- Super Mario Bros signs the best start in history for an animated film
- Illumination Entertainment’s film set to appear at the 2024 Oscars
- And it could well compete in the category “Best Original Song”… thanks to Bowser!
Super Mario Bros : des records au box office…
Launched in theaters on April 5, Super Mario Bros is already a huge success at the box office, with more than 280,000 admissions in France on the day of its release. For its part, the historical rival of Mario, Sonic, totaled 155,635 admissions, the day of the release of Sonic 2 in March 2022.
© Universal Studios / Nintendo
Even better, Super Mario Bros. is now the best start in history for an animated film, with $377 million in international box office receipts. The film signed Illumination Entertainment has the luxury of dethroning “Frozen 2”, which had brought in “only” $ 358.5 million in revenue when it was released in 2019. Find our complete review of Super Mario Bros. at this address.
And if certain specialized critics seem to take a certain pleasure in descending this first foray of Super Mario Bros into the cinema (in animated version), the fault sometimes with a total absence of double reading, the feedback from the public is generally very positive. The film indeed attracts the favors of the youngest, like parents (who grew up with Super Mario). But recently, it’s a song from Super Mario Bros that is making the buzz.
… and Bowser (Jack Black) soon at the 2024 Oscars?
Indeed, a few days ago, Nintendo uploaded the music video for “Peaches“, an improbable piano ballad performed by the king of the Koopas: Bowser. The latter, transit lover of the famous Princess Peach, does not hesitate to declaim his love for the latter, through a short (but memorable) song, interpreted in the original version of the film by actor/singer Jack Black.
Love really makes a turtle come out of his shell.#SuperMarioMovie pic.twitter.com/U26p0U75mW
— The Super Mario Bros. Movie (@supermariomovie) April 10, 2023
Only a few hours will have sufficed for this walk to make the rounds of social networks, garnering a few million plays and views. On the side of Universal, it was recently confirmed to Variety magazine that the song “Peaches” is indeed eligible for the Oscars, and could therefore be nominated early next year in the category “Best Original Song“.
Obviously, we imagine that the film Super Mario Bros will certainly benefit from various nominations during this great annual mass of cinema. It remains to be seen now if Jack Black will perform this already cult song on the stage of the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
