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By Ben Miller
For the seventh straight week, a new film at the box office is the new number one. There was little doubt The Super Mario Bros. Movie would dominate, but I don't think anyone saw how much it would make. The Nintendo/Illumination film make a whopping $166 million over the long Easter weekend. That's good for the third-best Easter weekend opening ever behind Furious 7 and Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Elsewhere, the numbers two, three, and four film were all real close with John Wick: Chapter 4, Ben Affleck's Air, and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves around $15-16 million. Those are some pretty solid numbers for counterprogramming to the kid-centric Mario. (Big-budget, studio) Movies are back, baby!
Weekend Box Office (actuals)
April 7th-10th
🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended
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| WIDE (Over 800 Screens) |
LIMITED / PLATFORM |
 THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE
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 HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE
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1 🔺 THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE $166.4 (cum. $224.7) 4,343 screens
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1 🔺 LA USURPADORA: THE MUSICAL $128k *NEW* 313 screens
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