The Super Mario Bros. Movie
52% overall with a pattern worth knowing: The Super Mario Bros. Movie opens well and fades. Early-round voters favor it; the films it faces in finals tend not to. Pure nostalgia fuel backed by a billion-dollar box office. The Nintendo brand carries a warmth that most IP adaptations can't manufacture, and warmth is an underrated weapon on a ballot. It leads both Aaron Horvath films tracked on BingeBracket. Voters pick in 2.0s on average — well under the 3.5s platform norm.
Synopsis
While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.
63% opening, down to 39% in the semis, back up to 40% in finals. The Super Mario Bros. Movie starts strong, takes a hit in the middle rounds, and recovers — but never gets back to where it started.
Tin Soldier is the easy matchup at 100%. WALL·E is the kryptonite at 0%. The gap between best and worst opponent says a lot about what The Super Mario Bros. Movie can and can't handle.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie handles Wicked in the semis but can't get past Zootopia in the final (25%). The tournament nemesis is clear.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie leads Aaron Horvath's filmography on BingeBracket, though only 2 films are tracked so far. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie at 39% is the comparison point.
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