the super mario bros movie did an impressive 582 million in ticket sales in north american movie theatres this weekend easily fending off two new challengers estimates showed sunday the joint effort of universal nintendo and illumination studios now in its third week out ranks as the years top movie so far voice actors in the gamebased animation include chris pratt anya taylorjoy jack black and keeganmichael keythe weekends top new release the horror reboot evil dead rise debuted solidly launching with 235 million according to studio estimates sunday but that was no match for universal pictures the super mario bros movie which grossed 582 million in its third weekendthe super mario bros movie is setting a torrid pace for an animated movie this week it became the highestgrossing animated released of the pandemic era with domestic ticket sales up to 4343 million through sunday and its global tally at 8711 million when the super mario bros movie soon passes 1 billion worldwide it will be just the fourth film of the pandemic era to reach that benchmark following spiderman no way home top gun maverick and avatar the way of water second place for the fridaythroughsunday period went to warner bros bloodsoaked horror movie evil dead rise which recorded an excellent opening for a movie made for just 17 million said analyst david a gross lily sullivan and alyssa sutherland star as sisters battling a crew of demonic creatures known not so subtly as deadites another new release mgms action war movie guy ritchies the covenant didnt fare quite as well taking in an estimated 63 million for third spot gross said that weak start fell well short of the average for the genre jake gyllenhaal stars in the films tale of a us army sergeant who after returning to the united states goes back to afghanistan to rescue a friend played by iraqborn dar salim who had once saved him from the taliban in fourth place still strong in its fifth week out was lionsgates neonoir thriller john wick chapter 4 at 58 million keanu reeves plays the titular hitman and in fifth was amazon studios air a sports drama about the business deal surrounding nike and the michael jordan basketball shoe of the title name at 55 million rounding out the top 10 were dungeons dragons honor among thieves 54 million the popes exorcist 33 million renfield 31 million beau is afraid 27 million suzume 16 million