The sequel opened to estimated $190.1 million domestically over the five-day Easter corridor, including a three-day weekend gross of $130.9 million. Overseas, Galaxy scored an estimated $182.4 million from 80 markets.

Hitting theaters over the Easter corridor in 2023, the first Mario Bros. Movie posted a five-day domestic debut of $204 million, including a three-day weekend haul of $147 million, one of the best showings of all time for a holiday. Galaxy also joins the upper reaches of that list.

Super Mario Galaxy achieved several milestones, including delivering the year’s biggest three-day opening not only in America, but overseas and globally.

Super Mario Galaxy scored the third-highest grossing weekend for video game behind A Minecraft Movie and Super Mario.

It’s the only animated franchise to have two titles open to more than $100 million over a three-day weekend besides Shrek, Toy Story and Minions.

It delivered the biggest five-day domestic launch since Disney’s Moana 2.

Illumination, which has an exclusive financing and partnership with Universal, partnered with Nintendo in bringing the family friendly video game to the screen.

The follow-up tells the story of Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach again taking on the evil Bowser (along with his son, Bowser Jr.) in adventure that spans the galaxy and introduces new characters, including Princess Rosalina and Nintendo icon Yoshi.

Amazon MGM’s Project Hail Mary, now in third weekend, continues to impress  despite losing Imax and premium formats to Super Mario Galaxy.

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s The Drama is third-place finish with  estimated $14.1 million from 3,097 locations. On Sunday, some rivals thought the A24 title come in closer to $13 million. The movie received B CinemaScore, but sports a solid 81 percent audience rating on Rating Tomatoes.