‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Begins Its Quest for $1 Billion This Week

This past weekend, Amazon MGM’s “Project Hail Mary” passed $300 million at the global box office, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2026 so far. But its reign atop that list will be short-lived thanks to the return of Mario, Luigi and the most famous franchise in video games.

Three years after “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” smashed the Easter weekend and video game adaptation box office records, Universal, Illumination and Nintendo are back with “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” a film...