The Super Mario Bros Movie 2: Super Mario World

(this idea contains spoilers for the super mario bros movie)

The Super Mario Bros Movie 2: Super Mario World (known simply as Super Mario World) is a 2026 computer-animated fantasy comedy film by Illumination in association with nintendo and distributed by Universal Pictures. In 2023 Illumination announced that a sequel was in development and was set for release in either 2025 or 2026. They settled on July 3 2026. The plot picks up after The Super Mario Bros Movie with the Mario brothers living in the mushroom kingdom when bowser's kids break bowser out of jail and bowser plots to steal yoshi eggs to build a army.

Plot

TBA

Cast:

Chris Pratt as Mario

Charlie Day as Luigi

Jack Black as Bowser

Anya Taylor Joy as Princess Peach

Keegan Michael Key as Toad

Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek

Jacob Trembarly as Bowser Jr

Kazumi Totaka as Yoshi

(koopalings will be added soon! keep checking this article)

Marketing

The first trailer was released on January 1 2026 showing off yoshi and bowser jr. The second trailer was released on Febuary 26 2026 showing off more of bowser's plan and more yoshi. The final trailer was released on June 3 2026 and like the first film was shorter than the other trailers and mostly showed off mario and luigi and the others working together. (more to be added)

Release:

The film was released on July 3 2026 in Dolby Cinema, Imax 2d and 3d, 3d, 4dx, screenx, d box, and prime. The films digital release happened on August 7 2026 following Universals strategy of releasing films on vod 30 days after release. The film was released on 4K ultra hd blu ray, blu ray, and dvd on September 8 2026.

Reception: With a budget of $110 million, 10 million more than the first one, on it's opening domestic weekend it made $169 million and $490 million worldwide beating the first ones record, the film made $2.3 billion dollars at the box office with domestic and international combined. The reception by critics was a bit better than the first one as this movie fixed its pacing issues but critics still didn't like the game references, The film holds a 66% on rotten tomatoes with the consensus "Although the sequel still keeps with some of the same issues of the first film, the film proves that sometimes a studio just needs a power-up" The audience score was mostly the same to the first one but was around 94%.

Rated PG: for action, mild violence, and some scary images