"Super Mario Galaxy Movie," based on the Nintendo video game, opens in theaters Friday. Here are 5 other upcoming movies and TV series based on games.

Nintendo and Illumination's The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has hit theaters shining brighter than the last animated Mario film.

The “Mario” movie’s $48 million haul adds to the $34.5 million it made on its first day in theaters on Wendesday—an unconventional opening day for a movie, as studios usually opt to release films on Fridays—and an additional $24.

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's edgy 'The Drama' could come in behind expectations, while Ryan Gosling's sleeper hit 'Project Hail Mary' is passing the $200 million mark domestically this weekend.

Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie is reviving tentpoles with a $370.7M opening, the biggest worldwide debut for an MPA movie since Avatar: Fire & Ash. The 2023 Super Mario Bros in likes-for-likes did $387.

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's edgy 'The Drama' could come in behind expectations, while Ryan Gosling's sleeper hit 'Project Hail Mary' is passing the $200 million mark domestically this weekend.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has recorded the biggest opening day of the year at the U.S. box office and is set to become the highest-grossing Hollywood film of 2026 so far. The animated sequel banked $48.

The two-day cume for Super Mario Galaxy Movie at $59.1M is about +2% ahead of Super Mario Bros Movie at the same point in time. Thursday was excellent with $24.6M, -29%. Though a slightly bigger dip than the first movie’s Wednesday-to-Thursday which was -16%,