Weekend Box Office: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Leads for Third Week in a Row

Key Points:

• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie led the box office for the third consecutive week, grossing $35 million this weekend and reaching $355.2 million domestically, with a worldwide total of $747 million, making it a strong contender for crossing the $1 billion mark.
• Project Hail Mary continues to perform steadily, earning $20.4 million in its fifth weekend and surpassing $573 million globally, positioning it to potentially become the highest-grossing original film since 2016's Zootopia.
• Lee Cronin’s horror film The Mummy opened with $13.5 million, marking the fourth-best horror debut of the year, but received mixed critical reception with a 45% rating, and has grossed $34 million worldwide so far.
• Indie distributor Magnolia Pictures achieved its biggest opening ever with Bob Odenkirk’s action film Normal, which earned $2.65 million in its wide release, potentially placing it among the company’s top five highest-grossing films.
• Upcoming releases include Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic expected to have a strong debut, while limited releases like David Lowery’s Mother Mary and Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers showed modest earnings in select theaters.