The Super Mario Galaxy Movie & Project Hail Mary Set Huge Box-Office Record

Two of 2026’s biggest blockbusters just proved that the box office recovery is more than a passing trend. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Project Hail Mary have crossed massive financial milestones, powering a revenue streak that Hollywood has not witnessed in years.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Project Hail Mary key cross box-office milestones

Something big keeps building at the box office this spring.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie crossed $300 million domestically and $600 million globally in its second weekend, per The Hollywood Reporter. The Illumination and Universal sequel earned $69 million domestically, declining just 48 percent from its opening frame. It collected another $84 million from 88 overseas markets for a worldwide total of $628.8 million. The film now stands as Hollywood’s highest-grossing release of 2026 to date, according to Variety.

Amazon MGM Studios’ Project Hail Mary also surpassed $500 million in worldwide ticket sales during its fourth outing. The Ryan Gosling-led space epic earned $24.5 million domestically, dropping only 33 percent from the prior weekend. It added $30.6 million overseas, bringing its global tally to $510.6 million.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Project Hail Mary set new box-office record

The two films fueled the biggest January-to-April domestic revenue gains since the pandemic began.

By April 8, domestic box office revenue reached $2.113 billion in 2026, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That figure represents a 23.5 percent spike over the same period in 2025. It also marks the strongest start to a year since before COVID, according to Comscore.

The April 10-12 weekend dipped year-over-year due to a tough comparison against A Minecraft Movie. However, 2026 still remains more than 23 percent ahead of last year’s pace overall.

“Making comparisons to 2019 and the pre-pandemic era needs to be taken with a grain of salt,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s chief box office analyst, per The Hollywood Reporter. He added that “paramount among” the industry’s challenges is maintaining a “robust slate of theatrical films.”

Yearly domestic revenue has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels or crossed the $10 billion mark. In 2019, revenue had already cleared $2.619 billion by this same point in April.

Source: Comingsoon.net