In an interview with AFP in April ahead of the 'Mario' film, Miyamoto said Nintendo had learned that 'we wanted to develop the movie ourselves, instead of licensing it' to another company. Other recent successful video game adaptations have included HBO's TV series 'The Last of Us,' and horror movie 'Five Nights at Freddy's,' which has topped the US box office for the past two weeks. The success is part of a growing Hollywood trend. Movie' was an enormous box office success, grossing $1.36 billion globally - second this year only to 'Barbie.' Nintendo remained wary of Hollywood adaptations of its franchises for decades after its 1993 live-action 'Super Mario Bros.' movie disastrously flopped.īut its return to the big screen with 'The Super Mario Bros.
