The Super Mario Bros. Movie will be released digitally this week in the US. Fans can buy or rent the film starting on May 16
It’s the biggest film of 2023 so far, ahead of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which have both grossed just shy of $476 million to date, according toSpeaking during the Nintendo’s quarterly earnings call last week, president“In terms of the impact on our business, in the short term, the revenues from the box office and secondary uses of the movie will be reported as sales in the current fiscal year ,” he said.
“But what is more important is that the movie inspires interest in Mario games and has a positive effect on sales ofhardware and software over the medium to long term. In fact, we are already seeing a variety of positive effects. “For example, sales are growing for Mario related merchandise, and there is a slight rise in activity for classic Mario titles that can be played through Nintendo Switch Online.
“In the long term, we think this will become a powerful touch point, turning people who have never really played games before into fans of Mario and Nintendo, and renewing the interest of people who used to play but are taking a break.”Disney CEO says Mario movie’s success ‘gives us reason to be optimistic about the business’Furukawa added: “As for the future, we plan to pour our efforts into a variety of visual content, as we did last year with the consolidation of Nintendo Pictures Co., Ltd.
“Through our strategy of expanding the number of people who have access to Nintendo IP, we want to bring people in contact with our characters and the worlds depicted in our games, with the goal of continually invigorating our core dedicated video game platform business.”
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