Japan The Super Mario Bros. Movie returned 13.6× its production cost, earning $1.36B against a $100.0M budget — one of the highest-return Japan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
“Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear overalls.”
While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.
Audience Engagement
6,743 audience reviews — more than 100% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 100th percentile among Japan films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 33m runtime, production spent $1.1M per minute on screen and earned $14.6M per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Universal Pictures
Animation + Family in Japan
177 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Family genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Super Mario Bros. Movie itself).
The 2022–2024 Japan Window
The Super Mario Bros. Movie holds position #55 of 219 Japan films in the 2022–2024 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Super Mario Bros. Movie premiered alongside 86 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 86 other Japan films in 2023.
The 4534th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Super Mario Bros. Movie, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- gorilla · 4
- damsel in distress · 3
- piano · 2
- cliché · 2
- plumber · 1
- magic mushroom · 1
- toad · 1
- illumination · 1
- evil king · 1
- duringcreditsstinger · 26
- aftercreditsstinger · 24
- anthropomorphism · 20
- brother brother relationship · 12
- based on video game · 90
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #757 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (83rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #627 of 2,532 (top 25%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Illumination, Nintendo |
| Runtime | 1h 33m |
| Release Date | April 5, 2023 |
| IMDb | tt6718170 |
| Official Site | www.thesupermariobros.movie |