The movie Super Mario Galaxy broke the box office record in 2026

Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a love letter to one of gaming's greatest mascots and one of the best games on the Nintendo Wii. Despite critical reviews, Super Mario Galaxy MovieThere is simply no denying the success at the box office. Nintendo has another blockbuster on its hands as it ventures from the gaming world into cinematic spectacle. Roughly a month and a half since its theatrical release, Super Mario Galaxy Movie has already broken a major box office record for the year.

original Super Mario Bros. Movie quickly became the 6th highest-grossing animated film of all time and the 20th highest-grossing film overall. Now, Super Mario Galaxy Movie follows in his footsteps. Super Mario Galaxy Movie is not only the top-grossing film in the United States for 2026 (sitting comfortably at a respectable $413,271,510 gross), Japan's Oricon News just revealed that Super Mario Galaxy Movie set a new record this year in Japan.

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Super Mario Galaxy is officially the highest-grossing foreign film in Japan for 2026

Although Nintendo is a Japanese company and Super Mario Bros. is a Japanese franchise, indeed Super Mario Galaxy Movie made in conjunction with Illumination makes it an American film. That means that Super Mario Galaxy Movie is technically a foreign film in Japan. According to Oricon News,

“A new popular animated film Super Mario series, Super Mario Galaxy Moviereleased on April 24, it had grossed ¥6,017,108,670 ($38,122,294) as of May 12. This breaks the box office record for a foreign film released in FY2026. Now in its seventh week overseas, the film has surpassed $500 million at the international box office for a total of $528,758,000. Worldwide, the film became a record-breaking hit, with a cumulative total of $941,362,225 at the box office.”

Super Mario Galaxy Movie it's still in theaters around the world. With a little more time, the film could realistically cross the $1 billion mark, giving both Nintendo and Illumination another absolutely massive box office win. First Super Mario Bros. Movie grossed a total of $1,360,783,214 at the box office before ending its theatrical run.

The Super Mario Galaxy film is the second highest-grossing film in Japan this year

In addition to being the highest-grossing foreign film in Japan for 2026, Super Mario Galaxy Movie it also holds the title of the second highest-grossing film in Japan. Super Mario Galaxy Movie it is only behind Detective Conan: Highway No Datenshi (translated as Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway). The detective conan the franchise is very popular in Japan Case Closed movies always count at the domestic box office.

In the 29th film in the long-running franchise, detective conan and anime fans quickly filled seats in Japanese theaters. Detective Conan: Highway No Datenshi boasts a domestic box office gross of $72,797,784, beating Super Mario Galaxy Movie by almost 35 million dollars. Fact Super Mario Galaxy Movie can compete detective conan however, it is a testament to the cultural permanence of Nintendo and Mario – not just in Japan, but around the world.

Source: Oricon News