Illumination, Nintendo and Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie is the first movie to cross $1 billion at the 2026 box office, the pic doing so in its tenth weekend of release.
With the latest hit, The Super Mario franchise now crosses $2B, becoming the No. 9 biggest animated franchise worldwide and Chris Meledandri’s third franchise in the top 10.
See below:
- Despicable Me, $5.64B, 6 films
- Shrek, $3,98B. 6 films
- Toy Story, $3.28B, 5 films
- Ice Age, $3.22B, 5 films
- Zootopia, $2.89B, 2 films
- Frozen, $2.73B, 2 films
- Inside Out, $2.56B, 2 films
- Kung Fu Panda, $2.37B, 4 films
- Super Mario films, $2.30B, 2 films
- Madagascar, $2.26B, 7 films
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie debuted at No. 1 globally and remained in the top position for three consecutive weekends both globally and internationally. With $428.5M it’s currently the highest grossing movie of 2026 at the domestic B.O. Overseas with $571.5M, it’s currently the highest grossing MPA title. Worldwide it’s second highest grossing film based on a video game, behind only The Super Mario Bros. Movie, both globally and internationally.
Stateside, Super Mario Galaxy Movie is the second Illumination film to gross $400M, the second highest Illumination title after Super Mario Bros Movie, the 2nd highest grossing movie based on a videogame, and the 2nd highest grossing Universal animated pic after Super Mario Bros.