Super Mario Bros. Is Now 2023's #1 Movie - Charts with Dan!

[@DanMurrellMovies]

One thing I neglected to mention - many of you asked last week why 2019's The Lion King wasn't listed as an animated film. If it were my decision, I'd list it as animated. But Disney says it's not, and the director Jon Favreau says it's not, so I'm going to do what the creatives behind the film say and not consider it animation. Neither can say what it is, though, which is weird. EDITED TO ADD: Yes, I made a mistake in referring to Your Name as Makoto Shinkai's last film. I'm aware of Weathering with You, I just got the dates mixed up. I understand that it's often done to be helpful but please, if you're going to point out an error, check to see if someone else has done it first. It's not fun to make a mistake in the first place, less fun to have a dozen or more people point out the same mistake.

[@iluvdrakeandjosh]

It's not animation, not live action, but a 3rd more sinister thing

[@MysteryMii]

@@iluvdrakeandjoshlol

[@NonaPrince]

Hey dan, I tried reaching out to you on social media. It will be great if we can connect

[@ourfamilyaccount]

I long thought it was animated because an article said the cinematographer only shot two landscapes. That's truly not too realistic in my opinion.

[@MRX12345100]

Dan Murrell read on Deadline Story Arc 2022 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster - by Anthony D'Alessandro wait to see last No. 1 Avatar The Way of Water !! I will wait for Your opinion !! Dan You are doing great work !!

[@ellicel]

I really appreciate the “how much is this movie making” budget slide for the blockbusters. It’s a great way to really understand what the profit might be when you’re trying to wrap your mind around such high numbers

[@joshparker5779]

I also saw Suzume at the theater on Sunday! It was awesome! It exceeded my very high expectations. And I concur; I was grateful for the chance to see it on a big screen!

[@motherplayer]

I've been fortunate to have seen his last 3 films on the big screen, and they just do such justice to how pretty his films can look.

[@rylade475]

If the movie reaches a billion, I hope the next thumbnail is that image of Mario and Luigi’s shocked faces with the money background and dollar signs

[@jeffnicholas6342]

Its’a me! Billionario!!

[@otakumarcus]

Mama mia

[@HariOmRadhaKrishna]

We went to see D. & D. last weekend & really liked it. A friend told us that he finally had a free weekend to go to Shazam 2, but it was already gone.

[@angelpipessd]

Hey Dan - you’re awesome and I’m happy with ANY content you bring us because I know it’ll be great. Looking forward to watching the first streaming charts show whenever it’s ready 👍🏻

[@Crichjo32]

So happy to see Mario doing well. People just want to see a simple fun and entertaining movie for the family, and it delivered it in spades.

[@paulgilbert5278]

So glad for my boy

[@rlinkquish]

The fiancé and I went to see Suzume this weekend. I don’t know if we would have realized it was coming to theatres stateside without Charting with Dan. Thank you for all the work you do!

[@AlMoSiCe210]

At first, I was like, "Wait, Dan forgot the in memoriam part of the show..." and then I thought about it and was like, "Wait, NOBODY DIED. That's awesome!" It's crazy to me that Avatar 2 made more money this year than Ant-Man: Quantumania! Talk about another unexpected part of 2023 Movie Bingo card!

[@BlackNerd94]

Nefarious, I caught it this weekend right after Renfield. All the controversy aside, I went in 100% blind and the screenplay and lead performance really impressed me. Pretty good psychological thriller

[@phlynx68]

I went and seen "Air" at 1030 am Sunday and couldn't believe how packed the theatre was for that early, kids everywhere seeing Mario. Air was very enjoyable.

[@chazjohannsen]

*Cries in Dungeons & Dragons*

[@Thexasoul]

So happy to see my local indie theater Ragtag featured on the show! It's a small but intimate venue, and I always love catching the films that the bigger chain theaters won't show there. The staff are great as well!

[@kcsupersonic1]

Even if it just ends up as part of a review roundup with a bunch of other films, I would love a formal review from Dan on Suzume. I would love to know how well he connected with the themes and what he thought of the characters.

[@kcsupersonic1]

One small correction about Makoto Shinkai's filmography. His last film before Suzume was not Your Name. It was actually another wonderful film called, Weathering With You (Tenki no Ko) that released in 2019. While not as big a success as Your Name or Suzume, Weathering With You still grossed about $194 Million Worldwide.

[@needleknight]

I’d like to see a full Suzume review from you if you find time to come back around to it!

[@kingofthesharks]

40:10 Yea Britell did an amazing job with Andor's score! Had to listen to the soundtrack last month to get those vibes again. He's one of the reasons I'm curious about finally starting Succession haha

[@rainbowryd]

Love the Jujutsu Kaisen shirt! One of my favorite animes :) Thanks for your show as always!

[@kwileby09]

Damn. Considering he was a complete anime newbie before Demon Slayer movie came out he's officially on his weeb way.

[@StudioCastleman]

24:11 Actually Your Name was two movies ago from Makoto Shinkai, Weathering with you came out in 2019/2020

[@russ1422]

A correction for the anime section: Suzume director Makoto Shinkai’s last movie was Weathering with You in 2019, not Your Name.

[@kcsupersonic1]

Weathering With You came out in 2019

[@russ1422]

@@kcsupersonic1 Good catch.

[@waywardmind]

Let's get our charts on, friends!

[@Lars.442]

It's Chartin' Time

[@xNintenJenx]

Really looking forward to the Mario movie opening in Japan, I've been waiting for it! There is already a lot of excitement around the film so I will need to buy my ticket fast! Hopefully the English version won't have the crowds of the Japanese as I prefer to see it in English first!

[@Gmalatete]

Hey Dan, are you going to talk about Deadline's Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament for the movies that made the most profits in 2022, now that its over. I think it would make a great show to have a breakdown of those numbers since its so rare we get to see actual numbers for all cost and ancillary revenue. It would also be interesting to compare your estimated profits for Avatar 2 with the final numbers and see how close you were

[@carolchavez3104]

Thank you so much for featurin Ragtag. It is my hometown theatre and I have so many memories there, such a fun vibe.

[@defur45]

My God, Cop And A Half. That was like the second movie I ever saw in the theatre. Thank you for brining that movie up!

[@dhamtom9]

There is another movie of Makoto Shinkai filmography between Your Name and Suzume, it is not as popular as the other two but it has some links to Your Name. It is called Weathering with You. It helps to understand his style when it is mixed with his previous movies such as 5 Centimeters per second and The Garden of Words.

[@zachmorris6684]

Happy to see you shout out Ragtag Cinema! I hope you get a chance to check it out in person sometime. Columbia is a neat town.

[@germancasaroli7653]

Dan, please give shout out to the Balboa Theater in SF. I used to live 2 blocks away and I had always a great experience. It’s a miracle it’s still open! Love from Argentina ❤

[@Alejandroigarabide]

12:10 And Mario is the only non-sequel in that Top 5. It didn't need a previous movie to generate hype. That's fascinating.

[@Cloud-dt6xb]

To be fair it did have something to help generate hype, that being the games. And unlike Sonic Mario has never really had a bad dip in quaility that series has had a steady consistency for 30 years and counting so it's benefiting greatly for that. The sonic movies by contrast were released at a time when Sega did and still were really screwing up the game side of things. Thankfully things have started changing on that front and my hope is that this consistent quaility continues so Sonic movie 3 can benefit from the positivity. Frontiers was good, it's got some amazing dlc coming, and Sonic Prime is pretty good entering it's second half this year. If Knuckles is a bullseye then Sonic will see two years in a row of positivity for the first time in a decade.

[@Alejandroigarabide]

@@Cloud-dt6xb That's kinda my point. It used a different medium, that being its source material, to generate hype. The source material is strong enough on its own to create enough hype. That's the only case in the top 5 where that's enough.

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

I appreciate the "How much money is ..... making" calculator each week. I've always been interested in that but I think since Dwayne Johnson decided his ego couldn't take the loss from how poorly Black Adam did there are a lot more people being clued in to the calculations that go into determining how much studios actually end up with at the end of the day. It's a great addition to the segments you have on the show each week.

[@hiddeheikoop]

I continue to be surprised about decisions studios make on where in the calendar to release something. Why would you release Renfield in such a crowded time in April in the cinema. September/October seems so much more logical to me and not as crowded.

[@thedarkemissary]

I think it has to do with the movie being done, but not out. Which means you have to continue to advertise that it exists until it does come out.

[@jessrl8025]

Didn't realize Suzume was already in theaters (shows you how much I really pay attention) and am going to go see it next week! Can't wait. Great show as always!

[@CJKhaos]

Suzume is one of my favourite films of the year. I laughed, I smiled, I cried (rain inside a cinema, weird right). Would recommend it highly. 😁

[@derekricaurte3837]

great video and love the shirt dan! can't wait for season 2 very soon.

[@johncra8982]

I checked out Suzume even though I don't care much for the writing in anime (esp since the horrible ending to Attack on Titan), and I was so pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it that I'm going to go a second time! Such a genuinely refreshing film that didn't display any of the grating tendencies I've come to expect from so much modern media, especially modern Western media, where creators seem more obsessed with surprising audiences than with satisfying them. Really wish more creators learned to accept the fact that predictable and sweet are far from the worst things a film can be.

[@taha_boy]

Here again to urge people to go see Joyland if they can! It is truly one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. This is a film that is so so rare especially coming from Pakistan. The story is incredibly told and each character feels alive even outside the screen.

[@aiwash2766]

I never watched your name in theatres which is a huge regret I have, I did watch weathering with you and also Suzume in theatres and man Makoto Shinkai films should always bee seen in theatres, I’m going back to watch it this time in imax, the movie was phenomenal and I’m glad you liked it Dan

[@strawberrylime33]

Most excited for Chevalier and Carmen!

[@-Hunter240x]

Jeez, I kept on seeing the Nefarious trailer as an ad on youtube. Looked pretty good.

[@TheAsuraeva]

I think the promotional budget for reinfeld was alo igniiiificantly larger. I saw so many ads for it and yet almost nothing for pope

[@papermaniac]

Today I went a second time to see it and I have to say that in second view i noted that this movie actually has layers and its history and plot is not as simple as many people think

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

It's been awhile since there's been much I've really looked forward to in the summer movie season while productions caught up after covid. It's going to be a pretty packed summer. Or winter for me in Australia.

[@LaytonEversaul]

Like with Avatar, Mario's release was strategic and smart. No competition until Guardians 3, so it'll definitely hit a billion well before the end of April.

[@BoyDanny93]

Did not expect the Mario Bros. movie was able to pull this off. What I'm more impressed is the movie now currently has the "highest or biggest NON-OPENING Friday" in North America's box office even surpassed The Force Awakens (a Star Wars movie) and Endgame (a MCU film). Who would've thought!!??

[@ItsJustJess269]

Excited for the summer season as well as movies. I'm always there every single weekend covering the greatest releases in the most premium formats. There's not been a weekend unless I've been sick or something that I haven't been at the movies movies are my life and that takes priority over everything else under Jesus Christ 😍

[@CountOrlok22]

"The Sandlot", "The Adventures of Huck Finn", and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III"... that takes me back.

[@michaelabayomi]

The Super Mario Bros. Movie will hit the billion mark once it drops in Japan next weekend. So the real question is will it have enough legs to dethrone The Lion King as the highest-grossing animated film of all time. 🤔

[@michaelabayomi]

​@@BaithNa probably because it had quite a number of live-action elements like real actors and sets.

[@truffledtownstar8482]

@@BaithNa ???

[@A-ro-2803]

Great question, if I were to bet, I don’t think it gets there. Lion king made an insane amount. I think it will get close to 1.4 billion. That may be high even, and it still over 250 million short of lion king.

[@DoctorCyan]

I didn't even like the Mario movie, but I want so desperately for it to dethrone Lion King 2019

[@PlatyNews]

When you said Franchise Tracker for the Super Mario Bros movie I expected to see stuff like The Wizard (1989), the 1993 Super Mario Bros, the first Wreck it Ralph and Pixels xD

[@Hideotronic]

Great show Dan! Just wanted to point out that Makoto Shinkai also directed Weathering with You in 2019/2020, which was one of the last movies I remember seeing before the pandemic hit. Didn’t make as big a splash as Your Name and Suzume, but I think it stands alongside those two movies as an incredibly animated and emotionally gripping film.

[@deliciousfilmreviews3871]

I love the ragtag I just was looking up to see if they had beau is afraid this weekend, it was where I watched parasite and one of the few places with indie movies near me

[@RiverNaiad]

Seen Mario 3 times! Twice 3D - Great if that’s your thing, but the image is darker and it is easy to overlook details. If you’re an Easter Egg hunter see in standard or IMAX.

[@HighHatProductions]

Great episode as always, still wish we could get a chart showing off which films have the "longest legs" staying in the top 10 weekly. Not saying has to be a staple chart but maybe a one off chart here and there when there's not a lot of box office news that said week.

[@IcyScythe]

Ackshually Weathering with You was Shinkai's most recent previous title *glasses push*

[@hondaqueen21]

I’m so going to see Mario again!😃

[@imacmccormick]

Dan... I'm SO excited to hear your thoughts on Picard.

[@DanMurrellMovies]

You won't have to wait too long!

[@suiauthon]

Love watching the show each week! Would we be able to get an update on the 365 day chart?

[@mark2graves-movies689]

Can't wait to see Beau is Afraid. We have tickets for Friday

[@MariaVosa]

I can't beileve that budget on Air! The budget on Renfield was big enough, but that at least had major special effects. I wonder if people who were "getting paid what they were worth" included Damon and Affleck...

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

I just having a kick that now Mario and Sonic are the NUMBER 1 and 2 videogame king adaptations..........is NINTENDO VS SEGA all over again 🤣🤣🤣....I just sooo happy for the Super Mario Bros movie, I already saw it 3 times and yes....I think I still have enough gas for go for a 4TH TIME, this film will be the undisputed king of 2023 and will sent Videogame adaptations to the top of the charts now.......BEEN FAITHFUL to the source material, loving and share the passion for the games will lead to fans been HAPPY.............maybe Netflix, Marvel and Star Wars and Disney in general should take some NOTES on this....maybe?

[@crystalsmith5330]

Glad my boys liked it. My daughter and I were bored. To me it was missing something. The peaches song was the best part

[@christianb1321]

Super Mario Bros. hasn't released in Japan yet - release date April 28 (and 26 in South Korea - finally opens tomorrow here in the Philippines).

[@jokersson21]

Thanks for the video Dan. Love the shirt, cant wait for next season of JJK

[@Molson-xg9hs]

If I had a nickel for every exorcism-based movie that was released this weekend…we’ll, I’d only have two nickels…but still it’s weird that it happened twice.

Other People's Children is a great film about family, maternity and love. Amazing performance by Virginie Efira. Hope you check it out, Dan!

[@KenByrneNL]

Maybe Renfield will get a cult following on streaming / cable…. It looks like a lot of fun

[@ZachBobBob]

Jeez I can't believe the budget of Renfield and Air are that high. Hollywood need to get their shit together because some of these budgets are out of control. I really enjoyed Renfield but I'm not sure how it cost that much.

[@renskedunnewold1995]

Once it's leaving theaters I'd be interested to see the breakdown of whether it will make or lose money for Shazam (again)

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

I actually get Warcraft being big in the Chinese market. It's a big market for MMORPG as well as the mystical elements being something that Chinese cinema loves to see. It's not a bad movie. It was just a lot of movie. If that makes sense. I should watch it again.

[@kathrynglenn8941]

Saw Nefarious this weekend. It is a faith-based movie. As such, some may disagree with the world view, but I recommend it for Sean Patrick Flannery's performance if nothing else. I thought it was good overall. The last 10 minutes pulled it down a bit. It was great otherwise. Also be warned, it's not a typical horror movie. It's more of a psychological thriller.

[@mrgroovy5113]

Suzume was such a good movie. I was surprised and I recommend to watch it.

[@thedarkemissary]

I still remember when people had low expectations for Super Mario Bros because Chris Pratt wasn't doing a Jared Leto.

[@WhatsYourGhostStory]

I think we're due for a market share update. Can't imagine how big an impact Mario is having there!

[@YouFightLikeACow]

Was "Beau is Afraid" really shot in IMAX? Cannot look up any news articles about that.

[@l90316]

24:10 Not his last film, there’s another one in between.

[@TIDbitRETRO]

I still can’t believe we live in a world with a Mario movie, Star Wars, Marvel, DC, and a million other giant properties, but freakin’ Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time. Those numbers gotta be BS.

[@Amoraszune]

Will there be more All My Movies? Love that show! Thanks for content ;)

[@DanMurrellMovies]

Unfortunately, there are no plans to resurrect All My Movies. The interest in the show didn't justify the work that went into it. But thanks for watching what I was able to make!

[@Amoraszune]

@@DanMurrellMovies Thanks for the reply :)

[@REIDiculous64]

I just keep thinking Mario is still not opening in Japan until April 28. Japan is going to go crazy for this movie, it’s easily going past 1 Billion.

[@dannygillespie6614]

John Wick 4 will finish up within shouting distance of Quantumania. Jesus Revolution made 6 million less than Shazam FOTG. I'm not sure theres a better way to summarize how flat those superhero movies fell than that.

[@friedoysterskins2942]

Im gnna go on a limb and say that the SMB movie can (max) make 1.7 billion. I dont think it will break the 2 billion mark. But It will make a lot in japan and other international markets and when may hits it will continue to make profits (not as high now) Within about 20 weeks of launch it might level out at 1.3 - 1.5 billion realistically. But it has a chance of 1.7

[@christianpister2227]

Regarding your "How many money makes movie XYZ" lists: How about back end deals of actors? Is this already calculated in the production costs? Let`s say Chris Pratt gets 5% of what Super Mario makes . That could be around 20 million additional "costs" that the studio does not make as a profit.

[@RDillonD]

I know it's not your go to genre but Your Name is not Makoto Shinkai's last film before Suzume, it's Weathering With You from 2019. It's another gorgeous film with a great soundtrack but not as compelling for story with some of his other movies in my opinion but you should check it out if you like him as a creator!

[@_jolie_]

Countries where movies get released on Wednesday for example, instead of Friday, do they really report their box office numbers for their 3-days weekends? Even though it doesn't mean the same thing for them?

[@sizanix]

Love it that Dan is wearing a JJK shirt!

[@theartofthebinge644]

Next Nintendo Cinematic Universe ideas: Legend of Zelda Diddy Kong's Quest Kirby and the Crystal Shards Super Mario Bros 2 with Wario StarFox 64

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

Me again. I was just wondering, with the franchise tracker. Since DC is basically starting fresh beginning with Superman: Legacy will you keep looking at DC movies as a whole or will Superman be the start of a new franchise that will be compared as a whole to the previous DC franchise. Like, do you compare Superman: Legacy to Man Of Steel and BvS (even though I'd argue that's not really a Superman movie) or do you take the entirety of the DC films prior to Aquaman as it's own thing? I've never been big on comparing the MCU phases because in essence they're almost different franchises themselves that are trying to do different things. But in that way of looking at it does everything in the current iteration of DC become like DC Phase 1 and all the new stuff kind of a DC Phase 2? Am I just making things really confusing? I've been known to do that.

[@Marbeary]

I think Russell Crowe going around doing interview in several youtube channels helped the word of mouth of Pope's Exorcist. And interesting even having Rated R for JW4 it is still doing great than DnD movie.

[@joshparker5779]

Dan let's see you chugging a big tall glass of AG1!

[@DanMurrellMovies]

Then you'd be in my kitchen, which would be weird.

[@waynesmiley2207]

I like the indie theatre shoutouts 🙂

[@bosskaloi]

That explains why I stopped while scanning the list of upcoming films of 2023.

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

Speaking of the "How much is...making" calculator I've been curious regarding the movies that were held over or had to delay because of covid. There's a number I'm interested in that I'd never really considered before. Since studios don't always use their own money to fund a film there must be movies like 'Flash' that have accrued extra costs by just sitting on the shelf for years. It's like getting money from a loan shark. The vig is still running until the movie gets released. Is that a significant cost or just something they're able to factor in to the overall budget. Hollywood financing is shady as anyway. I saw a thing the other day where Nintendo has it stipulated that because they put up 50% of the budget they're expecting to make back 50% of the profit once the movie hits a certain amount of box office return. But because of the way studios structure their deals most movies never make any real money back in a way and Nintendo are unlikely to see any real return on investment. That's probably a lot to get into but you are my numbers guy and you may have insight into this I'd be interested to hear about should you read this and think it's worth the effort getting into. Thanks.

[@PirateKCaspian]

Based on that Illumination chart, it looks like Illumination might be one of the most successful productions companies ever. I'd love to see a chart on the most profitable production companies. Disney makes far more movies, but they don't have a 100% success rate. I know that would be a LOT of numbers to crunch, and I respect how much you already do for us. 😂 Just something ti think on.

[@hossamselim1360]

Can you do an episode about the upcoming summer movies releases and their box office projections ??

[@Renoistic]

I just hope the lesson learned here is not to ignore stories and just fill the movies with references and pop songs, but I won't hold my breath.

[@siddhantbanerjee3328]

Mario hasn't even released in Japan yet. And you'd imagine Japan is kinda an important market

[@DanMurrellMovies]

I know, I mentioned it both last week and this week. Should be a big boost to the box office!

[@theprojectofgamers]

@@jermainewright1757 yes but its based on one of Japan's biggest and most iconic properties that is beloved by generations of people there so it shouldn't matter if an American studio made it

[@joshuaflask3091]

Amazon is going to lose money by a movie that cost like 90M making 50M, LOL. Oh will you look at that Amazon just made another 100M in a week. Basically it's a plus to movie theaters whether it succeeds or flops; Amazon is a mute point as they own entertainment, news, healthcare, retail, publishing, and arguably more.

[@storywala88]

Well put

[@KaleCox]

Do you also have a Letterboxd? Would love to follow that and see the other movies you watch!

[@ras_732]

I'm very concerned by Evil Dead Rises numbers next weekend. Based on pre-sales, it’s becoming clearer that Warner Bros.’ marketing muscle (Surprise, surprise after Magic Mike's Last Dance marketing strategy) is not investing near as heavily into this franchise horror revival.

[@heatheraggus7501]

Definitely not trying to attract new fans to the franchise, I agree

[@vistatrista7]

With the Super Mario Bros. movie doing so well, I'd be interested to see where it stands on the rolling-365-days calendar that Dan used to do.

[@Poweranimals]

Are you going to do your top 10 summer box office predictions soon?