The Mummy is no match for Super Mario at the weekend box office

Lee Cronin managed to open behind Nintendo, two movies in a row.

By Drew Gillis |

April 20, 2026 | 3:42pm

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Another week, another new movie opening behind The Super Mario Galaxy Movie _and _Project Hail Mary _at the box office. After _The Drama _opened at the number three spot two weeks ago and _You, Me & Tuscany _opened at number four last week, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy has kept the battle for third place going. That movie opened to $13.5 million domestically, per Variety, far less than $24.5 million Cronin’s last directorial effort, Evil Dead Rise, opened to. Coincidentally, that movie opened in second place behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which had opened two weeks prior. Perhaps Cronin’s next feature can open a bit further from a Nintendo flick.

Of course, there will certainly be more where those came from, given how successful _Super Mario Galaxy _has been so far. The movie added another $35 million to its domestic gross this week, bringing its stateside total to $355 million. Globally, the film has already grossed $747,477,060, quickly surpassing the global gross of Project Hail Mary. However, looking at the entire gross list at Box Office Mojo, _Super Mario Galaxy _did have a much larger drop off compared to last week than _Project Hail Mary _did, with _Mario _falling nearly 50% compared to Hail Mary‘s 15.3% drop. _Project Hail Mary _still managed to gross $20 million in the U.S. in its fifth weekend in theaters, and actually played in three more theaters this week than it did last week.

See the whole top ten of the weekend below, via Box Office Mojo.

• 1.The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

• 1. _Project Hail Mary _
• 1. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
• 1. The Drama
• 1. You, Me & Tuscany
• 1. Hoppers
• 1. Normal
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• 1. Busboys
• 1. Bhooth Bangla

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