Super Mario Bros. has become a movie. Movie is the tenth animated film to cross the billion dollar mark at the global box office

(CNN) Almost a month after the premiere of Super Mario Bros. An impressive opening weekend At the box office, the animated film achieved another milestone.

The film crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office on Sunday and, according to a press release from Universal, continues to break box office records as it stays at number one for its fourth consecutive weekend.

“Super Mario Bros.” is the tenth animated film in history to pass one billion dollars, making it the tenth-biggest animated film of all time worldwide, besting the $942.5 million achieved by “Minions: The Rise of the Gru” in 2019. .

The film premiered in the United States and Canada on April 5 and got the score More than 200 million dollars, and about $380 million internationally, for its five-day opening. “Super Mario Bros.” was surpassed by Marvel’s “Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” at the time, which grossed $225.3 million worldwide during its February opening.

The movie is based on the universe of Nintendo’s classic ‘Super Mario’ video game series and stars Chris Pratt as MarioCharlie Day as Luigi and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach.

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” follows Brooklyn Plumbers Mario and Luigi being transported through a mysterious pipe while working underground to fix a water pipe. The brothers wander into a “new magical world” and when they part, “Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi,” according to summary on the movie site.

Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Sebastian Maniscalco round out the cast, with a special appearance by actor Charles Martinet, who is the official voice of Mario in the video games.