{"id":50254,"date":"2026-04-14T07:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50254"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:26:30","slug":"super-mario-galaxy-movie-stays-no-1-at-u-k-ireland-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50254","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Super Mario Galaxy Movie&#8217; Stays No. 1 at U.K., Ireland Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUniversal\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-super-mario-galaxy-movie\" data-tag=\"the-super-mario-galaxy-movie\">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a>\u201d held the No. 1 spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office for a second weekend, taking \u00a35.5 million ($7.5 million) and lifting its total to \u00a328.3 million ($38.2 million), according to Comscore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/project-hail-mary\/\" id=\"auto-tag_project-hail-mary\" data-tag=\"project-hail-mary\">Project Hail Mary<\/a>,\u201d distributed by Sony, remained in second place, adding $3.3 million in its fourth frame for a cumulative $36.7 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEntertainment Film Distributors\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-drama\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-drama\" data-tag=\"the-drama\">The Drama<\/a>\u201d placed third in its second weekend with $2.4 million, pushing its total to $7.8 million. The company also held fourth place with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-magic-faraway-tree\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-magic-faraway-tree\" data-tag=\"the-magic-faraway-tree\">The Magic Faraway Tree<\/a>,\u201d which added $2.2 million to reach $15.7 million overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDisney\u2019s \u201cHoppers\u201d continued its run in fifth place with $542,000, bringing its cumulative to $18.2 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEvent cinema made a notable impact mid-chart, with Trafalgar Releasing\u2019s \u201cBTS World Tour \u2018Arirang\u2019 in Goyang: Live Viewing\u201d debuting in sixth place on $454,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUniversal\u2019s \u201cYou, Me &amp; Tuscany\u201d opened in seventh place with $407,000, followed by Vertigo Releasing\u2019s \u201cUndertone\u201d in eighth with $367,000. Studiocanal\u2019s \u201cCalifornia Schemin\u2019\u201d debuted ninth on $302,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRounding out the top 10, Curzon\u2019s \u201cThe Stranger\u201d opened with $178,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLooking ahead, the mid-April slate is led by Warner Bros.\u2019 \u201cLee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy,\u201d alongside Lionsgate U.K.\u2019s \u201cGlenrothan,\u201d opening wide across 300 locations. Sony adds \u201cKiss of the Spider Woman,\u201d while Trinity Filmed Entertainment rolls out action title \u201cBlades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert,\u201d directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring Jet Li and Wu Jing across 100-plus sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEvent cinema and repertory remain prominent. MusicScreen presents \u201cCosi Fan Tutte \u2013 Mozart,\u201d followed by National Theatre\u2019s \u201cAll My Sons \u2013 NT Live 2026,\u201d while CinemaLive adds \u201cPaul Smith: Pablo Live.\u201d Anime Ltd. brings \u201cAkira\u201d back to cinemas in Imax across 300 locations, and Trafalgar Releasing continues its K-pop slate with \u201cBTS World Tour \u2018Arirang\u2019 in Japan: Live Viewing.\u201d Universal also marks the 25th anniversary of \u201cBridget Jones\u2019s Diary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe specialty and international sector is particularly busy. Signature Entertainment releases Olivier Assayas\u2019 \u201cThe Wizard of the Kremlin,\u201d starring Jude Law and Alicia Vikander, while Studiocanal debuts \u201cColours of Time.\u201d Mubi adds \u201cEndless Cookie,\u201d and Picturehouse Entertainment rolls out \u201cRebuilding.\u201d Altitude Film Distribution opens \u201cThe Blue Trail,\u201d while Tull Stories releases \u201cKinaesthesia.\u201d Vue Lumi\u00e8re fields Ferzan Ozpetek\u2019s \u201cDiamanti,\u201d New Wave presents Christian Petzold\u2019s \u201cMiroirs No. 3,\u201d and Peccadillo Pictures releases \u201cDepartures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAdditional titles include Central City Media\u2019s \u201cSunshine Women\u2019s Choir,\u201d which is the highest grossing Taiwanese film of all time, Bakrania Media\u2019s \u201cKhushkhabri\u201d and Miracle Comms\u2019 \u201cTime Hoppers: The Silk Road.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/box-office\/super-mario-galaxy-movie-project-hail-mary-uk-ireland-box-office-1236720952\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal\u2019s \u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie\u201d held the No. 1 spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office for a second weekend, taking \u00a35.5 million ($7.5&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertaonment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}