The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has barely had time to settle into theaters and it is already collecting records like power-ups. The animated sequel has opened to huge box office numbers, so here is a look at the records it has broken so far.

The first Super Mario Bros. Movie was a runaway hit, pulling in $1.361 billion worldwide on a reported $100 million budget. Along the way, it became the highest-grossing video game adaptation ever, the third-highest-grossing animated film of all time, and the 15th biggest movie in box office history. Not bad for a plumber and his brother.

Now the franchise is back, with vocal talent from Glen Powell, Brie Larson, and Donald Glover joining the lineup. Apparently, the world was not yet finished being reminded that Mario remains extremely bankable.

Galaxy beats Bros. on opening day

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened on Wednesday, April 1, and brought in a striking $68.4 million worldwide on day one.

That puts it just ahead of what The Super Mario Bros. Movie earned on its own opening day in 2023, when it took in $66.4 million, unadjusted for inflation.

The sequel does come with a slightly larger budget, reportedly $110 million compared with $100 million for the first film.

A March 30 report from Deadline projected that the film would reach $160 million domestically over its first five days and $350 million worldwide in that same span.

International markets are already doing their part

A later Deadline report detailed the movie’s performance across several international territories, and the numbers were the sort of thing Nintendo, Illumination, and Universal Pictures will have enjoyed reading.

In Mexico, the sequel earned $6.7 million, which is Universal’s biggest opening day ever in the country. That is especially notable because the original film started with $5.9 million in Mexico before going on to make $101 million there, the third-largest market for the film globally after the U.S. and Japan.

Elsewhere, the film opened with $4.3 million in the UK and Ireland.

Germany followed with $3.8 million, giving the film the biggest animated opening ever in that market and putting it a full $1 million ahead of where Bros. launched.

Spain delivered $3 million, enough for the third-biggest opening weekend of all time there, behind Twilight and Inside Out 2.

France also turned in a strong start with $2.9 million.

The international rollout is still ongoing, with Japan set to release the film on April 24, so there should be more box office bragging rights arriving later in the month. For anyone still in the mood for more animated chaos, there is no shortage of options out there.