'Super Mario Galaxy Movie' Passes $239M, 'You, Me & Tuscany' $750K
Deadline • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Universal’s romance film You, Me & Tuscany, starring Halle Bailey and Rege-Jean Page, earned $750,000 in previews across 2,550 theaters, with an $18 million budget and expected opening weekend in the high single digits.
- The film’s preview performance is comparable to Sony/TriStar’s One of Them Days ($1.3M previews, $11.8M opening) and Angel Studios’ Solo Mio ($744K previews, $7M opening).
- Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie leads the box office, projecting a second weekend gross between $60 million and $70 million while maintaining Imax and premium large format screens.
- The animated sequel earned $8 million on Thursday across 4,252 theaters, bringing its nine-day total to $239.1 million and positioning it to surpass $300 million by the end of its second weekend.
- Other notable releases include Project Hail Mary at $45.4 million in its third week, The Drama debuting with $21.6 million, Hoppers at $9.2 million in its fifth week, and A Great Awakening opening with $3.6 million.
