony Soprano thing.” He said:
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Miyamoto says Nintendo was hesitant to make a backstory for Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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Mario games are always about the gameplay, with the story often having a minimal impact. However, with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the plot and its characters needed to take center stage. This created an interesting dilemma of sorts for Nintendo.
If you’ve seen The Super Mario Bros. Movie or any of its trailers, you obviously know that there’s more to Mario compared to the games – including a bit of a backstory. But Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said Nintendo felt some hesitation there since “we want Mario to be without restrictions” and going into more of his character “might become a disadvantage for future games.”
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Nintendo made sketches of Mario’s parents that were never used, brought back for the movie
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie director Aaron Horvath has revealed that Nintendo previously made sketches of Mario’s parents that went unused. However, they resurfaced from the company’s vault for the new film.
The Mario family is brought in a bit for the new movie, and it turns out that Nintendo was “fully on board with this cinematic representation of Mario and knowing that he’s not just going to be a guy who appears from a pipe and says ‘Wahoo!’ and then he’s off on his adventure,” according to Horvath. He told Polygon that the idea here was to show that “he’s a real guy with a real life and real problems.”
