It looks like Super Mario Bros. will be released digitally next week in the UK.
According to Amazon and iTunes Store listings, the film will be available to purchase on May 22 for £19.99.
There was a movie released digitally on May 16 in the USwhere you can buy it for $29.99.
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Co-produced by Illumination (Minions, Despicable Me) and NintendoSuper Mario Bros. has grossed more than $1.2 billion worldwide since the start of April.
It is the biggest 2023 film to date, ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy. 3, which launched a month after Mario and grossed $547 million Box Office Mojo.
Speaking during Nintendo’s quarterly earnings call this month president Shuntaro Furukawa said the film had a positive impact on the company’s core gaming business.
“For example, sales of Mario-related merchandise are increasing, and there’s been a slight uptick in playable classic Mario games. Nintendo Switch Online.
“In the long term, we think this will be a powerful touch point that will convert people who have never played games before into Mario and Nintendo fans, and re-engage people who have played (on a Nintendo gaming platform) before but are taking a break “.
Furukawa added, “As for the future, we plan to focus our efforts on a variety of visual content, as we did last year with the consolidation of Nintendo Pictures Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary company. We are very happy that this film has become a hit, but we will continue to focus on carefully developing and further expanding each IP, respecting its unique characteristics, as we have done in the past.
“Through our strategy to expand the number of people who have access to Nintendo IP, we want to bring people closer to our characters and the worlds depicted in our games, with the goal of continuing to grow our core video game platform business.”