‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ stays No. 1 as ‘The Mummy’ opens

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The Mummy was no match for the Super Mario Bros. at the box office over the weekend, as “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” grossed $35 million to once again lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates.

Universal Pictures’ sequel to 2023’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has made more than $355 million domestically and $747 million internationally since opening two weeks ago, Comscore reported.

“Project Hail Mary” took second place with $20.4 million Friday through Sunday in its fifth weekend in theaters.

Lee Cronin’s ‘The Mummy” opened with $13.5 million for third place.

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Natalie Grace in a scene from “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

Cronin is the director of 2023’s “Evil Dead Rise,” and producers New Line Cinema and Blumhouse added his name to the title to distinguish the property from the classic Universal Pictures versions of the story.

“The Drama” came in fourth with $4.8 million in its third weekend, followed by “You, Me & Tuscany” with $3.8 million in its second weekend.

Rounding out the top 10 releases were “Hoppers” ($2.9 million), “Normal” ($2.65 million), “Busboys” ($1.6 million), “Bhooth Bangla” ($977,582) and “A Great Awakening” ($823,667).

$2.386 billion box office haul

This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $90.6 million. The year-to-date total is $2.386 billion — up 17% from the figure at this time last year, according to Comscore.

The Mario sequel has spent all of its first three weekends in the first place spot, this time adding $35 million, according to studio estimates. The Universal release has now made $747.5 million worldwide.

“Project Hail Mary” meanwhile dropped only 15% in its fifth weekend, earning $20.5 million and bringing its domestic total to $285.1 million. Worldwide it’s at $573.1 million. Amazon MGM’s hit is in the midst of another run on IMAX screens, after ceding them to “Mario” for two weeks. Filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, along with star Ryan Gosling, made an appearance at the industry trade show CinemaCon last week to thank theater owners for helping to make it the year’s highest earning original film.

Lee Cronin’s ‘The Mummy’

The weekend left “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy,” which opened wide in 3,404 locations, in third place with $13.5 million. The R-rated movie, directed by the filmmaker behind “Evil Dead Rise” and produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster, did not resonate with critics or audiences, recording a 45% on Rotten Tomatoes and a lackluster C+ CinemaScore.

The film, starring Jack Reynor, follows a family whose missing daughter reappears, mummified and living. It devolves into a “a gross-out bloodfest,” according to a review for The Associated Press. But it also only cost a reported $22 million to produce, and with $20.5 million from international showings, it already has a worldwide total of $34 million.

“Horror movies had their biggest year in 2025,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s head of marketplace trends. “So far that’s not happening in 2026.”

‘Mother Mary’

This image released by A24 shows Anne Hathaway in a scene from “Mother Mary.” (Frederic Batier/A24 via AP)

This weekend also had several high profile limited or art house releases, including the Lorne Michaels documentary “Lorne,” and David Lowery’s “Mother Mary,” starring Anne Hathaway as a tormented pop star and Michaela Coel as her estranged designer. “Lorne,” a Focus Features release, opened in 414 theaters in North America, earning an estimated $270,000. A24’s “Mother Mary” opened on five screens and made $168,063.

Neither were enough to make the top 10, but one independent that did was the comedy “Busboys,” co-starring David Spade and podcaster Theo Von, which managed to land in eighth place with $1.6 million from 800 theaters.

Last year on this weekend, Warner Bros. opened “Sinners” to $48 million. While the weekend is down from a year ago, the overall box office is still up over 16% from this time last year, and Dergarabedian gives a lot of credit to “Project Hail Mary.”

Things will likely pick up next weekend as the Michael Jackson movie “Michael” arrives in theaters. Early tracking suggests the Lionsgate release is poised to earn more than $60 million (some put it as high as $75 to $90 million) in its first weekend in North America, which would make it the biggest ever for a musical biopic. (With CNS and AP reports)

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