The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is out now in cinemas, and as expected, it’s already breaking box office records.

Deadline reports the film has experienced the “best opening day so far this year” in the US – reaching $34 million. This puts it ahead of Project Hail Mary on $33.1 million. Galaxy has also managed to claim the best “opening Wednesday” in April, taking the title from The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which made $31.7 million.

The same outlet previously reported that Mario’s movie sequel is projected to make $350 million worldwide across the five-day Easter weekend, which would be slightly lower than the $377 million achieved by The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023.

Based on the trajectory of the first movie, if the “3- and 5-day numbers hold”, Galaxy movie would bank “the biggest 5-day domestic opening” since Moana 2 ($225.4 million) and the “biggest 3-day opening” since Wicked: For Good ($147 million).

And although it’s early days, Mario’s new movie is already expected to “rep the biggest U.S./Canada opening” year-to-date.

Unsurprisingly, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has been labelled one “for the fans”. On Rotten Tomatoes it’s currently got an audience score of 92% and a critic score of 43% overall. In comparison, the audience score of the first movie was 95%, with the critic score for this one averaging out at 59%.

Here on Nintendo Life, we said Mario’s Galaxy outing was a “faithful but overstuffed sequel” awarding it six out of ten stars.

Stay tuned over the coming days, weeks and months as more is revealed about The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’s worldwide box office performance.