Super Mario Bros. Movie Breaks Box Office Records Despite Mixed Reviews.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie, produced by Nintendo and Comcast's Illumination and Universal Pictures, grossed $204.6 million at the domestic box office and $377 million globally over the long Easter weekend, setting box-office records and triggering a surge in movie-theater stocks, as well as Comcast and Nintendo. AMC, Cinemark, and Imax stocks rose, and Nintendo American depositary receipts also increased. The success of the film shows the desire of U.S. moviegoers to come to the movie theater to be entertained.