Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by gaastra » March 25th, 2023, 9:52 pm

Don't think it was meant to look 100% like him just a fun little nod in this ad. He does stand out as less cartoony however.

Think it was just a fun quick gag / nod.

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by Daniel » April 1st, 2023, 2:47 pm

Cinemark is offering a popcorn tin:

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Ditto AMC:

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Both are cool in their own way.


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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by Daniel » April 2nd, 2023, 2:41 pm

Glad to see it's mostly positive.

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by Daniel » April 4th, 2023, 3:12 pm

New clip:



The stage clear theme! The dress float! So many nice touches.

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by Daniel » April 6th, 2023, 3:00 pm

Currently 54% (audience 96%) on Rotten Tomatoes. Made $31.7 million on opening day!

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by Ben » April 6th, 2023, 3:29 pm

Looking at $150m global bow, so a sequel is all but a go. :)

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by Daniel » April 9th, 2023, 1:26 pm

Deadline wrote:Record Opening For Animated Pic At $377M+ WW, 5-Day U.S. Record $204M+
Wahoo! It dethrones Frozen II as the biggest box office opening for an animated film in history. It finally let go! ;)

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by GeffreyDrogon » April 9th, 2023, 3:24 pm

The 2019 remake of The Lion King is the highest-grossing animated film of all time, unadjusted for inflation.

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by Dacey » April 9th, 2023, 4:41 pm

Daniel wrote:
April 9th, 2023, 1:26 pm
Deadline wrote:Record Opening For Animated Pic At $377M+ WW, 5-Day U.S. Record $204M+
Wahoo! It dethrones Frozen II as the biggest box office opening for an animated film in history. It finally let go! ;)
Did it, though? Because Frozen II had a three day opening, whereas Mario is being counted as a five day (really a six day) weekend.

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by gaastra » April 9th, 2023, 9:58 pm

Best opening of 2023.
highest grossing video game opening
Second highest animated opening behind Incredibles 2
Best illuminations opening!

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by Daniel » April 10th, 2023, 3:37 am

Whoops, meant to write *worldwide*!

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by Ben » April 10th, 2023, 4:54 am

They went to great pains to tell us that The Lion King remake was a "live-action" film. ;)

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by gaastra » April 10th, 2023, 6:19 am

Even amc wasn't fooled nor fandango. Both listed lion king as "animation" when it was in theatres. Live action my foot. It's as live action as the care bears movie. Spongebob 2 is more of a live action film.

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Re: Illumination and Nintendo Team up for Animated Mario Movie!

Post by Daniel » April 10th, 2023, 11:22 am

It was produced as a live-action film, using production techniques by live-action filmmakers and rendered by a visual effects company. It's more of a photorealistic visual effects flick.

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