$629M in Two Weeks, Mario Galaxy Is Unstoppable

$629 million. Two weeks. Third place all-time among video game films. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is not slowing down.

As first reported by Variety and picked up widely, the Illumination sequel has now surpassed $629 million at the global box office, overtaking Ryan Gosling's Project Hail Mary to become 2026's highest-grossing film. The international market has been the engine here, with $320 million from overseas against $308 million from North America. Mexico led the charge at $47.8 million, with the UK and Ireland close behind at $37.4 million across 81 territories.

In reaching that number, the film has passed Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Detective Pikachu, Warcraft, and Rampage to land at No. 3 on the all-time video game adaptation chart. The only films ahead of it are A Minecraft Movie at $960 million and its own predecessor, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which finished at $1.36 billion.

Critics weren't especially warm on it at launch, but that's a familiar story at this point. A Minecraft Movie faced the same reception and still cleared $960 million. Families turned up, kids dragged parents into seats, and Nintendo's brand did the rest. Galaxy opened to the biggest debut of 2026 and has barely lost a step since.

At its current pace, $1 billion is a realistic target. If it gets there, Galaxy becomes the second video game film ever to cross that threshold, behind only the movie that started this whole franchise. The first film took its full theatrical run to land at $1.36 billion; Galaxy is roughly halfway there in week two.