The Mario Bros. Movie

Super Mario Bros: The Movie is a 2023 full length feature Animated film directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri. The movie was animated by Illumination Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is based off the hit video-game series "Super Mario Bros." The movie released on April 7, 2023 in United States and performed successfully in the box office.

Plot/Synopsis
After jumping into a mysterious warp-pipe from an encounter with Piranha Plants in Brooklyn, New York. Two brothers, Mario & Luigi find themselves in a magical world of the Mushroom Kingdom, inhabited by many vibrant and interesting creatures and environments. When the kingdom gets attacked by the evil King Bowser and steals Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi think they are the perfect chosen heroes to save the Princess and stop Bowser's evil plans.

Cast

 * Charles Martinet - Mario and Luigi
 * Zoe Saldana - Princess "Toadstool" Peach
 * Adam Sandler - Bowser
 * Ben Schwartz - Yoshi
 * John Cleese - Toadsworth
 * Bill Farmer, Tom Kenny, and Maurice LaMarche- Toads
 * Michael Beattie - Koops
 * Billy West - Goomba
 * Scott Menville - Hammer Bro
 * Tracy Morgan - King Boo
 * Brian T. Delaney - Boo #1
 * Carlos Alzraqui - Boo #2

Production
The movie was originally planned to be in the hands of Sony Pictures Animation, but was shortly rejected. In Early 2018, the movie was announced and would be a large partnership between Nintendo and Illumination Entertainment. With Nintendo on board, the movie had a longer production time and budget then the average film by Illumination.

It was later announced that the cast would be a mix of the cast from the video game series and new big-time stars.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Alexandre Desplat, the composer of the Secret Life of Pets films.

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Trivia

 * The film was reportedly expected to take place in an 'underground labyrinth'.

Release
The movie officially released on December 23, 2022 in the United States, a week earlier in United Kingdom on December 16, 2022 and a day earlier in Australia on December 22, 2022. In Japan, Nintendo's home country, the movie released the earliest there, on November 23, 2022.

The Latest release date for the film was China, on January 13, 2023.

The movie released in 2D, 3D and IMAX. The movie premiered in North America on June 15, 2022 during an exclusive panel at E3 2022.

Home Media
The Super Mario Bros. Movie was released on Digital HD on May 9, 2023, and on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Ultra HD Blu-ray, and DVD on May 23, 2023. Included with the release were 2 exclusive shorts based on the film, "Royal Feast" and "Koopa Intern".

Marketing
A teaser poster was revealed at E3 2021. The first trailer releasing on February 9, 2022 during the Beijing Winter Olympics, a second trailer releasing on June 22, 2022, and the final trailer releasing on November 1, 2022.

Several promotions were used including posters, billboards in major events like San Diego Comic Con and E3 2021 and 2022. A Macy's Thanksgiving Parade 2021 float had Mario and Luigi waving out of a warp-pipe to promote the movie as well as several toys including a partnership with LEGO to produce 8 sets and McDonalds to launch a Happy Meal toys line. Nintendo partnered up with TOMY to release figures and plushes based off the movie which were released store-wide. Various promotions were also used in Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios Japan.

A new video game exclusively on the Nintendo Switch simply titled "Super Mario Bros." was released to tie-in with the movie, with the story being based off the movie as well with the gameplay being like a modern Mario platformer.

In total the marketing budget for the film was $115 Million, the third biggest marketing budget for an Animated movie, behind Toy Story 4's $150 Million and Minions 2: Rise of Gru's $130 Million, another Illumination movie.

Box Office
The film became the third animated film to break $10 million on Thursday previews, behind Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 4. On Opening Day, the film grossed $17 million and made $109 Million on opening weekend, making it one of the most successful opening weekends for an animated film. Including it's International weekend performance, $190 Million was the total amount. Two weeks after it's release, the movie became the highest grossing Video-Game Adaption movie of all time, topping Pokémon Detective Pikachu and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

In Japan, the film opened at Number 1 in the Box Office charts with ¥1722.40 million ($10 Million USD), it kept a streak of number one in Japan for 4 weeks.

In total, the movie made $401 Million domestically and $827 Million worldwide.

Critical Response
On Review Aggregator, Rotten Tomatoes, the film averaged 88% based on 303 reviews. The websites overall response was"'Fantastic animation, clever writing, and hilarious performances help The Mario Bros. Movie become a fun experience that will most likely get the delight out of every fan of the video game series, and perhaps be known as the best video-game adaption.'"On Metacritic, the film averaged about 69 out of 100, indicating mostly average or mixed reviews. Cinemascore gave the film a A+ on a A+ to F scale.

Accolades
The Super Mario Bros. Movie won 8 out of it's 18 nominations.