The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a 2023 computer animated adventure film based on Nintendo‘s Mario video game franchise. Produced by Illumination, Universal Pictures, and Nintendo, and distributed by Universal, it was directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel. The ensemble voice cast includes Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, and Fred Armisen. The film features an origin story for the brothers Mario and Luigi, Italian American plumbers who are transported to an alternate world and become entangled in a battle between the Mushroom Kingdom, led by Princess Peach, and the Koopas, led by Bowser.
After the critical and commercial failure of the 1993 live-action Mario film, Nintendo became reluctant to license one of its intellectual properties for film adaptations. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto became interested in developing another film when Nintendo was bringing its older games to the Virtual Console service, and through Nintendo‘s work with Universal Parks & Resorts to create Super Nintendo World, he met Illumination founder Chris Meledandri. By 2016, the two were discussing a Mario film and, in January 2018, Nintendo announced that it would collaborate with Illumination and Universal to produce it. Production was underway by 2020, and the cast was announced in September 2021.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie was theatrically released in the United States on April 5, 2023. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but a more positive reception from audiences. It has grossed $531 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 2023 and set several box office records, including the biggest worldwide opening weekend for an animated film and is the highest-grossing film based on a video game, being also the first film based on a video game to reach the half billion dollar mark at the box-office.
Tracklist:
- Battle Without Honor or Humanity (Tomoyasu Hotei)
- Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra)
- Thunderstruck (AC/DC)
- Mario Brothers Rap (Ali Dee)
- Holding Out for a Hero (Bonnie Tyler)
- No Sleep Till Brooklyn (Beastie Boys)
- Take on Me (A-HA)
- L’Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Anita Rachvelishvili with Giacomo Sagripanti and Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai)
- All I Do Is Win (T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross)
- Look At Me Now (Chris Brown, Busta Rhymes and Lil’ Wayne)
- Attack! Fury Bowser (from Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (2021)
- Blind (Korn)
- Buffed Up (Comethazine)
- Rollin’ (Urban Assault Vehicle) (DMX, Limp Bizkit, Method Man and Redman)
- N.Y. State of Mind (Nas)
- DK Rap (from Donkey Kong 64) (1999)
- DIET (Denzel Curry)
- Drop (The Pharcyde)
- Flex Like Ouu (Lil Pump)
- From the Garden (Isaiah Rashad and Lil Uzi Vert)
- Gas Mask (919jam)
- Got It On Me (Pop Smoke)
- Hot Dog (Limp Bizkit)
- m.A.A.d city (Kendrick Lamar and MC Eiht)
- Miss The Rage (Trippie Redd and Playboi Carti)
- PUFFIN ON ZOOTIEZ (Future)
- Ruff Ryders’ Anthem (DMX)
- Shake That (Remix) (Bobby Creekwater, Eminem, Nate Dogg and Obie Trice)
- Game Over (Falling in Reverse)
- Dynamic Duo 2 (Kasher Quon and Teejayx6)
- Yonkers (Tyler the Creator)
- Peaches (Jack Black)
- Wedding March (Felix Mendelssohn)
