Key Takeaways
Total 3-Day Weekend Gross:
$90,575,312 | -31.6% Last Week / -39.9% Weekend 16, 2025
Business is down this week as Super Mario and Project Hail Mary continue to bolster theaters until another biggie comes along, likely next week with Michael. We know Sinners, and Lee Cronin’s The Mummy was no Sinners, as signified by the huge year-over-year drop from this frame last year when Ryan Coogler’s horror movie opened to huge business.
- Top Title: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Universal) | $35M / 4,170 Screens / $8,393 PSA | Week 3
- Top Opener: The Mummy (Warner Bros.) | $13.5M / 3,304 Screens / $4,090 PSA | Week 1
- Best PSA: Mother Mary (A24) | $168K / 5 Screens / $33,613 PSA | Week 1
1. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Universal/Illumination | Week 3
$35M 3-Day Weekend | $355.2M Domestic Total
$747.47M Global Total
Universal and Illumination’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie did a three-peat at the top of the box office, the first movie to do so since Avatar: Fire and Ash at the year’s start. It took in an estimated $35M for a -49% drop in 4,170 screens for a $8,393 Per Screen Average.
That’s on the lowest-end of our panel’s forecast for this title, currently at $355.2M domestic and trailing behind the first movie at this point in its run ($436M). Nevertheless, it should handily take its place as the #2 Illumination movie domestically this week, displacing Minions: The Rise of Gru ($370.5M).
Here’s how the 3-Day looked, including a super-charged Saturday that more than doubled the Friday…
- Friday – $7.55M
- Saturday – $16.9M
- Sunday – $10.5M
Overseas the movie is holding much better with $48.2M from 82 territories, taking the international haul to $392.2M and the global to $747.47M. That’s enough to drive the overall Mario franchise over $2B, the tenth biggest animated series in history after only two entries. Galaxy is currently on pace to slide past the $1B mark before the end of its run. It is also the biggest movie of the year, passing China’s Pegasus 3 ($647.8M).
3. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
Warner Bros. | New
$13.5M 3-Day Opening Weekend | $34M Global Total
Warner Bros./New Line combined the strengths of James Wan’s Atomic Monster and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse to reimagine the shambling monster in a more-contained, R-rated domesticated take adjacent to Universal’s franchise. The result was Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, which disappointed with only $13.5M on 3,304 screens for a $4,090 PSA. This is not much better than Blumhouse’s last attempt to revive a Universal Monster with 2025’s The Wolf Man ($10.89M opening, $20.7M domestic), and another flop for WB after The Bride! whiffed in March.
That performance falls below our low-end forecast, possibly a result of word-of-mouth over how graphic it is -a turn off to some even for this genre- as well as the fact that trailers made it look more like a generic evil kid movie than a Mummy flick. The name Lee Cronin of the last Evil Dead movie means very little to general audiences, possibly spurring confusion. Not helping were critics, who slapped the The Mummy with a 46% rotten rating on RT, while CinemaScore was a "C+" indicating audiences were not particularly into it.Here’s how the 3-Day looked, including $1.5M in Thursday previews…
- Friday – $5.2M
- Saturday – $4.9M
- Sunday – $3.3M
PLF’s represented 30% of business, with IMAX screens earning $2M globally. The Top 3 DMA markets were Los Angeles, New York, and Dallas, while the Top 3 locations overall were AMC Burbank, AMC Empire New York, and AMC Grove in Los Angeles.
Here’s how demographics looked…
- 47% Caucasian
- 28% Hispanic
- 14% African-American
- 7% Asian
- 4% Native-American/Other
International showings of The Mummy scared up more business with $20.5M from 77 overseas markets on 14,000+ screens, for a global total of $34M. Territories yet to release are Korea (April 22) and Japan (May 15), as overseas business could be a saving grace for the movie’s bottom line
Other Notable Performances
Disney/Pixar’s Hoppers (#6, $2.9M) is now at $161.16M domestic, looking to supplant A Bug’s Life ($162.79M) as Pixar’s 20th highest grosser (out of 27). Globally the movie has earned $359M, again around three-decade-old A Bugs Life ($364.2M).
Magnolia Pictures’ Normal reunited star Bob Odenkirk with Nobody writer Derek Kolstad for an action pic directed by Ben Wheatley (The Meg 2). It opened at #7 with $2.65M from 2,060 screens for a $1,286 PSA. Nobody opened at $6.8M in 2021, released by Universal.
Next Weekend
Lionsgate will court controversy as it counts money from the release of Michael, the story of Michael Jackson starring the late singer’s nephew Jaafar Jackson that is looking to set an opening record for musical biopic. Jason Segel and Samara Weaving lead a black comedy thriller titled Over Your Dead Body as a couple on a romantic getaway who realize they are both planning to kill the other one. It is directed by The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone.
Sunday Studio Estimates | Weekend 16 – 2026
Total 3-Day Domestic Gross: $90,575,312 | (-39.9% vs 2025)
| Title | Distributor Long Name | Wk | Estimated Weekend Gross | Cume | Locs Reported | Avg/Loc |
| The Super Mario Galaxy Movie | Universal | 3 | $35,000,000 | $355,247,000 | 4170 | $8,393 |
| Project Hail Mary | Amazon MGM | 5 | $20,456,000 | $285,093,000 | 3820 | $5,355 |
| Lee Cronin’s The Mummy | Warner Bros. | 1 | $13,515,000 | $13,515,000 | 3304 | $4,090 |
| The Drama | A24 | 3 | $4,842,020 | $39,656,438 | 2629 | $1,842 |
| You, Me & Tuscany | Universal | 2 | $3,800,000 | $14,371,000 | 3157 | $1,204 |
| Hoppers | Disney | 7 | $2,900,000 | $161,164,918 | 2475 | $1,172 |
| Normal | Magnolia Pictures | 1 | $2,650,000 | $2,650,000 | 2060 | $1,286 |
| Busboys | Independent | 1 | $1,613,976 | $1,613,976 | 800 | $2,017 |
| Bhooth Bangla | FunAsia Films | 1 | $977,582 | $1,046,057 | 500 | $1,955 |
| A Great Awakening | Roadside Attractions | 3 | $823,667 | $6,606,611 | 939 | $877 |
| Exit 8 | Neon | 2 | $669,375 | $2,823,315 | 510 | $1,312 |
| The Christophers | Neon | 2 | $596,000 | $702,390 | 364 | $1,637 |
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| Reminders of Him | Universal | 6 | $450,000 | $48,217,000 | 786 | $573 |
| Ready or Not 2: Here I Come | Searchlight | 5 | $340,000 | $22,728,874 | 585 | $581 |
| Dhurandhar The Revenge | Moviegoers Entertainment Ltd | 5 | $317,233 | $28,145,427 | 175 | $1,813 |
| Faces of Death | IFC Films | 2 | $300,000 | $2,448,534 | 1000 | $300 |
| Lorne | Focus Features | 1 | $270,000 | $270,000 | 415 | $651 |
| Scream 7 | Paramount | 8 | $198,000 | $121,803,000 | 343 | $577 |
| They Will Kill You | Warner Bros. | 4 | $185,000 | $10,802,000 | 237 | $781 |
| Mother Mary | A24 | 1 | $168,063 | $168,063 | 5 | $33,613 |
| GOAT | Sony | 10 | $140,000 | $103,243,000 | 150 | $933 |
| Palestine ’36 | MPI Media | 5 | $60,139 | $526,802 | 60 | $1,002 |
| Cave of Forgotten Dreams Restoration | IFC Films | 1 | $60,000 | $120,000 | 103 | $583 |
| The Stranger | Music Box Films | 3 | $48,075 | $148,615 | 30 | $1,602 |
| Fireflies at El Mozote | Magenta Light Studios | 1 | $47,705 | $47,705 | 39 | $1,223 |
| Undertone | A24 | 6 | $41,373 | $19,932,464 | 82 | $505 |
| Erupcja | 1-2 Special | 1 | $25,610 | $25,610 | 2 | $12,805 |
| Mad Bills to Pay: (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) | Oscilloscope Pictures | 1 | $23,055 | $23,055 | 2 | $11,528 |
| Hamlet | Vertical | 2 | $20,900 | $285,984 | 68 | $307 |
| Blue Heron | Janus Films | 1 | $16,500 | $16,500 | 1 | $16,500 |
| Miroirs No. 3 | 1-2 Special | 5 | $13,107 | $192,379 | 28 | $468 |
| Marc by Sofia | A24 | 5 | $3,725 | $267,046 | 8 | $466 |
| Kontinental ’25 | 1-2 Special | 4 | $3,207 | $33,718 | 6 | $534 |
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