[Update] Super Mario Galaxy Movie Breaks Box Office Records Despite Low Critic Scores

Following its premier earlier this week, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is breaking box office records with its opening.

As reported by Deadline, the film premiered to $34 million earnings over its opening day, the highest of the year so far. Its also the highest opening Wednesday for the month of April, beating the record set by its predecessor the Super Mario Bros Movie, which opened to $31.7 million.

This opening is in spite of the film’s poor critical reception, with Rotten Tomatoes aggregating the critic score at 43%, lower than the first movie’s 59%. Fans on the other hand don’t quite share this opinion, with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie sitting at 92% at the time of this writing.

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[Update]: More figures have been reported by Deadline, revealing even more records broken by the film worldwide.

• The film earned $68.4 million worldwide, surpassing the first film’s opening earnings of $66.4 million
• Mexico:  Opened at $6.7 million, the biggest opening for a Universal film and and the second biggest animated opening in the country.
• UK & Ireland: Opened at $4.3 million, the second highest single-day preview figure for an animated film for the island.
• Germany: Opened at $3.8 million, the biggest animated opening of all-time and Universal’s biggest opening of all-time in the country.
• Spain: Opened at $3 million, the second highest opening day for an animated film of all-time, as well as the 3rd biggest opening day of all-time behind Twilight and Inside Out 2.
• France: Opened at $2.9 million, the second biggest Illumination opening of all-time.
• Central America: Opened at $1.8 million, the second biggest opening day of all-time.
• Austria: Opened at $700,000,  the biggest Universal opening day of all-time, and the biggest Animation opening day of all-time.