Box Office Report: You, Me and the Faces of Death

In two weeks, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has once again proven that animated movies, big IPs, and Jack Black are a potent combination. The sequel more than did enough business to hold onto the top spot in its second week of release. Its $69 million weekend gross (nice) took its domestic total to $308.1 million. With $628.7 million in the Yoshi egg-shaped piggy bank worldwide, it’s soared to the number two spot on the list of 2026’s highest grossing movies. The Chinese racing movie Pegasus 3 is still at number one but only with a $12 million difference. If Mario doesn’t ride the rainbow road to $1 billion, I’ll be very surprised.

The rom-com You, Me & Tuscany debuted at number four with $8 million, which is solid for a mid-budget with mid-level stars (no offence meant to Halle Bailey or Rege-Jean Page, who are both cool and hot), and another reminder that audiences want more rom-coms.

Another thing audiences want: KPop. BTS are back, baby. The biggest boyband on the planet had its reunion following the members’ military service, and anyone who bet on their wild popularity diminishing in the meantime would have lost big time. This concert movie of sorts earned $2.44 million from 1,189 locations, which was good enough for it to debut at number six.

Right behind that, we have a one-two punch of indie horrors that are extremely modern and of our online times. Faces of Death is a remake-slash-meta reboot of the notorious mondo horror series that frequently included footage of real-life deaths. This new version, which stars Barbie Ferreira and Charli XCX, follows a content moderator who falls into the rabbit hole of objectionable material that may or may not be real. It earned $1.7 million. Right behind it is Exit 8, a Japanese horror and adaptation of the video game of the same name. If you’re freaked out by liminal spaces, this is for you. It grossed $1.4 million.

Speaking of horror, we also have Hunting Matthew Nichols, a Canadian supernatural found footage tale, which debuted at number 13 with $600,000.

In limited release news: Hamlet, starring Riz Ahmed, earned $190,452 from 325 locations; The Christophers, from AI-loving director Steven Soderbergh, took in $80,110 from four places; and the documentary Steal This Story, Please!, focused on the journalist Amy Goodman, earned $33,000 from one place.

This coming week sees the release of the horror reboot Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Bob Odenkirk’s action thriller Normal, and the sexy popstar drama Mother Mary.

You can check out the rest of the weekend box office numbers here.