{"id":788517,"date":"2026-05-11T10:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788517\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:17:24","slug":"the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-worldwide-box-office-beats-minions-the-rise-of-gru-as-7th-highest-grossing-animation-post-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788517\/","title":{"rendered":"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Worldwide Box Office: Beats Minions: The Rise Of Gru As 7th Highest-Grossing Animation Post-COVID!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1279899 koimoi-featured-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-worldwide-box-office-beats-minions-the-rise-of-gru-as-7th-highest-gross.jpeg\" alt=\"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Worldwide Box Office: Beats Minions: The Rise Of Gru\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\"  \/>The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Worldwide Box Office: Beats Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Photo Credit: Instagram)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has dropped out of the domestic rankings due to so many new releases. But it still has a stronghold at the box office. The movie has now surpassed the worldwide total for Minions: The Rise of Gru to climb the global top animated films post-COVID. It is still on track to cross the <strong>$1 billion<\/strong> milestone worldwide. Keep scrolling for the deets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inches away from surpassing Toy Story 3 in North America<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nintendo sequel has earned solid box-office numbers in North America in its 6th three-day weekend. The film collected<strong> $6.6 million<\/strong>, the 3rd-largest 6th three-day weekend ever for a video game adaptation at the domestic box office. It declined by <strong>45.5%<\/strong> from last weekend despite losing 344 theaters, and the film\u2019s domestic total has hit <strong>$412.1 million<\/strong>. It will soon beat the <strong>$415 million<\/strong> domestic haul of Toy Story 3 to become the all-time 10th-highest-grossing animation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edges closer to the $950 million mark worldwide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is also going strong overseas, earning over <strong>$14.8 million<\/strong> in its 6th weekend. Internationally, it declined <strong>58.1%<\/strong> from last weekend, bringing the overseas total to <strong>$529.1 million<\/strong> cume across 81 markets. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/release\/rl3344662529\/?ref_=bo_hm_rd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Box Office Mojo<\/a>\u2018s report,\u00a0the worldwide collection, in addition to the domestic gross of\u00a0<strong>$412.1 million<\/strong>, has hit <strong>$941.2 million<\/strong>. It will soon cross the <strong>$950 million<\/strong> mark worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Worldwide collection breakdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Domestic \u2013 <strong>$412.1 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">International \u2013 <strong>$529.1 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Worldwide \u2013 <strong>$941.2 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Surpasses Minions: The Rise of Gru worldwide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minions: The Rise of Gru was released in 2022, and it is the second film in the Minions franchise. The film grossed\u00a0<strong>$940.5 million<\/strong> worldwide and became the 7th-highest-grossing film post-COVID. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has surpassed the worldwide haul of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/minions-the-rise-of-gru-box-office-domestic-becomes-the-first-animated-film-to-cross-the-200-million-mark-after-disneys-frozen-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minions: The Rise of Gru<\/a> to become the 7th-highest-grossing animated feature worldwide in the post-COVID era. This shows the power of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/hollywood-news\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-super-mario-bros-movie-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo sequel<\/a> worldwide despite the new releases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will cross the <strong>$950 million<\/strong> mark at the worldwide box office over the upcoming weekend. The film is tracking to earn between <strong>$1 billion<\/strong> and <strong>$1.1 billion<\/strong> worldwide. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie was released on April 1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Note: Box office numbers are based on estimates and various sources. Numbers have not been independently verified by Koimoi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stay tuned to Koimoi for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/category\/box-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">box office updates<\/a> and stories!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Must Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/2025-vs-2026-north-america-top-5-box-office-openings-minecraft-michael-superman-more-which-year-wins-big\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2025 Vs 2026 North America Top 5 Box Office Openings: Minecraft, Michael, Superman &amp; More \u2014 Which Year Wins Big?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Follow Us:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/koimoidotcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/koimoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Koimoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Koimoi4Bollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/s\/CBIwo7yAqUE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Google News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Worldwide Box Office: Beats Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Photo Credit: Instagram) The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":788518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[171,53,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-788517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}