The Super Mario Bros. Movie was a mᴀssive hit last year, which helped an all-around great year in animation across the board. The movie wasn’t exactly an awards contender, but it showed up and did what it wanted to do and did it well enough that the fans were extremely happy.
The people at Nintendo and Universal were happy, too, as they watched those box office numbers continue to climb, and Peaches went viral in ways that other studios dreamed of. So it isn’t surprising that we’re getting another movie, which was officially announced by Shigeru Miyamoto on the official Nintendo Twitter account today. Not only is The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 officially a go, but we even have a release date of April 3, 2026, because early April worked exceptionally well last time, and why fix what isn’t broken?
This is Miyamoto. We are now creating a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. This film is planned for release in theaters on April 3rd, 2026, in the US and many other markets and throughout the month of April in other territories. We’ll let you know the details once we’re ready to share more. This time, too, the staff at Illumination and Nintendo are working together.
We’re thinking about broadening Mario’s world further, and it’ll have a bright and fun story. We hope you’ll look forward to it!
