After the massive success of The Super Mario Bros Movie a sequel was always on the cards and on April 1st 2026 we get The Super Mario Galaxy Movie which has been given a PG age rating in the UK for mild violence, threat.

Chris Pratt returns to voice the title character Mario, Chris Pratt has also been seen in Passengers and Christopher Robin, it also start Jack Black who has been in Ice Age and last years Anaconda~2025.

The movie is directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic who both directed the first The Super Mario Bros Movie.

Movie Synopsis

Having thwarted Bowser's previous plot to marry Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi now face a fresh threat in Bowser Jr., who is determined to liberate his father from captivity and restore the family legacy.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
• BBFC age rating: PG Certificate
• Reason: mild violence, threat
• Release date: 1st April 2026
• Runtime: 98 minutes (1 hours 38 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Aaron Horvath
  • Michael Jelenic
• Starring:
  • Chris Pratt
  • Jack Black
  • Anya Taylor-Joy

BBFC movie page

With the release of the fifth in the now long running Transformers series we were bound to get a new film at the top of the UK box office.

Transformers The Last Knight makes its way to the top of the Uk box office on its debut weekend of release with a gross of £4.6 million, a low for the series.

In fact the other 4 films have made between £8 and £11 million on their opening, it could not surprise me if this one struggles to make that during its entire run.

Wonder Woman spent three weeks at the top of the box office before this week falling to number 2, still a &poound;1.5 million weekend is not too bad.

The films total gross has not crossed the &poound;18 million mark and it should go past the £20 million before the end of its run.

Also new this week is Hampsted at number 6 and Tubelight at number 7 with half a million and £300,000+ respectively.

Longest running film this week is The Boss Baby with 12 weeks on the charts and highest total grossing is Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 2 which has now takes £40.7 million.

Historical chart

A year ago - The Secret Life of pets landed at the top, it knocked off The Conjuring 2 The Enfield Case which spent just a week at the top.

Five years ago - As odd as it seemed Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter made its debut at the top knocking off Prometheus which fell to 4.

Ten years ago - Staying at the top for a second weekend was 4: Rise of The Silver Surfer while the top new film was Captivity at number 4.

Fifteen years ago - Spider-Man stayed at the top of the box office while top new film was The Musketeer right down at number 8.

Twenty years ago - The Devils Own found its way to the top on its debut while The Fifth Element fell to number 3 after two weeks on top.

Twenty five years ago - spending a third week at the top was The Lawnmower Man, it kept The Lover at bay which made its debut at number 2.

One of the most unlikely film subjects makes it debut at the top of the UK box office this week in the shape of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. With virtually no competition in the marketplace except for some old hangover films the vampire hunting film a gross of £1,119,117 over the weekend.

Last weeks top film drops 3 places to number 4. Prometheus is now at 4 taking £1,029,758 over the weekend and £21,641,986 in total.

Longest stay on the box office is Avengers Assemble which has now taken £51,344,770 over 9 weeks. A year ago Bridesmaids was another surprise hit at the top of the chart on it's first week with £3,445,395 knocking Kung Fu Panda 2 into the runner up spot.

Five years ago 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer was still at the top of the chart with a total take of £7,914,450 while Captivity from director Roland Joffé was the highest new film at 4 with £329,193

Ten years ago there were a couple of power house films in the top places, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones at 2 and Spider-Man at the top meaning the top new film was The Musketeer starring Catherine Deneuve which took £131,338 over the weekend.