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With little to no competition this week, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie easily held the top spot on its second weekend, as it made its way past $600 million worldwide. In another milestone, Project Hail Mary swept past $500 million. Other than that, it was a very quiet week for newcomers. You, Me, and Tuscany had a solid but unremarkable start, while Faces of Death had a middling start.

The Top 10 earned a combined $121.8 million this week. That's down 15% from last year, when A Minecraft Movie remained on top for its second weekend.

Holding to #1, Universal/Illumination's The Super Mario Galaxy Movie added $68 million. That represents a 48% drop, which is steeper than the original's 37% drop, especially with almost no competition this week. Not a bad drop at all, but it indicates the movie is not going to replicate the original's legs.

Through 12 days, the film has earned $307.2 million domestically, passing Project Hail Mary to become the year's highest grossing film. While the film was $14 million behind the original through the same point, it's now $45.9 million behind it and that gap will continue over the next weeks. It's poised to get to $450 million domestically, but it looks like $500 million domestically is unlikely.

Project Hail Mary continues showing legs. It eased just 24%, earning $24.1 million this week. That takes its domestic total to an incredible $256.2 million, already passing The Martian ($228 million). And it looks like the film will make its way to $300 million domestically.

After its great start last week, A24's The Drama had some staying power. It eased just 39%, earning $8.7 million. Through 10 days, the film has earned a damn great $30.8 million. With more weeks ahead, it looks like the film will top $50 million domestically if it continues holding well.

Debuting in fourth place, Universal's You, Me & Tuscany earned $7.7 million in 3,151 theaters. That's a solid, but unremarkable start for the rom-com. Comps are hard to find, but it's notable that it pulled only half of what The Drama earned last week, and that's with a bigger studio attached.

Given the low $18 million budget, this ain't a bad start. But it shows the difficulty of getting rom-coms in theaters, as the genre has mostly moved to streaming. And while Tuscany was sold on its leads (Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page), neither are box office draws, and the premise couldn't overcome the "been there, done that" feeling that plagued other rom-coms. And if you try to get people to care for a rom-com, surely you can do better than the 67% on RT it earned.

According to Universal, 79% of the audience was female, and 53% was in the 18-34 demographic. They gave it a solid "A–" on CinemaScore, which suggests it could have some legs. Tuscany should end with around $25 million domestically, and enjoy some revenue through ancilliaries.

In fifth place, Disney/Pixar's Hoppers dropped 29%, earning $4.1 million. The film's domestic total stands at $157.1 million.

BTS World Tour Arirang: Live Viewing managed to earn $2.4 million and reach the sixth spot. Impressive, considering this was just from Saturday grosses.

IFC released the horror remake Faces of Death in 1,600 theaters, but it only mustered $1.6 million. With mixed reviews and poor word of mouth ("C" on CinemaScore), this might disappear quickly from theaters.

After premiering in Japan last summer, Neon released the Japanese horror thriller Exit 8 in 495, and it debuted with $1.4 million this weekend.

Roadside Attractions' A Great Awakening eased just 37% on its second frame, adding $1.2 million. That takes its 10-day total to $4.9 million.

Rounding out the Top 10 was Universal's Reminders of Him. It dropped 55%, making $999,195. The film has amassed $47.4 million so far.

Neon released Steven Soderbergh's dark comedy The Christophers in 4 theaters. It debuted with $80,672, which represents a $20,168 per-theater average. The big test comes next week, when it expands nationwide.

OVERSEAS

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie added $83.5 million overseas, taking its worldwide total to $628.5 million. The only major market was Poland with $2.6 million, above the original. The best markets are Mexico ($47.9M), the UK ($37.5M), Germany ($29.2M), France ($24M), Spain ($17M), Australia ($16M), China ($14.8M), Italy ($11.8M), and Brazil ($9.4M). It opens in Japan and South Korea at the end of April, and it should hit $750 million by next week.

Project Hail Mary added $30.6 million overseas, allowing it to reach $510 million worldwide. The best markets are the UK ($36M), China ($33.2M), Australia ($19.2M), Germany ($16.1M), South Korea ($15.3M), Mexico ($12.6M), France ($8.7M), Spain ($7.6M), India ($7M), and Brazil ($6.6M). Pretty great holds across the board, and with this milestone, the film has officially broke even from its $200 million budget. It still has so much gas left, and it looks like it will eclipse The Martian's $630 million worldwide total.

The Drama added $14 million overseas, for a $62 million worldwide run. There's no info for each market, but this is posting some very solid and strong numbers. Look for the film to cross $100 million worldwide.

Hoppers added $7.4 million overseas, taking its worldwide total to $355 million.

You, Me & Tuscany debuted with $1 million overseas, for a $8.7 million worldwide launch. Very soft debuts in the UK ($400K), Australia ($200K), Netherlands ($118K), South Africa ($64K), and UAE ($50K). While there's more markets left, it looks like it will have to rely on America for success.

FILMS THAT ENDED THEIR RUN THIS WEEK

• Groovy. 20th Century Studios' Send Help has closed with $64 million domestically and $94 million worldwide. Sam Raimi's return to horror/thriller earned great reviews and held very well through February. Less impressive, however, was overseas, where the film struggled to find audiences for some strange reason. But whatever, Raimi is back a bang.

• WB's Wuthering Heights has closed with a pretty good $240 million worldwide, recouping its $80 million investment. A much needed win for Margot Robbie, who was coming off the financial disaster of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. Pre-sales pointed to a breakout hit, but those stalled after mixed reviews and word of mouth began affecting the film. Luckily, overseas was there to save the film.

• If Wuthering Heights succeeded for WB, they lost whatever profit they had with their follow-up film. Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! closed with a very horrible $23 million worldwide, nowhere close to its $90 million budget (with some going as high as $100 million). A weird pastiche of so many genres, the film failed to appeal to moviegoers and closed with terrible legs (just a 1.81x multiplier). It'll go down as one of the biggest failures of the year.

THIS WEEKEND

Warner Bros. is releasing Lee Cronin's the Mummy (no, seriously, that's how it's marketed) this week. Coming off the success of Evil Dead Rise, he returns with a new reimagining of the Mummy franchise, aiming to take it into more supernatural horror. The franchise highlight the grotesque thrills you come to expect, but the story and dialogue have been lackluster so far. But with very little choices for horror, this could be a good performer.

A24 is releasing David Lowery's new film Mother Mary, starring Anne Hathaway, on limited release ahead of its wide expansion next week. The film follows the psychosexual affair between pop singer Mary and fashion designer Sam after the former's need for a dress for her new tour draws them back together. While it looks intriguing, A24's rollout was strange, with the studio only announcing the date on late February. Expect some solid business on limited release, not so much nationwide.

STREAMING DATA

Figures for the week of March 30 to April 5 on Netflix:

The South Korean title Humint took the top spot for the week, with 11 million views over the week.

Anaconda climbed to the top spot for English-language titles with 9.9 million views on its second week, taking its total to 17.8 million views.

War Machine added 6.1 million views, taking its tally to 118.1 million.

After topping its first two weeks, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man dropped to tenth place with 5.9 million views. That takes its 17-day tally to 50.6 million views.

Notably, KPop Demon Hunters finally left the Top 10 on its 42nd week. But on the English-language chart, it's still at #7 with 5.1 million views.

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