KPop Demon Hunters currently dominates The Super Mario Bros. Movie 75–25
The newcomer buries Nintendo — the biggest upset in the batch.
Who do you think should win?
The Verdict Neck and Neck
The film without a franchise, without marketing support, without a Wikipedia page longer than a paragraph, is decisively outperforming the most commercially successful animated film of 2023. That's not a sample-size quirk — it's voters who've seen both choosing the one that earned its engagement from scratch over the one backed by the most recognised game character in history. If the lead holds as votes accumulate, it becomes one of the bracket's stranger results. If it evaporates, the correction will tell its own story about what early enthusiasm actually means.
The Numbers
| The Super Mario Bros. Movie | KPop Demon Hunters | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 25% | 75% |
| Overall Win Rate | 52% | 54% |
| Championships | 16 | 9 |
| Avg Decision | 2.1s | 2.7s |
| Budget | $100M | $100M |
| Box Office | $1.4B | $25M |
Where This Matchup Sits
Both sit mid-table among 69 films from the 2020s on BingeBracket — similar decade standing.
Looking at shared opponents, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 draws a line between them: KPop Demon Hunters dominates that matchup, but The Super Mario Bros. Movie comes out on the wrong side.
The tournament titles favor The Super Mario Bros. Movie (16 to 9), which makes the head-to-head result all the more notable. The film with the stronger resume is losing the direct matchup.
On similar budgets ($100M vs $100M), The Super Mario Bros. Movie grossed $1.4B while KPop Demon Hunters made $25M. But KPop Demon Hunters wins the bracket matchup despite earning less.
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