00:00As a person who grew up playing the Super Mario games on the NES and watched the franchise grow
00:05and explode through the consoles and through the years, when the first trailer for the Super Mario
00:11Bros movie dropped, I was doubtful. Movie adaptations of video games have been, how shall we say,
00:16disappointed. But according to Box Office Mojo, the film has grossed upwards of $437
00:22million worldwide since its April 5th release and is on course to surpass the box office record
00:29held by the Detective Pikachu movie, making it the highest grossing video game adaptation of all time.
00:35In an interview for Extra TV, actor Chris Pratt, who voiced the iconic Mario, said,
00:41You saw the movie. It really honors the video game. It honors the world of Mario,
00:45and it's very promising as to what we could expect over the next 10 years,
00:49like an entire universe of these types of movies. According to Video Games Chronicle, while opinions
00:56of the movie are divided with moviegoer rankings at 96% approval and critics on Rotten Tomatoes giving it
01:03a 58%, the Super Mario Bros movie is still one worth checking out. But as far as Nintendo-based movies
01:11go,
01:12it's the Super Dodgeball movie that I personally cannot wait for them to make.
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